Vocab and questions for B4W2

Expanded vocabulary list for this week, as well as questions from today's web activity. These questions are fair game for the quiz Friday!

http://docs.google.com/View?id=ddsm58ms_5309qbxq6dq

Where to find assignments and notes

Greetings!

Just a reminder to students and parents that assignment due dates, rubrics and notes are all now available via Snapgrades' new calendar function. Please feel free to contact me if you can't find something there.

Reminder

Today's notes are available via the SnapGrades calendar. Assuming all goes well with the calendar, please look there, rather than here, for future updates.

Notes for Friday; Upcoming change in blog

Greetings!

Here are Friday's notes.

The notes are now also posted on SnapGrades, using their new Calendar feature. Please let me know if you're able to access those notes. If SnapGrades works as a repository for notes links, I'll probably start using that exclusively, and begin phasing out this blog.

Notes for Tuesday and Wednesday

Notes from Tuesday and Wednesday are here.

Syllabus for the last two weeks of this block.

Link here, or just read the syllabus in all its glory below.

B3W3 Syllabus

By the end of this week, you should be able to:

• Explain the essentials of the discovery of the structure of the atom.
• Explain the three basic particles that make up an atom and give basic facts about each.
  
• Illustrate the structure of an atom of any given element based on its atomic number and atomic weight.

Assignments:

Xenophile: Quiz on endothermic and exothermic rxns, acids, bases, atoms vs molecules, combustion, catalysts and balancing equations. You may use only the foldable from last week. Monday W3D1

Yclept: Drawing of an atom of "your" element, showing neutrons, protons and electrons in correct numbers and locations. Heading should include the name and symbol of your element, its atomic number and its atomic weight. Should have nucleus and electron cloud labeled. Also, include information on the group your element belongs to: what is the name of the group and the important characteristics of that group? Due Thursday W3D4. Once this is approved, you can start work on the final draft of your pamphlet for next week.

Zoroastrian: Timeline of major events in the history of atomic studies (from class notes), due Friday, W3D5.

B3W4 Syllabus

By the end of this week, you should be able to:

• Explain the purpose of the periodic table of the elements.
  
• List the major families of elements and give examples and characteristics of each family.
  

Amanuensis: Final copy of brochure. Due W4D1.

Baal: Block 3 Final. May use one standard sheet of paper (both sides) for your notes. You'll be given a periodic table, though it will not have the names of the elements, just the symbols.

Syllabus for W2

This week's syllabus: sorry for the late posting.

Element brochure directions

The sample brochure, with directions, that I handed out to everyone, in case you lost it:

Thursday's notes

Here are Thursday's notes on acids and bases.

Notes: B3W2D3

Here are Wednesday's notes on exothermic reactions including combustion.

Notes for B3W2D2

The notes for Tuesday, including endothermic reactions, are here.

Notes for B3W2D1

The notes for Monday, including how to make the folded note "cabinet" are here.

Assignment U worksheet

Here is the worksheet for assignment U (balancing equations)

Due date change

Please note that the due date for assignment "U" has been moved to Monday from today (Wednesday). Thanks.

A site for help in balancing equations

This site is awesome. It does it differently that I do, but it helps you avoid any mistakes:

http://misterguch.brinkster.net/eqnbalance.html

(Don't forget to try the practice problems!)

Notes for B3W1D1 - Balancing Equations

Monday's notes can be seen here.

The syllabus for this week is here.

Rubric for S, Notes on lab reports

If you did not receive the rubric for assignment S (there was a mix-up about this), please find it here: http://docs.google.com/View?id=ddsm58ms_418d3w9fpcp

Monday's notes on how to write a lab report are here:

http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=ddsm58ms_419f5v559gh

Physical vs Chemical Changes Lab

By request, here's the link to the directions for the physical vs. chemical changes lab.

Another change: no assignment "K"

To avoid confusion, assignment "K" has been removed from SnapGrades: the final portfolio check will be the only one for this block.

Friday's notes on how to write a lab report:

Can be found here.