| Date | Homework | Learning Log |
| 9/1/11 |
Tools of the Trade due 9/6 -HW Description- |
Describe the most scientific things you did this past summer. Explain what science was involved. -Answer- |
| 9/2/11 |
Parents as Partners -HW Description- |
Make a bulleted list of adjectives that can be used to describe a successful scientist. -Answer- |
| 9/6/11 |
Mystery Writing Experiment -HW Description- |
Write down one Wish, one bit of Wisdom and one Welcome note for this year in Upper 8th. -Answer- |
| 9/8/11 |
Sherlock at Home Experiment -HW Description- |
Describe the mystery writing experiment in your own words. What did you discover? -Answer- |
| 9/9/11 |
Finish Candle Lab -HW Description- |
Make one qualitative observation, one quantitative observation and one deduction about the shoes you are wearing today. -Answer- |
| 9/12/11 |
Safety Contract and Quiz -HW Description- |
Using the acronym AFTA-DC to summarize the steps of the scientific method/scientific inquiry. -Answer- |
| 9/13/11 |
Controls and Variables at Bikini Bottom -HW Description- |
Draw and label any three pieces of science equipment that you expect to use during lab experiments in this class. -Answer- |
| 9/14/11 |
Parent Signature AY Overview -HW Description- |
Describe any hypothetical experiment and identify the dependent and independent variables. What is the control for this experiment? -Answer- |
| 9/16/11 |
AY Proposal due 9/19/11 -HW Description- |
Describe the three topics you are considering for your first AY project due November 7, 2011 -Answer- |
| 9/19/11 |
Airplane Lab due Friday -HW Description- |
Read textbook pages 34-41 about Graphs in Science. Choose the type of graph that would display the data from the airplane lab. Why is this graph a good choice for this experiment? Explain. -Answer- |
| 9/20/11 |
Airplane Lab due Friday -HW Description- |
What do you already know about the unit Celsius? When do we use it and what other factors must be considered when we measure matter in Celsius? -Answer- |
| 9/22/11 |
Finish Paper Airplane Lab -HW Description- |
What is the relationship between volume and temperature. -Answer- |
| 9/23/11 |
NONE -HW Description- |
Answer text chapter 1, section 3 review questions 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b and 2c. -Answer- |
| 9/26/11 |
None but TEST October 6th!!! -HW Description- |
What is the volume of 8 grams of pure water that occupies an empty cube 2 cm wide? What is its density? -Answer- |
| 9/27/11 |
None in lieu of Rosh Hashanah -HW Description- |
What is the density of a 150 gram rock that displaces 50 milliliters of water? -Answer- |
| 9/29/11 |
None in lieu of Rosh Hashanah -HW Description- |
What is the difference between mass and weight. What units are used and what tools might we use to determine theses quantities. -Answer- |
| 9/30/11 |
Study Guide Test 10/6 -HW Description- |
Convert the following metric values using the staircase you received in class: 0.935 Km = ____ cm,
98,257 dL = ____ HL,
0.0357 Dg = ____ mg,
25 L = ____ mL,
62.5 g = ____ Kg
-Answer- |
| 10/3/11 |
Check out Nobel Prize Winners -HW Description- |
Describe 3 ways to use a triple beam balance to determine the mass of a substance. -Answer- |
| 10/4/11 |
Study for Thursday's test -HW Description- |
Who was Alfred Nobel and what is his legacy? -Answer- |
| 10/6/11 |
Choose one Nobel Prize to report on -HW Description- |
None in lieu of science test. -Answer- |
| 10/7/11 |
Nobel Current Event due 10/14/11 -HW Description- |
Why is density a useful physical property for describing matter? -Answer- |
| 10/10/11 |
Nobel Current Event due 10/14/11 -HW Description- |
How do you feel about challenge day this week? -Answer- |
| 10/11/11 |
Nobel Current Event due 10/14/11 -HW Description- |
Which metric measurement of your body surprised you? Explain. -Answer- |
| 10/13/11 |
Nobel Current Event due 10/14/11 -HW Description- |
List your mass in kilograms and your weight in Newtons. Explain how you determined these values. -Answer- |
| 10/14/11 |
AY #1 due 24 days -HW Description- |
Progress Reports will be coming home next week. What are your expectations? -Answer- |
| 10/18/11 |
Metric Me due Friday -HW Description- |
Provide an update on where you are with your first AY project. Comment on experiment, time log, bibliography and presentation. -Answer- |
| 10/20/11 |
Metric Me due Friday -HW Description- |
What is chemistry? Describe what you already know about this fascinating area of physical science. -Answer- |
| 10/21/11 |
Work on AY, Read Chapter 2 Workbook too? -HW Description- |
How are elements different than compounds? -Answer- |
| 10/24/11 |
Ch. 2 Graphic Organizer -HW Description- |
Watch the sample AY presentation video and answer the questions listed. -Answer- |
| 10/25/11 |
150-200 fictional story about Physical and Chemical Changes -HW Description- |
Take one page of notes about the amazing element: CHROME! -Answer- |
| 10/27/11 |
Finish Evidence of a Chemical Change Lab -HW Description- |
Explain the Law of Conservation of Energy. how could you prove this law? -Answer- |
| 10/28/11 |
Work on AY, Read Chapter 2 Workbook too? -HW Description- |
Answer questions 1 & 2 page 71 of textbook. -Answer- |
| 10/31/11 |
AY #1 due Monday -HW Description- |
Answer question 1 and 2 from page 77 of your text. -Answer- |
| 11/1/11 |
AY #1 due Monday -HW Description- |
How can the element carbon be considered the hardest, softest, strongest, cleanest, brilliant and dark element? -Answer- |
| 11/3/11 |
AY #1 due Monday -HW Description- |
Describe and explain everything you already know and understand about solids, liquids and gases. -Answer- |
| 11/4/11 |
AY #1 due Monday -HW Description- |
Explain what you still have to complete to finish your AY project by Monday. -Answer- |
| 11/7/11 |
Finish Drops on a Penny Lab -HW Description- |
Beginning AY #1 Presentations today. -Answer- |
| 11/8/11 |
Finish Drops on a Penny Lab -HW Description- |
AY projects continued -Answer- |
| 11/9/11 |
Finish Drops on a Penny Lab -HW Description- |
AY Projects continued -Answer- |
| 11/10/11 |
Veteran's Day Weekend -HW Description- |
AY Projects continued -Answer- |
| 11/14/11 |
Test Chapters 2 & 3 Monday! -HW Description- |
AY presentations continued -Answer- |
| 11/15/11 |
Test Chapters 2 & 3 Monday! -HW Description- |
AY Presentations continued -Answer- |
| 11/17/11 |
Sex Ed Parent Letter -HW Description- |
AY presentations conclusion -Answer- |
| 11/18/11 |
Test Study Guide -HW Description- |
Explain what happens to a the particles in a gas when the gas is heated? -Answer- |
| 11/21/11 |
Happy Thanksgiving -HW Description- |
None in lieu of science test. -Answer- |
| 11/22/11 |
None -HW Description- |
None in lieu of PTSA fundraiser party -Answer- |
| 11/28/11 |
Check out Sex Ed links on this website -HW Description- |
How do you feel about beginning our 3-week Family Life/Sex Ed unit tomorrow? -Answer- |
| 11/29/11 |
Sex Ed Homework #1 -HW Description- |
Visualize yourself at age 24. What have you been doing for the past ten years? Discuss the following possibilities: Education (scholarships/awards), Employment, Relationships, Travel, and materialistic possessions (car, house, clothes etc) -Answer- |
| 12/1/11 |
Sex Ed Homework #2 -HW Description- |
Give a few examples of negative peer pressure and a few examples of positive peer pressure. -Answer- |
| 12/2/11 |
None -HW Description- |
Why is infatuation sometimes confused with love? -Answer- |
| 12/5/11 |
Get Handouts Signed by Parents -HW Description- |
What are the three components of a long term loving relationship? -Answer- |
| 12/6/11 |
Get Handouts Signed by Parents -HW Description- |
List 3 female, 3 male and 3 body parts/substances shared by both male and females. -Answer- |
| 12/7/11 |
None -HW Description- |
Effective communication is essential for healthy decision making. What are some ways to make sure communication is open and effective? -Answer- |
| 12/8/11 |
None -HW Description- |
List 5 types of sexually transmitted diseases/infections. -Answer- |
| 12/12/11 |
Take Home Test due Friday -HW Description- |
Why is abstinence considered the only 100% effective method for preventing sexually transmitted infections and unwanted pregnancy? -Answer- |
| 12/13/11 |
Sex Ed Take home test due Friday -HW Description- |
Explain how Pam was able to make a healthy decision in the Cosby episode, "Just thinking about it". -Answer- |
| 12/15/11 |
Take Home Test due tomorrow -HW Description- |
Explain the range of sexual coercion. -Answer- |
| 1/3/12 |
AY Proposal due Friday -HW Description- |
Tell me everything you already know about atoms. -Answer- |
| 1/4/12 |
AY Proposal due Friday -HW Description- |
Describe the topic of interest that you are considering for your second AY Project. -Answer- |
| 1/6/12 |
Download Atomic Storybook Rubric -HW Description- |
Find aluminum on the periodic able. Determine the number of protons, electrons and neutrons in the most common isotope of aluminum. -Answer- |
| 1/9/12 |
Atomic Theory storybook due Thursday 3:00 pm -HW Description- |
Compare the molecular mass of table salt (NaCl) with that of Fulvic Acid (C135H182O95N5S2), a naturally occurring acid formed in decomposing soil and decaying plant matter. What allows the acid to be so large? -Answer- |
| 1/10/12 |
Atomic Theory storybook due Thursday 3:00 pm -HW Description- |
Who was Dimitri Mendeleev and what was his contribution to the world of chemistry? -Answer- |
| 1/17/12 |
Periodic Table Placemat -HW Description- |
Choose any two metals and two non-metals from the periodic table and identify the family/group they belong -Answer- |
| 1/19/12 |
Begin Pages Newsletter Project -HW Description- |
Who was Henri Becquerel and what is his relationship to the Curies -Answer- |
| 1/20/12 |
Chapter 4 completed popquiz time? -HW Description- |
List your element name, symbol, atomic number, classification, group/family and at least one interesting fact. -Answer- |
| 1/23/12 |
Radon Gas -HW Description- |
Your element slogan/jingle must reveal at least 3 properties associated with your element. Please write down your element's three of the most important properties. -Answer- |
| 1/24/12 |
Quiz Game ?'s -HW Description- |
List and describe the three types of radiation emitted when a radioactive isotope of an element decays. -Answer- |
| 1/26/12 |
Element Newsletter due Feb 1 -HW Description- |
Begin notes on the video "Radiation Paradise-The Bikini Atoll." -Answer- |
| 1/27/12 |
Element Newsletter due Feb 1 -HW Description- |
Finish video notes on "Radiation Paradise-The Bikini Atoll" -Answer- |
| 1/30/12 |
Element Newsletter due Feb 1 -HW Description- |
Begin Chapter 5 by explaining the following terms:
Valence Electrons, Electron Dot Diagrams and Chemical Bonding -Answer- |
| 1/31/12 |
Element Newsletter due Feb 1 -HW Description- |
Write the Lewis dot diagrams for:
Calcium, Krypton, Sodium, Carbon -Answer- |
| 2/2/12 |
AY due 2/27/12 -HW Description- |
Explain ionic bonding. -Answer- |