Tuesday, 01/06

• Welcome Back - A Fireball!
• WB U3WS#4
• Discussion: Quantitative Energy

Homework: U3R#2 with Heating Reading (DUE: Thursday, 01/08)

Wednesday, 12/17

• Discuss Evaporation Lab
• WB U3WS#3

Homework: U3WS#4 (DUE: Friday, 12/19)

Monday, 12/15

• Discuss U3WS#2
• Complete Evaporation Lab

Homework: Complete Conclusion for Evaporation Lab (DUE: Wednesday, 12/17)

Thursday, 12/11

• Discussion: Energy Bar Charts
• U3WS#2
• Begin Evaporation Lab

Homework: U3WS#2 (DUE: Monday, 12/15)

Tuesday, 12/09

• Discuss Science in the News
• Rotary Steam Engine Challenge
• WB Icy Hot Lab
• Post-Lab: Interaction Energy (E_i)

Homework: Icy Hot Lab Report (DUE: Thursday, 12/11)

Friday, 12/05

• Puzzle: Boiling Time and Temperature
• Discuss U3R#1
• Icy Hot Lab

Homework: Science in the News (see sample) (DUE: Tuesday, 12/09)

Wednesday, 12/03

• Discuss U3WS#1
• Discussion: Energy Storage and Transfer (Steam Engine Connection)
• Rotary Steam Engine Challenge

Homework: U3R#1 with Energy Reading (DUE: Friday, 12/05)

Monday, 12/01

• Discuss U2SQs
• Demonstrations: Warming the Pool and Shaking the Sand
• Storyboards and Eureka!
• Discussion : Kinetic Energy, Temperature vs . Heating

Homework: U3WS#1 (DUE: Wednesday, 12/03)

Tuesday, 11/25

• Discuss U2 Review
• U2 Super Quiz

Homework: None - Notebooks Collected for Grading

Friday, 11/21

• Combined Gas Law
• WB U2WS#7

Homework: U2 Review (DUE: Tuesday, 11/25). Super Quiz Next Time - You're Allowed a 3"x 5" Notecard.

Wednesday, 11/19

• P vs. T Lab
• WB P vs. T Lab
• Absolute Zero!
• The Conquest of Cold - Extra Credit Video (Part 1 and Part 2). Watch the film (120 minutes) and write a detailed 2-page summary of information (DUE: Tuesday, 11/25).

Homework: P vs. T Lab Report (DUE: Friday, 11/21)

Monday, 11/17

• Discuss U2WS#6
• Split Day
  • 2nd Period: P vs. T Lab
  • 3rd Period: Science in the News (2)

Homework: 2nd Period: None, 3rd Period: Science in the News (2) (DUE: Wednesday, 11/19)

Thursday, 11/13

• Discuss U2WS#5
• U2WS#6

Homework: U2WS#6 (DUE: Monday, 11/17)

Monday, 11/10

• Collect P vs. V Lab Report
• Graphical Analysis and Proportional Reasoning
• P vs. n Lab

Homework: U2WS#5 (DUE: Thursday, 11/13)

Thursday, 11/06

• Discuss Science in the News
• WB P vs. V Lab
• Chemistry Lab Reports (see scoring key and sample report)

Homework: P vs. V Lab Report (DUE: Monday, 11/10)

Tuesday, 11/04

• Storyboards for Fluid Rise (U2WS#4)
• What Factors Affect Gas Pressure?
• P vs. V Lab

Homework: Science in the News (see sample) (DUE: Thursday, 11/06)

Friday, 10/31

• Discuss U2WS#3
• The Candle and Fluid Rise

Homework: U2WS#4 (DUE: Tuesday, 11/04)

Wednesday, 10/29

• Discuss Temperature and Volume of a Gas Lab
• Pressure!
• Weight of the Atmosphere (55-Gallon Crush)

Homework: U2WS#3 (DUE: Friday, 10/31)

Monday, 10/27

• Discuss U2WS#2
• Temperature and Volume of a Gas Lab

Homework: Complete Conclusion for Temperature and Volume of a Gas (DUE: Wednesday, 10/29)

Thursday, 10/23

• Eureka!
• Sugar Cube Demonstration
• Discuss U2WS#1
• Dye in Hot/Cold
• Discussion: Motion of Particles and Temperature
• Thermometer of Mystery

Homework: U2WS#2 (DUE: Monday, 10/27)

• Discuss U1SQs
• Perfume Demonstration
• WB Particle Description

Homework: U2WS#1 (DUE: Thursday, 10/23)

• Discuss U1 Review
• U1 Super Quiz

Homework: None - Notebooks Collected for Grading. (Extra Credit) Science in the News.

• Density Column of Doom
• Discuss Density of Air
• U1 Review

Homework: U1 Review (DUE: Friday, 10/17). Super Quiz Next Time - You're Allowed a 3"x 5" Notecard.

• Discuss U1WS#8
• Air!

Homework: Density of Air (DUE: Wednesday, 10/15)

• WB U1WS#7
• Dimensional Analysis
• U1WS#8

Homework : U1WS#8 (DUE: Monday, 10/13)

• Discuss U1WS#5
• Density of a Gas Lab
• Post-Lab: Particle Models of Solid, Liquids, and Gases

Homework: U1WS#7 (DUE: Wednesday, 10/08)

• Discuss U1Q#1
• Density of a Gas Activity
• Using Density as a Conversion Factor

Homework : U1WS#5 (DUE: Monday, 10/06)

• Collect U1WS#4
• Complete Thickness of a Thin Layer Activity
• The Size of Things: U1WS#6

Homework: U1WS#6 (DUE: Thursday, 10/02)

Friday, 09/26

• WB Mass and Volume Lab
• Post-Lab: Density
• Thickness of a Thin Layer Activity

Homework: U1WS#4 (DUE: Monday, 09/30). Short Quiz Next Time.

Wednesday, 09/24

• Discuss U1WS#3
• Complete Mass and Volume Lab

Homework: Finish Graphs w/Slopes (DUE: Friday, 09/26)

Monday, 09/22

• Puzzle: Floating High and Low
• Discuss U1WS#2
• Mass and Volume Lab

Homework: U1WS#3 (DUE: Wednesday, 09/24)

Wednesday, 09/17

• Discuss Science in the News
• WB-Round: Comparing Volume Units Activity
• Post-Lab: Units of Volume and Measurement in Science

Homework: U1WS#2 with Significant Figures Reading (DUE: Monday, 09/22)

Monday, 09/15

• Discuss U1WS#1
• Comparing Volume Units Activity
• Science in the News (see sample)

Homework: Science in the News (DUE: Wednesday, 09/17). Notebooks Collected for Grading.

Thursday, 09/11

• WB Mass and Change Lab
• Post-Lab: Conservation of Mass
• Revisit Candle Conundrum Puzzle
• U1WS#1

Homework : U1WS#1 (DUE: Monday, 09/15)

Tuesday, 09/09

• Mass and Change Lab

Homework: Complete Mass and Change Lab (DUE: Thursday, 09/11)

Friday, 09/05

• Puzzle: The Candle Connundrum
• Discuss Syllabus and Lab Safety
• The Explosive Balloon
• How do we measure matter? Eureka!
• Begin Mass and Change Lab

Homework: Set-up Notebooks for Mass and Change Lab (DUE: Tuesday, 09/09)

Wednesday, 09/03

• Welcome and Introductions
• The Exploding Jug
• Storyboard Explanations
• Discussion: How can we describe changes in matter?

Homework: Matter Concept Inventory (DUE: Friday, 09/05)