Honors/Gifted Chemistry

Week of: Jan 20, 2025

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Honors/Gifted Chemistry

Monday

• No School due to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day!!

Tuesday

Standard(s): 

• SCSh1: Students will evaluate the importance of curiosity, honesty, openness, and skepticism in science.

• SCSh2: Students will use standard Safety Practices for all classroom laboratory and field investigations.

LT: 

• We are learning about the fundamental principles of chemistry.

• We are learning about safety procedures in a laboratory setting.

SC:

• I can describe the major attributes/characteristics of chemistry.

• I can identify how chemistry differs and is similar to other sciences.

• I can determine safety procedures for laboratory investigations.

• I can determine a response if a safety procedure is violated.

Lesson/Activity:

• Worksheet on The Ladder Method (Review) on one-side and Density math (new) on the other side.

• Notes on Density.

• Check R.A. #2.

• Completely fill out notecard with The Ladder Method, Density circle, and % Error formula. (Place in Best Friend’s Pocket.)

• Finish video clip - where students write down ALL measurements heard or seen and all equipment used through the episode. 

• HW: Flocabulary #2: “Physical and Chemical Changes” closes TONIGHT at 11:59 p.m. R.A. #3 is due on Thursday (whenever we return post-Snow Day on Wednesday). Do missing R.A.s #1 and/or #2 and finish all worksheets in Notes section and NFPA Diamond Activity in Lab Section.

Resources: 

• Modern Chemistry by Holt, Rinehart, and Winston 

• Worksheets - The Ladder Method and Density

• Promethean Board

Wednesday

• School cancelled due to Winter Storm Enzo (snow, sleet, and ice issues overnight and into Wednesday morning).

Thursday

• School cancelled due to Winter Storm Enzo (snow, sleet, and ice issues overnight).

Friday

• School cancelled due to Winter Storm Enzo (snow, sleet, and ice issues).

• Teacher work day.

• Student holidays have now been changed to regular school days in February and March. Next break will be Spring Break!