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//If you have missed lab(s), you need to get in and make them up during SRB!!!!// Physical Science Lesson Plans
 * Day || Objectives || Standards || Assignment ||
 * Aug. 23 ||  ||   || Fall Fling ||
 * Aug. 24/25 || Get to know you ||  || Class Guidelines [[file:Class Guidelines.key]]

Keynote Tutorial Intro Keynote ||
 * Aug.26/29 || 1. Recognize lab safety protocols ||  || @Lab Safety Project ||
 * Aug. 30/31 ||  ||   || Work day for Lab Safety Project ||
 * Sept. 1/2 || # Prep for standard measurements. ||  || Present Lab Safety Project

Intro to Blackboard Learn

Launch Lab ||
 * Sept. 6/7 || # Name the prefixes used in SI and indicate what multiples of ten each one represents
 * 1) Identify SI units and symbols for length, volume, mass, density, time, and temperature
 * 2) Convert related SI units ||   || Nature of Science ||
 * Sept. 8/9 || # Identify the steps scientists often use to solve problems
 * 1) Describe why scientists use variables
 * 2) Compare and contrast science and technology ||   || read Laws and Theories and Science and Technology

notes and vocab for @Methods of Science

@Scientific Method Webquest || Reading, Notes and vocab for Standards of Measurement and @Charts and Graphs || || Post test activity Reading Assignment for Composition of Matter (Classification of Matter on BBL content) notes and vocab for Composition of Matter || Reading Assignment for Properties of Matter notes and vocab for Properties of Matter || Work Time for Matter webquest Turn in Review sheet and quiz || Work Time for Matter webquest || Reading Assignment for Physical and Chemical Properties and Changes, notes and vocab (all on Blackboard Learn) ||
 * Sept. 12/13 ||  ||   || Webquest work day ||
 * Sept. 15/16 ||  ||   || Finish Webquest lab activity
 * Sept. 19/20 || # Use a balance scale properly
 * 1) Measure length and mass using appropriate tools. ||   || Nature of Science Lab activities [[file:Nature of Science Lab.pdf]] ||
 * Sept. 21/22 || # Finish Lab and upload to BBL
 * 1) Review for test ||   || [[file:Nature of science review sheet.pdf]]
 * Sept. 23 || Homecoming ||  || **Test over Nature of Science on Monday/Tuesday!!!** ||
 * Sept. 26/27 || # Nature of Science Test ||  || Nature of Science Test
 * Sept. 28/29 || # Define substances and mixtures
 * 1) Identify elements and compounds
 * 2) Compare and contrast solutions, colloids, and suspensions ||   || Identifying Matter Lab
 * Sept. 30/Oct. || # Differentiate solids, liquids, and gases
 * 1) Prepare and present arguments based on determinations of good vs. bad classificationsIdentify substances using physical properties ||   || Matter webquest ||
 * Oct. 4/5 ||  ||   || Journal
 * Oct. 6/7 ||  ||   || Journal
 * Oct. 11/12 || # Explain the kinetic theory of matter
 * 1) Describe particle movement in the four states of matter
 * 2) Explain particle behavior at the melting and boiling points ||   || Presentations
 * Oct. 13/14 || # Explain particle behavior at the melting and boiling points ||  || Recognizing Phase Changes Lab ||
 * Oct. 17/18 || # compare and contrast physical and chemical changes
 * 1) identify chemical changes
 * 2) Determine how the law of conservation of mass applies to chemical changes || 9-12.P.1.5. Students are able to distinguish among chemical, physical, and nuclear changes. || Recognizing Physical and Chemical Changes Lab ||
 * Oct. 19/20 || # Explain Archimedes' principle
 * 1) Explain Pascal's principle
 * 2) Explain Bernoulli's principle and explain how we use it. ||   || Finish Lab

Reading Assignment and Notes and vocab for Properties of Fluids (Blackboard Learn) || Pressure problems ||
 * Oct. 21/24 || # Explain Archimedes' principle
 * 1) Explain Pascal's principle
 * 2) Explain Bernoulli's principle and explain how we use it. ||   || Review Notes
 * Oct. 25/26 ||  ||   || @Paper Airplane Lab (not wet)

Reading Assignment and Notes and vocab for Behavior of Gases (Blackboard Learn) ||
 * Oct. 27/28 || # Explain how a gas exerts pressure on its container
 * 1) Explain how a gas is affected when pressure, temperature, or volume is changed
 * 2) Utilize the gas laws to solve pressure problems ||   || Review Notes

[|Charles's Law example] [|example problem] || Research Paper rough draft ||
 * Oct. 31/Nov. 1 ||  ||   || Review ||
 * Nov. 2/3 ||  ||   || Classification of Matter Test ||
 * Nov. 4/7 ||  ||   || @Periodic Table Project
 * Nov. 8/9 || # Identify subatomic particles
 * 1) Explain how electrons are arranged in an atom
 * 2) Compute the atomic mass and mass number of an atom
 * 3) Identify isotopes || 9-12.P.1.1. Students are able to use the Periodic Table to determine the atomic structure of elements, valence number, family relationships, and regions (metals, nonmetals, and metalloids). || Notes and vocab

Paper Due || Nov. 15/16/17 || # Practice with Bohr models Periodic Table Entry Due ||
 * Nov. 10/14
 * 1) Practice with parts of an atom
 * 2) Introduce the periodic table || 9-12.P.1.1. Students are able to use the Periodic Table to determine the atomic structure of elements, valence number, family relationships, and regions (metals, nonmetals, and metalloids). || [[file:POA and Bohr worksheet.pages]]
 * Nov. 18/21 || # Recognize contributions of Lavoisier and Mendeleev to the development of periodic table
 * 1) Differentiate groups and periods
 * 2) Identify and locate representative metals and nonmetals on the periodic table || 9-12.P.1.1. Students are able to use the Periodic Table to determine the atomic structure of elements, valence number, family relationships, and regions (metals, nonmetals, and metalloids). || Fill in blank periodic table with name, symbol, atomic number, and mass number of representative elements and shade appropriate color ||
 * Nov. 22/23 || # Identify and locate representative metalloids on the periodic table
 * 1) Compare and contrast representative A groups of the periodic table
 * 2) Apply concepts of periodic arrangement || 9-12.P.1.1. Students are able to use the Periodic Table to determine the atomic structure of elements, valence number, family relationships, and regions (metals, nonmetals, and metalloids). || Finish notes and vocab

Fill in blank periodic table with name, symbol, atomic number, and mass number of representative elements and shade appropriate color Final Paper edits using PaperRater.com || Review Practice quiz for review ||
 * Nov. 28/29 || # Apply periodic law concepts and knowledge of element identity
 * 1) Review for vocab quiz and test || 9-12.P.1.1. Students are able to use the Periodic Table to determine the atomic structure of elements, valence number, family relationships, and regions (metals, nonmetals, and metalloids). || Lab [[file:Using Clues to Identify Elements Lab.pdf]]
 * Nov 30/Dec.1 ||  ||   || Atomic structure/Periodic Table Test ||
 * Dec. 2/5 || # Recognize stable electron configurations
 * 1) Predict an element's chemical properties using number of valence e- and e- dot diagrams
 * 2) Describe how an ionic bond forms and how ionization energy affects the process
 * 3) Predict the composition of an ionic compound from its chemical formula
 * 4) Relate the properties of ionic compounds to the structure of crystal lattices.
 * 5) Describe how covalent bonds form and the attractions that keep atoms together in molecules
 * 6) Compare polar and nonpolar bonds, and demonstrate how polar bonds affect the polarity of a molecule
 * 7) Compare the attractions between polar and nonpolar molecules || 9-12.P.1.2. Students are able to describe ways that atoms combine. || Guided Reading assignment for chemical bonding(blackboard learn)

Notes and NTG for chemical bonding (blackboard learn) || Practice with ionic and covalent bonding || Review ("Chemical Bonding Review" on Blackboard Learn) || Notes and vocab Counting Atoms/Molar mass worksheet Balancing Equations worksheet
 * Dec. 6/7 || # Describe the structure and strength of bonds n metals
 * 1) Relate the properties of metals to their structure
 * 2) Define an alloy and demonstrate how the composition of an alloy affects its properties || 9-12.P.1.2. Students are able to describe ways that atoms combine. || Finish notes
 * Dec. 8/9 ||  || 9-12.P.1.2. Students are able to describe ways that atoms combine. || Practice with covalent bonding ||
 * Dec. 12/13 ||  ||   || Lab--"Bonding with a Classmate"
 * Dec. 14/15 ||  ||   || Chemical Bonding Test ||
 * Dec. 16/19 ||  ||   || Review ||
 * Dec. 20/21 ||  ||   || Semester Tests ||
 * Jan 3/4 || # Interpret chemical equations in terms of reactants, products, and conservation of mass
 * 1) Balance chemical equations by manipulating coefficients
 * 2) Determine molar mass of a compound || 9-12.P.1.4. Students are able to balance chemical equations by applying the Law of Conservation of Matter. || Reading assignment (BBL)
 * 1) Determine molar mass of a compound || 9-12.P.1.4. Students are able to balance chemical equations by applying the Law of Conservation of Matter. || Reading assignment (BBL)

(All handouts are found in BlackBoard Learn (BBL)) || Notes and vocab Classifying reactions worksheet Identifying a Type of Reaction Lab
 * Jan 5/6 || # Classify chemical reactions as synthesis, decomposition, single-replacement, double-replacement, or combustion reactions
 * 1) Describe oxidation-reduction reactions, and relate them to other classifications of chemical reactions ||   || Modeling a molecule Lab

(All handouts are found in BlackBoard Learn (BBL)) ||
 * Jan 9/10 || # Describe the energy changes that take place during chemical reactions
 * 1) Classify chemical reactions as exothermic or endothermic
 * 2) Explain how energy is conserved during chemical reactions
 * 3) Explain what a reaction rate is
 * 4) Describe the factors affecting chemical reaction rates || 9-12.P.1.3. Students are able to predict whether reactions will speed up or slow down as conditions change. || Notes and vocab

Catalyst lab

Review || Reading Assignment || Gizmo || Notes and vocab Lab || Lab || Review || Post test Activity || 2. Identify four types of friction 3. Define gravity and recognize its affect on motion 4. Define projectile motion || 9-12.P.2.2. Students are able to predict motion of an object using Newton’s Laws. || Newton's Laws
 * Jan 11/12 ||  ||   || Chemical Reactions Test
 * Jan 13/17 ||  ||   || Work Day for Physics Biography Project ||
 * Jan 18/19 ||  ||   || Presentations ||
 * Jan 20/23 || # Identify frames of reference and describe how they are used to measure motion
 * 1) Identify appropriate SI units for measuring distances
 * 2) Distinguish between distance and displacement
 * 3) Calculate displacement using vector addition || 9-12.P.2.1. Students are able to apply concepts of distance and time to the quantitative relationships of motion using appropriate mathematical formulas, equations, and units. || Finish up presentations
 * Jan 24/25 || # Identify frames of reference and describe how they are used to measure motion
 * 1) Identify appropriate SI units for measuring distances
 * 2) Distinguish between distance and displacement
 * 3) Calculate displacement using vector addition || 9-12.P.2.1. Students are able to apply concepts of distance and time to the quantitative relationships of motion using appropriate mathematical formulas, equations, and units. || Pretest
 * Jan 26/27 || # Identify SI units for measuring speed
 * 1) Compare and contrast average speed and instantaneous speed
 * 2) Interpret distance-time graphs
 * 3) Calculate the speed of an object using slopes
 * 4) Describe how velocities combine.
 * 5) Identify changes in motion that produce acceleration
 * 6) Calculate the acceleration of an object
 * 7) Classify acceleration as negative or positive || 9-12.P.2.1. Students are able to apply concepts of distance and time to the quantitative relationships of motion using appropriate mathematical formulas, equations, and units. || Notes and vocab
 * Jan 30/31 ||  ||   || Lab
 * Feb 1/2 ||  ||   || Describing Motion Test
 * Feb 3/6 || 1. Define force and recognize its affect on motion

Notes and vocab

Projectile motion demo site || 2. Describe Newton's first law of motion and its relation to inertia 3. Describe Newton's second law of motion and use it to calculate acceleration, force, and mass 4. Relate the mass of an object to its weight || 9-12.P.2.2. Students are able to predict motion of an object using Newton’s Laws. || Air resistance lab
 * Feb 7/8 || 1. Observe how air resistance affects falling objects

Notes and vocab Force, mass, and weight worksheet

Mass vs weight || 2. Calculate the momentum of an object and describe what happens when momentum is conserved during a collision || 9-12.P.2.2. Students are able to predict motion of an object using Newton’s Laws. || Review Newton's 2nd law
 * Feb 9/10 || 1. Explain how action and reaction forces are related according to Newton's third law of motion

Momentum worksheet || 2. Identify and describe the universal forces acting within the nucleus 3. Define Newton's law of universal gravitation and describe the factors affecting gravitational force 4. Describe centripetal force and the type of motion it produces || 9-12.P.2.2. Students are able to predict motion of an object using Newton’s Laws. || Lab
 * Feb 13/14 || 1. Identify the forms of electromagnetic force that can both attract and repel

Notes and vocab

Laws of Motion Study Guid ||
 * Feb 15/16 ||  ||   || Laws of Motion Test ||
 * Feb 21/23 || # Describe the conditions that must exist for a force to do work on an object.
 * 1) calculate the work done on an object
 * 2) Describe and calculate power
 * 3) Describe what a machine is and how it makes work easier to do
 * 4) Relate the work input to a machine to the work output of the machine || 9-12.P.2.3. Students are able to relate concepts of force, distance, and time to the quantitative relationships of work, energy, and power. || notes and vocab [[file:Work, power, and machines ntg.pages]]

Work and Power worksheet (due Feb 21/22) || 2. Calculate the IMA and AMA of various machines 3. Explain why the efficiency of a machine is always less than 100% 4. Calculate efficiency || 9-12.P.2.3. Students are able to relate concepts of force, distance, and time to the quantitative relationships of work, energy, and power. || notes and vocab
 * Feb 26/27 || 1. Compare a machine's AMA to its IMA

Lever Lab || 2. Calculate IMA and AMA for simple machines || 9-12.P.2.3. Students are able to relate concepts of force, distance, and time to the quantitative relationships of work, energy, and power. || Notes and vocab || Pulley Lab || Review || @Rube Goldberg webquest || 2. Design and build a "Rube Goldberg" machine || 9-12.P.3.1. Students are able to describe the relationships among potential energy, kinetic energy, and work as applied to the Law of Conservation of Energy. || Work time for Rube Goldberg project || 2. Relate kinetic energy to mass and speed and calculate these quantities 3. Analyze how potential energy is related to an object's position and give examples of gravitational and elastic PE 4. Solve equations relating to KE and PE 5. Identify major forms and give examples of forms of energy || 9-12.P.3.1. Students are able to describe the relationships among potential energy, kinetic energy, and work as applied to the Law of Conservation of Energy. || Roller Coaster Physics Gizmo
 * Feb 28/29 || 1. Identify 6 simple machines
 * Mar 1/2 || 1. Calculate IMA and AMA for pulley systems || 9-12.P.3.1. Students are able to describe the relationships among potential energy, kinetic energy, and work as applied to the Law of Conservation of Energy. || Review
 * Mar 5/6 ||  ||   || Lab
 * Mar 7/12 ||  ||   || Work, Power, and Machines test
 * Mar 13/14 || 1. Research the interaction of potential and kinetic energy
 * Mar 15/16 || 1. Describe the relationship between work and energy

Energy Conversions Gizmo

Notes and Vocab ||
 * Mar 19/20 ||  || 9-12.P.3.1. Students are able to describe the relationships among potential energy, kinetic energy, and work as applied to the Law of Conservation of Energy. || Tracking Sheet

KE/PE worksheet

Mass and Kinetic Energy Lab ||
 * Mar 21/22 ||  ||   || Kinetic Energy of a Pendulum Lab

Notes and vocab || 2. State and apply the law of conservation of energy 3. Analyze how energy is conserved in conversions between kinetic energy and potential energy and solve equations that equate initial energy to final energy 4. Describe the relationship between energy and mass and calculate how much energy is equivalent to a given mass 5. Classify energy resources as renewable or nonrenewable 6. Evaluate benefits and drawbacks of different energy sources 7. Describe ways to conserve energy resources || 9-12.P.3.1. Students are able to describe the relationships among potential energy, kinetic energy, and work as applied to the Law of Conservation of Energy. || Collect Papers for Rube Goldberg project
 * Mar 23/26 ||  ||   || Work Day for Rube Goldberg--bring your materials!! ||
 * Mar 27/28 || 1. Describe conversions of energy from one form to another

Energy Resources Project || notes and vocab ||
 * Mar 29/30 ||  ||   || Rube Goldberg presentations and journals due ||
 * Apr 2/3 ||  ||   || Energy Project workday ||
 * Apr 4 ||  ||   || District Testing ||
 * Apr 5/10 ||  || 9-12.P.3.1. Students are able to describe the relationships among potential energy, kinetic energy, and work as applied to the Law of Conservation of Energy. || Energy Project workday ||
 * April 11 ||  ||   || Energy Unit Test
 * Apr 12/13 ||  ||   || Energy Project presentations

Energy Unit Review || notes and vocab ||
 * Apr 16 ||  ||   || Energy Unit Test
 * Apr 17/18 || # Describe how reflection, refraction, diffraction, and interference affect waves
 * 1) State a rule that explains refraction of a wave as it passes from one medium to another
 * 2) Identify factors that affect the amount of refraction, diffraction, interference
 * 3) Distinguish between constructive and destructive interference and explain how standing waves form || 9-12.P.3.2. Students are able to describe how characteristics of waves are related to one another. || Ripple tank gizmo

waves worksheet

notes and vocab ||
 * Apr 19/20 || # Describe the properties of sound waves and explain how sound is produced and reproduced
 * 1) Describe how sound waves behave in applications such as ultrasound and music
 * 2) Explain how relative motion determines the frequency of sound an observer hears
 * 3) Analyze the functions of the main regions of the human ear || 9-12.P.3.2. Students are able to describe how characteristics of waves are related to one another. || Sounds in Solids lab [[file:sounds in solids lab.pdf]]

Waves and sound review ||
 * Apr 23/24 ||  ||   || Earth Day activities ||
 * Apr 25/26 ||  || 9-12.P.3.2. Students are able to describe how characteristics of waves are related to one another. || Waves and Sound Test

notes and vocab ||
 * Apr 27/30 || # Analyze factors that affect the strength and direction of electric forces and fields
 * 1) Describe how electric forces and fields affect electric charges
 * 2) Describe how electric charges are transferred and explain why electric discharges occur
 * 3) Describe electric current and identify the two types of current
 * 4) Describe conduction and classify materials as good electrical conductors or good electrical insulators
 * 5) Describe the factors that affect resistance
 * 6) Explain how voltage produces electric current
 * 7) Calculate voltage, current, and resistance using Ohm's law. || 9-12.P.3.3. Students are able to describe electrical effects in terms of motion and concentrations of charged particles. || Ohm's Law worksheet

notes and vocab

End of year survey || Lab ||
 * May 1/2 || # Analyze circuit diagrams for series circuits and parallel circuits
 * 1) Solve equations that relate electric power to current, voltage, and electrical energy
 * 2) Describe devices and procedures for maintaining electrical safety || 9-12.P.3.3. Students are able to describe electrical effects in terms of motion and concentrations of charged particles. || Power and Energy worksheet
 * May 3/4 ||  || 9-12.P.3.3. Students are able to describe electrical effects in terms of motion and concentrations of charged particles. || Gizmo

Review || Helpful website for online tutorial Another helpful website Chem4Kids is also great!! ||  ||   ||
 * May 7/8 ||  ||   || Electricity Test ||
 * May 9/10 ||  ||   || Semester Test Review ||
 * May 11/14 ||  ||   || Semester Test Review ||
 * May 15/16 ||  ||   || Semester Test ||
 * May 17/18 ||  ||   || Check out/Teacher work day ||
 * || Howstuffworks.com has some great videos and explanations for concepts. Just type in a topic and click "search"