Week of 10/14 - 10/18

**STATE LAB #1 DUE ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 21**
Monday - NO SCHOOL ... COLUMBUS DAY

Tuesday --> Finish chart on atomic mass. Do Periodic Table diagram. Notes with lecture/discussion on objectives 4, 5

Wednesday --> Finish notes from Monday. Start next objectives (7 - 9). Start atom drawing practice in NB. Homework --> finish the atom drawing practice sheet.

Thursday --> NB drawings for …

Week of 10/7 - 10/11

Monday - Review for Unit Test HW --> Study for Unit Test

Tuesday - Unit Test on Life Activities HW -- Reading Guide Ch. 2

Wednesday - Set up Notebooks for Basic Chemistry unit; video clip on Properties of Water; Notebook Questions
HW --> Cover Page for Basic Chemistry

Thursday - Notes for Objectives 1 - 4; label atom diagram in Notebook.

Friday - NO SCHOOL ... STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAY

Week of 9/30 - 10/4

**STARTING STATE LAB #1 ON MONDAY ... PLEASE MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO BE IN LAB ... THESE LABS ARE DIFFICULT TO MAKE UP WHEN YOU MISS THEM**

Monday -- Set up Notebooks for new unit. Life Activities Organizer Activity HW --> design Cover Page in notebook

Tuesday -- Check homework. Lecture/discussion/notes on Objectives 1 - 3.

Wednesday -- Lecture/discussion/notes on Objectives 4 - 7, 10. HW --> …

Week of 9/23 - 9/27

**UNIT TEST THURSDAY ON SCIENTIFIC METHOD**
Monday -- "How To Write a Constructed Response Question" HW: Regents CRQ

Tuesday -- collect CRQ. Scientific Method Task Card team "competition." HW: Regents Review Sheet (this HW is not eligible to be turned in late)

Wednesday -- check and go over HW. Go over CRQs from Monday. Do Analysis Questions in Notebooks. Review for Unit Test.

Thursday -- Unit …

Week of 9/9 - 9/13

LAB #1 DUE WEDNESDAY**
Monday - Set up Interactive Notebooks. Homework --> Cover Page for Ch. 1 and number notebook pages.

Tuesday - In library to register for online textbook website.

Wednesday - notes on Science Introduction.

Thursday - notes on Observation versus Inference. Homework --> Dinosaur Obs. vs. Inf. worksheet.

Friday - Mystery Object Activity

Week of 9/5 - 9/6

~Thursday - Introductory information ... course expecations.
~Friday - Hand out textbooks. Work on Textbook Inventory in class --> DUE AS HOMEWORK FOR MONDAY.

Welcome!

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~Assignments will be noted here weekly. If the assignment is one that can be uploaded, you will also be able to print it out from here in case you lose it.

~Any Powerpoint presentations used in class, along with the student notes, will be uploaded. These will be found in the FILES section below. Look in …