3.3.15

Today:  I am at a conference today and there is a guest teacher!  Students will work on their two graphs using data collected in P22.  They will create a density graph to show the mass:volume ratio of their unknown liquid.  They will also create a boiling phase change graph showing the substances temperature over time until it reaches boiling point.

Homework: Finish the graphs

Tomorrow we will be in the lab - typing our formal lab reports for P22.

SOTW: Robert Boyle - due Friday 3.6 (3rd to last one!)

Mrs. Setten

3.2.15

Today: Students collected data for their summative Lab P22: Identifying an Unknown Substance.

Homework: none

SOTW: Robert Boyle - due Friday 3/6

Mrs. Setten

*I will be gone tomorrow!

2.27.15

Today: Students wrote a pre-lab for the summative lab P22.

SOTW: Robert Boyle - due 3/6

Hope you are having a great weekend!

Mrs. Setten

2.26.15

Today: Students participated in a Matter Vocabulary Gallery.  Each student created a poster for one of the matter vocabulary words.  Then the class walked around the lab, viewed each student's work and copied down the definition.

Homework:  NTI's and SOTW!

SOTW: Rachel Carson - due tomorrow

*SOTW rubric posted on yesterday's blog post

Mrs. Setten

2.25.15

Today: Students completed a P20a check in quiz.  Then we reviewed the 3 states of matter, 5 phase changes and how thermal energy impacts a substance.

Homework: Check P-School

SOTW: Rachel Carson

SOTW RUBRIC

______ Scientist Name
______ Time period
______ Country of Origin
______ Area of Study
______ Male/Female
______Ethnicity
______MAJOR CONTRIBUTION (***)
______ IB Learner Profile and why (***)
______ grammar
______ Bibliography

2.20.15

Today: Students completed Lab P20b conclusions and took a clicker quiz.  Then phase change books were collected.  They look fabulous!   Students began to pre-lab for P20a.

Homework: Rachel Carson scientist reports

Mrs. Setten

2.19.15

Today: Students registered for 8th grade classes! Then they worked on their Lab P20b reports and Phase Change books.

Homework: PHASE CHANGE BOOK - due Friday 2/20
Lab P20b - due Friday 2/20

SOTW: Rachel Carson - due Friday 2/20

Mrs. Setten