Tuesday December 18

Today the kids worked on learning the differences between: Compounds, Elements, Molecules and Mixtures.  We did a couple of activities with some cards and on the smartboard today.

This week: Thursday and Friday: kids will be working on their Writing Assessment for Term 2.  The rubric is online already and they will receive directions Thursday.  The paper is due on Friday at the end of the hour.

Thursday December 13

Today the kids are taking an 80% test over Act. 12-16.  They are using an online program called Socrative to take the test today.

We are then going to start Act. 17 where kids are going to be building molecules. 

Quiz for Thursday December 13

This week Thursday the kids will be having a short test that will be 80% of their grade. Hopefully the kids will do some studying and do well on the test!

Here are the concepts they will need to know for this quiz:
1. Act. 12
    What is the purpose of a materials engineer? 
    What are some advantages/disadvantages of plastic, aluminum, and glass for container use?

2. Act. 13
     What are the four parts of the life cycle diagram and know what each of them contribute to the life cycle process.

3. Act. 14
      What are the chemical and physical properties that were tested in the experiment performed?
       How would you know whether there was a chemical change or a physical change that took place?  This a from a sheet of paper we took notes on during class time (full of pictures).

4. Act. 15
        Name some physical properties and chemical properties of elements.  From the element cards.
        How do we group elements on the periodic table?
       
5.  Act. 16
       What are the parts of the elements listed on the periodic table of elements?
        What is an atom?
        

Wednesday December 5

Today kids used computers to research their element for their element report.  The rubric for the report is posted on the Science homepage your son or daughter needs another copy of it.  The quilt square they need to make needs to be 2 3/4 inches in width and 3 1/4 inches in height.

The report and the square are due on Friday. The kids do have to present their information to the class and attach their square to the paper on the back bulletin board after their presentation.

Let me know if you have any questions about the report.