QUARTER 1, 2011-2012 School Year
Scientific Method, Basic
Chemistry, Lab Practice,
Basic Physics, & Space & Time
Week of August 17th - 19th
Monday, August 20th - DAY 1!!
1. Science is... video and Venn Diagram
2. Mythbusters worksheet
Tuesday/Wednesday August 21/22, 2011
1. MQ1Q1 - Warm-up: Science is...
2. SIMBA #1: The collapsing water bottle? Why did my half full water bottle swell and "collapse" during the 24 hours that I left it in my car?
3. Letters from the past...
4. Course Syllabus, Rules, & Expectations
5. Finish Mythbusters
6. Card Trick Scientific Method
1. Science is... video and Venn Diagram
2. Mythbusters worksheet
Tuesday/Wednesday August 21/22, 2011
1. MQ1Q1 - Warm-up: Science is...
2. SIMBA #1: The collapsing water bottle? Why did my half full water bottle swell and "collapse" during the 24 hours that I left it in my car?
3. Letters from the past...
4. Course Syllabus, Rules, & Expectations
5. Finish Mythbusters
6. Card Trick Scientific Method
Week of August 22 - 26
Monday, August 22nd, 2011
1. SIMBA #2 - The angry shower curtain - Why does my shower curtain "attack" me when I take a hot shower?
2. Finish Card Trick Scientific Method
3. Scientific Method Notes
4. Mythbusters conclusion?
1. SIMBA #2 - The angry shower curtain - Why does my shower curtain "attack" me when I take a hot shower?
2. Finish Card Trick Scientific Method
3. Scientific Method Notes
4. Mythbusters conclusion?
Tuesday/Wednesday, August 23rd/24th, 2011
Thursday/Friday, August 24th/25th, 2011
1. Crime scene & Info revisited
2. Collect & Analyze response data
3. Write a formal, conclusive response
2. Collect & Analyze response data
3. Write a formal, conclusive response
WEEK 3: August 29th - September 2nd
Monday, August 29th, 2011
1. Instructions for Crime scene paper
2. Type / write crime scene paper
1. Instructions for Crime scene paper
2. Type / write crime scene paper
Tuesday/Wednesday, August 30th/31st, 2011
Thursday/Friday, September 1st/2nd, 2011
1. Whodunnit solution!
2. MQ3Q1 - The atom & scientific method
3. Collect & go over modeling an atom worksheet
4. Periodic Scrabble Activity
2. MQ3Q1 - The atom & scientific method
3. Collect & go over modeling an atom worksheet
4. Periodic Scrabble Activity
WEEK 4: September 6th - September 9th
Tuesday/Wednesday, September 7th/8th, 2011
1. Periodic Overview, Modeling an Atom discussion (turn-in)
2. MQ4Q1 - Atoms and Building
3. Symbols Activity & Notes
1. Periodic Overview, Modeling an Atom discussion (turn-in)
2. MQ4Q1 - Atoms and Building
3. Symbols Activity & Notes
Thursday/Friday, September 9th/10th, 2011
1. SIMBA #3: The "Scary" Ghost
2. MQ5Q1 - Periodic Table Info
3. Finish Symbols Activities & Notes
4. Precision & Accuracy Lab
2. MQ5Q1 - Periodic Table Info
3. Finish Symbols Activities & Notes
4. Precision & Accuracy Lab
WEEK 5: September 12th - September 16th
Monday, September 12th, 2011 (2 hr. early release)
1. Precision & Accuracy review (see top of P & A Lab for defintion and examples of precision & accuracy)
2. MQ6Q1 - Precision & Accuracy
Tuesday/Wednesday, September 13th/14th, 2011
1. Atom & Solar System Venn Diagram Notes
2. Elemental Demos
3. Water, Water Everywhere Lab - a lab about accuracy and precision
1. Precision & Accuracy review (see top of P & A Lab for defintion and examples of precision & accuracy)
2. MQ6Q1 - Precision & Accuracy
Tuesday/Wednesday, September 13th/14th, 2011
1. Atom & Solar System Venn Diagram Notes
2. Elemental Demos
3. Water, Water Everywhere Lab - a lab about accuracy and precision
Thursday/Friday, September 15th/16th, 2011
1. MQ7Q1 - Atom & SS, Periodic Table
2. Finish Water (accuracy & precision) lab
3. Common Terms Notes
4. Density Lab
2. Finish Water (accuracy & precision) lab
3. Common Terms Notes
4. Density Lab
WEEK 6: September 19th - September 23rd
Monday, September 19th, 2011
1. SIMBA #5: My ears - Why do my ears hurt for a bit when I open my sunroof while driving down the road?
2. Accuracy & Precision Lab Finale
Tuesday/Wednesday, September 20th/21st, 2011
1. Common Terms Notes
2. Jeopardy Review - Test Review A (form), B (form), old test
Thursday/Friday, September 22nd/23rd, 2011
1. 15 minutes of Free Review - HERE ARE THE TEST QUESTIONS!!
1a. HERE ARE THE TEST ANSWERS!!
2. Test #1 - Scientific Method, Atom, Periodic Table, Common Terms
1. SIMBA #5: My ears - Why do my ears hurt for a bit when I open my sunroof while driving down the road?
2. Accuracy & Precision Lab Finale
Tuesday/Wednesday, September 20th/21st, 2011
1. Common Terms Notes
2. Jeopardy Review - Test Review A (form), B (form), old test
Thursday/Friday, September 22nd/23rd, 2011
1. 15 minutes of Free Review - HERE ARE THE TEST QUESTIONS!!
1a. HERE ARE THE TEST ANSWERS!!
2. Test #1 - Scientific Method, Atom, Periodic Table, Common Terms
WEEK 7: September 26th - September 30th
Monday, September 26th, 2011
1. How to Make Cookies Notes (a Big Bang comparison)
Tuesday/Wednesday, September 27th/28th, 2011
1. SIMBA #6: Scuba, Scuba - How is it possible to stick your head in a bucket, go under water, and be able to breath the air in the bucket without the bucket filling with water?
2. How to Make a Universe Notes (related to making cookies)
3. Density Lab - Calculate the density of given materials and predict & test if they will float
Thursday, Friday, September 29th/30th, 2011
1. MQ8Q1 - Big Bang Introduction
2. Finish Density Lab & Discuss
3. Density Follow-Up Lab Questions
4. Alien Conundrum (density related questions with bonus questions)
1. How to Make Cookies Notes (a Big Bang comparison)
Tuesday/Wednesday, September 27th/28th, 2011
1. SIMBA #6: Scuba, Scuba - How is it possible to stick your head in a bucket, go under water, and be able to breath the air in the bucket without the bucket filling with water?
2. How to Make a Universe Notes (related to making cookies)
3. Density Lab - Calculate the density of given materials and predict & test if they will float
Thursday, Friday, September 29th/30th, 2011
1. MQ8Q1 - Big Bang Introduction
2. Finish Density Lab & Discuss
3. Density Follow-Up Lab Questions
4. Alien Conundrum (density related questions with bonus questions)
WEEK 8: October 3rd - October 7th
Monday, October 3rd, 2011
1. Alien Conundrum Bonus Answer
2. Nail Stacker Challenge - a lesson about "center of gravity"
Tuesday/Wednesday, October 4th/5th, 2011
1. SIMBA #7: Day In, Day Out - Will the sun rise in the same place every day? Why or why not? Why does the sun rise anyway?
2. 2 more center of gravity challenges - nose knocker & chair lifter
3. "Space! It's Not Only Warped... It's Twisted" Lab
Thursday/Friday, October 6th/7th, 2011 (links to below will be posted Wed.)2
1. MQ9Q1 - Generalities of Space
2. Gravity measurement lab
3. Cartisian Divers Lab
4. Post Lab Questions to Answer
1. Alien Conundrum Bonus Answer
2. Nail Stacker Challenge - a lesson about "center of gravity"
Tuesday/Wednesday, October 4th/5th, 2011
1. SIMBA #7: Day In, Day Out - Will the sun rise in the same place every day? Why or why not? Why does the sun rise anyway?
2. 2 more center of gravity challenges - nose knocker & chair lifter
3. "Space! It's Not Only Warped... It's Twisted" Lab
Thursday/Friday, October 6th/7th, 2011 (links to below will be posted Wed.)2
1. MQ9Q1 - Generalities of Space
2. Gravity measurement lab
3. Cartisian Divers Lab
4. Post Lab Questions to Answer
WEEK 9: October 10th - October 14
Monday, October 10th, 2011 (short day)
1. Retake MQ9Q1 - generalities of space
2. SIMBA #8 - Mr. Schaeffer has a cold - explain why rolling the windows down or sticking my head in the freezer helps clear my congestion.
Tuesday/Wednesday, October 11th/12th, 2011
1. Answer SIMBA #8
2. BBT Evidence #1: Pop Goes the Weasel Lab - universe aprts distribution
3. BBT Evidence #1 Notes
Thursday/Friday, October 13th/14th, 2011
1. BBT evidence 1 Review
2. BBT Evidence #2 Lab - Analyzing Light - how do we know what the universe is made of?
3. Evidence #2 Notes & Hubble's Law Demo (sound maker)
1. Retake MQ9Q1 - generalities of space
2. SIMBA #8 - Mr. Schaeffer has a cold - explain why rolling the windows down or sticking my head in the freezer helps clear my congestion.
Tuesday/Wednesday, October 11th/12th, 2011
1. Answer SIMBA #8
2. BBT Evidence #1: Pop Goes the Weasel Lab - universe aprts distribution
3. BBT Evidence #1 Notes
Thursday/Friday, October 13th/14th, 2011
1. BBT evidence 1 Review
2. BBT Evidence #2 Lab - Analyzing Light - how do we know what the universe is made of?
3. Evidence #2 Notes & Hubble's Law Demo (sound maker)
WEEK 10: October 17th - October 21st
Monday, October 17th, 2011
1. SIMBA #10 - How can I tell when my shower is warm enough? There are three ways, none by touching, two by sound! Name them.
2. MQ10Q1 - BBT First two evidences
3. Evidence #3: Discovery of CMBR's (notes)
Tuesday/Wednesday, October 18th/19th, 2011
1. Review 3 BBT Evidences
2. Light Notes / Microwave notes
3. Speed of Light with chocolate lab
4. Lotto or Life? Drake Equation Lab
Thursday/Friday, October 20th/21st, 2011
1. Drake Equation walkthru
2. Contact Movie with Questions
1. SIMBA #10 - How can I tell when my shower is warm enough? There are three ways, none by touching, two by sound! Name them.
2. MQ10Q1 - BBT First two evidences
3. Evidence #3: Discovery of CMBR's (notes)
Tuesday/Wednesday, October 18th/19th, 2011
1. Review 3 BBT Evidences
2. Light Notes / Microwave notes
3. Speed of Light with chocolate lab
4. Lotto or Life? Drake Equation Lab
Thursday/Friday, October 20th/21st, 2011
1. Drake Equation walkthru
2. Contact Movie with Questions