Chemistry in the Community w/ Mrs. Correia

Aloha e na haumana,

Today in class you did independent book work. You all received 3 sets of worksheets that need to be completed in class (or by the end of the day).  If you lost your copy, come see me.

For homework tonight, you were to email me your response to this prompt:  Aluminum is used to make beverage containers to hold acidic beverages (like soda). Why does the acidic dink NOT eat through the aluminum?

Also, I have graded your online homework. Please print out your results and bring to class.

We will begin our review next class.

Aloha e na haumana,LAB NOTEBOOKS WERE DUE TODAY.Here is the PowerPoint for Unit 2B.6: http://www.scribd.com/doc/8745955/unit2b6Remember what I told you all, this stuff is hard, and I don’t expect you all to have gotten it from the brief introduction we had it class. We will talk more about redox reactions, and half reactions the next class

On Monday I will not be in class, so those who have me periods 4 and 6 will have worksheets.

Your homework is to go online to Quia.com, use your new sign-ins, and complete Homework:Unit2B.6

See you all on Tuesday.

Aloha e na Haumana,Welcome back from your 4 day weekend.  I hope you all had your fill of turkey.  Despite the tryptophan induced tiredness you are all feeling right now, class must go on.Today in class, we have our Metal Reactivity lab.  Hopefully you all have you pre-labs done.  Remember to write your own procedures and your MSDS table should have 7 substances listed.  In my last post, I attached a link to the lab description.You lab notebooks with the completed lab are due on December 3 for Periods 5 and 7 and on December 4 for Periods 4 and 6.

THIS IS A TAKE HOME ASSESSMENT.  FAILURE TO HAND IN ON TIME WILL RESULT IN A REDUCED SCORE. FAILURE TO HAND IT IN BY DECEMBER 8 FOR PERIODS 5 AND 7 and DECEMBER 9 FOR PERIODS 4 AND 6 WILL RESULT IN A ZERO.

I am attaching a link to the lab notebook rubric you should all be following when you write your post lab discussions.

 http://www.scribd.com/share/upload/5648570/gr7ga64rprk8iqqlnhj

Next class we will finish up this unit and do a Christmas related activity.

Aloha e na haumana,

Today we continiued on with unit 2B, with an in class discussion. 

Here is a link to today’s PowerPoint: http://www.scribd.com/share/upload/5493572/1ywq4yitni602r4jar3w

Please work through the Building Skills activity, as this will reinforce your understanding.

Your homework tonight is to complete your prelab in your notebooks.  Here is the lab description, in case you did not get one in class, or lost your copy. http://www.jrichardson.info/chemcompdf/Section2B/Unit%202%20B.5%20im.pdf

Come ready for lab after the break.

HAPPY TURKEY DAY!!!!!!

Aloha e na haumana,

After the Unit 2A quiz, we began Unit 2B.

Here is the link to today’s PowerPoint: http://www.scribd.com/doc/8264360/unit-2B1

E kala mai, on slide 10, the textbook page should be 116 not 136.

Your homework tonight is to go online to http://www.quia.com/web.  Complete the Homework: Unit 2B.  It is due by next class.  Use your new usernames and passwords.

Aloha students,

Here is a link to your practice test.  Please take the test, print out your results, and hand in on quiz day.

http://www.quia.com/quiz/1573608.html

Aloha Students

Here is list of things happening in Mrs. Correia’s Chemistry in the Community class for the week of October 20-24. 

On Monday and Tuesday all classes were given the task of preparing a student led lesson for unit 1D.  Al  students in periods 4-7 were placed into 1 of 4 groups.  Each group was then assigned a section of Unit 1D. The task is to prepare a 15 minute lesson to present to your classmates, who will be your students for the day.  You must prepare the presentation, handouts, activity, a demo (Optional) and the quiz.  Each memeber of the group was given a job to do (Quiz creator(s), Activity Creator(s), Teacher)  To be effective, all members must collaborate closely on the project.  Your “students” will be allowed to ask questions, and I will assess your abiltiy to answer those questions. 

Your homework tonight is textbook page 84 questions #1,4,5,6,7,9,10

On Wednesday and Thursday (October 22-23) Presentation Day. We will go in the order the book presents the material.  You will have 5 minutes to setup and 15 minutes for your presentation.  Students not presenting will particapte in the activity prepared by the presenting group.  At the end of each presentation the calss will be evaluating the presentation.  After all presentations are done, you will be asked to write a 1 page (250 word) reflection on your experince as the teacher.

Your homework tonight is to write a 1 page action plan:  “My goal for the 2nd qtr in Chems Com is to_____.  I will Achieve my goals by____”.

On Firday 10/24 and Monday 10/27 students will take the quizzes prepared by their classmates. Each group will recieve their quiz back to grade.  Finally students will evaluate quizzes and group participation in the activity.

Week of 10/27-10/31- We will debrief Unit 1D and begin Unit 2.

Aloha e na haumana,

Here is our week in review:

On Monday and Tuesday we spent more time getting to know each other.  You shared with your classmates the personal logos you each created.  Very creative!!!!  You each also had an opportunity to ask me questions, so that you got to know me a little.  I handed out your syllabi and we discussed it.

Homework for all periods was to get your syllabus signed.  For Periods 6 and 7, you were asked to define the words chemical and chemistry.

On  Wednesday and Thursday, everyone went to the learning center to check out textbooks.  Remember class, your textbook is your responsiblity.  I will not allow anyone to leave their books in my class.  Any books left in my class, will be returned to the library, and you will have to check them out again.  We then had a discussion on class rules, and you helped me to write some for our classroom in Keoua 2018.  Finally, we read pages iv-v in the textbook about lab safety.

Homework for these nights was to read over lab safety rules again, and prepare for short quiz next class.

On Friday, we took the quiz, then moved into our first group activity.  Each class was divided into “expert” groups, and asked to read page 4-6 in the textbook.  These pages introduced you all to the format of Chem Com.   In Chem Com., the concepts of chemistry will be presented as you use them to solve a real-world problem.  In Unit 1A the residents of the fictional town of Riverwood woke up to the nightmare of a contaminated water supply.  You will learn about solution chemistry as we attempt to get down to the cause of the problem. 

In the group activity, you were asked to isolate fact from fiction within these expert groups.  You were then reassigned into “home” groups, where you disccused the finding of your expert groups.  We will use this format of group discussion over an d over again in this class.  You were then asked a few questions about “pure” water and water usage.  We will debrief this activity next class.

Homework- Start collecting data on how your family uses water, using the worksheet I handed out in class.  Also get your notebooks ready for our first lab next week.  Your first entry in your notebooks will be the water use activity.

Have a great weekend. 

Aloha e na haumana,
Welome back to school.
We will have an exciting year in Chemistry. Lots of learning and hands on activities. So get ready.

Just a reminder, please purchase your composition books for lab, and a 3 ring binder for your portfolios.

See u later,

Mrs. Correia