Physical Science
September Long Island Sound salt sater tank set up, Chemical Building Blocks
9/3--9/5 Introduction to the periodic table.
9/8--9/12 Tank set up with aquarist from the maritime center. PH water testing. Periodic table, element clue game
9/15--9/19 Introduction to element project due date 9/22.
9/22--9/26 Element project presentations. Guiding reading. Stocking of the tank Tank maintenance schedule.
October Periodic Table Review, Matter, Density, Carbon
9/29--10/3 Guiding reading review (periodic table) Solids, Liquids, and Gases.
10/6--10/8 Periodic table review, Quiz 10/8
10/14--10/17 Carbon vocabulary review, Quiz 10/21, Introduction to carbon and food projects, labels due10/17.
10/20--10/24 Nutrient label activity, building carbon atoms.
10/27--10/31 Introduction to density, density in gummy bears experiment, introduction to writing a lab report.
November Chemical Interactions
11/3--11/7 Chemical and Physical Changes---15 chemical changes due 11/14
11/10--11/14 Writing chemical equations, types of chemical reactions Take home quiz due 11/19
11/17--11/21Chemical Bonding, Introduction to acids and bases
11/24--11/25 Acids and Bases continued
December--Models of Atoms
12/1--12/5 Introduction to atom model time line
12/8--12/12 Model Time line construction
12/15--12/19 Model presentations
January Ionic and Covalent Bonding, Newton's Laws of Motion
1/5--1/9 Lewis models of elements quiz 1/9, using periodic table make 10 models
1/12--1/15 Ionicbonding, formula writing and formula naming
1/20--1/23 Compare ionic and covalent bonds and characteristics of each. 1/23 in school backboard making
1/26--1/30 Newton's first law of motion and practical applications. 1/28 academic fair set up.1/29 academic fair