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**Welcome to Mrs. McMullan's 8th gradeAC Science website: Feel free to contact me at twila.mcmullan@cobbk12.org (be sure to include a SUBJECT line)
East Cobb's phone number: 770-578-2740 (I'm ext. 461)---I'd much prefer an e-mail!!
Holt Textbook Log-in: http://my.hrw.com
See Mrs. McMullan for a password
and username
Brainpop: www.brainpop.com (The password is now the same as the username.)
**Check Pinnacle at least once a week!!!
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Sign up for ELEMENT project:
Antimony
Boron--
Cadmium--Paige
Calcium--Miller
Carbon--Kurt
Chlorine--Kerri
Chromium--Jared (orange punch)
Cobalt--Megan
Copper--Daniel (spinach dip)
Fluorine
Germanium
Hydrogen--Ryan
Iodine-Ari
Iron--Nathan
Magnesium--Rory
Manganese- Maia (chicken barbeque)
Molybdenum
Nickel--Jeremy
Nitrogen--
Oxygen--Mei
Phosphorous--Tarik
Potassium--Justin (banana pudding)
Selenium--Maddie (yellow cake cupcakes with peppermints on top)
Silicon
Sodium--Corinne
Sulfur--Anika (cinnamon pretzels and lemonade)
Tin
Vandium--Isabel
Zinc--Max (chicken pot pie)
>>Find out what food your element is found in.
http://www.healthyeatingclub.com/info/books-phds/books/foodfacts/html/data/data5a.html
**elements symbols to memorize: (know symbol and name)
Know elements with atomic #1-20, 22, 24, 25-30, 33-36, 47, 50, 53-54, 74, 77-80, 82, 86, 88, 92, 94
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Wednesday (12/9/09): Go over ch 4-3 PowerPoint
>>Review mixtures with ink chromatography (black ink and coffee filters)
>>separate: sand, iron, beans and salt
Homework: Ch 11 2-column notes due by Monday
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Thursday (12/10/09):
Ch 4 test--come in 8:45am if absent
Discuss "Adopt-An-Element" mini-project (give out research sheet)
Useful websites for the project (online periodic tables):
http://education.jlab.org/itselemental/index.html
http://periodic.lanl.gov/default.htm
http://www.chemicalelements.com/
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Begin chapter 11--Brainpop: Atom
Homework: Ch 11 2-column notes due by Monday
Ch 4 textbook work (none if "A" on ch 4 test)--due Mon
If "B" on test:
a. page 93 #4, 6
b. page 97 #2, 3, 4
c. page 105 #1-4, 5, 6, 8, 10
If "C" or below on test:
a. page 93 #4, 6
b. page 97 #2, 3, 4
c. page 105 #1-4, 5, 6, 8, 10
d. pages 108-109 #1-6, 7-14, 17, 20, 23
Ch 11--The BIG IDEA: Atoms are composed of small particles that determine the properties of the atom.
Vocabulary: atoms, molecules, proton, electron, neutron, nucleus, electron cloud,
amu, atomic number, isotope, mass number, atomic mass
Objectives:
>>Name and describe the parts of an atom.
>>Compare an ion and isotope.
>>Be able to calculate the mass number and atomic number of an atom.
>>Distinguish between atoms of elements and molecules that are found
in food.
State Standards:
S8P1: Students will examine the scientific view of the nature of matter.
Friday (12/11/09): Subst:
Research assigned element in media center
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Monday (12/14/09): Tape copy of Periodic Table into spiral notebook
Brainpop: Atomic Model
"An Atom: The Smallest Part of Matter"--fill in and tape into notebook
>>(answer questions together aloud)
Practice drawing atoms, ions, isotopes
Homework: Ch 12 2-column notes by Tue, Jan 5th
Element project (food and baby book) due by Friday, Jan 8th
Notebook check Wednesday (turn in by 9am)
Opt: bring in food for chemistry project Wed, or Thur
Ch 11 test Thursday
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Tuesday (12/15/09): Subst
Bill Nye, Atoms
Work on worksheets--finish by Wednesday
Homework: ch 11 worksheets (all due Wed)
"Atomic Dimensions" worksheet
Ch 11 (fill in) Concept Map
Ch 11 Puzzler
"Atomic Math Challenge"
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Wednesday (12/16/09): Notebook check (9am)
Brainpop: Isotope
Brainpop: Ion
Ch 11-2 Powerpoint (while eating)
Practice drawing atoms (Build an atom)
Homework:
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Thursday (12/17/09):
>>Go over worksheets that were due yesterday---any questions??
http://education.jlab.org/elementmath/index.html
http://education.jlab.org/elementhangman/index.html
http://education.jlab.org/elementmatching/index.html --easy only
Periodic Table with electron configurations:
http://www.chemicalelements.com/show/electronconfig.html
QUIZ: http://www.quia.com/quiz/126796.html?AP_rand=302127227
page 323, Math Focus--if time permits
Ch 11 test (will include some ch 4 questions)
Show ATOM powerpoint from Wheeler High School--if time permits
Homework: work on:
1. Ch 12 2-column notes by Thur, Jan 7th
2. Element project (food and baby book) due by Friday, Jan 8th
3. Know elements with atomic #1-20, 22, 24, 25-30, 33-36, 47, 50, 53-54, 74, 77-80, 82, 86, 88, 92, 94
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Friday (12/18/09): Holiday "party"?
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Ch 12--The BIG IDEA: Elements are organized on the periodic table according to their properties.
Vocabulary: period, group, alkali metal, alkaline-earth metal, halogen, noble gas
Objectives:
>>Explain how elements are arranged in the modern Periodic Table.
>>Compare/contrast the properties of metals, nonmetals, and metalloids (know location
on the periodic table).
>>Describe the properties of the elements in the groups in the periodic table.
State Standards:
S8P1.f: Recognize that there are more than 100 elements and some have
similar (chemical and physical) properties as shown on the Periodic Table of Elements.
(): Alien Periodic Table
Brainpop: Periodic Table of Elements
http://education.jlab.org/elementcrossword/index.html
http://education.jlab.org/elementmatching/index.html
Brainpop: Metals
http://education.jlab.org/elementflashcards/index.html
http://www.funbrain.com/periodic/index.html
http://www.quia.com/cb/8167.html
Homework:
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Video: Bill Nye, Chemical Reactions
f. At Atom: The Smallest Part of Matter
g. Atomic Symbol Search
i. It's Elementary, My Dear Watson
j. A Look at the Past: History of Periodic Table
Homework:
Textbook questions for chapter 11:
page 325 #2, 3, 4, 9
pages 328-9 #1-5, 7, 9, 10, 14, 19-21
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Textbook Questions for chapter 12:
page 343 #3, 7
page 351 #1-4, 5, 7, 10
pages 354-355 #1-4, 6-10, 18, 19
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Have a wonderful winter break!!!--see you back Tuesday, Jan 5th.
Extra Credit (replaces 1-2 homework zeroes OR adds 5pts to a test OR adds 10pts to a quiz/lab):
Make a PowerPoint or poster about
1. particles that are smaller than protons, neutrons, and electrons.
2. OR Boyles and Charles Laws
3. molarity, molality, and normality
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Graphing website: http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing/classic/index.asp
Conversion links: http://www.onlineconversion.com/ for mass: www.convert-me.com/en/convert/weight
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