Quarter 3

Homework will be posted on this page and kept here for at least 2 weeks. Please check this page when you are absent or if you need reminding about a particular assignment.

Q2 Homework assignments .......................Old Questions of the Week

Warm-Ups . Q4 ......Q3 .....

 Date  Class Topics  Assignment

 Due

Date

Jan

9-10

Earthquake Review

What causes a Tsunami

Read Tsumani page

Answer questions

 Jan 11-12

Jan 11-12

Earth History

Evidence for the story (fossils)

Fossil discovery Lab

Read Text 68-72

Questions p 72

 Jan 13-14
Jan 13-16

Earth History, eras and periods

How fossils form

 No Homework assigned except period B (Chapter review) Jan 17
Jan 17-18

The History of Earth review

  • Eras, Periods
  • Age of.....

Practice quiz online, print-out and due on Mon Jan 24, Tuesday 25.

Finally!!!!

 Jan 24-25
  There is a practice test that can be downloaded. You do not have to log on Blackboard, but you can get it there also. Practice test on earthquakes. Practice test  
Jan 30-Feb 2

Fossil Labs

Examining how palentologists use fossils to tell Earth's History

Fossil Stations

Complete lab work in class Questions on Fossil Analysis due next class

Prepare for fossil test

 

  
Feb 12 The Fossil Test is available at the Blackboard site. Be sure you can log onto this site. If you have difficulity logging on you must see me BEFORE Tuesday. After Tuesday, will be too late to solve an access problem..   Test Due Feb 16
Feb 13-14

In class practical for fossil test

Introduction to matter

TDC

Bring Red Books to class

Practical must be completed in Class.

Online must be completed by Wed.

Section review section 2 Blue text

Collect Red Books

 

Practical 2/13-14

Online Due Wed

Section review 15-16

 
Feb 15-16

Properties of Matter

  • Journal entries
  • calculating density
  • Calculating weight
  • Read text 11-19
  • Answer these questions (they will download onto your computer, watch where your computer puts them!!!)
  • Copy 2 data tables from page 21 Blue text to empty journal page.
 Feb 17-21
Feb 17-20

Density Review and Mass-weight conversions

Server was down so previous assignment was inaccessable. However must have Data Tables in Journal for class on Monday n(A+B) tuesday (F,G+H)

 

 Do the Density review and weight problems. Feb 22-23
Feb21-22

Properties of Matter review

  • Physical properties (can be observed without changing the matter)
  • Chemical Properties (can only be observed with a change in the matter)
  • Physical change (same old stuff)
  • Chemical change (Always something new)

White Before Your Eyes Lab

  1. Complete the lab questions and Data Tables
  2. Enter a diiscussion before Thursday March 3

 

1 Due Feb 23-24

2 Due Mar 3
Feb 23-24

A Closer Look at Matter

  • Remember density (how tightly packed is the stuff of matter)
  • Particle Theory of Matter (Phillip)
  • Phase (state) changes

Read Text 30-34
Alternative reading (include solid, liq and gas links)

Questions p 34

 

  
Feb 27-28
  • Gas Laws
  • Phases of matter
  • Changes in phase
  • Exothermic vs endo thermic changes
  1. Elemental Research
  2. Read text 38-43
  3. Questions p 43
  1. Due march 10
  2. Due Mar 2-2
  3. Mar 1-2
March 1-2

How particles are affected by heat

Behavior of gases

Balloon Lab

Demonstrating how particles react to temperature changes

lab questions due 3/6-7

Question of the Week 3.16

3/3

 
March 3-6

Kinetic theory of Matter continued

Energy in Phase changes:
Hot-Cold lab:

Cold part of hot cold lab:

Graph data from cold lab

 Balloon Lab quest due 6+7
March 7-8

Elements, basic units of matter

Compounds, pure substancescan be simplified

Mixtures, physically seperate

Read Text 53-61

Do these questions

HTML if your computer does not download above file

 3/9-10
March 9-10

Element Review

 

Write a summary statement, about what happens when heat is taken out of water. (include heat of fusion)

See Summary for hot for example

 3/13-14
March 13-14

Element Presentations

Compounds and Mixtures
  1. Make 1 or more comment on Discussion board
  1. Due 3/22

 
March 15-16

Element presentations

  • HomogenousMixtures (Solutions and alloys)
  • Heterogenous
 Read Text "Mixtures" 62-62, do questions p 64 and 69  
March 17-20

Mixtures

  • Homogenous (concentration, solutions solvent/solute alloys)
  • Heterogenous (suspensionss and colloids)

Seperation Anxiety Lab

Complete lab questions, and answer these questions