Week 14/15
November 17-21 and 24-28, 2014

Learning Goals: Describe how specific heat of an object affects how fast object absorbs/releases heat. Prepare for unit test. Describe brief history of atomic theory and describe current model of atom including discussion of all subatomic particles.

 

Week 14

Monday - Hot, hotter, hottest lab

HW: specific heat capacity wksht

Tuesday - Review for quiz; Thermodynamics project work day

HW: study

Wednesday - Quiz: Heat and Temperature; Work on unit 3 review

HW: unit 3 review

Thursday - Review for test

HW: study

Friday - Unit 3 Test

HW: none

Week 15

Monday - Atomic Structure ppt; Introduce history of atomic theory assignment

HW: group ?s due 12/3; individual paragraph due 12/8

Tuesday - Thermodynamics project work day 
HW: project due 12/2

Wednesday - No Class; ER 1-4

Thursday/Friday - No School; Thanksgiving Break! 

Week 12
November 3 - 7, 2014

Learning Goals: Design an experiment and collect and analyze data to test the law of conservation of mass. Describe the three methods of heat transfer.

 

Monday - Data collection law conservation of mass inquiry lab

HW: none

Tuesday - Complete data collection/begin work on lab presentation

HW: lab presentation due 11/7

Wednesday - Work day: lab presentation

HW: lab presentation due 11/7

Thursday - Temperature vs. heat, Groups-work on 3 methods of heat transfer, time to go over lab presentation

HW: heat transfer worksheet  due 11/10

Friday - Conservation of mass lab presentations

HW: heat transfer worksheet

EXTRA CREDIT: For first two emails with correct answer, 5 quiz points.  
Besides the Law of Conservation of Mass, Lavoisier disproved the phlogiston theory. What is phlogiston and what did Lavoisier show?
phlogiston theory