Agenda December 18

1 Check HW CH5, J53 CH5 Vocabulary, J54 CH5 Constructing Meaning, WS Lewis Structure, WS Activity Bond with a Classmate, WS Ionic Bonds, WS Covalent Bonds
2 Activity Penny Lab II Hydrogen Bonds
3 Review WS Bond with a Classmate if time
4 CH5 Test tomorrow.

Agenda December 17

1 J60 Polar Bonds and Molecules
2 J61 Hydrogen Bonds
3 Review WS Covalent and Ionic Bonds

Agenda December 16

1 Activity Comparing Two Types of Chemical Bonds Day 2 due today
2 Activity Bond with a Classmate (finish) due 12/18
3 Make Up Test Day today lunch and after school

Agenda December 15

1 Activity Comparing Two Types of Bonds Day 1
2 Make Up Test Day today and tomorrow at lunch and after school.

This is the last week I will have both my girls at home together as just my girls.  I have to practice writing these things so I do not get chocked up when I say them.  I am almost done with all my tasks for the wedding which will only leave 2 days to prepare for Christmas.  I am not worried.  I read once that the only time miracles happen are when you need them to happen.  Of course I drive Highway 17 everyday so I am in need daily.

No Miniatures Club this week.

Agenda December 11

1 J57 Covalent Bonds
2 J58 Metallic Bonds
3 J59 Poly Atomic Ions
4 WS Lewis Dots and Periodic Table
5 Activity Bond with a Classmate

Wow what a day.  Wind, rain, no power, until now of course.  Over 5" of rain today so far.  Fallen trees in Santa Rosa.  Students swimming to class.  What a day.  Wow.

Agenda December 10

1 J55 Types of Bonds
2 J56 Ionic Bonds
3 J57 Covalent Bonds

If the weather is as bad as predicted tomorrow, I will not be holding the make up tests.  I have a long drive and it could be pretty bad if I don't leave right away.  I will adjust the make up tests for next week and make them available on Monday after school and at lunches.

I was aiming at Thursday next week for the CH5 Test but may need to bump it out to Friday, the day I am absent.  There is an assembly that day so classes will only be 40 minutes long.  Time will be tight so students need to be prepared to sit down and start work.

Agenda December 9

1 HW CH 5 Directed Reading p89 - 104 Also do all Target Reading Skills.  due Thursday, Dec. 18
2 Marking the Text in the HW packet p89, 93, 98, and 102.  p 89 will be scored/graded. Due today
3 J53 CH 5 Vocabulary due Thursday, Dec. 18
4 J54 CH 5 Constructing Meaning  due Thursday, Dec. 18
 Aiming at CH 5 Test on Thursday, Dec. 18
11 days to go and I am behind.  

Agenda December 8

1 Trade and Grade Periodic Table Test
2 J52 CH 5 Pre Reading due tomorrow

Agenda December 5

1 Collect the following worksheets: Family Ties; Color Coding the Periodic Table; Interpreting the Table; Mixed Up Table; and Placing All Your Elements on the Periodic Table.
2 Periodic Table Test - The Second Hardest Test of the Year


I am off to Santa Rosa this weekend to plant more wildflowers and choose linoleum or carpet, I cannot remember which.  Tonight, we are dinning with the Realini's at Pezzellas on El Camino so say hello if you see us.

Agenda December 4

1 Check WS Interpreting Table and WS Mixed Up Table (due tomorrow)
2 WS Placing All Your Elements on the Periodic Table (due tomorrow)
3 Periodic Table Test tomorrow.  Be ready to start first thing.
4 Make Up Test Day is Thursday, Dec 11
I have composed 73% of my toast for the wedding.
There has been over 12" of rain at my house since last Saturday.  Wednesday saw the rain gauge overflow so that day gets counted as 5.5"+.

Agenda December 2

1 Test Radioactivity
2  Check WS Periodic Table Coloring and Family Ties
3 Periodic Table Test on Friday, Dec. 5
4 Make up Test next Thursday, Dec 11

Agenda December 1

1 WS Family Ties check tomorrow
2 WS Color Coding Periodic Table check tomorrow
3 Radioactivity Test Tomorrow

over 3" of rain over the Saturday/Sunday I did manage to get a few lights up on the outside of the house.

Thanksgiving Post

I have been scoring video projects today.  Admittedly I have only done 9 so far and it takes an hour to watch 9.  One third of them were about English Measurements even though the title of the project is Group Video Project METRIC measurements.  If you did inches, gallons, or pounds, you will need to redo the assignment to have a chance of getting 5's.
My daughter is having her hair and make up done as a practice for the wedding.
Miniatures Club had 13 pilots on Tuesday where we played a version of Quidditch with Aerodrome.  Blowing up a balloon ended the game using early war single and 2 seaters.  I controlled the AA guns.

Agenda November 25

1 Activity Element Project Day 3 art.  Many students had difficulty accessing regular websites due to problems with the computers.  Art also takes awhile for some.  Element Projects will be due Monday when students return from the Thanksgiving Break.  Have a safe and fun Thanksgiving.

Agenda November 24

1 Element Project Day 2 Research
2 Bring Art Supplies tomorrow
3 Science shirt day tomorrow.  Yes Dr Who, Star Wars, and Minecraft are Science

Miniatures Club meets tomorrow.  2 seaters and early war fighters.

Wow what a turn out on Friday at the Fall Celebration.  It was great to talk to as many parents as I did.

Today, my daughter is bringing me Thai for lunch.  Yum.

Agenda November 21

1 Turn in Activity Half Life of Pennyum
2 Check CH4.3, 4.4, and 4.5 HW, J38 Vocabulary, J39 Constructing Meaning, WS Nuclear Decay, and WS WS #2 Half Life.  Remember that you should have done Marking the Text for the HW packet.
3 Collect Video Project
4 Activity Element Project Day 1 Research

Miniatures Club will meet today and next Tuesday because Tuesday is like a Friday next week.

Agenda November 20

1 Activity: Half Life of Pennyum
2 WS Nuclear Decay Practice Problems  review, due tomorrow
3 WS Worksheet #2 Half Life  review, due tomorrow 
1 month to go until the wedding. 

Miniatures: Aerodrome
If you are Matt, remind me about the envelope please.

Agenda November 19

Today is my 31st Wedding Anniversary.  Since I am still 39 years old it means I was married at age 8.  I was advanced for my age.  I don't think this is believable anymore.

1 J51 Lewis Dot Structure (for classes who missed this yesterday)
2 WS Nuclear Decay Practice Problems due tomorrow
3 WS Worksheet #2 Half Life due tomorrow

Reminder about work due on Friday.  HW Packet including Marking the Text practice, Vocabulary, Construction Meaning, and Video Project.

Agenda Novemeber 18

1 J45 Lanthanides and Actinides
2 J46 Halogens
3 J47 Noble Gases
4 J48 Types of Radioactivity
5 J49 Radioactive History
6 J50  Half Life
7 J51 Lewis Dot Structure

Miniatures will be meeting this Friday.  We will end in time for you to attend the awards ceremony.  We will be playing Aerodrome.  Encourage parents to come by and see the club.

Agenda November 17

The First Day of Trimester 2
1 Return Work
2 New Seats
3 J 41 Hydrogen
4 J42 Group 1 Alkali Metals
5 J43 Group 2 Alkali Earth Metals
6 J44 Group 3-12 Transition Metals (Heavy Metals)
7 J45 Lanthanides and Actinides
8 J46 Halogens
9 J47 Noble Gases

Agenda November 14

1 J40 Marking the Text Instructions
2 HW CH4.3, 4.4, and 4.5 p73-87  Target Reading p79 only.  Due Fri. Nov 21

Preferred ways to receive video project in order of preference:
1 Posted online.  Send me the url.
2 email attachment if size will permit
3 USB flash drive.  I will return this.  Make certain it is taped to the grading sheet so I know who it belongs to.
4 CD/DVD  This is now an older option and not all CD's are readable by my machine.
5 Show me the video on the recording device.  Really?  Not the best option but if that is all that works then ok.

I will not be downloading any software or signing up for an account to view these videos.

Remember I need your grading sheet attached with all the names of the group members.  Also attach your script/rough draft so I can give you credit for that.

Aerodrome training starts today.   Camels and Triplanes to begin and then on to more exotic planes.  I was tempted to start with the early war planes since the 100th Anniversary of the beginning of WWI was this summer.

Oh yes.  Tomorrow is the 39th anniversary of my first date with my wife.  

Agenda November 13

1 1st Trimester Agenda and Journal Check (30 Journals and 12 weeks)
2 J38 CH4.3 and 4.4 Vocabulary due Friday Nov 21
2 J39 CH4.3 and 4.4 Constructing Meaning due Friday Nov 21
One week left for video projects
Miniatures: Aerodrome Day 1.  Time to dust off those World War One Flying Ace goggles and scarf and take to the skies.  New players welcome.

Agenda November 12

1 CH4.1 and $.2 Test (finish for P2)
2 J36 Neutron
3 J36 Isotopes
4 Agenda and Journal Check tomorrow:  30 journals and 12 weeks of agendas
5 One weekend before your video project is due.

Agenda November 7

1 Turn in WS's : The Atom; Meet the Elements; Bohr Model HW; Atomic Basics; Electron Configuration; and Bohr Model Trading Cards
2 Test CH4.1 and 4.2

Agenda November 6

1 Check WS Atomic Basics
2 Check WS Electron Configuration
3 WS Bohr Model Trading Cards
4 CH4.1 and 4.2 Test tomorrow
5 Bring all 5 WS's

Agenda November 5

1 Return Work
2 Check Bohr Model Homework
3 Check answers for W S's from yesterday
4 Homework WS Atomic Basics due tomorrow
5 Homework WS Electron Configuration due tomorrow
6 Agenda and Journal check next week
7 Test CH4.1 and 4.2 Fri or Wed

We have collected 90 pounds of candy so far.

Agenda November 4

1 WS The Atom (stamp in class and turn in at the test)
2 WS Calculating Protons, Neutrons, and Electrons (stamp in class and turn in at the test)
3 WS Meet the Elements  (stamp in class and turn in at the test)
4 WS Name that Element Only  (stamp in class and turn in at the test)
5 HW Bohr Model Homework (due tomorrow)

Agenda and Journal Check early next week
Test CH4.1 and 4.2 is either Friday, Monday, or Tuesday

Agenda November 3

1 J34 History of Atomic Theory
2 J35 Parts of an Atom Using Bohr's Model
3 Check HW CH4.1 and 4.2, J32 Vocabulary CH4.1 and 4.2, and Constructing Meaning CH4.1 and 4.2

I am hearing some interesting stories about Halloween and cash.

Agenda October 31

1 WS Video Bill Nye Atoms due today
2 J33 Atomic theory History
3 J34 Parts of an atom using Bohr's Model

Remember how you can be a hero to a little kid tonight and that rule 1 still applies so be careful, have a good time, and get lots of candy, in that order.

Agenda October 30

1 J32 CH 4.1, 4.2, and 4.5 Vocabulary, due Monday, Nov 3
2 J33 CH 4.1, 4.2, and 4.5 Constructing Meaning, due Monday, Nov 3

So that was some World Series Game 7 last night.  High Drama.  It is so great that the Giants won.  My family were all watching together.

I will be absent tomorrow for a training at the County Office of Education.

Agenda October 29

1 Activity Extra Halloween Candy
2 J31 How to be a Hero to a Little Kid on Halloween

First, the Science Building (which we are in) got high marks for our Code Red Drill.  No one go anywhere near the students so we are good at hiding.
Second, I am starting my Halloween candy drive for this year.  All candy collected will go to an organization that supports our troops over seas.  I should be contacting Blue Star Moms shortly.  If any of you are affiliated with this organization, please let me know.

Agenda October 28

1 Check J30 CH3 Pre Reading
2 HW CH4.1 and 4.2 p65-72 Do All Target Reading due Monday, Nov. 3
3 Activity Summary Sentences

Agenda October 27

1 Trade and Grade CH3 Test
2 CH2 and CH3 Make up /Retake Test Thursday, Oct 30 after school.
3 J30 CH4 Pre Reading due tomorrow.

No Miniatures Club on Friday.

Agenda October 24

1 Check Chapter 3 HW, J24 CH3 Vocabulary, and J25 CH3 Constructing Meaning
2 Turn is the 2 worksheets (one paper) Gas Laws and States of Matter (they should be stamped from Wednesday)
3 Chapter 3 Test

Wahoo.  I was given a number of electrical tools yesterday and Mr. G helped me pick up a router table today.
Thanks to all the parents who were at the PTSA meeting last night.
My family goes south this weekend for my daughter's wedding shower.
My wife sent me this link to a youtube video of kids from Lucille Packard Children's Hospital and Children's Mercy in Kansas City singing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame".
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6oNdPrBMP8#t=10
Go Giants

Agenda October 23

1 Activity Balloon in a Flask due today
2 Activity Crushing Can due today

Reminder CH3 Test tomorrow and HW,Vocabulary, and Constructing Meaning are also due.
PTSA Meeting tonight.  I will be there representing the Historical Miniature Game Club.

Go Giants.  World Series Game Three tomorrow night
Miniatures Club in the gym again

Agenda October 22

1 Return Work
2 WS Gas Laws due today turn in Friday
3 WS Phases of matter due today turn in Friday
4 One month to go on Video Project
5 Wear hair ties for activity tomorrow

Agenda October 21

1 Activity Fountain in a Flask due today
2 CH3 Test moved to Friday
3 Return work (if time)

Agenda October 20

Teacher Inservice Day
Remember to work on your Video Project
2 months to go.  I better write my speech/toast

Agenda October 17

25 years ago none of my students were born and I was living in Carlsbad (San Diego County).

1 Activity Dry Ice Simply Sublime due today

We have 50 cans.  Hurray.

Agenda Oct 16

1 J28 Pressure and Volume (Gas Law) Boyle's Law
2 J29 Heating and Cooling a Rigid Container
3 Video Bill Nye Phases of Matter  WS due today

Test moved to Fri Oct 24

Agenda Oct 15

1 J26 Change of State
2 J27 Temperature and Volume (Gas Law) Charles' Law
3 J28 Pressure and Volume (Gas Law) Boyle's Law if Time

We only have 7 aluminum cans.  33 to go.
Aiming at Oct 23 for the test on CH3

Agenda October 14

1 Check J23 CH3 Pre Read
2 J24 CH3 Vocabulary due Fri Oct 24
3 J25 CH3 Constructing Meaning due Fri Oct 24
Aluminum cans needed for lab activity.  Please rinse them once before bringing them in to reduce ant problems.

Agenda October 13

1 J23 CH3 PreReading check tomorrow
2 HW CH3 Directed Reading p49-64 All Target Reading due Friday Oct 24
3 Turn in Activity Exothermic Endothermic Reactions today or tomorrow.

Agenda October 10

1 Test Chapter 2 Standards 3 and 5
2 Trade and Grade if time

Agenda Oct 9

1 Check CH2 HW, J17 Vocabulary, and J18 Constructing Meaning.  due today
2 Activity Exothermic and Endothermic Reactions
3 Make up/ Retake tests today at Lunch (new option) or after school.

No Miniatures tomorrow.
Be ready for CH2 Test

Agenda October 8

1 J22 Exothermic Endothermic
2 WS Types of Matter
3 Group Video Project Metric Measurement Guidelines Sheet (Project due Friday, Nov. 21)

Reminder, no Miniatures Club on this Friday.

Agenda October 7

1 Activity: Where's the Evidence Day 2 due today
2 Wednesday Night Blood Moon see CH12
3 Video Project Metric Measuring if time

Agenda Oct 6

1 Collect Activity Lego Models
2 Activity Where's the Evidence? Day 1

Looking at rules changes for gym version of Wooden Warships.  No Miniatures this week.

Agenda October 3

1 J 20 Mixtures
2 J 21 Compounds
3 Activity Lego Models of Elements, Molecules, and Compounds.  due Monday

Agenda October 2

1 J19 Matter Characteristics
2 Activity Heterogeneous to Homogeneous Mixtures

Agenda October 1

1 J16 CH2 Pre Reading due today
2 J17 CH2 Vocabulary due Thursday, Oct. 9
3 J18 CH2 Constructing Meaning due Thursday, Oct. 9

Miniatures Club meets in woodshop on Friday.  If you took your ship, bring it with you for finishing and painting.
No Miniatures Club on Oct 10

Agenda September 30

1 J16 CH2 Pre reading due Wed. Oct 1
2 HW CH2 Directed Reading p39-49 Target Reading on p44 and 47 only due Thursday, Oct 9

Miniatures Club has a new "ship".  Friday will see us finishing and painting.

Agenda September 29

1 Test CH1 the rest of Chapter 1
2 Trade and grade test
3 J16 CH2 Pre Reading due Wed Oct 1
4 Aiming at Fri Oct 10 for CH2 Test

Agenda September 26

1 Trade and Grade CH 1 Measuring and Density Test
2 Missing work disscusion
3 Fire Safety Video
4 Test on the rest of CH1 (Sci Method, Fire Safety, and the like) Monday

Miniatures Club in the wood shop today

Agenda Septemeber 25

1 Test CH1 Measuring and Density

Miniatures Club meets outside the wood shop tomorrow.  I have wood for 15 torpedo boats prepared and wood for cruisers for 2nd year sailors.  Next Friday is also wood shop to finish models.

Agenda September 24

1 Test Review Measuring and Density
2 CH 1 Test Measuring tomorrow

Agenda September 23 Autumn

1 Activity Measuring Temperature - The Dry Ice Lab  due today

Agenda September 22

1 Collect WS Determining Density
2 Activity Measuring Time due today
3 J15 Measuring Temperature
4 Aiming at CH1 Test on Thursday

Last Day of Summer

Agenda September 19

1 Activity Density of Regular and Irregular Solids Day 2 due today
2 WS Density Questions (back side) due today
3 J14 Measuring Time
4 WS Determining Density due Monday
5 J15 Measuring Temperature (if time)

Miniatures will spend the first 30 minutes going over safety procedures for the wood shop so you can be ready to start building next Friday.
My daughter flies home today and tonight - Sushi!!!!! (Five exclamation marks.  The sign of an unbalanced mind)

Agenda September 17

1 Activity: Using a Triple Beam Balance Day 2 due today (except p3)
2 WS Metric Mania Mass due today (except p3)
3 J12 Measuring Mass (continued)'
4 J13 Density (if time)

Magazine Drive Assembly today

Thanks to all the parents who came out last night to listen to my ramblings.  Not as many laughs as in the past.  I will work on my end.  Thank you especially to the parents to whom I assigned jobs.  Let me know who you were.

Agenda September 16

1 Activity: Volume of Solids Part 2 Irregular Solids Day 2 due today
2 J12 Measuring Mass
3 Activity: Using a Triple Beam Balance Day 1

Back to School Night - See you there.

Agenda September 12

1 Check HW CH1, J5 CH 1 Vocabulary, and CH 1 Constructing Meaning
2 Journal 11 Measuring Volume of Irregular Solids
3 Activity Volume of Solids Day 2 Irregular Solids
4 Journal 12 Measuring Mass (if time)

Agenda September 11

1 Activity Volume of Solids Part 1 Regular Solids due today
2 Activity Liquid Volumes Using Different Measuring Tools due today
3 WS Measuring Liquids
4 HW, Vocabulary, Constructing Meaning check tomorrow

Agenda Sept 9

1 Activity Metric Measuring - Distance due today
2 WS Metric Mania Length due today
3 Journal 9 Measuring Volume of solids
4 Journal 10 Measuring Volume of liquids (if time)
5 Journal 11 Volume of irregular Solids (if time)

Agenda September 8

1 Return Work and talk about it
2 Check and Review WS Writing Meters, Liters, and Grams
3 Journal 8 Measuring Length
4 Activity Day 1 Measuring Length

Agenda September 5

1 Collect and Stamp WS Metric Mania Conversion
2 Video Bill Nye Measurement due today
3 Return WS for questions then collect to record
4 WS Writing Meters, Liters, and Grams due Monday Sept 8
5 Return Work (if time)

Miniatures Club will run until about 5PM

Agenda September 4

1 J7 Metric System and Conversion
2 WS Metric Mania due Friday, Sept 5
3 Video Veritasium - The Roundest Object

Miniatures Club Tomorrow After School.  Short introduction then Wooden Warships.

Agenda September 3

1 J7 Metric System and Conversion

Agenda September 2

1 J5 and J6 due date changed to Friday, Sept. 12
2 HW CH1 Directed Reading (No Target Reading) p11-37 due Fri, Sept. 12.

Got to go to Sunday Baseball.  Fun Game.  It was Star Wars Day.

Agenda August 29

1 Turn in Depth and Pressure Graph
2 Check Journal 3 Chapter 1 Pre reading
3 Journal 4 Vocabulary and Constructing Meaning Instructions
4 Journal 5 CH 1 Vocabulary due Fri Sept 5
5 Journal 6 CH 1 Constructing Meaning due Fri Sept 5

Agenda August 28

1 Journal 2 How to do Pre Reading
2 Journal 3 Pre Reading Chapter 1
3 Graphing Project: Depth and Pressure due Friday August 29

Agenda August 27

1 Physical Science Diagnostic Test Trade and Grade
2 Journal 1 10,000 Hours

Agenda August 26

1 Physical Science Diagnostic Test

Sorry for missing the agenda yesterday.
My daughter has convinced me to take a yoga class with her.  However, given our practicing last night with me, I may try this at home for awhile.  You see there is this pose or position called child's(?) pose that is considered a resting pose.  I physically cannot get into that pose due to my injured right knee.  It was quite funny to have the cat walking under us as we were trying all this out.
The house in Santa Rosa appears to be fine though the fellow who watches the place said it was amazing how fast you can move when you are asleep.  A 6.0 earthquake really packs a wallop.

Agenda August 25

1 Procedures Quiz Collect
2 Collect Predator Prey Graph
3 Code Red Practice Hide
4 Don't Eat the Marshmallow (Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0yhHKWUa0g)

Agenda August 22

1 Procedures Quiz (trade and grade)
2 Video:  Say No to the Marshmallow
3 Graphing Project:  Predator Prey due Monday Aug 25
4 Journals Needed on Monday

Miniatures is not officially meeting this week.  If you happen to drop in for an hour, you will be welcomed.  Official start will be Sept 5.  Why yes, that is a Friday.

Agenda August 21

1 Rules due signed tomorrow (Friday)
2 Procedures
3 Procedures Quiz (due finished tomorrow)
4 Code Red Practice 1 Run Away

Yesterday marked the 4 month mark until my youngest daughter's wedding.  Planning and preparation plans are proceeding apace.

Agenda August 20

1 Seats
2 Rules
3 Procedures
Be sure to ask your period 1 teacher for your agenda if you do not have one yet.

Summer 3 Things I have learned this summer

This is actually the first day back for 6th and 7th grade students but since I don't have any, I can say this is still summer (even though I am wearing a tie).  Well here is my list of things that stand out about the summer though there was some other things I learned as well.

Things I have learned this summer:

How to put on ear rings and panty hose. (My wife broke her arm)

That blow dry bars are worth it with a broken arm.

That boys can fall better than girls.  May be I should say old boys and old girls

Dr Banuelos is a kind and gentle man.

That brain scans on children learning cursive handwriting accesses areas of the brain similar to ones that adults use for higher reasoning  while doing the same activity on a computer accesses none of those areas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85bqT904VWA

and that “Like everything in our culture, we declare its value by what we teach or what we do not teach our children.”

What the amygdala does and why it explains every day as a middle school teacher.

http://www.aacap.org/AACAP/Families_and_Youth/Facts_for_Families/Facts_for_Families_Pages/The_Teen_Brain_Behavior_Problem_Solving_and_Decision_Making_95.aspx

That no matter the nationality (from the notes of a keen observer) parents give in to tantrums.

Common Core wants children to do critical thinking before their brains can physically perform the task (see amygdala above and add frontal cortex).

That saying no to the marshmallow is a better predictor of academic success than IQ.

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/05/18/dont-2

That the digital divide is narrowing in California.

http://www.ppic.org/main/publication_show.asp?i=263

That Historical Miniatures Game Club Models made this year can be entered into the Santa Clara County Fair next year in either “Creative Arts and Crafts” or “Woodworking”

http://www.thefair.org/entries.cfm#

Just because you think you are going to win Settlers of Catan doesn’t mean your future son in law won’t snatch victory at the last moment.

That if you find you are working really hard on a class, it pays to go to the instructor/counselor to find out if the class has more work than you would normally see in a 1 unit class and that, oh by the way, they have changed it and made it easier.

That there really isn’t any difference between frost white, organic white, misty carina, and London mist counter tops when you step back five feet to look at them.

What a heart murmur is and how common it is in folks.

That I have a heart and watched it beat using an ultrasound (ECG).

How to lose 5 pounds in a week though I gained back 2.

How good it feels to hear people say "I couldn't do that" and "Bless you" when I tell them I teach middle school.

Also 4 months from today is my daughter's wedding.  I need to start practicing my father of the bride speech so I don't cry like a baby on the day. 

Summer 2, July 28

Well here I am at a Stanford Clinic waiting for my wife to get out of surgery.  She broke her arm/wrist when we went canoeing on the Russian River.  Most people's response is "I didn't think canoeing was a contact sport".  Most people forget galleys and ramming speed.    Would that that would be part of the story but it is actually more mundane.  What do 3 canoeists all do at the same time when a canoe tips to the right?  You are correct.  We all went over to the left.  My wife says the boat was full of weight and I say girls don't know how to fall.  I say girls.  I should say women who do not participate in contact sports.  I knew there was a reason for my daughters to become excellent soccer players.
I am here contemplating some new purchases.  Bells for my daughter's wedding as a gift for all the guests.  The groom says don't give them out until the end or it could get very annoying.  He is astute.  I am also considering security cameras for The Farm.  The soon to be father in law (what does that make us?) made a suggestion so we can watch as the remodel gets done.
The remodel.  We now have a sexy new septic tank.  I say sexy because it starts with an S and what else makes it oxymoronic.  The laundry room is gone and the Prickly Pear roots are being dug.  That Prickly Pear deserves capitals.
 I have been able to meet with Kevin at the SMS woodshop a couple of times.  He has made great strides in making tanks and planes.
While writing this, my wife came out of surgery and everything went well.

Summer 1 June 27

Tomorrow is the 100th Anniversary of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.  The event that is considered to be the spark that started WWI.  I read something recently that the Archduke's presence in Sarajevo on that particular day was quite provocative as it was a day closely associated with Serbian independence.
In remembrance of WWI, I  have been working on tanks from that war for the Miniatures Club's game, Wooden Armor.  The Mark IV tank is ready to glue up.  The Renault tank needs some re gluing as my prototype came apart.  At least it had the decency to do it in the lay out phase rather than when I had it in the band saw.  The A7V is giving some problems and though it is from just a hunk of 4x4, is the furthest from finished.  I think some time with a belt sander will speed this up.  Pictures are waiting for a battery charger for my camera as I have put the original charger in an extremely safe place.
I am taking a class on technology for teaching.  It is an awfully large amount of work for one unit.  I am pleased that I seem to have incorporated many of the techniques mentioned in the book.  This blog is one of them.
I will try to get to the school woodshop the week after the 4th.  If you have an interest, send me an email so I can put you on my last minute notification list.

Agenda June 11

1 Promotion Ceremony (what a mosh pit)
2 Lunch with Mr. Lenhart and Ms Kruze
3 Found a cell phone in a bag.  It is in the office now.
Have a nice summer

Agenda June 10

1 Last Day for 6th and 7th which means we practice walking today.

The moon is waxing gibbous.

Agenda June 9

1 Great America Day

Agenda June 6

1 Video The Truth About Sex
2 Family Life Questions

Agenda June 5

1 Triathlon
2 Family Life Questions

Wooden Armor tomorrow
Katharyn's last day with kids at Loma Prieta
Oh, and the septic tank is in.

Agenda June 4

1 Triathlon
2 Family Life Questions

Miniatures Club will be playing "Wooden Armor" play test

Agenda June 3

1 Test Family Life (this will be in the Investigation and Experimentation Standard)
2 Family Life Questions

Remember you must be in class before going out to the triathlon.

Agenda June 2

1 Video Laughing and Learning About HIV and AIDS
2 Family Life Questions

Miniatures Club had a great game day testing our new game Wooden Armor.  As with all tests, there will be some tweaking of the rules for next Friday.
There is some interest in a War Thunder squadron day next week.  It would require students bringing laptops.  More info forth coming.  Ask me if you have any questions.

Agenda May 30

1 Video Laughing and Learning About HIV and AIDS
2 Check 3rd Trimester Agenda and Journal Check
3 Family Life Questions if time

Agenda May 29

1 Video Teens Talk AIDS
2 Family Life Questions

Agenda May 28

1 Video What Teens Want to Know About Sex
2 Family Life Questions
3 Turn in Text books by tomorrow

Agenda May 27

1 WS Sexually transmitted Diseases due today
2 Family Life Questions
3 Moving Family Life Test to either June 3 or 4
4 Third Trimester Agenda and Journal Check Friday, May 30
5 Bring in your text book

Miniatures Club - We will be trying Wooden War Armor (or Tanks).  Whichever sounds better.  Bring your tanks, artillery, and trucks.  I have infantry

Agenda May 23 Happy Birthday Katharyn

1 Parts Quiz
2 WS Menstrual Cycle due today
3 Activity Why Fertilization Won't Occur
4 May 30 Family Life Final Test 
5 May 30 3rd Trimester Journal and Agenda Check
6 Bring in your Textbook

Agenda May 22

1 Parts, Boys and Girls

Agenda May 21

1 Return Work
2 Disassemble Water Rockets
3 family Life Ground Rules
4 Family Life Questions

Miniatures Club will be playing Cruisers versus Cruisers again (with the DD's in as well).  I will have to determine if there is a need, desire, and availability to go to the wood shop one more time.

Agenda May 20

1 Water Rocket Lab Day 3 Launching

Agenda May 19

1 Water Rocket Lab Day 2 Construction (finish today)

Agenda May 16

1 Water Rocket Lab Day 1 Construction
2 Bring a nose weight of about 200g on Monday to finish this project.
3 20 bottles are still needed so please bring those in.  Especially period 2 and 5 who need to step up and do their part.

Miniatures was an all cruiser destroyer game.  We actually got in two games.

Agenda May 15

1 Collect Straw Rocket Lab Report and listen to excuses
2 Video Disney Imagineering Trajectory due today
3 I really want you to have the opportunity to launch water rockets so I am extending the deadline to before school on Friday.  This means build Friday and Monday and then launch on Tuesday.  However, if not enough bottles come in, we move on.

Agenda May 14

1 How to Build a Water Rocket
2 Straw Rocket Lab due Thursday
3 So far we have ten 2 Liter bottles.  70 more to go.

Mr Clauset's website with bottle rocket construction instructions:
 http://www.tclauset.org/21_BtlRockets/BTL.html

Agenda May 13

1 Straw Rocket Lab Day 2 - Show Hypothesis and Procedure; Do Experiment; Graph paper is available
2 Water Bottle Rocket Project - must have 80 bottles by Thursday or it will be canceled.

Agenda May 12

1 Straw Rocket Lab Day 1
Title, Purpose, Hypothesis, Background Info, Procedure
2 Upcoming water bottle rocket project:  Requires two 2 Liter bottles per group.  We must have 80 bottles total so all classes will have enough or this lab will be canceled.

Miniatures Club will play Wooden Warships this Friday.  We are still working on tanks, guns, and trucks but on our own at the moment.  I am working on The Great War (WWI) at the moment as this year is the 100th year anniversary of the start.

Agenda May 9

1 STAR/CST Day 2

Agenda May 8

1 STAR/CST Science Test Day 1
You have covered all this material.  Just remember it.

Miniatures Club in Wood Shop tomorrow (last day for tanks, trucks, and guns)

Agenda May 7

Wow.  PTSA Parents are the Best.  Thank you for the brunch.  I may not be able to eat until tomorrow.
1 Collect WS Temperature of Stars
2 Return Work
3 CST Release questions.  Check out one of these tonight please:
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sr/documents/cstrtqscience8.pdf

http://www.thatquiz.org/tq/previewtest?N/C/W/D/77351320186483
this one has the answers conveniently displayed.

Agenda May 6

1 8th Grade Physical Science Post Test.  While this could be considered a final exam it is actually the test taken in the beginning of the year.  It will be graded on completeness.  Hopefully you see you have improved.

2 Liter bottles are needed for next week.  We will need a minimum of 80 bottles so please bring those in as soon as you can.

Agenda May 5

1 WS How is a Star's Color Related to its Temperature? due Wednesday

Happy Birthday to my nephew Jacob and for Cinco de Mayo, I went old school red, white, and green for Italia.  Go Firenza.

Agenda May 2

1 Activity How do astronomers measure distance to stars? due today
2 Moving due date for HW, Vocabulary, and Constructing Meaning to Monday.  Not enough time to do the activity and check the work due to Testing Schedule  Turns out this only applies to Period 2.
Bring Red, Orange, Yellow, Blue colors for Monday
Great work day in the wood shop for Miniatures Club.

Agenda May 1

1 WS Classifying Galaxies due today
2 WS The Stages in a Star's Life Cycle due today
3 Bring a red, orange, yellow, blue, green, and purple coloring tool (Crayons, colored pencils, and the like) for an activity on Monday.
4 Make up tests today after school.

Agenda April 30

1 Video Bill Nye Outer Space due today
1 Video Bill Nye Comets and Meteors due today

95 degrees today.  Watch out for the dress code.
Miniatures Club meeting tomorrow at the beginning of lunch for safety tests on drill press and disk sander.

Agenda April 29

1 Activity Model of Planets' Orbit
2 Activity Expanding Universe Model
3 Make up Tests Thursday, May 1 after school.  Please sign up.

Agenda April, 28

1 Finish Test CH 12 and 13
2 Collect WS Video Sun, Earth, and Moon and Bill Nye Seasons
3 HW CH 14 Directed Reading No Target Reading due Friday, May 2
4 HW CH 15 Directed Reading No Target Reading due Friday, May 2
Yes I know that is only a week.  Bring it up with the lady at the district who set the schedule for testing.
Miniatures Club meeting at lunch on Thursday to take wood shop safety tests for drill press and belt sander. I am making drill press jigs this week

Agenda April 25

1 Test Chapter 12 and 13
2 J118 Chapter 14 Vocabulary due Friday, May 2
3 J119 Chapter 14 Constructing Meaning due Friday, May 2
4 J120 Chapter 15 Vocabulary due Friday, May 2
5 J121 Chapter 15 Constructing Meaning due Friday, May 2
6 The WS from the Bill Nye Seasons and Nat'l. Geog. Sun, Earth and Moon will be collected on Monday

Miniatures Club will be playing Wooden Warships with a different dice mechanic today.  The next 2 Fridays will see us back in the wood shop constructing armored divisions.

Agenda April 24

1 Activity Angle of the Sun's Rays (an oldie from the 6th grade which should go before the Reasons for the Seasons next year)
2 Test CH12 and 13 tomorrow

Agenda April 23

1 Activity Reasons for the Seasons (angle of the Sun's rays and Earth tilt)
2 CH 12 and 13 Test on Friday

Agenda April 21

Happy Birthday Dad  (He is 70 something today)
1 WS Video National Geographic Sun, Earth, and Moon due Friday April 25
2 WS Video Bill Nye Seasons due Friday April 25
3 due tomorrow CH12 and CH13 HW Directed Reading and CH 12 and 13 Vocabulary and Constructing Meanings

Spring Break saw a cold and an education on septic systems.  Easter Lunch after church with family friends

Agenda April 22

1 Video clip Bill Nye Phases of The Moon
2 Activity Phases of the Moon
3 Check Chapter 12 and 13 HW, Vocabulary, and Constructing Meaning

Internet very slow during our test of testing.  It took all period for my seating chart to appear on the attendance program during period 2.  It will be interesting to see what happens when all students are using our bandwidth.
muhahahaha

Agenda April 11

1 Test CH11
2 Check CH11 HW, Vocabulary, and Constructing Meaning
3 Check WS Video Bill Nye Buoyancy
4 HW CH 12 and CH 13 Directed Reading (no Target Reading) due Tuesday, April 22
5 J114 CH 12 Vocabulary due Tuesday, April 22
6 J115 CH 12 Constructing Meaning  due Tuesday, April 22
7 J116 CH 13 Vocabulary due Tuesday, April 22
8 J117 CH 13 Constructing Meaning  due Tuesday, April 22
9 Video Project due today

Agenda April 10

1 Activity Sink and Spill Measuring Buoyancy
2 CH 11 HW, Vocabulary, and Constructing Meaning due tomorrow
3 WS Video Bill Nye Buoyancy due tomorrow
4 Newton Video Project due tomorrow
I appear to have left off the Agenda for Friday, April 4  This agenda should have said:  Check CH10 HW, Vocabulary, and Constructing Meaning;  J110  CH 11 Pre Reading due that day; J111 CH11 Vocabulary due Fri. April 11; J112 CH11 Constructing Meaning due Fri. April 11; HW CH11 Directed Reading packet due Friday, April 11 with the CH11 Test on Friday, April 11

Agenda April 9

1 Activity Fountain in a Flask

Agenda April 8

1 Journal 113 Buoyancy Problems
2 Video Bill Nye Buoyancy  Worksheet due today

Open House tonight

Agenda April 7

1 Activity Bernoulli Day due today
2 Make up test day tomorrow after school
3 Spring Break - due to the testing schedule prescribed by District Director of Instructional Services Mala Ahuja, 8th grade Science has lost between 5 and 8 days of instruction before testing(it depends if you count hours or periods).  To help mitigate this, there will be homework over Spring Break.

If you are leaving early for Spring Break, come by on Wednesday to get your work.  Remember to turn in your Newton Video Project before you leave.

Agenda April 3 (yes I will accept the inevitable passage of time)

1 Turn in Activity Newton's Second Law Lab (the second one)
2 Test Chapter 10 CA Standard...

HW, J104 and J105 due tomorrow
You have GOT to do your project this week.  It is due Friday April 11
Miniatures - I am thinking up something for shore installations for tomorrow.

Agenda April 2 (or march 33)

1 Activity Newton's Second Law Lab with Hot Wheels cars (second try)
I moved the test to tomorrow because I think there is a better way to do yesterday's lab. 
2 Chapter 10 Test tomorrow

Miniatures Club - Flags for ships will be added this week to the smoke and reefs.  The Swiss and Paraguayan Navies will be fighting it out.  Or, just shoot at the white ships.

Agenda March 32 ("Wait. What?"Kendra)

1 Activity Newton's Second Law Lab with Hot Wheels
2 Video Clip Bill Nye Centripetal and Centrifugal Force from Spinning Things)
3 Video Clip Misconceptions about falling bodies from Veritasium
4 Return Work
5 Test Chapter 10 tomorrow

Kendra sent me a picture of her kitchen after the Friday 5.1 earthquake in La Habra.  The epicenter was 2 blocks from her apartment.

Agenda March 31 (whew)

1 WS Video Bill Nye Balance (includes momentum) due today
2 WS Newton's 3rd Law
3 Return Work
4 Test Chapter 10 on Wednesday, April 2

Great game on Friday.  Thanks for visiting you college students.  Islands and reefs are going to be included in the category of mountains and antiaircraft goats (inside joke for Aerodrome aficionados).

Today is the afterschool meeting for staff members to have input on the future principal at SMS.  I am going to make a presentation.  I certainly hope it goes well but more importantly, it has an impact (hopefully not of the meteoric type).

Agenda March 28

1 Collect Friction Lab
2 WS Video Disney Friction

Pep Rally today so each class is shorter.
Wooden Warships today. See you on the floor.

Agenda March 27

1 WS Newton's 2nd Law Problems review and collect
2 Friction Lab Day 2 collect tomorrow.

Modified Wooden Warships tomorrow

Agenda March 26

1 WS Newton's 2nd Law Problems
2 Friction Lab Day 1

Agenda March 25

1 Review Disney Video worksheets and collect
2 J 106 Newton's Three Incorrect Laws of Motion
3 J 107 Force
4 J 108 Friction
5 J 109 Gravity

Agenda March 24

1 WS Video Disney Newton's 3 Laws
2 WS Video Disney Gravity

A great day on the water on Friday.  9 v 9 was a little big so some more tweaking of the rules.

If you haven't shot the footage for your video project, please bear in mind the due date AND the editing you will need to do to get it nice.  You have been cautioned.

Agenda March 21

1 Check CH9 HW, Vocabulary, and Constructing Meaning
2 Check J103 CH10 Pre Reading
3 J104 CH10 Vocabulary due Friday, April 4
4 J105 CH10 Constructing Meaning due Friday, April 4
5 HW CH10 Directed Reading p171 to p188 Do all Target Reading. Due Friday, April 4

Miniatures Club - Playing Wooden Warships.  Two battleships per side AND a Yellow Submarine.

Agenda March 20

1 WS Video Disney Energy
2 CH9 HW, Vocabulary, Constructing meaning due Friday
3 Journal 103 CH10 Pre Read due Friday(tomorrow)
4 Make up tests after school today

Miniatures Club - Playing Wooden Warships

Agenda March 19

1Trade and Grade CH9 Test
2 Review Work Habits Grade
3 Make up test Thursday, tomorrow, after school
4 CH9 HW etc due Friday

Today Ms Abreu announced she is moving on up to a district level position next year.  Good Luck.

Agenda March 18

1 Review and Collect WS Review Packet Speed and Acceleration
2 Test CH 9
3 Questions about Video Project
4 Make up test day on Thursday after school.  Be sure to sign up.

Agenda March 17

1 Activity Hot Wheels Acceleration Lab Review and due today
2 Return work
3 WS Speed and Acceleration Practice (old ws Determining Speed and Velocity, Part One Calculating Average Speed, Part Two Acceleration Calculations, Part Three Graphing Velocity vs. Time) due tomorrow
4 CH9 Test most likely tomorrow

Agenda March 14 Pi Day

1 Activity Hot Wheels Acceleration Day 2 (collect work on Monday)
2 Video Project Info
3 J102 Newton's Three Laws of Motion
Miniature Club working in wood shop finishing ships

Agenda March 13

1 Activity Hot Wheels Acceleration Lab

Agenda March 12

1 J101 Acceleration
2 Video Bill Nye Motion

Agenda March 11

1 J100 Speed Graph
2 Activity Galileo's Marbles Day 2

Agenda March 10

1 Check J94 CH9 Pre Reading
2 J97 Relative Motion and Reference Point
3 J98 Distance and Displacement
4 J99 Speed and Velocity
5 Galileo's Marbles Day 1

Agenda March 7

1 Check CH8 HW, J87 CH8 Vocabulary, J88 CH8 Constructing Meaning
2 CH9 HW Directed Reading  p155 - 170 Target Reading on p160, 164, 168
3 New Seats (if time)
4 Check J94 CH9 Pre Reading moved to Monday

Agenda March 6

1 T2 Agenda and Journal Check
2 J94 CH 9 Pre read due Friday March 7
3 J95 CH 9 Vocabulary due Friday, March 21
4 J96 CH 9 Constructing Meaning due Friday, March 21

Miniatures Club Wooden Warships game tomorrow..

Agenda March 5

1 Trade and Grade CH8 Test
2 CH8 HW, Vocabulary, and Constructing Meaning due Friday
3 Agenda and Journal Check on Thursday

Agenda March 4 Fat Tuesday

1 Turn in Substituted Hydrocarbon Notes
2 Turn in Activity Substituted hydrocarbons (the one with the marbles)
3 Test CH 8

I will be in the wood shop tomorrow morning

Agenda March 3

1 J93 Organic Chemistry
2 Activity Substituted Hydrocarbons with the little marbles


CH8 Test tomorrow

Agenda February 28

1 J91 Carbon Compounds
2 WS Notes Substituted Hydrocarbons (due Tuesday, March 4)
3 J92 Polymers (if time)

I am planning on the CH8 Test to be Tuesday, March 4

As of this morning, we have had over 6 inches of rain at the house over the last 36 hours.
Chance of thunderstorms and funnel clouds today in the bay.

Agenda February 27

1 Video Modern Marvels Carbon due today
2 J90 Properties of Carbon (if time)

Agenda February 26

1 J89 Formula (Patterns) for answering questions

Agenda February 25

1 HW CH8 Directed Reading p137 to 153  Target Reading on pages 138, 141, 146, and 150.  due Friday March 7
Bring Whiteboards for Wednesday.

Agenda February 24

Rats.  I knew I forgot to do something.
1 Journal 86 CH 8 Pre Read due today
2 Journal 87 CH 8 Vocabulary due Friday March 7
3 Journal 88 CH 8 Constructing Meaning due Friday March 7
CH 8 Test is most likely the middle of next week

I managed to bruise my lower back severely on the first Sunday of winter break skiing with my daughters.  It was great to be able to go with them and they looked after me for the rest of the day.  Yes I kept skiing.  We got to visit my dad at his house in the desert which was great too.
In Santa Rosa, I connected  with a cabinet shop and now have a source for wood for the Miniatures Club project at my favorite price.
My wife and I planted 13 fruit trees on the last Saturday of the break when we should have been just sitting with soup and trying to get through our colds.
Well, back to school.

Agenda February 14

1 Test Chapter 7 Acid and Bases

My flight south has been delayed already and it wasn't supposed to leave until 9PM originally.  The storm back east may be effecting my flight to Ontario.  We will try to ski on Sunday along with the rest of Southern California.
We will be planting 13 trees in Santa Rosa next week.

Agenda February 13

1 Check HW CH7, J78 CH7 Vocabulary, J79 CH7 Constructing Meaning, Power Point Notes Section1 and Section 2
2 Activity Acid Base Investigation Day 2 Litmus Paper due today
3 CH 7 Acid Base Test tomorrow.

Miniatures Club.  Meet at the woodshop.  We finish at 5PM so I can catch a plane.

Agenda February 12

1 Activity Acid and Base Investigation Day 1. Tasting was optional.

HW etc due tomorrow
Test on Friday

Agenda February 11

1 Journal 83 Properties of Neutrals
2 Journal 84 Properties of Acids
3 Journal 85 Properties of Bases\
4 HW, CH7 Vocabulary, CH7 Constructing Meaning, and the Powerpoint notes for Section 1 and 2 due Thursday, February 13
5 CH7 Test Acids and Bases on Friday, February 14

Today is my sweetie's birthday.  We will go out for sushi tonight (yum).
I bought some plywood for making wooden ships for Miniatures Club.  It was expensive even at Home Depot.
Miniatures Club will be building ships on Friday but no games on Friday (I need to catch a plane).

Agenda February 10

1 Activity Alien Juice Bar (if finished then turn in, otherwise it is due tomorrow)

Acid Base Test Friday
Make ups after break

 http://www.lawrencehallofscience.org/kidsite/wp-content/uploads/multimedia/alien1.swf
This is for part 1. The return to menu no longer works so you will need to change the 1 to a 2 for part 2 and 2 to 3 for part 3 or copy and paste these addresses.
http://www.lawrencehallofscience.org/kidsite/wp-content/uploads/multimedia/alien2.swf
http://www.lawrencehallofscience.org/kidsite/wp-content/uploads/multimedia/alien3.swf

Agenda February 7

1 Fix J81 data and briefly review the Solubility Lab
2 Solubility Lab now due on Monday, February, 10
3 Test Chapter 7 Solubility

Miniatures Club will meet in G5 before we go over to the wood shop.
Tomorrow at the South Bay Game Club meeting there will be an Aerodrome 3 (jets) game.

Agenda February 6

1 Activity Solubility Lab
2 Solubility Test Tomorrow

Agenda February 5

1 J81 Solubility Lab Data
2 J82 Solubility and Temperature
3 Finish Power Point notes on Solubility

Something else was taken from my desk.  One of the Miniature Club Airplanes.  If you know who took it, please tell me.

Agenda February 4

1 Activity Types of Mixtures due tomorrow though if you finish it class, turn it in today.

Solubility Test Friday, February 7.
HW, Vocabulary, Constructing Meaning due date moved to Friday, February 14.

Agenda February 3

1 Power Point Notes Solutions, Colloids, and Suspensions
2 Power Point Notes Solubility and Concentration
These will be collected on the day of the Test on Solubility which is now scheduled for Friday.

Agenda January 31

1 WS Video Modern Marvels Acids

Agenda January 30

1 Journal 80 Characteristics and Types of Mixtures
2 Whiteboard Practice

Happy Birthday Mrs. Moulds

Agenda January 29

1 HW CH7 Directed Reading p123-136 Target reading Skills p124, 131, and 134.
2 make up Test sign up sheet posted.  Sign up or don't bother.
3 Solubility Test Monday or Tuesday.

Agenda January 28

I swore I put this in.  Sorry but I obviously shouldn't swear.
1 Journal 77 CH7 Pre Reading due today
2 Journal 78 CH7 Vocabulary due Friday, Feb 7
3 Journal 79 CH7 Constructing Meaning due Friday, Feb 7
4 Make up Test day sign up sheet is posted
5 Solubility Test Monday or Tuesday next week.

Agenda January 27

1 Journal 76 Flame Demonstration - Fire Safety, Surface Area, and Open and Closed Systems.

Yesterday was my birthday.  I got lots of nice presents.  I got to spend some time with my family and got to eat way (weigh?) too much.

Agenda Jabuary 24

1 Test Chapter 6

Miniatures Club  After Aerodrome we will continue playtesting Wooden Warships and making flour fireballs.  The order of these last two will be determined by the availability of Mr Duchman.  All will be finished by 6PM

Agenda January 23

1 Journal 74 Activation Energy continued
2 Journal 75 Rate of Reaction
3 Activity Hydrogen Peroxide and Manganese Dioxide Lab (Decomposition and Catalyst Lab) due today
4 Chapter 6 Test tomorrow

Agenda January 22

1 Review Zinc and Hydrochloric Acid Lab and collect
2 Journal 74 Activation Energy

Chapter 6 Test on Friday

Agenda January 17

1 Zinc and Hydrochloric Acid Lab
2 Collect yesterday's lab

Agenda January 16

1 Activity Silver Nitrate and Sodium Phosphate Lab
2 Copper Chloride and Aluminum Lab

Miniatures Club will be meeting and focusing on getting ready for the tournament.  We need half our games.

Last summer I spoke with people about swimming and folks always were impressed with the early part of the equation.  In my head I always thought "Yeah but wait until January 16th when it is cold and driving rain."  So with the record heat this year my prophesy seems to have been way off.

Agenda January 15

1 Review and Collect WS Types of Chemical Reactions
2 Activity Calcium Chloride - Sodium Phosphate Lab (Worksheet due tomorrow)

Miniatures Club - Form squadrons.  This is an important organizational step.  Find a friend to fly with.
After Miniatures Club - We will try Wooden Warships again.  One more cruiser is available.  This will end when Mrs. Roberts starts to glare at me that we need to go.  We are building a gate in Santa Rosa this weekend and maybe planting 13 trees.

Agenda January 14

1 Review and Correct CH6 Balanced Equations Test
2 Return Work
3 WS Types of Chemical Reactions (due tomorrow)
3 Calcium Chloride, Sodium Phosphate Lab (if time)

Agenda January 13

1 Stamp, Review, and Collect WS Balanced Equations
2 Test CH6 Balanced Equations
3 Bring at least 2 colored pencils tomorrow

Agenda January 10

1 Hearing Test
2 CFA Balancing Equations
3 Check HW Vocabualry and Constructing Meaning
4 WS Balanced Equations due Monday
5 Balancing Equations Test (it will not take all period)
6 Bring colored pencils (at least 2) on Monday

Agenda January 9

1 WS Balancing Equations Activity and Practice
2 WS Practice Problems
3 J 73 Types of Reactions

Agenda January 8

1 Journal 72 Balancing Equations Demo
2 WS Balancing Equation Activity and Practice

Reminder HW, Vocab, etc due Friday

Miniatures Club will be experimenting with a new game after 5PM on Friday.

Agenda January 7

1 Journal 69 Law of Conservation of Matter
2 Journal 70 Characteristics of matter (Review of J19)
3 Journal 71 What Happens During Chemical Reactions including Balancing Equations
4 White Board Practice

Agenda January 6

1 WS Video Bill Nye Chemical Reactions

Reminder HW due on Friday

I had a great vacation.  The balloon explosion on Friday night went really well (defined as no one was hurt).  I got better in time for Christmas.  I got to do my traditional shopping with my daughters right before Christmas.  This year the location was a different mall and lunch because Rubios Fish Tacos are no longer in the malls.  We saw The Hobbit and Saving Mr. Banks (tissue alert).  I almost finished building a 12 foot wide gate.  We had a fun New Year's playing croquet though Stanford lost.  We held an engagement party for our youngest catered by the Crepe Man who also sells crepes at the Los Gatos Sunday morning Farmer's Market.  It was great with a wide selection.  I recommend him.