Agenda January 31

1 CH6 Marking the Text due Wed Feb 1
2 HW CH6 Directed Reading p105-122 Target Reading p106 only Due Fri., Feb. 3

Agenda January 30

1 J66 CH6 Pre Reading due today
2 J67 CH6 Vocabulary due Fri Feb 3
3 J68 CH6 Constructing Meaning due Fri Feb 3

We also demonstrated activation energy by trying to combine magnesium with oxygen.

Agenda January 27

1 CER Drops on a Penny
2 J 66 CH6 Pre Reading

Agenda January 26 Thursday

1 CER's: Introduction; Comparing Bonds; Drops on a Penny

Worst birthday since age 9

Agenda January 25 Wednesday

1 Return Work
2 Check grades on Powerschool in class
3 Turn in WS Covalent Bonds; WS Covalent and Ionic Bonds Review; Act Comparing Bonds; Act Drops on a Penny

Agenda January 24

1 Trade and Grade CH5 Test
2 No Make Up Tests this week
3 Collect 4 items:
WS Covalent Bonding
WS Ionic and Covalent Bonding Review
Activity Comparing 2 types of bonds
Activity Drops on a Penny Polar bonding lab

Agenda January 23 In Service no school for Students

Agenda January 20

1 Test Chapter 5

I postponed all the assignments due today to Tuesday January 24 to give ample time to take today's test.

Agenda January 19 Thursday

1 J65 Hydrogen Bonds
2 Activity Drops on a Penny due Friday, Jan. 20

Agenda January 18

1 WS Ionic and Covalent Review due Fri Jan. 20
2 Activity Comparing Ionic and Covalent Bonds Day 2 Still due Fri. Jan. 20

Miniatures Club will be Aerodrome with high performance planes and clouds.  Next Friday is the first day of Wooden Warships if I can get enough ships.  That's the 27th.  Then, on Feb. 3, we will be learning about woodworking safety so we can start building our own ships.

Agenda January 17 Monday

1 WS Covalent Bonds due Fri Jan 20
2 Activity Comparing Ionic and Covalent Bonds Day 1 due Fri Jan. 20
3 CH5 Test now aiming at Fri Jan. 20
Hair ties needed for today's lab

I nice weekend in Santa Rosa.  I updated the grade book with 30 some odd assignments.  It seems like I have 15 more to go.

Agenda January 13

1 Check and Record:
HW CH5 Directed Reading
J58 CH5 Vocabualry
J59 CH5 Constructing Meaning
Activity Bond With a Class Mate
WS Lewis Dots
WS Ionic Bonding
2 Finish Act Bond With a Classmate
Aiming at Thursday January 19 for CH5 Test.
All next week, hair needs to be tied back

Agenda January 12

1 Activity Bond With A Classmate Day 2
 We spent the night in a nice hotel in Sunnyvale.

Agenda January 11

1 Journal 63 Subscript and Poly Atomic Ions
2 Activity Bond with a Classmate day 1

Why 17 is so backed up, it took me 3 hours to get into Los Gatos.  I finally packed it in and my wife and I are staying the night in Sunnyvale.  Had to buy some clothes at Target and ate at Panda.

Agenda January 10 Tuesday

1 Journal 62
2 WS Lewis Dots check on Fri Jan 13
3 Ionic Bonds check on Fri Jan 13

Agenda January 9

We lost power a lot in the Santa Cruz Mountains on Sunday and the weekend total of rain was over 9".  Still we were warm and safe.  We wondered what the deer do when the weather is like that.

1 J 60 Lewis Dots
2 J 61 Types of Chemical Bonds
3 WS Lewis Dots check tomorrow

Agenda January 6

1 HW Directed Reading Packet p89-104 Target Reading p94. 99, 103 due Friday January 13
2 CH5 Marking the Text p89, 93, 98, and 102.  p89 due today
3 Collect WS's : WS #2 Half Life; and WS Radioactive Decay (these were handed out before the break)

Agenda January 5

1 J 57 Chapter 5 Pre Reading due today
2 J 58 Chapter 5 Vocabulary due Friday, January, 13
3 J 59 Chapter 5 Constructing Meaning due Friday, January 13
5 Make Up Test today after school

Miniatures Club - Aerodrome 1.1  Lets add clouds and 2 seaters

Agenda January 4 Wednesday

1 Trade and Grade Radioactivity Test
2 Make up Test Thursday Afterschool
3 WS's from before break are now due tomorrow

Agenda January 3

1 Journal 56 Gratitude or How to Write a Thank You Card
2 Return Work (if Time)

Agenda December 16 Friday

1  Test Radioactivity
2 The 2 worksheets on radioactivity will be due after vacation.
3 Demonstration of the rapid oxidation of hydrogen in a hydrogen/oxygen environment to produce water under strict laboratory conditions. -or- Blowing up the hydrogen and oxygen balloon outside.