Agenda October 30

One Tardis and one Dalek on campus today.  I liked the error message costume and the facebook costume.  At my daughter's school, someone is going as El Nino.  One boy in class right now has some contacts on that make his eyes look milky.  Unfortunately, they partially obscure his vision, he is trying to take a test and he doesn't have any contact lens solution.
1 Test Chapter 3
2 Too much time on the test to check wotk so all assignments that were due today are now due on Monday.
3 I also talked about "How to be a Hero to a Little Kid on Halloween".
No trick or treaters are due in Santa Rosa tomorrow

Agenda October 29

1 Activity Fountain in a Flask
2 CER Fountain in a Flask

Agenda October 28

1 Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning practice.  This is the future of lab reports at, at least, Fremont HS.  It is not the definitive future lab report.  There will still be HS teachers who ask for the complete report.  This format does encourage more writing.  The consequences of learning a lab report "light" before learning the full format are still unknown.  As a result, I will be covering both.
2 CH3 Constructing Meaning - A chance to go into detail about how to complete these assignments.

Still having some trouble with the airplane picture of SMS
Make up test day tomorrow after school.

Agenda October 27

1 Halloween Candy and the Wider World
2 Activity Balloon in a Flask (finish) and Crushing Cans using the Gas Laws due tomorrow
3 CFA Gas Laws
4 Turn in the State of Matter WS and the Gas Law WS after the test
5 Video Bill Nye Phases of Matter will be offered during lunch on Thursday, Oct. 29
6 Make up / Retake Test day is Thursday, Oct. 29 after school

Agenda October 26

1 CFA States of Matter
2 WS States of Matter
3 Demo: Balloon in a Flask - Gas Laws
4 Demo and Activity - Marshmallows and Boyle's Law
5 NOTE Bill Nye Video on Thursday at lunch if you cannot view it anywhere else.
6 Make Up Test day is Thursday after school.  Be sure to sign up
Still Aiming at CH3 test on Thursday or Friday this week.

Miniatures Club will continue painting this week.  Working on a 4 color painting of "Napoleonic" uniforms for the wars of South American Liberation.
No Miniatures Club Nov. 6.  I will be absent.

Palm desert was really nice.  I visited My Dad and Stepmom and my inlaws came over too.  I got a picture of SMS from the flight back in to SFO.  I shall see if I can post it.

Agenda October 23

1 So we will talk and hopefully finish yesterday's lab
2 Because we need to reset behavior: WS States of Matter
3 WS Gas laws
4 CFA Phases of Matter (if time)
5 CFA Gas Laws (if time)

Agenda October 22

1 Activity Dry Ice and Water Ice Lab
(this lab went poorly)(student behavior was poor too)

Agenda October 21

1 Iodine Sublimation Demonstration
2 Journal 27 States of Matter
3 Journal 28 Boyle's Gas Law (PV at constant T)
4 Journal 29 Charles' Gas Law (VT at constant P)

So all but three students said they have access to the internet at home.  Bill Nye is also supposed to be on Netflix and about half of the students have that.  However, I was unable to find Phases of matter on Netflix so if you find it, let me know.

We have enough Aluminum cans so thank you.

Agenda October 20

A school district official (who was responsible for starting the whole 1-5 grading system and has since retired - how convenient ) said that all the students have access to the internet at home.  I have never tested this so here we go.
1 HW Video Bill Nye Phases of Matter WS due Friday October 30  here is a link that worked today:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45YNZjYfHb4

2 HW CH3 Directed Reading Packet p49-64 Target Reading Skills on p50, 55, and 60.  Marking the Text on p 49, 54, and 59.  due Friday, October 30
3 Marking the Text p49 due today
Only 6 more Aluminum cans needed

Reminder No Miniatures Club this week.

Agenda October 19

As I recall, there was a rain a day or two after the Loma Prieta Earthquake.  Maybe more than this morning.  Today was not a day to drive on Hwy 17 or the be a deer on Hwy 17 (yuck).
1 Exothermic Endothermic Reactions Quiz
2 Journal 24  CH 3 Pre Reading due today
3 Journal 25 CH3 Vocabulary, due Friday, October 30
4 Journal 26 CH3 Constructing Meaning, due Friday, October 30

Reminder, No Miniatures this week

Agenda October 16

Tomorrow is Loma Prieta Earthquake anniversary day.  Duck and Cover
1 Trade and Grade CH2 Test
2 Finish Exothermic Endothermic reaction Activity
3 Review for Exothermic Endothermic Quiz on Monday
4 Aluminum cans are needed for an activity next week.  Please no beer cans.

Agenda October 15

1 Chapter 2 Test - Standard 3, Structure of Matter and Standard 5, Reactions

Agenda October 14

1 Journal 23 Exothermic and Endothermic
2 Activity Exothermic and Endothermic Reactions
3 Still need Aluminum cans

Cannot find NASCAR game.  Still looking.  If no NASCAR then painting Napoleonic miniatures for Liberator Game.  Probably no Miniatures on Friday, Oct 23.  I have to catch a plane and do not want to miss it.  But that is next week.

Agenda October 13

1 HW and Vocabulary etc check for Renaissance students
2 Activity Where's the Evidence Day 2

Empty Aluminum Cans needed for an activity next week.
Miniatures Club - aiming at NASCAR game called Race Day
Aiming at CH2 Test on Thursday

Agenda October 9

1 Journal 22 Characteristics of Matter
2 Check CH2 HW, Vocabulary, Constructing Meaning, Marking the Text
# Activity Day 1 Where's the Evidence

Agenda October 8

1 Activity LEGO Models of Elements, Molecules and Compounds due today
2 Journal 21 Law of Conservation of Matter
3 Journal Characteristics of Matter (if time)

Empty (rinsed please) aluminum cans are need for an upcoming activity.
CH2 Test upcoming next week on Thursday or Friday.
No Miniatures Club this week

Agenda October 7

1 Finish Activity Heterogeneous to Homogeneous Mixture
2 J19 Mixtures
3 J20 Compounds
4 J21 Law of Conservation of Matter

Agenda October 6

1 Video Project Metric Measurement guidelines
2 Activity Heterogeneous to Homogeneous Mixtures

Agenda October 5

1 Return Work
2 Density Review and Quiz (CFA)
3 Video Project Metric Measurement due Friday, November 20, 2015

No Miniatures Club this week.
Make up/Retake Test day on Thursday this week after school.
Aiming at CH2 Test Next week (Thur or Fri)

The first aerial combat victory happened today in history during WW1 1914 when a French plane shot down a German plane. 101 years ago.

Agenda October 2

1 Check CH2 Pre Reading
2 HW CH2 Directed Reading Packet - Target Reading p44 and 47 only (not p40) due Friday, Oct 9
3 Marking the Text - Do all three.  due Friday, Oct 9

Miniatures Club will not meet next Friday.  Watch this space for the next game day.  We will be changing to another game.

Agenda October 1

1 Journal 16 Chapter 2 Pre reading (due tomorrow)
2 Journal 17 Chapter 2 Vocabulary (due Fri., Oct 9)
3 Journal 18 Chapter 2 Constructing Meaning (due Fri., Oct 9)

I am out today and hopefully you all were polite to the substitute teacher.  I should be back tomorrow.
Unfortunately, my computer grading program is malfunctioning and I cannot access it.  I cannot add any grades so please be patient while I do the ranting to try to get it fixed.
Miniatures Club will be playing Wooden Warships in the Box Archipelago. 

Agenda September 30

1 Test Chapter 1 Scientific Method (etc)  This is the test that covers everything else in Chapter 1.  Retakes will be Thursday, Oct. 8 after school.  Be sure to sign up as I only have room for 35.