Events in the classroom of Coach Grayson, MMS Football, and MMS Basketball
2-11-15
We discussed Black History in Science and how African-Americans have contributed to the US.
2-12-15
Today, we began the PowerPoint on the difference in reactants and products in Chemical Reactions. We also discussed how chemicals were named and how to write a chemical equation. We will begin differentiating the types of equations and reactions on Tuesday.
Students were allowed to read and answer the "Plate Tectonics" Review Questions from the chapter. Soon after, they began taking notes from the PowerPoint and discussions on the newly learned material.
We allowed the students 30 min. to complete the Chemical Reactions Review Questions (40 pts) by reading and analyzing the content in the chapter. Soon after, we began the PowerPoint presentation on the notes from the chapter.
Today, the Earth Science classes were introduced to the theory of "Plate Tectonics". They began by defining the key terms in the chapter to get a preliminary understanding of the terms and how they relate to Plate Tectonics. (44 pts)
Today, we entered a new chapter in Chemistry. We will be studying how to balance, write and understand chemical reactions that occur in life. We began by looking up and defining the key terms in "Chemical Reactions" (50 pts).
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Took their Chemical Bonding Chapter Test today and had the Chemical Reactions Vocabulary for homework.
Today, we completed the "Earthquakes & Earth's Interior" Chapter Assessment in class. They were also responsible for completing the seek-n-find for class and the Vocabulary Test in Class. They will have the Chapter Test on Friday.
We completed the Chemical Bonds Chapter Review (68 pts) and took the Chemical Bonds Voc. Test (26 pts) during class. Students were expected to complete a Periodic Table Relationships Worksheet (36 pts) for homework. They will have the "Chemical Bonds" Chapter Test on Friday (tomorrow)
Today, we completed Aim 21 and had the "Earthquakes and Earth's Interior" Seek-n-Find. We will have the "Earthquakes & Earth's Interior" Vocabulary Test tomorrow and Chapter Test on Friday.
Students began on a worksheet called "Element Code" that tested their ability to write symbols correctly given clues from the Periodic Table. Then we took the Elements Symbols Test and completed the Section Review WS. They will have a Vocabulary Test on Chemical Bonding Tomorrow. The Chapter Test on Chemical Bonding will be on Friday.
Students drew the picture of the parts of the Earth's Interior from P. 234-235 in their book. They were told how large to draw the picture and to be sure NOT to Trace the picture from their book. They are expected to draw the picture larger than the picture in their books. They also completed Aim 2 from a workbook to emphasize the parts of the interior of the Earth. The "Earthquakes and Earth's Interior" Voc. Test will be Thursday and the Chapter Test on Friday.