Wednesday, May 8, 2019

ENVIRONMENTAL SC. MAY 7 & 8, 2019

OBJECTIVE: Students will start reviewing for the final exam by completing several questions.

W.O.D. Feign-to fake or pretend

WARM-UP
Scientists have divided the Earth into spheres to help understand the makeup of the earth. Describe the main focus of the following spheres: geosphere, lithosphere, & hydrosphere

Final exam topics
The following chapters/topics will assessed on the final exam: Chapters 3, 4, 5, & 12. For details on which aspects of each chapter to study, look at the Environmental sc. review sheet.

Note CW credit is given for the questions answered by the assigned due dates.

Also, the answers to the questions may be used on the final exam provided it has the teacher’s signature before the final exam date. 

CW- Obtain a copy of the review sheet and start working on chapter 3 questions.

CHEMISTRY MAY 3 & 6, 2019

OBJECTIVE: Students will show that they have mastered 80% of the information on gas laws.

W.O.D. fecund-fertile, fruitful

WARM-UP
Under what conditions of temperature and pressure, do (a) real gases follow the ideal gas law perfectly (b) real gases stop following the ideal gas law?

CW
-Complete evaluation
-CW- Complete page 484 #107-113, 115, 119, 120, & 123

ENVIRONMENTAL SC. MAY 3 & 6, 2019

OBJECTIVE: Students will complete several questions in order to show their understanding of rocks, minerals, & mining.

W.O.D. fecund-fertile, fruitful

WARM-UP
Complete page 402, “Map it”, #1-3

CW-Complete Page 415 #1-27

CHEMISTRY MAY 1 & 2, 2019

OBJECTIVE: Students will continue to prepare for their evaluation of gas laws by completing several questions.

W.O.D. Mimic-to imitate, to copy

WARM-UP
Which gas law explains how a pressure cooker works? Explain your choice.

CW- Complete handout on gas laws

HW
Study for evaluation of gas laws on 5/3/19 and 5/6/19

ENVIRONMENTAL SC. MAY 1 & 2, 2019

OBJECTIVE: Students will read 2 articles and summarize the information presented on issues related to global warming.

W.O.D. Mimic-to imitate, to copy

WARM-UP
Give two pieces of evidence that indicate that global warming is happening right now.

CW-
Obtain & read the 2 articles and write  summaries of the information they contain. In a 2nd paragraph, give your view of what was discussed in each article.

Monday, April 29, 2019

ENVIRONMENTAL SC APRIL 29 & 30, 2019

OBJECTIVE: Students will complete several questions to show their understanding of minerals and rocks.

W.O.D. Meritorious-deserving of praise or merit

WARM-UP
 Name 3 types of mining methods and show they are different from  each other.

CW-Complete handout on minerals, rocks and mining (graded as an assessment)

CHEMISTRY APRIL 29 & 30, 2019

OBJECTIVE: Students will improve their understanding of gas laws by completing several questions.

W.O.D. Meritorious-deserving of praise or merit

WARM-UP
1. State Dalton’s law of partial pressure and write the formula for Dalton’s law of partial pressures.
2. Complete page 471 #37

HW
Explain how each of the following works and state which of the gas laws applies: (a) pressure cooker (b) scuba diving equipment (c) why do tire manufacturers recommend that when checking for proper tire inflation, make sure it is done before driving more than a mile, or after letting the car sit for 3 hours?

STUDY FOR AN EVALUATION OF GAS LAWS ON MAY 3RD (B DAY) & MAY 6TH (A DAY)

CW-on loose-leaf paper
Handout pages 318-319 # 34,35,37,39,40,41,44,47,49, & 50. For each question, state which gas law is being applied.

Farewell for now, 2019

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