Greetings to the Sandtown Community! Below you will find information pertaining to your scholar's science class. Please visit frequently to ensure you stay abreast on all the wonderful things that is going on in science.
Universal Remote Learning Assignments
2nd Semester, 1st 9 week period
week 1&2 Jan 6-Jan 15, 2021: Force and Motion, Speed and Velocity, Acceleration and Newton's 3 Laws of Motion. Students will continue to identify forces that affects objects in motion or at rest. Students have compared forces of gravity, normal force, friction, air resistance, etc. to determine an object's net force, which is measured in Newtons. Motion graph analysis is an important skill for students to take away. Determining the type of graph ( Speed or Velocity) will provide clarity to the behavior of objects that are affected by Newton's First Law of Motion.
week 3&4 Jan 19-Jan 29, 2021: Students will analyze and interpret the relationships of kinetic energy (energy in motion) and potential energy (energy at rest with the potential to move). All energy movement is determined by force. The idea of a rollercoaster or pendulum characteristics are great examples of the back and forth relationship between these 2 energy sources. Students must be able to interpret graphs and illustrate their level of understanding in this unit.
1st Semester, 2nd 9 week period
Week 9- 10/14 thru 10/16..... PPT slides on Physical Properties and Chemical Properties of Matter. Activities with density are embedded in the PPT slides. Please ensure students complete the vocabulary Frayer Model for each definition. Physical Property, Chemical Property, Physical Change, Chemical Change, and Law of Conservation of Mass Thanks!
Week 10 - 10/19-10/23: Properties of Matter reading comprehension activity, Comparison and contrast between physical and chemical property, Near Pod on Properties, HmH Ed assignment and USA Test Prep. Thanks!
Week 11 10/26-10/30: Comparison between Physical v. Chemical Change in matter. Students are instructed to review vocabulary terms to increase successful outcomes during quizzes and assessments. HmH Ed readings Unit 1 Lesson 2-3 and assignments in tab. Review for quiz on physical and chemical change.
Week 12 11/2-11/6: States of Matter as solid, liquid, gas, or plasma. How changes in state are affected when thermal energy is added. PPT on states on matter and how the particles are situated in each of the states. Gizmo or Phet Lab demonstrating the movement of particles until it changes state. Quiz on S8P1.b 11/6 or 11/9.
Week 13-14 11/9-11/20: Reteaching, review and reassessing all standards where student performance did not meet the mastery criteria set forth by physical science department.
Goal: 70% of our students or more will achieve a 60% or better on all standards assessed by the end of November. Matter Concepts (28% of Ga Milestones)
Week 16-18: 11/30- 12/17: Students will begin S8P3 Unit, Force and Motion (15% of Ga Milestones) Note: Final recovery opportunity offered for students that failed to complete required assignments given throughout the first semester.
2nd Semester, 1st 9 week period
week 1&2 Jan 6-Jan 15, 2021: Force and Motion, Speed and Velocity, Acceleration and Newton's 3 Laws of Motion. Students will continue to identify forces that affects objects in motion or at rest. Students have compared forces of gravity, normal force, friction, air resistance, etc. to determine an object's net force, which is measured in Newtons. Motion graph analysis is an important skill for students to take away. Determining the type of graph ( Speed or Velocity) will provide clarity to the behavior of objects that are affected by Newton's First Law of Motion.
week 3&4 Jan 19-Jan 29, 2021: Students will analyze and interpret the relationships of kinetic energy (energy in motion) and potential energy (energy at rest with the potential to move). All energy movement is determined by force. The idea of a rollercoaster or pendulum characteristics are great examples of the back and forth relationship between these 2 energy sources. Students must be able to interpret graphs and illustrate their level of understanding in this unit.
1st Semester, 2nd 9 week period
Week 9- 10/14 thru 10/16..... PPT slides on Physical Properties and Chemical Properties of Matter. Activities with density are embedded in the PPT slides. Please ensure students complete the vocabulary Frayer Model for each definition. Physical Property, Chemical Property, Physical Change, Chemical Change, and Law of Conservation of Mass Thanks!
Week 10 - 10/19-10/23: Properties of Matter reading comprehension activity, Comparison and contrast between physical and chemical property, Near Pod on Properties, HmH Ed assignment and USA Test Prep. Thanks!
Week 11 10/26-10/30: Comparison between Physical v. Chemical Change in matter. Students are instructed to review vocabulary terms to increase successful outcomes during quizzes and assessments. HmH Ed readings Unit 1 Lesson 2-3 and assignments in tab. Review for quiz on physical and chemical change.
Week 12 11/2-11/6: States of Matter as solid, liquid, gas, or plasma. How changes in state are affected when thermal energy is added. PPT on states on matter and how the particles are situated in each of the states. Gizmo or Phet Lab demonstrating the movement of particles until it changes state. Quiz on S8P1.b 11/6 or 11/9.
Week 13-14 11/9-11/20: Reteaching, review and reassessing all standards where student performance did not meet the mastery criteria set forth by physical science department.
Goal: 70% of our students or more will achieve a 60% or better on all standards assessed by the end of November. Matter Concepts (28% of Ga Milestones)
Week 16-18: 11/30- 12/17: Students will begin S8P3 Unit, Force and Motion (15% of Ga Milestones) Note: Final recovery opportunity offered for students that failed to complete required assignments given throughout the first semester.
Contact
Mr. J Major [email protected]
Ms. C McClammey [email protected]
Ms. A Yarborough [email protected]
Parent Appointment/Conference Request form- https://bit.ly/3kIycPa
Monday, Thursday, and Friday 3:15pm-4:15pm
Tutorial
Tuesdays before school from 8am-8:45 am
Tuesdays after school from 3:25pm-4:10 pm
Please note that written or emailed notice must be submitted to the teacher by Monday afternoons at 3pm.
Science tutorial request must be completed for admittance! The teacher email is listed above.
Textbook
Students can access the online textbook through Classlink (picture of icon is above). To replace a missing consumable textbook, the price is $88.90. Students are responsible for completing designated pages for homework.
Current Standard Covered: Energy (18% of the GA Milestones)S8P2. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the law of conservation of energy to develop arguments that energy can transform from one form to another within a system.
a. Analyze and interpret data to create graphical displays that illustrate the relationships of kinetic energy to mass and speed, and potential energy to mass and height of an object.
b. Plan and carry out an investigation to explain the transformation between kinetic and potential energy within a system (e.g., roller coasters, pendulums, rubber bands, etc.).
c. Construct an argument to support a claim about the type of energy transformations within a system [e.g., lighting a match (light to heat), turning on a light (electrical to light)].
d. Plan and carry out investigations on the effects of heat transfer on molecular motion as it relates to the collision of atoms (conduction), through space (radiation), or in currents in a liquid or a gas (convection).
Most Recent Standard Covered: Force and Motion (15% of Ga Milestone)
S8P3. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about cause-and-effect relationships between force, mass, and the motion of objects. a. Analyze and interpret data to identify patterns in the relationships between speed and distance, and velocity and acceleration. (Clarification statement: Students should be able to analyze motion graphs, but students should not be expected to calculate velocity or acceleration.) b. Construct an explanation using Newton’s Laws of Motion to describe the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object. c. Construct an argument from evidence to support the claim that the amount of force needed to accelerate an object is proportional to its mass (inertia).
S8P5. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about gravity, electricity, and magnetism as major forces acting in nature. a. Construct an argument using evidence to support the claim that fields (i.e. magnetic fields, gravitational fields and electric fields) exist between objects exerting forces on each other even when the objects are not in contact.
Previous Standard Covered: Matter Concepts (28% of Ga Milestone)
S8P1. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the structure and properties of matter.
a. Develop and use a model to compare and contrast pure substances (elements and compounds) and mixtures. (Clarification statement: Include heterogeneous and homogeneous mixtures. Types of bonds and compounds will be addressed in high school physical science.) b. Develop and use models to describe the movement of particles in solids, liquids, gases, and plasma states when thermal energy is added or removed. c. Plan and carry out investigations to compare and contrast chemical (i.e., reactivity, combustibility) and physical (i.e., density, melting point, boiling point) properties of matter. d. Construct an argument based on observational evidence to support the claim that when a change in a substance occurs, it can be classified as either chemical or physical. (Clarification statement: Evidence could include ability to separate mixtures, development of a gas, formation of a precipitate, change in energy, color, and/or form.) e. Develop models (e.g., atomic-level models, including drawings, and computer representations) by analyzing patterns within the periodic table that illustrate the structure, composition, and characteristics of atoms (protons, neutrons, and electrons) and simple molecules. f. Construct an explanation based on evidence to describe conservation of matter in a chemical reaction including the resulting differences between products and reactants. (Clarification statement: Evidence could include models such as balanced chemical equations.)
a. Analyze and interpret data to create graphical displays that illustrate the relationships of kinetic energy to mass and speed, and potential energy to mass and height of an object.
b. Plan and carry out an investigation to explain the transformation between kinetic and potential energy within a system (e.g., roller coasters, pendulums, rubber bands, etc.).
c. Construct an argument to support a claim about the type of energy transformations within a system [e.g., lighting a match (light to heat), turning on a light (electrical to light)].
d. Plan and carry out investigations on the effects of heat transfer on molecular motion as it relates to the collision of atoms (conduction), through space (radiation), or in currents in a liquid or a gas (convection).
Most Recent Standard Covered: Force and Motion (15% of Ga Milestone)
S8P3. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about cause-and-effect relationships between force, mass, and the motion of objects. a. Analyze and interpret data to identify patterns in the relationships between speed and distance, and velocity and acceleration. (Clarification statement: Students should be able to analyze motion graphs, but students should not be expected to calculate velocity or acceleration.) b. Construct an explanation using Newton’s Laws of Motion to describe the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object. c. Construct an argument from evidence to support the claim that the amount of force needed to accelerate an object is proportional to its mass (inertia).
S8P5. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about gravity, electricity, and magnetism as major forces acting in nature. a. Construct an argument using evidence to support the claim that fields (i.e. magnetic fields, gravitational fields and electric fields) exist between objects exerting forces on each other even when the objects are not in contact.
Previous Standard Covered: Matter Concepts (28% of Ga Milestone)
S8P1. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the structure and properties of matter.
a. Develop and use a model to compare and contrast pure substances (elements and compounds) and mixtures. (Clarification statement: Include heterogeneous and homogeneous mixtures. Types of bonds and compounds will be addressed in high school physical science.) b. Develop and use models to describe the movement of particles in solids, liquids, gases, and plasma states when thermal energy is added or removed. c. Plan and carry out investigations to compare and contrast chemical (i.e., reactivity, combustibility) and physical (i.e., density, melting point, boiling point) properties of matter. d. Construct an argument based on observational evidence to support the claim that when a change in a substance occurs, it can be classified as either chemical or physical. (Clarification statement: Evidence could include ability to separate mixtures, development of a gas, formation of a precipitate, change in energy, color, and/or form.) e. Develop models (e.g., atomic-level models, including drawings, and computer representations) by analyzing patterns within the periodic table that illustrate the structure, composition, and characteristics of atoms (protons, neutrons, and electrons) and simple molecules. f. Construct an explanation based on evidence to describe conservation of matter in a chemical reaction including the resulting differences between products and reactants. (Clarification statement: Evidence could include models such as balanced chemical equations.)
Upcoming Assessments/ Major Quiz/Assignments
-Unit 2 Quiz in Forms on Force and Motion 1/13/2021
-Unit 2 Post Assessment on Force and Motion 1/15/2021
-Unit 3 Pre Assessment on Energy 1/20/2021
-Unit 3 Post Assessment on Energy 2/24/2021
-Unit 4 Pre Assessment on Waves 2/26/2021
District Level Winter Interim Assessment 3/3/2021
-Unit 4 Post Assessment on Waves 3/31/2021 (EOG 24%)
-Unit 5 Pre Assessment on Electricity and Magnetism Forces 4/12/2021
-Unit 5 Post Assessment on Electricity and Magnetism Forces 5/12/2021 (EOG 15%)
Announcements
AFTER-SCHOOL SCIENCE CLUB INFO SESSION COMING SOON..... LEARNING TOPICS BELOW
Virtual Meeting Tuesday, November 10, 2020 @3:25pm
Virtual Meeting Tuesday, December 8, 2020 @3:25pm
Virtual Meeting Tuesday, January 26, 2021 @3:25pm
Virtual Meeting Tuesday, February 23, 2021 @3:25pm
Virtual Meeting Tuesday, March 23, 2021 @3:25pm
-Sustainable Living Concepts and Hands-On Activities
-Creative Exploratory Activities pertaining to Science, Math and Engineering
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