This week we're finishing up some phases of matter notes, the Standard I reading, and we're starting some research on a substance of your student's choosing. Each student will be making a pamphlet about a substance like... copper, carbon, nitrous oxide (laughing gas), lithium, etc. We will be doing most of our research during class in the library from books and the internet. However, if students use their time unwisely they will have to complete their research from home. Please encourage them to get it done at school - I'll do my best to do the same. The pamphlet will have 4 pictures total to help explain the ideas in the text which includes 4 questions, and 3 paragraphs (5 sentences that answer the each question). They will also be keeping track of where they got their information on a bibliography page. I'm excited to see what they discover.
We are also doing a lab on Wednesday to learn more about phase changes, melting point, and boiling point. If your student has a 0 under the Safety Contract assignment they will not be allowed to participate - if this applies to you, please get me a note signed saying you allow your student to be a part of labs and that you understand basic lab safety precautions.
This week's rise and stretch quiz will be held on Thursday and will contain the information on pg16 of their notebooks about the phases of matter (it will not be on phase changes, just the amount of energy in a solid, liquid, and gas and how tightly the atoms/molecules are packed together).
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