2012-13+After+School+Credit+Recovery+Trimester+2

=**Credit Recovery Course**=

We meet once per week for 2 hours. You will complete 4 hours of homework each week in addition to class.
12/5/12: **TOPIC: __SCIENTIFIC MEASUREMENT, ANALYZING DATA, COMMUNICATING RESULTS__** Rubberband cannons and a review of basic science skills (scientific method, communication, measurement, graphing, etc) Chapter readings: Force

** 12/12/12 TOPIC: WATER: AN INTRO TO CHEMISTRY **
reading: discussion / worksheet guide: labs: cohesion/ adhesion; water cycle in a cup media type="youtube" key="45yabrnryXk" height="315" width="420" research: how is the lizard able to do this and what other creatures can do it to?

Here is an example of surface tension caught on film: swimming surface tension now you need to collect or create 5 more examples to share with the class

**12/19/12 Topic:** **__ ATOMS AND ATOMIC THEORY __**
// 9.2.1.1.1 Describe the relative charges, masses, and locations of the protons, neutrons, and electrons in an atom of an element. // // 9.2.1.1.2 Describe how experimental evidence led Dalton, Rutherford, Thompson, Chadwick and Bohr to develop increasingly accurate models of the atom //**. **
 * //Standards://**

Summarize the reading in 1 paragraph and write 5 questions about the reading for future reader __** Bill Nye the Science Guy: Atoms **__View the video and complete 4 comments for each of the following: I saw, I heard, I learned, I knew and it was confirmed __ @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ez0Poi1YJS0 __
 * __ AGS Ch 14 __** **__The Atom__-** read each section and do the end of section check and apply
 * __ A Short History of Nearly Everything __** p133-135 Listen as the teacher reads the passage to you and create an illustration of what you hear.
 * __ The Story of Science __** Pages 278 – 287 A chapter on the work of Dalton

__** Unit Summary: **__ Explain how the atomic model has changed over time. Describe the size, durability and amount of atoms surrounding us.


 * OPTIONAL: **// Kahn Academy Intro to the Atom //View the video and complete 4 comments for each of the following: I saw, I heard, I learned, I knew and it was confirmed

@http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xSQlwWGT8M

**1/09/13: THE PERIODIC TABLE **
view:and complete the tasks embedded In the presentation (venn diagram) (table) (Table) **Complete** the worksheet (this is not a test, it was once a test and is now a worksheet) and the worksheet:

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 * View and discuss: **


 * Do: **
 * Element research: **
 * 1) Select an element to learn more about.
 * 2) View the video about your element at: http://www.youtube.com/user/periodicvideos  and write a summary of what you learn
 * 3) Complete the element worksheet
 * 4) view examples of your element in comic books Chem Comics
 * 5) create an element superhero for your element (draw your own or generate one at hero machine 2.5)
 * 6) share your element superhero's "story of power" with the class

complete element project Read one of the stories provided by the teacher (of Avagadro or Mendelev (from the story of science)) summarize the reading and write 3 questions for further research
 * <span style="color: #9f3232; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Homework: **