A: 7 September 2011
Welcome to Chemistry! Objective:
1. Demonstrate mastery of the single speaker rule
2. Make observations and inferences3. Identify pieces of chemistry safety
equipment and their uses. Do now: 1. Pick up a syllabus from the kidney table.2. Find your seat.
Agenda
I. Welcome!II. Demos and observationsIII. Syllabus: materials, bathroom, tardy policiesIV. Another demo and more observationsV. Lab safety equipment and usesVI. Lab safety scenarios
Homework: Lab safety scenarios: Thurs., Syllabus signed by Friday
Welcome to Chemistry
Ms. Boiteau
Single Speaker Rule
We all have a right to be heard. We all have a right to contribute. But does everyone have these rights all
at the same time?! We must extend these rights to
everyone. How do we do this in a large group?
Raise your hand Wait to be called on. Listen actively and silently to the speaker.
Demonstrations
Expectations: Raise your hand to contribute One speaker at a time Listen actively to the speaker
1. What do you observe?2. What do you think is happening?3. Is this chemistry? Why?
C: 7 September 2011
Objectives: 1. Demonstrate mastery of the single
speaker rule2. Make observations and inferences3. Identify pieces of chemistry safety
equipment and their uses.Do now:
Pick up a syllabus and find your seat!
Agenda
I. Syllabus: materials, bathroom, tardy policies
II. Demo and observationsIII. Lab safety equipment and usesIV. Lab safety scenarios
Homework:Syllabus signed by Friday
Syllabus
Materials You’ll need:
$10 for a notebook A two-pocket folder Pens and/or pencils A calculator
By Friday!
Tardy?
Sign in on the clipboard on your right near the door.
3 tardies = blue slip; each subsequent tardy = blue slip
You must be seated when the bell rings to be on time.
More on the first five minutes of class tomorrow…
Bathroom
You have seven bathroom/drink passes per semester.
You may ask to go anytime we’re not doing something as a whole class: Individual work, partner work, group work, labs…
You keep track on the clipboard by the door. Write yourself a pass with complete
information. Each unused bathroom pass = homework
bonus point at the end of the semester!
Making observations
Single speaker rule to share your observations.
Lab Safety Map!
Stroll around the room, identifying lab safety equipment.
Sketch it on the map on your handout and label with the name.
Then, we’ll discuss each piece of equipment and it’s use!
Safety shower
Extinguishes fires and washes away large chemical spills on the body
Eyewash Station
Flushes chemicals and debris (bits of glass or other materials) out of the eyes.
Fire extinguisher
Put out fires
Fume hood
Removes smoke and fumes from chemical reactions, filters them, and recycles the clean air.
Sink
For washing hands after every lab, and flushing minor chemical spills
Smoke detector
Indicates an unsafe level of smoke and/or fire in the room
Gas shutoff valve
Turns the gas supply on or off to the entire room.
Goggles
Protect your eyes from chemical splashes!
Lab safety scenarios
With your partner, read each scenario. Write down what you’d say to the
student involved about how his or her action does or doesn’t meet lab safety expectations.
Be ready to share your scenario with a little skit.
When you finish, read through your syllabus.
Homework
Lab safety scenarios: Thurs. Syllabus signed by Friday
Objective Mastery Grading
For each unit, you will receive a checklist of the objectives that you must “master.”
You are responsible for recording your mastery of each of these objectives on exit tickets, quizzes, tests and exams.
Your goal is to earn a 3 or 4 (out of a possible 4) for EVERY objective.
Chemistry Objective Mastery Tracking Sheet Name ____________________________
GOAL: To achieve 3 (proficient) or 4 (exemplary) out of 4 for each objective.
Objective SWBAT… Pre- Test
Exit Ticket Quiz 1 Quiz 2
Final Exam
…describe atomic structure using information on the periodic table, including simple electron configuration
…describe, make predictions about, and model ionization
…describe and model ionic bonding
…name and write formulas for ionic compounds
…describe, make predictions and model covalent bonding
…write formulas and names for covalent molecules
…write chemical equations to communicate chemical reactions
…describe the law of conservation of mass
…demonstrate the law of conservation of mass by balancing equations
…describe the mole and explain why it is used as a quantity in chemistry
…round numbers to the appropriate number of significant figures and correctly convert to scientific notation
…calculate the number of moles of product given a number of moles of reactant in a balanced chemical equation
…calculate the number of moles in a given mass of a substance
…calculate the mass of product given the number of grams of reactant
…determine the limiting reagent in a reaction
…calculate percent yield
Capstone Objective: …write and balance an equation and predict the mass of products produced by a chemical reaction.
But, what is a 3? What’s a 4? Here’s the scale:0: You are unable to show any knowledge of the
objective, even with help.
1: You correctly answer easier questions with help.
2: You correctly answer easier questions without help.
3: You correctly answer easier and more challenging questions without help.
4: You correctly answer application or explanation questions beyond those discussed in class.
What does a quiz look like?
I. A few easier questions• Identify, list, etc.
II. A more challenging question• Problem solve, explain, etc.
III. An application or explanation question beyond what we discussed in class.
So, for exampleObjective X: SWBAT identify the reactants,
products and purpose of photosynthesis.I. 1. Name the two products of photosynthesis
2. Give two examples of organisms that do photosynthesis.
II. 3. Look at the drawing to the right. (Drawing of a plant in a flask.) Over time, what would happen to the level of oxygen in the water? Why?
III. 4. If you placed that flask in the dark, what would happen to the level of oxygen in the water? Why?
So how would you be graded?
If you correctly answered… You’d get…NOTHING 0Questions 1 and 2 with some help 1Questions 1 and 2 with no help 2Questions 1, 2 and 3 with no help 3Questions 1, 2 3 and 4 with no help 4
Yes, half points are possible.
A note about level III questions
Level III questions go BEYOND what you learned in class.
They ask you to apply what you learned in class to a new situation that we didn’t discuss in class, or to explain something that we didn’t discuss in class.
Wait.
So, to get 100%, I have to know MORE than we learned in class?
Unfair.
A 4 out of 4 does NOT equal 100%. A 3 out of 4 does NOT equal 75%!
So how are you graded?
Most importantly
Forget about percents. Really. What do they really tell you?
Focus on earning a 3 or 4 on each exit ticket, quiz or test section.
THAT means that you have MASTERED that objective.
You really GET IT! :D Isn’t that what learning is really about?
But, you still need a grade.
Let’s say that, in a certain unit, there are 10 objectives.
You earn a 3 out of 4 on eight of those objective quizzes.
You earn a 4 out of 4 on one of those objective quizzes (good job!)
That means that you reached mastery for nine out of ten objectives.
Your quiz average is a 9/10, which is equal to…
What if I don’t reach mastery?
Sometimes you don’t get it on your first try.
Come for extra help (Tues. and Thurs. from 3:30-4:30).
Make an appointment with Mr. Lerner. Ask a question in class. Talk to a friend who did reach mastery. THEN retake the quiz.
What about a test?
A test is just a bunch of quizzes put together.
There are no re-takes, so use your time during the unit to master each objective BEFORE test time!
Your grade on a test is based on the percent of objectives that you earned a 3 or 4 out of 4, with some bonus thrown in for earning 4’s.
Track your mastery
When you get an exit ticket, quiz or test back in class, we will take a minute to record our objective mastery on the checklist.
This checklist is your guide to keeping track of what you GET and what you don’t.
Focus
The focus here is on mastering objectives, not a grade.
Questions?
Ms. Boiteau, this isA. Awesome!B. Crazy.C. Confusing.D. Standing in my way of seeing 100%
written on the top of every paper I get back, the only thing that makes me happy in life.
C: 8 September 2011Objective: You will be able to:a. Show what you already know about
Unit 1 “Thinking Like a Scientist”b. List and define the steps of the
scientific method.Do Now: 1. Grab a calculator.2. At the top of your Scientific Method
handout, write one example (from a science class or your life outside of school) when you used the scientific method.
Agenda
I. Do nowII. Pre-TestIII. Scientific Method Notes and
ProblemsIV. Scientific Method DemonstrationV. Design your procedure!Homework: Materials (and $10) and
signed syllabus by Friday!Scientific Method Scenarios p. 4, 5 and 6
(stop at Making Conclusions)
A: 8 September 2011
Objective: You will be able to:List, define and identify the steps of the scientific method.
Do Now (2 min.): At the top of your Scientific Method handout, write one example (from a science class or your life outside of school) when you used the scientific method.
Agenda
I. Do nowII. Scientific Method Notes and
ProblemsIII. Scientific Method DemonstrationIV. Design your procedure!Homework: Materials (and $10) and
signed syllabus by Friday!Scientific Method Scenarios p. 4, 5 and 6
(stop at Making Conclusions)
Scientific Method Notes
This should be a review! Describe a time you used the scientific
method last year.
A: 9 September 2011
Objective: You will be able to:a. show what you know about Unit 1
objectivesb. plan a procedure for your alka-seltzer
rocket Do now: Trade me $10 for a notebook Place your folder and your homework on
your desk.
AgendaI. Do nowII. Pre-Test on “Thinking Like a Scientist”
objectivesIII. Homework AnswersIV. Scientific method notes and practice
problemsV. Plan experiment!Homework: Transfer chem materials to
chem folderScientific Method Scenarios p. 5, 6 and 7:
Mon.
Pre-Test
On the first half of Unit 1 and math skills
Show your best work so you know where you’re starting from!
When you finish, flip your test over. I will come pick it up.
C: 9 Sept. 2011
Objective: SWBAT list, identify and describe each step of the scientific method, write a testable hypothesis, identify variables and design a procedure.
Do now: Trade me $10 for a notebookPlace your folder and your homework (p.
4) on your desk.
AgendaI. Do nowII. Homework AnswersIII. Scientific method notes and practice
problemsIV. DemoV. Plan experiment!Homework: Transfer chem materials to
chem folderScientific Method Scenarios p. 5, 6 and 7:
Mon.
Missing calculator
Return it!!
Scientific Method Problems
Demonstration
Watch this demo. With your lab group, think of a research
question and hypothesis.
With your lab group…
1. Write a research question and hypothesis that you wish to test.
2. Identify your IV, DV and at least three CVs.
3. Write a step-by-step procedure to test your hypothesis!
4. If you need materials other than alka-seltzer, water and a film canister, please let me know today!
Exit Ticket (10 min.)
Homework
Transfer chem materials to chem folder
Scientific Method Scenarios p. 5, 6 and 7: Mon.
A: 13 September 2011
Homework: Open to p. 5 Objective: You will be able to (YWBAT)…
demonstrate mastery of the Do Now procedure test your hypothesis, and collect and analyze data!
Do Now:Look at your procedure for the alka-seltzer/film canister lab:
a. List two qualities of your procedure that makes it a good procedure.
b. Describe one way you could improve your procedure.
Agenda
I. Do now procedure (10 min.)II. Pre-test objective mastery (5 min.)III. Finish planning procedure (10 min.)IV. Design a table to collect data (5 min.)V. Test hypothesis, collect and analyze
data (15 min.)Homework: Finish Scientific Method
packet: Weds.
Do Now
By the time the bell has rung: Be seated in your seat
By the time the timer reads 4:00, you must… Have your homework on the front
edge of your desk. Have your notebook open. Be working silently on the Do Now…
…in order to be on time.
During that first minute…
Ask to borrow a pen Get out your homework and notebook Open your notebook
During the next four minutes…
You work silently and diligently on the Do Now. Write the date Copy the Objectives (YWBAT…) Answer all parts of the Do Now questions
I will check your homework 1 point for all problems complete ½ point for most problems complete 0 for few or no problems complete
I will take attendance The archiver will pass out missed work
Tracking Pre-Test Objective Mastery (5 min.)
On your Unit 1 Objective Mastery Tracking sheet… For each objective, write your mastery (0-
4) in the box under “Pre-test.” I haven’t graded the math part yet! Put the tracking sheet on the right side of
your folder on TOP of everything! Place your pre-test on your desk and I’ll
come pick it up.
Plan your procedure
A good procedure….
Edit your procedure so that it exemplifies all these qualities!
Then, make a data table to write your data in. Send someone to get materials
Collecting Data
We will be at Area 4 for 10 minutes! Each group should send a materials
manager to collect your materials on your way out of the classroom: one film canister one packet of alka-seltzer (2 tablets) one squirt bottle of water meter stick, stop watch, soda as needed
In Area 4
Walk to the basketball court – be QUIET in the hall!
Stay with your group and immediately begin collecting data. No horsing around.
Follow your procedure only – no side projects!
Collect your trash and throw it away. Bring back the film canisters and other
materials and place them on the kidney table.
Draw Conclusions
p. 3 #5 with your group Remember: Answers to problems done
with a group must be in your own words.1. Talk about the answer together2. Then, write separately.
Never copy from a classmate Plagiarism = no credit on the
assignment + more serious consequences!
Homework
Complete p. 3 Conclusion Do I have your parent signature on the
last page of the syllabus?!
C: 15 Sept. 2011
Take Out Homework: Conclusion on p. 3
Objective: You will be able to (YWBAT) communicate the results of your experiment
in a lab report Do now:
What is the most challenging thing about writing a lab report? Why?
What is your favorite part of the lab report to write? Why?
Agenda
I. Do now (10)II. Questions about the alka-seltzer/film
canister lab? (5)III. Exit ticket part 1 (10)IV. Writing a lab report: review and rubric (10)V. Lab report writing time (1 hour)VI. Exit ticket part 2 (10)Homework: Lab report: due ThursdayObjectives 1-4 Quiz: Monday
Writing a Lab Report
You’ve had lots of practice with this! Your first lab report will be a “pre-test”
to see what you already excel at and what we need the most practice on this year.
This is a simple lab, so focus on writing the best lab report you can!
To help you: Rubric Checklist
Lab Report
Due Thursday Need help? See me after school today,
Monday or Tuesday!
Exit Ticket
Show what you know about Objectives 1 and 2
Your goal
By 9:45: Complete your procedure
past tense paragraph form
Complete at least one other section of your choice!
Exit Ticket
Show what you know about Objectives 3 and 4
Homework
Lab Report: due Thursday Quiz tomorrow: Objectives 1-4
Manipulating Three-Variable Equations
Get Out Homework: None! Objective: YWBAT…
write hypotheses, identify variables and design a procedure
manipulate two types of three-variable equation
Do Now: m=nv Solve this equation for n
Agenda
I. Do now (5 min)II. Correct Exit Tickets with a partner (20
min.)III. Manipulating three-variable equations
I. Examples (10 min.)II. Practice Problems (15 min.)
Homework: Quiz on Objectives 1-4 tomorrow
Lab report due Wednesday
