5/6/14 and 5/7/14

Date:

Class: Physical Science

Periods: W1,2,4 and B2

Outcomes: Students will be able to describe the properties of Light.

Standards: 9-12.P.3.2

Student Needs: 

Assessment Plan: Ticket-to-Leave: What are 5 things you learned from this episode

Lesson Outline: Bellringer > Why do we salt roads in the winter? > What is refraction? How does an antennae work? What is a photon? What are the different types of EM waves? > Watch an episode of The Cosmos that deals with Light > Ticket-to-Leave: What are 5 things you learned from this episode > HW: Quiz Next Time, open note Chs. 10-13

Electromagnetic Waves

Date: 5/2/14 and 5/5/14

Class: Physical Science

Periods: W1,2,4 and B2

Outcomes: Students will explain what electromagnetic waves are and describe the EM spectrum.

Standards: 9-12.P.3.2

Student Needs: 

Assessment Plan: Paper on what EM waves are and how they are classified.

Lesson Outline: Bellringer > What kind of bond forms between metals and nonmetals? Bond between nonmetals? > What are the measurable parts of a wave? What are reflection, refraction and diffraction? Tell me about pitch and volume. > What is a photon? > One-Day-Paper: What are Electromagnetic waves, tell me properties of the different types of EM waves, how does an antennae work? > HW: Read 13.1 and 13.2 How does a rainbow/prism work and how do we see color?

Waves and Sound

Date: 4/30/14 and 5/1/14

Class: Physical Science

Periods: W1,2,4 and B2

Outcomes: Students will be able to describe the different parts of a wave, how waves can be changes, how different aspects of sound relate to those waves.

Standards: 9-12.P.3.2

Student Needs: Writing time

Assessment Plan: Quickwrite: What is the Doppler Effect and how is it useful?

Lesson Outline: Bellringer > Velocity and KE practice > What are the parts of a wave? What is the difference between mechanical and non-mechanical waves? > Discuss wave properties and sound > Quick-write:  What is the Doppler Effect and how do we make use of it? > HW: Read 12.1 pgs 354-359 What are electromagnetic waves? Why do they slow down in air and water? What's a photon?

Electricity and Magnetism Quiz

Date: 4/28/14 and 4/29/14

Class: Physical Science

Periods: W1,2,4 and B2

Outcomes: Students will demonstrate their knowledge of electricity and magnetism by taking a quiz.

Standards: 9-12.3.3

Student Needs: Alternate setting/extra time

Assessment Plan: Quiz

Lesson Outline: Bellringer > How many outer-shell e- does Magnesium have? How many e- shells? > Quiz setup > Take quiz > Correct quiz > HW: Read 10.1 and 10.2 What are the important points made in these sections?

Magnetism 2

Date: 4/24/14 and 4/25/14

Class: Physical Science

Periods: W1,2,4 and B2

Outcomes: Students will be able to describe how generators and electromagnets work.

Standards: 9-12.3.3

Student Needs: Writing time

Assessment Plan: Think-Pair-Share: Why do we need to convert the alternating current from electrical lines into direct current for our electronics?

Lesson Outline: Bellringer > What is meant by the term voltage? Current? > What is a magnet? > Tell me about what you read in 8.3 > Notes over the rest of Ch. 8 > Electromagnetism demonstrations > Think-Pair-Share: Why do we need to convert the alternating current from electrical lines into direct current for our electronics? > Quiz Next Time

Magnetism 1

Date: 4/22/14 and 4/23/14

Class: Physical Science

Periods: W1,2,4 and B2

Outcomes: Students will explain how an electric motor works.

Standards: 9-12.P.3.3

Student Needs: Alternate setting/extra time

Assessment Plan: Ticket to leave: Why does the flow of electricity need to be reversed in the commutator for an electric motor to work?

Lesson Outline: Bellringer > What is acceleration? What is energy? >  Discuss 8.1 > Read 8.2 as a class > Notes over 8.1 and 8.2 > HW: Read 8.3 pgs. 238-244 How does a generator work?

Electricity 3

Date: 4/16/14 and 4/17/14

Class: Physical Science

Periods: W1,2,4 and B2

Outcomes: Students will be able to explain where all the elements on Earth came from.

Standards: 9-12.P.1.1

Student Needs: Attention

Assessment Plan: Ticket to Leave: List three things you learned from the video.

Lesson Outline: Bellringer > Go over Ohm's Law Worksheet > Discuss Neil deGrasse Tyson and Seth Macfarlane > Watch The Cosmos Episode 1 > Ticket to Leave > HW: Quiz Next Time over Ch. 7

Electricity 2

Date: 9/14/14 and 9/15/14

Class: Physical Science

Periods: W1,2,4 and B2

Outcomes: Students will be able to describe how circuit breakers work.

Standards: 9-12.P.1.3

Student Needs: Math Help

Assessment Plan: Ohm's Law Worksheet

Lesson Outline: Bellringer > What is Temperature? What is Specific Heat? What is Force? > How do objects become charged? What are current, voltage and resistance? > Tell me about what you read in 7.3 > Notes over 7.2 and 7.3 > Practice Ohm's Law and drawing circuit diagrams > HW: Ohm's Law Worksheet

Electricity 1

Date: 4/10/14 and 4/11/14

Class: Physical Science

Periods: B2 and W1,2,4

Outcomes: Describe the concepts of Voltage, Current and Resistance and how they are related.

Standards: 9-12.P.1.3

Student Needs: Reading help

Assessment Plan: Ticket-to-leave=Explain in words how voltage, current and resistance are related.

Lesson Outline: How do you find the number of neutrons in an atom? How many protons are in an atom of Oxygen? What force causes an object to move in a circular motion? > Ask students to explain what they learned from 7.1 guiding students towards how things become negatively and positively charged and the 2 ways things become charged > Ask students how charges can be made useful. > Notes over 7.1 > Read 7.2 as a class > Answer questions 1-3,5 > Discuss answers as a class > Ticket-to-leave=Explain in words how voltage, current and resistance are related. > HW: Read 7.3 pgs 207 to 213 Tell the difference between series and parallel circuits and how do electric companies know how much to charge you?

Review: How do you find the number of neutrons in an atom? How many protons are in an atom of Oxygen? What force causes an object to move in a circular motion?

Anticipatory Set/Opening: Ask students to explain what they learned from 7.1 guiding students towards how things become negatively and positively charged and the 2 ways things become charged. Ask students how charges can be made useful.

Key Points: 

Teaching Input: Asking questions, giving directions, choosing students to read, leading discussions

Modeling: Read the first paragraph, diagrams and practice problems on board

Checking for Understanding: Have students repeat directions

Guided Practice/Monitoring: Reading and section review questions

Closure:  Ticket-to-leave=Explain in words how voltage, current and resistance are related.

Independent Practice: Read 7.3 pgs 207 to 213 Tell the difference between series and parallel circuits and how do electric companies know how much to charge you?

Reflection:

Thermal Energy Quiz

Date: 4/8/14 and 4/9/14

Class: Physical Science

Periods: W1,2,4 and B2

Outcomes: Students will demonstrate their knowledge of Thermal Energy by taking a quiz.

Standards: 9-12.P.2.3

Student Needs: Alternate setting

Assessment Plan: Quiz

Lesson Outline: Bellringer > What allows planes to fly? What happens to volume as temperature is decreased? > Give directions for quiz and monitor progress > Grade through short-answer questions > HW: Read 7.1 Describe how an object can become charged.

Thermal Energy 3

Date: 4/4/14 and 4/7/14

Class: Physical Science

Periods: W1,2,4 and B2

Outcomes: Students will experience using a calorimeter and which has a greater effect on heating: conduction or radiation.

Standards: 9-12.P.3.1

Student Needs: 

Assessment Plan: Lab Report

Lesson Outline: How do you know how many protons an atom has? What are the 3 ways thermal energy is transferred? Which ones require matter? Which one involves no movement of matter? > We are doing a lab today. > Go over directions for lab > Model the lab setup > Students complete lab and lab report and put data up on the board > Discuss lab results > Was there a difference between the temps and the temperature changes for the different cup materials? > Assign homework: Specific Heat Worksheet, Quiz next time.

Review: How do you know how many protons an atom has? What are the 3 ways thermal energy is transferred? Which ones require matter? Which one involves no movement of matter?

Anticipatory Set/Opening: Lab Day, ask about their hypothesis answers.

Key Points: 

Teaching Input: Giving directions, assigning groups, asking questions

Modeling: Lab setup

Checking for Understanding: Ask students to explain directions

Guided Practice/Monitoring: Lab

Closure: Discuss lab results

Independent Practice: Specific Heat Worksheet

Reflection: Need to redo Lab directions, lose too many beakers.