Lesson 1 - Monday, Oct 2 (45 min) - Dr. M absent
Focus Question: What happens when a bath bomb is added to water (and what causes it/that to happen)?
What We Did: Because most students needed clearly more time to complete the various tasks set forth by Dr. M and the Guest Teachers during last week’s lessons, students were given today’s entire class period to do so. For Grade 7, this included the following Activate Science 1 assignments…
2.1 – Elements, pp. 76-77
2.2 – Atoms, pp. 78-79
2.3 – Compounds, pp. 80-81
2.4 – Chemical Formulae, pp. 82-83
C1 – Chapter 2 Summary, pp. 84-85
If/when students finished answer the questions listed above–and then uploading them to the Google Science Classroom according to the step-by-step PDF-making guide–they were asked to work on the following Activate Science 1 assignments…
3.1 – Chemical Reactions, pp. 86-87
3.2 – Word Equations, pp. 88-89
3.3 – Burning Fuels, pp. 90-91
3.4 – Thermal Decomposition, pp. 92-93
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Lesson 2 - Tuesday, Oct 3 (45 min) - Dr. M absent
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What We Did: Students took a much-needed break from the question-and-answer-and-
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Lesson 3 - Wednesday, Oct 4 (45 min)
Focus Question: What happens when a bath bomb is added to water (and what causes it/that to happen)?
What We Did: We made mini-bath bombs today! After one of Ms. Bloodworth’s Grade 7 Science classes made mini-bath bombs from Recipe C, C period made them from Recipe A while D period made them from Recipe B & D.
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Lesson 4 - Thursday, Oct 5 (35 min) - Parent's Day
Focus Question: What happens when a bath bomb is added to water (and what causes it/that to happen)?
What We Did: Using our Noticings/Wonderings format, students recorded observations and questions about 1) the four different mini-bath bomb recipes, and 2) the overall condition of the final products of the four different recipes. In some cases, students noticings and wonderings led to ideas for a future investigation they hope to perform so that they can make progress on our Focus Question.
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Announcements...
The DRIVING QUESTION of our current unit is: How can we make something new that was not there before?
#1 - There are no classes for students on Friday, 6 Oct due to Parent-Teacher conferences.
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