Lesson 1 - Monday, Apr 21 (No school)
Today in science: —
Homework: —
Lesson 2 - Tuesday, Apr 22 (Dr. M absent)
Today in science: Although Dr. M was at school all morning, during the afternoon classes he had a dentist appointment! Thus, Mr. Barry taught both of Dr. M’s Grade 6 Science classes today. Mr. B used this time just as Dr. M would: He reviewed the three chemical reactions we performed before the Spring Vacation during INV#s 9, 10, & 11 and helped students create a table in their science notebooks to summarize what we learned about chemical reactions more generally. Students can see a version of this summary (notes) table in the G6 Notes Portal. We will be using this notes table as a study guide for an upcoming quiz on chemical reactions.
Homework: There is no science homework tonight.
Lesson 3 - Wed, Apr 23 (D) & Thu, Apr 24 (E)
Today in science: The focus of today’s lesson was on the differences AND relationships between atoms, elements, molecules, and compounds. In other words, we tried to get smarter about using the language of chemistry, which can be quite confusing! This work makes sense because we’ve done so many chemical reactions lately involving atoms, elements, and molecules/compounds. To do this important work, we used a combination of slides, videos, drawings, and class discussion. The videos we used can be found in the Google Science Classroom.
Homework: There is no science homework tonight.
Lesson 4 - Friday, Apr 25
Today in science: We continued our focus on the differences and relationships between atoms, elements, molecules, and compounds. In other words, we got even smarter about using the language of chemistry, which can be quite confusing! We used a combination of slides, videos, and class discussion to do this important work. The videos we used can be found in the Google Science Classroom.
During the last part of today’s lesson, students were asked to complete four practice quiz problems provided by Dr. M. Although some students completed the four practice quiz problems during the lesson, many students still need more time to do so. Thus, the first part of Monday’s class will provide time for students to finish the problems (before then correcting them with Dr. M).
Homework: There is no science homework due on Monday, but students were told of a quiz on atoms, elements, molecules, and compounds scheduled for next Friday, 2 May.
Announcements...
The DRIVING QUESTION of our current unit is: How can we make something new that wasn't there before?
D period homework collection days: Wednesday & Friday.
E period homework collection days: Tuesday & Thursday.
We have an Atoms, Elements, Molecules, and Compounds QUIZ next Friday, 2 May!