Science (Period 1,2,4)
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Q3W5 (Feb 5-9) & Q3W6 (Feb 12-16)
4. List the valence electrons, electron clouds, family, reactivity, and whether an element is a metal, nonmetal, or metalloid with its accompanying characteristics using the periodic table.
Info from the guidance department: (please contact Ms. Sumlar or Ms. Mogy for any questions)
Schedule of Events
February 5th, 6th, 7th
• Students will receive course selection cards, four-year plans, and other
registration information during their math guidance class.
• Course selection cards and four-year plans must be signed and returned.
February 13th
• The Academy will visit our 8th grade students during the school day to showcase
all that our students will be able to get involved in next year.
February 15th
• Parents will be able to meet with the school counselor regarding course
selections during Parent Teacher Conference Night. Due to limited space,
parents must call or email to schedule an appointment for this night. If
appointments fill up, parents will be able to make appointments at a different
time. (Conferences are completely optional.)
February 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd.
• Students will have designated times to meet with the counselors and return
course selection forms and four-year plans. Parents and students must sign the
forms.
• Students will have appointment cards with designated time and date.
February 22nd
• Preview Night at the Academy from 5-7pm
Important Information about Honors Courses
If a student wishes to take an honors class, they must have a teacher recommendation.
In order to receive a teacher recommendation, students need to have a 90 or above in
the related class. Students are required to take the honors selection form to their
teacher to sign. Students will need recommendations for the following courses:
1. STEM 1 Honors (recommendation from Math or Science teacher)
2. LA Honors (LA teachers)
3. Algebra 1 Honors / Geometry Honors (Math teacher/Algebra 1 teacher)
4. Biology Honors (Physical Science teacher)
5. Art 1 honors (Art teacher)
6. Art II honors (Art teacher)
7. World History and Geography Honors (Social Studies teacher)
8. Facing History and Ourselves Honors (Social Studies teacher)-This class falls under
Humanities and Liberal Arts Focus Path
9. French 1 Honors; German 1 Honors; Spanish 1 Honors (LA teacher)
10. Spanish 2 (Spanish 1 teacher)
Due 2/1
C6H12Ca2 + 2Ca2 --> 6CaH2 + 6CO2 + energy
Due 1/31
- What is the purpose of the rod in an electromagnet?
- If I place a piece of metal on a magnet, where is it most likely to stick?
- What is similar about the shapes of the magnetic fields of Earth, a bar magnet, and an electromagnet?
- Why does the north pole of a magnet (found in a compass) point to the North pole of Earth? Give a full explanation.
- What are three ways to reduce the amount of electricity created by an electric generator?
- Do all objects have gravity?
- Josh and Tierra break up and walk away from each other, what happens to the amount of gravity between them?
- Which has more gravity if they are both put into the same size container, 100 grams of air or 100 grams of metal?
- Hailey takes her My Little Pony collection to Mars. The collection has a total mass of 15kg on Earth. What will the mass of the collection be on Mars? Mars has 0.38 the gravity of Earth.
- Ever year people set New Year resolutions to lose weight. Ethan had the great idea of going to the moon to lose weight. Will Ethan’s plan work? Explain using evidence from your notes.
- Ever year people set New Year resolutions to get into a smaller pant size. Ethan had the great idea of going to the moon to be able to fit into smaller pants. Will Ethan’s plan work? Explain using evidence from your notes.
- Why does the moon orbit Earth instead of the sun, which is 330,000 more massive than the Earth?
- If Saturn were to lose half of its mass, what would happen to its orbit around the sun?
- Scientists have observed the moon accelerating in its orbit. What is happening to its orbit around Earth?
- What two changes to the moon could occur that would cause it to crash into Earth?
Critical Thinking - Elem, Com, and Mix
- Blood has many components, among which are red blood cells and white blood cells. Lab technicians will separate the parts of blood by spinning it in a centrifuge. When blood has been spun, the more dense red blood cells are at the bottom of the tube and the white blood cells are at the top. Based on this method of separation, is blood a mixture or compound?
- Salt (NaCl) is a compound. In order to separate salt into the elements that make it up, what must occur?
- What is a primary difference between a mixture and a compound?
- Is Kool-Aid a mixture or compound?
- When food coloring is added to water, it will change the color of the water without the need of mixing the water. Alayna says that a compound was formed, but Aidan says it is a mixture. Who is correct? Explain.
- In order to separate a compound, what must occur?
- William pours baking soda into warm water. Within minutes the baking soda has completely dissolved in the water. Was a mixture or compound created in this experiment?
- JT read in a Scientific American magazine that you can separate the iron from the flakes of cereal in Frosted Flakes. All he has to do is crush the dry cereal with his spoon into a powder, then run a magnet over the crushed cereal. Based on this method of separation, is cereal and iron a compound or mixture?
- How many elements are found in salt (NaCl)?
- What happens to the characteristics of an element when it joins with other elements to become a compound?
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a colorless and a gas at room temperature. Oxygen is also colorless and a gas at room temperature. Using this example, is it always true that elements have different characteristics than the compounds that they are found in?
Q3W4 (Jan 29- Feb 2)
***Homework will be given nightly (except Monday) to help begin reviewing***
Q3W3 (Jan 22-26)
Law of Conservation of Mass Critical Thinking
Critical Thinking – Law of Conservation of Mass
- Faith measures the mass of baking soda and vinegar before they are mixed in an experiment. The mass total is 40 grams. Then, she combines the two and a chemical reaction occurs. When she measures the mass of the new product it is only 36 grams. What happened to the other 4 grams?
- Examine the following chemical equation.
Zn + 2HCl --> ZnCl2 + ___H
How many Hydrogen (H) atoms must be present in the second product that
is formed?
- Bryce measures the mass of the products from a chemical reaction. The product has a mass of 27grams. Assuming that the chemical reaction did not produce a gas, what was the mass of the reactants of the chemical reaction?
- Sugar and oxygen combine to yield carbon dioxide, water, and energy during cellular respiration. What are the reactants in cellular respiration?
- If there are 17 sodium atoms on the reactant side of a chemical equation, how many sodium atoms will be in the products?
- In the equation shown, 46 grams of sodium (Na) react with 36 grams of water (H2O).
2Na + 2H2O --> 2NaOH + H2
If 2 grams of hydrogen gas (H2) is produced by this reaction, what is the
mass of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) produced?
- Nicolo has two identical beakers with a mass of 20 grams each. He pours a different liquid reactant into each beaker. The total mass of the two beakers with the reactants is 50 grams. Next, he combines the two reactants into one of the beakers. A chemical reaction produces a product. If all of the reactants are consumed and no gases are produced, what is the total mass of the product and one beaker?
- How many Oxygen atoms are involved in the following reaction?
C6H12O6 + 6O2 --> 6H2O + 6CO2 + energy
- Boiling water physically changes water from a liquid to a gas. 20 grams of water is boiled. If all of the water vapor were captured, what would the mass of the water vapor be?
- Zach tells Elan that scientist should not balance chemical equations since the products in a chemical reaction will always have some different properties. Is Zach accurate in his statement?