Monday, September 27, 2010

September 27 - October 1

Monday - We went over Ch 5 vocab from last week, Directed reading A from Friday, What we remembered and what we still needed work on remembering from Chapter 5.  For the most part, this is review from 6th and 7th grade.  We also started defining Physical Properties of Matter.  We will work on booklets for these on Tuesday.
Tuesday - We completed a study guide for chapter 5 together and worked on a booklet that describes physical properties of matter.  We will continue working on this booklet as the week continues.
Wednesday - We completed the first part of a mystery substance lab, testing several items (flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, Epsom salt, and powdered sugar for solubility, electrical conductivity, pH, reactions with acid, iodine and water.  We will do part 2 of this lab next week.
Thursday - (2 hr delay) We continued discussion about density of various objects, and many students continued to finish a lab skills test
Friday - (2 Hr delay) We continued discussion on physical and chemical properties of matter with some demonstrations and real life applications.

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