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Standard: SPS6 Students will investigate the properties of solutions

Focus: Acids and Bases

Beginning Assignment: Write down vocabulary notes

Work time: 

*Finish notes on acids and bases

*Acids and bases are all around us

Homework:  Define, illustrate, and study vocabulary words

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Standard: SPS6 Students will investigate the properties of solutions

Focus: Acids and Bases

Beginning Assignment:

Work time: 

*Video:  Neutralization

Homework: Define, illustrate, and study vocabulary words  

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Standard: SPS3 Students will distinguish the characteristics and components of radioactivity

Focus: Radioactivity

Beginning Assignment:

Work time: 

*Notes on radioactive particles

Homework:  Define, illustrate, and study vocabulary words

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Standard: SPS3 Students will distinguish the characteristics and components of radioactivity

Focus: Fusion and formation of elements

Beginning Assignment:

Work time: 

*Working with half-life

Homework:  Define, illustrate, and study vocabulary words

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Standard: SPS3 Students will distinguish the characteristics and components of radioactivity

Focus: Fusion and formation of elements

Beginning Assignment:

Work time: 

*Finish half life problems

*Hand in vocabulary

*Vocabulary test

Homework:  N/A

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Standard: SPS3 Students will distinguish the characteristics and components of radioactivity

Focus: Fission and Fusion

Beginning Assignment: Write down vocabulary words

Work time: 

*Review sheet on radioactivity

*Half life graph

*Savage Sun

Homework:  Define, illustrate, and study vocabulary words /Study for Unit Test

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Standard: SPS3 Students will distinguish the characteristics and components of radioactivity

Focus:

Beginning Assignment: Reading: Fusion

Work time: 

*Stations for solutions, acids/bases; and half-life

Homework:   Define, illustrate, and study vocabulary words /Study for Unit Test

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Standard: SPS9 Students will investigate the properties of waves

Focus: Introduction to waves

Beginning Assignment: Reading: Stars

Work time: 

*Unit Test

*Why do diamonds sparkle?

Homework:  Define, illustrate, and study vocabulary words  

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Veteran's Day

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Standard: SPS9 Students will investigate the properties of waves

Focus: Introduction to waves

Beginning Assignment: Answer the question - What is a wave?

Work time: 

Notes:  Introduction to waves

Homework:  N/A

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Standard: SPS9 Students will investigate the properties of waves

Focus: Introduction to waves

Beginning Assignment:

Work time:

*Finish notes on introduction to waves

*Stations on waves

Homework:  Define, illustrate, and study vocabulary words  

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Standard: SPS9 Students will investigate the properties of waves

Focus: Introduction to waves

Beginning Assignment: Reading:  Why do diamonds sparkle

Work time:  Stations

Homework: Define, illustrate, and study vocabulary words  

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Standard: SPS9 Students will investigate the properties of waves

Focus: Sound waves

Beginning Assignment: Reading:  The Doppler Effect

Work time: 

*Notes with video - sound waves

*Review Doppler Effect

*What is Sound

*Name that Sound

*Different Sounds

*How Sound Travels

Homework:  Define, illustrate, and study vocabulary words

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Standard: SPS9 Students will investigate the properties of waves

Focus: Electromagnetic Radiation

Beginning Assignment: Sound and Music Crossword

Work time: 

*Electromagnetic Radiation

*Waves and the Electromagnetic Spectrum

*Light matching

Homework: Define, illustrate, and study vocabulary words  

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Standard: SPS9 Students will investigate the properties of waves

Focus: Concave and Convex Mirrors

Beginning Assignment: Concept map - Behavior of waves

Work time: 

*Video:  Concave and convex mirrors

*Reflection

*Review vocabulary

Homework:  Study vocabulary

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Happy Thanksgiving

No School

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No School

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Standard: SPS9 Students will investigate the properties of waves

Focus: Review waves

Beginning Assignment: Write down vocabulary words

Work time: 

*Radiation from space - more about electromagnetic radiation

*Electromagnetic Spectrum - Practice

*Harmonic motion and light review

*Hand in vocabulary

*Vocabulary test

*USA TestPrep Worksheet

Homework:  Define, illustrate, and study vocabulary words/Study for EOCT  

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Standard: SPS10 Students will investigate the properties of electricity and magnetism

Focus: Static vs. current electricity

Beginning Assignment: Reading:  Static Electricity

Work time: 

*Investigating charged objects

*Static electricity - notes

*Electric Charge

*USA TestPrep Worksheet

Homework:  Define, illustrate, and study vocabulary words/Study for EOCT

December 1

Standard: SPS10 Students will investigate the properties of electricity and magnetism

Focus: Static vs. current electricity

Beginning Assignment: Electricity Concept Map

Work time: 

*Current Electricity - video and notes

*Using Ohm's Law

*USA TestPrep Worksheet

Homework:  Define, illustrate, and study vocabulary words/Study for EOCT

December 2

Standard: SPS10 Students will investigate the properties of electricity and magnetism

Focus: Static vs. current electricity

Beginning Assignment: Electric Currents/Electricity Concept Map (part 2)

Work time: 

*Types of Circuits and Ohm's Law

*Electricity - Terms Review

*USA TestPrep Worksheet

Homework:  Define, illustrate, and study vocabulary words/Study for EOCT

December 3

Standard: SPS10 Students will investigate the properties of electricity and magnetism

Focus: Magnetism

Beginning Assignment: Review of circuits

Work time: 

*Notes:  Magnetism

*Magnetism and its Uses

*Magnetism and Electromagnetism - Terms Review

*Hand in vocabulary

*Vocabulary Test and EOCT practice test

*USA TestPrep Worksheet

Homework: Study for EOCT