Agenda:
- Deep Oceans

HW:
None

Journal #58

What is the weirdest, oddest animal you can think of?

What part of the earth do you think has the weirdest animals, and why do you think they live there?

Agenda:
- Finish Mixture Posters

HW:
None



Journal #57

Which substance was the hardest for you to categorize for the poster? What made it difficult?

Why do you think we have done several different activities where you have to come up with categories?

Agenda:
- Finish Pole to Pole
- Mixture Categories

HW:
None

Journal #56

What is the most interesting to you about the Pole to Pole video and why?

What do you think a mixture is? Give 5 examples of things you think are mixtures.

Agenda:
- Grade Science in the News
- Pole to Pole

HW:
None


Journal #55

How does the weather/climate change as you move farther away from the equator? Why do you think this happens?

How does this change affect the types of plans & animals that live in different places around the world?

Agenda:
- Pass Back Papers
- WASL Tips List

HW:
- Science in the News -DUE Tomorrow

Journal #54

Write a 3 sentence summary of the article for Science in the News from yesterday.

What do you find the most interesting about the article? Least interesting?

Agenda:
- Science in the News

HW:
- Science in the News - DUE Thursday

Journal #53

Explain at least 3 things that have been in the news recently and how they relate to science.

What are at least 3 ways you can check to make sure something you read online is credible (believable)?

Agenda:
- Pass Back Papers & PRs
- Finish Gum WASL

HW:
None


Journal #52

What 4 things do you need to get full credit on a WASL Conclusion?

Where can you easily find the manipulated and responding variables in a WASL experiment?

Agenda:
- Correct & Discuss Bubble Gum WASL

HW:
- None

Journal #51

What was the easiest part for you on the WASL questions yesterday? What was the hardest part?

The WASL is scored out of 4 points, 4 being the best score. What score do you think you got on yesterday’s questions and why?

Agenda:
- Bubble Gum vs Chewing Gum

HW:
None

Journal #50

What do you need to talk about when writing a conclusion to a lab? (there are 3 things)

List as many easy ways to get points on the WASL you can think of (e.g. just by writing one or two specific words).

Agenda:
- Heating Quiz

HW:
- None

No Journal Today

Agenda:
- Phases of Matter & Temperature Video
- Heating Quiz Review Sheet

HW:
- Heating Quiz - Tomorrow

Journal #49

What is the name of the phase change from a solid to a gas? What is an example of a substance doing this change?

Write a detailed hypothesis based on this question: “How does the organization of your binder affect the ability to easily find assignments to turn in?”

Agenda:
- Grade Chemistry in a Bag

- Pass Back Papers

HW:

- Heating Quiz - Wednesday



Journal #48

Does the Chemistry in a Bag experiment follow the Law of Conservation of Mass? How do you know?

On a heating curve graph, what do the flat (horizontal) portions of the line indicate (what’s happening to cause that part of the graph)?