JA 7A Science Schedule for October 31st - Nov 4th

Monday: Students will study for the test for the first half hour. Next, they will take a test on ch-4, Plate Tectonics.

Tuesday: Today we will discuss sec-1 on ch-5, What are Earthquakes? Students will learn where earthquakes take place, what causes earthquakes, elastic rebound, faults at tectonic plate boundaries, earthquake zones, primary waves, secondary waves, and surface waves. Do the notes and section review for homework.

Wednesday: Discussion on sec-2, Earthquake Measurement. We will discuss about locating earthquakes, determining the time and location of earthquakes, the S-P time method, measuring earthquake strength and intensity. Do the notes and section review for homework.

Thursday: We will focus on Earthquakes and Society on sec-3. Students will learn about earthquake hazard, earthquake forecasting, the Gap hypothesis, earthquake-resistant buildings, and earthquake preparedness. Do the notes and section review for homework.

Friday: Students will work on the chapter review during class and finish it for homework.

Chemistry Schedule for October 31st - Nov 4th

Monday: Students will study for the test for the first half hour. Next, they will take a test on ch-7, Chemical Reactions. Ch-7 section reviews and chapter assessment are due today.

Tuesday: We will discuss sec-8.1, Reactions in aqueous solutions. Students will learn about precipitation reaction, strong and weak electrolytes, using solubility rules, and describing reactions in aqueous solutions. Do the notes and practice problems for homework.

Wednesday: Students will work on various types of reactions to identify what types of products form. They will learn to identify molecular equation, ionic equation, spectator ion, and net ionic equation. Next, they will work on the section review.

Thursday: Today we will discuss sec-8.2, Other reactions in Aqueous Solutions. Students will learn about Arrhenius acids and bases, strong acids, strong bases, and oxidation-reduction reactions. Do the notes and section review for homework.

Friday: Discussion on sec-8.3, Classifying Reactions. We will learn about various classification schemes for reactions, double-displacement reaction, acid-base reactions, single-replacement, combustion, synthesis, decomposition reactions, etc. Do the notes and section review for homework.

Physical Science Schedule for October 31st - Nov 4th

Monday: Today we will discuss sec-8.3, Properties of Acids and Bases. Students will learn to identify acids and bases, neutralization and salts, proton donors and acceptors. Do the notes and section review for homework.

Tuesday: Discussion on sec-8.4, Strength of Acids and Bases. Students will learn about the PH scale, strong acids and bases, weak acids and bases, and electrolytes. Do the notes and section review for homework.

Wednesday: Students will research and write a report about the work of Charles Drew. What methods he used to prolong the storage time for whole blood? Why he decided to separate whole blood into plasma and cells for storage?

Thursday: Today students will work on the chapter review during class and study for the test.

Friday: Test on ch-8, Solutions, Acids, and Bases.

JA 7A Science Schedule for Oct 24th - 28th

Monday: We will discuss sec-2, Restless Continents. Students will learn about Wegener’s Continental Drift, breakup of Pangaea, sea-floor spreading, mid-ocean ridges, magnetic reversals, etc. Do the section review for homework.

Tuesday: Discussion on sec-3, The Theory of Plate Tectonics. Students will learn to describe the three types of tectonic plate boundaries – convergent, divergent, and transform boundaries. They will also learn to describe the three forces that move the tectonic plates. Do the notes and section review for homework.

Wednesday: Today we will discuss sec-4, Deforming the Earth’s Crust. Students will learn about the two types of stress that deform rocks, the three major types of folds, identify the most common types of mountains, and explain the difference between uplift and subsidence. Do the notes and section review for homework.

Thursday: Students will watch videos about the Earth’s Crust, Plate Tectonics, Faulting, and Folding. Do the chapter review for homework.

Friday: Students will work on the chapter review and then study for the test.

Chemistry Schedule for October 24th - 28th

Monday: Students will review for the test on Ch-6 for the first half hour. Next, they will take the test.

Tuesday: Today we will discuss sec-7.1, Evidence for a Chemical Reaction. Students will learn about the clues or signals that show a chemical reaction has occurred. Next, we will move on to sec-7.2, Chemical Equations. Students will learn to identify the characteristics of a chemical reaction, and the information given by a chemical equation. Do the notes and section reviews for homework.

Wednesday: Discussion on sec-7.3, Balancing Chemical Equations. The main objective of this topic is to learn to write a balanced equation for a chemical reaction. Students should get familiar with the rules to write and balance equations. Next, we will work on balancing various types of equations.

Thursday: We will work on several problems and practice writing the equations and balancing them. Students will work in groups to sharpen their balancing skills.

Friday: Today we will work on sec-7.3, section review and then move on to the chapter assessment.

Physical Science Schedule for October 24th - 28th

Monday: Students are supposed to finish sec-7.1 to 7.4 notes and reviews by Monday. Today we will discuss sec-7.5, Equilibrium. Students will learn about types of Equilibria, and the factors affecting Chemical Equilibrium. Do the notes and section review for homework.

Tuesday: Students will work on the chapter review for the first part of the class and then study for the test.

Wednesday: Test on ch-7, Chemical Reactions.

Thursday: Discussion on sec-8.1, Formation of Solutions. Students will learn about dissociation of ionic compounds, dispersion and ionization of molecular compounds, properties of liquid solutions such as; conductivity, freezing and boiling points, heat of a solution, and factors affecting rate of dissolving. Do the notes and section review for homework.

Friday: Today we will discuss sec-8.2, Solubility and Concentration. Students will learn about solubility, saturated, unsaturated, and supersaturated solutions, factors affecting solubility, and concentration of solutions. Do the notes and section review for homework.

JA 7A Science Schedule for October 17th - 21st

Monday: Students will review ch-3 material for the first half hour. Next, they will take the test on ch-3, The Rock and Fossil Record.

Tuesday: The Rock Display project is due today. Student will do the presentations during the class.

Wednesday: The rock display presentations will continue for the first part of the block. Next, we will move on to the next chapter-4, Plate Tectonics.

Thursday: Discussion on sec-1, Inside the Earth. We will learn about the composition of the Earth, the crust, the mantle, the core, tectonic plates, and mapping the Earth’s Interior. Do the notes and section review for homework.

Friday: We will discuss sec-2, Restless Continents. Students will learn about Wegener’s Continental Drift, breakup of Pangaea, sea-floor spreading, mid-ocean ridges, magnetic reversals, etc. Do the notes and section review for homework.

Chemistry Schedule for October 17th - 21st

Monday: Students will learn to calculate the molar mass of various compounds. They will also learn to calculate mass from moles for complex compounds. Next, they will apply their application skills on solving variety of problems.

Tuesday: Isopentyl acetate is the compound responsible for the scent of bananas. Interestingly, bees release about 1 mg of this compound whey they sting. This attracts other bees, which then join the attack. Students will learn to calculate the number of isopentyl acetate molecules released in a typical sting bite. Next, we will focus on calculating the percent composition of compounds and mass percent. Students will work on several problems during class. Do the section review for homework.

Wednesday: Discussion on sec-6.3, Formulas of Compounds. Students will learn to calculate the empirical formula and the molecular formula for various compounds. They will study the tools to determine the empirical formula of a compound. Today our focus will be on calculating the empirical formulas for binary compounds.

Thursday: We will learn to calculate empirical formulas for compounds containing three or more elements and from percent composition. Students will work on several problems to get more practice.

Friday: Students will learn to calculate the molecular formulas for various compounds. They will work on various problems and then move on to the sec-6.3 section review.

Physical Science Schedule for October 17th - 21st

Monday: Students will review the main facts on ch-6 for the first half hour. Next, they will take the test on ch-6, Chemical Bonds.

Tuesday: Discussion on sec-7.1, Describing Reactions. Students will learn about chemical equations, conservation of mass, balancing equations, counting with moles, converting mass to moles, etc. Do the notes and section review for homework.

Wednesday: We will discuss sec-7.2, Types of Reactions. Students will learn to classify reactions as synthesis, decomposition, single replacement, double replacement, combustion, oxidation, and reduction reactions. Do the notes and section review for homework.

Thursday: Today we will discuss sec-7.3, Energy Changes in Reactions. We will learn about chemical bonds and energy, exothermic and endothermic reactions, and conversation of energy. Do the notes and section review for homework.

Friday: Students will learn about Reaction Rates in Sec-7.4. We will discuss about reactions over time, and factors affecting reaction rates such as; temperature, surface area, stirring, concentration, and catalysts. Do the notes and section review for homework.

JA 7A Science Schedule for October 3rd - 7th

Monday: Discussion on sec-3, Absolute Dating: A Measure of Time. Students will learn how radioactive decay occurs, how radioactive decay relates to radiometric dating, identify four types of radiometric dating, etc. Do the notes and section review for homework.

Tuesday: Today we will discuss sec-4, Looking at Fossils. Students will learn to describe five different types of fossils form, three types of fossils that are not part of organisms, how fossils can be used to determine the history of changes in environments and organisms, etc. Do the notes and section review for homework.

Wednesday: We will discuss sec-5, Time Marches On. This topic explains how geologic time is recorded in rock layers, identify important dates on the geologic time scale, and explain how environmental changes resulted in the extinction of some species. Do the notes and section review for homework.

Thursday: Today students will work on the chapter assessment during class.

Friday: Students will work on “Making Fossils” lab.

Chemistry Schedule for October 3rd - 7th

Monday: Students will review ch-5 for sometime during class and then take the test on chapter-5, Measurements and Calculations.

Tuesday: Discussion on sec-6.1, Atoms and Moles. Students will learn the concept of average mass, counting by weighing, atomic mass and how it is determined, mole concept and Avogadro’s number, etc. Do the notes for homework.

Wednesday: Today students will work on several problems to calculate the mass in Atomic Mass Units, and calculate the number of atoms from the mass.We will work on couple of worksheets.

Thursday: Students will learn to solve variety of problems today. They will learn to calculate moles and number of atoms for various elements and compounds. They will work on the worksheet and then move on to sec-6.1 section review.

Friday: Discussion on sec-6.2, Molar Mass and Percent Composition. Do the notes for sec-6.2.

Physical Science Schedule for October 3rd - 7th

Monday: Discussion on sec-6.3, Naming Compounds and Writing Formulas. Students will learn to recognize and describe binary ionic compounds, metals with multiple ions, and polyatomic ions. They will learn to name and determine chemical formulas for ionic and molecular compounds. Do the notes for homework.

Tuesday: Students will work on a worksheet to learn to write the names and chemical formulas for binary ionic compounds.

Wednesday: Today students will work on another worksheet to learn to write the names and chemical formulas for molecular compounds. Do sec-6.3, section review for homework.

Thursday: Discussion on sec-6.4, The Structure of Metals. Students will learn about the structure and strength of bonds in metals, relate the properties of metals to their structure, and define an alloy and demonstrate how the composition of an alloy affects its properties. Do the notes and section review for homework.

Friday: Students will work on the chapter review during class.