Crosscutting Concepts

Goal:
Use 2 crosscutting concepts to explain a scientific phenomenon. 

Agenda: 
Warmup
Seashells
What is Precipitation?
Precipitation Lab
Crosscutting Concepts

Warmup
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Seashells
Watch this and read this. What are seashells made of?
Mix calcium chloride with sodium carbonate. What happens?

What is Precipitation?
Learn why some things form solids when you mix them. 

Precipitation Lab
***DO NOT POUR ANYTHING DOWN THE DRAIN. IT'S LIKE A $20K FINE***
Mix together the different solutions in a well plate to figure out what is in the mystery solution. You will need to think about a strategy. You can use the whiteboards to make notes. 

Crosscutting Concepts
What Habits of Mind did you use to figure out the mystery solution? 
In our science standards we call these crosscutting concepts. 

Badge Day!

Goal:
Earn badges by curating artifacts and reflecting on your progress towards being a practicing scientist.

Agenda:
Warmup
Technology
Work on Badges
Feedback

Warmup

1. Grab a whiteboard and draw a line down the middle. 
2. Label one side "Scientifically Minded Citizens" and the other side "Skilled Biotechnicians."
3. With your group, brainstorm the skills and habits of mind of scientifically minded citizens and biotechnicians. Record your ideas on the whiteboards.

Technology

If you didn't do it last night, please sign up for a Wordpress account and download the Wordpress app on your iPad. Full tutorial can be found here. 
OR
Create a Google Drive folder entitled "Comp. X Badge Portfolio." Templates can be found here.

Work on Badges

If you finished the Analytical Techniques L1 badge on Blogger, request it now. 

1. Join the badges Analytical Techniques L1 and/or Planning L1 on Badgelist. 
2. Write the blog posts specified by the badge evidence tasks. 
3. Before you post, make a category with the name of the badge. 
4. Request the badge on Badgelist by submitting your category link. 

Feedback

On the provided paper, answer the following questions:

1. What is 1 thing you like about Comp. X
2. What is 1 area for improvement (for Comp. X)?

Chemical Elements Review

Goal:
Prepare for tomorrow's test.

Agenda:
Warmup-Journal Self-Score
Review Comp. Guide
Study!

Warmup-Journal Self Score

1. Create a new journal entry entitled self-score
2. Use the rubric in the sidebar (right) to give yourself a grade and justify why you deserve that grade. Also consider, have your work habits (effort, completion) been improving or declining this year?

Review Comp. Guide

1. I will pass out the comp. guide to you. In the empty box, rate your understanding for each objective. 
• +   if you get it
• -    if you sort of get it
• 0   if you don't get it'
2. Star the objectives you need to work on the most today.

Study!

Use the provided resources to prepare yourself for tomorrow's test:

• Competency Guide
• Haiku Practice Test
• Quizlet Flashcards

Changin'

Goals:

• Define the Law of Conservation of Matter.
• Describe the types and observable properties of changes that can happen to chemical elements. 
• Use chemical equations as a model to classify chemical, physical, and nuclear changes. 

Agenda:

Warmup

Notes

Card Sort

CER

Warmup

In your "Counting Subatomic Particles" Exit Tickets last week some of you stated that the penny did not change into gold. What evidence did you use and why did you think that?

Notes

1. Create a new journal entry entitled "Changes." 
2. Create the following table in your journal
   

   Change	Micro	Macro
   Physical
   Chemical
   Nuclear

3. Complete the table using these slides.

Card Sort

1. Grab a whiteboard.
2. Divide it into 3 sections.
3. Label the sections "Chemical," "Physical," and "Nuclear."
4. Sort the cards into the appropriate section.

CER

In your journal under your table, answer the following question using what you learned today as evidence and reasoning: 

What type of change would the penny need to undergo to become gold?