Saturday, November 22, 2008

On Friday, the Blast Off lab report was collected. A few students did not hand it in....this is a summative assessment, therefore, it MUST be handed in on Monday, or a Failure to Complete a Summative Assessment letter will be sent home on Monday. Students who were absent on Friday are expected to hand in the lab report on Monday as well. The class then went to the pep rally and student-teacher hockey game....where the teachers kicked student butt again! Have a nice weekend :)
On Thursday, we reviewed the components of the Blast Off lab report and questions about the lab report were answered. Then, students read two pages in the textbook about Acids and Bases and used this information to fill out a "T-chart" with details on the Properties of Acids and Bases. They then filled out a second T-chart listing examples of common acids and bases. Students were then shown a video on acids and bases.
On Wednesday, students worked on writing rough drafts of their Blast Off lab reports.

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Students finished gathering their results from Blast Off! today. Congratulations to Devin, Dana and Amanda for winning the challenge. Hope you enjoyed your ice cream! Tomorrow, students will have some time to work on writing up the lab report, which is due on Friday, so don't forget to bring your lab sheets to class.

Monday, November 17, 2008

Today students finished designing Blast Off. Most groups had time to try one or two trials. The experiment will continue tomorrow.