Science+Cycle+3+Week+1

Agenda Back to theThe Virtual Science Classroom Back to home
 * 1) Do Now: Go to Mr. Neal's Website: "The Virtual Neal". You should find it in the bookmark menu or on the bookmark bar.
 * 2) Enter the virtual science classroom.
 * 3) Go to science lesson for Dec 14-18. You are now here! Follow the remaining steps for today's lesson.
 * 4) Review your learning objectives and your homework, then record them into your science notebook. Your objectives and homework can be found in our lesson plan [[file:Sy 09 Science lesson Cycle 3 Week 1 .pdf]]
 * 5) Log in to your online textbook @ [|Holt Online Learning]
 * 6) Go to Chapter 1, Sections 1 and 2
 * 7) Record your vocabulary words from both sections in your science notebook
 * 8) Go to the visual concepts tab for section 1, view animations and complete cloze activity (provided by teacher)
 * 9) Go to the visual concepts tab for section 2, view animations and complete cloze activity (provided by teacher) or you can download and print it from here [[file:Close Minerals.docx]]
 * 10) Then view the powerpoint presentation on minerals @ [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.png height="32" link="http://thevirtualneal.wikispaces.com/file/view/R_and_M.ppt.pps"]] [|R_and_M.ppt.pps]
 * 11) Answer the following constructed responses:
 * 12) Explain why each of the following objects are not minerals: water, oxygen, honey, and teeth.
 * 13) Why do scientists consider water to be a mineral? Hint: What are the 4 characteristics of a mineral!
 * 14) What are some of the properties that one would use to classify or identify a mineral?
 * 15) If a mineral scratches calcite, but is scratched by apatite, what is the mineral's hardness?
 * 16) Afterwards, create a frayer model for the concept: mineral Complete a Frayer model of the concept: mineral. Teacher will provide a paper copy of the frayer model or you can download and print it from here [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png height="32" link="http://thevirtualneal.wikispaces.com/file/view/frayer+model.pdf"]] [|frayer model.pdf]
 * 17) Reflection: Record three things that you learned about the periodic table in your science journal
 * 18) Extended Activity: Minerals: Use your online text to identify characteristics of mineral samples provided by your teacher.
 * 19) Extended Activity: Review of Atomic Mass: complete the first five problems of the math skills activity: calculating mass number. Instructions are @ [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://thevirtualneal.wikispaces.com/file/view/Atomic+Math+Challenge+2003.doc"]] [|Atomic Math Challenge 2003.doc] & the activity is @ [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" link="http://thevirtualneal.wikispaces.com/file/view/atomicmath.pdf"]] [|atomicmath.pdf]
 * 20) Homework: Create an acrostic poem using the word: Mineral.