Smith Integrated Science

Class Resources:

Class Moodle page 
We'll be using this resource regularly, in order to complete online lessons and concept checks.

General Class Information 

Class Calendar:

Date	Semester 2 Class Activities and Assignments
Wed, Jan 6	- Review of Some Class Info & Expectations  - Review of Critical Semester 1 Ideas  - Lesson: Intro to Water's Properties (Click here for In-class Notes from Board )  - HW: Unit 3 Preassessment (on Moodle), due Monday for completion grade
Fri, Jan 8	- Post-Lab Discussion (and graded labs returned to students)  - Lesson: Water Polarity & Properties (Click here for In-class Notes from Board )  - HW: Unit 3 Preassessment (on Moodle), if not done yet            "Properties of Water" Lab Analysis (on Moodle), due Tues by 7:30am
Mon, Jan 11	- Lesson: Water Density & Specific Heat (Click here for In-class Notes from Board )  - Little bit of work time (or demo time)  - HW: Specific Heat Capacity Practice Problems
Wed, Jan 13	- Discussion of Monday's Practice Problems  - Worksheet: Specific Heat Capacity   - HW: Finish Workshet           Prepare for Quiz on Friday (Click here for list of quiz topics )
Fri, Jan 15	- Worksheet from Wed due (unless turned in already)  - Quiz: Water Properties  - Discussion of Lab Ideas/Calculations (Click here for In-class Notes from Board )  - Work time  - HW: "Specific Heat of Water" Lab Analysis (on Moodle), due Wed by 7:30am            Aquifer Pre-Lab, due in lab class next week            Finish lab (if needed), due Wed
Mon, Jan 18	No School
Wed, Jan 20	- Labs from last week due for regrading, if needed  - Discuss Quiz from Friday  - Mini Lesson: Where's the Water? (Click here for In-class Notes from Board )  - Worksheet: "Where's the Water?"  - HW: Finish worksheet, due Friday           (Pre-lab due tomorrow for Thursday lab students)
Fri, Jan 22	- Labs from this week passed back, brief discussion  - Lessons: Where's the Water? (Pt 2) and Water Flow                  (Click here for In-class Notes from Board )  - HW:   1. Concept Check: Water Sources & Flow (on Moodle),  due Monday              2. "Porosity of Aquifers" Lab Analysis (on Moodle), due Tuesday
Mon, Jan 25	- 'Pop' Quiz: Water Properties, Sources, & Flow  - Lesson: Aquifers and Contamination (Click here for In-class Notes from Board )  - HW: Spread of Contamination Practice Problems
Wed, Jan 27	- Discuss Monday's Practice Problems  - Activity: Parts per Million  - HW: "Contaminant Research" assignment  (on Moodle), due next Wed.
Fri, Jan 29	- Computer Work Time  - HW: Finish Rocky Flats webquest (Click here for worksheet, and here for website)           Continue work on Contaminant Research  (on Moodle), due next Wed
Mon, Feb 1	- Quick Post-Lab Discussion  - Lesson: Hydrogen and Fuel Cells (Click here for In-class Notes from Board )  - HW: Finish Fuel Cell Worksheet (Click here for worksheet, and here for website)           Continue work on Contaminant Research  (on Moodle), due Wed
Wed, Feb 3	- Fuel Cell worksheet turned in  - Guest Speaker/Hydrogen Video  - HW: Begin working on Test Study Guide, due Monday           (Click here for a copy of the study guide )
Fri, Feb 5	- Lab & Fuel Cell Wrap-Up Discussion (Click here for In-class Notes from Board )  - Work Time  - HW: Finish Study Guide, due Monday (Click here for a copy of the study guide )           "Fuel Cell" Lab analysis (on Moodle), due Tues           Prepare for Monday's Unit 3 Test!!!
Mon, Feb 8	- Unit 3 Test: The Hydrosphere  - HW: Print Lab and Complete Pre-Lab to take with you to your lab class
Wed, Feb 10	- Intro to Unit 4: Geosphere  - Lesson: Earth's Layers & Plates (Click here for In-class Notes from Board )  - HW: "Earth's Plates & Layers" Concept Check (on Moodle), due Fri
Fri, Feb 12	- Videos: Plate Tectonics  - Lesson: Epicenter Triangulation (Click here for In-class Notes from Board )  - HW: 1. Watch Podcast Video to learn a few more ideas not covered in class            2. "Plate Tectonics" Concept Check (on Moodle), due Wed            3. "Virtual Earthquake" Lab Analysis (on Moodle), due Wed
Mon, Feb 15	No School
Wed, Feb 17	- Review of Plate Boundaries (Click here for In-class Notes from Board )  - Lesson: Convection  - HW: Density, Temperature, and Convection Worksheet (Click here for Wksht )
Fri, Feb 19	- HW Completion Check of Wednesday's Worksheet  - Group Work Time for...    1. Discuss Wednesday's Worksheet    2. Group 'Quiz'    3. Civilization on a Fault Line Reading/Questions    4. Study for Monday's Quiz  - HW: Finish Reading/Questions (Click here for Article, and here for Questions )           Prepare for Monday's Quiz (Click here for Study Questions )
Mon, Feb 22	- Quiz: Plate Tectonics  - Lesson: Intro to Volcanoes (Click here for In-class PowerPoint notes )  - HW: Print Volcano Lab (click here ) and do Pre-Lab, due in lab class this week
Wed, Feb 24	- Review of Volcano Ideas from Monday  - Reading/Worksheet Activity (Click here for Reading, and here for Worksheet )  - HW: Finish Reading/Worksheet           Thurs lab students Print Volcano Lab (click here ) and do Pre-Lab
Fri, Feb 26	- Graded quizzes handed back  - Labs handed back and discussed  - Lesson: Intro to Radioactivity (Click here for In-class Notes from Board )  - HW: Finish lab, due Monday           "Volcanic Gases" Lab Analysis (on Moodle), due Tues
Mon, Mar 1	- Volcanic Gases Lab is due  - Isotope review  - Lesson: Radioactivity and Decay Reactions (Click here for In-class Notes from Board )  - HW: Decay Practice Worksheet #1 (Click here for worksheet  ), due Wed for completion
Wed, Mar 3	- HW Completion Check  - Discuss Monday's Worksheet (Click here for In-class Notes from Board )  - Isotope Activity/Worksheet #2 (Click here for Worksheet )  - HW: All assignments are due next Wednesday when we next meet.    1. Finish Decay Worksheet #2, graded for correctness    2. Radiation Cause/Effect WkSht and Ppt (Click here for Ppt and here for WkSht)    3. Finish Half-Life Lab    4. Half-Life Lab Analysis (on Moodle)
Fri, Mar 5	No School
Mon, Mar 8	No Afternoon Class (modified CSAP schedule)
Wed, Mar 10	- WS Completion Check, Decay WS #2 and Half-Life Lab due  - Discuss Radiation Cause & Effect and Half-Life  - Lesson: Logging the Well  - HW: Finish Logging the Well WS if not already done           Study for Friday's Radioactivity Quiz (Click here for Study Qs )
Fri, Mar 12
Mon, Mar 15
Wed, Mar 17
Fri, Mar 19
Mon, Mar 22	No School
Wed, Mar 24	No School
Fri, Mar 26	No School
Mon, Mar 29
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Mon, May 3
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Wed, May 19
Thu, May 20	Graduation
Fri, May 21