INTEGRATED LAB SCIENCE

SYLLABUS 2013-2014

Prerequisite: Teacher Recommendation

Class Level: 10

Credit: 1

The students will learn the following topics in this class:

SEMESTER 1

RSW means Reading and Study Workbook

MSPSW means Math Skills and Problem Solving Workbook

Concepts / Classroom Work/Homework / Activities / Assessments
Week One (8/19-23)
Chapter One
*Major branches in science
*Scientific Method
*Models / Notes 1.1 – 1.2
RSW PGS 3-6
Look up Chapter 1 Vocabulary Words / Study Vocabulary Words online at Quizlet / Vocabulary Quiz
Week Two (8/26-8/30)
*Calculations using scientific notation and unit conversions
*Celsius, Kelvin, *Fahrenheit
*Tables and Graphs / Notes 1.3-1.4
RSW PGS RSW 7-12
MSPSW PGS 4-6
Math Practice Sheets #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6
Lab Safety Packet
Section Review Questions / ACTIVITY - organize binder to contain all work that was accumulated to date. / Math Quiz ( Metric/Sig Fig/ Scientific Notation)
Chapter 1 Test
Binder Check
Week Three (9/3-9/6)
Chapter Two
*Identify pure substances
*Identify elements, compounds, mixtures / Notes 2.1-2.2
RSW PGS 15-18
MSPSW PGS 7-10 / Practice Chapter 2 Vocabulary Words online at Quizlet
Practice Element Symbols online at Quizlet / Vocabulary Quiz
Week Four (9/9-9/13)
*Lab safety
*Physical and chemical properties of matter
*Physical and chemical changes / Notes 2.3
RSW PGS 15-22
MSPSW PGS 7-10
Section Review Questions
Organize Binders / Lab 2B Densities of Liquids
Lab 2A Recognizing Chemical and Physical changes / Element Symbol Quiz
Vocabulary Quiz
Week Five (9/16-20)
Chapter Three
*States of matter
*Gas laws / Notes 3.1 & 3.2
Define Vocabulary Words
RSW PGS 25-28
MSPSW PGS 10-15
Combined Gas Law Practice / Practice Chapter 3 Vocabulary online at Quizlet / Chapter 2 Test
CH 3 Vocabulary Quiz
Binder Check
Week Six (9/23-9/27)
*Phase changes / Notes 3.3
RSW 29-32
Gas Law Practice 2 & 3
Section Review Questions / Online Activity – Gas Law Animations
Week Seven(9/30-10/4)
Section Review Questions for CH 3
Look up Vocabulary Words for CH 4 / Lab CH 3 Exploration - Investigating Changes in Temperature During Heating of solids -Graph lab results
Organize Binders / Gas Law Quiz
Chapter 3 Test
Binder Check
Week Eight (10/7-10/11)
Chapter Four
*Dalton’s atomic theory
Thomson, Rutherford. Bohr, and electron cloud models
*Subatomic particles
*Mass Number/Atomic Number/Isotopes / 4.1 & 4.2 Notes
RSW 35-38
Atomic Structure Practice 1 / Poker Chip Atomic Structure / First Quarter Test (Chapters 1-3)
Week Nine (10/15-10/18)
*Ground state and excited state
*Electron Cloud
*Atomic Orbitals
*Electron Configuration
Chapter 5
*Mendeleev’s periodic table / 4.3 & 5.1 Notes
RSW 39-48
Define Chapter 5 Vocabulary Words / Chapter 4 vocabulary quiz
Week 10 (10/21-10/25)
*Periodic table
*Valence electrons
*Chemical families / 5.2 & 5.3 Notes
RSW PGS 49-52 / Periodic Table Activity / Chapter 5 Vocabulary Quiz
Week 11 (10/28-11/1)
Chapter 6
*Ionic Bonding / Periodic Table Puzzle Worksheet
Chapter 4 & 5 Section Review Questions
6.1 Notes
RSW PGS 59-60
Define Chapter 6 Vocabulary Words / Exploration Lab – Predicting the Density of an Element
Lab Investigation 5A - Using Clues to Identify Elements / Chapter 4 & 5 Test
Binder Check
Week 12 (11/4-11/8)
*covalent bonding
*Writing formulas
*Naming compounds / 6.2 & 6.3 Notes
RSW 61-64
MSPSW PGS 16-21
Ionic Compound Naming/Formula Writing Practice 1 & 2
Intro to Chem WKS 6.3 / Online Activity – Build a Diamond / Chapter 6 Vocabulary Quiz
Week 13 (11/12-11/15)
*Metallic structure
*Introduction to balancing equations / 6.4 Notes
Writing Formulas from names packet
RSW PGS 65-68
6.1-6.4 Packet Worksheets
Balance Equation WK 1 / Ionic Formula Card Game
Week 14 (11/18-11/22)
Organize Binders
CH 6 Section Review Questions / Formula Writing Quiz
Week 15 (11/25-11/26)
*Balancing Chemical Equations
Chapter 11
*Identifying frames of reference
*SI units
*Distance and displacement
*Vectors and vector addition
*Speed / Balancing Equations WKS 2-6
Notes 11.1 & 11.2
RSW 127-130
MSPSW 36-38
Define Chapter 11 Vocabulary Words / Online Balancing Chemical Equation practice
Snowman Challenge / Chapter 6 Test
Binder Check
Week 16 (12/2-12/6)
*Distance-time graphs
*Acceleration and speed calculations / 11.3 Notes
RSW PGS 131-132
MSPSW 39-41
PS7 Fact Sheet
Journal Sheet 1
Ch 11 Section Review Questions / Marble Lab -Journal Sheet 2
Acceleration Lab –Journal Sheet 3 & 4 / Balancing Equation Quiz
Ch 11 Vocabulary Quiz
Open Book Quizzes
PS 7 & CH 11
Week 17 (12/9-12/13)
Organize Binders
Prepare for Tests / Chapter 11 Test
2nd Quarter Test (CH 4,, 5, 6, & 11)
Binder Check
Week 18 (12/16-12/20)
Semester Exam

SEMESTER 2

Concepts / Classroom Work/Homework / Activities / Assessments
Week 19 (1/7-1/10)
Chapter 12
*force
*friction
*gravity
*projectile motion
*Newton's 1st & 2nd Laws / 12.1-12.2 Notes
RSW 137-140
Define Chapter 12 Vocabulary Words / *PreLab & Lab Investigation 12 A –Using a Pendulum to measure acceleration due to the force of gravity Lab Manual Pg 123-128
*Projectile motion demo (2 pennies)
*Stonehenge video <5 min.
Week 20 (1/13-1/17)
*Newton’s Third Law
*Momentum
*Universal Forces / 12.3-12.4 Notes
RSW 141-144
MSPSW 42-45
Math Practice 1-3 / *Exploration Lab – Investigation a Balloon Jet Lab Manual Pg 311-312 / Chapter 12 Vocabulary Quiz
Week 21 (1/21-1/24)
Chapter 15 / Section Review Questions
Define Vocabulary Words for CH 15 / Organize Binders / Chapter 12 Test
Binder Check
Week 22 (1/27-1/31)
*Kinetic/Potential Energy
*Forms of Energy
*Energy Conversion and Conservation
*Energy Resources / Notes 15.1-15.3
RSW 173-180
MSPSW 62-68
Math Practice 1 & 2 / *Investigation 15A “Determining the Effect of Mass on Kinetic Energy”
*PE/KE Board Activity
*Investigation 15B “Determining the KE of a Pendulum” / Math Quiz
CH 15 Vocabulary Quiz
Week 23 (2/3-2/7)
Chapter 17
*Longitudinal waves
*transverse waves / CH 15 Section Review Questions
Organize Binders
17.1 Notes
Define Vocabulary Words for 17.1 & 17.2
RSW 197-198 / Demonstrate Properties of Waves using 20ft slinky / Open Book Practice Quiz
Chapter 15 Test
Binder Check
Week 24 (2/10-2/14)
Chapter 18
*Wave properties
*Electromagnetic waves
*Electromagnetic spectrum / *17.2 and 18.1 -18.2 Notes
*RSW 199-214
*MSPSW PGS 78-86
*“Wave On” Packet Vocabulary
*Define CH 18.1 & 18.2 Vocabulary Words
*Profile of a Wave WKS
Article “6.1 Waves” / Video “Energy in Motion” – 25 minutes
Video “World’s Largest Wave” < 5 minutes
Video “Japanese Wave Pool” < 3 minutes / Vocabulary Quiz 17.1-17.2
Week 25 (2/18-2/21)
Article “Death from the Deep
Section Review Questions / Electromagnetic wave <8 minutes
Organize Binders / Vocabulary Quiz 18.1-18.2
Open Book Practice Quiz
Chapter 17.1, 17.2. 18.1, & 18.2 Test
Week 26 (2/24-2/28)
Chapter 22
*Earth’s Structure / 22.1-22.2 Notes
Define Vocabulary Words for CH 22
RSW PGS 265-268 / Exploration Lab –Using Earthquakes to Map Plate Boundaries / Vocabulary Quiz
Week 27 (3/4-3/7)
*Minerals Rocks & the *Rock Cycle
*Plate Tectonics
*Earthquakes
*Volcanoes / 22.3-22.6 Notes / Convection Currents Demo
Investigation 22A – Identifying Rocks (Materials need to be ordered)
Week 28 (3/10-3/14)
Chapter 23
*Fresh Water / 23.1 / Ch 22 Test
3rd Quarter Test
Week 29 (3/17-3/21)
*Weathering & Mass Movement
*Erosion/Deposition
*Glaciers & Wind
*Oceans
*Geologic History / 23.2-23.6 / Computer generated simulations of how the tilt of the Earth’s axis generates the seasons
Week 30 (3/31-4/4)
Chapter 24
*The Atmosphere
*Sun & Seasons
*Solar Energy & Winds / 24.1-24.3 / Investigation Lab 24B – Modeling Global Warming / Chapter 23 Test
Week 31(4/7-4/11)
*Water in the Atmosphere
*Weather Patterns
*Weather Forecast
*Climate / 24.4-24.7
Week 32 (4/14-4/17)
Chapter 25
*Solar System / 25.1 / Ch 24 Test
Week 33 (4/22-4/25)
*Earth-Moon System
*Inner Solar System / 25.2-25.3 / PSAE EXAMS
Week 34 (4/28-5/2)
*Outer Solar System
*Origin of the Solar System / 25.4-25.5 / Investigation 25A – Deflecting an Asteroid
Week 35 (5/5-5/9)
Chapter 26
*The Sun / 26.1 / Chapter 25 Test
Week 36 (5/12-5/16)
*The Stars
*Life Cycle of Stars / 26.2-26.3
Week 37 (5/19-5/23)
*Groups of Stars
*Expanding Universe / 26.4-26.5 / Chapter 26 Test
Week 38 (5/26-5/29)
4th Quarter Exam and
Semester Exam

GRADING

INTEGRATED SCIENCE

WITHOUT FINAL EXAM

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WITH FINAL EXAM

55% TEST
10% HOMEWORK/BINDER/PACKET
30% QUIZZES
5 % INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENTS / 10% FINAL EXAM
49.5% TEST
9% HOMEWORK/BINDER PACKET
27% QUIZZES
4.5 % INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENTS

Contact Information

815-926-1752

I am available to assist students before school at 7:0 a.m. and after school until 3:00 p.m.

Integrated Syllabus 12-1310/15/20181