Before class preparation
- BYOD for Pear Deck
In class activity
- Pear Deck: Counting Atoms
- Complete Counting Atoms Worksheet in Google Classroom
After class work
- Pixel Art: Counting Atoms
Author: Albert Fong
Introduction to Bonding
Before class preparation
- Video: Dogs Teaching Chemistry!
- BYOD for Pear Deck
In class activity
- Pear Deck Lesson: Ionic & Covalent Compounds
After class work
- Edpuzzle: Types of Bonds
- Pixel Art: Ionic / Covalent Compounds
Introduction to Kinematics
Before Class Preparation:
- Read (print if possible) this handout: Introduction to Motion
In Class Activity:
- Self Driving Cars: Should they replace human driven ones?
- Who are in your closest 10?
After Class Work:
- Interesting Video: Moral Dilemma of Self-Driving Cars
- Pixel Art: Distance & Displacement
Gizmos: Element Builder
Before class preparation
- If you haven’t already,
- Complete “Prior Knowledge” questions
- BYOD laptop or sign out Chromebook from library
In class activity
- Complete the Gizmo
After class work
- Finish Gizmos worksheets first
- Complete the assessment questions
Physical and Chemical Changes
Before Class Preparation
- BYOD for Pear Deck
In Class Activity
- How might we distinguish chemical and physical changes in substances?
- Would a change of state (e.g. solid to liquid) be a physical or chemical change?
- Identifying physical and chemical changes
- Instant snow revisit
After Class Work
- Pixel Art
- CK12
- Chemical and physical change card sort
Lab: Popcorn Kernels
Before class preparation
- Review creating a scientific question handout
- Read PEOE handout (print it if possible)
In class activity
- Lab: raising popcorn kernels
- Equipment list
- Submit Creating a Scientific Question handout
After class work
- Finish Gizmo / Pixel Art
Video: The Challenge of Quantum Reality
Before Class Preparation:
- Read: Wave Particle Duality
In Class Activity:
- 30 Minute video
- Google Form questions
- Wave-Particle Duality Exercise
After Class Work:
- Interesting Video: Mechanical Universe: Particles & Waves
Double Slit Equation Practice
Before Class Preparation:
- BYOD for simulation access & Card Sort
In Class Activity:
- Young’s Equation Practice Questions
- Interference card sort
After Class Work:
- Edpuzzle: Double slit explained (Khan Academy)
Interference of Light Lesson
Before Class Preparation:
- BYOD for Pear Deck
In Class Activity:
- Pear Deck: Interference of Light
- Card Sort: Interference of Light
Class Work:
- CK12
- Edpuzzle
Double Slit Interference
Before Class Preparation:
- Videos:
- Young’s double slit introduction (Khan Academy)
- Young’s double slit equation (Khan Academy)
- Read (or make a copy of) this handout
In Class Activity:
- Quantitatively describing double-slit interference intensity patterns
- Qualitatively describing the diffraction pattern formed when plane waves are incident normally on a single-slit
After Class Work:
- Videos:
- Read & take notes from this powerpoint
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