Hello Hornets!
This week was all about the Law of Conservation of Matter/Mass. Students were given a packet on this law with examples that we have looked closely at. Students learned that matter is neither created nor destroyed during physical and chemical reactions. We spent this entire week learning about the law and using 3 examples to prove the law. We have spent this week examining the atoms, elements, mass (grams), reactants, and products of balanced chemical equations to prove that matter has been conserved. After we have completed the 3 examples in our packet, we are then starting to write the CER (Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning) of this law. Students were given a claim about the Law of Conservation of Matter/Mass and the 3 examples served as the evidence portion. We are spending time this week and next writing the first draft of the reasoning. Once students are done with their drafts we will be editing any mistakes to it. After the final draft is complete students will be publishing their CER paper. We will be typing this paper up next week in class. For students who do not finish will have to finish typing it up to be turned in the first day back to school after break (January 7, 2019).
Friday we took our first bellwork quiz for this new unit (Matter and Its Interactions Part 2). As a reminder students should be doing bellwork everyday as well as making corrections to their answers and reviewing at home for our quizzes.
One more week until Christmas break!(:
Have a wonderful weekend!
