Mr. Bailey's Science ClassroomDearborn Public Schools

Dec 11th Bringing Technology to the Classroom

Hello families,

Today was an extremely awesome day in class. We were chosen as one of the classrooms in the district to test a new program called Google Expeditions.

Google Expeditions is a classroom program that utilizes the Google Earth photographs to allow students to see places all over the world as if they were actually there! Today, we visited places such as Egypt, The Great Barrier Reef, Venice, The Congo, London, and Mt. Everest.

How does it work?

Each student had a phone that was inside a set of goggles. The students could look through the goggles to see the photograph on the screen, but they were not ordinary photos. Each photo was a 360 degree panoramic photo of the area we were “visiting.” As the students turned their heads, they could see other parts of the picture as if they were actually there!

The students seemed to enjoy themselves, and the learning potential is almost limitless. So I would like to take a moment to thank the Dearborn Public Schools, and Google, for allowing us the opportunity to test out this amazing program!

*Here is a short video of the program, unfortunately you cannot see what the students see, but the joy is genuine*

Google Expedition

Dec 3rd Thursday, December 3rd, 2015

Hey class,

Just wanted to give you a reminder of what the homework is for tonight.

Homework

On Page 22A

Section 5.1 Section Review (pg.113)

Numbers 1-2, 4-5

(Skip #3)

There is also going to be a quiz about the periodic table on Wednesday, December 9th. If you have questions about the table or characteristics of elements please ask me in class!

Have a good evening,

Mr. Bailey

Dec 1st Homework for December 1st

Happy December everyone!

I hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving break.

It is hard to believe that we are already about 30% of the way through our school year!

We have started our next unit on the Periodic Table of Elements, and along with it the vocabulary homework that you need to have done.

On Page 21A of your notebooks, please do the definitions for page 106:

Periodic

Periodic Law

Period

Group

Nice work up until this point class, I will see you tomorrow.

-Mr. Bailey

Nov 23rd Atom Quiz Study Guide

Hey class,

I did what I could to create a study guide for tomorrow’s quiz. The main focus should be the parts of an atom, and using the periodic table to find characteristics of an Atom. Both of these are included in the study guide.

The Atom Test Study Guide

As always, email me with any questions.

See you tomorrow,

Mr. Bailey

Nov 20th Friday, November 20 Homework

Hey everyone, I just wanted to quickly upload the instructions from today’s project in case you didn’t get everything done.

I also included the portion that you are to do for homework this weekend, it is at the bottom of the document.

Periodic Table Foldable

Periodic Table of Elements (in the event you need a copy of the periodic table)

If you have any questions, please contact me.

Have an excellent weekend, my homework shouldn’t take TOO long. I promise!

See you Monday,

Mr. Bailey

Nov 17th Tuesday, November 17, 2015

For students:

Nice work on your timelines ladies and gentlemen, they all turned out extremely well. I will aim to have them graded by class time tomorrow!

Your homework tonight is to create an illustrated dictionary for our next set of words in Section 1.2. This section has some vocabulary that I am choosing not to cover at this time, so please only focus on the first four vocabulary words starting on Page 88:

Proton

Atomic mass Unit

Neutron

Atomic number

For parents:

As I wrote above, the students worked incredibly hard on their History of the Atomic Theory timelines. I will have some pictures posted as soon as I finish grading them!

Have a wonderful day,

Mr. Bailey

Nov 11th November 11, 2015

Great job in today’s debate everyone. Most of you were able to bring in depth discussions and ideas about your chosen scientist. Remember, science is more than just being right or wrong, it is about using other ideas to try to discover new information. This was something all of our Atomic Theory scientists were able to do well.

Your homework today:

Pg. 87 Numbers: 4-6

Do this on page 17A underneath yesterday’s homework, please. 

I will see everyone tomorrow!

-Mr. Bailey

Nov 10th Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Students,

I just wanted to give everyone a reminder of today’s homework!

On page 17A of your interactive notebooks. 

Section 4.1 Review (Pg. 87)

Numbers 2 and 3: Write the false statement including the underlined incorrect word. Under each statement, write the word which will make it correct. 

Also, here is a Word Document copy of the chart we did in class today.

Atomic Model Timeline

Nov 2nd Chemical and Physical Property PowerPoint

Students,

I want each of you to enjoy your day off tomorrow! However, remember to take some time to study for Wednesday’s test. I have attached the Jeopardy PowerPoint for Physical and chemical Properties below!

Physical and Chemical Properties

I will see you on Wednesday!

-Mr. Bailey

Oct 30th Friday, October 30, 2015

What a busy week we had this week everyone!

Students, remember, you have a test on section 1.3 Wednesday of next week.

As usual, here is the summary of the main ideas to study form.

Section 1.3 Summary

GOOD NEWS

The text book can now be accessed online.

To access, go to the following website:

https://my.hrw.com/ 

When the log in pops up, use this information.

Username: bailey20151

paswword: Bryant15

There is also a direct link at the side of the blog under “Text Book” and if you hover over the link, it will tell you the log in information.

Enjoy the Halloween weekend everyone, and PLEASE BE SAFE

-Mr. Bailey