Week 11 in Review

Periodic Updates

Week 11 In Review

Important Dates & Assignments:

• Periodic Table Project:
• Students have been working on creating their own periodic table this past week.
• Click here to see the rubric.
• Photography:
• In our study of the trends of the periodic table, we have started to look at ways to develop photographs to help us understand how different elements react to produce different results.
• Students are preparing presentations on different types of photography as part of this study. The rubric for this presentation can be found by clicking here.
• We will also be developing a photograph in class soon. More to come on this part!

What happened last week?

• Periodic Table Trends:
• We have been discussing the periodic table trends this week.
• Students gave presentations on a period and family of the periodic table. The scores and video of the presentations will become available soon.
• Chemical Bonding:
• We are starting to look at the chemical bonding of elements.
• Standards:
• This is all part of our study of the Next Generation Science Standards PS1-1, 1-2, and 1-7. 

From the desk of Mr. Terry:

This week has been an exciting week for the upper school at CBA. The  engineering day visit to UT was very exciting to see many different fields in engineering. We are continuing to progress through Chemistry by learning the trends of the periodic table. Our focus this last week was on understanding periodicity and how it is seen in the periodic table. The students did great on their presentations and those will be made available to view soon. As you can see from the rubrics above, lifeskills and lifelong guidelines will now be a part of their projects and presentations just like standard scores. I am hoping this will help the students identify which lifeskills and lifelong guidelines they need to work on as they grow and mature into adults. The upcoming photography lab will be fun for the students as well as educational. If you know of anyone that still develops film the "old fashion" way, please send me a contact so maybe we can incorporate a field study into this project. If you have any questions, please contact me. Have a great week!

I am available to help any morning between 7:45-8:15 and during Flex on the "A" day schedule 4th block. Students can make arrangements to miss their 4th block class to meet with me.

terryk@claytonbradleyacademy.org