Even block period
Every period was a bit different.
Making gas lab, Bikini Island bomb test video, Michelson's accurate measurement of the speed of light reading passage.
Per2:
Speed of light passage then Making Gas Lab. We make CO2, H2,and O2 using BS and vinegar, mossy zinc metal and HCl. and H2O2 and yeast respectively. Then using a small tea candle and skewer test each gas several times with a flame test. Fun
Period 4:
They were out of their seats, not paying attention, so I decided to do the lab as a demo but they were still unruly so I decided to show them the end of "Bikini: Forbidden Paradise" that we started last time.
Period 8:
Behind a day, so we did Einstein's letter reading passage from last week, and then the making gas lab.
I hope this helps.
Love to Teach, and Teach with Passion!
It’s not Magic, It’s Science!
RichardKinney@cusd.com
http://qp.clovisusd.k12.ca.us/rey_kinney
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Wek 35, Day 5: YOu grow into your teacher self
Odd block
Same lesson as yesterday Einsteins letter Hiroshima
As you go through your career you will see things, video, toys, models, shirts, decorations, labs, activities, and you will grow into these. I remember being a new teacher in training and being blown away by the stuff of master teachers. My stuff I mean more than the physical decor of their rooms. I remember the confidence and conviction behind those mentors and thinking, "Wow, I wish I could be like that".
I remember being a first grader looking across the street to those "grown up kids" at the Middle school.
I remember looking across the street while in middle school to those "grown up kids" at the high school.
If you are a student teacher looking at your mentor teachers with that same apprehension I say to you
YOU WILL GET THERE, WE WILL HELP YOU, WHAT YOU LACK IN EXPERIENCE YOU WILL MAKE UP WITH e2, ENERGY AND ENTHUSIASM.
My first year was one of my best years of my 23.
As for today in class, I have been focused on preparing for a retirement party by painting wooden spider models.
I hope this helps.
Love to Teach, and Teach with Passion!
It’s not Magic, It’s Science!
RichardKinney@cusd.com
http://qp.clovisusd.k12.ca.us/rey_kinney
Same lesson as yesterday Einsteins letter Hiroshima
As you go through your career you will see things, video, toys, models, shirts, decorations, labs, activities, and you will grow into these. I remember being a new teacher in training and being blown away by the stuff of master teachers. My stuff I mean more than the physical decor of their rooms. I remember the confidence and conviction behind those mentors and thinking, "Wow, I wish I could be like that".
I remember being a first grader looking across the street to those "grown up kids" at the Middle school.
I remember looking across the street while in middle school to those "grown up kids" at the high school.
If you are a student teacher looking at your mentor teachers with that same apprehension I say to you
YOU WILL GET THERE, WE WILL HELP YOU, WHAT YOU LACK IN EXPERIENCE YOU WILL MAKE UP WITH e2, ENERGY AND ENTHUSIASM.
My first year was one of my best years of my 23.
As for today in class, I have been focused on preparing for a retirement party by painting wooden spider models.
I hope this helps.
Love to Teach, and Teach with Passion!
It’s not Magic, It’s Science!
RichardKinney@cusd.com
http://qp.clovisusd.k12.ca.us/rey_kinney
Week 35, Day 4: Nuclear Chemistry and Fallout
Even block.Einstein's letter to Roosevelt and beginning of chapter 1 of Hiroshima then bikini island video
After reading to the kids about Marie Curie last class, it flowed to keep the radiation motif going. I read about the beginning of the Manhattan project, then the story of the Noiseless Flash (ch 1 of Hiroshima by Hershey) on August 6, 1945. Then I show them a video of an ABC show from the '90's about the bikini bomb tests.
I also spray painted spider decorations for a retirement party for a respected a beloved colleague.
I hope this helps.
Love to Teach, and Teach with Passion!
It’s not Magic, It’s Science!
RichardKinney@cusd.com
http://qp.clovisusd.k12.ca.us/rey_kinney
Week 35, Day 3:The Chemistry Project
Odd block
"A glowing discovery" passage about Marie curie and Pierre discovering elements and sub atomic particles.
A nice day. Kids had their first real chance to work on the chemistry project.
Again as yesterday they loved the glue and borax polymer. Period 7 didn't get to do it.
Students are teaming up and most are trying to figure out what will be easiest to do:
Atom model, Molecule model, Element Brochure, or High Quality Poster
My website has the project listed in the NOTES AND MAJOR ASSIGNMENTS>>>Chemistry Assignments, you can down load it there for the detail.
I hope this helps.
Love to Teach, and Teach with Passion!
It’s not Magic, It’s Science!
RichardKinney@cusd.com
http://qp.clovisusd.k12.ca.us/rey_kinney
"A glowing discovery" passage about Marie curie and Pierre discovering elements and sub atomic particles.
A nice day. Kids had their first real chance to work on the chemistry project.
Again as yesterday they loved the glue and borax polymer. Period 7 didn't get to do it.
Students are teaming up and most are trying to figure out what will be easiest to do:
Atom model, Molecule model, Element Brochure, or High Quality Poster
My website has the project listed in the NOTES AND MAJOR ASSIGNMENTS>>>Chemistry Assignments, you can down load it there for the detail.
I hope this helps.
Love to Teach, and Teach with Passion!
It’s not Magic, It’s Science!
RichardKinney@cusd.com
http://qp.clovisusd.k12.ca.us/rey_kinney
Week 35, Day 2: Marie Curie Fun with GLUEP
Even Block Schedule. Marie Curie reading passage, time to work on the chemistry project, and making GLUEP mini lab.
A nice day. The students were tolerant of the long reading passage (which was a pleasant surprise) and then LOVED adding the 50% glue in water mix to 10% borax solution making a slimy polymer that one lab calls GLUEP (glue polymer).
TO add to the story of Marie discovering Polonium and Radium I get glow sticks and then cut them open and dump them into small test tubes and hen hang them on my clip board as I walk around the room reading.
Honors sci took the test today.
My school website has the story I read, A glowing Discovery, on the Teachers link off the main page as well as my power point supplement.
I hope this helps.
Love to Teach, and Teach with Passion!
It’s not Magic, It’s Science!
RichardKinney@cusd.com
http://qp.clovisusd.k12.ca.us/rey_kinney
A nice day. The students were tolerant of the long reading passage (which was a pleasant surprise) and then LOVED adding the 50% glue in water mix to 10% borax solution making a slimy polymer that one lab calls GLUEP (glue polymer).
TO add to the story of Marie discovering Polonium and Radium I get glow sticks and then cut them open and dump them into small test tubes and hen hang them on my clip board as I walk around the room reading.
Honors sci took the test today.
My school website has the story I read, A glowing Discovery, on the Teachers link off the main page as well as my power point supplement.
I hope this helps.
Love to Teach, and Teach with Passion!
It’s not Magic, It’s Science!
RichardKinney@cusd.com
http://qp.clovisusd.k12.ca.us/rey_kinney
Week 35, Day 1: Angels and tests.
Odd block schedule. Last test, chemistry Benchmark tests.
Long day
Started with a faculty meeting which was nice for 3 reasons:
1) beautiful choir performance, they sounded like angels
2) got a gift from the school district (and it was not a pink slip)
3) I did not have to stand morning duty.
I got frustrated with period 1 and chewed them out. They were handling this test review as if it was Saturday afternoon at the mall.
I wish I would handle the situation differently. My 3rd year teaching I never got mad. I don't know if it was the kids or me. My last two years at my privious middle school were dream years too. We never left what I
call "the honeymoon".
I hope this helps.
Love to Teach, and Teach with Passion!
It’s not Magic, It’s Science!
RichardKinney@cusd.com
http://qp.clovisusd.k12.ca.us/rey_kinney
Long day
Started with a faculty meeting which was nice for 3 reasons:
1) beautiful choir performance, they sounded like angels
2) got a gift from the school district (and it was not a pink slip)
3) I did not have to stand morning duty.
I got frustrated with period 1 and chewed them out. They were handling this test review as if it was Saturday afternoon at the mall.
call "the honeymoon".
I hope this helps.
Love to Teach, and Teach with Passion!
It’s not Magic, It’s Science!
RichardKinney@cusd.com
http://qp.clovisusd.k12.ca.us/rey_kinney
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Week 34, Day 5: We became Ribosomes today!
Even block Schedule. Final test of the year (structure of matter and organic chemistry).
Slightly shorter periods due to the Latino fest lunch celebration. Due to testing last week we couldn't do it on Cinco de Mayo.
For review I drew the structural formula, then made 8 copies(per page) of the amino acid glycine on a sheet of paper. We then we cut them out, bonded them together (making covalent bonds with tape) to make branched and unbranched protein. Two of our standards deal with monomers making polymers, and proteins are molecules of life.
I told the students as they connected their Glycine units together that my room is a cell, they are now RIBOSOMES making proteins.
Due to a late scheduled afternoon meeting at the High School, my Honors Science afternoon class lesson was destroyed. So we hung out. Did a review at the end of the period for the postponed test.
Happy 48th birthday Paul
I hope this helps.
Love to Teach, and Teach with Passion!
It’s not Magic, It’s Science!
RichardKinney@cusd.com
http://qp.clovisusd.k12.ca.us/rey_kinney
Slightly shorter periods due to the Latino fest lunch celebration. Due to testing last week we couldn't do it on Cinco de Mayo.
For review I drew the structural formula, then made 8 copies(per page) of the amino acid glycine on a sheet of paper. We then we cut them out, bonded them together (making covalent bonds with tape) to make branched and unbranched protein. Two of our standards deal with monomers making polymers, and proteins are molecules of life.
I told the students as they connected their Glycine units together that my room is a cell, they are now RIBOSOMES making proteins.
Due to a late scheduled afternoon meeting at the High School, my Honors Science afternoon class lesson was destroyed. So we hung out. Did a review at the end of the period for the postponed test.
Happy 48th birthday Paul
I hope this helps.
Love to Teach, and Teach with Passion!
It’s not Magic, It’s Science!
RichardKinney@cusd.com
http://qp.clovisusd.k12.ca.us/rey_kinney
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