The first few days of school have been about reviewing and reinforcing the routines and practices of the school such as the bell schedule and lunch waves, and my expectations in the classroom.
This week each class will experience their first double lab period which are back to back periods of chemistry. This gives me an opportunity to reinforce safety measures and procedures in the lab and for the students an opportunity to gain experience working in the chemistry lab and to...wear goggles!! They may leave the dreaded "goggle outline"... but they are a critical piece of safety equipment and goggles are a must!
By now each class has reviewed classroom policies, reviewed safety procedures, signed a safety contract. Introductory work has included analyzing a graph with a Median-Fit graphing technique, analyzing marker inks with paper chromatography, observing properties of a few common chemicals, reacting aluminum with a solution of copper(II) chloride, setting up a chemistry log book, and of course...notes!
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