Chemistry Course and Standards Information
Weekly Power Points
NOTE: Also located in your One Note: Content Library: Housekeeping: Quarter -- (Click on the current quarter)
NOTE: Also located in your One Note: Content Library: Housekeeping: Quarter -- (Click on the current quarter)
Upcoming Events
April
7 - 9 (Tues - Thurs) Re-take Nomenclature Quizzes (1 - 1:20 pm) on Teams: (Your Period): General: Posts - Quiz A (Tues) - Quiz B (Wed) - Quiz C (Thurs) 13 - 17 (Mon - Fri) Spring Break (NO School) 20 (Mon) Course is officially online 24 (Fri) Online Quiz on Intermolecular Forces - IMF 2020 (Posted on Teams: Unit 4 Bonding at 11 am). 27 (Mon) Make up IMF 2020 quiz (Posted on Teams: Unit 4 Bonding at 10 am - 10:20 am) May 1 (Fri) 2nd and last Make up IMF 2020 quiz (Posted on Teams: Unit 4 Bonding at 11:30 am - 12 pm) 4 (Mon) Online Quiz on Thermochemistry (Posted on Class Period Teams: Unit 5 available from 7 am - 7 pm. Students are only allowed 25 minutes.) 7/8(Thurs/ Fri) Online Makeup Quiz on Thermochemistry (Posted on Class Period Teams: Unit 5 available from 11 am - 11:30 pm. Students are only allowed 25 minutes.) There will no longer be makeup quizzes or tests.* 20 (Wed) Unit 6 Exam on Chemical Reactions (Posted on Class Period Teams: (Unit) 6 Chemical Reactions, at 10 am - 11 am only*) 25 (Mon) Memorial Day (NO School) 26 & 28 (Tues & Thurs) Nomenclature Quiz Re-take 29 (Fri) Retake for Unit 4 Exam Bonding Only June 1 (Mon) Retake Unit 6 Exam Chemical Reactions only 8 (Mon) Quiz: Mole Road Map 10 (Thurs) Senior Last Day 17 (Wed) Unit 7 Exam on Stoichiometry 23 (Mon) Last Day of Instruction NOTE: Duration of Quizzes (15 – 30 min) Duration of Exams (45 – 60 min) **All assessments are available from 7 am – 7 pm in Teams (Period): Quiz-Exam channel *Please contact the teacher if there is a conflict with these dates at least 2 weeks prior to the assessment dates. |
Due TodayApril 3 (Fri) Last day to submit re-grades. 12 (Sunday, midnight) Any and all Online Enrichment Activities must be submitted for VOC points. - Math Skills: Electronegativity & Percent Ionic Character (Classlink: McGraw-Hill) - Laboratory: Covalent Bonding in Medicines (Classlink: McGraw-Hill) - Virtual Investigations: Molecular Shapes (Classlink: McGraw-Hill) - Virtual Investigations: Covalent Compounds (CLasslink: McGraw-Hill) - Problem Pools (Chapter 8: IMF's only questions 36, 37, 58, 59, 60, 61, 63, 68, 69, 74) (Textbook) - Virtual Lab: Intermolecular Forces in Liquids (Classlink: Pearson) 27 (Mon) PhET Simulation "Energy and States of Matter" and Virtual Investigation: Calorimetry (both worksheets in Unit 5 Student One Note) May 4 (Mon) (1) Gallery Walk: Heating Curves; (2) WS Introduction to Specific Heat Capacities (worksheet in Unit 5 Student One Note) (3) PPE in the Times of COVID (Resource: Teams) Stem Design Challenge) 11 (Mon) WS Challenging Problems: Balancing Chemical Equations (Worksheet in Student One Note: Unit 6) 18 (Mon) Virtual Lab: Single Replacement June 1 (Mon) Math Skills "Calculating the Molar Mass of a Compound (Source: Classlink: McGraw-Hill: Unit 2: Module 9: Lesson 3 8 (Mon) Math Skills "Determining Mole Ratios" 12 (Fri) Last day to accept all make-up/late work. 18 (Thurs) - 22 (Mon) Chemistry Scavenger Hunt (Powered by GooseChase) - excluding the weekend. |
Announcements
May 27, 2020
Updates/ Announcements
1) There is no semester final.
2) Unit 7 test is postponed until Wednesday, Jun 17, 2020.
3) Grades are currently being updated. If your work needs to be re-graded because you added additional work on a different One Note page, below or to the side of the actual student work documents that were assigned and reviewed, please send the teacher an email explaining where to locate your work. If you have already done so, then do not send a second email. All requests for a re-grade will be addressed at the end of the week.
4) Quiz corrections will be added after all the current grades are entered.
5) If you have late work, please turn it in on Teams: Assignments and send an email to the teacher that your work is ready for review.
6) You have a student email account with a district address. When you log into www.office.com simply click on the Outlook icon and you will see emails sent through Teams, etc. Through your Outlook account you will see a calendar for all of your classes. If your other teachers note activities and assessments on the calendar, you can click on all of your classes to see one main calendar to identify any conflicts and prepare for each day accordingly. See the attached image. The daily announcements will be posted on the Outlook calendar (as well as through the Teams: General: Posts) and you can decide which best fits your needs.
7) "This week at a glance" is a photo of the Daily Announcements/Activities taken from One Note: Content Library: Housekeeping: Quarter 4.
May 12, 2020
How to "Chemistry" Online in 25 Minutes
How to Navigate Teams
Ultimately, remember that we are in this together. Please email the teacher and come to Office Hours to ask any clarifying questions or work together on activities. Work with peers in study groups. Simply make your best attempt at learning and use the resources provided, including your teacher! And please take good care as life begins to evolve over the next couple of months.
May 8, 2020
Reminders:
How to Deliver Student Work
Update: Email
Students have access to ISD email starting Monday, 5/11/2020! Check out the information here.
Update: Assessments
May 4, 2020
All announcements will be made on Teams and sent through Skyward email.. Make sure you are receiving notifications via Teams and Skyward. Please read "Grading Policies" above to ensure you understand the class expectations for the remainder of the year. See Office Hours for adjusted office hours schedule.
April 22, 2020
Get Teams notifications to stay up to date on announcements and resources.
Need help figuring out what's due? Click for a quick tutorial. Or come to Office Hours. Having Log-in Issues? Call (425) 837-6371.
April 20, 2020
Essential learning has begun this week and will continue through the remainder of the school year. Although the online education was unexpected, this is a one in a lifetime chance during high school where you can gain experience in building your own schedule to maximize the hours when you feel you are most efficient. You will know your strengths and weaknesses in preparation for future online opportunities that may arise and work on building a higher level of autonomy in your learning.
Please watch this video prepared by Skyline administration and utilize the graphic organizers provided for you on the school website. Students must utilize the resources available (all of which were introduced and utilized before the school closure):
Use the One Note Calendar: Quarter 4 for details for all daily activities and graded assignments. In One Note, the graded assignments are identified with ***. Demonstrations are identified with ** and supplemental (optional, but recommended) practices are identified with *. All graded assignments will be linked through Teams and should show up as a page in your One Note notebook.
Use the FAQ page for commonly asked questions about meetings, class, grades and technology.
You have literally been training for the school closure all year using laptops on a regular basis. I have every confidence that each of you will find continued success or huge improvements with less distraction and more autonomy. Chemistry is occurring within in you and all around you, which I will show you doing at-home demonstrations. If you dyed eggs during Easter, that's chemistry related to bonding! Making ice cream relates to thermochemistry as does anything with cooking. With the approval, guidance and supervision of your parent/guardian, please "show off" your mastery of chemistry on Seesaw. I will be adding small experiments you can try at home if you happen to have the supplies. Please share any cool experiments you find or invent or any interesting and related chemistry news/discoveries happening in the world.
April 13, 2020
Spring Break Week
Use this week to review the new updates to the Online Learning Platform: Teams. Every website/program we will be using will be linked through Teams.
Unless special circumstances were discussed with the teacher, the optional Online Enrichment Activities assigned from March 16 - April 10 are no longer accepted for make-up VOC points. They are encouraged to be completed, modified, and reviewed with your teacher as a review of Unit 4.
April 6, 2020
Class Meeting
March 29, 2020
Hello everyone!
We are starting Week 9, the third week of school closure and the second week of review of Unit 2.
Fortunately, if you have been following instruction and class routine since September 2019, we are still following the SAME routine. All students should make sure they are in One Note and can access the daily calendar under One Note: Content Library: Housekeeping: Quarter 3. The weekly power points are located on the pages under Quarter 3.
Activities:
All suggested review, math skills, and labs are OPTIONAL at this time (although can be completed, modified with the answer keys and submitted for VOC points). Again, use this week to review Unit 4 content using as much or as little of the recommended activities noted on the Quarter 3 calendar and reiterated on Teams. Although there are a variety of resources we utilize, students should continue to stay in the routine of reviewing the Quarter 3 calendar and Weekly Power Points and using one main resource as a "textbook" for reference (Textbook issued from Skyline or an online textbook from either McGraw-Hill "Inspire" or Pearson "Easybridge", both accessible through Classlink). In order to earn VOC points using the optional activities, they must be completed by the following Monday. For example, Week 9 activities will only be accepted for VOC points if completed, modified, and uploaded to One Note by the Monday at the start of Week 10. An exception will be made for Week 8 activities as students may have still been in an adjustment period from the school closure. Thus Monday, April 6, 2020, I will accept all optional activities from weeks 8 AND 9 that a student chooses to complete and modify and submit on One Note in the section "Online Enrichment Activities" for VOC points. Emails are NOT required as follow up as I will be checking submissions of activities through TEAMS. All students are at different places in their learning, thus, select only activities that assist or interest you at this time.
Online Resources:
The following resources will be continued to be utilized and should be accessible to all students:
**If students use more than 4 apps on their cell phones or home computer or have used multiple websites for social media or online shopping, they will be very comfortable using technology in their new online learning environment. If you have limited access to technology at home and require additional tools or support, please contact me with any questions.
Re-grades:
All re-grades must be completed and uploaded for review in One Note by Friday, April 3, 2020. Make sure they are not icons to click and download. They should also be images that are right-side up and be legible. If you need to see a graded lab/assignment that is currently in my possession, feel free to email me to send you a copy of your work so that you can modify your work to complete the re-grade. The goal is to RE-LEARN for the re-grade. So, ask any clarifying questions during Office Hours or via Teams/email/ Seesaw.
What's New?
The main difference between now and before the school closure is the delivery of lecture is only online through Educreation (before Educreation was an additional resource for lecture in addition to in person lecture/class discussion) and laboratory experiments can not be conducted but will be delivered as Demonstrations by the instructor, virtual laboratory simulations, or suggested "Kitchen Chemistry" using common household products that should only be performed by a student with an adult guardian present.
Most of this announcement is repeat information. I know you all have the capability of making this a productive learning experience. The pandemic has made humans become more innovative and creative in their approach to life. There has been more collaboration and community. Our problem-solving skills are being fine-tuned and expanded. Your ability to adapt and evolve will determine the outcome of these unprecedented times. I have faith in you and am here to support you. Stay positive and stay healthy. See you at the class meeting this week!
March 26, 2020
ACTION ITEMS
1. Fill out the Chemistry Support Survey
2. Reply on Teams (Microsoft has supposedly fixed the bugs, so those of you who could not reply/ post, please try again. Email me if you are still experiencing issues with Teams).
3. Start getting into a routine with Chemistry.
Class Meeting during the first Office Hour on Teams Tuesday, March 31, 2020, for Periods 3 and 4 and Wednesday, April 1, 2020 for Periods 5 and 6 (Even) and Thursday, April 2, 2020 for Period 7 (See above for the times). Please plan on joining the first Office Hour next week so that I can explain what the week will look like and answer questions. Hopefully, you have been staying in routine using the class calendar (Content Library: Housekeeping: Quarter 3) and the weekly power point to catch up the review we started this week. If not, use the weekend to review the Activities on your One Note Calendar from this week and have questions (Chemistry or Logistics) ready for the class meeting.
ACTIVITIES
Every day there is a different short optional enrichment review activity. The activities will mostly come from the two pilot programs we have been using through Classlink. All of the activities are optional. One Note will be checked weekly to note students doing the optional, but recommended enrichment activities. They will be going into Skyward as a NO COUNT to measure student activity during these these review weeks. Students should upload work in the section "Online Enrichment Activities" in their One Note. "Work" may be notes from the "Explore and Explain" activities that are mainly tutorials. There are also worksheets for Virtual Investigations Small Scale Labs or practices, Math Skills and Lesson Checks, directly through the pilot. You may consider doing screen shots for the activities directly found on Classlink. Students also may be asked to document their ChemArt or Kitchen Chemistry with photos/videos on Seesaw Activities.
NOTE: Although classes will only meet twice a week through Teams/Seesaw, the activities recommended each day are for all classes.
OFFICE HOURS
Both Teams and Seesaw will be open during Office Hours to work out problems/questions for students. Seesaw is a great platform to use as a "white board". In theory, I (or your peers) can answer questions verbally on Teams while working it out through a Seesaw Post and then upload and save the work to the Feed on Seesaw. Suggested Topics are identified on the One Note calendar. However, feel free to ask questions on any chemistry topic that you are reviewing.
NOTE: Attendance is not required, however, it will be taken each Office Hour to identify the utilization of these resources. Students do not have to be on both Teams and Seesaw. Students can also choose to only use Seesaw and ask questions through the Office Hours Post during the Office Hour. However, if you only use Seesaw, please comment that you are present. If students would like to join the Office Hour on Teams, there is an option to turn off "video" if students want to hear and be heard but not seen.
March 23, 2020
Aloha!
Action Item: Click on the Chemistry Support Survey link. Please go to One Note: Content Library: Housekeeping: Quarter 3 to this week to review this week's (week 8) power point to understand the expectation this week to review material learned before the school closure in a process of mastery. There is a voice link that covers the Online Learning Norms for those slides of the power point which covers common questions regarding re-grades, VOC points, and this week's topic we are reviewing.
Action Item: Please reply to post in Teams.
Weekly Power Points: These power points, the Quarter Calendar in One Note:Content Library: Housekeeping and Seesaw will be very important for the Chemistry Online Class for the upcoming weeks we are in school closure. Please make sure you touch base with the teacher on a weekly basis verifying that you have access to Chemistry, all updates, announcements and the enrichment review activities. All activities are suggested and optional but strongly recommended for students to deepen their understanding of the content. Continue to review all content even if you believe you have reached mastery. All contributions and participation in any Padlet, Seesaw, or online Activity through Classlink and One Note can be used as demonstration of student comprehension and be submitted for VOC points.
(See below for Due Dates and Upcoming Events and Prior Announcments)
March 19, 2020
Hello, everyone!
I hope each of you and your families are doing well. I just wanted to touch base on a few things before we can move forward next week.
Please email me if:
(1) you are experiencing problems accessing your One Note class. Microsoft was updating the program last week which caused some of you to lose access to your One Note. This should be resolved but, if not, please let me know so we can address any issues.
(2) If you have missing work from before the school closure, please upload the pages to One Note and follow up with an email. All grades will be updated by Monday, March 23rd, so please hold onto other questions about grades until then.
Teams:
(3) In order to make sure that every student has access to learning, please reply as soon as possible to Teams: General: Posts. You will see a specific POST regarding technology at home. Just click "Reply” under that specific post.
Skyward:
(4) I also noted when I sent out messages this year to all families and students that some email addresses were not active and the messages were not deliverable. Please review Skyward and update any and all contact information.
We will talk about the use of other apps and programs next week. The main focus this week is to figure out which communication system will be the most effective.
Thanks for your patience this week as we await more directions on how we will be proceeding. I hope you are doing well. I miss seeing you every day and hearing your voices. Stay safe and healthy.
Updates/ Announcements
1) There is no semester final.
2) Unit 7 test is postponed until Wednesday, Jun 17, 2020.
3) Grades are currently being updated. If your work needs to be re-graded because you added additional work on a different One Note page, below or to the side of the actual student work documents that were assigned and reviewed, please send the teacher an email explaining where to locate your work. If you have already done so, then do not send a second email. All requests for a re-grade will be addressed at the end of the week.
4) Quiz corrections will be added after all the current grades are entered.
5) If you have late work, please turn it in on Teams: Assignments and send an email to the teacher that your work is ready for review.
6) You have a student email account with a district address. When you log into www.office.com simply click on the Outlook icon and you will see emails sent through Teams, etc. Through your Outlook account you will see a calendar for all of your classes. If your other teachers note activities and assessments on the calendar, you can click on all of your classes to see one main calendar to identify any conflicts and prepare for each day accordingly. See the attached image. The daily announcements will be posted on the Outlook calendar (as well as through the Teams: General: Posts) and you can decide which best fits your needs.
7) "This week at a glance" is a photo of the Daily Announcements/Activities taken from One Note: Content Library: Housekeeping: Quarter 4.
May 12, 2020
How to "Chemistry" Online in 25 Minutes
How to Navigate Teams
- Do only the 25 min. It’s actually what I’ve said in class all year long. There’s no need to dwell on activities in fear of having "incorrect" answers nor be paralyzed at one place in the activity nor attempt activities BEFORE watching the Educreations lectures/tutorials nor spend time "googling" every question attempting to simply answer problems instead of learning and applying content. Just complete activities the best you can in 25 minutes. Remember, I’ve only ever wanted to know what YOU think, which is usually correct or at the very least, definitely on the right path.
- Make sure you know how to navigate Teams (how to save important announcements/ access & turn in assignments, access One Note Quarter 4 calendar, etc.)
- Remember, every unit has an introduction and a review section in One Note. (see image below) You can access One Note directly from Teams. At the beginning of every Unit, review the learning goals and outline a plan:
- It is strongly recommended to
- Watch the Educreations Videos
- Attempt graded activities and assessments
- Ask questions or review work in Office Hours at least 1/week for a few minutes or the entire session.
- Select an option to supplement the learning
- Stay within the 25 minutes.
- How to Supplement:
- Attempt the daily activities (non-graded & graded) and assessments and then supplement by reading the online or hard copy textbook & do problem pools , or
- Attempt the daily activities (non-graded & graded) and assessments only, or
- Attempt only graded activities and assessments and then supplement by reading the online or hard copy textbook & do problem pools , or
- Attempt only graded activities and assessments and then supplement by reading the online or hard copy textbook only
- Any part or combination of the above supplemental options or your own ideas
- It is strongly recommended to
Ultimately, remember that we are in this together. Please email the teacher and come to Office Hours to ask any clarifying questions or work together on activities. Work with peers in study groups. Simply make your best attempt at learning and use the resources provided, including your teacher! And please take good care as life begins to evolve over the next couple of months.
May 8, 2020
Reminders:
How to Deliver Student Work
- Teams --> One Note --> Teams (Synced)
- If you work through Teams or One Note on the specific page that was assigned as your “Student work”, you are done. Just click “Turn in.”
- If you print out the worksheet and complete it by hand then use the “+ Upload work” option. Then click “Turn in.How to “Save Announcements”: Look for the flag. Then go to your profile picture/icon usually found at the top right and click on it to locate the “Saved” posts.
Update: Email
Students have access to ISD email starting Monday, 5/11/2020! Check out the information here.
Update: Assessments
- Students have their own Quiz-Exam private channel in Teams. All future quizzes/exams will be posted here. **All assessments are available from 7 am – 7 pm
- Duration of Quizzes (15 – 30 min) and Duration of Exams (45 – 60 min)
- Students will now have the option to take the assessment as a “no count only.” This is an opportunity for those students who are satisfied with their baseline grade and would like to take the test solely as a check for understanding. All other students working towards specific goals for Semester 2 will take the test as “graded only”. A “no count” score will not be changed to a “graded” score nor will a “graded” score turn into a “no count.” The option will be available at the bottom of the form and selected before submission.
- By participating in the “no count only” exam time, students understand that there is no option to revert this decision. Students must communicate with the teacher if students need to take the alternate make-up exam on an agreed upon make-up day.
May 4, 2020
All announcements will be made on Teams and sent through Skyward email.. Make sure you are receiving notifications via Teams and Skyward. Please read "Grading Policies" above to ensure you understand the class expectations for the remainder of the year. See Office Hours for adjusted office hours schedule.
April 22, 2020
Get Teams notifications to stay up to date on announcements and resources.
Need help figuring out what's due? Click for a quick tutorial. Or come to Office Hours. Having Log-in Issues? Call (425) 837-6371.
April 20, 2020
Essential learning has begun this week and will continue through the remainder of the school year. Although the online education was unexpected, this is a one in a lifetime chance during high school where you can gain experience in building your own schedule to maximize the hours when you feel you are most efficient. You will know your strengths and weaknesses in preparation for future online opportunities that may arise and work on building a higher level of autonomy in your learning.
Please watch this video prepared by Skyline administration and utilize the graphic organizers provided for you on the school website. Students must utilize the resources available (all of which were introduced and utilized before the school closure):
- Announcements: Teams (General: Posts) Make sure you have the program set to send you notifications.
- Weekly Calendar: One Note
- Lectures: Educreations (1 - 2 per week)
- Demonstration Videos: Seesaw (1 - 3 per week) Note* Please update the Seesaw app on your devices regularly.
- Assignments Summarized: Teams (Generals Tab: Assignments)
- Resources:
- Online: Classlink: McGraw-Hill "Inspire" and Pearson "Easybridge" (worksheets are in specific sections in One Note: Content Library)
- At Home Resources: Chemistry (Prentice Hall)
- Post Student Work:
- Assignments/Labs: One Note in the correct unit, BUT make sure you click "Turn in" through Teams & Seesaw (Activities)
- Quizzes: Teams (Unit: Microsoft Forms) (Make sure you are in the correct unit.)
- Assessments: To Be Determined.
Use the One Note Calendar: Quarter 4 for details for all daily activities and graded assignments. In One Note, the graded assignments are identified with ***. Demonstrations are identified with ** and supplemental (optional, but recommended) practices are identified with *. All graded assignments will be linked through Teams and should show up as a page in your One Note notebook.
Use the FAQ page for commonly asked questions about meetings, class, grades and technology.
You have literally been training for the school closure all year using laptops on a regular basis. I have every confidence that each of you will find continued success or huge improvements with less distraction and more autonomy. Chemistry is occurring within in you and all around you, which I will show you doing at-home demonstrations. If you dyed eggs during Easter, that's chemistry related to bonding! Making ice cream relates to thermochemistry as does anything with cooking. With the approval, guidance and supervision of your parent/guardian, please "show off" your mastery of chemistry on Seesaw. I will be adding small experiments you can try at home if you happen to have the supplies. Please share any cool experiments you find or invent or any interesting and related chemistry news/discoveries happening in the world.
April 13, 2020
Spring Break Week
Use this week to review the new updates to the Online Learning Platform: Teams. Every website/program we will be using will be linked through Teams.
Unless special circumstances were discussed with the teacher, the optional Online Enrichment Activities assigned from March 16 - April 10 are no longer accepted for make-up VOC points. They are encouraged to be completed, modified, and reviewed with your teacher as a review of Unit 4.
April 6, 2020
Class Meeting
- Meeting notes are available on Teams located at the top tabs under the "General" channel.
- General Meeting Overview:
- "How To" start your week using One Note: Quarter 3 Calendar, then Weekly Power Point, Educreations Lecture, and additional activities/resources noted on the calendar (ex. Classlink: McGraw-Hill or Pearson). See the Technology page on the website for a short video if you need additional support.
- Re-takes on Assessment:
- Only Unit 4 Make-up exams can be administered at this time. There is no scheduled re-take at this time.
- Nomenclature Quizzes: This week (Tues - Thurs 1 - 1:20 pm) on Teams, Your Period: Unit 4 Bonding. Please show up promptly to log onto the online quiz. There are 3 opportunities for the re-take. Instructions will be available on Teams before we begin. Please, have your Reference Packet ready.
- Review the new sections available on One Note in the Content Library.
- Continuous Learning Plan: Starting April 20, 2020, students will be learning new content (Thermochemistry). Activities will no longer be optional. Please make sure you can access all the necessary resources and consider alternative assessments may be administered online and include research projects. Additional information regarding grades and assessments will be provided by the district at some point. Use the "PPE in the Time of COVID" as an example of an alternative assessment and use for practice.
- Reminder: This is a time to work out problems, ask clarifying questions, and exercise your mind with discussions around chemistry. There is also a digital white board the teacher and students can utilize during the meeting.
- ChemWorld: an additional hour has been added for students who may have missed their period's office hour or need additional time to ask clarifying questions.
- Under each channel (ex. General, Unit 4 Bonding...Applications of Chemistry) video tutorials are added. Ted-Ed videos include practice questions as supplementary material that can be used for review.
- Use Teams Post to ask questions. Use the different channels to categorize your questions in the appropriate unit.
- Please hit "Turn In" for all activities that are assigned as Online Enrichment Activities over the last few weeks. All Online Enrichment Activities are due by April 13, 2020 (Monday).
- ChemWorld: is an additional Team for all students. All students will be able to access an additional Office Hour and collaborate with students from other periods.
March 29, 2020
Hello everyone!
We are starting Week 9, the third week of school closure and the second week of review of Unit 2.
Fortunately, if you have been following instruction and class routine since September 2019, we are still following the SAME routine. All students should make sure they are in One Note and can access the daily calendar under One Note: Content Library: Housekeeping: Quarter 3. The weekly power points are located on the pages under Quarter 3.
Activities:
All suggested review, math skills, and labs are OPTIONAL at this time (although can be completed, modified with the answer keys and submitted for VOC points). Again, use this week to review Unit 4 content using as much or as little of the recommended activities noted on the Quarter 3 calendar and reiterated on Teams. Although there are a variety of resources we utilize, students should continue to stay in the routine of reviewing the Quarter 3 calendar and Weekly Power Points and using one main resource as a "textbook" for reference (Textbook issued from Skyline or an online textbook from either McGraw-Hill "Inspire" or Pearson "Easybridge", both accessible through Classlink). In order to earn VOC points using the optional activities, they must be completed by the following Monday. For example, Week 9 activities will only be accepted for VOC points if completed, modified, and uploaded to One Note by the Monday at the start of Week 10. An exception will be made for Week 8 activities as students may have still been in an adjustment period from the school closure. Thus Monday, April 6, 2020, I will accept all optional activities from weeks 8 AND 9 that a student chooses to complete and modify and submit on One Note in the section "Online Enrichment Activities" for VOC points. Emails are NOT required as follow up as I will be checking submissions of activities through TEAMS. All students are at different places in their learning, thus, select only activities that assist or interest you at this time.
Online Resources:
The following resources will be continued to be utilized and should be accessible to all students:
- Microsoft Office:
- One Note (for agenda, activities, resources, power points)
- Teams (for communication - recommended by the district and will have the access to the optional assignments for all students and be reflective of what is scheduled on the daily Quarter 3 calendar and provided in the One Note or Classlink)
- Forms (for surveys, possible student formative assessments - aka. quizzes - if allowed by the district)
- Classlink (for online textbook, tutorials, activities, lesson checks)
- Educreations (for lectures)
- SeeSaw (for communication, questions and answers worked out, student work for VOC points)
**If students use more than 4 apps on their cell phones or home computer or have used multiple websites for social media or online shopping, they will be very comfortable using technology in their new online learning environment. If you have limited access to technology at home and require additional tools or support, please contact me with any questions.
Re-grades:
All re-grades must be completed and uploaded for review in One Note by Friday, April 3, 2020. Make sure they are not icons to click and download. They should also be images that are right-side up and be legible. If you need to see a graded lab/assignment that is currently in my possession, feel free to email me to send you a copy of your work so that you can modify your work to complete the re-grade. The goal is to RE-LEARN for the re-grade. So, ask any clarifying questions during Office Hours or via Teams/email/ Seesaw.
What's New?
The main difference between now and before the school closure is the delivery of lecture is only online through Educreation (before Educreation was an additional resource for lecture in addition to in person lecture/class discussion) and laboratory experiments can not be conducted but will be delivered as Demonstrations by the instructor, virtual laboratory simulations, or suggested "Kitchen Chemistry" using common household products that should only be performed by a student with an adult guardian present.
Most of this announcement is repeat information. I know you all have the capability of making this a productive learning experience. The pandemic has made humans become more innovative and creative in their approach to life. There has been more collaboration and community. Our problem-solving skills are being fine-tuned and expanded. Your ability to adapt and evolve will determine the outcome of these unprecedented times. I have faith in you and am here to support you. Stay positive and stay healthy. See you at the class meeting this week!
March 26, 2020
ACTION ITEMS
1. Fill out the Chemistry Support Survey
2. Reply on Teams (Microsoft has supposedly fixed the bugs, so those of you who could not reply/ post, please try again. Email me if you are still experiencing issues with Teams).
3. Start getting into a routine with Chemistry.
- Technology Access: Office One Note and Teams (Daily calendar, resources), Classlink (tutorials, activities - McGraw-Hill Inspire and Pearson EasyBridge) Seesaw (announcements, activities), Educreations (lectures)
- Office Hours
- Activities: Select at least 1 activity per week for review/ enrichment.
Class Meeting during the first Office Hour on Teams Tuesday, March 31, 2020, for Periods 3 and 4 and Wednesday, April 1, 2020 for Periods 5 and 6 (Even) and Thursday, April 2, 2020 for Period 7 (See above for the times). Please plan on joining the first Office Hour next week so that I can explain what the week will look like and answer questions. Hopefully, you have been staying in routine using the class calendar (Content Library: Housekeeping: Quarter 3) and the weekly power point to catch up the review we started this week. If not, use the weekend to review the Activities on your One Note Calendar from this week and have questions (Chemistry or Logistics) ready for the class meeting.
ACTIVITIES
Every day there is a different short optional enrichment review activity. The activities will mostly come from the two pilot programs we have been using through Classlink. All of the activities are optional. One Note will be checked weekly to note students doing the optional, but recommended enrichment activities. They will be going into Skyward as a NO COUNT to measure student activity during these these review weeks. Students should upload work in the section "Online Enrichment Activities" in their One Note. "Work" may be notes from the "Explore and Explain" activities that are mainly tutorials. There are also worksheets for Virtual Investigations Small Scale Labs or practices, Math Skills and Lesson Checks, directly through the pilot. You may consider doing screen shots for the activities directly found on Classlink. Students also may be asked to document their ChemArt or Kitchen Chemistry with photos/videos on Seesaw Activities.
NOTE: Although classes will only meet twice a week through Teams/Seesaw, the activities recommended each day are for all classes.
OFFICE HOURS
Both Teams and Seesaw will be open during Office Hours to work out problems/questions for students. Seesaw is a great platform to use as a "white board". In theory, I (or your peers) can answer questions verbally on Teams while working it out through a Seesaw Post and then upload and save the work to the Feed on Seesaw. Suggested Topics are identified on the One Note calendar. However, feel free to ask questions on any chemistry topic that you are reviewing.
NOTE: Attendance is not required, however, it will be taken each Office Hour to identify the utilization of these resources. Students do not have to be on both Teams and Seesaw. Students can also choose to only use Seesaw and ask questions through the Office Hours Post during the Office Hour. However, if you only use Seesaw, please comment that you are present. If students would like to join the Office Hour on Teams, there is an option to turn off "video" if students want to hear and be heard but not seen.
March 23, 2020
Aloha!
Action Item: Click on the Chemistry Support Survey link. Please go to One Note: Content Library: Housekeeping: Quarter 3 to this week to review this week's (week 8) power point to understand the expectation this week to review material learned before the school closure in a process of mastery. There is a voice link that covers the Online Learning Norms for those slides of the power point which covers common questions regarding re-grades, VOC points, and this week's topic we are reviewing.
Action Item: Please reply to post in Teams.
Weekly Power Points: These power points, the Quarter Calendar in One Note:Content Library: Housekeeping and Seesaw will be very important for the Chemistry Online Class for the upcoming weeks we are in school closure. Please make sure you touch base with the teacher on a weekly basis verifying that you have access to Chemistry, all updates, announcements and the enrichment review activities. All activities are suggested and optional but strongly recommended for students to deepen their understanding of the content. Continue to review all content even if you believe you have reached mastery. All contributions and participation in any Padlet, Seesaw, or online Activity through Classlink and One Note can be used as demonstration of student comprehension and be submitted for VOC points.
(See below for Due Dates and Upcoming Events and Prior Announcments)
March 19, 2020
Hello, everyone!
I hope each of you and your families are doing well. I just wanted to touch base on a few things before we can move forward next week.
Please email me if:
(1) you are experiencing problems accessing your One Note class. Microsoft was updating the program last week which caused some of you to lose access to your One Note. This should be resolved but, if not, please let me know so we can address any issues.
(2) If you have missing work from before the school closure, please upload the pages to One Note and follow up with an email. All grades will be updated by Monday, March 23rd, so please hold onto other questions about grades until then.
Teams:
(3) In order to make sure that every student has access to learning, please reply as soon as possible to Teams: General: Posts. You will see a specific POST regarding technology at home. Just click "Reply” under that specific post.
Skyward:
(4) I also noted when I sent out messages this year to all families and students that some email addresses were not active and the messages were not deliverable. Please review Skyward and update any and all contact information.
We will talk about the use of other apps and programs next week. The main focus this week is to figure out which communication system will be the most effective.
Thanks for your patience this week as we await more directions on how we will be proceeding. I hope you are doing well. I miss seeing you every day and hearing your voices. Stay safe and healthy.
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