Weekly blog

Monday: Today we didn't to a lot because we only had 15 minutes of class. We did our daily science starter and then we were going to start to burn something for our lab. But we were all out of time. We were going to burn magnesium but we had the D.A. talk to our school.


Tuesday:Today we did the burning and fun part of our lab. We burned a lot of different things. Today was really fun because we had a mini explosion.  We used Hydrogen gas to see if it was going to make a lit match go out and when it did it make a pop!  That was a test for hydrogen. Today we also burned zinc and copper. This wasn't amazing but it was still cool.

Wednesday:Today all we did was have pop quiz on balancing equations. I dont really feel good about my grade... It only had ten questions so if you get 2 wrong your grade is a C.

Thursday: Went to Medieval times

Friday: No science

Improvements: Practice balancing equations more.

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Monday: Today we finished the lab. Today was also an interesting day because Mrs.G wasn't here in guided study. Today when we finished the experimental part of the lab we had the same groups.So we dipped magnesium, and other chemical strips of that kind of metal in nitrates, and acids.So the magnesium stip was the most reactive. Today was a good day.


Tuesday: Today we mostly studied and took. Today we also took a lot of time and we practiced identify covalent bonds and ion bonds. The we kept on reviewing the notes.We have an open binder test on Monday. Today wasn't very eventful, but it was just like a high school chemistry class!! It was interesting learning about all this stuff because we learn about how two things react and bond.


Wednesday:Today we learned about balancing equations. This is really hard at first but when you get used to just looking at it gets easier.  I took notes on this on youtube videos, so I really understand it now. That was all we did today. Today was pretty chill.

Thursday: Today we got a new lab that required burning so it was really fun today. We burned magnesium which after burned produced a white powder. This was an extremely cool experiment. We used a bunsen burner again. Those burners get really hot so that is why we used it.  When you stare at the magnesium burning it will scorch the retina of your eye so we had to be careful.


Friday: Today we worked more on our lab. We worked and questions on lab that included balancing equation, so that was fun. We also burned copper. After it burned it was a powdery black substance. It was really cool. When Mrs.G deleted it with water the water was pitch black.

Improvements:I could improve on making my handwriting more understandable and making my locker more organized.

Monday- Wasn't here, in another state!

Tuesday- There wasn't any school, Veterans Day!

Wednesday: Today I finally end my short break from being out of the country! Today we basically went over our study guide that we did, and we went over the whole unit using a little periodic table. So when we went over the study guide and I knew it all, because while I was on the plane I went over the whole Unit like 6 times, so I felt I knew it well. Then Mrs.G gave us a periodic table which excluded the noble gases and the lanthanides and actinides. Then we  had clues to give us hints were we were supposed to  put them in.

Thursday:  Today we took the test. It was a little shorter than I thought it would be, but I got a good grade on it. I got a 95 on it!! I am really happy, and I studied really well. That is all we did today.


Friday:  Today we went over our test and we also did another part of our lab. Since we did a good job on our tests we got donuts and Milk while having lunch. Then we did the other part of our lab. The only thing that reacted with copper was suffer. So that was interesting.

Improvements: I could prove on my organization and my handwriting.

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Monday: Today we had a substitute. Her name was Mrs. Trainer, she seemed like she was nice. So today we didn't do much. We started and finished our fact sheet about our element project. My element is Zirconium.  It was  very interesting to see what zirconium is all about. It was was also fun reasserting about this element. So this projecting about making a periodic table. But since we only have 45 middle  schoolers in our school we only went to the number of 45 atomic numbers.  We are making what we see on the periodic table. We are making these models out of cereal boxes. Here are all of the elements that everyone chose. That is all we did today. Happy Monday!!

Tuesday: Today we talked more about our unit, we also did an experiment from our lab that we got today. So first we took notes and we learned about metals, non-metals,and metalloids. This part of the unit was also interesting because it is interesting to learn about how things and made and how the earth is made up of different things.  This whole unit is very interesting. Science is very interesting!!  The experiment we did was turning two substances into a pink substance. The equation was AgNO3+NaCl=AgCl+NaNO. If you didn't realize but these are exactly the same letters as the original answer and they are just in a different order. This was an interesting thing to talk about.



Wednesday: Today we worked on our lab more. We did the other two experiments and we also did some of the questions we had on our lab today. One of the experiments we did today was an interesting experiment because we turned a liquid into a solid without heating, or  cooling it. It was just another cool reaction. Today we also put seltzer tablets into a small water bottle and we closed the lid. We didn't wait for it to explode but we weighed it and then we took the cap of and we weighed it again and we saw if it was the same mass as the other one. Lastly,we did some of the lab questions on the lab.


Thursday: Today we painted our boxes that we have due on next Friday. I painted mine orange with the bottom of it black. Today was more of an art class than a science class. My element is Zirconium. It is an interesting element. We also continued doing our science fact sheet.  We are going to bring your box home so we can put things on it that relate to that element.


Friday:Today we some more notes on our chapter. We also finished it today. Our test on it is on Thursday of next next week.  I am going to start studying now so I can get a good grade on it. Today we also studied in class by matching note cards together with a partner. I think that I will study hard and try to get a good grade on this test.

I could improve my handwriting and my studying.

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Monday: Today we started out by pulling out our worksheet we started last week. It is about atoms and elements. We did this in class, this was a good way to know better about how the read the periodic table and more about electrons,protons, and neutrons. We started this mini project by figuring out how many protons,neutrons.and electrons there are in a certain element. My element was beryllium. It has 2 protons, 2 neutrons, and 5 electrons. We first put a circle in sharpie on a plastic plate, we put it at the crease of the plate. Then we put different colored protons,neutrons, and electrons on the plate. I put two green Fruit Loops in the middle, and I also put 2 red Fruit Loops in the middle. With the electrons I put 5 blue Fruit Loops on the circle that I drew with sharpie. Here is what one of them looked like. I think that this was one of the fun experiments we do this week. Today we also talked about the project we have due on Monday. We basically make a 3-d model of an atom.








Tuesday: Today we had a nice surprise. This experiment was really fun. So Mrs.G gave us a flame test lab. This seemed like another usual lab, but it ended up being something really fun. Mrs.Giacommelli was soaking popsicle sticks in different element dissolved in water. We had copper,lithium,strontium,sodium,potassium,sodium and potassium mixed, sodium and potassium seen through cobalt glass, calcium, barium, and finally an unknown. So Mrs.G talked to us and showed us a bunsen burner aka blow torch. I think that this was a pretty cool tool. It makes a very hot flame when you turn it on. When we put copper throughout the flame it made it jade green flame, when we put lithium it was a crimson red, when we put strontium through it was a really bright red. When we put sodium through it was a regular orange, when we put potassium through it was purple violet color, when we put sodium and potassium mixed through it was a orange Then we did something different we had cobalt glass so when we put the sodium and potassium mixture through again it was a violet. When we put calcium through it was a deeper orange that the sodium, then we put barium, it was a yellow greenish color. Here ar some pictures.

 This is the one through cobalt glass.

Wednesday: Today we continued doing our blow torch fun. Today we did the unknown and we did some of the elements again. Overall this lab was really fun i had a lot of fun myself. I think that everyone else had a lot of fun to. Today we also talked about the quiz that we have tomorrow. The quiz is going to be about the people who figured out the atom and about the atom. I have been studying and hope I do well.

Thursday: Today we had the quiz. I think the quiz was a little hard, I didn't study as well as I should've. I didn't have a lot of time. I don't think I am going to get the best grade. Today I started on my atomic project which is due on Monday. My element is neon, and I working independently. I think this project id going to be fun.


Friday: Today we got our tests back, talked about mole day, and TGIF! When I got my quiz back I wasn't so happy about my grade. We went over our quiz and I realized that the mistakes that I make were careless errors. I think that I should've studied more. Today we also talked about Mole day. It is next Tuesday. We bring in a white shirt and we decorate and put jokes on it about Avogadroes number. That concludes my blog!

What I could improve on:
I could improve on making my study habits better and making my handwriting better.

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Monday:Today we finished the expire mental part of our lab that we got on Friday. This lab requires two different graphs. One is Boyle's law and the other is Charles's law. A reason why we did the graphs were to practice the laws for the test on Wednesday.  Hopefully when I get to that part I will make it neat and organized. This was the graph that was last week, but it is the same layout of what we had to do this week. Today we also finished all of the experiments that we started last week. These were very fun and interesting. One of them was Ivory Soap Soufflé this what it looked liked.

We made this Soufflé by putting Ivory Soap in the microwave, when the air in soap expanded the soap imploded, this was a really cool experiment that Mrs.G chose. When we touched the soap it felt warm and mushy. It also felt soft and it was still hot in the middle. I think everyone enjoyed this experiment. Today we also reviewed and talked about the test on Wednesday.  I feel good about the test.That is all we did today.

Tuesday: Today we study a lot for our test.  We started with going over review questions from our science starter. Then we played grudge ball! if you remember we played it last test. It is basically when you answer questions and you get other people out. We divided into three teams and one person from each team answers a different question and they cross other peoples x's. I think this is really fun game to play and a good way to review. Even though our team got eliminated we still had fun, I didn't  get to answer a question but I still payed attention to the other questions. This did help me review  a lot and I feel very confident about what my grade is going to be. Tonight I am going to study the science tech book and do the assessment. Today we also went over our study guide that we did on Friday. We all went over diffrent questions on it.

Wednesday: Today we had our last test of the first nine weeks. This was not as hard as I thought it would be. Since I studied good I thought it was easy. I also went over the vocabulary before the test. The night before I also took the assesment on the science tech book. I feel good about my test and hopefully I get a good grade. This was one of the quotes Mrs.Giacommeli said to us.                          

Thursday: Today we got our tests back and began Unit 3! So when I got my test back I was really excited and feeling good. I got a 94!! I am so proud of myself and i think Mrs.G is proud of me too. Our class average was a 94, isn't it legit same score I got on my test. We went over our tests and the mistakes I made were some careless errors. I am very happy so I brought it back home and my parents were very happy too. We had the highest average in all the other classes. I got to put my name on the wall of champions because I got an A. Today we also got started on our new unit. It is about atoms and periodic table. She asked someone to stand up and juggle some oranges. This was a demonstration about the atom's orbitals moving around it. Today we also talked about our atom project and what element we are going to do. This project is about making a 3-d model of an element of an atom. It is due on October 20th. 

Friday: Today is my birthday! Today we talked more about our project and we chose our element. My   element is Neon. This is how to read an element on the periodic table.  Neon has 10 parts to it. I am excited about making this model. Mrs.Giacommeli talked about what to do and what not to do and not to make it last minute. She had some good advice on how to do the project. I think this is also a good way to review and learn about atoms for the test. Today we also went over the people who figured out the atom. There names were J.J. Thompson,Niels Bohr, James Chadwick,and Ernst Rutherford. I was interesting learning about them.

What I could improve on... 

I could improve on making things more neater and not craming things in. Overall I think that this week was a pretty good week.

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Monday Today we got a new lab called the heating curve lab. This lab required a graph so that was a little different. The graph was a little hard to do at first but when I got everything labeled it was easy. I didn't like this lab to much because we didn't have a lot of expirements. The one expirement we did was basically turn cold water with ice water into boiling water. I learned that a thermometer could be something besides mercury. We used some black substance, I forget what was.

Tuesday: Today we did so more work on our graph that we started yesterday. The fun of today was that we blew up a balloon and we didn't pop it but we let it go, it hit Mrs.G in the face! That was the funny part. Today we had fun. It was a calm day. 

Wednesday: Today we had fun with a marshmallow. Mrs.G put a smiley face on a regular marshmallow and she put it in the microwave for a minute. When she took it out the marshmallow was puffy the smiley face was still there but it was big. This was a great idea that Miss Giacomelli had.  I thought this was a really fun experiment. This was probably the best experiment we did this week. The science behind this experiment is that when gas rises in temperature it expands. We chose a marshmallow because it is very full with air.  Today we also talk about Charles's law in Boyle's law. We took notes on this to. 

Thursday: Today we didn't do much. We got a new lab and we only got to do one station, that was a little boring. Today we really didn't do a lot. Today went over our homework from last night about Charles's law. This was a lot of math even though we were in science class. 

Friday: Today we didn't have any fun at all. All we did was work on our study guide.

I could improve on making my things more organized. 

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Monday: On Monday we continued doing our labs. We finished our experiments on the lab. The next day we finished the questions. Today we also studied for our quiz on Thursday. The expirements were very cool even though we didn't get to do the dry ice expirement. Here are some really cool pictures from today. These pictures will be at the bottom of my blog.⤵These expirements were really fun and my group was Lauren Anna and Emma. Today I could improve on following directions and helping others follow directions.

Tuesday: On Tuesday we finished our lab and we did our conclusion question on our lab. Today we also went over colloids suspensions and alloys. We went over this because we have a quiz on Thursday. We also talked about what the quiz would be like on Thursday. Today we also finished our aprons. There is a picture of mine at the bottom of the blog too.⬇I could improve on coloring my apron neater and get the terms right on colloids suspensions and alloys.

Wednesday: On Wednesday we did a lot of practice on all the things on the quiz tomorrow. We reviewed physical and chemical properties. We studied a lot that night to. We also had a chance to finish our lab. I studied that night a lot to.  I think I may have over studied. I could improve on studying and not over studying.

Thursday: On Thursday we had the quiz. I did know all the vocab but I messed up on some of the multiple choice questions.  I need to study not last minute but the week before. So I don't over study. I hope I do well.

Friday: On Friday we went over our quiz. I didn't do as well as I wanted but Mrs. G had a talk with us after we went over the quiz. I forgot to write in full sentences!! I really need to work on that. I could improve on working on writing neater and not over studying.

Kanuga pictures

Kanuga

Monday: On Monday had to get up at 3:15. To get to the bus at 4. I was so tired on the bus that I even slept on the bus. It was worth getting up at 3:15. We stopped for breakfast at Hardees. Then we stopped for a rest stop and we got some snacks at the vending machine. Hardees wasn't bad. We had to drive all the way up to Hendersonville. I was sitting next to Evan. When we finally got there someone told us what to do next. We met all the instructors and then went to went to our cabins. There was a boys cabin and there is a girls cabin. We put our stuff on the bunks.  And then we had lunch.  We then assembled our groups. And we had our first class. My first class was mountain ecology. We talked about nature you want to solo hike and we went on a hike. We found a catipiller and a black snake. The solo hike was really fun.  Then we had some free time. We had dinner with hopping. 
Hopping is setting up the table and putting the food on the table.  For the night program we had a naturalist come. We saw salamanders, snakes and a groundhog.  That night was really fun. After that we went back to our cabins and slept. I slept good that night.

Tuesday: On Tuesday we had to get up at 6:30.  We had breakfast with hopping. And we drove for an hour to the rafting center. Then we drove for 30 minutes to the river. I had a really fun time rafting. Our raft was in the back. The guide showed us how to paddle and we went on the river. There were class 2 rapids and class 3 rapids. The guide also gave us information about how the river formed. We did several rapids and then we stopped at a rock to jump off of it. The rock was probably 20 feet tall. I jumped off of it and so did other people. That was really fun. Then we went on a few more rapids. And we stopped at a beach for lunch. For lunch we had sandwiches and cookies. Then we had a little bit of free time on the beach. So far rafting is really fun. We went on a bunch of class rapids. And we finally stopped. We went back to the center.  And we rinsed off and we changed  clothes. Rafting that day was really fun. Then we went back to our cabins. We had some free time. And we had dinner with hopping. That night we had a fire inside. We did a bunch of fun activities. That night was also really fun. Finally we went to sleep.

Wednesday:  On Wednesday we had to get up at seven. We had breakfast with hopping. That day we went to the climbing tower. The climbing was super fun, we got to climb on little rocks. That was a once in a lifetime experience. Mrs.G even went on. I made it to the top. Some people didn't but it was still okay. Next we have lunch. We packed up and put all of our stuff on the bus. Then we left. Kanuga was extremely fun. On the bus we had time to fill out our journals. We went to a rest stop.  We had cicis pizza for dinner.  Mr. Nye payec for all of our dinner. That was really nice. Then we kept on driving and we finally reached location. We arrived around 8:30.

Monday- Today we had a student from another school shadowing.  I forget her name but she seemed nice. We started off by doing a scientific notation scavenger hunt.  It seems fun but it is all about numbers.  I was helping the shadowing student while we were doing the hunt.  We did not finish the whole page but here is what it looks like: Some of it was a little hard but, I had to help the student who was shadowing. I wasn't so good at scientific notation but once we did more practice I understood it more better. 

Tuesday: Tuesday was a fun day. We played a review game called Grudge ball.  Mrs. G explained how to play and we divided into 3 groups. You start with 10 X's and the other teams can take away your X's. My team won and we were so happy. Here is a picture: That was a good way to review for the test.

Wednesday: On Wednesday we did our test. I thought the test was going to be easier than I thought it was but it was actually a little difficult.  I did not get a really good grade and next time I should study more thoroughly and maybe take better notes. That is how Wednesday went.

Thursday: On Thursday we went over our test and we talked about solids, liquids, gases, and plasma.  In my old school we already covered this, so it wasn't new.  I did learn some new concepts about plasma and gas. That day was fun.

Friday: Friday was a really fun day first Mrs. G had a demonstration.  Here is a picture:   Next we started our lab that was really fun. We did a bunch of cool experiments. That day was really fun. I could improve on studying and learning scientific notation. I cannot wait until Kanuga!!!

 

1st Blog in science class

Monday: On Monday we started to design our aprons. My element is Linkium.  We have not finished them yet but it will be fun to finish them. We also started to do our first science notes.  That day was pretty fun. Here is a link to see some of the aprons.  It looks like we are going to get some serious and fun science experiments.

Tuesday: On Tuesday we set up blogger and twitter.  We did our first tweet on Tuesday too. We were studying precision and accuracy and Mrs. G had and idea of throwing a tennis ball at Chad, so he put on a football helmet and he had an apple on the top of the helmet, we drew a target behind him and Mrs. G threw the ball and Lauren marked were it was.  That was fun to watch. Here is a link to the picture of Chad. This was a nice way to make it clear that precision and accuracy are different.

Wednesday: On Wednesday we were studying water displacement. Our team started by putting  a 50ml water in a graduated cylinder. Then we put either a rock or a marble or a fishing weight in. We put the rock in and then we measured how much the water rose. In science class we always love to go big. This part was really fun, so Kyler changed into his bathing suit and he went in to a trash can filled with water and we had a kiddie pool under so we could catch the water. Kyler got out and he dried off while we were measuring the water in the kiddie pool. Then we took our calculator and divided the mass of Kyler by his volume and got his density. This was an exciting way of to see by example water displacement, mass, volume, and density.

Thursday: On Thursday we started off with starting our volume and density lab. The first thing we did was put different liquid densities in a graduated cylinder. First we put 10 ml of honey in and then  we put 10 ml of corn syrup in, then we put in 10 ml of milk in.  After that we let it sit for a while. It was very interesting the way the milk settled in. Then we put in 10 ml of dish soap , we had to pour super slow so the soap would go to the bottom.  After that we put 10 ml of water then 10 ml of vegetable oil and finally 10 ml of rubbing alcohol.  Here is a picture of what it looked like this was a fun way of measuring and seeing density.


Friday: On Friday we had a lot of fun.  We had a quiz!!! The quiz was not as hard as I thought it would be but it was a little challenging.  I am looking forward to seeing my results on paper.  The quiz was about studying chemistry & the process of science. Before we had the quiz our teacher sent us a link to a practice quiz. It only only had 18 questions but I got 16 right, so I think I did a good job of studying.  Ok I will blog more next week.  Happy Labor Day!

Hi guys sadly this my last day blogging and this summer camp. I am sad about leaving this summer camp, it was very fun! So today we started out mixing up cornstarch and water in a big pool.  We mixed together 1,500 pounds of cornstarch and several gallons of water.  It was so fun but it was tiring.  Mrs. G squirted us with water a lot. That was fun. So then we a had a short break and we had donuts from Mrs.Upton. So then we had a lot of fun run across the cornstarch we called it ublec.  This summer camp was really fun and I bet that Mrs. G had a lot of fun. Ok bye.

Hi guys it is my 4 day blogging and this awesome summer camp.  So anyways today we started with trying to put a tennis ball in a bucket doesn't sound so hard does it. Well you have a partner (my partner was Anna)and you and your partner hold ends of long rope. So there is a medium size bucket under the middle of the rope. So we had different thicknesses of rope and that made it interesting. So next we we came back inside and Mrs.Giacomelli tried to make ink and it didn't really work but she tried.  Next we had so much fun making elephants toothpaste. If you want to know how to make it you get graduated cylinder and you put hydrogen peroxide in it, then you put some soap in it. Then you put some food coloring in and last you put alka seltzer in and you watch. The last thing we did was water and a medicine pill in and you make a little bomb.  It is pretty cool. So our day was pretty fun.

It is already my 3 day of blogging and science camp. I am so excited!  So this morning I got here pretty early for myself. So we started the day with smelling cabbage juice. It really was stinky. So Mrs.Giacomelli explained to us about acids and bases. So she put sulfric acid I the juice and it turned into a lighter color.  Next we played with dry ice and we made smoke ring launchers. We had so buch fun with that. Last we mixed sulfur and sugar together.

Hi everyone this is my second day of blogging, So this morning we tried to balance on eggs and we to stand on them. You could do it or not I choose not and my friend Anna. It was fun to watch everyone do it. Some people did not break any eggs and some people broke the whole carton. Next we went out to launch all of the bottle rockets. I made my own launcher already at home. Anyways my bottle rocket had the most air time, the time was 6.59. Some people used my launcher.

Science Camp Day 1

Hi everyone today I was my first day of  Ms. Giacommeli's Science camp at Waas.  So today in the morning we had some fun with Diet Coke and Mentos. That was probably the funnest activity we did today. Next we talked about bottle rockets. I have already made mine at home. It was interesting to see other people's ideas about building bottle rockets.  I helped a friend from bottle build her bottle rocket. I am looking forward to lauching our bottle rockets tomorrow. I will tell you about that tomorrow.Next while we are having lunch we started to make rock candy. Ok I will talk to you tomorrow.