Texas Regional
Collaborative
Exploring Middle School Chemistry
AGENDA
8:15 AM Welcome/Sign-in
8:30 AM Introduction of instructors and
participants/Lab Safety [8.1A]; Flinn Science Middle School Safety Contract
(review/have participants sign)
9:00 AM Review
Middle School Chemistry Process Skills (3rd Grade – 9th
grade)
9:30 AM Review 5E Model (lesson plan versus
lesson cycle) as proposed by Jim Barufaldi (Principal Investigator TRC, UT
Austin) in 2002.
9:45 AM Introduction
to Chemistry; Connections to MS TEKS (Region 20 chart)
10:00 AM Investigation 1: Mystery powders/Chemical
Interactions FOSS kit (Chem. Inter., p. 9 and p. 11 Chemical Interactions Lab
Notebook)
11:00 AM Conclusions/Evidence of chemical reactions
– Best Practices (types of word walls, anchor charts, differentiation for ELLs,
Special Populations, and utilization of mnemonics/memory tools); Inquiry
Continuum/where different types of labs fit?
11:30 AM Setup 2 experiments
for long-term observations: a) density over time
and
amount of oxygen in the air;
11:45 AM Investigation 2: Periodic Table of the
Elements/Formula Chart STAAR 8 [8.5C interpret the arrangement of the Periodic
Table]
12 Lunch
1:00 PM Mystery Mixtures Elements (Chem.
Inter., p.13, 15) [8.5D recognize that chemical formulas are used to identify
substances and determine the number of atoms of each element in chemical
formulas containing subscripts] and [8.5E]
1:20 PM Using Models to learn about atoms and
molecules [8.5A describe the structure of atoms, including the masses,
electrical charges, and locations, of protons and neutrons in the nucleus and
electrons in the electron cloud] Bohr Model/PN e- Model/Solar System ModelRound-Robin
Method: Mass, Weight, Density, Potential
and Kinetic Energy, Periodic Table, Interpreting Graphs, Diagnosing Chemical
Changes; Inquiry Continuum/where different types of labs fit?
2:20 PM Review/EPOCH/O-C-G-L-T-Pickups OR
O-C-G-L-T-Phones!!! Odor, Evolution of gas, light, precipitate, odor, color
change and heat [8.5E evidence of chemical reactions]
2:30 PM Elements
in Products (p.16) [8.5C, D, and D]
2:45 PM Lab/Expansion
and contraction of air; Air in Syringe A (Chem. Inter.,
Investigation
3, p.22)
3:00 PM Periodic Table (STAAR 8); Bohr Model of
the Atom (PN e- Model); Metals, Non-metals, Noble Gases and Metalloids
3:15 PM Protons,
electrons and neutrons; Isotopes (APE MAN) [8.5A]
3:30 PM Reflection
(3 cool things/2 to ponder on)/Adjourn
