Chemical Equations--crazy words.

Before we begin, I need to remind you to please hand in your folders to the substitute teacher so that Ms. Rutledge can mark  the remaining work in it. Thanks!

Also, if you have not yet seen the introduction blog please scroll down and read/listen to the introduction and the reason for me not being here.


OK, on with the science.  We are starting on Chemical Reactions. Stuff that goes boom. Mostly. Sometimes things do the opposite and get cold....think about those ice packs that you squeeze to make cold. Simply a chemical reaction that uses energy rather than giving off energy.

If you are interested in knowing where this is in the book it starts on Page 202 (Unit 4.3)

Here is how our friend Bill Nye explains it.




Pretty cool eh!?

Now we are going to bring up an old friend of yours that we need to keep around

The periodic table. It is going to be important that we get more comfortable using this table. I just posted this to remind you what it looks like. hehe.


This clip is by a pretty cool band called, They Might Be Giants.





So just like learning Heiltsuk, Science has it's own language that can be difficult to learn. As long as we practice, take our time and believe that you can do it, it should be no problem at all!

Next up I want you to make some flash cards for the following terms:

- Balanced Chemical Equation
- Chemical Equation
- Chemical Reaction
- Conservation of Mass
- Products
- Reactants
- Skeleton Equation
- Symbolic Equation

On these flash cards I want you to make them like the following:

On the FRONT:


On the BACK:
And if you think that flash cards are silly, check this video out. Even brain surgeons who have peoples lives in their hands use flashcards. So there.



I will be checking your flash cards and giving marks. Please be creative, colorful, whatever you need to help make them useful. Use a rubber band to keep them together and hand the stack in at the end of class.

REMEMBER TO PUT YOUR NAME ON THEM!!!!