Starting Chemistry

Today we started our Chemistry unit. We had a pop quiz of sorts that I called a "Brain Dump." We reviewed three units of temperature measurement: Fahrenheit, Celsius, and Kelvin. We reviewed the different terms for phase change like melting, freezing, sublimation and evaporation. Everyone got a copy of the Periodic Table that we will be using as a resource during this unit. The WebElements website is a great resource for information from the periodic table and the we are using their printable version of the periodic table. Check out their website at: http://www.webelements.com. It has good interactive features and links to other sources. We also watched part of a short video about Hydrogen from the "Periodic Table of Videos" from the University of Nottingham. Check out their website for fun and informative videos about most of the elements and several of their favorite compounds as well.
We passed out textbooks today "Science Source" and assigned homework that is due on Friday, January 6th. 
Read Chapter 2, "What is Matter?" pages 38-44 and answer questions 3,4,5, & 8.