1. Do Now Work silently. Raise hand to ask Ms. Hughes anything. 1.How is the periodic table organized? 2.What identifies an element? 3.Does every student get the same quality of education in the U.S.? Why or why not?

2. Announcements Unit 4 test this Thursday If you have not taken 3 chemistry tests yet this semester, see me after to arrange a make up Retake GLEs for GRADE BOOST

3. Mystery Element Definitely NOT a Metalloid 3rd Most Common Element in Earth’s Crust Light weight / Good Conductor Because it is a good conductor, it makes a great beverage can…but its resistance to corrosion means lots of space in land fills

4. Chemistry Résumé What’s a résumé ? - To track your success in Unit 1 - It will show you how well you did on each GLE What’s a GLE ?

5. The BIG GOAL: 80% Mastery of ALL GLEs

6. Why 80% Mastery? Graduate high school Pass the GEE Science Exam Graduate college Solve your own problems $$$

7. If I didn’t get mastery, is that it? No! 1.Get 20 min tutoring 2.Retake the GLEs you didn’t master 3.Raise your grade 4.Increase future opportunities!

8. What to do??? For those who took the Unit 3 test, complete your tracking sheet Get calculators from the bin. Return them when finished Raise hand to ask questions Those without a test to track, track someone else’s

9. DISCLAIMER (Warning): Today’s lesson will probably fill you with a lot of different emotions, including anger and sadness Before you stop listening because you find yourself angry or disappointed, listen and remain engaged through the entire lesson – your ideas/emotions might change I’m teaching this because I want to be real with you – I want you to know the facts – I want you to feel like you have an OPPORTUNITY to CHANGE things

10. Reading

11. What is the Achievement Gap The Achievement Gap is the difference in success levels between different groups of young people, such as the difference between: –White students and students of color –High-income students and low-income students –Students in developed (first-world) countries and students in developing (third-world) countries

12. Why is it called a GAP? There is a BIG GAP (difference) between the success of students from wealthier households and the success of students from poorer households –Many times this also correlates to a difference between white students and students of color (minorities)

13. How is the Achievement Gap measured? 1.Standardized Test Scores (LEAP, GEE, ACT, End of Course Exams) 2.Grade Point Average (GPA) 3.High school drop out rates 4.College enrollment rates 5.College completion rates

14. Source: Prospects (ABT Associates, 1993), in “Prospects: Final Report on Student Outcomes”, PES, DOE, 1997. “A” Work in Poor Schools Would Earn “C”s in Affluent Schools Average Test Score

15. 2007 National Assessment of Educational Progress 4 th Grade Math Stats NAEP Data Explorer, NCES

16. How are minority/poverty are related?

17. 2008 National Assessment of Educational Progress 8 th Grade Reading Stats NAEP 2008 Trends in Academic Progress, NCES *Denotes previous assessment format

18. Utah’s Gap Regarding Income Level 8 th Grade Math Stats

19. Source: 2002 NCAA Division I Graduation Rates Report http://www.ncaa.org/http://www.ncaa.org/ College Freshman Graduating from Division I Colleges Within Six Years, 2002 Stats

20. ACT Scores: Louisiana vs. The Nation

21. Success of KIPP Adelante Preparatory School (Charter vs. Non-Charters)

22. Quality of Teachers in Low- and High-Performing Schools

24. Quality of Teachers Matter

25. What the research says… The research is not 100% clear about the ultimate causes of the achievement gap… There are however, many theories that keep coming up in research…

26. Possible Causes of the Achievement Gap 1)It is difficult to retain good teachers at low- income schools 2)Low-income schools get less funding per student than high-income schools 3)Students reject Achievement Ideology (he idea that working hard in school will pay off in having a better job or having greater social mobility)

27. So, what can YOU do? Own your own education! Take 2 minutes to answer this question in your notes… –Think of a time when you started a new sport or activity. What was the activity? Did you find it difficult when you began? What did you do to improve? Achieving in class works the same way!

28. “If you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll wind up somewhere else.”

29. What’s a Goal Sheet? Turned in on Friday for mini-quiz grade Must complete top portion You and I will track completion of goals during week End of week you will complete bottom portion LET’S CLOSE THE GAP!!!

30. Done with Unit 3… Unit 4: The Periodic Table Test this Friday

31. Scientific Notation System to abbreviate long numbers Examples: 1.24 x 10 5 = 124000 3.0543 x 10 -7 =.00000030543

32. Rules 1 number in front of decimal x 10 (positive or negative whole number tells # of places to jump) Positive makes the number LARGER Negative makes the number SMALLER Examples: 1.24 x 10 5 = 124000 3.0543 x 10 -7 =.00000030543

33. What are these numbers? 2.3 x 10 -5 4.204 x 10 8

34. What are these numbers? 0.00000504 1,020,405,095

35. Practice.0005949328 2103432.0492 493 3.00000003 31000000 3.204 x 10 6 5.06012 x 10 -2 4.5 x 10 4 3.89 x 10 -5 7.2 x 10 -6 4.05 x 10 8

36. Types of investigations Observation- Description- Experimentation- Classification- Literature survey-

37. Types of investigations Observation- use 5 senses + tools to record facts about world Description- make observations + inferences about world Experimentation- do scientific method Classification- put things in categories Literature survey- summarize all the experiments scientists have done on a topic

38. Try to think of 1 example of each …you can make one up!!!

39. Investigation examples Observation- writing what you see happening when adding baking soda to vinegar Description- observations + inferences about adding baking soda to vinegar Experimentation- testing hypothesis about effect of amount of vinegar on size of bubbling

40. Investigation examples Classification- classifying matter as elements, compounds, or mixtures Literature survey- summarizing all the experimental evidence about brain plasticity

41. Technology Brainstorm examples of technology that helps scientists do their work

42. Technology aids science in… Data analysis –Excel –Other computer programs that analyze large amounts of data and run simulations Presentation of findings –Powerpoint –Video and animation programs Collection of data –Microscopes –Triple beam balance And many other ways!!!

43. Exit Slip 1.How does technology help science? 2.What is one type of investigation? 3.Express the following in scientific notation:.000569 HW: –Finish worksheets Top Ten: how’d we do?