PLC 5-30-2019  Stevens, Thorne, Smith, Vanegas

Reviewed and Edited Final Exam
End of Year Supplies returned to storage
Return calculators to Vermillion
Study Guide developed by Monday (June 3,2019)
Final turned into Currin for PLC group
Entered Final into Cascade

PLC  5-24-2019   Stevens, Thorne, Smith, Vanegas

Review and modify final on Climate Change (10 MC, 1-2 questions on ORQ)
Simulation usage on Generating Electricity
Developed multiply choice questions for the final and ORQ
Juli 2-3 feedback loop questions about ice/feedback on permafrost
Cody 2-3 questions Keeling Curve, sea change level
Pam 1-2 questions on alternative energy, generating electricity; ORQ

PLC 5/2

Present: Vanegas, Thorne, and Stevens

I. Reaction Rates Unit
    I. Monday - Notes on Reaction Rates
          TedEd Video - Guided Notes
          Peer Reflection
    II. Tuesday - Pre-Lab for Reaction Rates
    III. Wednesday/Thursday - Lab and Post-Lab
    IV. Friday - Vocab Quiz and Practice Sheet

II. RR Quiz on 5/14

PLC 4/30

Present: Stevens and Vanegas

Determined logistics for PBL presentations
    Email
    Set-Up Presentation Spots
    Determine teacher rubric
   

April 16, 2019
Vanegas, Stevens, Smith

PLC: Developed Rubric for Materials Project

Rubric on Blueprint (drawing, molecular structure, appearance)
Rubric on 3D Model ( Check list- model, label, appearance)
Written Piece ( Introduction, Body, Conclusion) 

4/11

Attendance:  Stevens, Thorne, Vanegas, Roy

Item analysis on Intermolecular Forcees and Heating Curves Quiz

According to Cascade,  students struggled with Numbers 7-9 most.

Number 7 - Is this an understanding polarity concern, a test question concern or a sequence or instruction concern. 
Number 8 - Need to review that topic more thoroughly and teach with more repetitiveness.   Perhaps be more clear or write the sentences differently.

These questions (7-8) may need to be moved to the next unit. It may be better suited with the solubility unit.

Number 6 - Students probably saw "Weakest" and chose A-B and because it was at the bottom of the graph.  They don't know the heating curve or they didn't look at the graph and assumed that weak meant low. 

Need to look at more graphs for next year, particularly for the ACT.

PLC 3/28/19

Present: Thorne, Stevens, Vanegas

I. Materials PBL Introduction Sheet
   Medical Students and Industrial Students have different Introduction Sheets

II.Curriculum Needs
   Polymers
   Metals
   Fluids

III. PBL Unit Planning

Department 3/26

Attendance: Vanegas, Wise, Baker, McCandless, Vermillion, Roberts, Thorne, Stevens

I. Order forms

   - Order as if you are staying in the same position.

  

II. Email from Bolton about senior application for apprenticeship.

III. State Science Fair in EKU

IV. Schedule will be finalized by the end of the year

   - Requests will be honored as much as possible 

PLC 3-25-2019

Present: Smith, Stevens, Vanegas

Worked on Introduction sheet for PBL
Titanic Introduction for Materials Based Lesson

PLC 3-22-2019
Stevens, Thorne, Vanegus, Smith

Complete Lab,
Start D3O Reading
Intro the PBL continue non-newtonium fluids
Test Corrections
PLC Monday (25th) room 119
Plan Thursday

PLC 3/5/19

Present: Stevens, Vanegas, and Thorne

I.  Brief Overview of Planning:

• IMF pre-covery W/R (Vanegas)
• Catch-Up Day F 
• Water Reading M (Vanegas)
• Solubility T
• Slime Experiment W, R (Vanegas)
• Study Guide F (Stevens)
• Quiz M (Stevens)

II. Intermolecular Forces Quiz 

• 9 MC and 1 Extended Response (broken into 3 short answers)

PLC 03/01/2019

Present: Stevens, Vanegas, and Thorne

Reminders: Look over assessment for IMF unit and think about how to modify into short answer.

Planning:
03/04 - Heating Curves Notes and Post-Lab
03/05- Heating Curve Practice
03/06 & 03/07 - IMF Pre-covery posters
03/08 - Pre-covery Posters
03/11 - Study Guide and Jigsaw answers
03/12 - Quiz
03/13 & 03/14 - Begin materials unit (Shrinky-dink lab?)

PLC 2-26-2019
Winters, Stevens, Smith, Vanegas

Reviews Quiz
Modification of Questions on Quiz
By next Tuesday March 5, come with ideas for additional modifications on quiz. 
Analyze data from Lab

PLC Stevens, Smith
2-22-2019

Discussed Virtual Lab
Reviewed results from Conservation of Matter and Energy Quiz
2-Column  Reading
Pre-Lab on H2O/Heat
Lab Procedures

2-14-2019
PLC Stevens, Smith, Vanegas

Developed Rubric for Quiz
Planning:
Virtual Lab on States of Matter
Inter molecular States of Matter Reading
Heating Curve Lab

2-12-2019
PLC Smith, Winters, Stevens, Vanegas

2 column reading/notes
Inter molecular Forces
States of Matter
Impact on States of Matter
Transitions between States of Matter
Visuals

PLC 2-6-2019 Stevens, Smith, Vanegas

Monday: Quiz review
Tuesday: Quiz/ Missing work  ( PLC-Winters)
Wednesday: States of Matter and IMF Reading and notes (simulation-crome books?)
Thursday: States of Matter Friday: Off
Monday: Parent /Teacher Conference

Polarity Reading and Hydrogen Bonds Worksheet to identify 

Mini PD/PLC

Attendance:  Stevens, Vanegas, Roy

Mini PD - Frayer Model and 2 Column notes/Close reading

Discussed usages of Frayer model.  How many words are appropriate per week?
Meeting with Megan next week to create a new close reading activity for a new article.

Science Fair is Friday.

PLC 2/1

Present: Stevens and Vanegas


Planned for the next two week

• Monday: Complete Notes
• Frayer Model: Endo-
• Tuesday: Endo-vs-Exothermic Worksheet
• Frayer Model: Exo-
• Wednesday/Thursday: Research Project-Video and Poster Frayer Model: Activation
• Friday: Quiz Review
• Frayer Model: Academy Word TBD
• Monday: Quiz Review
• Tuesday: Quiz
• Reading Intermolecular forces
• Wednesday/Thursday: Start IMF Unit

PLC Monday 2/4 in 119 and Wednesday 2/6 5th Period to plan in 252

PLC 1/29

Present: Stevens and Vanegas

I. Quiz - Shorten the word problems and do not combine with balancing.  Double jeopardy if the student misses writing the word problem.   Add Law of Conservation of Matter question. 

II. Freyer model - starting next week, freyer model on back of Bell Ringer paper. Each day will have a different word.  Grades will be added into Student Engagement category.

III. PLC Schedule - Thursday Room 119 for 2-column notes and Friday in room 252 for planning

PLC 1/24/19

Present: Vanegas and Stevens

I.  Quiz for Conservation Unit - Pushing to 1/25
II.  Vocab words for Frayer Model

• Conservation
• Co-
• Sub-
• Molecule
• Extrapolate
• Endo-
• Exo-
• Atom
• Thermal
• Activate
• Potential
• Inter-
• Intra-
• Balance
• Spontaneous

III. Planning

• 1/25 - Hot Pack and Cold Pack (Pam)
• 1/28 - Notes, Reading, Identifying Videos (Pam)
• 1/29 - Reading and Practice (Cody)
• 1/30 & 1/31 - Research Project (Pam)
• 2/1 - Review for Quiz

01/18/19 Department Meeting Minutes

01/18/19 Department Meeting Minutes

Members Present: D. Smith, Roberts, Montgomery, McCandless, Rahmlow, Stevens, Vermillion, Vanegas

1. Interventions-Give work to the intervention teacher for your students.
2. Lab 256- Being left unlocked. Be sure to lock it, put the chairs back, put the materials back. Chemicals need to be put in a cart in the back, even if you are in there multiple days. Label everything.
3. Science Fair
   a. Students interested in doing fair- Send students interested to Vermillion or Vanegas, sign up online on STEMwizard. Required!!
   b. Fair is on a Friday, we cannot get subs. Need people willing to cover- 1st, 4th, 6th, 7th for Vanegas. Vermillion- 4th, 6th need covered. EMAIL to follow.
   c. Opening 5th and 6th for peer judging. Students invited to arena to check it out. Bring your 5th or 6th if they are respectful and enjoy it. EMAIL to follow. Students who really want to go but you do not want to take the whole class- Give names to Vanegas/Vermillion so they can get a pass to go.
   d. Experiments- Send to teachers for help if it is not in your area.
   e. Emails are coming. Lots of them. Read and follow up!
   f. 2nd period- Rather than having PLC, please go to the fair and help get kids set up, fix any issues, etc.
   g. Family that wants to judge- Let Vanegas or Vermillion know.
   h. Staff award to give out to the kids- Go vote.
4. Member update: Julie is doing well, no return date yet. Check on her.

Next Meeting: Sometime in March.

1/15/19 - Backward planning

Attendance:  Stevens, D. Smith, Vanegas, Roy

Skittles Activity (Balancing) starts tomorrow.

Stevens - Some students are struggling with the difference between the coefficient and the subscript of the formulas.  ex:  3O2 is 6 atoms...

Roy suggestions- have the students make posters for the classroom for the students to refer back to during instruction.

Today's PLC - Quiz Backward Planning

Students need to be able to Balance, Show how to balance, identify parts of the equation, write equations, write equations from words, identifying endo- and exothermic and tell why... take that information and draw a  potential energy diagram.   Students need to be able to process reading. (Use Roller Coasters to relate to real world application.)  Be able to analyze potential energy diagrams.

Do we want a short answer quiz or a multiple choice quiz.   Mr. Stevens has trouble getting them to answer short answer diagrams with fidelity.     Suggestions included putting "lines" for all the answers that the students need to respond to in order to show students how much of the answer they need to answer and then it helps with grading.

Stevens will create the balancing and identifying portions.  Vanegas will create the rest.   Store quiz in google drive.

Quiz to be written by 1/22 to review in PLC.   Quiz to be tentatively administered 2/1

(Students responded well to the scaffolded worksheets from last week!)

1-11-2019 PLC
Stevens, Smith, Vanegas

Balancing Equations
Balancing Equations and adding Molecules
Balancing Equations with Numbers

Conservation of Energy
Potential Energy
Practice balancing
Endo/Exo Therm

January 09, 2019
Stevens, Smith, Vanegas
Conservation of Matter and Processing of Word Equations
Balancing to next wk