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 * 4.30.12**

What does a water molecule look like? Draw a picture!
 * Warm Up:**

Answer:

"Kites rise highest against the wind-not with it." -Winston Churchill
 * Reflect on this:**

Answer: You will rise higher not by going with the way people want you to go on but by making your own path to go to.

Today we used the molecular model kits to build various molecules. Did you find this useful, interesting, fun, etc? Explain.
 * Exit Slip:**

Answer: I found it useful because I can easily know if I can use a double bond or a triple bond it's also fun and interesting because you can interact with the elements and you can see what it actually look like.


 * 5.1.12 **

How do you know when you should do a double bond or a triple bond on a molecular model?
 * Warm Up: **

Answer: You should know when to do a double bond or triple bond by looking on how much atom it still needs and how many atoms another element can give out.

"It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light." -Aristotle Onassis
 * Reflect on this: **

Answer: We should overcome our weaknesses at all times especially when it is pulling us down.

What is the relationship between number of holes in the colored ball and the valence electrons for the molecular model? In other words, why do hydrogen balls have only one hole while oxygen has 2?
 * Exit Slip:**

Answer: The number of holes in the colored balls represent how many electrons the element need to have a complete outer shell, and hydrogen has one hole because it needs 1 more electron to have a complete outer shell, and oxygen has two because it needs two electrons to be complete.

** 5.2.12 **

**Warm Up:** How did working with the molecular models help you understand things better? Be specific! What did it help you understand?

Answer: Working with the molecular models helped me to easily know how many bonds a molecule needs, and it helped me understand how many molecules something needs to be a new chemical.

**Reflect on this:** "Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine." -Anthony J. D'Angelo

Answer: Wherever you are, on a bad place or a good one, always bring your happiness making you and people around also happy.

Draw a Lewis structure showing covalent bonding in HCN. How does this compare to your drawing for HCN in your notebook?
 * Exit Slip: **

Answer:

5.3.12
How is it that we are able to walk, breath, eat, sleep, etc? What makes all of these things possible?
 * Warm Up: **

Answer: We are able to breath, walk and all other things unlike other things because we are living things.

** Reflect on this: ** "The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things." -Henry Ward Beecher

Answer: Happiness is seen more greater if you're expressing happiness on small, simple, and common things.

List at least 3 things you found interesting from Friday's video on the Brain.
 * Exit Slip:**

Answer: Learning many new things about the brain is interesting, also that our brain can work fine even if our physical body isn't working as fine, and that our brain can take control of our body.

** 5.7.12 **
What is a natural resource? What are some natural resources that you can think of?
 * Warm up:**

Answer: A natural resource is something natural that we use on our everyday life. Some natural resources that I can think of are wood, water, and sunlight.

"You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist." -Indira Gandhi
 * Reflect on this:**

Answer: Do things willingly and not hesitate do the things that you want or need to do**.**


 * Exit slip:**

What 3 resources did you choose to write about and why did you choose those 3?

Answer: The 3 resources that I chose are air, water, and animals because air and water are very important to our survival, and I chose animals because they help us in a lot of ways.

5.8.12
Why is it important to think of ways to conserve and find alternatives for natural resources?
 * Warm up:**

Answer: Because if our natural resources run out we won't be able to survive.

"Always remember that the future comes one day at a time." - Dean Acheson
 * Reflect on this:**

Answer: Be content of where you are now the future will come eventually. Tomorrow is another day for your life to be worked on and to live your life happily**.**

Do you find Jeopardy helpful for test review? Explain.
 * Exit Slip:**

Answer: Jeopardy is very helpful because even if you don't know the answer you will know eventually.


 * 5.9.12 **

How was the test? What questions did you find difficult? What questions did you find easy?
 * Warm Up: **

Answer: I found the the test a little bit hard. Questions that needed to use vocabulary words were difficult. Questions that asked on what Lewis structure

“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson
 * Reflect on this:**

Answer: Don't go to the road that people want you to go, go where you want to go and be an inspiration to the people who don't.

Yesterday was Day of the Teacher. Do you appreciate your teachers? Explain why.
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Answer: I do appreciate my teachers because I know that they are doing their best to have us learn things that we will need in the future.


 * 5.10.12 **


 * Warm Up:**

This thing on my desk is a Van Der Graaf generator. What do you think it does?

Answer: I think I've seen those things on television but haven't really tried one, but I think it like generates electricity then when you touch the metal ball your hair raises up.

"Pain is weakness leaving the body." -USMC
 * Reflect on this:**

Answer: When pain is felt, your body is becoming stronger.

What was happening with the Van Der Graaf generator? What do you think the blue line is made of?
 * Exit Slip:**

Answer: A blue line appears when metal touches it. the blue line like electricity but it really is electrons.


 * 5.11.12 **

What is electricity? Why do electric shocks and lightning bolts happen?
 * Warm Up: **

Answer: Electricity is something that powers up things in our house: lighting, computer, fan, etc.. Lightning bolts happen when static electricity moves on the clouds.

"Nothing great ever came that easy." - Justin Bieber via Savannah Gallo
 * Reflect on this:**

Answer: Big things are achieved by hard work and determination.

Can you think of a situation in everyday life where you experienced static electricity? What happened? Why did it happen?
 * Exit Slip:**

Answer:

5.14.12
What are some important things to consider when using video cameras?
 * Warm up:**

Answer:
 * don't drop it
 * hold it correctly
 * don't touch the lenses
 * use appropriately
 * make sure it gets put away

"All that I am, or hope to be. I owe to my angel mother." - Abraham Lincoln
 * Reflect on this:**

Answer: Our mothers always makes the best of us. Everything that we are came from our loving mother.

Who is in your group for the video presentation? What 6 careers did you decide to research?
 * Exit slip:**

Answer: The people in our group are me, Jan, and Alyssa. 6 Careers we decided to research are food science, optometry, meteorology, physics, neurology, and zoology.

What are some careers that you can think of that involve science?
 * Warm up:**

Answer:
 * Zoologist
 * Hydrologist
 * Neurologist
 * Aerospace engineer
 * Astronomer

"What is forgiven is usually well remembered" - Louis Dudek
 * Reflect on this:**

Answer: It's easier to forgive but you will keep remembering it, than holding a grudge because bad things are hard to keep inside you.


 * Exit slip:**

Answer:

List at least 5 of your character traits!
 * Warm up:**
 * Meticulous
 * Appreciative
 * Smart
 * Curious
 * Cheerful

"Age is not important unless you are a cheese."
 * Reflect on this:**

Answer: Your age doesn't matter on whatever thing you might do. Cheeses can be unacceptable depending on their age.

What do you think of the career survey?
 * Exit Slip: **

Answer: The site that I went in to didn't let me do the career survey so I didn't what its all about, but from what I see from my classmates I think it's pretty interesting.


 * 5.18.12 **

No WikiSpace today! Use this time to catch up for your WikiSpace check this weekend and to work on your Career.

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