This is a live class.  There is also a flex version of this class.

Each week in this 6-week course students will view an interesting interactive presentation.  The class will include demonstrations and optional in class experiments.  Most labs are prerecordings of me performing the experiment.  However, I will teach each step live over zoom as we pause and work through the video.  I prerecord the labs to ensure I can watch the students over zoom to help them properly perform each step.  The students have the option to perform the experiment at home along with me or observe me performing the experiment.  If students wish to participate at home, required supplies for each experiment will be provided at least a week in advance. Most if not all optional experiments use simple household items. 

Throughout the lesson the learners progress will be measured through interactive games, quizzes, and questions within the nearpod presentation.  They will be responding on their own devices.

There is a free textbook that can be used along with this class CK-12 Physical Science for Middle School.  This class will cover Unit 3 and 4.  The book can be freely viewed at CK-12.org (https://flexbooks.ck12.org/cbook/ck-12-middle-school-physical-science-flexbook-2.0/)

Topics Covered
Week 1
Inside the Atom

Week 2
History of the Atom

Week 3
Modern Atomic Theory

Week 4
How Elements are Organized

Week 5
Classes of Elements

Week 6
Groups of Elements

After this 6 week course students will be able to:

Compare and contrast protons, neutrons, and electrons.
Describe the forces that hold the particles of atoms together.
Define atomic number and mass number.
Describe ions and isotopes
Identify the particles called quarks
State Democritus’s theory about the atom.
Outline Dalton’s atomic theory.
Explain how Thomson discovered electrons.
Describe how Rutherford found the nucleus.
Define energy levels.
Describe the electron cloud and orbitals.
Describe Mendeleev’s periodic table of the elements.
Give an overview of the modern periodic table of the elements.
Identify properties of metals.
List properties of nonmetals.
Describe metalloids.
Relate valence electrons to reactivity of elements by class.
Identify hydrogen and alkali metals.
Describe alkaline Earth metals.
List properties of transition metals.
Identify groups containing metalloids.
Give properties of halogens.
Describe noble gases.


This class follows the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) 

Additional class you maybe interested in for the Full Curriculum: 
Physical Science for Middle School - Matter Unit #1 (Offered as both a live and flex class)
Physical Science for Middle School- Atomic Structure & the Periodic Table #2 (Offered as both a live and flex class) 
Middle School Physical Science Full Curriculum #3-Bonding, Reactions & Solutions
Middle School Physical Science - Motion, Force, Energy, Waves & Electromag. Rad. #4