Vocabulary

Our class is struggling with vocabulary :-( Vocabulary is a HUGE part of science and the students can't get very far without knowing what our words mean. They should be taking notes in class and studying at night. I've noticed many think they can just hear it in class, but grades are proving otherwise.

Our students will be going to the junior high next year and we want to prepare them by making sure they take notes and study. Because they don't have a book they can bring home, there is even more reason to take LOTS of notes. We do have a class set of textbooks here at school and they have access during study hall, before/after school, lunch, and during class. If they need a book at any of these times they just need to ask and permission will be granted.

Vocabulary they NEED to study for Friday's Quiz on Elements and Compounds:

• Element
• Atom
• Compound
• Electron
• Proton
• Neutron
• Nucleus
• Chemical symbol
• Chemical formula (subscript)
• Molecule
• Atomic mass
• Atomic number
• Periodic Table-(families and periods of periodic table)
• Matter