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Ms. Radziewicz 8th Grade Science |
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HomeworkThrusday Dec 17 All periods Study for intro to Matter Test Text p 6-15, 22-25, Handouts,activities, class notes
Wed Dec 16 All periods As additional materials for review for intro to matter test on friday: Graphic Organizer #1 HO Key Terms HO
Tues Dec 15 All Periods Activity - do the 1/2 sheet HO in notebook No Activity - complete in class assignment
Monday Dec 14 ALL periods finish observation table for producing a chemical change activity for tomorrow
Friday Dec 11 ALL Periods INTRO TO MATTER TEST END OF NEXT WEEK (TEXT, NOTES, STUDY GUIDES, ACTIVITIES) "Separating a MIxture" Explore Further: Add "sand"; materials list, procedure to separate. Using 3 different size circles -represent and label: atoms, elements, compunds, mixtures, pure substances.
Thursday Dec 10 All Periods If excused absence on Wed: Summarize procedure for "separating a mixture"; copy data table onto new page for activity tomorrow. If you did the activity today: complete data table, excld last row; ans questions #1-7. DO NOT DO explore further.
Wed Dec 9 ALL periods read all of the separation activity. Write a summary of the procedure (a paragraph that let's me know you understand the procedure) No summary-no participation in the activity tomorrow (unless excused absence) Tuesday Dec 8 All Periods Matter Poster due Wed Dec 9
Monday Dec 7 ALL periods Handout read p 132-133 define chemica reactions do p 133 #1,2,3 (#3 change salt to sugar)
Friday Dec 4 All Periods: Finish in class assignment Start working on "Matter Poster". New due date, Wed Dec 9th
Tuesday Dec 1 Periods 1 text p10-14 study guide elements, compounds, mixtures, (exclude #14) or study guide pg 5 elements, p6 all, p7 mixutres, p 8 all.
Periods 3,4,5 Combine 1. carbon and oxygen into 2 different compounds, provide the chemical formulas and the compound names. 2. sodium and chlorine into 1 compound, provide the chemical formula and the compound name.
Period 7
Combine sodium and chlorine into 1 compound, provide the chemical formula and the compound name.
Monday Nov 30 Periods 4, 5 text p10-14 Study Guide elements, compounds, mixtures (exclude #14) or Study Guide p 5 elements, p 6 all, p 7 mixtures, p 8 all. Periods 3,7 text p 10-14 study guide elements, compounds, mixtures (exclude #14)
Tuesday Nov 24 All Periods Read text 76,77,78 Finish study guide choose element for your atom so you can determine your atom's number of protons, electrons, and neutrons bring in materials for your atom (ex credit)
Monday Nov 23 ALL periods Read text 73,74,75\look at the atom madels (pg 76-77) Do study guide: 1st page and 2nd page #2.
Tuesday Nov 17
ALL PERIODS Finsih your individual study guides for chapter 6 sec 1,2,3. pg 176-194
Monday Nov 16 Periods 1,3,4,5,7 Study guides: GO next three pages pgs 75,77,78 text p 194-187
Friday Nov 13 TEMPERATURE CHAPTER TEST NEXT FRIDAY NOV 20 Periods 1,3,4,5,7 Study guide with graphic organizer: first three pages OR study guide starting with page 73: p 73,74,75 extra credit: which will melt faster: an ice cube in room temp water or at room temp?Explain your answer and explain how you solved the question.
Thursday Nov 12 Periods 1,3
Draw a kettle of water being heated on a burner and label the convection currents and the path of heat conduction. Explain convection currents by using the test tubes demo and your observations. (you can draw, label, arrows) Periods 4,7
Draw a kettle of water being heated on a burner and label the convection currents and the path of heat conduction.
Explain convection currents by using the test tubes demo and your observations. (you can draw, label, arrows) ALSO finish class activity: ID heat transfers for each demo and explain why. Review pg 185.
Period 5 SAME AS period 4 ALSO definition of thermal expanision Wed Veterans Day
Tues NOv 10 periods 1,3,4 Reread p 190-194 finish vocab Period 5 reread p 190-14 finish vocab write an explanation about why the washers didn't move after the wire was heated by the candle. manipulate the data from the heat transfer lab to determine which temp had the greater thermal energy change. Period 7 Reread p 190-194 Finish Vocab HO Heat transfer Lab which temp will result in greater thermal energy change: use graph or manipulate data
Mon NOv 9 Periods 1,3,4,5 read pg 184-187 temp vocab #6 through 11 Period 7 read pg 184-187 temp vocab #6 through 11
Friday Nov 6 Periods 1,3,4,5,7 graph the data from today's inquiry based lab. read text pgs 176-181. Definijtions for terms #1-5 on temperature vocab. hand out
Thursday Nov 5 Periods 1,3,4,5,7 Study for Physical Science Quiz, include notes on penny and balloon lab
Wed Nove 4 periods 1,3,4,5,7 Draw 3 states of matter as represented by their particles for solid , liquid, gas
Mon Nov 2
Periods 1,3
Complete lab report for diagram. Read text p 190-194. Do p 194 #1,2,3a,3b Period 4 Penny: conclusion statement, data discussion, validity Diagram the procedure for the liquids/pennies lab OR the balloon/water temp lab (you may use cartoon frame style if you choose) Complete lab report for diagram. Read text p 190-194. Do p 194 #1,2,3a,3b
Period 5 Balloon: conclusion statement, data discussion, validity Complete lab report for diagram. Read text p 190-194. Do p 194 #1,2,3a,3b Period 7 Complete lab report for diagram. Read text p 190-194. Do p 194 #1,2,3a,3b
Friday Oct 30 ALL PERIODS 1, 3, 4, 5, 7 Diagram the procedure fot the liquids/pennies lab OR the balloon/water temp lab. [you may use cartoon frame style if yu choose] ALSO Period 1 procedure, data observation table for penny lab Period 3 Penny Lab:complete the data/observation table, conclusion statement, data discussion, validity Period 4 finish in class assignment Period 5 Bottle/Ballon: complete Lab outline #1 through 15. Period 7 Balloon/Bottle: data/observation table revies and completed. conclusion statement, data discussion, validity.
Thursday Oct 29 Period 1, 3 Penny Lab Lab Outline: MLA, problem statement, hypothesis, IDV, OD, DV, OD, control group, experimental group, controlled/constant variable, materials, procedure, data/observation table. Or #1 through 14 and data/observation Table Balloon/Bottle Lab Data/Observation Table. Period 4 do data/observation table for bottle/balloon Period 5 Penny lab: data/observation table.
Period 7 lab Outline for heating and cooling water. [using boiling water, ice water, balloon, bottle desgin an experment to answer the problem] #1 through 15
Wed Oct 28 Period 1,3 hypothesis, IDV, OD for IDV;DV, OD for DV Period 4 Hypothesis, validity for bottle/balloon Period 5 data discussion: yes, no, control; validity for penny Period 7 Hypothesis, validity for penny
Tues Oct 27 Period 1 Balloon/Bottle: write independent variable, dependent variable, problem statement, conclusion statement Period 3 balloon/Bottle: Write problem statement, conlcusion statement, procedure, data/observation table. Period 4 Balloon/bottle: ID the dependent variable, problem statement, conclusion statement, data/observation table, organize the information into the lab outline format. Period 5 Pennies: In lab outline format: IDV, OD for IDV, DV, OD for DV, problem statement, conclustion statement, procedure, materials,. Period 7 Pennies: In lab outline format: IDV, OD for IDV, DV, OD for DV, problem statement, control "group", experimental group, controlled/constant variables, materials, procedure, data/observation table.
Monday Oct 26 Period 1 read the handout both pages. Highlight, define energy, ID 2 areas of Physical Science (PS), Define the 2 areas of Physical Science Period 3,4,5,7 reat the handout (2 pages), highlight, definitions: physical science, matter and energy (include additional important information) Identify the 2 areas of physical science, definitions for the 2 areas of physical science. Put it all in a graphic organizer.
Friday OCt 23 Periods 1, 3,4,5,7 Go back through the density activities and using a different colored pen/pencil make corrections based on today's notes. Include: density definition; displacement method.
Thursday Oct 22 Periods 1,3,4,5,7 study for Scientific Method test which is tomorrow.
Wed Oct 21 Period 1,3,4 Microwaved fish food matching Period 5 finish fish food conclusion, do fish food matching
Tues Oct 20 period 1 review notes and handouts on scientific method (starting OCt 6/7) for Test on thursday oct 22 period 3,4,5 Microwaved Fish foodcalculate the difference for before and after times. can I draw a conclusion? if yes, write a conclusion including data to support. if no, what else can you do? ......... Can I now draw a conclusion? if yes, write a conclusion including data to support. if no, etc...... Period 7 Microwaved fish food matching.
Monday Oct 19 Period 1 Fish food, calculate time saved going thru maze and than draw a conclusion based on analysis of data. Do john's bio class Period 3 review day's notes Period 4,5 for Juan write a procedure to determine which study time will be the best (so that each time((event)) is equally represented. you can chnage other controlled/constant variables. Period 7 For fish look at your conclusion: analize with calculation(s) the data. Rewrite your conclusion-back it up with data.
Thurs Oct 15 Period 1 Finish Juan Periods 3,4 Finish super snail snacks
Wed Oct 14 Period 1 Finish Super Snail Snacks Periods 3,4 Do sunlight, gerbils Period 5 redo super snail snacks conclusion
Tues Oct 13 Periods1, 5, 7 Do the gerbils
Monday Oct 12 Columbus Day
Friday Oct 9 Write a procedure to test the problem on page 217 of text
Thursday Oct 8 All periods Study for metric conversion quiz on Friday Oct 9
Wed Oct Period 3 Oeprational definition for the dependent variable Period 5,7 operational definition for independent variable and dependent variable
Tues Oct 6 Periods 1,3,4,5,7 read text pg 216,217. For activity on pg 217 identify the problem, independent variable and dependent variable
Monday Oct 5 Period 1,3,4,5 read pg 34 HO, highlight Period 7 read pg 35 HO, highlight
Friday Oct 2 Period 1, 4 metric conversion WS; just the odds Period 7 redo # 19 if necessary based on today's notes Period 3 review today's notes on metric conversion k,h,dk,m,d,c,m: which way to you move the decimal point Period 5 using dimensional analysis, unit conversion factor-label method to convert 50 dkm to m and 45 cm to m.
Thurs Oct 1 Period 1, 3,4, Finish the money table Period 5, 7 Metric conversion WS: just the odd problems
Wed Sept 30 Period 5 finish money chart
Tues Sept 29 periods 1,3 study for measurement test period 4 finish, revise in class density demo:draw and label a graduated cylinder with the densities of water 150 ml, cooking oil 100 ml and mineral oil 50 ml. period 5 Draw and label a test tube with the densities of water 10ml, cooking oil 6ml and mineral oil 3ml. Friday sept 25 Peiod 1,3 Study for measurement test on wed Sept 30 Period4,5,7 Study for measurement test on tues sept 29
Thrus Sept 24 Period 1 complete activities on density acitivities (3), (4) Period 3,4,5,7 Same as Period 1 AND venn diagram for temperature
Wed Sept 23 Periods 1,3,4,5,7 Individual corrections on Density Acitivities (1) (2) (3) such as including units when showing math work of formulas, discussion/questions
Tues Sept 22 Periods, 1,3,4,5,7 Continue calculations and discussion/questions for density activities. Go back and show all math work, when doing formulas include units. Today's discussion and notes to complete last night's homework for lab grade. (still a zero for not doing homework)
Mon Sept 21 Periods 1,3,4,5,7 do calculations and questions/discussions for both formula/geometic and water displacment methods to find density. displacement method discussion as a summary.
Frid Sept 18 Periods 1,3,4,5,7 Finish reading density packet; pgs 3,4,5,6 so that you are prepared to continue the lab on Monday
Thrus Sept 17 Period 1,3 text pg 221. do activity...you read in the newspaper...1)choose the best graph, 2) graph it. If you like, you can go to teacherweb, link for internet website, and click on website for creating graphs Period 3,4,5,7
No additional homework, however remember to alsway review the day's notes, handouts.
Wed Sept 16 Period 4,5, 7 review skills activity, read pg 212-213 text pg 221. do activity...you read in the newspaper...1)choose the best graph, 2) graph it. If you like, you can go to teacherweb, link for internet website, and click on website for creating graphs Period 1, 3 review activity HO, class notes, text p 212-213.
Tues Sept 15 Period 1 none Period 3 review class activity Period 4 review class activity, read text p 212-213 Period 5,7 review class activity, do last page of activity, read text p 212-213
Monday Spet 13 Periods 1,3,4,5,7 area, volume WS-skip #14
Friday Sept 11 Periods 1,3,4,5,7 Temperature handout - do pg 4 Measurement Table - fill in temperature, mass, length, liquid volume
Thursday Sept 10 Periods 1,3,4,5,7 temperature Read pgs 1&2, Do page 3 &2 practice strategies i.e., read through packet first, underline/highlight
Wed Sept 9 Periods 1, 3,4,5,7 Do "measuring length" handout # a. - e. If you have a metric ruler do # f. - l.
Tuesday Sept 8 Period 1 Do "length" handout, use l learning strategy on 1 question from handout. period 3,4 5,7 Do "length" hanout
Friday Sept 4 Period 1 study for safety test on tues period 4,5,7 apply one learning style strategy to the pretest (one example) Period 3 apply one learning style stratey to another content area homework or to this week's sceince lesson (one Example)
Thursday sept 3 Periods 3,4 study for test
Period 5, 7 study for test Read and sign (you & "parent") Flinn Safety Contract
Period 1 did not meet (assembly)
Wed Sept 2, 2009 Periods 1, 3, 4 sign Expectation/Gen'l Info Safety Test answer only questions you know.circle # of question(s) Read text pgs 232-233 fill in test Read and sign (you & "parent") Flinn Safety contract fill in test
Period 5, 7 Sign Expectation/Gen'l Info |