Ms. Bramlette's 8th Grade Physical Science

August 2011

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri
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8 Label Dividers File Papers Finish "Getting to Know You" picture	9 Finish Safety Cards Parent signature on syllabus	10 Review symbols and safety rules for test Friday	11 Complete WKBk p. 2-6 Work on Ch 1 Study Guide due Friday, Aug 19 Study for Safety Test and symbols	12 Safety Test Work on Ch 1 Study Guide every night! :)
15 Work on Ch 1 SG every night this week. It's due on Friday! :) Benchmark Pretest	16 Complete Metric problems Continue to work on Ch 1 Study Guide Memorize metri prefixes, symbols and values for the Skills Test on Friday :)	17 Complete Metric problems Continue to work on Ch 1 Study Guide Memorize metri prefixes, symbols and values for the Skills Test on Friday :)	18 Study for Skills Test Complete Ch 1 Study Guide Finish conclusion on Density Lab if not finished in class	19 Ch 1 Study Guide due Skills Test (metrics and measuring) Study for Ch 1 Test on Monday!
22 Be thinking about possible Science Fair topic! Ch 1 Test	23 Finish Sc. Method worksheet	24 Workbook p. 11-13 Work on Ch 2 vocabulary definitions due next Monday!	25 Finish Phy/Chem Changes worksheet You can now answer 1-19 on your Ch 2-3 Study Guide!	26 Ch 2 definitions due Monday Finish Phy/Chem Changes Lab
29 Ch 2 Vocabulary definitions due	30	31 Work on Ch 3 Vocab definitions and Ch 2-3 Study guide both due Friday Ch 2 Vocab Quiz

September 2011

	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri
			1 Work on Ch 3 Vocab definitions and Ch 2-3 Study guide both due Friday	2 Study for Ch 3 Vocab quiz next Tuesday Study for Ch 2-3 Test next Wednesday Ch 3 Vocabulary definitions due Ch 2-3 Study Guide Due
5 Labor Day!! no school	6 Ch 3 Vocab Quiz	7 Ch 2-3 Test	8 Finish Chromatography Lab conclusion Recyle contents of Unit Work and RSVP Sc Fair Proposal due tomorrow!	9 Sc Fair Proposal Due Finish workbook pages 24-30 Work on Ch 4 vocab definitions and Ch 4-11 Study Guide 1-23
12 Re-do Sc Fair proposal if not approved	13 Sc Fair Proposal due!! Finish What Is It? lab conclusion Ch 4 definitions due tomorrow Element/Mixture/Compound Quiz Thursday	14 Study for Ch 4 Vocab quiz and EMC Quiz Ch 4 vocab definitions due	15 Ch 2-3 Test Corrections Due Ch 4 Vocab Quiz EMC Quiz	16
19	20 Cogat Test Due to Cogat testing students should be working nightly on the assignments due on Friday.	21 Cogat Test Due to Cogat testing students should be working nightly on the assignments due on Friday	22 Cogat Test Due to Cogat testing students should be working nightly on the assignments due on Friday	23 Workbook pages 82-86 Ch 11 vocab due Ch 4-11 Study Guide due
26 Ch 11 Vocab Quiz Ch 4-11 Test	27	28 Memorize hydrogen - titanium on symbol list Finish Edible PT Lab conclusion	29 Memorize zirconium - gold on symbol list Begin working on PT flipbook	30 Memorize zinc - phosphorus on symbol list Continue to work on PT FB due Oct 11! Lots of opportunity for extra credit with this assignment. Take advantage! :)

October 2011

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri
3 Memorize arsenic - argon on element symbol list EARLY RELEASE	4 Memorize Krypton- berkelim on symbol list EARLY RELEASE	5 Memorize californium - hydrochloric acid on list Ch 4-11 Test Corrections due	6 Final Symbol Quiz tomorrow!	7 Ch 12 Study Guide - finish for Tuesday PT FB due Tuesday!! Lots of opportunity for extra credit. Do you best! ! Symbol Quiz
10 Furlough Day/Student Holiday	11 Benchmark (Ch 1, 2, 3, 4, 11, 12) Ch 12 Study Guide due Periodic Table Flipbook due	12 Ch 12 Test	13 Finish WkBk p. 61-64 Recyle contents of unit work and RSVP.	14 Finish Pendulum Lab conclusion Look ahead to due dates next week.
17 ITBS	18 ITBS	19 ITBS Finish Wrong Way Roller Lab conclusion Work on WkBk p. 64-70	20 ITBS Ch 12 Test Corrections due Ch 9 Vocab definitions due	21 The class period will be devoted to the following. If students do not finish in class they'll need to finish at home for Monday. :) Ch 9-10 Study Guide - finish 1-18, 31, 32, 35-38 Ch 9 VQ ITBS
24 Work on Study Guide. What's due at the end of the week? :) Science Fair experiment should be done by next Wednesday!	25 Finish both lab conclusions Be working on vocab and study guide!	26 Finish "Classifying Potential/Kinetic Energy" Study for Ch 10 VQ	27 Study for Ch 10 VQ Ch 10 Vocab definitions due	28 Finish Ch 9-10 Study Guide Ch 10 VQ
31 Study for Ch 9-10 Test All midterms signed and returned tomorrow Ch 9-10 Study Guide due

November 2010

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri
	1 Finish Ch 9-10 paragraph Ch 9-10 Test	2 Complete Science Fair experiment Begin working on Sc Fair Report and Logbook due next week!!	3 WkBk p. 145-148 due Monday	4 Work on Sc. Fair Report and Logbook due next Wednesday!
7	8 Ch 20 Vocab due	9 Calculate Speed and Wave Frequency for Wave/Speed/Frequency Lab data Ch 20 VQ Sc Fair Log Book and Report due Ch 9-10 Test Corrections due	10 Finish Ear Picture to use with quiz tomorrow	11 Work on Sc Fair display board due Wednesday!
14 Work on Sc Fair Display Board due Wednesday!!	15 Finish How Do These Sound? Ch 21 voc definitions due tomorrow Sc Fair Display Board due tomorrow	16 Ch 21 Vocab due Sc Fair Display due	17 Ch 21 VQ	18 Enjoy your Thanksgiving Break!!! :)
21 Thanksgiving Holidays	22 Thanksgiving Holidays	23 Thanksgiving Holidays	24 Thanksgiving Holidays	26 Thanksgiving Holidays

November - December 2011

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri
28	29 Ch 20-21 Test Finish Ch 20-21 paragraph Parent Night - Sc Fair Open to the Public	30 Finish Scattering and Spectroscope Lab conclusions	1 Sc Fair Display go home by end of day	2 Finish Classify Refraction Materials worksheet Ch 22 vocab due Monday
5 STudy for Ch 22 VQ tomorrow Ch 22 Vocab due	6 Complete 1-23 on Ch 22-23 Study Guide Ch 22 VQ	7 Finish Ray Diagrams for Mirror/Reflection Lab	8 Finish Ray Digrams for Lenses Lab Be working on Study Guide	9 Ray Diagram Quiz Ch 23 vocab due Monday. Continue to work on Ch 22-23 Study Guide
12 Finish Benchmark Review Ch 23 Vocab due	13 Study for Ch 23 VQ Semester Benchmark	14 Study for Ch 22-23 Test Ch 22-23 Study Guide due Ch 23 VQ	15 Ch 22-23 Test	16
19 Holiday	20 Holiday	21 Holiday	22 Holiday	23 Holiday
26 Holiday	27 Holiday	28 Holiday	29 Holiday	30 Holiday

January 2011

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri
2 Teacher Workday	3 Finish Speed/Velocity Problems	4 Finish Acceleration Problems Finish Wkbk p. 32-34 Bring deck of cards :)	5 Finish Net Force Problems	6 Finish Friction 500 Lab conclusion
9 Memorize formulas for quiz tomorrow!	10 Finish Mass/Wt Lab Sp/Vel/Accel/NF Quiz	11 Finish Ch 5 Vocab definitions Work on Study Guide due next Tuesday! :)	12 Ch 5 Vocab definitions due Study for Ch 5 Vocab Quiz Finish wkbk pages 37-40	13 Finish Ch 5 Study Guide due Tuesday! Ch 5 VQ
16 MLK Holiday! :)	17 Finish Speed/Velocity worksheet Ch 5 Study Guide due	18 Finish "Show What You Know!" - due Friday Study for Ch 5 Test State Writing Test!	19 Ch 5 Test	20 "Show What You Know!" due Recyle contents of Unit Work and RSVP
23 Finish Parachute Lab conclusion	24	25 Speed Racer Lab finish line graphs write "conclusion" sentence based on the graph write curious question	26 Substiute tomorrow. Be good!! :)	27 Finish Wkbk pages 42-46 Ch 6 Vocab definitions due Monday
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Jan - February 2012

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri
30 Finish "Which Law?" Study for Ch 6 VQ Ch 6 Vocabulary due	31 Finish Ch 6 Study Guide Finish Gravity/Force/Motion worksheet Ch 6 VQ	1 Ch 6 Study Guide due Study for Ch 6 Test Work on Notions about Motions	2 Finish Notions about Motions Finish PT Review of atomic mass, number, etc. Ch 6 Test	3 Recycle contents of Unit Work and RSVP. We start Ch 8 on Monday! :)
6	7 Finish "Calculating Work"	8 Finish "Powerful Workout" Lab Finish WkBk p. 55-56 - sec 1 only	9 Finish Lesson On Levers Lab	10 Finish 3 Classes of Levers Finish Ch 8 Study Guide - 1, 3-15
13 Be working on Ch 8 Study Guide Finish "SM Video Quiz"	14 Finish Inclined to Move Lab conclusion Work on Ch 8 Study Guide	15	16 Midterms go home - signed and returned by Wed 2/22 HS Registration Forms due back today!	17 Student Holiday
20 Student Holiday	21 Continue to work on Ch 8 SG	22 Continue to work on Ch 8 SG	23	25 Finish wkbk p. 57-60 and Simple But Tough

Feb - March 2011

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri
27 Finish Math problems Work on Ch 8 Vocab and Ch 8 Study gude due this week! Early Release Conferences	28 Finish Math problems Work on Ch 8 Vocab and Ch 8 Study gude due this week Early Release Conferences	29 Ch 8 Vocab Definitions due	1 Ch 8 Study Guide Due Ch 8 VQ	2 Ch 8 Test
5	6 Study for Machine Math Quiz using your study guide! Rough Draft of Rube Goldberg due!	7	8 Machine Math Quiz	9 Rube Goldberg Project due
12 Student/Teacher Holiday! :)	13 Finish Ch 5-6 review materials. Review Ch 5,6 8 tests and Vocab quizzes in preparation for Benchmark tomorrow.	14 Benchmark	15 Finsih "Balloon/Electroscope" conclusion Recyle contents of Unit work and RSVP Begin working on wkbk p. 123-125	16 Finish Volt/Amp/Watt/Ohm Problems
19 Finish Potato/Lemon Lab conclusion	20 Finish Series/Parallel Circuit Lab conclusion	21 Finiish Ch 17 Vocab Work on Ch 17 Study Guide due Friday Memorize 3 formulas for quiz tomorrow	22 Electricity Math Quiz Ch 17 Vocab due	23 Meter Reading due Monday Ch 17 VQ Ch 17 Study Guide Due
26 Meter Reading Due Ch 17 Test	27	28	29	30

April 2012

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri
2 SPRING BREAK!	3 SPRING BREAK!	4 SPRING BREAK!	5 SPRING BREAK!	6 SPRING BREAK!
9 Finish Electromagnet Lab Work on Study Guide and vocab due this week.	10 Finish Wkbk pp 133-136 Finish Ch 18 vocab Finish Magnetic Terms	11 Ch 18 Vocab due	12	13 Ch 18 VQ
16 Ch 18 Study Guide Due	17 Ch 18 Test	18	19	20
23 CRCT	24 CRCT	25 CRCT	26 CRCT	27 CRCT
30 Finish Board Game questions

May - June 2012

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri
	1	2	3	4 Board Game complete (in class work)
7 Board Games complete and ready to play! :)	8	9	10	11 All library books due
14	15 8th Grade Awards Night - 7pm	16 All textbooks turned in	17	18   Benchmark   Finish EOY PowerPoint Presentation at home if you didn't finish in class this week.
21	22	23 Activity Day Last Day of School! :)	24	25
28	29	30	31	June 1