Jami Kobren
Room 202
jami_kobren@roundrockisd.org
464-6677
Tutoring Times Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 3:30 - 5:00 - let me know if
you will be staying
Students will need a new science notebook preferably by the first day back on
January 5th. I recommend a Five Star one subject polyvinyl cover spiral with
a pocket inside.
To prepare for high school, students will be having science homework every
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday for the rest of the year unless
otherwise stated. These assignments will be due the day after they are
assigned unless otherwise stated. The assignments may review previous
concepts, practice our current lessons, practice science process skills, or
practice reading science passages and answering questions. On all homework
students will need to highlight all the directions, all question words (who,
what, where, when, why, how, etc), and any information which they feel is
important. Homework will be graded and returned the following week. Some
assignments may require the use of the 8th grade science book. If your child
does not have one at home, ask if it is in their locker. If they don't have
one in their locker, they may check one out from me.
Week of January 25th
Monday - Students will review what a compound is and how they are made; they
will then make models of common compounds and draw them in their spirals;
Homework - counting atoms and elements worksheet
Tuesday - turn in homework; compound puzzle activity; draw compounds;
homework draw 2 compounds worksheet
Wednesday - chemical equations notes
Thursday
Week of January 19th
Monday - holiday
Tuesday - review sheet for test Thursday; flashcards over vocab.; study
review sheet
Wednesday - speed dating; study flashcards; homework - study
Thursday - test; homework - reading at triple beam balance - due Friday
Friday- begin study of compounds
Week of January 4th
Monday - teacher work day; no school for students
Tuesday - Restroom passes, signing the "book" policy, tardies, etc; Chemistry
demo; pass out homework
Wednesday -
Week of December 14th
Monday - Reasons for the SEasons pretest, reading, discussion, drawing of
seasons, post-test
Tuesday - Ocean currents, jet stream, weather
Wednesday - continue ocean currents, jet stream, weather readings and activity
Thursday or Friday - Waves lab (finals schedule)
Week of December 7th
Monday - field trip to Bob Bullock Museum and IMAX theatre
Tuesday - human activity and the effects on animals - Coqui Frog Activity
Wednesday - finish coqui frog activity; review sheet for Friday's test on
cycles (water,carbon dioxide,oxygen)
Thursday - vocabulary poker; review for test
Friday - test on carbon dioxide, water, oxygen cycle
Week of Novmeber 23rd
Monday - finish going over benchmarks; go over acid rain lab, go over dead
zone reading and questions; go over smog city
Tuesday - continue with Mondays "stuff"; watch youtube video on the end of
world in 2012 farce by NASA
Wednesday thru Friday- Thanksgiving Vacation - Enjoy!!!
Week of November 16th
Monday- Science Benchmark
Tuesday - Science Benchmark and Dead Zone Reading and questions
Wednesday - Computer Activity in library - Smog City
Thursday - go over benchmark
Friday - lab on Acid Rain
Science Benchmark - Monday, November 16th
Week of November 9th
Monday - update science notebooks with supplies; new seats; global/climate
warming webquest with partner
Tuesday - finish webquest; article analysis by Shell
Wednesday - Nitrogen cycle and human activity effects
Thursday - review for science benchmark on Monday, November 16th; study
review sheet
Friday - field trip to Trinity University in San Antonio
Week of November 2nd
Monday - do review sheet for test on Wednesday on the rock cycle; fill in
rock cycle; study review sheet
Tuesday - review for test on Wednesday
Wednesday - rock cycle test; science world magazine article write up
Thursday - Introduction to Carbon, Nitrogen, and Water Cycles Station
Friday - notes on Carbon, Nitrogen, and Water Cycles
Week of October 26th
Red Ribbon Week Activities during advisory
Science Fair Proposals due Friday, October 30th
Monday - What are minerals? notes, mineral identification lab (dichotomous
key
Tuesday - Finish mineral id lab, worksheet on mineral hardness - due
Thursday; went over tests on plate tectonics
Wednesday - Rock Cycle Computer Tutorial
Thursday - Continue Rock Cycle Computer Tutorial
Friday - Rolling Rock activity; spooky stories
Parents, thank you for allowing your children to stay for the movie Friday.
Space balls was not a big hit so we changed it to Adventures in Babysitting.
They all seemed to have a great time. I did too!
Monday - What causes the ring of fire? How were the Hawaiian islands formed?
Review sheet for test on Wednesday over plate tectonics lab; study review
sheet and spirals
Tuesday - students who scored low on the portion of the MMA on force and
motion will attend a 4 station tutorial to enhance their skills in potential
and kinetic energy, inertia and equilibrium, levers and pulleys, and graphing
force and motion; students who do not qualify for tutorials will have an
academic day with the rest of their teachers; study review sheet and spirals
Wednesday; test over plate tectonics lab; review sheet on entire plate
tectonic unit and topographic maps; study review sheet and spiral
Thursday Review of entire unit of plate tectonics; study review sheet and
spiral
Friday - test over plate tectonics unit; science magazine reading
On Friday, October 16 all Team 8-1 students are invited to watch Space Balls
in my room and have popcorn and soda. This is a chance for the kids to hang
out and have fun. They have been so wonderful this year so far, we thought
they deserved a treat. Space Balls is rated PG. Students will have to stay
in my room the entire time. They will need to either walk home or have a
ride by 5:30pm. Your kiddo was given a permission slip. If they lost it,
you may just write a note saying they have permission to stay and watch the
movie. If all goes well, we'll do this periodically.
Week of October 13th
Monday - No school for students
Tuesday - Go over Friday's lab on plate tectonics; do frame notes on Sea
floor spreading; draw sea floor spreading in notes; paleomagnetism lab;
density of oceanic crust and continental crust lab; many students are missing
their continental drift worksheet - check home access
Wednesday - finish and go over labs; draw subduction and trenches in journal;
subduction lab
Thursday - go over lab; draw plate tectonic boundaries - convergent,
divergent, transform and what each results in; begin discussing hot spots and
volcanoes
Friday - discuss volcanoes and hot spots; lab on volcanoes on Earth; lab quiz
on Monday - study lab and notes on lab
Test on next Thursday or Friday! Students can study their journals; a review
sheet will be given out next week
Week of October 5th
This week is Education Go Get it Week
Monday - hat day
Tuesday - college shirt day
Wednesday - Deerpark spirit day
Thursday - dress for future career
Friday - McNeil spirit day - pep rally at 3pm
Monday - go over snickers lab from Friday; begin notes on plate tectonics and
convection currents; lab activity on convection currents; MMA analysis due
Friday
Tuesday - continue notes and convection activity; evidence for plate
tectonics activity
Wednesday - age of mountains and height activity
Thursday - discuss plate movement and convergent, divergent, and transform
boundaries
Friday- sea floor spreading activity
Week of September 28th
Monday - Students will get their wave tests back and go over the answers;
students will also go over the results of the district MMA test which tested
students on their knowledge of 6th and 7th grade TEKS
Tuesday - Topographic Map Worksheet
Wednesday - more Topographic Maps
Thursday - Substitute; Bill Nye Video and Worksheet on Continental Drift and
Plate Tectonics; report cards go home
Friday - Plate tectonic activity and vocab
Hi, Parents! Please know that if your child is home sick, his/her grade will
not be negatively affected. We will take care of them when they come back.
Please just let them focus on getting healthy! Don't worry about school.
Everthing will be fine! :)
Week of September 21st
Monday - Go over lab; discuss reflection, refraction, diffraction; video on
waves and worksheet to accompany it; quiz Tuesday on transverse and
longitudinal waves, parts, amplitude, frequency - study notes; test Friday
Tuesday - Go over video worksheet(keep in spiral); quiz on waves
Wednesday - Lab on Diffraction, Reflection, Refraction of waves; study spiral
Thursday - Go over lab; Review for Test; study review sheet and spiral
Friday - Wave Test
Week of September 14th
Monday - students will receive tests, science notebook scores, andany graded
work; students may correct work and notebooks for a 100; test retakes will be
Thursday during advisory for any grades below a 70 or absent students
Tuesday - Students will be administered the district MMA test on 6th and 7th
grade concepts to determine student gaps
Wednesday - Early Release; Wave notes and demo
Thursday - Continue notes
Friday - Wave lab stations
Week of September 7th
Monday - Labor Day
Tuesday - Hiker Lab using Vernier Motion Detectors; Newton's Law Cartoons
due; test Friday
Wednesday - Hover Puck Lab on calculating speed and affect of a force on an
object with no friction; test Friday; study review sheet
Thursday - Newton's Second law worksheet on manipulating the formula to
solve various problems; test Friday; study review sheet
Friday - Test on Force and Motion Unit; graphing practice worksheet
Science supplies needed
markers thin or broad
colored pencils
glue stick
box of kleenex
Warm ups questions will be the same all year. Students will receive a
chart, map, graph, or data table on Mondays and have to answer the day's
question. Absent students are responsible for the warm ups missed.
Warm Up Questions:
Monday: What is being tested or what is the graph/chart/data table about?
Tuesday: Name the 2 variables.
Wednesday: Identify the independent variable. Identify the dependent
variable.
Thursday: Name one constant.
Friday: Write one conclusion.
Week of August 31st
Monday - Review Force, Energy (potential and kinetic), and Newton's 3 Laws
Tuesday - Continue notes and activities on balanced and unbalanced forces
and potential and kinetic energy and Newton's laws of motion
Wednesday - Newton's Laws Cartoons - due Thursday on provided paper
Thursday - Turn in Newton's Laws Cartoons; Conduct pendulum experiments;
record data in science notebook for a grade
Friday - discuss Pendulum experiments; get textbooks
Unit Exam Friday, September 11th
