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Visit the TeacherWeb® videos to learn about the features, modifications, and customizations available on your website. Click here to learn more. Komperda-Science You are currently using the Homework With Text Formatting page type. This is an old page type with limited formatting options. We would recommend switching to the Enhanced Text page, a more advanced page type with many more options. Click here for more information on the different page types. Please note: You may continue to use this page type if you desire. <P></P> <P align=center><FONT color=#0000ff size=6>Welcome to 8th Grade Science</FONT></P> <P align=center><FONT color=#0000ff size=6>Eighth grade science is an integrated chemistry and physics class. Students will need to have a calculator for the class, as there is a lot of math involved in the class.</FONT></P> <P align=center><FONT color=#0000ff size=6></FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=6>August 26-28</FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=5><FONT color=#ff0000>Wednesday</FONT> - Brief overview of procedures</FONT></FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=5><FONT color=#ff0000>Thursday</FONT> - Get books -do assignment related to text book </FONT></FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=5><FONT color=#ff0000>Friday</FONT> - Go over class rules and safety rules</FONT></FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=6 face="Lucida Handwriting">September 7 - 11</FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT color=#ff0000 size=5><FONT face="Lucida Handwriting">Monday - <FONT color=#0000ff>Labor Day</FONT></FONT></FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=5><FONT face="Lucida Handwriting"><FONT color=#ff0000>Tuesday</FONT> - Completion of lab on water drops on a penny. Using different variables and predicting the outcome.</FONT></FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=5><FONT face="Lucida Handwriting"><FONT color=#ff0000>Wednesday</FONT> - Go over the difference between dependent and independent variables in an experiment. Get 10 different scenarios to find the different variables.</FONT></FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=5><FONT face="Lucida Handwriting"><FONT color=#ff0000>Thursday</FONT> - lab on Candles in a jar. Students decide on their problem to solve and the variables. They also must decide on what needs to be controlled in the lab.</FONT></FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=5><FONT face="Lucida Handwriting"><FONT color=#ff0000>Friday</FONT> - Completion of the candles in the jar lab.</FONT></FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT color=#ff0000 size=6 face="Lucida Handwriting">September 14 -18</FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT color=#ff0000 size=5 face="Lucida Handwriting">Monday - <FONT color=#000000>Completion of the bubble lab where students must design their own problem to solve using bubbles</FONT></FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT size=5 face="Lucida Handwriting"><FONT color=#ff0000>Tuesday</FONT> - Completion of the writting of the lab and the graphs.</FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT size=5 face="Lucida Handwriting"><FONT color=#ff0000>Wednesday </FONT>- Communicating data orally. Using a mystery scenario students need to communicate clues and solve the mystery.</FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT color=#ff0000 size=5 face="Lucida Handwriting">Thursday - Test on scientific method, safety, and metrics.</FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT size=5 face="Lucida Handwriting"><FONT color=#ff0000>Friday </FONT>- Start of chapter 2. doing the vocabulary for the unit.</FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT color=#ff0000 size=6 face="Lucida Handwriting">September 21-25</FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT color=#ff0000 size=5 face="Lucida Handwriting">Monday - <FONT color=#000000>Notes on matter</FONT></FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT size=5 face="Lucida Handwriting"><FONT color=#ff0000>Tuesday</FONT> - Mystery mass, by using the mass of one penny they must determine how many pennies are in a film canister.</FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT size=5 face="Lucida Handwriting"><FONT color=#ff0000>Wednesday </FONT>- Identify the difference between mass and weight of different objects and graph the results</FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT color=#ff0000 size=5 face="Lucida Handwriting">Thursday - <FONT color=#000000>Complete the graphs for each of the previous mass labs. Discussion of density (mass/volume)</FONT></FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT size=5 face="Lucida Handwriting"><FONT color=#ff0000>Friday </FONT>- Lab on the density of five different kinds of balls.</FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT color=#ff0000 size=6 face="Lucida Handwriting">September 28 -October 2</FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT color=#ff0000 size=5 face="Lucida Handwriting">Monday - <FONT color=#000000>Density problems (20) calculators needed.</FONT></FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT size=5 face="Lucida Handwriting"><FONT color=#ff0000>Tuesday</FONT> - Density of 8 different balls - finding the volume and mass of 8 different balls and predicting whether of not they will float or sink in water.</FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT size=5 face="Lucida Handwriting"><FONT color=#ff0000>Wednesday </FONT>- Continuation of the density of ball lab.</FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT color=#ff0000 size=5 face="Lucida Handwriting">Thursday - <FONT color=#000000>Lab on density of solids and liquids</FONT></FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT size=5 face="Lucida Handwriting"><FONT color=#ff0000>Friday </FONT>- Completion of lab on the density of solids and liquids.</P> <P align=left><FONT color=#ff0000 size=6 face="Lucida Handwriting">October 5 - 9</FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT color=#ff0000 size=5 face="Lucida Handwriting">Monday - <FONT color=#0000ff>Density test</FONT></FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT size=5 face="Lucida Handwriting"><FONT color=#ff0000>Tuesday</FONT> - Review of chemical and physical properties</FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT size=5 face="Lucida Handwriting"><FONT color=#ff0000>Wednesday </FONT>- Completion of the matter paragraph. Identifying chemical and physical changes and properties.</FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT color=#ff0000 size=5 face="Lucida Handwriting">Thursday - <FONT color=#000000>Lab on chemical changes. Hydrogen peroxide and liver and the chemical reaction that takes place</FONT></FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT size=5 face="Lucida Handwriting"><FONT color=#ff0000>Friday </FONT>- Completion of lab and graphs</FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT color=#ff8040>October 26 - 30</FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT color=#ff8040>Monday</FONT> - 20 questions on the states of matter</P> <P align=left><FONT color=#ff8040>Tuesday</FONT> - Notes on the states of matter</P> <P align=left><FONT color=#ff8040>Wednesday</FONT> - Lab on the conservation of mass and lab on the effects of temperature on gas.</P> <P align=left><FONT color=#ff8040>Thursday</FONT> - completion of labs</P> <P align=left><FONT color=#ff8040>Friday</FONT> - teacher conferences</P> <P align=left><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ff80ff">Nov. 2 - 6</FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ff80ff">Monday</FONT> - Continuation of change of state lab and questions</P> <P align=left><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ff80ff">Tuesday</FONT> - What causes the water to rise? Write a paragraph to explain the rise of water in a test tube.</P> <P align=left><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ff80ff">Wednesday</FONT> - Pressure lab "Imploding Cans"</P> <P align=left><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ff80ff">Thursday</FONT> - Gas laws - problems on Charles' and Boyle's laws</P> <P align=left><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ff80ff">Friday</FONT> - Continuation and completion of the gas law sample problems.</P> <P align=left><STRONG><FONT color=#ff8000>November 9 -13</FONT></STRONG></P> <P align=left><STRONG><FONT color=#ff8040>Monday</FONT> </STRONG>- <FONT size=4>Continuation and completion of the gas law sample problems.</FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT color=#ff8040 size=3><STRONG>Tuesday</STRONG></FONT> - <FONT size=4>Continuation and completion of the Charles' and Boyle's Laws</FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT color=#ff8040><STRONG>Wednesday</STRONG></FONT> - <FONT size=4>Going to Condordia for future freshman day</FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT color=#ff8040><STRONG>Thursday</STRONG></FONT> - <FONT size=4>review for the chapter 3 test</FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT color=#ff8000><STRONG>Friday - test of gas laws and chapter 3</STRONG></FONT></P> <P align=left><STRONG><FONT color=#ff8000>November 16 -20</FONT></STRONG></P> <P align=left><STRONG><FONT size=4><FONT color=#ff8000>Monday - </FONT><FONT color=#000000>Completion of chapter 3 test and vocabulary for elements, compounds and mixtures</FONT></FONT></STRONG></P> <P align=left><STRONG><FONT size=4><FONT color=#ff8000>Tuesday - </FONT><FONT color=#000000>Notes from powerpoint on elements, compounds and mixtures</FONT></FONT></STRONG></P> <P align=left><STRONG><FONT size=4><FONT color=#ff8000>Wednesday - </FONT><FONT color=#000000>worksheet identifying elements, compounds and mixtures</FONT></FONT></STRONG></P> <P align=left><STRONG><FONT size=4><FONT color=#ff8000>Thursday - </FONT><FONT color=#000000>Lab on the differences between compounds and mixures</FONT></FONT></STRONG></P> <P align=left><STRONG><FONT size=4><FONT color=#ff8000>Friday - </FONT><FONT color=#000000>Completion of lab and crossword puzzle</FONT></FONT></STRONG></P> <P align=left><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff size=4>Nov.30 - Dec. 4</FONT></STRONG></P> <P align=left><STRONG><FONT size=4><FONT color=#0000ff>Monday </FONT>- Separation of mixtures (chromatography)</FONT></STRONG></P> <P align=left><STRONG><FONT size=4><FONT color=#0000ff>Tuesday</FONT> - Completion of lab</FONT></STRONG></P> <P align=left><STRONG><FONT size=4><FONT color=#0000ff>Wednesday</FONT> - Lab test on separating mixtures</FONT></STRONG></P> <P align=left><STRONG><FONT size=4><FONT color=#0000ff>Thursday</FONT> - Lab test on separating mixtures</FONT></STRONG></P> <P align=left><STRONG><FONT size=4><FONT color=#0000ff>Friday</FONT> - Lab test on separating mixtures</FONT></STRONG></P> <P align=left><STRONG><FONT color=#ff8080 size=4>Dec. 7 -11</FONT></STRONG></P> <P align=left><STRONG><FONT size=4><FONT color=#ff8080>Monday</FONT> - Vocabulary on chapter 11 and 12</FONT></STRONG></P> <P align=left><STRONG><FONT size=4><FONT color=#ff8080>Tuesday</FONT> - Students will be gone all day for their service project</FONT></STRONG></P> <P align=left><STRONG><FONT size=4><FONT color=#ff8080>Wednesday </FONT>- Notes on atoms and the periodic table</FONT></STRONG></P> <P align=left><FONT size=4><STRONG><FONT color=#ff8080>Thursday</FONT> - Worksheet on protons, neutrons, electrons, atomic numbers and atomic masses.</STRONG></FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT size=4><STRONG><FONT color=#ff8080>Friday</FONT> - Computer elements - students use the computers to identify 10 different points about a given element to make a complete periodic table.</STRONG></FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT size=4></FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT size=4></FONT></P></FONT> <P align=left><FONT size=4></FONT></P> <P align=left></P> Or, would you like to view and optionally restore one of these previous versions? 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