Week 11/23-11/24
Tuesday 11/24:
Agenda:
Most Classes had their So Far Assessment for Unit 2. We passed out extra
credit- Kingdom Turkey Hands!
Homework:
1. Complete Study Guide Unit 2 -Due Tuesday 12/1
2. Extra Turkey Credit
3. Look for the International Space Station-Take a look at the schedule below.
If you can see stars, you should be able to see the ISS!
SATELLITE LOCAL DURATION MAX ELEV APPROACH
DEPARTURE
DATE/TIME (MIN) (DEG) (DEG-DIR) (DEG-DIR)
ISS Mon Nov 23/05:34 PM 3 39 10 above NW 33 above ENE
ISS Tue Nov 24/05:56 PM 3 72 10 above WNW 66 above S
ISS Wed Nov 25/04:43 PM 5 37 10 above NW 10 above E
ISS Wed Nov 25/06:20 PM < 1 22 21 above WSW 22 above SW
ISS Thu Nov 26/05:05 PM 5 77 10 above WNW 12 above SE
Week of 11/16-11/20
11/20-
Today was Oobleck Day! We tested our Colloid to see if it behaved like a
liquid or a solid in 7 different tests. Then groups came up with their own
tests. It was a great- and very messy- day. You now know how to make it-
Make some Oobleck this weekend and amaze your parents!
Homework:
Please bring in your text book homework and can crusher journal entry in on
Monday. Also, we have a So Far Assessment planned for Tuesday, 11/24. To
prepare, study your notes from the last so far line until the end of the unit.
If you are going to be absent on Tuesday- please plan to take the test on the
day you return.
11/19-
Today we finished our notes for Unit 2. We also looked at our current grade
reports and evaluated how to improve our efforts. Finally, we started our
can crusher journal entry.
Homework:
1. Finish textbook questions from 11/18.
2. Complete Can Crusher Journal entry.-using vocabulary for a core response:
liquid, boil, condense (condensation), gas, and pressure.
11/18-
Today we corrected our Make a State-ment worksheet on States of Matter and
took our vocabulary Wows List 3 quiz. Finally, we continued our notes on
Changes in State.
Homework:
(Also find N,S,E and West at you house) You will need these to locate the ISS
next week.
1. Bring in Cornstarch for Oobleck Day on Friday.
2. Read pgs. 70-79 Complete 4 questions of your choice on pg. 74 and 4
questions of your choice on pg. 79. Due Friday
11/17-
Today we finished our notes on States of matter. We also corrected our text
homework and tried Can Crusher!
Homework:
1. Study for Quiz Wows list 3- complete flipbooks.
2. Read pgs. 70-79 Complete 4 questions of your choice on pg. 74 and 4
questions of your choice on pg. 79. Due Friday
3. Oobleck Day on Friday- bring in cornstarch and your slippers!
11/16-
Today we Took notes on Solids, Liquids and Gases.
Homework:
1. Study for wows quiz list 3 for Wednesday.-complete flipbooks.
2. Complete worksheet on Solids, Liquids and gases.
3. Remember that textbook pg. 69 1-7 is due tomorrow. If you have not
completed it or lost it, be sure it comes in tomorrow.
4. Extra credit- water bottle!
11/13-
Agenda:
Today we took notes and shared our journal entries with our group members.
Homework:
1. Complete Solid, Liquid, Gases packet.
2. Flipbooks for list #3 due Wedenesday. Quiz 11/18
3. Make up work is to be made up this week. You have advisory periods on
Tuesday, Wed or Thursday. Also, I am staying afterschool on Friday for 3-4pm
for any makeup work that you have to complete. Please plan accordingly.
11/12-
***Note***
If you have been out for an extended illness, you need to meet with me during
advisory period or afterschool this week on Friday from 3-4 to discuss what
you have missed.***
Agenda:
Today we corrected our pH worksheet and investigated what happens to
particles in alcohol and water when they are mixed.
Homework:
1. Wows list 3 quiz Wednesday 11/18- complete flipbooks by that date.
2. Complete one journal entry (separate piece of paper)- on any of the
following activities:
Snowmelt Lab
Boiling Pasta water dilemma
Alcohol/Water activity
11/10-
Today we took our vocabulary Wows quiz list 2 (Unit 2). We also finished our
Immunity Challenge for List 3. We reviewed/summarized the findings from the
graph and lab from the Snowmelt lab- answering any questions remaining.
If there was time, we mixed alcohol and water- watching solubility in action.
Homework:
1. Reading pgs. 66-69-Questions on pg. 69 1-7
2. Complete pH worksheet.
11/9-
Today we changed seats and changed our Q2 class name. Then we passed in our
Money Mystery Labs. Finally, we observed chemical changes in our Snowmelt
Lab Activity.
Homework:
1. Study for Wows quiz List 2. Flipbooks due tomorrow.
2. Finish Lab questions and graph- line graph-temp. vs. time.
3. If you are missing any work from absences, please be sure you make
arrangements to come during advisory period or afterschool on Friday to make
up the following assignments- Wows Quiz List 1, So Far Assessments, or Money
Mystery Lab. I will be afterschool on Friday from 3-4pm.
Week of 11/2-11/6
11/5-
Agenda:
Today we finished our notes for our So Far Assessment tomorrow. We also
corrected our homework and learned how the boiling point of a substance is a
characteristic property like density- meaning it does not change depending on
the amount of substance you have!
Homework:
1. Study notes and complete reading packet to prepare for So Far assessment.
2. Wows Quiz List 2 Quiz will be on Tuesday 11/10. All 12 words in
flipbooks are due by Monday 11/9.
Because of the large number of 8th grade absences this week, I have made the
decision to put the So Far Assessment on Quarter 2. This will enable me to
have students make up the work in a timely fashion.
11/4-
Agenda:
Today we will finish our Notes for the "So Far Assessment" on Friday. We
will then move to groups of 2 and work on practice questions to reinforce
Physical and Chemical Changes.
Homework:
1. Complete Journal entry on Tricky Treats.
2. Complete Practice questions packet.
3. Study notes for So Far Assessment on Friday.
11/2-
Agenda:
Today we corrected our textbook homework then began our notes on Unit 2.
Finally, we completed our Tricky Treats activities from Friday.
Homework:
1. Finish 12 words for Flipbook-list 1. Wows quiz tomorrow!
2. Complete 1 journal entry for Thursday.- Suggestion: pick one of the
Tricky Treats activities from Friday or Today.
3. So Far Assessment on Unit 2 notes on Friday.
3.
Week of 10/26-10/30-
10/30
Agenda:
Tricky Treats Activities! Today we collected our Textbook homework to be
corrected on Monday. Then we tried some Chemistry experiments using Candy.
Homework:
1. Complete 8 flipbook vocabulary words from list 1.
2. Try out the candy experiments in the candy chemistry packet! Have fun and
be safe!
10/28-
Agenda:
1/2 Day- Classes 1 and 2 took Unit 2 Immunity Challenges.
Homework:
1. Journal Entry on Money Mystery Due Thursday.
2. Read Textbook- pg. 44-55
Complete 5 reading checks within the reading pgs and complete questions on pg
55 2-7 and 9. There are 12 questions in total.
10/26
Agenda:
Today we completed our open responses and Money Mystery Labs. We also
received a printout of our current grades. Grades for quarter 1 close 11/6-
Mrs. Daigle will not accept any late, makeup work after 4pm on Friday 10/30.
I will be available on Tuesday during Advisory or Afterschool on Friday from
3-4pm.
Homework:
1. One journal entry by Thursday.
2. Complete Money Mystery Lab and Graph- If you need a online resource about
pennies try this one!
http://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint/fun_facts/index.cfm?
flash=yes&action=fun_facts2
Week of 10/19-10/23
10/22-
Agenda:
Today we had our Unit 1 Test.
Homework:
1. Write 1 CORE journal entry - suggestions Layering Liquids or Floating
Fresh Egg.
Check the rubric and the exemplar sample to be sure you are including all the
details necessary for a core response! This is due on Monday 10/26.
10/20-
Agenda: Today we finished our notes and worked on our study guides.
Afterschool help session Tuesday 3-4.
Homework:
1. Complete Study Guide
2. Do one journal entry for Monday.
3. TEST on Thursday-Unit 1
Week of 10/13-10/16
Just a hint for the homework:
Independent variable: The one condition the experimenter changes.
Dependent variable: The outcome of the experiement
Controlled variables: The conditions in an experiement that stay the same for
a fair test. ( try to think of 3)
10/16-Try to make a fresh egg float! You may modify the water but NOT the
egg. Good luck and let me know how it works out- send pix or do a write up
for extra credit!
Agenda: Today we corrected pg. 2 of our Density packets. We also took a
graded classwork assessment to see if we were "getting" our homework
questions and the "big ideas" that we were discussing this week.
Homework:
1. Variable worksheet- must do at least 3
2. Try out the layering liquids activity with materials from home. Write it
up, draw a picture or email me a picture for extra credit.
10/15-
Agenda: Today we corrected the first part of our packet and did a classroom
demonstration on layering liquids. Students predicted which liquids would
be "heaviest for their size" or most dense. This liquid would sink to the
bottom. Then we tested out our predictions! Finally, our notebook checks
continues as we finished up our clay and water labs.
Homework:
1. Be sure you are able to solve for unknown variables using the density
triangle for the Graded Classwork tomorrow.-Use the 2nd page of your density
packet to review.
2.Try out the layering liquids activity with materials from home. Write it
up, draw a picture or email me a picture for extra credit.
10/14-
Agenda: Today we corrected our Volume/Density homework. Then we self
assessed our journal entries as "crust,mantle or core". Finally, we worked
in groups to complete our clay/water lab or Density reinforcement packets.
While we did this, Mrs. Daigle did the binder checks.
Homework:
1. Complete Density reinforcement packet.
10/13-
Agenda: Today we discussed density in a classroom discussion and added the
information into our outline notes. We completed our Clay and water density
lab.
Homework:
1. Notebook check!!!
2. Worksheet- 2 sides
week of 10/5-10/8
10/8-
Agenda-Today we brought in pairs of items that were "heavy and light" for
their size. Examples included a superball and a cottonball, a block of wood
and a block of lead, a stick and a leaf, as well as a baseball and a gourd.
We discussed the relationship between "heavy/light" for size and density.
Students than determined the density of a piece of clay. They then predicted
the density of 1/2 a piece and tested their predictions- some students were
VERY surprised at the results!
Homework:
Notebook check! Due Wedesday 10/14
Be sure you have done the following:
Filled in your checklist
Selected or rewritten a "Core" reflection in your journal
Conference with your parent about your classwork in science so far this term.
Then have them sign your checklist.
Extra Credit: Type outline notes with colored or clip art pictures. Parent
must sign to confirm that you typed the notes yourself.
10/7-
Agenda-Today we took our Wows quiz list 3. We corrected our homework and
discussed our notebook check rubrics.
Homework:
1. Notebook check due October 14.Be sure you fill in your rubric and
schedule a conference with your parents so that you can review your work with
them and have them sign the required sections.
2. Bring in 2 objects that are the same size but one is light for its size
and one is heavy for its size.-Extra Credit!
10/5 and 10/6-
Agenda:
Monday we had a substitute teacher. We wrote notes into our notebooks
distinguishing mass and weight. We examined spring scales and determined
using "people" models exactly what is measured by a balance and a spring
scale.
Homework:
1. Study for wows quiz-list 3-Test Wednesday
2. Textbook homework- Read pg. 38- 43 3-6, 8,10,11-due Wednesday
3. Write 2 new journal entries on activities we have done this term. Use
the website to help you "jog" your memory. Be sure to give "core" responses-
not "crust" You might want to include connection phrases like "This reminds
me of. . . " or "For example, I also see this happening when. . . "
Due Thursday.
Week of 9/28-10-2
10/1-
Agenda:
Today we completed our Volumania Labs- taking the data we collected from our
hand volumes and presenting it in a bar graph that made the data easier to
interpret.
Homework:
1. Complete variable worksheet.
2. Complete Volumania lab and graph.
3. Study for wows quiz list 3 - next Wednesday 10/7
9/30-
Agenda:
Today we took our wows list 2 quiz and used the displacement method to find
the volume of our hands.
Homework:
1. Finish Volumania lab and graph for Friday.
2. Complete Variables worksheet for Friday.
9/29-
Agenda:
Today we took our "so far" assessment. This will help us to see how our
study habits, homework, and participation in lab activities are helping us
understand physical science "so far".
Homework:
1. Journal summary on metric article (4 sentences minimum)
2. Wows quiz-list 2 tomorrow. Study definitions and spelling!
9/28-
Agenda: Today we corrected our metric practice packets and worked with our
groups to see if a "Teddy Graham" was good benchmarks for a gram. Finally,
we continued working on our volumania lab using the displacement method to
find the volume of irregular shaped objects.
Homework:
1. "so far" assessment tomorrow- reread notes and journal- be sure you know
how to read a graduated cylinder, how to use the displacement method, and the
how to convert using the metric prefix line.
2. Wows list 2 quiz on Wednesday 9/29
Week of 9/21-9/25
9/25
Agenda: Today we measured our grow animals to see if there was false
advertising! We calculated the percent of change for the Mass and Length of
the animals and drew conclusions based on our data.
Homework:
1. Review for both wows (list 2) and "so far" assessments next week.
2. Complete/revise metric skills review packet- We will correct on Monday.
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OPEN HOUSE RAFFLE! YOU CAN COME AND PICK OUT WHICH ANIMAL YOU WANT TOMORROW
MORNING DURING HOMEROOM :)
9/24-
Today we estimated the volume of a drop of water using our own experimental
designs. Then we began a Volumania lab, measuring the volume of various
small irregular shaped objects using the displacement method.
Homework:
1. Metric review homework packet.
2. Final night for online graduated cylinder practice.
3. Study for "so far" quiz on Tuesday, 9/29-the final day change I promise!!
4. Study words of the week list #2 for our WOW quiz on Wednesday, 9/30.
9/23-
Today we completed our notes for our first "so far" quiz on Monday 9/28. We
discussed how to measure the volume of regular and irregular shaped objects.
the Displacement Method will be practiced tomorrow during our lab.
Homework:
1. Finish online graduated cylinder practice (see below) for Friday.
2. Continue reading chapters 1 and 2 (section 1)
3. Study Words of the Week List 2 for our quiz on Wednesday 9/30.
9/22-
Today we took our first wow's quiz. We also reviewed what a quality response
was for our labs.
Homework:
Use this website to practice for the "So Far" Assessment on Monday 9/28-
Great practice for Reading Graduated cylinders!!!
http://www.teachingmeasures.co.uk/capacity/classcap/capacitymill.html
9/21-
Agenda: Today we prepared for our "So Far" assessment by taking notes on
measurement, preparing a study tool for metric prefixes/conversions, and
learning how to use our textbooks as a reference.
Homework:
1. Wows quiz list 1- remember to study both definitions and spelling of
vocabulary terms. Quiz 9/22
2. "So Far" Assessment on Friday- this will include questions from material
we have worked with over the last 2 weeks. To prepare, students should
review their notes, read chapter 1 and chapter 2 (section 1 only). Topics
will include-Metric measurement of length, benchmarks for length and liquid
volume, using a graduated cylinder for liquid volume, conversion of metric
units and measuring the volume of an irregular shaped object (we will be
reviewing this on Tuesday-Thursday).
9/14-
Agenda: Today we explored types of lab equipment and reviewed how to read a
metric ruler and triple beam balance from our homework. Next, we discussed
benchmarks for measuring length - using our hands as common benchmarks for
estimation.
Homework:
1. Thinking with a Metric Mind Journal writing assignment-bring in liquid
volume container for our Metric Museum.
2. Complete part B and C of Metric measurement lab- create a stem and leaf
plot to organize data.
9/15-
Agenda: Practice measuring liquid volume with a graduated cylinder.
Homework:
1. Complete Measuring Liquid Volume Lab packet
9/16-
Agenda: Today we organized our volume benchmarks. We reviewed our responses
for our Liquid Lab. Finally we previewed what our bar graph expectations
are.
Homework:
1. Complete Right Feet Measurement lab bar graph for homework.
9/17-
Agenda: Today we took our Words of the Week Immunity Challenges. Science
Vocabulary is the language of science, and we must learn how to start using
this language in our written work.
Homework:
1. Wow Quiz List 1 Tuesday 9/22- Both spelling and definitions- no word
banks will be provided.
2. Metric review worksheet
3. Complete Journal "fastforward" -
How could you estimate the volume of a drop of water?
