| 9/14-9/18 | No Class | Read pages 4-7 and answer questions 1-10. | Read Pages 82-97: Answer questions 1-10. | No Class | No School |
| 9/21-9/25 | No Class | Write a science article review, 150-200 words. A topic of your choosing but it would be great if you found an article about something related to chemistry. | Read pages 10-15. Take notes OR answer questions 1-11 on page 15. | No Class | Read pages 16-21. Either take notes or answer questions 1-9 on page 21. |
| 9/28-10/2 | No Class | Design an experiment to determine whether or not a burning candle produces carbon dioxide. Write the 1. Research question 2. Hypothesis 3. Background information 4. Procedures and Materials | Using “A Story of Matter” (handout) create a cartoon timeline showing the contributions of different scientists to the concept of matter. Use a piece of paper folded in eight and use one box for each person. | No Class | Write 200-300 words describing the combustion reaction (use the formulas where appropriate) and state how you demonstrated the presence of oxygen, water, and carbon dioxide in the reaction. |
| 10/5-10/8 | No Class | Study for test over enitre unit on the properties of matter and combustion. Today we created models of the molecules we have been working with. | Read and take notes on States of Matter: pp.32-45. Due on Wed. Nov. 21. | No Class | No School |
| 10/12-10/16 | No Class | Mrs. Sweet will be teaching the students first aid and CPR this week. Students should use daily homework time to read and take notes on pp. 32-45. | Notes | No Class | Notes |
| 10/19-10/23 | No Class | Field Trip to UPS | Read pages 56-59 and answer questions 1-7 on page 59. We are beginning to build our understanding of the elements and begin to see why they are grouped together as they are. | No Class | Read and notes pages 60-63 |
| 10/26-10/30 | No Class | Oops! My mistake. The assignment is really: find and read and article on science of some sort and tie in chemistry to what it talks about. About 150 words please. | Notes on pages 64-70 about mixtures. | No Class | No Homework. We worked on picking our favorite elements and putting together a floor size model of the periodic table. |
| 11/2-11/6 | No Class | Began Mixtures lab in class. Homework is to select and research one element. Find out interesting properties it might have or interesting stories and characteristics about it. Due on Friday | Guest Speaker on Elements | No Class | Complete Lab Report on Mixtures (due Thursday) |
| 11/9-11/13 | No Class | Read and take notes on pages 88-94. You will have a quiz on the following: parts of an atom, electons, protons, neutrons, atomic number, isotope, mass number and atomic mass. | No School | No Class | |
| 11/16-11/20 | No Class | Questions 1-13 on page 121 (use notes and book). | Begin Element Project (Handout can be found in 8th Science Handouts) | No Class | Element Project |
| 11/23-11/25 | No Class | Element Project | Element Project | No School | No School |
| 11/30-12/4 | No Class | Element Project Due | Study for test on Friday | No Class | Test |