Week 39
Monday
Math EOG
Tuesday
ELA EOG
Wednesday
Science Extension Activity
Thursday
Science Extension Activity
Friday
Field Day
Week 38
Monday
Science EOG
Tuesday
Science EOG
Wednesday
Social Studies Final Exam
Thursday
EOG Review
Friday
EOG Review
Week 37
Monday
No School
Tuesday
EOG Review
Hydrosphere Lecture
Wednesday
EOG Review
Evolution Lecture
Thursday
EOG Review
Evolution Lecture
Friday
EOG Review
Energy Lecture
Week 36
Monday
EOG Review
Microbiology Lecture
Tuesday
EOG Review
Microbiology Lecture
Wednesday
EOG Review
Microbiology Lecture
Thursday
EOG Review
Hydrosphere Lecture
Friday
EOG Review
Hydrosphere Lecture
Week 35
Monday
Go over EOG Self Evaluation Check List
Tuesday
EOG Review
Chemistry Lecture
Wednesday
EOG Review
Chemistry Lecture
Thursday
4th Nine Weeks Benchmarks
Friday
Testing Verbs Frayer Models Due
EOG Review
Chemistry Lecture
Week 34
Monday
Review Game - Energy
Tuesday
Energy Pictionary
Wednesday
Energy Assessment
Thursday
Practice EOG
Friday
Practice EOG
Week 33
Monday
Cornell Notes - Energy
http://www.slideshare.net/fullscreen/Mark_Waters/energy-sources-power-pointnotes/1
Tuesday
Energy Video and WS
Wednesday
Cornell Notes - Energy
http://www.slideshare.net/fullscreen/Mark_Waters/energy-sources-power-pointnotes/1
Thursday
Lab: Energy Dectective
Friday
Socratic Seminar
Monday
Review Worksheet
Tuesday
Go over Activity
Slecting Dogs Activity
Wednesday
Go over Selecting Dogs
Study Guide for Quiz
Thursday
Hunting Pom Poms activity
Friday
Quiz
Week 31
Monday
Benchmark Testing
Tuesday
National Geographic: The Story of Earth
Wednesday
Cornell Notes: Biologic Evolution
Thursday
Cornell Notes: Biologic Evolution
Friday
Activity - Geographic Speciation
Week 30
Monday
Cornell Notes: Absolute Age
Tuesday
Radiometric Dating Math Challange
Wednesday
Ice Core Exploration
Thursday
Review for Quiz
Friday
Geologic Evolution Quiz
Week 29
Monday
National Geographic: The Story of Earth
Tuesday
Cornell Notes: Relative Age
Wednesday
Index Fossil Lab
Thursday
Index Fossil Lab Writing Assignment: Using the diagram on the index fossil, and what you know about relative age, write a story (fiction or non) detailing the history of the region pictured. You must describe in detail when and how each rock layer was formed. Explain how the unconformities came to be and how the fossils living in some of the layers came to be burried there. Finish by explaining how the two sections of the area became disconnected from one another. This story needs to be at least 1.5 pages long.
Friday
Friday Five
Brain Pop
Geology Puzzle
Week 28
Monday
Ecology Vocabulary Review Bingo
Tuesday
Cornell Notes: Biotic Factors Affecting and Ecosystem
Wednesday
Read and Respond to Article http://newsela.com/articles/wolf-hunt/id/208/
Questions:
1. Why is the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission trying to capture as many tegu lizards as possible?
2. How did these tegu lizards most likely become wild in south Miami-Dade County, Florida?
3. Why is it so important to try to capture the tegu lizards before October?
4. According to experts, why is it so hard to trap these tegu lizards?
5. Who is Rodney Irwin and what has he been doing with the tegu lizards? Do you think he is helping or hurting the situation?
Thursday
Ecology Book Work
Friday
Ecology Activity
Week 27
Monday
Hydrosphere Unit Test!
Tuesday
Food Web class activity
•Where do all living things get their energy?
•What is a producer?
•What do the arrows in the food web mean?
•What is a first order consumer? Give an example of a first order consumer.
•What is a second order consumer? Give an example of a second order consumer.
•What is a top order consumer? Give an example of a top order consumer.
•If an organism does not get posted on the board what will happen to it?
•What is a food web?
•What does a food web tell us about life?
Wednesday
Cornell Notes: Abiotic Factos of Ecosystems
Thursday
Video - Ecosystems
Friday
PBS Coral Reef Activity
Week 26
Monday
Cornell Notes: Oceans
Article: Sea Urchins http://www.newsela.com/articles/ocean-acid/id/1803/
Tuesday
Cornell Notes: Oceans
Article: Sea Urchins http://www.newsela.com/articles/ocean-acid/id/1803/
Wednesday
Finish Article Notes http://www.newsela.com/articles/ocean-acid/id/1803/
Ocean Technology Activity
Thursday
Ocean Technology Activity
Work on Tic-Tac-Toe
Friday
Work on Tic-Tac-Toe
Study Guide for Unit Test on Monday
Week 23
Monday
Quiz
Read and Interact with Article
Tuesday
No School
Wednesday
No School
Thursday
Cornell Notes: Water Pollution
Article Questions:
How many people die from water related disease every year? How many of these are children?
Why is Diarrhea potentially deadly?
Why is water related disease more common in developing countries than in already developed countries like the United States?
Provide one example of an economic trade-off North Carolina has made to ensure high quality water.
When is world water day? What is one way you could make a different on that day and everyday?
Friday
Cornell Notes: Water Pollution
Brain Pop
Week 22
Monday
Article Questions:
1. What is the total capacity, in thousands acre-feet for the reservoir at Fossom Lake?
2. What percent of the total capacity is currently in the reservoir? How many thousands acre-feet does this percentage represent?
3. List two key terms you circled from this article.
4. List one claim you underlined in the article. What evidence did you bracket to support this claim?
5. Write a paragraph explaining how this article relates to our in class demonstration about the distribution of water on Earth.
Cornell Notes: Structure of the Hydrosphere
Tuesday
Cornell Notes: Structure of the Hydrosphere
Wednesday
Finish Cornell Notes
Permeability Demo
Thursday
Get the Groundwater Picture
•1. The horizontal scale of the cross section is 1 inch = 1 mile. The vertical scale is 1 inch = 50 feet. How many miles are horizontally represented in the cross section? How many feet are vertically represented?
•2. How many feet below the surface is the water table?
•3. Imagine a drop of water falls on the surface above your well. Describe the drop’s movement down the column. Through which layers would it move the fastest? The slowest?
•4. At which layer might the drop’s movement be restricted?
Friday
Watershed Activity
Week 21
Monday
Water Distribution Demo
Water Shortage Article
Week 20
Monday
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day - No School for Students
Tuesday
GMO discussion
Wednesday
Heel, Feed, Sustain
Thursday & Friday
Teacher Professional Development - No School for Students
Week 19
Monday
Cornell Notes: Biotechnology
Tuesday
Finish Cornell Notes
Begin Biotech Career Project
Wednesday
Benchmark
Thursday
Finish Benchmark
Work on Career Project
Friday
Finish Group Project
Present
Week 18
Monday
Science Fair Final Project Work Day
Tuesday
Video - Understanding Biotechnology
Wednesday
Biotechnology Lab
Thursday
Science Fair Presentations
Friday
Science Fair Presentations
Week 17
Monday
Begin Microbiology Study Guide
Tuesday
Finish Microbiology Study Guide
Wednesday
Classscape - Microbiology
Thursday
Microbiology Unit Test
Friday
5 Question Friday
Go over Unit Test
Week 16
Monday
Lab: Patient Zero
HW: Lab Discussion Questions
Why might it be important to locate the source of infection? What difficulties
arise in trying to collect and interpret data? Note that the simulated disease
has a 100% rate of infection that appears immediately under testing. Some
infections, such as AIDS and chicken pox, can remain dormant in the body for a
long time. Others, such as Ebola, kill the host rapidly. How might each of
these factors affect the spread of disease and the ability to identify
carriers?
Tuesday
Cornell Notes: The Spread of Disease
Wednesday
Research and Creation of Microbe Most Wanted Poster
Thursday
Presentations of Microbe Most Wanted
•Name of Microbe (Be creative – use its actual name but feel free to come up with
adjectives eg. Horrible Human Immunodeficiency Virus)
•Method of Travel (How is this disease spread? Old time wanted posters used to include
information such as, thought to be traveling around the area by train.)
•Last Known Whereabouts (does it live on surfaces, in the environment, in animals, etc.)
•Crime (name and symptoms of disease it causes)
•Reward & or contact info (CDC phone number? made up reward? this part is just for
fun)
•Poster needs to be color
*You and your partner will present what you learned about your disease tomorrow to
the class. You may want to make notes to help keep you on track during your
presentation
Friday
Science Fair Friday: Presentation - Analyzing and Presenting Data
Week 15
Monday
Student Driven Cornell Notes: Immune System
Tuesday
Student Reports - Immune Disorders
HW: Finish Report
Wednesday
Cornell Notes: Infectious Disease
Brain Pop - Viruses and Bacteria
Thursday
Cornell Notes: Non-Infectious Disease
Brain Pop - Protists and Fungi
Friday
Science Fair Work Day - Work on Research Plan Final Draft
Week 14
Monday
Finish Microbes Presentations and Cornell Notes
Lab - Caught Dirty Handed
Tuesday
Understanding Bacteria
Week 13
Monday
Assessment - 6 Essential Nutrients
Tuesday
Science Fair Work Day
Wednesday
Introduction to Microbes Activity
Thursday
Jigsaw - Types of Microbes
Friday
Present and Cornell Notes - Types of Microbes
Week 12
Tuesday
Cornell Notes - 6 Essential Nutrients
Wednesday
Finish Cornell Notes
Thursday
Science Fair
Friday
Choose Your Own Adventure Project - Due Monday
Week 11
Monday
Human Word Bank
Tuesday
Review for Quiz
Bluff Game
Wednesday
Cell Structure and Function Quiz
Thursday
Go Over Quiz
Video: How Do Cells Work?
Friday
Science Fair Friday: Choose one topic to investigate. Create a 5 part controlled experiment. Begin work on research plan.
Week 10
Monday
Cornell Notes: Cellular Processes
Tuesday
Osmosis Egg Activity
Wednesday
Cornell Notes: Passive vs. Active Transport
Final Observations of Eggs
Thursday
Cellular Processes Foldable
Endocytosis - Picture
Exocytosis - Picture
Photosynthesis
Respiration
Fermentation
Metabolism
Osmosis - Picture
Diffusion - Picture
Friday
Science Fair Friday!
Week 9
Monday
Go over Study Guide
Tuesday
Chemistry Unit Test
Wednesday
Classcape Assessments
Thursday
Review/Formative Assessment Cells
Friday
Cells Activity/Reteach
Week 8
Monday
No School for Students
Tuesday
Go Over Balancing Chemical Equations
Time Permitting: Go over Physical and Chemical Properties and Changes Quiz and Atomic Structure/PT
Quiz
Wednesday
Student Generated Study Guide
Thursday
8th Grade Explore Test
Time Permitting: Review for Chemistry Unit Test
Friday
Student Generated Study Guide
Week 7
Monday
Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures Video and Assessment
Tuesday
Breaking Down a Compound
Cornell Notes: Compounds and Mixtures
Wednesday
Half-Day Professional Development: Video - Elements
Thursday
Cornell Notes: Chemical Equations
Friday
Balancing Chemical Equations Worksheet
HW: Finish WS
Week 6
Monday
Cornell Notes: The Periodic Table
Tuesday
Adopt an Element
HW: Finish Adopt an Element
Wednesday
Hang up Life-Sized Periodic Table
Interactive Notebook: Understanding the Periodic Table
HW: Finish Understanding the Periodic Table
Thursday
Atomic Structure/Elemental Symbol Formative Assessment
Friday
Atomic Structure/Periodic Table Quiz
Week 5
Monday
Reading: The Invisible Soccer Ball
The Atoms Family
HW: Finish AF Worksheet
Tuesday
Cornell Notes: Atomic Structure
Wednesday
Atomic Structure Worksheet
HW: Finish AS Worksheet
Thursday
Bohr Model Guided Practice
Friday
Bohr Model Worksheet
HW: Bohr Model Practice
Week 4
Monday
8th Grade Science Pre-Test on Classcape
Practice Chemical vs. Physical Changes at http://www.classtools.net/widgets/dustbin_5/xoGrb.htm
and http://quizlet.com/6231740/physical-vs-chemical-properties-flash-cards/
Tuesday
Cornell Notes: Chemical vs. Physical Changes
Humpty Dumpty Activity - Chemical vs. Physical Changes
Wednesday
Glencoe Science: Test Your Knowledge
Lab: Physical Change
HW: Answer any remaining lab questions
Thursday
Chemical Changes Lab Activity
HW: Answer any remaining lab questions
Friday
Chemical and Physical Properties and Changes Quiz
Week 3
Monday
Nature of Science Unit Quiz
Science Safety Quiz
Tuesday
Group Activity "Our Ideas About Matter"
HW: Complete "Our Ideas About Matter" Handout
Wednesday
Cornell Notes: Physical vs. Chemical Properties
Thursday
Brainstorm and Begin Activity: Properties Comic Strip
HW: Properties Comic Strip
Friday
Cornell Notes: Physical vs. Chemical Changes
Humpty Dumpty Activity - Physical vs. Chemical Changes
Week 2
Tuesday
Tricky Tracks Activity
The Hole Picture
HW: Written Response: For thousands of years people thought that the Earth was flat. What was the
evidence that led them to believe this? Was this a reasonable belief? What events/evidence changed our
understanding of the shape of the Earth? What attribute of science means it must have the ability to
change?
Even today there are poeple who believe that the Earth is flat. Do you agree with them? Why or why not?
Wednesday
Cornell Notes: Experimental Design/Scientific Method
Formative Assessment
Thursday
Lab: "Cause and Effect"
Extra Credit Assignment due Monday - Find an article detailing a correlation study. Write a paragraph
evaluating the strength of the correlation. Does the author imply that one thing causes another? Can you
think of any other factors that could be contributing to the outcome?
Friday
Extension Activity: Evaluation of a Correlation Study
Jeopardy: Nature of Science
HW: Study for Nature of Science Quiz on Monday
Week 1
Tuesday
Discuss Policies and Procedures
Lab safety power point and contract
Get to know you
Assignment "Science Is..."
Wednesday
Distribute Nature of Science "Roadmap"
Discuss STAR method of Cornell Note taking
Cornell Notes: Nature of Science
Thursday
"Science Is.." due
Formative assessment - Hypothesis, Theory, and Law
Brain Pop
Friday
Nature of Science Philosophical Chairs Discussion
Philosophical Chairs Report – INB pg. 5
Central Statement: In order to be a productive citizen of the United States of America,
I must have a working knowledge of science.
My original position: (pro or con)
How many times did I change my seat?
My ending position: (pro or con)
How open-minded was I as I listened to other people talk?
Explain why your position did or did not change and the reasons for your thinking.
Monday
Math EOG
Tuesday
ELA EOG
Wednesday
Science Extension Activity
Thursday
Science Extension Activity
Friday
Field Day
Week 38
Monday
Science EOG
Tuesday
Science EOG
Wednesday
Social Studies Final Exam
Thursday
EOG Review
Friday
EOG Review
Week 37
Monday
No School
Tuesday
EOG Review
Hydrosphere Lecture
Wednesday
EOG Review
Evolution Lecture
Thursday
EOG Review
Evolution Lecture
Friday
EOG Review
Energy Lecture
Week 36
Monday
EOG Review
Microbiology Lecture
Tuesday
EOG Review
Microbiology Lecture
Wednesday
EOG Review
Microbiology Lecture
Thursday
EOG Review
Hydrosphere Lecture
Friday
EOG Review
Hydrosphere Lecture
Week 35
Monday
Go over EOG Self Evaluation Check List
Tuesday
EOG Review
Chemistry Lecture
Wednesday
EOG Review
Chemistry Lecture
Thursday
4th Nine Weeks Benchmarks
Friday
Testing Verbs Frayer Models Due
EOG Review
Chemistry Lecture
Week 34
Monday
Review Game - Energy
Tuesday
Energy Pictionary
Wednesday
Energy Assessment
Thursday
Practice EOG
Friday
Practice EOG
Week 33
Monday
Cornell Notes - Energy
http://www.slideshare.net/fullscreen/Mark_Waters/energy-sources-power-pointnotes/1
Tuesday
Energy Video and WS
Wednesday
Cornell Notes - Energy
http://www.slideshare.net/fullscreen/Mark_Waters/energy-sources-power-pointnotes/1
Thursday
Lab: Energy Dectective
Friday
Socratic Seminar
Monday
Review Worksheet
Tuesday
Go over Activity
Slecting Dogs Activity
Wednesday
Go over Selecting Dogs
Study Guide for Quiz
Thursday
Hunting Pom Poms activity
Friday
Quiz
Week 31
Monday
Benchmark Testing
Tuesday
National Geographic: The Story of Earth
Wednesday
Cornell Notes: Biologic Evolution
Thursday
Cornell Notes: Biologic Evolution
Friday
Activity - Geographic Speciation
Week 30
Monday
Cornell Notes: Absolute Age
Tuesday
Radiometric Dating Math Challange
Wednesday
Ice Core Exploration
Thursday
Review for Quiz
Friday
Geologic Evolution Quiz
Week 29
Monday
National Geographic: The Story of Earth
Tuesday
Cornell Notes: Relative Age
Wednesday
Index Fossil Lab
Thursday
Index Fossil Lab Writing Assignment: Using the diagram on the index fossil, and what you know about relative age, write a story (fiction or non) detailing the history of the region pictured. You must describe in detail when and how each rock layer was formed. Explain how the unconformities came to be and how the fossils living in some of the layers came to be burried there. Finish by explaining how the two sections of the area became disconnected from one another. This story needs to be at least 1.5 pages long.
Friday
Friday Five
Brain Pop
Geology Puzzle
Week 28
Monday
Ecology Vocabulary Review Bingo
Tuesday
Cornell Notes: Biotic Factors Affecting and Ecosystem
Wednesday
Read and Respond to Article http://newsela.com/articles/wolf-hunt/id/208/
Questions:
1. Why is the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission trying to capture as many tegu lizards as possible?
2. How did these tegu lizards most likely become wild in south Miami-Dade County, Florida?
3. Why is it so important to try to capture the tegu lizards before October?
4. According to experts, why is it so hard to trap these tegu lizards?
5. Who is Rodney Irwin and what has he been doing with the tegu lizards? Do you think he is helping or hurting the situation?
Thursday
Ecology Book Work
Friday
Ecology Activity
Week 27
Monday
Hydrosphere Unit Test!
Tuesday
Food Web class activity
•Where do all living things get their energy?
•What is a producer?
•What do the arrows in the food web mean?
•What is a first order consumer? Give an example of a first order consumer.
•What is a second order consumer? Give an example of a second order consumer.
•What is a top order consumer? Give an example of a top order consumer.
•If an organism does not get posted on the board what will happen to it?
•What is a food web?
•What does a food web tell us about life?
Wednesday
Cornell Notes: Abiotic Factos of Ecosystems
Thursday
Video - Ecosystems
Friday
PBS Coral Reef Activity
Week 26
Monday
Cornell Notes: Oceans
Article: Sea Urchins http://www.newsela.com/articles/ocean-acid/id/1803/
Tuesday
Cornell Notes: Oceans
Article: Sea Urchins http://www.newsela.com/articles/ocean-acid/id/1803/
Wednesday
Finish Article Notes http://www.newsela.com/articles/ocean-acid/id/1803/
Ocean Technology Activity
Thursday
Ocean Technology Activity
Work on Tic-Tac-Toe
Friday
Work on Tic-Tac-Toe
Study Guide for Unit Test on Monday
Week 23
Monday
Quiz
Read and Interact with Article
Tuesday
No School
Wednesday
No School
Thursday
Cornell Notes: Water Pollution
Article Questions:
How many people die from water related disease every year? How many of these are children?
Why is Diarrhea potentially deadly?
Why is water related disease more common in developing countries than in already developed countries like the United States?
Provide one example of an economic trade-off North Carolina has made to ensure high quality water.
When is world water day? What is one way you could make a different on that day and everyday?
Friday
Cornell Notes: Water Pollution
Brain Pop
Week 22
Monday
Article Questions:
1. What is the total capacity, in thousands acre-feet for the reservoir at Fossom Lake?
2. What percent of the total capacity is currently in the reservoir? How many thousands acre-feet does this percentage represent?
3. List two key terms you circled from this article.
4. List one claim you underlined in the article. What evidence did you bracket to support this claim?
5. Write a paragraph explaining how this article relates to our in class demonstration about the distribution of water on Earth.
Cornell Notes: Structure of the Hydrosphere
Tuesday
Cornell Notes: Structure of the Hydrosphere
Wednesday
Finish Cornell Notes
Permeability Demo
Thursday
Get the Groundwater Picture
•1. The horizontal scale of the cross section is 1 inch = 1 mile. The vertical scale is 1 inch = 50 feet. How many miles are horizontally represented in the cross section? How many feet are vertically represented?
•2. How many feet below the surface is the water table?
•3. Imagine a drop of water falls on the surface above your well. Describe the drop’s movement down the column. Through which layers would it move the fastest? The slowest?
•4. At which layer might the drop’s movement be restricted?
Friday
Watershed Activity
Week 21
Monday
Water Distribution Demo
Water Shortage Article
Week 20
Monday
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day - No School for Students
Tuesday
GMO discussion
Wednesday
Heel, Feed, Sustain
Thursday & Friday
Teacher Professional Development - No School for Students
Week 19
Monday
Cornell Notes: Biotechnology
Tuesday
Finish Cornell Notes
Begin Biotech Career Project
Wednesday
Benchmark
Thursday
Finish Benchmark
Work on Career Project
Friday
Finish Group Project
Present
Week 18
Monday
Science Fair Final Project Work Day
Tuesday
Video - Understanding Biotechnology
Wednesday
Biotechnology Lab
Thursday
Science Fair Presentations
Friday
Science Fair Presentations
Week 17
Monday
Begin Microbiology Study Guide
Tuesday
Finish Microbiology Study Guide
Wednesday
Classscape - Microbiology
Thursday
Microbiology Unit Test
Friday
5 Question Friday
Go over Unit Test
Week 16
Monday
Lab: Patient Zero
HW: Lab Discussion Questions
Why might it be important to locate the source of infection? What difficulties
arise in trying to collect and interpret data? Note that the simulated disease
has a 100% rate of infection that appears immediately under testing. Some
infections, such as AIDS and chicken pox, can remain dormant in the body for a
long time. Others, such as Ebola, kill the host rapidly. How might each of
these factors affect the spread of disease and the ability to identify
carriers?
Tuesday
Cornell Notes: The Spread of Disease
Wednesday
Research and Creation of Microbe Most Wanted Poster
Thursday
Presentations of Microbe Most Wanted
•Name of Microbe (Be creative – use its actual name but feel free to come up with
adjectives eg. Horrible Human Immunodeficiency Virus)
•Method of Travel (How is this disease spread? Old time wanted posters used to include
information such as, thought to be traveling around the area by train.)
•Last Known Whereabouts (does it live on surfaces, in the environment, in animals, etc.)
•Crime (name and symptoms of disease it causes)
•Reward & or contact info (CDC phone number? made up reward? this part is just for
fun)
•Poster needs to be color
*You and your partner will present what you learned about your disease tomorrow to
the class. You may want to make notes to help keep you on track during your
presentation
Friday
Science Fair Friday: Presentation - Analyzing and Presenting Data
Week 15
Monday
Student Driven Cornell Notes: Immune System
Tuesday
Student Reports - Immune Disorders
HW: Finish Report
Wednesday
Cornell Notes: Infectious Disease
Brain Pop - Viruses and Bacteria
Thursday
Cornell Notes: Non-Infectious Disease
Brain Pop - Protists and Fungi
Friday
Science Fair Work Day - Work on Research Plan Final Draft
Week 14
Monday
Finish Microbes Presentations and Cornell Notes
Lab - Caught Dirty Handed
Tuesday
Understanding Bacteria
Week 13
Monday
Assessment - 6 Essential Nutrients
Tuesday
Science Fair Work Day
Wednesday
Introduction to Microbes Activity
Thursday
Jigsaw - Types of Microbes
Friday
Present and Cornell Notes - Types of Microbes
Week 12
Tuesday
Cornell Notes - 6 Essential Nutrients
Wednesday
Finish Cornell Notes
Thursday
Science Fair
Friday
Choose Your Own Adventure Project - Due Monday
Week 11
Monday
Human Word Bank
Tuesday
Review for Quiz
Bluff Game
Wednesday
Cell Structure and Function Quiz
Thursday
Go Over Quiz
Video: How Do Cells Work?
Friday
Science Fair Friday: Choose one topic to investigate. Create a 5 part controlled experiment. Begin work on research plan.
Week 10
Monday
Cornell Notes: Cellular Processes
Tuesday
Osmosis Egg Activity
Wednesday
Cornell Notes: Passive vs. Active Transport
Final Observations of Eggs
Thursday
Cellular Processes Foldable
Endocytosis - Picture
Exocytosis - Picture
Photosynthesis
Respiration
Fermentation
Metabolism
Osmosis - Picture
Diffusion - Picture
Friday
Science Fair Friday!
Week 9
Monday
Go over Study Guide
Tuesday
Chemistry Unit Test
Wednesday
Classcape Assessments
Thursday
Review/Formative Assessment Cells
Friday
Cells Activity/Reteach
Week 8
Monday
No School for Students
Tuesday
Go Over Balancing Chemical Equations
Time Permitting: Go over Physical and Chemical Properties and Changes Quiz and Atomic Structure/PT
Quiz
Wednesday
Student Generated Study Guide
Thursday
8th Grade Explore Test
Time Permitting: Review for Chemistry Unit Test
Friday
Student Generated Study Guide
Week 7
Monday
Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures Video and Assessment
Tuesday
Breaking Down a Compound
Cornell Notes: Compounds and Mixtures
Wednesday
Half-Day Professional Development: Video - Elements
Thursday
Cornell Notes: Chemical Equations
Friday
Balancing Chemical Equations Worksheet
HW: Finish WS
Week 6
Monday
Cornell Notes: The Periodic Table
Tuesday
Adopt an Element
HW: Finish Adopt an Element
Wednesday
Hang up Life-Sized Periodic Table
Interactive Notebook: Understanding the Periodic Table
HW: Finish Understanding the Periodic Table
Thursday
Atomic Structure/Elemental Symbol Formative Assessment
Friday
Atomic Structure/Periodic Table Quiz
Week 5
Monday
Reading: The Invisible Soccer Ball
The Atoms Family
HW: Finish AF Worksheet
Tuesday
Cornell Notes: Atomic Structure
Wednesday
Atomic Structure Worksheet
HW: Finish AS Worksheet
Thursday
Bohr Model Guided Practice
Friday
Bohr Model Worksheet
HW: Bohr Model Practice
Week 4
Monday
8th Grade Science Pre-Test on Classcape
Practice Chemical vs. Physical Changes at http://www.classtools.net/widgets/dustbin_5/xoGrb.htm
and http://quizlet.com/6231740/physical-vs-chemical-properties-flash-cards/
Tuesday
Cornell Notes: Chemical vs. Physical Changes
Humpty Dumpty Activity - Chemical vs. Physical Changes
Wednesday
Glencoe Science: Test Your Knowledge
Lab: Physical Change
HW: Answer any remaining lab questions
Thursday
Chemical Changes Lab Activity
HW: Answer any remaining lab questions
Friday
Chemical and Physical Properties and Changes Quiz
Week 3
Monday
Nature of Science Unit Quiz
Science Safety Quiz
Tuesday
Group Activity "Our Ideas About Matter"
HW: Complete "Our Ideas About Matter" Handout
Wednesday
Cornell Notes: Physical vs. Chemical Properties
Thursday
Brainstorm and Begin Activity: Properties Comic Strip
HW: Properties Comic Strip
Friday
Cornell Notes: Physical vs. Chemical Changes
Humpty Dumpty Activity - Physical vs. Chemical Changes
Week 2
Tuesday
Tricky Tracks Activity
The Hole Picture
HW: Written Response: For thousands of years people thought that the Earth was flat. What was the
evidence that led them to believe this? Was this a reasonable belief? What events/evidence changed our
understanding of the shape of the Earth? What attribute of science means it must have the ability to
change?
Even today there are poeple who believe that the Earth is flat. Do you agree with them? Why or why not?
Wednesday
Cornell Notes: Experimental Design/Scientific Method
Formative Assessment
Thursday
Lab: "Cause and Effect"
Extra Credit Assignment due Monday - Find an article detailing a correlation study. Write a paragraph
evaluating the strength of the correlation. Does the author imply that one thing causes another? Can you
think of any other factors that could be contributing to the outcome?
Friday
Extension Activity: Evaluation of a Correlation Study
Jeopardy: Nature of Science
HW: Study for Nature of Science Quiz on Monday
Week 1
Tuesday
Discuss Policies and Procedures
Lab safety power point and contract
Get to know you
Assignment "Science Is..."
Wednesday
Distribute Nature of Science "Roadmap"
Discuss STAR method of Cornell Note taking
Cornell Notes: Nature of Science
Thursday
"Science Is.." due
Formative assessment - Hypothesis, Theory, and Law
Brain Pop
Friday
Nature of Science Philosophical Chairs Discussion
Philosophical Chairs Report – INB pg. 5
Central Statement: In order to be a productive citizen of the United States of America,
I must have a working knowledge of science.
My original position: (pro or con)
How many times did I change my seat?
My ending position: (pro or con)
How open-minded was I as I listened to other people talk?
Explain why your position did or did not change and the reasons for your thinking.