8th+Grade+Science

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== __For information regarding the class, course materials, and resources, scroll down to find the information you seek.__ ==

= = = **LINK TO THE ONLINE VERSION OF THE SCIENCE TEXTBOOKS: [|Pearson Science]** = = = = **!!!!! I will provide you with log-in instructions in class.** =

__ **9-3-13 Tues** __

Welcome back to another year of middle school science!

__** 9-30-14 Tues **__ For those of you who would like to review the steps for solving problems using DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS, follow this link to watch several helpful tutorials. [|Dimensional Analysis Tutorials]

__ **11-17-14 Mon** __ In light of the recent historic comet landing,complete this assignment: [|Comet Landing] (To save your copy of the document,make sure you rename it like this: __HrComet Landing–Name__

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Here is the video we watched together in class:media type="youtube" key="0iAaMyWq5T4" width="560" height="315"

 Follow these links to the websites listed on your handout "Periodic Tables Online". Follow the directions on the handout to help you find the information needed to complete the worksheet. Don't worry if you don't get finished today.
 * __11-19-14 Wed __**

 Site: [|Periodic Table Structure]  Site: [|Parts of the Periodic Table]  Site: [|Chemical Elements.com]

__**12-2-14 Tues**__ Review and quiz yourself on your knowledge of ionic bonds. [|Ionic Bonding Interactive].

__**12-9-14 Tues**__ Starting our discussion of covalent bonding of atoms. Here is the homework from today:

__**12-10-14 Wed**__ Reading and discussing pp 31-33 in your book. Make sure you take a look at the "Math: Analyzing Data" activity on page 33. **REMEMBER!! "Covalent Bonds GR" is due tomorrow!**

__**12-11-14 Thur**__ Poar vs nonpolar bonds. Remember to impress your family and friends with your balloon trick!

__**12-12-14 Fri**__ The properties of compounds are determined by the atoms they are made of and the arrangement of those atoms. We saw carbon used as an example of how the arrangement of the atoms results in graphite, diamonds and Bucky Balls. Here is a link to that video: [|"Diamonds, Pencils, and Bucky Balls"]


 * ASSIGNMENT: Section 4 Assessment questions, pg 35, 1-3 DUE MONDAY**

__**12-12-14 Fri**__ Diagramming covalent bonds. We will devote the class period on Monday to this activity.
 * REMEMBER: Section 4 Assessment questions, pg 35, 1-3 DUE MONDAY**

__**12-15-14 Mon**__ We will spend the class time working on the Covalent Bonding worksheet. This is due TOMORROW.

__**12-16-14 Tues**__ I've pushed off the due date for the Covalent Bonding Lab. I talked with you one on one today about covalent bonding and will continue to do that tomorrow. __**ASSIGNMENTS**__: "Bonding in Metals GR **due THURS** Chapter Review, pp 41-42, #1-16, 19, 21-25. Pg 43, #1-5 **due THURS**

Sorry I can't be there with you yet to help you prepare for the test. But I have this interactive that I would like you to go through. This should reinforce everything that we discussed in this chapter. PLEASE READ and use these pages to review and study for your test. [|The Periodic Table Interactive]
 * __12-18-14 Thur__**

__**12-23-14 Tues**__ If you have finished your test and have no science late work, try the "Chemistry Scavenger Hunt". Find the links you need here: [|"Chemistry Links Page"]

__**1-5-15 Mon**__ Welcome back and Happy New Year! Starting Chapter 2,"Chemical Reactions". The guided reading for Section 1 is due Wednesday.

__**1-6-15 Tues**__ Review the differences between physical and chemical properties. media type="youtube" key="oF0lN0jZYx0" width="420" height="315"

__**1-7-15 Wed**__

What? No school for you?? lucky....

__**1-8-15 Thur**__ I told you we would take a closer look at endothermic and exothermic reactions. Let's start with this short video: media type="file" key="Exothermic_and_Endothermic_Reactions.asf" align="left" width="300" height="300"

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 * HOMEWORK for tomorrow: "Math Analyzing Data", page 52, #1-5. (answer on notebook paper)**


 * __1-9-15 Fri__**
 * Review/reread pages 56-59 in your book. Here is the Guided Reading that is assigned for TUESDAY: [[file:Describing Chem. Rxns GR.pdf]]**


 * __1-12-15 Mon__**
 * Reading pp 60-61 in the book, we get our first introduction to balancing chemical equations. To practice this new skill, we'll be doing "Balancing Equations Online".**

Site #1 [|"Chemical Equations"] Site #2 [|"Classic ChemBalancer"]
 * These are the links you will need to use to complete this activity:**
 * Make sure you read the information given on these pages...especially the instructions for "Classic ChemBalancer"!**


 * __1-13-15 Tues__**
 * "Describing Chemical Reactions GR" due TODAY.**


 * "Balancing Equations Online" will be worked on in class today. DON'T FORGET TO WRITE DOWN THE BALANCED EQUATION AND FILL IN THE BLANKS AT THE BOTTOM OF EACH PROBLEM BEFORE YOU MOVE ON!!**

Today**
 * __1-14-15 Wed__**
 * "Balancing Equations Online" will be finished in class today and turned in.
 * "Balancing Act" -- now you get to practice balancing chemical equations without the computer to tell you if you got it right! **Due FRIDAY.**



__**1-15-15 Thur**__


 * Announcements**
 * "Balancing Equations Online" MUST get finished today and handed in to me.
 * REMEMBER Balancing Act" is due tomorrow.


 * Today **
 * Identify the three categories of chemical reactions and look at examples of each
 * Time for answering questions about "Balancing Act" as well as time to work on it.

__**1-16-15 Fri**__


 * Announcements**
 * Shortened schedule today due to early dismissal
 * "Balancing Act" due today


 * Today **
 * I will hand back "Balancing Equations Online" and display the answers for you to grade. Hand back in.
 * Correct and turn in "Balancing Act"
 * Discuss Chemical Reactions lab we will begin working on. **THERE WILL BE NO TOLERANCE FOR MISBEHAVIOR. FOLLOW ALL INSTRUCTIONS AND __EVERYONE WILL WASH THEIR HANDS BEFORE LEAVING CLASS EVERY DAY WE ARE WORKING ON THIS LAB!!!__**


 * __1-19-15 Mon__**


 * Announcements**
 * Checking book covers today.


 * Today **
 * We'll begin the "Identification of Chemical Reactions Lab". You will work on this through Wednesday, but no longer. I WILL ASK FOR THE COMPLETED LAB ON WEDNESDAY
 * Follow all safety precautions outlined in class and be sure to wash your hands with soap and water before you leave class each day
 * Make and record careful observations. Remember, your goal is to be able to identify the unknown solution based on you experiments.


 * __1-20-15 Tues__**


 * Today**
 * Continue working on the "Identification of Chemical Reactions Lab". Remember, not every pairing will produce a chemical reaction.
 * Lab will continue through Wednesday but no later.

__** 1-21-15 Wed **__


 * Announcements **
 * Try to finish all of the Chemical Reactions lab today. Remember, you are trying to correctly identify the "unknown". DON'T turn it in. We will discuss the lab tomorrow


 * Today **
 * Finish the "Identification of Chemical Reactions Lab". Let me know when you think you have identified the unknown
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Balancing Equations Challenge" due FRIDAY [[file:Balancing Equations Challenge.PDF]]

__ ** 1-22-15 Thur ** __


 * Announcements **
 * "Balancing Equations Challenge" due FRIDAY
 * **QUIZ TOMORROW on balancing equations.**


 * Today**
 * Finish/discuss the Chemical Reactions lab and the outcomes
 * Questions on "Balancing Equations Challenge"?
 * Preview Section 3, pp 66-71

__**1-23-15 Fri**__


 * Today**
 * Correct "Balancing Equations Challenge"
 * Video Field Trip!!
 * QUIZ "Describing Chemical Reactions"
 * ASSIGN: "Controlling Chemical Reactions GR" due MONDAY [[file:Controlling Chemical Rxns GR.pdf]]

__**1-26-15 Mon**__


 * Announcements **
 * "Controlling Chemical Reactions GR" due TOMORROW
 * ** TEST FRIDAY **
 * Today **
 * Pages 68-69 in the book. What factors affect the rates of chemical reactions.

__** 1-27-15 Tues **__


 * Announcements **
 * "Controlling Chemical Reactions GR" due today
 * Today**
 * Finish the section on rates of reactions (through pg 71)
 * **ASSIGNMENT: Chapter Review pgs 79-81. #1-12, 14, 16-23. Due THURSDAY**
 * **TEST FRIDAY**

__**1-28-15 Wed**__


 * Announcements**
 * **Chapter Review due THURSDAY**
 * **TEST FRIDAY on Chemical Reactions**


 * Today**
 * Video review and your first "bleeping quiz"

__**1-29-15 Thur**__


 * Announcements**
 * **TEST TOMORROW!!!!!**


 * Today**
 * Correct Chapter Review
 * Review for the test. Did I mention that's __**TOMORROW?!!**__

__**1-30-15 Fri**__


 * **__TEST TODAY ON CHEMICAL REACTIONS__**


 * __2-2-15 Mon__**
 * Today**
 * Preview Chapter 3 pp 82-83
 * Video Preview, "Acids, Bases and Solutions"
 * **ASSIGNMENT: "Understanding Solutions GR" due WEDNESDAY [[file:Understanding Solutions GR.pdf]] [[file:Understanding Solutions RR.pdf]]**

__**2-3-15 Tues**__
 * Announcements**
 * "Understanding Solutions GR" due tomorrow.


 * Today**
 * Identify 3 different types of mixtures; solutions, colloids, and suspensions. Give examples of each.
 * Video Field Trip! The making of maple syrup and understanding "concentration".

__**2-4-15 Wed**__


 * Announcements**
 * "Understanding Solutions GR"is due TODAY
 * __**QUIZ Thursday on Section 1 in your book.**__


 * Today**
 * Ionic vs molecular solutions. How are they alike? How are they different?
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Concentration and Solubility GR" due MONDAY.


 * __2-5-15 Thur__**


 * Announcements**
 * "Concentration and Solubility GR" due MONDAY


 * Today**
 * Quiz on Section 1
 * No class tomorrow. Quarter reward trip!

__**2-9-15 Mon**__


 * Announcements**


 * **"**Concentration And Solubility GR" due TODAY
 * Today**
 * Pages 92-94 in your book.
 * ASSIGNMENT "Temperature and Solubility Enrich" due TUESDAY [[file:Temp and Solubility Enrich.pdf]]

__**2-10-15 Tues**__
 * Announcements**
 * **"**Temperature and Solubility Enrich" due TODAY


 * Today**
 * Discuss the rest of the section (pp 94-97)
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Temp. And Solubility pg 96" due WEDNESDAY

__**2-11-15 Wed**__
 * Announcements**
 * "Temp. and Solubility pg 96" due TODAY


 * Today**
 * Virtual lab starts today. How is the solubility of a compound determined? Begin the investigation by clicking here: [|Virtual Solubility Lab]
 * Additional copies of the lab: [[file:Virtual Solubility Lab.PDF]]

__**2-12-15 Thur**__
 * Today**
 * Finish data collection on the lab if needed.
 * Creating the graph: Refer to Procedure # 7 on your lab handout as well as page 171 in your book.
 * Don't forget to answer the questions once you have your graph completed.
 * ASK ME if you have any questions!

__**2-13-15 Fri**__
 * Announcements**
 * Happy Friday the 13th!!

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 * Today**
 * I will allow time to finish up the graphs and answer any questions you have on the questions assigned.
 * When that's done, turn it in to the 8th grade tray and work on your **ASSIGNMENT FOR TUESDAY: "Describing Acids and Bases GR"**
 * **BUT FIRST!!** Let's review what a supersaturated solution is and then look at these!

HOT ICE! (sodium acetate)

media type="youtube" key="mxO9rtVjoR4" width="560" height="315"

__**2-16-15 Mon**__
 * Announcements**
 * **REMINDER:** "Describing Acids and Bases" due Tuesday.


 * Today**
 * Make sure you have your Solubility Lab turned in!
 * Properties of acids and bases, pp 98-101.
 * :Concentration and Solubility Quiz" TODAY

__**2-17-15 Tues**__
 * Announcements**
 * "Describing Acids and Bases GR" DUE TODAY"


 * Today**
 * Discuss uses of acids and bases, pp 102-103.
 * Video: "Acids, Bases, and Salts"
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Acids and Bases in Solution GR" due THURSDAY [[file:Acids and Bases in Solution GR.pdf]] [[file:Acids and Bases in Solution Review.pdf]]

__**2-18-15 Wed**__
 * Announcements**
 * "Properties of Acids and Bases Quiz" today
 * REMEMBER: "Acids and Bases in Solution GR" due TOMORROW


 * Today**
 * The role of the proton in acids and bases
 * What's better on a Wednesday that Dynamite Don?! He will demonstrate some of the properties of acids and bases for us.

__**2-20-15 Fri**__
 * Announcements**
 * Section 4 Assessment due today

**Today**
 * Review information in Section 4 of your book.
 * Practice determining the pH of common solutions. [|"Virtual pH Lab"]. [[file:Virtual pH Lab.PDF]]
 * Answer the attached questions in complete, thoughtful sentences. Use you science vocabulary!
 * lab sill be done by end of class on Monday.

__**2-23-15 Mon**__
 * Announcements**
 * **NEW ASSIGNMENT: Chapter Review, pp 117-118, #1-13, 15-17, 21-22. STP pg 119, #1-4. DUE NEXT MONDAY. __TEST TUESDAY!__**
 * Today **
 * Finish "Virtual pH Lab" and hand in TODAY
 * Take quiz, "Acids, Bases and pH". Turn in to tray
 * Use the rest of class to start work on the Chapter Review.
 * pH lab will start tomorrow

__**2-24-15 Tues**__
 * Announcements**
 * Make sure you have turned in you "Virtual pH Lab"


 * Today**
 * Discuss the quiz from yesterday
 * Procedures and safety precautions for the "pH Lab". FOLLOW ALL DIRECTIONS. GOOF-OFFS WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE LAB!
 * [[file:pH Lab.PDF]]

__**2-25-15 Wed**__
 * Announcements**
 * **REMEMBER:** Chapter Review due MONDAY
 * **TEST TUESDAY!!**


 * Today**
 * Continue testing solutions in the lab. REMEMBER TO FOLLOW ALL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS. DO NOT CONTAMINATE THE PIPETTE OR THE SOLUTIONS!
 * Lab completed and write-up ready to hand in first thing Monday

__**3-2-15 Mon**__
 * Announcements**
 * **Chapter Review questions due TODAY**
 * **"pH Lab" due TODAY or TOMORROW after the test**


 * Today**
 * You will get 5-10 minutes to finish data collection on you pH Lab. REMEMBER TO TURN THIS IN TO THE TRAY!!
 * Review the chapter for the test tomorrow. This PowerPoint will be helpful:[[file:solutions ppt.ppt]]

__**3-4-15 Wed**__
 * Announcements**
 * Done with Chemistry! I will collect the current books and give you a new one!


 * Today **
 * Chapter 1, "Motion". Preview the chapter by looking at pp 4-5.
 * "Motion" Video Preview
 * **ASSIGNMENT:** "Describing and Measuring Motion GR" **due FRIDAY [[file:Desc. and Measuring Motion GR.pdf]]**

__**3-5-15 Thur**__
 * Announcements**
 * REMEMBER "Describing and Measuring Motion GR" is due TOMORROW (Friday)


 * Today**
 * Define motion and reference point. Pgs 6-7.
 * Recall metric measurement, pp 8-9

__**3-6-15 Fri**__
 * Announcements**
 * "Describing and Measuring Motion GR" due TODAY


 * Today**
 * Speed and velocity, pp 10-13
 * Video Field Trip!
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Speed Machines" due TUESDAY [[file:Speed Machines.pdf]]

__**3-9-15 Mon**__
 * Announcements**
 * "Speed Machines" due Tuesday. Ask questions if you have them!


 * Today**
 * Video Field Trip
 * Graphing motion, pp 14-15

__** 3-10-15 Tues **__
 * Announcements **
 * "Speed Machines" due TODAY


 * Today **
 * Understand how to compute speed in mph from speed in miles per second or from distance traveled in one mile
 * directly proportional vs, inversely proportional relationships
 * read graphs representing distance vs. speed and time vs. speed

[|"At the Track"]

__**3-11-15 Wed**__
 * Today**
 * Review dimensional analysis and how we can use this tool to convert our data to speeds in miles per hour
 * Finish the "At the Track" activity and turn it in to the tray
 * **ASSIGNMENT: "Acceleration GR" due FRIDAY** [[file:Acceleration GR.pdf]] [[file:Acceleration RR.pdf]]

__**3-12-15 Thur**__
 * Announcements**
 * Remember: "Acceleration GR" due FRIDAY


 * Today **
 * Read/discuss pp 22-23
 * Read/discuss pp 24-25
 * Practice calculating acceleration
 * ** ASSIGNMENT: ** "Formula Challenge due MONDAY. Start working through this so you can ask questions tomorrow! [[file:Formula Challenge.pdf]]

__**3-13-15 Fri**__
 * Announcements**
 * "Acceleration GR" due TODAY
 * REMINDER: "Formula Challenge" due MONDAY


 * Today**
 * Pgs 26-27. Describe what graphs are used to analyze the motion of an accelerating object.
 * Questions on "Formula Challenge"?

__**3-16-15 Mon**__
 * Announcements**
 * "Formula Challenge" due TODAY
 * TEST WEDNESDAY


 * Today **
 * ASSIGNMENT: Chapter Review, pp 31-31, #1-10, 12-13, 15-21. Page 33, # 1-5. **DUE TUESDAY**
 * **TEST WEDNESDAY. START STUDYING!!**


 * __3-17-15 Tues__**
 * Announcements**
 * Chapter Review due TODAY
 * ** TEST WEDNESDAY **


 * Today **
 * Review for the test. Make use of the note card I provide. You will be able to use this on the test!

__** 3-18-15 Wed **__


 * Announcements **
 * **TEST TODAY! Find that note card and use it!!**
 * No homework! Enjoy your long weekend :-)

__**3-23-15 Mon**__


 * Today**
 * Pg 34. Big Idea/Chapter Preview
 * Video Preview, "Forces"
 * ASSIGNMENT: "The Nature of Force GR" due TUESDAY [[file:The Nature of Force GR.pdf]] [[file:The Nature of Force RR.pdf]]

__** 3-24-15 Tues **__
 * Announcements **
 * "The Nature of Force GR" due TODAY


 * Today **
 * Read/discuss pp 36-39
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Friction and Gravity GR" due FRIDAY [[file:Friction and Gravity GR.pdf]]

__** 3-27-15 Friday **__
 * Announcements **
 * "Friction and Gravity GR" due TODAY

**Today**
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Mass, Weight, and Gravity" due MONDAY [[file:Mass, Weight, and Gravity.PDF]]

__**3-30-15 Mon**__
 * Announcements**
 * I have pushed back the due date for "Mass, Weight, and Gravity" until tomorrow, Tuesday, so I can be here to talk about that assignment with you.


 * Today**
 * We begin our discussion of Newton's Laws by viewing this instructional video: [|"The Mechanical Universe: Newton's Laws"]

__** 4-1-15 Wed **__
 * Today **
 * Continuing our discussion of friction and gravity in the book, pp 44-49.
 * Here are the videos that will illustrate some of out discussion:

Singing on the Moon media type="youtube" key="wo3-fuYKWB4" width="420" height="315"

Bunny Hopping on the Moon media type="youtube" key="HKdwcLytloU" width="420" height="315"

Falling on the Moon I media type="youtube" key="n-Lx3PxVU0o" width="420" height="315"

Falling on the Moon II media type="youtube" key="Roee6DmiRek" width="420" height="315"

Twinkle Toes! media type="youtube" key="ZP7AVBdJYOg" width="420" height="315"

__**4-2-15 Thur**__
 * Today **
 * Free fall and terminal velocity
 * ASSIGNMENT: **"__Friction and Gravity RR__" due TUESDAY [[file:Friction and Gravity RR.PDF]]**
 * __**QUIZ** **TUESDAY**__ (Friction and Gravity)

Free fall? Watch it demonstrated in the world's biggest vacuum chamber! media type="youtube" key="E43-CfukEgs" width="560" height="315"

Here is the Apollo astronauts version of a similar experiment on the moon. media type="youtube" key="03SPBXALJZI" width="420" height="315"

Interested in learning more about Felix Baumgartner's record-breaking fall to earth? Here is the official website: [|Felix Baumgartner's Jump from Space]

New first-person video of Felix's amazing jump! media type="custom" key="27371772"

__**4-7-15 Tues**__
 * Announcements**
 * "Friction & Gravity RR" due TODAY
 * "Friction & Gravity Quiz" TODAY


 * Today **
 * Discuss Felix B.'s fall to Earth
 * Projectile motion, pg 50 in your book
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Newton's First and Second Laws GR" due THURSDAY

MythBusters help us understand the principles behind projectile motion. "Bullet Fired/Dropped" media type="youtube" key="D9wQVIEdKh8" width="560" height="315"

__**4-8-15 Wed**__
 * Announcements**
 * "Newton's First and Second Laws GR"' due THURSDAY [[file:Newton's First and Second Laws GR.pdf]] [[file:Newton's First and Second Laws RR.pdf]]


 * Today **
 * Begin discussion of Newton's Laws. Here's an introduction: [|"Laws of Motion"]
 * Discover Activity, page 51
 * Read/discuss pp 51-52

__** 4-9-15 Thur **__
 * Announcements **
 * "Newton's First and Second Laws GR" is due TODAY


 * Today **
 * See Newton's First Law of Motion in action as you learn to master the old "pull the tablecloth out from under the dishes" trick! [[file:Newton's 1st and 2nd Law LAB.PDF]]
 * [[file:Newton's 2nd Law Practice Problems.PDF]]

__**4-15-15 Wed**__
 * Announcements**
 * Make sure your "Newton's 1st and 2nd Law LAB" is turned in!
 * "Practice Problems for Newton's Second Law" is due TODAY


 * Today**
 * Let's spend some time reviewing Newton's 1st and 2nd laws of motion with some help from astronauts aboard the International Space Station!
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Newton's Third Law of Motion GR due FRIDAY [[file:Newton's 3rd Law GR.pdf]] [[file:Newton's 3rd Law RR.pdf]]

Newton's First Law of Motion: The Law of Inertia media type="youtube" key="Q0Wz5P0JdeU" width="560" height="315"

Newton's Second Law of Motion: force, Mass, and Acceleration media type="youtube" key="WzvhuQ5RWJE" width="560" height="315"

http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/ISSRG/
 * If you are curious about the International Space Station, check out this interactive feature from NASA:**

Fascinated by how matter acts in a micro-gravity environment? Check this out! media type="youtube" key="lMtXfwk7PXg" width="560" height="315"

__**4-16-15 Thur**__


 * Announcements**
 * REMEMBER: "Newton's Third Law GR" is due FRIDAY

media type="youtube" key="PrJnWTcW55s" width="420" height="315"
 * Today**
 * Newton's 3rd Law of Motion, pp 55-57 in your book.
 * See what happens when you ignore Newton's 3rd law in outer space:

__**4-17-15 Fri**__
 * Announcements**
 * "Newton"s Third Law GR" is due TODAY

**Today**
 * "What is a Newton? LAB. Begin data collection today and continue working on this Monday
 * Lab is due to be completed and turned in on TUESDAY

__** 4-20-15 Mon **__
 * Today **
 * Continue working on the lab. We will discuss in class how to complete the graph and answer the questions.
 * ** LAB DUE TUESDAY **


 * __ 4-21-15 Tues __**
 * Announcements **
 * "What is a Newton?" lab collected today


 * Today **
 * Review pp 55-57 in your book
 * Newtons' Third Law of Motion demonstrated on the ISS courtesy of ESA

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 * ** MOMENTUM, pg 58 in your book. **
 * ** ASSIGNMENT: "Math Skills/Concept Map" due THURSDAY [[file:Newtons Laws MathSkillsConceptMap.PDF]] **


 * __ 4-22-15 Wed __**
 * Announcements**
 * REMEMBER: "Math Skills/Concept Map" is due THURSDAY

media type="youtube" key="BiLq5Gnpo8Q" width="560" height="315"
 * Today **
 * More discussion about Newton's Third Law and the Law of Conservation of Momentum (pp 59-61)
 * Watch Newton's Cradle for fun:

media type="youtube" key="OuA-znVMY3I" width="560" height="315"
 * And watch Newton's cradle on a BIG SCALE!!

> [|Interactive Newton's Cradle]. ENJOY! >
 * Now have some fun with Newton's Cradle on your own:
 * ** HAPPY EARTH DAY!! Take this quiz to discover your ecological footprint! [|Footprint Calculator] **
 * ** ASSIGNMENT: "Rockets and Satellites GR" due MONDAY [[file:Rockets and Satellites GR (2).PDF]] **

__**4-23-15 Thur**__
 * Announcements**
 * "Math Skills/Concept Map" due TODAY
 * REMEMBER: "Rockets and Satellites GR" due MONDAY

media type="youtube" key="cP_OM5VVcSo" width="560" height="315"
 * Today **
 * Page 64. Who is Homer Hickam??

media type="youtube" key="phNOGnTnXy4" width="420" height="315"
 * Read and discuss pp 65-66, Satellite motion.
 * Zero Gravity Classroom

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 * Riding the Vomit Comet!!

__**4-24-15 Fri**__
 * Announcements**
 * "Rockets and Satellites GR" due MONDAY


 * Today **
 * [|"Newton's Laws Virtual Lab"]

__**4-27-15 Mon**__
 * Announcements**
 * "Rockets and Satellites GR" due TODAY
 * ** TEST WEDNESDAY **


 * Today**

Centripetal force: media type="youtube" key="PBpe_LLlQJw" width="560" height="315"


 * **WORK ON YOUR NOTE CARDS FOR THE TEST!**

__**4-28-15 Tues**__


 * **Review for the test TOMORROW**


 * __4-29-15 Wed__**


 * EARLY DISMISSAL -- Show me your note card and then get started on the test. I WILL COLLECT YOUR TEST IF YOU DO NOT FINISH TODAY

__**4-30-15 Thur**__


 * Intro Chapter 5 -- "Energy"
 * Video Preview -- "Energy"
 * ASSIGNMENT: "What is Energy? GR" due MONDAY [[file:What is Energy GR.pdf]] [[file:What is Energy RR.pdf]]
 * ** FINISH THE TEST AND TURN IT IN. **


 * __5-1-15 Fri__**
 * Announcements**
 * REMEMBER: "What is Energy GR" due MONDAY


 * Today**
 * Hand back tests and discuss
 * Pgs 144-147 in your book

Potential and Kinetic Energy media type="youtube" key="Ehx1P4adv6I" width="560" height="315"


 * __5-4-15 Mon__**
 * Announcements**
 * "What is Energy GR" due TODAY


 * Today**
 * Review potential and kinetic energy:

media type="youtube" key="7K4V0NvUxRg" width="420" height="315"


 * Read pp 148-150 in your book.
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Forms of Energy GR" due WEDNESDAY [[file:Forms of Energy GR.pdf]]

__**5-5-15 Tues**__ Forms of energy: media type="youtube" key="_v0sSw2sHKg" width="420" height="315"
 * Announcements**
 * REMEMBER : "Forms of Energy GR" due WEDNESDAY
 * Today**


 * Forms of energy. pp 151-155
 * Calculating mechanical energy, pg 153

__**5-6-15 Wed**__
 * Announcements**
 * "Forms of Energy GR" due TODAY
 * Today**
 * Pages 158-159 in your book.
 * ** ASSIGNMENT: "Energy Transformations and Conservation GR" due FRIDAY [[file:Energy Transformations GR.pdf]] ** [[file:Energy Transformations RR.pdf]]

__**5-7-15 Thur**__
 * Announcements**
 * REMINDER: "Energy Transformations and Conservation GR" due TOMORROW

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 * Today **
 * Pages 160-161 in the book
 * Bill Nye on energy transformations:


 * Video Field Trip

__**5-8-15 Fri**__
 * Announcements**
 * "Energy Transformations and Conservation GR" due TODAY

**Today**
 * **ASSIGN: Chapter Review pp 171-173, #1-10, 11-13, 16-25, 1-5. DUE MONDAY**


 * __5-11-15 Mon__**
 * Announcements**
 * "Energy" chapter review due TODAY


 * Today **
 * Review for the test which is TOMORROW!!

__** 5-13-15 Wed **__
 * Today **
 * "What is Life?" reading and discussion on the board
 * Video: "The Basics of Biology: What is Life?"
 * **ASSIGNMENT: "Living or Non-Living?" due THURSDAY** [[file:What is Life - Living or Non.PDF]]

__**5-14-15 Thur**__
 * Announcements**
 * "Living or Non'Living?" due TODAY

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 * Today **
 * Recall/refine list of characteristics of living things from yesterday. Can we improve that list?
 * Bill Nye furthers our understanding (as always!)


 * "Living Things" Video Preview
 * Project/discuss section one from "Living Things"

__**5-15-15 Fri**__
 * Today**
 * **ASSIGNMENT: "What Is Life? GR" due __MONDAY__. You can use the class period to work on this using the chromebooks. [[file:What Is Life GR.pdf]]**

__**5-19-15 Tues**__
 * Announcements**
 * Take the time to check your grades on Infinite Campus. Some of you owe me at least one assignment!!


 * Today **
 * After we take the video quiz from yesterday, watch this Brain Pop movie:[|The 6 Kingdoms of Life]
 * What are some of the characteristics of living things that scientists consider when they classify organisms?
 * Complete this table, [[file:The Six Kingdoms.pdf]] using this as your guide: [[file:6 Kingdoms of Life PPT.pdf]]

__**5-20-15 Wed**__
 * Announcements**
 * Keep track of your "6 Kingdoms" page. Keep it until I ask you to turn it in.


 * Today**
 * Video preview and field trip
 * Dichotomous Keys - explain and explore
 * QUIZ - "Living Things Quiz 1"
 * ASSIGNMENT: [[file:Taxonomy Int. Graphics.pdf]] due FRIDAY.
 * ASSIGNMENT: [[file:Pameshan Creatures.PDF]] due TUESDAY

__**5-21-15 Thur**__
 * Announcements**
 * Be nice to your sub while I'm canoeing with t he 6th grade!


 * Today**
 * "Silly Science" classification lab.

__**5-22-15 Fri**__
 * Announcements **
 * Turn in you "Silly Science" lab if you haven''t already done so.


 * Today**
 * ASSIGNMENT: [[file:Classifying Organisms GR.PDF]] due TUESDAY.

__**5-26-15 Tues**__
 * Announcements**
 * "Pamishan Creatures" AND "Classifying Organisms GR" due TODAY
 * Today**
 * Work the rest of class on any late assignments you may have. All caught up = Study Hall!

__**5-27-15 Wed**__
 * Announcements**
 * Keep checking Infinite Campus to see if you have all of your science assignments turned in!


 * Today**
 * More on classification. Visit this [|Classification of Life] webpage to complete this webquest: [[file:Classification of Life WebQuest.PDF]]

__**5-28-15 Thur**__
 * Announcements**
 * Keep working on the "Classification Of Life" webquest. FINISH AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!
 * Today**
 * [|"Virtual Earthworm Dissection Lab"]. Begin working on this as soon as you are finished with the Classification webquest. [[file:Virtual Earthworm Dissection Lab.PDF]]
 * ** BOTH OF THESE SHOULD BE FINISHED BY THE END OF CLASS ON FRIDAY! **

__**5-29-15 Fri**__

Keep working to finish the "Classifying Organisms" AND "Virtual Earthworm Dissection".

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