Welcome to 8th Grade Science!
I am excited for a year of learning and exploring the world of science with all of you. Below you will find our classwork and any homework for the current week. You can also scroll down to find assignments and lessons from previous weeks.
If you ever have questions, comments, or ideas, please feel free to email me at [email protected].
I am excited for a year of learning and exploring the world of science with all of you. Below you will find our classwork and any homework for the current week. You can also scroll down to find assignments and lessons from previous weeks.
If you ever have questions, comments, or ideas, please feel free to email me at [email protected].
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Week 1:
- Monday 6/3 (Math EOG/EOC) - Last minute review and questions
- Homework - Rest well for the Science EOG tomorrow. Good luck!
- Tuesday 6/4 (Science EOG) - Plan a Vacation
- Homework - None
- Wednesday 6/5 (Reading EOG) - Plan a Vacation
- Homework - None
- Thursday 6/6 (Social Studies NCFE) - Plan a Vacation
- Homework - None
- Friday 6/7 (Make up EOGs) - Plan a Vacation
- Homework - None
Week 40:
- Monday 5/27 - No School -- Memorial Day
- Tuesday 5/28 - Turn in EOG Review Questions, Overall Homework Assignment with EOG Periodic Table
- Homework - Finish Overall Homework Assignment, Review for EOG
- Wednesday 5/29 - Go over Overall Homework Assignment with Answer Key, EOG Tutorial
- Homework - Review for EOG
- Thursday 5/30 - Go over Released Online Science EOG with Answer Key
- Homework - Review for EOG
- Friday 5/31 - Kahoot EOG Review
- Homework - Science EOG on Tuesday (9/4)
Week 39:
- Monday 5/20 - EOG Review Questions #58-76
- Homework - Review for EOG
- Tuesday 5/21 - EOG Review Questions #77-110
- Homework - Finish Create an Organism
- Wednesday 5/22 - Released Online Science EOG
- Homework - Review for EOG
- Thursday 5/23 - EOG Review Questions #111-145
- Homework - Review for EOG
- Friday 5/24 - EOG Review Questions #146-155, Shad Post-Survey, Check Study Guide with Mr. Lanner and Ms. Smith
- Homework - Finish EOG Review Questions (due Tuesday), Review for EOG
Week 38:
- Monday 5/13 - Finish Oh Deer! with Lab Sheet, Read Energy in the Food Pyramid, Abiotic and Biotic Factors Slides and Sheet
- Homework - Finish Abiotic and Biotic Factors Sheet
- Tuesday 5/14 - Create an Organism
- Homework - Finish Create an Organism
- Wednesday 5/15 - EOG Review Questions #1-11
- Homework - Review for EOG
- Thursday 5/16 - EOG Review Questions #12-37
- Homework - Review for EOG
- Friday 5/17 - EOG Review Questions #38-57
- Homework - Review for EOG
Week 37:
- Monday 5/6 - Photosynthesis and Respiration Slides and Notes, Virtual Lab
- Homework - Take Home Test due Friday, Photosynthesis and Respiration Sheet
- Tuesday 5/7 - Go over Photosynthesis and Respiration Sheet, Food and Nutrients
- Homework - Take Home Test due Friday, RAFT due Thursday
- Wednesday 5/8 - Vocabulary Concept Cards (Examples)
- Homework - Take Home Test due Friday, RAFT due tomorrow
- Thursday 5/9 - Turn in RAFT, Ecology Notes, Energy Pyramid
- Homework - Take Home Test due tomorrow
- Friday 5/10 - Turn in Take Home Test, Population Notes, Oh Deer! with Lab Sheet
- Homework - None
Week 36:
- Monday 4/29 - The Great Flood Activity with Graphic Organizer
- Homework - Relative Age Dating Activity due Thursday
- Tuesday 4/30 - Discuss Geologic Time Scale and complete foldable with textbook pp 335-353
- Homework - Relative Age Dating Activity due Thursday
- Wednesday 5/1 - NO SCHOOL -- Teacher Workday
- Thursday 5/2 - Discuss Relative Age Dating Activity. More Relative Age Dating, Butterfly Lab
- Homework - None
- Friday 5/3 - Discuss Geologic Time Scale, Biological Evolution Slides, Finding the Lucy Fossil Video
- Homework - Take Home Test due Friday (5/10)
Week 35:
- Monday 4/22 - NO SCHOOL -- Teacher Workday
- Tuesday 4/23 - Fossil Slides with Fossil Notes and Index Fossil Information
- Homework - Finding Clues to Rock Layers
- Wednesday 4/24 - Fish Dissections (1st & 2nd), Relative and Absolute Dating Video Clip, Faults and Intrusions Slides with Notes, Finish and go over Finding Clues to Rock Layers
- Homework - Complete Section Assessment on p. 329 #1-3 using Three Clues Notes due Friday
- Thursday 4/25 - Fish Dissections (5th & 6th), Relative and Absolute Dating Video Clip, Faults and Intrusions Slides with Notes, Finish and go over Finding Clues to Rock Layers
- Homework - Complete Section Assessment on p. 329 #1-3 using Three Clues Notes due tomorrow
- Friday 4/26 - Radioactive Dating
- Homework - None
Week 34:
- Monday 4/15 - NO SCHOOL -- Spring Break
- Tuesday 4/16 - NO SCHOOL -- Spring Break
- Wednesday 4/17 - NO SCHOOL -- Spring Break
- Thursday 4/18 - NO SCHOOL -- Spring Break
- Friday 4/19 - NO SCHOOL -- Spring Break
Week 33:
- Monday 4/8 - Introduce Shad Journal, Overview of the Shad Program, History of Shad
- Homework - None
- Tuesday 4/9 - Is It Time?, Dam Removal, Sort/Count Shad Eggs
- Homework - None
- Wednesday 4/10 - Life Cycle, Sort/Count Shad Eggs
- Homework - Shad Field Trip tomorrow! Bring lunch money and wear close toed shoes
- Thursday 4/11 (Shad Field Trip) - Pond Water, Turn in Shad Journal
- Homework - None
- Friday 4/12 - Kahoot EOG Review
- Homework - None
Week 32:
- Monday 4/1 - Natural Resources Quiz Review, How the Earth Was Made with Questions
- Homework - None
- Tuesday 4/2 - Evolution of Landforms and Lifeforms Standards, How the Earth Was Made with Questions
- Homework - None
- Wednesday 4/3 - Finish How the Earth Was Made with Questions, Did Dinosaurs Have Feathers?
- Homework - Did Dinosaurs Have Feathers? due Friday
- Thursday 4/4 - Geology Stations
- Homework - Did Dinosaurs Have Feathers? due tomorrow
- Friday 4/5 - Timeline Activity, Dig into Fossils
- Homework - None
Week 31:
- Monday 3/25 - Natural Resources Gallery Walk, Natural Resources Practice
- Homework - Study for open note Natural Resources Quiz (Thursday)
- Tuesday 3/26 - Study for Natural Resources Quiz
- Homework - Study for open note Natural Resources Quiz (Thursday)
- Wednesday 3/27 - Greensboro Field Trip
- Homework - Study for open note Natural Resources Quiz (tomorrow)
- Thursday 3/28 - BOP, Natural Resources Quiz
- Homework - None
- Friday 3/29 - No School -- Teacher Workday
Week 30:
- Monday 3/18 - BOP, Shad Pre-Survey, Discovery Education: Energy Sources
- Homework - None
- Tuesday 3/19 - BOP, Discovery Education: Energy Sources
- Homework - None
- Wednesday 3/20 - BOP, Natural Resources Slides with Notes and plan "Poster"
- Homework - None
- Thursday 3/21 - BOP, Natural Resources "Poster" with Gallery Walk
- Homework - None
- Friday 3/22 - Billions in Change Video with Questions
- Homework - None
Week 29:
- Monday 3/11 - BOP, Stem Cells Article #1 and Article #2 with Discussion
- Homework - Study for Diseases and Biotechnology Test (review guide due Thursday)
- Tuesday 3/12 - BOP, Diseases and Biotechnology Test Review
- Homework - Study for Diseases and Biotechnology Test (review guide due Thursday)
- Wednesday 3/13 - BOP, Diseases and Biotechnology Test Review with Kahoot and Discussion
- Homework - Study for Diseases and Biotechnology Test (review guide due tomorrow)
- Thursday 3/14 - Diseases and Biotechnology Test
- Homework - Bring earbuds for class tomorrow!
- Friday 3/15 - Ms. Smith not at school. Natural Resources with Questions and Crossword
- Homework - None
Week 28:
- Monday 3/4 - Hunger Games Essay and Peer Edits
- Homework - Work on Hunger Games Essay (due Friday), Progress Reports signed and missing work completed by Friday
- Tuesday 3/5 - Hunger Games Essay and Peer Edits
- Homework - Work on Hunger Games Essay (due Friday), Progress Reports signed and missing work completed by Friday
- Wednesday 3/6 - Hunger Games Essay and Peer Edits
- Homework - Work on Hunger Games Essay (due Friday), Progress Reports signed and missing work completed by Friday
- Thursday 3/7 - Shad Pre-Survey, Hunger Games Essay and Peer Edits
- Homework - Work on Hunger Games Essay (due tomorrow), Progress Reports signed and missing work completed by tomorrow
- Friday 3/8 (Early Release) - Finish Hunger Games Essay
- Homework - None
Week 27:
- Monday 2/25 - Check and Finish Bacteria Lab, Disease Detectives
- Homework - Complete Disease Detectives, Study for 8.L.1.1 Quiz (Thursday) & 8.L.1.2 Quiz (Friday)
- Tuesday 2/26 - Study for 8.L.1.1 Quiz & 8.L.1.2 Quiz, Biotechnology Part 1 Video Clip
- Homework - Study for 8.L.1.1 Quiz (Thursday) & 8.L.1.2 Quiz (Friday)
- Wednesday 2/27 - Biotechnology PPT with Notes, Heal, Feed, Sustain Video
- Homework - Study for 8.L.1.1 Quiz (tomorrow) & 8.L.1.2 Quiz (Friday)
- Thursday 2/28 - 8.L.1.1 Quiz, Mr. Green Genes with Stand Up, Hand Up, Pair Up Discussion, Ted Talk with Discussion, Glowing Germ
- Homework - 8.L.1.2 Quiz (tomorrow)
- Friday 3/1 - 8.L.1.2 Quiz, GM Mosquitoes
- Homework - Complete GM Mosquitoes
Week 26:
- Monday 2/18 - NO SCHOOL -- Teacher Workday
- Tuesday 2/19 - BOP, Infectious Diseases PPT with Notes
- Homework - Homework #3
- Wednesday 2/20 - BOP, Bacteria Lab, Eyes of Nye: Antibiotics with Questions
- Thursday 2/21 - BOP, Check Bacteria Lab, CDC: Solve the Outbreak
- Homework - None
- Friday 2/22 - BOP, Check Bacteria Lab, Pandemic 2 with Questions
Week 25:
- Monday 2/11 - BOP, Research Microorganisms
- Homework - Homework #1, Progress Reports signed and missing work completed by Friday
- Tuesday 2/12 - BOP, Finish and Discuss Research Microorganisms
- Homework - Homework #2, Progress Reports signed and missing work completed by Friday
- Wednesday 2/13 - BOP, Microbiology Slides with Notes
- Homework - Progress Reports signed and missing work completed by Friday
- Thursday 2/14 - BOP, Immunity and Vaccines Video, Finish Microbiology Slides with Notes, Textbook pp 498-501 with Questions #1-4
- Homework - Progress Reports signed and missing work completed by tomorrow
- Friday 2/15 (Early Release) - BOP, Antibiotic Resistance Video, I.D.E.A.
- Homework - None
Week 24:
- Monday 2/4 - BOP, Diseases and Biotechnology Standards, Zombies Are Real! Text Annotation and Discussion
- Homework - Test corrections (optional) due Thursday
- Tuesday 2/5 - BOP, Zombie Ant Video, Zombies Are Real Movie Poster
- Homework - Test corrections (optional) due Thursday
- Wednesday 2/6 - Finish Zombies Are Real Movie Posters, Monsters Inside Me
- Homework - Test corrections (optional) due tomorrow
- Thursday 2/7 - BOP, Small, Small World
- Homework - Complete Small, Small World
- Friday 2/8 - BOP, Virus Lab
- Homework - None
Week 23:
- Monday 1/28 - FAD Day and Chemistry Review
- Homework - FAD Day continues tomorrow, Study for Chemistry Test Thursday
- Tuesday 1/29 - FAD Day and Chemistry Review
- Homework - FAD Day continues tomorrow, Study for Chemistry Test Thursday
- Wednesday 1/30 - FAD Day and Chemistry Review
- Homework - Study for Chemistry Test tomorrow, Student-Made Kahoot
- Thursday 1/31 - Chemistry Test
- Homework - Test corrections (optional) due Thursday
- Friday 2/1 - Finish Chemistry Test, Test Corrections
- Homework - Test corrections (optional) due Thursday
Week 22:
- Monday 1/21 - NO SCHOOL -- Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- Tuesday 1/22 - BOP, Law of Conservation of Mass PPT with Notes, Law of Conservation of Mass Practice
- Homework - Finish Law of Conservation of Mass Practice, Lab tomorrow (wear close toed shoes), FAD Day Friday
- Wednesday 1/23 - BOP, Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide Lab
- Thursday 1/24 - BOP, Finish Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide Lab, Balancing Act
- Homework - FAD Day starts tomorrow
- Friday 1/25 - BOP, FAD Day and Chemistry Review
- Homework - FAD Day continues Monday, Chemistry Test Thursday
Week 21:
- Monday 1/14 - BOP, Periodic Table Sweet 16 Tournament, Finish Periodic Table Basics with Cards, Periodic Table Activities
- Homework - None
- Tuesday 1/15 - BOP, Prepare Metals, Nonmetals and Metalloids Poster for Gallery Walk
- Homework - None
- Wednesday 1/16 - Gallery Walk, Compounds, Mixtures, and Chemical Reactions PPT with Notes
- Homework - Finish Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures Notes Part 2, 3, & 4
- Thursday 1/17 - BOP, Nuts and Bolts Activity, Chemical Reactions Notes, Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures Practice
- Homework - FAD Day next week
- Friday 1/18 - BOP, Chemistry in a Bag
- Homework - Finish Chemistry in a Bag, FAD Day next week
Week 20:
- Monday 1/7 - BOP, Classification of Elements Reading
- Homework - Study for Elements Quiz #1
- Tuesday 1/8 - BOP, Elements Quiz #1, Periodic Table Families PPT with Notes and Periodic Table to Color
- Homework - Study for Elements Quiz #2
- Wednesday 1/9 - BOP, Elements Quiz #2, Periodic Table Practice
- Homework - Study for Elements Quiz #3
- Thursday 1/10 - BOP, Elements Quiz #3, Periodic Table Basics with Cards
- Homework - Study for Elements Quiz #4
- Friday 1/1 - BOP, Elements Quiz #4, Periodic Table Basics with Cards
- Homework - None
Week 19:
- Monday 12/31 - NO SCHOOL -- Winter Break
- Tuesday 1/1 - NO SCHOOL -- Winter Break
- Wednesday 1/2 - NO SCHOOL -- Winter Break
- Thursday 1/3 - BOP, Atomic Basics, Atomic Basics Notes
- Homework - Finish Atomic Basics #15-16
- Friday 1/4 - BOP, Atomic Structure Practice, Ions and Isotopes Notes
- Homework - None
Week 18:
- Monday 12/24 - NO SCHOOL -- Winter Break
- Tuesday 12/25 - NO SCHOOL -- Winter Break
- Wednesday 12/26 - NO SCHOOL -- Winter Break
- Thursday 12/27 - NO SCHOOL -- Winter Break
- Friday 12/28 - NO SCHOOL -- Winter Break
Week 17:
- Monday 12/17 - CSI Mystery Powder Lab (or CSI alternate assignment)
- Homework - Elements Weekly Packet due Wednesday
- Tuesday 12/18 - Discuss CSI Mystery Powder Lab
- Homework - Elements Weekly Packet due tomorrow
- Wednesday 12/19 - Atoms Family, Meet the Elements with Questions, The Periodic Table Song
- Homework - None
- Thursday 12/20 - Interactive Periodic Table
- Homework - None
- Friday 12/21 (Early Release) - Interactive Periodic Table, BFF Chemistry Gossip
- Homework - None
- Homework - None
- Monday 12/10 - NO SCHOOL due to Winter Storm Diego -- Make up day January 18th
- Tuesday 12/11 - NO SCHOOL due to Winter Storm Diego -- Make up day February 19th
- Wednesday 12/12 (3-Hour Delay) - Prepare for CSI Mystery Powder Lab
- Homework - Elements Weekly Packet due Wednesday
- Thursday 12/13 - CSI Mystery Powder Lab (or CSI alternate assignment)
- Homework - Elements Weekly Packet due Wednesday
- Friday 12/14 - Elements Article, Changes in Matter Word Search
- Homework - Complete CSI Mystery Powder Lab, Elements Weekly Packet due Wednesday
Week 15:
- Monday 12/3 - BOP, Solubility Notes, Solubility PPT
- Homework - Change of State Lab Report (or Describing Matter alternate assignment) due tomorrow, Matter Weekly Packet (due Friday), Wear closed toed shoes and have long hair pulled back tomorrow!
- Tuesday 12/4 - BOP, Specific Heat Lab (or Specific Heat alternate assignment)
- Homework - Specific Heat Lab Report (or Specific Heat alternate assignment) due tomorrow, Matter Weekly Packet (due Friday)
- Wednesday 12/5 - BOP, Physical & Chemical Properties PPT, Physical & Chemical Properties Video with Notes + Learning Check
- Homework - Matter Weekly Packet (due Friday)
- Thursday 12/6 - BOP, Exploring How Matter Changes with Data Sheet
- Homework - Matter Weekly Packet (due tomorrow)
- Friday 12/7 - BOP, Matter Webquest
- Homework - None
Week 14:
- Monday 11/26 - BOP, Hunting the Elements and Questions
- Homework - Test corrections (optional) due Monday
- Tuesday 11/27 - Hunting the Elements and Questions
- Homework - Test corrections (optional) due Monday
- Wednesday 11/28 - BOP, Finish Hunting the Elements and Questions, Introduction to Chemistry Standards and Word Sort
- Homework - Finish Word Sort and remember to wear closed toe shoes and have long hair pulled back!
- Thursday 11/29 - BOP, Change of State Lab (or Describing Matter alternate assignment if absent)
- Homework - Test corrections (optional) due Monday, Change of State Lab Report (or Describing Matter alternate assignment) due Tuesday
- Friday 11/30 - BOP, Finish and discuss Change of State Lab, Complete Conclusion and LOL
- Homework - Test corrections (optional) due Monday, Change of State Lab Report (or Describing Matter alternate assignment) due Tuesday
Week 13:
- Monday 11/19 - Hydrosphere Test
- Homework - None
- Tuesday 11/20 (Early Release) - Shape of the Ocean Floor, Hydrosphere Word Find
- Homework - None
- Wednesday 11/21 - NO SCHOOL -- Thanksgiving Break
- Thursday 11/22 - NO SCHOOL -- Thanksgiving Break
- Friday 11/23 - NO SCHOOL -- Thanksgiving Break
Week 12:
- Monday 11/12 - NO SCHOOL -- Veteran's Day
- Tuesday 11/13 - Ocean Quiz, Prepare for FAD Day and Hydrosphere Test
- Homework - FAD Day tomorrow and Thursday, Hydrosphere Test on Monday
- Wednesday 11/14 - FAD Day, Hydrosphere Test Review
- Homework - Hydrosphere Test on Monday
- Thursday 11/15 - FAD Day, Hydrosphere Test Review
- Homework - Hydrosphere Test on Monday
- Friday 11/16 - Kahoot
- Homework - Hydrosphere Test on Monday
- Monday 11/5 - BOP, 200 Meters Down Song, Lyrics and Questions, Textbook pp 187-203
- Homework - 200 Meters Down Questions due Wednesday
- Tuesday 11/6 (2-Hour Delay) - BOP, 200 Meters Down Paper Slide with Rubric and Peer Review, Textbook pp 187-203
- Homework - Paper Slide and 200 Meters Down Questions due tomorrow
- Wednesday 11/7 - Turn in Questions, Present 200 Meters Down Paper Slide
- Homework - Ocean Questions due Friday, Quiz Tuesday
- Thursday 11/8 - Picture Notes on Textbook pp 187-203
- Homework - Ocean Questions due tomorrow, Quiz Tuesday
- Friday 11/9 - BOP, Ocean Notes with Powerpoint (slides 29-50)
- Homework - Quiz Tuesday
Week 10:
- Monday 10/29 - BOP, Who Dirtied the Water? Lab
- Homework - None
- Tuesday 10/30 - BOP, Who Dirtied the Water? Lab
- Homework - None
- Wednesday 10/31 - BOP, Dry Ice Demo, The Shallow Seas with Questions
- Homework - None
- Thursday 11/1 - Who Dirtied the Water? Lab
- Homework - Water Filtration Lab Review due Monday
- Friday 11/2 - CORES Field Trip
- Homework - Water Filtration Lab Review due Monday
Week 9:
- Monday 10/22 - BOP, Water's Biotic Factors with Activities (Cards)
- Homework - None
- Tuesday 10/23 - BOP, Freshwater Test Review
- Homework - Freshwater Test on Thursday
- Wednesday 10/24 - BOP, Freshwater Test Review, Kahoot
- Homework - Test TOMORROW
- Thursday 10/25 - Freshwater Test
- Homework - None
- Friday 10/26 - Go over Freshwater Test
- Homework - None
Week 8:
- Monday 10/15 - Bottled vs Tap Water Debate with Sentence Starters
- Homework - None
- Tuesday 10/16 - BOP, Parts Per Million Lab, Stormwater Video with Questions
- Homework - None
- Wednesday 10/17 - BOP, Water Quality Indicators Slides with Guided Notes
- Homework - None
- Thursday 10/18 - BOP, Water's Abiotic Factors, Freshwater Studies Data Analysis
- Homework - None
- Friday 10/19 - BOP, Finish and Discuss Freshwater Studies Data Analysis, Freshwater Practice Questions
- Homework - None
Week 7:
- Monday 10/8 - BOP, Turn in "The Shallows" Questions, Water Pollution PPT (slides 18-27) with Notes, Think-Pair-Share about Water Pollution, How the Actions of Humans Threaten our Freshwater Video Clip
- Homework - None
- Tuesday 10/9 - BOP, Bottled vs Tap Water Research Day (Video Clip 1, Video Clip 2)
- Homework - Prepare for Debate on Thursday
- Wednesday 10/10 - BOP, Bottled vs Tap Water Research Day (Video Clip 1, Video Clip 2)
- Homework - Prepare for Debate MONDAY
- Thursday 10/11 - NO SCHOOL due to Hurricane Michael -- No Make up day
- Friday 10/12 - NO SCHOOL due to Hurricane Michael -- No Make up day
Week 6:
- Monday 10/1 - River Basin Project Directions, Booklet, Word Find
- Homework - River Basin Project due October 4
- Tuesday 10/2 - Chimney Swift Presentation
- Homework - River Basin Project due October 4
- Wednesday 10/3 - River Basin Project Directions, Booklet, Word Find
- Homework - River Basin Project due tomorrow
- Thursday 10/4 - The Shallows Song, Lyrics and Questions
- Homework - The Shallows Questions due Monday
- Friday 10/5 - The Shallows Song, Lyrics and Questions
- Homework - The Shallows Questions due Monday
Week 5:
- Monday 9/24 - Discovery Education Planet Earth: Freshwater with Questions
- Homework - Water Cycle Poem due tomorrow
- Tuesday 9/25 - BOP, Talk to the Text with Structure of the Hydrosphere PPT (slides 1-17), Discuss Remote Sensing and Ground Truthing
- Homework - None
- Wednesday 9/26 - BOP, River Basin Project Directions, Booklet, Word Find
- Homework - River Basin Project due October 4
- Thursday 9/27 - BOP, River Basin Project Directions, Booklet, Word Find
- Homework - River Basin Project due October 4
- Friday 9/28 - BOP, River Basin Project Directions, Booklet, Word Find
- Homework - River Basin Project due October 4
Week 4:
- Monday 9/17 - NO SCHOOL due to Hurricane Florence -- Make up day October 19th (Early Release extended to Full Day)
- Tuesday 9/18 - BOP, Properties of Water Quiz Review, Essentials of Life on Earth Video
- Homework - Study for Properties of Water Quiz, Can You Make a Paperclip Float? due Thursday, Signed Syllabus and Field Trips form due Thursday, Revise Penny Lab Report (if needed) due Friday
- Wednesday 9/19 - NO SCHOOL -- Yom Kippur
- Thursday 9/20 - Turn in completed Syllabus and Field Trips form, Properties of Water Quiz, Water Cycle Stations
- Homework - Water Cycle Poem due Tuesday, Revise Penny Lab Report (if needed) due Tomorrow
- Friday 9/21 - BOP, Distribution of Water on Earth, Read Textbook pp 65-73
- Homework - Section Assessment on p 73, Water Cycle Poem due Tuesday
Week 3:
- Monday 9/10 - BOP, Density Demonstration Video, Penny Lab, Turn in Density Discovery Education Board
- Homework - Finish Penny Lab due tomorrow, Finish Scientific Method Lab Report revision (if needed) due tomorrow
- Tuesday 9/11 - Discuss and Turn in Penny Lab Reports, Read Textbook pp 46-51, Review Syllabus and Field Trips form, Can You Make a Paperclip Float?
- Homework - Can You Make a Paperclip Float? due next Thursday, Signed Syllabus and Field Trips form due next Thursday
- Wednesday 9/12 - BOP, Myth Busters: Buoyancy Video Clip, Penny Boat Challenge
- Homework - Can You Make a Paperclip Float? due next Thursday, Signed Syllabus and Field Trips form due next Thursday
- Thursday 9/13 - NO SCHOOL due to Hurricane Florence -- Make up day October 31st
- Friday 9/14 - NO SCHOOL due to Hurricane Florence -- Make up day September 28th (Early Release extended to Full Day)
Week 2:
- Monday 9/3 - No school -- Labor Day
- Tuesday 9/4 - Turn in Scientific Method Lab Report, Discuss Length, Mass, and Volume, Begin Skills of a Scientist Lab
- Homework - None
- Wednesday 9/5 - BOP, Complete Skills of a Scientist Lab, Begin Gummy Bear Lab
- Homework - None
- Thursday 9/6 - BOP, Complete Gummy Bear Lab, Density Demonstrations
- Homework - None
- Friday 9/7 - BOP, Density Discovery Education Board, Discuss Scientific Method Lab Report revisions
- Homework - Finish Density Discovery Education Board due Monday, Revise Scientific Method Lab Report (if needed) due Tuesday
Week 1:
- Monday 8/27 - Ms. Smith not at school. Welcome activity, Science Introduction Video Clip, Thinking Science Demos
- Homework - "About Me" Covers due Friday
- Tuesday 8/28 - Ms. Smith not at school. What Does a Scientist Look Like? Activity, Skills of a Scientist
- Homework - "About Me" Covers due Friday
- Wednesday 8/29 - Ms. Smith's first day! Intro to Ms. Smith, Classroom Rules Discussion, Safety Discussion
- Homework - Safety Contract signed, Safety Quiz tomorrow, "About Me" Covers due Friday
- Thursday 8/30 - Safety Quiz, Scientific Method, Engineering Design Process, Student Science Notebook Format, Scientific Method Lab
- Homework - Prepare a hypothesis for Scientific Method Lab, "About Me" Covers due tomorrow
- Friday 8/31 - Turn in "About Me" Cover, Complete Scientific Method Lab
- Homework - Finish Scientific Method Lab Report due Tuesday