8th Grade Science
Directory ...
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Week 1
Sept 6-9:
“Getting
to Know You”
Lab Safety Powerpoint:
click here
ABC's of Sci/ Lect 1:
click here
Parent / Student Info Sheet: pdf
District Syllabus: pdf
Student Syllabus: pdf
Student Notebook: pdf
Me Myself & Science:pdf
Safety Booklet:pdf
ABC Lect 1 Notes: pdf
Email Me for Tuesday Night for extra credit!
MrsG9064@aol.com
Parent / Student info sheet Due: Thursday
Me Myself & Science Due:
Thursday
Lab Safety Booklet Work Completed & Signed Due: Mon
WE NEED POPCORN!!
5 Extra Credit Points for bringing some in !!!
...........................8th
Grade CA State Science Standards: Investigation and Experimentation
..............................................Scientific progress is made
by asking meaningful questions and conducting careful investigations.
As a basis for understanding this concept and
addressing the content in the other three strands, students should develop
their own questions and perform investigations. Students will:
1. Plan
and conduct a scientific investigation to test a hypothesis.
2. Evaluate the
accuracy and reproducibility of data.
3. Distinguish between variable
and controlled parameters in a test.
4. Recognize the slope of the linear
graph as the constant in the relationship y=kx and apply this principle
in interpreting graphs constructed from data.
5. Construct appropriate
graphs from data and develop quantitative statements about the relationships
between variables.
6. Apply simple mathematic relationships to determine a
missing quantity in a mathematic expression, given the two remaining
terms
.......................
(including speed = distance/time, density = mass/volume, force
= pressure × area,
volume = area × height).
7. Distinguish between linear and nonlinear
relationships on a graph of data
Sept 12-16:
Measuring Metric
& The Scientific Method
ABC's
of Sci/Lect 2:
click here
Popcorn Lect:click here
Scientific Method/Popcorn Lab Bk: pdf
Popcorn Results: pd 2,3,5,6: pdf
Safety Take Home Test (in booklet) Due Mon
Popcorn Lab Completed Due: Mon Sept 19
Sept 19-23:
GPS Technology Training-
Wed Night is Open House!
Click here
Lab: Metric Volume: Block 1: pdf Print
for EC
GPS handout
Popcorn Lab Due Mon Sept 19
Metric Measurement, Sci method & Safety Final Exam Block 1 CANCELED. Lab instead!
Sept 27-Oct 1
GPS Week!
We need 9 Parent Helpers for each class!
AWESOME WEEK!!! Thank you, Parents for your help!
Photos are now online! click here
..........................Each of the more than 100 elements of matter has distinct properties and a distinct atomic structure.
.................. .................All forms of matter are composed of one or more of the elements. As a basis for understanding this concept:
1.Students know the structure of the atom and know it is composed of protons, neutrons, and electrons.
2. Students know that compounds are formed by combining two or more different elements and that compounds have properties that are different from their constituent elements.
3. Students know atoms and molecules form solids by building up repeating patterns, such as the crystal structure of NaCl or long-chain polymers.
4. Students know the states of matter (solid, liquid, gas) depend on molecular motion.
5. Students know that in solids the atoms are closely locked in position and can only vibrate; in liquids the atoms and molecules are more loosely connected and can collide with and
.................. move past one another; and in gases the atoms and molecules are free to move independently, colliding frequently.
6.Students know how to use the periodic table to identify elements in simple compounds.
Week 5
Oct 3-7 Chp2:
Properties of Matter
Holt
BLUE Book: Pg 34-57
lect 2: matter: ppt
lect 3: density: ppt
FALL SYLLABUS: CHP 2,3,3,12: pdf
lect 1&2: pdf
lect 3&4: pdf
Chp 2: Little Book of Matter: homework: pdf
Lab: Volume: Gummy Bear: pdf
Wk 5 & 6: Oct 3-14: Chp2 Properties
of Matter:
READ: Blue Holt Book: pg 34-57 (needed for Little Book Hwk)
Click here if you need the Chp2 reading: pdf
Chp 2: Little Book home work due dates:
Hwk: Pg 1-6 due Wed Oct 5: period 2
Hwk: Pg 1-6 due Thur Oct 6: periods 3, 5 & 6
Oct 10-14: Chp2: Properties of Matter
Holt BLUE Book: Pg 34-57
Chp2 LECTURE/LAB NB
Cover Sheet: pdf
lect 4: bouyancy:ppt
lect 5: density lab: ppt
Virtual Lab: why do things float click
here
Crushing lab site: click
here
Crushing Lab/Density Problems: pdf
Density Lab Handout: pdf
The entire Little Book will be due on Fri Oct 14.
(remember
you get to use this on the test!!)The final exam for Chp 2 will be
Fri Oct 14. The science notebook containing lecture notes
/labs for CHp2 will be due on Mon Oct 17th
for ALL classes.
Science Notebook Cover Sheet: pdf .
Hwk: Pg 13-16 due Tue Oct 11: pds 2 &
3 /Wed: 5&6
Hwk: Pg 7-10 due Wed Oct 12: pd 2 / Thur: periods 3, 5 & 6
FINAL EXAM Chp2: FRIDAY (Oct 14)
Chp 2 Notebook Cover: pdf
... Chem/Physical Worksheet: pdf
LABS/LECTURE Notebook: DUE Monday Oct 17th
WE NEED SUPPLIES!! Extra credit! zip
lock baggies (gallon/quart), rock salt, sugar, WHOLE milk, ICE, spoons
Week 7
Oct 17-21:
Chp3: States of Matter Holt BLUE Book:Pg 58-79
REVISED SYLL:
NO MIN. DAY/ Reg Week
lect 1: 5 states of matter: ppt
lect 2: Changes of State: ppt
Lect 3: Slime Lab: ppt
Lect 4: Ice Cream Lab: ppt
........................Extra credit Printing!
Lect 1: pdf .......Lect 2: pdf............BrainPop
HO: pdf
Slime Lab: pdf ..... Ice Cream Lab: pdf
Phase Lab Charles's Law/ Worksheet: pdf
............Handouts NOT for extra credit,
............but here if you need them!
Chp 3 Little Book: pdf ..... Chp3
Holt Reading: pdf
Chapter
2 LECTURE/LAB NB DUE Monday
WE NEED SUPPLIES!! Extra credit!
zip lock baggies (gallon/quart),
rock salt, sugar, WHOLE milk, ICE,
spoons
Progress Notices Distributed Friday Oct 21
Chp 3 Little Book Hwk:ALL CLASSES: Pg 1-7 for Fri,
Pg 8-12 for Mon
Oct 24-28
Chp 4: Elements Compounds & Mixtures
Holt Bk: 80-103
Lect1:Elements& Compds:ppt
Lect2: Mixtures:ppt
Lect3:
Homo/heterogenous
compounds: ppt
CATAPULT into Engineering
flyer sponsored by Ratheon:pdf
..........Extra
credit Printing!
Lecture Notes: Lect 1 / Lect
2 / Lect 3
Brain Pops:
Labs: Mixtures / Investigate
Labs
........Handouts
NOT for extra credit,
............but here if you need them!
Chp 4 Little Book: pdf ...... Chp4 Holt Reading: pdf
Chp3 Little Book Hwk: Pg8-12 due Mon (24)
Chp4 Little Book pgs 1-4 Due Blk 2 this week
Pg 5-8 Due next Monday (Oct 31)
Unite Exam next Week: Chp 2-3-4
Lab / Lect NB Chp 3 & 4 Due on Blk Day 1
(
which is also Test Day)
Oct 31- Nov 4
Chp 2/3/4
Unit Final Exam
Mon: Jeopardy/
Completed Little Bk 4 Due
Powerpoints:
Lect 1: click here
Lect 2: click
here
Lect 3: click
here
NB DUE 1st Block Day
Print these for Extra Credit!!!
Lect Notes:Lect 1 /Lect 2 & Lect 3 /
.Handouts NOT for extra credit,
......but here if you need them!
CHp 12 Little Book: pdf ...Chp12 Holt Reading: pdf
Chp 12 Little Book Pages 1-4 Due on Friday Nov4
REVISED TURN IN HOMEWORK DATES
Little Bk Chp12: Pgs 5-12 Due Monday (Nov7)
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......................................8th
Grade CA State Science Standards: The Periodic Table
......Periodic
Table: The organization of the periodic table is based
on the properties of the elements and reflects the structure of atoms.
1. Students know how to identify regions corresponding
to metals, nonmetals, and inert gases.
2. Students know each element
has a specific number of protons in the nucleus (the atomic number)
and each isotope of the element has a different but specific number
of neutrons in the nucleus.
3. Students know substances can be classified
by their properties, including their melting temperature, density,
hardness, and thermal and electrical conductivity.
Nov 7-11
Chp 12: Atoms
Chp 13: Periodic Table
No School Friday:
Veterans Day Nov 11
Class Schedule:
Normal Mon-Thu periods
Powerpoints:
Chp12: Lect 4: click here
Chp13: ppt
..........Extra
credit Printing!
Chp12 Lect 4 notes: pdf
Chp13 Lect 1 Periodic Table notes: pdf
.............Handouts
NOT for extra credit,
...............but here if you need them!
Chp 13 Little Book: pdf ...Chp13
Holt Reading: pdf
Understanding the Periodic Table:pdf
Little Bk: Chp 13 Bite Size Lab
Link: click here
REVISED
TURN IN HOMEWORK DATES
Little Bk Chp12: Pgs 5-12
Due Monday (Nov7)
Pgs 2-5 due Block Day2 (pd2: Wed / pd 3,5,6: Thur Nov 10)
Pgs
6-11 due: Mon Nov 14: ALL Classes
Pgs 12-16 due: Block Day1 NEXT WEEK :
Tues: Pd2,3... Wed:
Pd 5,6
Nov 14-18
Final exam: CHP12 & 13
Atoms & Periodic Table
UNIT
FINAL EXAM!
CHP 12 & 13
Review: Block 1 Final: Block 2
Notebooks Due: Test Day
Complete Little Book due block day 1.
.. .. NB TURN IN ON TEST DAY
Rock Candy Extra Credit Fun over the holidays: PDF
Check out the Blue Man Group: Invent and instrument: click here
NO HOMEWORK OVER THANKSGIVING BREAK!
Do the extra credit: Clean up for mom/dad/grandma!!!!
......................................8th
Grade CA State Science Standards:Chemical Reactions
.........Chemical
Reactions: Chemical
reactions are processes in which atoms are rearranged into different
combinations of molecules.
1.
Students know: Reactant
atoms and molecules interact to form products with different
chemical properties.
2. Students know: The idea of
atoms explains the conservation of matter: In chemical reactions
the number of atoms stays the same no matter how they are
arranged, so their total mass stays the same.
3. Students know: Chemical reactions
usually liberate heat or absorb heat.
4. Students know: Physical processes
include freezing and boiling, in which a material changes
form with no chemical reaction.
5. Students know how to determine
whether a solution is acidic, basic, or neutral