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Eighth Grade Science 2021-22

Big Question

How do hurricanes form?

Objectives

  • Understand class expectations by completing the blanks in the syllabus.

  • Review weather and climate concepts through learning about hurricanes.

  • Identify different types of scientists.

  • Identify the location of safety equipment in the room on a map.

  • Give an example for each of the three types of scientific models.

  • Locate places on a map using coordinate systems.

  • Use computer-based maps to find geographic information.

Assignments

9/13 - Must have Science Notebook and a Chromebook or laptop

9/14 - Cyclone Simulator in-class

9/16 - Room Map with Room Map Items

9/24 - How do scientists forecast the weather? WS

9/28 - Quiz - Hurricanes and Weather

9/28 - Portfolio #1 signed, turned in with Notebook and KIMs

9/29 - Why Social Distancing WS while reading or listening to:

Why Outbreaks like the Corona Virus Spread Exponentially - washingtonpost.com

10/1 - Measuring Length Activity

10/6 - Google Earth Scavenger Hunt

Warm-ups

Warm-Ups should go on a left-hand page of your Science or Math Notebook:

  • Write today’s date and summarize the question.

  • Answer the question in a sentence or more.

  • Keep the notebook out to take notes.

9/8 - Describe something you did this summer that relates to science or engineering.

9/9 - How would you prepare for a hurricane winds, storm surge, and aftermath?

9/10 - What causes wind? What can cause differences in air pressure in the atmosphere? (Old ES pg. 402)

9/13 - Make a hypothesis - How does air pressure cause a suction cup to hold to the wall?

9/14 - A Lava Lamp works by a light bulb giving off heat to make convection currents inside. Make a step-by-step hypothesis of what is causing blobs to rise and fall inside a lava lamp. - Cyclone Simulator

9/15 - Find 9 safety problems in the on-screen picture.

9/16 - Find 6 safety problems in the on-screen picture.

9/17 - If you were a scientist or engineer, what kind would you be? What specific questions or problems would you be looking at?

Subjects this year

Maps & Models

Metric System

History of Astronomy

Gravity

Solar System

Stars & Galaxies

Force and Motion

Waves

Geologic Time

Earth History

Genes & Heredity

Natural Selection

9/20 - Current Surface Wind and Temperature - earth.nullschool.net On map taped into your notebook:

  1. Mark the high-pressure systems with a circled H.

  2. Mark the low-pressure systems with a circled L.

  3. Predict where the pressure systems will be tomorrow based on the Global Winds.

9/21 - Label all the changes of state between Solid, Liquid, and Gas.

9/22 - From Meteorologist Ryan Davidson Explains Weather Maps - youtube.com

      • What direction are Cold Fronts usually going?

      • What direction are Warm Fronts usually going?

      • What kind of weather is usually seen around Cold Fronts?

      • Why do High Pressures usually have nice weather?

9/23 - Make a surface weather map from data shown on:

Current Surface Wind and Temperature - earth.nullschool.net

  1. Mark the high-pressure systems with an H.

  2. Mark the low-pressure systems with an L.

  3. Mark each front you see with a line.

  4. Mark lines you think are cold fronts with triangles and warm fronts with half circles in the direction of the wind.

  5. Compare your map with Current US Surface Weather Map - weather.com

9/24 - Same as above. How has it changed from the day before?

SciJinks - How does a hurricane form? - jpl.nasa.gov

9/29 - List all the units in the metric system you know for: length, volume, mass and temperature. (Old ES pgs. 22-25)

9/30 - Which shots are more accurate? Which shots are more precise?

Keywords

Engineering

*Summary

*Air pressure (Old ES pg. 393)

Hypothesis

*Convection current (Old ES pg. 399)

*Hemisphere

*Coriolis effect

*Global Winds

Jet Stream

*Humidity

*Climate

*Rain Shadow (Old ES pg. 456)

*Model (Old ES pg. 18)

*Mathematical Model (Old ES pg. 19)

Accuracy

Precision

*Latitude

parallels (Old ES pgs. 37-38)

meridians

coordinates

*Map Projection

*Distortion

10/5 - What are three different types of map projections? How is each made? (Old ES pgs. 40-42)


- In your notebook put the date and summarize the questions before answering.

  • What does it mean if two sets of data are in Direct Proportion to one another?

  • What would a directly proportional graph look like?

Resource: Direct Proportion - zonalandeducation.com

How can we see light from things traveling faster than the speed of light away from us? Veritasium: Misconceptions About the Universe - youtube.com

      • Hubble Sphere

      • Particle Sphere

Google Earth Link

-Look at the abbreviation list and pick out 5 abbreviations you could use when taking notes.

Websites

Coordinates and Navigation

Google Earth - google.com - Google Earth shows satellite pictures intermixed with a variety of other data.

Terrestrial Coordinate Explorer - astro.unl.edu - Allows you to quickly find a place on the globe using Latitude and Longitude.

Magnet and Compass - phet.colorado.edu - Explore how a magnet works.

Virtual Compass - digitalarena.co.uk - Test your compass skills.

Outdoor Navigation with Map and Compass - whatcom.wsu.edu

Magnetic Declination - ngdc.noaa.gov - Magnetic declination


Note Taking

Note taking Expectations:

      • Everyone needs to have a paper notebook for science.

      • Everyone needs to find the best way to take notes. This can be online or in a paper notebook.

      • Even if you take your notes online, you will need to write in the paper notebook the date, summary of the objectives and location of your notes.

      • You are expected to annotate and review your notes during asynchronous time before the next class period.

Common Note-taking Methods - utc.edu - Summaries of the Cornell, Outlining, Mapping, Charting, and Sentence methods.

How can I take notes when using Zoom? - tuftsedtech.screenstepslive.com - How to take notes online by arranging your screen.