Welcome
Welcome back!
Mr. Carpenter
8th grade science
Materials required
One spiral notebook
One folder
Writing utensils
Materials recommended
Colored pencils
Highlighters
Sharpies
And anything else that makes you a successful student
Books will be sent home
Phones, if a phone is an educational tool, then it is acceptable. If the phone is a distracting toy, then it is unacceptable.
Names must be on the board if you choose to use the restroom
Water and snacks are permitted as long you are not ostentatious
8/26
welcome back, get books, make lab groups
8/27
review scientific method, bubble gum lab
8/28
continue with scientific method, ice cube lab
8/29
start google classroom. lessons on scientific method
9/3
start reading chapter 4. start speed lab
9/4
journal questions from yesterday's reading. finish speed lab
9/5
start reading 4.2 on graphing. start and maybe finish 2nd speed lab
9/6
journal questions, read the rest of 4.2. mythbusters exploding house
9/9
acceleration demo, what's the difference between a speed graph and an acceleration graph. notes on 4.1 and 4.2 TEST IS SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY 9/16
9/10
acceleration lab. start reading 4.3
9/11
continue acceleration lab. continue reading 4.3. I am going to postpone the test on chapter 4 to TUESDAY!
9/12
Finish reading 4.3. free fall demonstration. finish acceleration lab. THURSDAY NIGHT HOMEWORK is guided reading for 4.2.
9/13
Homework is due. journal questions, read the rest of 4.3. Projectile demo. Notes on 4.3
9/16
two part motion lab
9/17
take the chapter 4 test
9/18
chapter four journal quiz. open notes.
9/19
buzz o copter lab.
9/20
start chapter 5. intro forces. Bill Nye Gravity
9/23
what's a newton lab. continue with 5.1
9/24
finish what's a newton lab. read page 100, learn and practice vector diagrams
9/25
read 101, contact and non contact forces. gravity discussion. centripetal force demo.
9/26
contact v non contact forces. finish reading 5.1. THURSDAY NIGHT HOMEWORK. Guided reading for 5.1
9/27
homework is due. science court gravity
9/30
start 5.1. centripetal force demo, friction lab
10/1
continue with friction lab
10/2
friction in sports. read 109 to 110
10/3
second friction lab. thursday night home work. guided reading for 5.2
10/4
Turn in homework. finish 5.2. TEST ON CHAPTER 5 is next monday. 10/14. practice test are available
10/7
start 5.3. pendulum lab. What are the three truths of friction?
10/8
Journal questions. hovercraft demo. Microwaves and friction. continue reading 5.3
Notes on 5.2 and 5.3. Bingo.
10/9
Hovercraft. How does a microwave work.
10/10
Journal quiz . THURSDAY NIGHT HOMEWORK. guided reading for 5.3. pages 114 to 117
10/11
bill nye friction. extra credit opportunity
10/14
TEST ON CHAPTER 5!!!
10/15
intro to bridge projects
10/16
bridge projects
10/17
bridge projects
10/18
bridge projects
10/21
bridge projects
10/22
bridge projects
10/23
End of projects
10/24
did not finish projects!!!! No thursday night homework
10/25
half day > aims video on newton"s 3 laws
10/28
Absent, ,mythbusters
10/29
Absent, ,mythbusters
10/30
Gravity
10/31
Gravity
11/1
Gravity
11/4
Neutral buoyancy lab
11/5
out door pumpkin explosion
11/6
indoor pumpkin explosions
11/7
hidden figures
11/8
hidden figures
11/11
read 6.1 , eureka interia
11/12
SNOW DAY
11/13
Newton;'s 1st and 2nd law lab
11/14
read 6.2. Eulers inertia demo,. finish lab. Short video. THURSDAY NIGHT HOMEWORK. Guided reading 6.1 and 6.2
11/15
Half day. Turn in homework. Intro the Mouse Car Trap Challenge.
11/18
Mouse trap cars
11/19
Mouse trap cars
11/20
Mouse trap cars
11/21
Mouse trap cars
11/22
Mouse trap cars
11/25
Mouse trap cars. also Newton' s laws puzzles. Practice tests are available. TEST ON CHAPTER 6 is FRIDAY 12/6
11/26
Mouse trap cars. also Newton' s laws puzzles.
12/2.
Start 6.3 on newton's 3rd law.
12/3
Newtons 3rd law lab.
12/4
conclude chapter 6 with momentum.
12/5
I am gone at a conference. All classes work on science world.
12/6
TEST ON CHAPTER 6. 30 questions multiple choice
12/9
Trebuchet projects. read 7.1
12/10
Lever University. Trebuchet projects
12/11
Lever University. Trebuchet projects
12/12
Lever University. Trebuchet projects
12/13
Lever University. Trebuchet projects
12/15
Levers in movies. Trebuchet projects
12/16
Finish Trebuchet projects
12/17
watch the martian
12/18
Martian
12/19
1/2 day spirit assembly
1/6/19
welcome back. work riddle, read the rest of 7.1. Final exam information
50 questions multiple choice. practice tests are available
6 lever U
1 mystery lever.
1/7/20
Introduce potential and kinetic energy. pendulum demo. car jack demo.
1/8/20
journal questions. roller coaster lab
1/9/20
journal questions. finish roller coaster lab
1/10
kinetic energy in the movies
1/13
review for final
1/14
review for final
1/15
final
1/16
final
1/17
final
1/21
welcome to the second semester, get seats, get lab groups, start chapter 16
1/22
journal questions, learn to make circuit diagrams.
1/23
floating orb lab. finish reading 16.1. thursday night homework. guided reading for 16.1
1/24
snow day
1/27
turn in homework. read science world and answer questions
1/28
if students need ore time to complete yesterdays worksheet, they can have it . watch bill nye static electricity. watch science court electric currents
1/29
journal questions, how to make an electroscope. brainiacs electric fence. static butterfly lab
1./30.
start reading 16.2, first circuit lab
1/31
no school
2/3
finish lab
2/4
science world magazine and questions
2/5
war of currents. Telsa v Edison. AC v DC
2/6
continue with war of currents. three way switch lab
2/7
half day. electrical shock in movies
2/10
ohms law lab
2/11
practice measuring VIR using multimeters
2/12
finish reading 16.3. TEST ON CHAPTER 16 is thursday 2/20. practice test are available
2/13
notes on 16.2 and 16.3. circuit lab. THURSDAY NIGHT HOMEWORK. guided reading 16.3
2/14
practice circuit diagrams. finish circuit lab. HOMEWORK IS DUE. start reading 16.4
2/19
read the rest of 16.4 notes on 16.4. BINGO to review for test
2/20
journal quiz on chapter 16. mythbusters
2/21
start test on chapter 16. intro projects
2/24
finish test. work on projects
2/25
projects
2/26
projects
2/27
projects
2/28
projects
3/2
projects
3/3
projects
3/4
projects
3/5
projects
3/6
proejcts