7th grade Accl and 8th Grade Lessons

7th GRADE ACCELERATED SCIENCE ONLY:

For the next two weeks:

Monday - 5/16 through Friday - 5/20 = AIR? and FOOD WEB PROJECT

Monday 5/23 = AIR?, and food web project

Tuesday 5/24 - AIR?, presentations

Wednesdays 5/25 - AIR?, FOLDERS ARE DUE and presentations

Thursday - Dinosaur movie

Friday - Presentations

8th Grade ONLY - 1st Period =

THE NEXT TWO WEEKS...

5/16 - Monday - AIR?, review, and work on/finish pedigree worksheet from Friday

5/17 - Tuesday - AIR?, review, and work on drawing pedigrees*due at bell!

5/18-5/20 - AIR?, and work on Kennywood packet

5/23 - Monday - AIR?, and Kennywood questions

5/24 - Tuesday - AIR? and Kennywood questions

5/25 - KENNYWOOD IS DUE AND FOLDERS ARE DUE!

5/26 - KENNYWOOD

5/27 - Last day of school:))

For the week of MAY 2-6

Standards: Diversity of species, a result of variation of traits, occurs through the process of evolution and extinction over many generations. The fossil records provide evidence that changes have occurred in number and types of species. 8.LS.2 Every organism alive today comes from a long line of ancestors who reproduced successfully every generation. .LS.3 The characteristics of an organism are a result of inherited traits received from parent(s)

Monday - AIR?, review, finish Human Genotype Lab and review for the test

Tuesday - TEST over Genetics

Weds - AIR?, review and begin pedigrees (basic information)

Thursday - AIR?, review, try basic pedigrees and HOMEWORK - pedigrees worksheet (20 points) and due Friday

Friday - AIR?, review, check/go over pedigrees and assign/begin the Food webs (different geologic times) for the 7th grade and roller coaster information for the 8th graders

Since there are 3 tests scheduled for tomorrow, May 5, I am CHANGING my test (yes, again) for Tuesday, May 10. I will have the students work on a Human Genetics packet/lab Thursday and Monday:)

For the week of MAY 2-6

Standards: Diversity of species, a result of variation of traits, occurs through the process of evolution and

extinction over many generations. The fossil records provide evidence that changes have occurred in number and types of species. 8.LS.2 Every organism alive today comes from a long line of ancestors who reproduced successfully every generation. .LS.3 The characteristics of an organism are a result of inherited traits received from parent(s)

Monday - AIR?, review, go over dihybrids/trihybrids from Friday and work on mutations/test cross worksheet **due tomorrow and is worth 20 points

Tuesday - AIR?, review, collect worksheet and work on the chapter review pages 325-327**due Wednesday**

Wednesday - AIR?, review, check/go over the chapter review and get ready for the test

Thursday - TEST - GENETICS

Friday - No school

the week of April 25-29

Standards:

8.LS.1 Diversity of species, a result of variation of traits, occurs through the process of evolution and

extinction over many generations. The fossil records provide evidence that changes have occurred in number and types of species. 8.LS.2 Every organism alive today comes from a long line of ancestors who reproduced successfully every generation. .LS.3 The characteristics of an organism are a result of inherited traits received from parent(s)

Monday - AIR?, review, go over the worksheet from Friday (sex-linked traits, multiple allele/blood type and dihybrid crosses** work on more dihybrid crosses

Tuesday - MATH AIR TEST

Wednesday - AIR, review, go over the dihybrid cross, and work on (1st period - genetics coloring) and 4th & 7th period - Human genetics pages 1-3 **due tomorrow ** worth 30 points!

Thursday - AIR?, review, check/go over the work and try more dihybrids

Friday - AIR?, review and chapter review pages 425-427

For the week of April 18-22

Standards:

8.LS.1 Diversity of species, a result of variation of traits, occurs through the process of evolution and

extinction over many generations. The fossil records provide evidence that changes have occurred in number and types of species. 8.LS.2 Every organism alive today comes from a long line of ancestors who reproduced successfully every generation. .LS.3 The characteristics of an organism are a result of inherited traits received from parent(s).

Monday - No school

Tuesday - AIR?, review - read/highlight standards

Wednesday - TEST breakfast is in my room:)

Thursday - AIR?, review, go over incomplete dominance, polygenic, multiple allele, etc...**homework - worksheet over non-mendelian inheritance

Friday - AIR?, review, check/go over and try dihybrids

For the weeks of April 11-22:

Standards:

8.LS.1 Diversity of species, a result of variation of traits, occurs through the process of evolution and extinction over many generations. The fossil

records provide evidence that changes have occurred in number and types of species.8.LS.2 Every organism alive today comes from a

long line of ancestors who reproduced successfully every generation. 8.LS.3 The characteristics of an organism are a result of inherited traits received from parent(s).

Monday - AIR?, review, work on Monohybrid Punnett Square Worksheet packet in class **homework if not complete** due tomorrow (Tuesday)

Tuesday - AIR?, review, check and go over the packet and add codominance (page 309), and Meiosis and Mitosis (pages 320-321) and work on SpongeBob genetics**DUE Wednesday (tomorrow)!!

Wednesday - AIR?, and check/go over and review for the state test

Thursday - AIR?, review and review for the state test

Friday - Monday - no school (Spring Pause)

Tuesday - AIR REVIEW

Wednesday - Science State Test **Breakfast in Mrs. Gasser's Room!

For the week of April 4-8

Standards- Objects can experience a force due to an external field such as magnetic, electrostatic, or gravitational fields. Magnetic, electrical and gravitational forces can act at a distance.

Monday - AIR?, review, go over electromagnetism and work on a book worksheet **due at bell**

Tuesday - 7/8 grade ELA tests

Wednesday - AIR?, review, check and go over the book worksheet and begin genetics (introduce chapter 8 page 296) and have fun with pages 294-295)

Thursday - AIR?, review and begin Mendelian Genetics:)) - as a class read/highlight pages 296-301 (add basic genetic notes on smartboard)

Friday - AIR?, review, go over pages 305-307 and add to the basic of genetics notes (scientific names and Punnett Squares)*try in class!

March 28-April 1:

Week of March 28-April 1:

Standards: Same as last week and 8.PS.1: Objects can experience a force due to an external field such as magnetic, electrostatic, or gravitational fields.

Magnetic, electrical and gravitational forces can act at a distance.

Monday - AIR?, review, finish labs and/or webquest, go over folders and begin magnets pages 406- 415 (draw magnets and magnetic fields)

Tuesday - AIR?, review, finish drawings and, on the back, draw/label charges 417-419 - book worksheet for homework *due Wednesday, March 30 and is worth 25 points

Wednesday - AIR?, review, collect worksheet and list similarities and differences between charges and magnets, read/highlight 422-423 (static discharge) and begin electromagnetic force (page 425).

Thursday, AIR?, review and finish pages 426-429 (electromagnetic force, solenoids and electromagnets)

Friday - AIR?, review, and work on the chapter review pages 440-443) - due by bell (26 points)

For the weeks of March 14-18 and 21-25:

STANDARDS: The motion of an object is always measured with respect to a reference point. Forces can be added. The net force on an object is the sum of all of the forces acting on the object. If there is a nonzero net force acting on an object, its speed and/or direction will change. Kinetic friction and drag are forces that act in and direction opposite the relative motion of objects.

Monday - AIR?, review, work on a worksheet "Which Law is It" - will be collected/graded and the chapter review pages 395-397**due tomorrow and is worth 28 points

Tuesday - AIR?, review, check/go over the chapter review and worksheets from last week (Nature of Force), lab (Hot Wheels) and old test

Wednesday - AIR?, review, and worked on more force/using Newton;s Laws (F=ma)

Thursday -TEST -chapter 10

Friday - no school

Monday - LAB periods 1 and 4 - Roller Coasters, period 7 - Forces worksheet (1st period will finish the test first)

Tuesday - LAB periods 1 and 4 - Roller Coasters, period 7 - finish forces worksheet

Wednesday - FOLDERS ARE DUE **Periods 1 and 4 = forces worksheet and Period 7 LAB - roller Coasters

Thursday - Periods 1 and 4 = finish forces worksheet and period 7 LAB

Friday - ALL IS DUE!!

For the week of March 7-11

STANDARDS: The motion of an object is always measured with respect to a reference point. Forces can be added. The net force on an object is the sum of all of the forces acting on the object. If there is a nonzero net force acting on an object, its speed and/or direction will change. Kinetic friction and drag are forces that act in and direction opposite the relative motion of objects.

Monday - AIR?, review, finish worksheet (weights on other planets) and begin Newton's Laws pages 386-391 (read/highlight)

Tuesday - AIR?, review, finish Newton's Laws, go over age 399 and begin Newton's Laws Brochure (due Friday 3/11 and is worth 100 points) ALL work is done in class!

Wednesday - AIR?, review, work on the brochure and homework - BOOK WORKSHEET (Newton's Laws) due Thursday, March 10 (25 points)

Thursday - AIR?, review, collect worksheet and work on brochure

Friday - AIR?, review, collect brochure and work on the chapter review pages 395-397

For the week of February 28 - March 4

STANDARDS: The motion of an object is always measured with respect to a reference point. Forces can be added. The net force on an object is the sum of all of the forces acting on the object. If there is a nonzero net force acting on an object, its speed and/or direction will change. Kinetic friction and drag are forces that act in and direction opposite the relative motion of objects.

Monday - AIR?, review, work on harder acceleration problems**due at bell and is worth 45 points!

Tuesday - AIR?, review, begin friction and gravity (pages 378-382) read and highlight as a class

Wednesday - AIR?, review and read/highlight pages 383-385 and work on 2 worksheets: 1 - book over friction and gravity and 2 - different planets=different weights**due tomorrow!

Thursday - AIR?, review, collect the book worksheet (graded = 25 points) and check planets (fluffy = 15 points)

Friday - AIR?, review and begin Newton's Laws and assign the Newton's Laws Brochure (100 points and due next Wednesday).

For the week of February 21-25

STANDARDS: The motion of an object is always measured with respect to a reference point. Forces can be added. The net force on an object is the sum of all of the forces acting on the object. If there is a nonzero net force acting on an object, its speed and/or direction will change. Kinetic friction and drag are forces that act in and direction opposite the relative motion of objects.

Monday - no school

Tuesday - Work on Hot Wheels lab * due at bell!

Wednesday - AIR?, review, use book pages 368-372 and TRY speed and acceleration problems*turn in at the bell:)

Thursday - AIR?, review and go over pages 368- 376 (acceleration and forces) and work on/finish problems from Wednesday*homework if not complete-due tomorrow and is worth 20 points)

Friday - AIR?, review, check and go over problems and begin friction and gravity page 378 as a class (read/highlight)

For the week of Feb.14-18

NEW STANDARDS: The motion of an object is always measured with respect to a reference point. Forces can be added. The net force on an object is the sum of all of the forces acting on the object. If there is a nonzero net force acting on an object, its speed and/or direction will change. Kinetic friction and drag are forces that act in a direction opposite the relative motion of objects.

Monday - AIR?, review, check and go over the speed, distance, and time worksheet (from Friday) and check M&M lab*get ready for labs

Tuesday - Thursday - LAB!!!!! Speeding down Slopes and Mass vs Speed

Friday - No school:)

For the Week of Feb 7-11

Standards: Standards: 8.ESS.2: Earth’s lithosphere consists of major and minor tectonic plates that move relative to each other. 8.ESS.4: Evidence of the dynamic changes of Earth’s surface through time is found in the geologic record. Earth is approximately 4.6 billion years old. Earth history is based on observations of the geologic record and the understanding that processes observed at present day are similar to those that occurred in the past (uniformitarianism). There are different methods to determine relative and absolute age of some rock layers in the geologic record. Within a sequence of undisturbed sedimentary rocks, the oldest rocks are at the bottom (superposition). The geologic record can help identify past environmental and climate conditions.

Monday - AIR?, review, go over the chapter review from last week, and your book worksheet "Radioactive Dating" - get ready for the test:)

Tuesday - TEST OVER CHPATER 6!!! LAST DAY OF EARTH SCIENCE!

Wednesday - AIR?, review and begin physical science with vocab squares and vocabulary (matching)

Thursday - AIR?, review, and begin speed (equation and labels) - basic problems with set-ups (what you do not get done in class is homework!)**Due Friday and is worth 20 points.

Friday - AIR?, review check and go over the speed problems and begin acceleration (in book) read/highlight!

For the week of Jan. 31-Feb. 4

Standards: Standards: 8.ESS.2: Earth’s lithosphere consists of major and minor tectonic plates that move relative to each other. 8.ESS.4: Evidence of the dynamic changes of Earth’s surface through time is found in the geologic record. Earth is approximately 4.6 billion years old. Earth history is based on observations of the geologic record and the understanding that processes observed at present day are similar to those that occurred in the past (uniformitarianism). There are different methods to determine relative and absolute age of some rock layers in the geologic record. Within a sequence of undisturbed sedimentary rocks, the oldest rocks are at the bottom (superposition). The geologic record can help identify past environmental and climate conditions.

Monday - AIR?, review, finish 2 worksheets from Thursday (The Dating Worksheet and book w/s -

The Geologic Time Scale) and get into groups for the M&M half-life lab

Tuesday - AIR?, review, M&M Half-life lab (100 points) and chapter review pages 247-249 all questions (30 points and due Wednesday)

Wednesday - AIR?, review, check/go over the chapter review and finish the lab questions

Thursday - TEST over chapter 6 (LAST EARTH TEST!)

Friday - AIR?, and begin physical science

For the week of Jan. 24-28

Standards: Standards: 8.ESS.2: Earth’s lithosphere consists of major and minor tectonic plates that move relative to each other. 8.ESS.4: Evidence of the dynamic changes of Earth’s surface through time is found in the geologic record. Earth is approximately 4.6 billion years old. Earth history is based on observations of the geologic record and the understanding that processes observed at present day are similar to those that occurred in the past (uniformitarianism). There are different methods to determine relative and absolute age of some rock layers in the geologic record. Within a sequence of undisturbed sedimentary rocks, the oldest rocks are at the bottom (superposition). The geologic record can help identify past environmental and climate conditions.

Monday - AIR?, review, finish phet sims and half-life worksheet from Friday (Thursday)**Due at bell!

Tuesday - AIR?, review, QUIZ over relative dating and assign book worksheet (graded and is worth 28 points) - due Wednesday

Wednesday - AIR?, review, collect worksheet, begin the geologic time scale pages 238-245 as a class (highlight and read)

Thursday - The students will work on various absolute dating scenarios and a book worksheet over Geologic time scale and Early Earth **Due tomorrow** (40 points total)

Friday - AIR?, review and collect/go over the worksheets (pep assembly)

For the week of Jan. 17-21

Standards: Standards: 8.ESS.2: Earth’s lithosphere consists of major and minor tectonic plates that move relative to each other. 8.ESS.4: Evidence of the dynamic changes of Earth’s surface through time is found in the geologic record. Earth is approximately 4.6 billion years old. Earth history is based on observations of the geologic record and the understanding that processes observed at present day are similar to those that occurred in the past (uniformitarianism). There are different methods to determine relative and absolute age of some rock layers in the geologic record. Within a sequence of undisturbed sedimentary rocks, the oldest rocks are at the bottom (superposition). The geologic record can help identify past environmental and climate conditions.

Monday - NO SCHOOL!

Tuesday - AIR?, review finish Finding Clues (check if absent), work on relative age of rocks worksheet and vocabulary checklist (radiometric/absolute age) and begin pages 235-237 (read/highlight)

Wednesday - AIR?, review, absolute dating class examples (manipulatives) and try a phet simulation over decay rates (not due at the bell)

Thursday - AIR?, review, finish phet sim and go over relative age of rock layers worksheet from last Friday/Tuesday and work on an extra worksheet over half-life

Friday - QUIZ over relative dating!

For the week of Jan. 10-14:

Standards: Standards: 8.ESS.2: Earth’s lithosphere consists of major and minor tectonic plates that move relative to each other. 8.ESS.4: Evidence of the dynamic changes of Earth’s surface through time is found in the geologic record. Earth is approximately 4.6 billion years old. Earth history is based on observations of the geologic record and the understanding that processes observed at present day are similar to those that occurred in the past (uniformitarianism). There are different methods to determine relative and absolute age of some rock layers in the geologic record. Within a sequence of undisturbed sedimentary rocks, the oldest rocks are at the bottom (superposition). The geologic record can help identify past environmental and climate conditions.

Monday - AIR?, review, finish going over pages 229-233, TRY Dating Rock Layers worksheet and work on the book worksheet, Relative Dating (over pages 229-233)**BOTH DUE TOMORROW - Dating Rock layers = 15 fluffy points and book worksheet will be graded for 20 points. **CAN WORK ON FOLDERS!!

Tuesday - AIR?, review, check/collect book worksheet and go over Dating Rock Layers w/s - the students will have time to work on their folders

Wednesday - AIR?, review, COLLECT FOLDERS, and work on various geologic cross sections using the laws and principals (finding clues in rock layers worksheet - partners) Stays in room!

Thursday - AIR?, review, and finish Finding clues in rock layers (worth 60 points) Due at bell

Friday - AIR?, review and begin absolute dating (radiometric dating, half-life dating) in the book pages 235-237 as a class we will read/highlight.

For the week of Jan. 3-7:

Standards: 8.ESS.2: Earth’s lithosphere consists of major and minor tectonic plates that move relative to each

other. 8.ESS.4: Evidence of the dynamic changes of Earth’s surface through time is found in the geologic record. Earth is approximately 4.6 billion years old. Earth history is based on observations of the geologic record and the understanding that processes observed at present day are similar to those that occurred in the past (uniformitarianism). There are different methods to determine relative and absolute age of some rock layers in the geologic record. Within a sequence of undisturbed sedimentary rocks, the oldest rocks are at the bottom (superposition). The geologic record can help identify past environmental and climate conditions.

Monday - AIR?, review (go over the chapter review from before break), watch a video clip of the organisms found on/near deep ocean vents/ridges and work on a book worksheet - "The Theory of Plate Tectonics" *due by the end of class and is worth 20 points.

Tuesday - AIR?, review, introduce chapter 6 and try the Scenario Lab on pages 220-221 (will need graph paper)

Weds - AIR?, review and as a class, read/highlight pages 222-227

Thursday - AIR?, review and begin folded notes for the Geologic Laws (pages 229-233)

Friday - AIR?, review, and as a class, add notes and important information to the folded notes from pages 229-233 (read/highlight)**if time, try to use the Law of Superposition on an example on the board.

The next two weeks (**subject to change due to weather and time constraints):

Historical data and observations such as fossil distribution, paleomagnetism, continental drift and seafloor spreading contributed to the theory of plate tectonics. The rigid tectonic plates move with the molten rock and magma beneath them in the upper mantle. Convection currents in the asthenosphere cause movements of the lithospheric plates. The energy that forms convection currents comes from deep within the Earth. There are three main types of plate boundaries: divergent, convergent and transform. Each type of boundary results in specific motion and causes events (such as earthquakes or volcanic activity) or features (such as mountains or trenches) that are indicative of the type of boundary.

December 6-17

Monday 12/6 - AIR?, review, Earth's Crust packet *due at bell*

Tuesday 12/7 - AIR?, review, read/highlight Sea Floor Spreading page 196

Wednesday 12/8 - AIR?, review, finish sea floor spreading pages and begin sea floor spreading activity (in-class)

Thursday - 12/9-AIR?, review, finish/turn in sea floor spreading activity (50 points) and work on book worksheet (sea floor spreading)**Due tomorrow and is worth 30 points

Friday -12/10- AIR?, review, collect book worksheet and read/highlight volcanoes pages 188-191 as a class

Monday 12/13 - AIR?, review, play "Plate boundary Game" and homework: chapter review pages 210-213*due tomorrow and is 25 points

Tuesday 12/14 - AIR?, review, go over worksheets and create boxes for dice/game

Wednesday 12/15 - AIR?, review, go over Earth's Crust packet and Earthquake test - work on game

Thursday 12/16 - work on chapter review and finish game

and Friday 12/17 - AIR?, review, check the chapter review and go over the answers:))

Week of November 29-Dec. 3:

Monday - AIR?, introduce chapter 5 (page 184) and as a class, highlight/read pages 184-187 *answer page 185 Figure 1, page 186 Apply it, page 187 figure 3 and assess your understanding page 187 1a,1b,and 1c)* due Tuesday - 15 points.

Tuesday - AIR?, review, check/go over the pages from yesterday and go over lesson 3 (Drifting continents) pages 192-195) and book worksheet Drifting Continents **homework and is due tomorrow (30 points)

Wednesday - AIR?, review, collect the worksheet and begin the theory of plate tectonics (pages 202-207)

Thursday - AIR?, review, work on the Earth's Crust packet (due at bell)

Friday - AIR?, re view and color tectonic plates worksheet (due at bell)

Week of Nov 15-23 (before Thanksgiving break):

Monday - AIR?, review, work on fault model **HOMEWORK - book worksheet Forces in Earth's Crust - due Tuesday and worth 20 points

Tuesday - AIR?, review, collect homework/worksheet, finish the fault models and begin anticlines/synclines pages 162-165

Wednesday - AIR?, review, as a class, go over pages 167-171 (Seismographs) and work on a book worksheet over reading of seismographs*Homework if not completed* (due tomorrow and is worth 20 points)

Thursday - AIR?, review, and watch How the Earth was Made - Ring of Fire (with questions and due at bell)

Friday - AIR?, review and work on chapter review

Monday - AIR?, review and check/go over chapter review pages 173-175 all questions

Tuesday - Test:)

For the week of Nov 8-12:

Standard(s): A combination of constructive and destructive geologic processes formed Earth’s surface. Evidence of the dynamic changes of Earth’s surface through time is found in the geologic record. The composition and properties of Earth’s interior are identified by the behavior of seismic waves. A combination of constructive and destructive processes formed Earth’s surface.

Monday - AIR?, begin Earthquakes in the book (finish the vocabulary chart and start word wall) and as a class, highlight pages 150-157

Tuesday - AIR?, review, write and form part of the word wall and begin Earthquakes and seismic waves Graphic Organizer*due tomorrow and is worth 20 points*

Wednesday - AIR?, review, check/go over the graphic organizer and begin "Measuring Earthquake review" worksheet**Due tomorrow and will be graded -20 points!

Thursday - AIR?, review, collect "Measuring Earthquake Review" worksheet and begin Forces in the Earth's Crust pages 158-161

Friday - AIR?, review, begin Fault Model Activity in class:)

For the week of Nov. 1-5:

Standard(s): A combination of constructive and destructive geologic processes formed Earth’s surface. Evidence of the dynamic changes of Earth’s surface through time is found in the geologic record. The composition and properties of Earth’s interior are identified by the behavior of seismic waves. A combination of constructive and destructive processes formed Earth’s surface.

Monday - AIR?, review and work on the chapter review pages 136-139 **DUE TOMORROW**

Tuesday - AIR?, review, check and go over the chapter review (25 points)

Wednesday - TEST CHAPTER 3 (100 points)

Thursday - AIR?, introduce chapter 4 (page 151) and work on reading of seismic waves activity

Friday - AIR?, review, finish the activity and EARTH'S LAYERS PROJECT IS DUE (7th grade only)

For the week of October 25-29:

Standard(s): A combination of constructive and destructive geologic processes formed Earth’s surface. Evidence of the dynamic changes of Earth’s surface through time is found in the geologic record. The composition and properties of Earth’s interior are identified by the behavior of seismic waves. A combination of constructive and destructive processes formed Earth’s surface.

Monday - PAJAMA Day!

Tuesday - AIR?, review, finish Glacier Webquest and work on a book worksheet over Glaciers and water erosion (due tomorrow = 20 points) and show a short video on Glaciers (Alaska)

Wednesday - AIR?, review, FOLDERS ARE DUE! and work on glaciers in the book pages 124-129 (maybe start wave erosion pages130-133) as a class

Thursday - AIR?, review, finish wave erosion and work on a book w/s over wave erosion *DUE tomorrow = 10 points)

Friday - AIR?, review, and work on the chapter review pages 136-139 all questions (will be due next Tuesday, November 2 and worth 30 points)

The test is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, November 3

Week of October 18-22

Standard(s): A combination of constructive and destructive geologic processes formed Earth’s surface. Evidence of the dynamic changes of Earth’s surface through time is found in the geologic record. The composition and properties of Earth’s interior are identified by the behavior of seismic waves. A combination of constructive and destructive processes formed Earth’s surface.

Monday - AIR?, review, go over density worksheet and density lab and you will finish the book worksheet found on the back of the "Layers of the Earth" worksheet (15 points) and your reading worksheet from Friday, over pages 114-120 (water erosion and 16 points). What you do not get done in class is homework (see point values).

Tuesday - AIR?, review, check and go over the book worksheet and reading worksheet (114-120) and complete a book worksheet over water erosion.

Wednesday - AIR?, review, check/go over the book worksheet (water erosion) and begin Glaciers:) You will be assigned 2 activities on google classroom over why Glaciers are blue and formation (due before the bell) WORK ON FOLDERS!

Thursday - AIR?, review, go over the pages in the book over Glaciers and information from the 2 Glacial Activities and watch a short video over glaciers

Friday - AIR?, review, work on a book worksheet over Mendenhall Glacier (in Alaska) and work on an erosion and weathering worksheet (look at various landforms and relate vocabulary to picture(s).

Week of October 11-15:

Standards - The composition and properties of Earth’s interior are identified by the behavior of seismic waves. A combination of constructive and destructive processes formed Earth’s surface.

Monday - AIR?, go over density problems (worksheet from last week) on the smartboard, introduce chapter 3 (Earth Science) and explain/assign vocabulary squares for chapter 3 section 1 (Earth systems)*DUE TUESDAY (tomorrow) and is worth 10 points.

Tuesday - AIR?, check/go over the vocabulary squares as we begin chapter 3 (highlight and add notes in book) and book worksheet - Earth Systems for homework *due Wednesday and is worth 20 points!

Wednesday - AIR?, review, reading worksheet over pages 99-103 - if not completed in class = homework (due tomorrow and will be 2).

Thursday - AIR?, review, check/go over the reading worksheet and as a class, fill-in the Layers of the Earth worksheet with important information about each (lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere and both cores).

Friday - AIR?, review, and begin pages 104-107 (reading worksheet) and assign project that will be worth 100 points and due November 5*

For the week of Oct. 4-8:

Standard(s):

This theme focuses on helping students use scientific inquiry to discover patterns, trends, structures and relationships that may be inferred from simple principles. Suggestions/standards: These principles are related to the properties or interactions within and between systems. Measure the difference in density between granite and basalt; analyze the role of density in lithospheric interaction. Use a density column to illustrate how Earth’s layers differentiated during formation.

Monday - AIR?, review, work on density calculations worksheet (if not completed in class = homework (30 points)

Tuesday - AIR?, begin Density Block Lab

Wednesday - Density Block Lab

Thursday - Density Block Lab - DUE 100 points!

Friday - No school

For the week of Sept. 27-Oct 1:

Standard(s):

This theme focuses on helping students use scientific inquiry to discover patterns, trends, structures and relationships that may be inferred from simple principles. These principles are related to the properties or interactions within and between systems. Measure the difference in density between granite and basalt; analyze the role of density in lithospheric interaction. Use a density column to illustrate how Earth’s layers differentiated during formation.

Monday - AIR?, review and allow time to complete work from Thursday (9/23- highlighting and book worksheet) and Friday (9/24 - SI Units worksheet)

Tuesday - AIR?, review, and try various density problems on the smartboard (setting up, labels and answers). The students will have a worksheet with various problems to work on as a class.

Weds - AIR?, review, and pass out a density packet (Density determination) that they can work on individually or with a partner. If they do not complete it before the bell = homework **DUE TOMORROW** Worth 30 points

Thursday - AIR?, review, check/go over the density determination packet

Friday - QUIZ over density (50 points)

For the week of Sept. 20-24:

Standard(s):

This theme focuses on helping students use scientific inquiry to discover patterns, trends, structures and relationships that may be inferred from simple principles. These principles are related to the properties or interactions within and between systems.

Monday - AIR?, review, work on variables worksheet (independent vs dependent) and chapter review pages 39 questions 1-12, page 40 questions 13 and 14 and page 41 questions 1-4 **ALL DUE TUESDAY, September 21 and worth 20 points.

Tuesday - AIR?, review, check and go over the chapter review and go over information that will be on the test

Wednesday - TEST - chapter 1 (worth 100 points).

Thursday - AIR?, introduce chapter 2 and begin measurements (chapter 2, section 1)

Friday - AIR?, review, and work on SI unit measurement worksheets (due at bell).

For the week of Sept. 13-17:

Standard(s): This theme focuses on helping students use scientific inquiry to discover patterns, trends, structures and relationships that may be inferred from simple principles. These principles are related to the properties or interactions within and between systems.

Monday - AIR?, review, finish worksheet over variables and begin Popcorn Lab

Tuesday - Thursday - POPCORN LAB - the students will use their inquiry skills to determine the physical/chemical properties and energy conservation (100 points)*Due at the end of class on Thursday.

Friday - no school

For the week of September 6-10:

Monday - no school

Tuesday - AIR?, answer questions about the towers, introduce chapter 1, go over pages 6-8 and continue with the first lesson (pages 8-13)

Wednesday - AIR?, review, finish lesson 1 and 2 (until page 19) and assign the book worksheet over lessons 1 and 2 *DUE Thursday, Sept. 9 in class and is worth 20 points).

Thursday - AIR?, review, collect book worksheet and go over scientific inquiry (lesson 3 pages 23-30)

Friday - AIR?, review, finish science inquiry and begin information for the popcorn lab (next week)

Week of August 30-Sept. 3

Monday - AIR?, explain/assign pages 6-8 in the 8th grade science book *DUE FRIDAY, Sept. 3 in class and is worth 20 points.

Tuesday - Thursday - AIR? and work on towers

Friday - AIR?, check pages 6-8 and finish/test towers (100 points)!

Week of August 23-27

Monday - Open House

Tuesday - Teacher Day

Wednesday - AIR question, interest inventory (DUE August, 26 and worth 10 points), folder contract and safety procedures.

Thursday - AIR?, collect interest inventories and folder contracts, pass out books and begin tallest tower labs

Friday - AIR?, check folder contracts and work on towers