8th Grade Science

Important Weekly Information!

Tentative weekly schedule, due dates and upcoming test/quiz info.

8/21/23 - 8/25/23

Monday: First Day of School!

• Bellwork

• Rules and procedures

• Outside for population study, weather permitting

• Homework

  • Please have your emergency medical card filled out to homeroom tomorrow!

Tuesday: 

• Bellwork

• Review procedures and explanations

• Work on population data/graphs

• Homework

  • Quiz tomorrow!

    • 5 questions about procedures and rules

      • Where should I look for classroom assignments?

      • How do you put a proper heading on my paper?

  • Population Study graphs, data and questions - Thursday

Wednesday:

• Quiz - see Tuesday

• Work time for graphs and questions

• Processes of living things

• Homework

  • Finish population study questions, graphs, make sure data is well organized and neatly presented - Thursday @ 3:00pm

Thursday:

• Bellwork

• Finish the processes of living things

• How are sexual and asexual reproduction different? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each?

• Start Reproduction Strategies Activity

• Homework

  • Finish population study questions, graphs, make sure data is well organized and neatly presented - Today @ 3:00pm

Friday: No School - Power Outage

8/28/23 - 9/1/23

Monday: 

• Bellwork

• Finish Reproduction Strategies Activity

• What is DNA? How does it get passed from parent to offspring?

  • Vocabulary for cell division

• Salmon Repro w/s

Tuesday: 

• Bellwork

• Mitosis: Cell division for asexual reproduction and for growth and repair

• Homework

  • Vocabulary notecards - Tuesday

    • Vocab Cards (term on front and definition on back): Sexual Reproduction, Asexual Reproduction, DNA, Chromosome, Gene, Allele, Mitosis, Parent Cell, Daughter Cell, Diploid, Homologous Pair

  • Your next quiz will be Wednesday, September 6th. Please review vocabulary and mitosis over the long weekend so you are not taken by surprise.

Wednesday: No School!

Thursday: No School!

Friday: No School!

9/4/23 - 9/8/23

Monday: Labor Day - No School!

Tuesday: 

• Vocabulary notecards due

• Bellwork

• Review characteristics of life

• Review sexual and asexual reproduction

  • Advantages and Disadvantages

• Review vocabulary and mitosis processes

• Homework

  • Quiz (20 Questions) - Tomorrow

    • What are the characteristics of living things?

    • What is deoxyribonucleic acid?

    • What is the goal of mitosis? What do you start with? What do you end with?

    • What is the difference between sexual reproduction and asexual reproduction? If given an example, be able to identify which type!

    • What are the advantages for a species that reproduces sexually? What are the disadvantages?

    • What are the advantages for a species that reproduces asexually? What are the disadvantages?

    • How many chromosomes are in each human body cell?

    • Vocab: 

      • Asexual reproduction, sexual reproduction, diversity, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), chromosome, gene, mitosis, daughter cell, parent cell, diploid, homologous pair, reproduction, response to stimuli, homeostasis, metabolism, evolution, organization, growth and development 

Wednesday: 

• Quiz

• Start Meiosis

• Homework

  • Enemy at the gates reading and questions - Thursday

Thursday: 

• Bellwork

• Meiosis

• Start Mendel Notes

Friday: 

• Bellwork - Practice Mitosis vs Meiosis

• Mendel's Law Readings

• Chromosome count

9/11/23 - 9/15/23

Monday: 

• Bellwork

• Talk about chromosome count

• Genetic dominance vocab

• Smiley Baby Flipping

• "What is a gene?" Video (If time)

• Homework

  • 6 Notecards (Meiosis, Haploid, Gamete, Crossing Over/Recombination, Law of Independent Assortment, Law of Segregation) - Friday

Tuesday: 

• Check notecards

• Bellwork - Practice Mitosis and Meiosis

• Finish flipping for Smiley Baby

• Google Form for Smiley Baby

• Review for quiz

• Homework

  • Quiz (25 points) - Tomorrow

    • How are the goals of mitosis and meiosis different?

    • Why do species that reproduce sexually need to undergo meiosis to create gametes?

    • Why does a mutation during meiosis get passed on to an offspring, but a mutation in a skin cell undergoing mitosis does not?

    • What is a gamete? Why is it unlike body cells?

    • Is there a rule about complexity of an organism and the number of chromosomes it has? 

    • Be able to explain how dominant and recessive alleles translate genotype into phenotype.

    • Be able to connect meiosis, gametes, fertilization and zygotes into a single explanation. If you can include the information about which cells are haploid and which cells are diploid, that will be even better!

    • What does the Law of Independent Assortment say? How does it explain the diversity we see within families? What part of meiosis contributes most to Independent Assortment?

    • What does the Law of Segregation say? How does it explain why species maintain a stable chromosome count from generation to generation? What part of meiosis contributes most to Segregation?

    • Vocab: Mutation, Meiosis, Haploid Cell, Gamete, Recombination/Crossing Over, Fertilization, Zygote, Genotype, Phenotype, Dominant Allele, Recessive Allele, Homozygous, Heterozygous, Law of Segregation, Law of Independent Assortment (DON'T FORGET THE VOCAB FROM LAST WEEK EITHER!)

Wednesday: 

• Quiz

• Start working on the Life Science vocab list

• Notes for Mendelian Dominant Punnett Squares

• Homework

  • Bring headphones that plug into your computer for class tomorrow

Thursday: 

• Bellwork

• Life Science Review Slides

• Start on your Life Science Vocab List

• Homework 

  • Life Science Vocab List - Thursday

Friday: 

• Bellwork

• Smiley Baby Data Sheet

• Continue Punnett Squares

• Homework

  • Life Science Vocab List - Thursday

9/18/23 - 9/22/23

Monday: 

• Bellwork

• Continue Punnett Squares

• Homework

  • Life Science Vocab List - Thursday

Tuesday: 

• Bellwork

• Gurubop Activity

• Homework

  • Life Science Vocab List - Thursday

  • Quiz - tomorrow

    • Many of the questions for this week cover the same general information as last week, but because we have done more with the material the expectations will be greater!

    • Why do species that reproduce sexually need to undergo meiosis to create gametes?

    • Why does a mutation during meiosis get passed on to an offspring, but a mutation in a skin cell undergoing mitosis does not?

    • What is a gamete? Why is it unlike body cells?

    • Be able to explain how dominant and recessive alleles translate genotype into phenotype.

    • Be able to connect meiosis, gametes, fertilization and zygotes into a single explanation. If you can include the information about which cells are haploid and which cells are diploid, that will be even better!

    • What does the Law of Independent Assortment say? How does it explain the diversity we see within families? What part of meiosis contributes most to Independent Assortment? How does it connect to what we did in the Gurubop lab?

    • What does the Law of Segregation say? How does it explain why species maintain a stable chromosome count from generation to generation? What part of meiosis contributes most to Segregation? How does it connect to what we did in the Gurubop lab?

    • Homozygous and heterozygous genotypes will play an important role this week! Be sure you know the difference and how to use them to determine phenotype.

    • Be able to complete a Punnett Square if you know the parents' genotypes.

    • Using a Punnett Square, predict the likelihood of the phenotypes for offspring.

    • Vocab: Punnett Square, Complete Dominance

Wednesday: 

• Quiz

• Add the following vocab to your Life Science Master Vocab List

• Practice Punnett Squares

• Homework

  • Life Science Vocab List - Thursday

Thursday: 

• Bellwork

• Gizmo

• Homework

  • Gizmo - Friday

Friday: 

• Bellwork

• Finish Gurubop Activity

• Work on Gurubop Questions

• Homework

  • Gurubop - Thursday (9/28)

9/25/23 - 9/29/23

Monday: 

• Bellwork

• Incomplete and Co-Dominance Punnett Squares

• Homework

  • 3 Types of Punnett Squares - Tuesday

  • Gurubop - Thursday (9/28)

Tuesday: 

• Bellwork

• Go over homework

• Make your gurubop

• Homework

  • Gurubop - Thursday (9/28)

  • Quiz tomorrow

    • Homozygous and heterozygous genotypes will play an important role this week! Be sure you know the difference and how to use them to determine phenotype.

    • Be able to complete a Punnett Square if you know the parents' genotypes.

    • Using a Punnett Square, predict the likelihood of the phenotypes for offspring.

    • If a trait is Co-dominant, what will the phenotype of a heterozygous individual be?

    • If a trait shows incomplete dominance, what will the phenotype of a heterozygous individual be?

    • Be able to complete a punnett square for a family that has a sex-linked trait and determine the phenotypes and genotypes of potential offspring.

    • Vocab: Review previous vocabulary and Punnett Square, Complete Dominance, Incomplete Dominance, Co-Dominance

Wednesday: 

• Quiz

• Work on your gurubop

• Homework

  • Gurubop - TOMORROW

Thursday: 

• Bellwork

• Turn in Gurubop

• Who's the Daddy

Friday: Interim Reports Out

• Bellwork

• Review

10/2/23 - 10/6/23

Monday: 

• Bellwork

• Pedigree chart notes

• Practice pedigree w/s

• Homework

  • Make your own family pedigree chart - Tuesday

Tuesday: 

• Bellwork

• Pedigree Packet

• Homework

  • Quiz - tomorrow

    • Given a scenario about parents and offspring be able to determine the type of punnett square, the alleles that are appropriate for that punnett square and make a punnett square to match the scenario.

    • Use a pedigree chart to determine relationships among family members.

    • Use a pedigree chart to determine the GENOTYPES of family members if the trait being traced is dominant.

    • Use a pedigree chart to determine the GENOTYPES of family members if the trait being traced is recessive.

    • Half-shade the symbols for heterozygous members of a family whose recessive trait is being traces.

    • Use a Punnett Square to demonstrate why you can identify the genotypes of parents if you know the phenotypes of their children AND the genotype of a child if you know the parents'.

Wednesday: 

• Quiz

• Challenge pedigree chart

Thursday: 

• Bellwork

• Continue pedigrees 

Friday: 

• Bellwork

• Natural selection lab

10/9/23 - 10/13/23

Monday: 

• Bellwork

• Natural Selection Lab (pt 2)

• Acquired vs Inherited Traits

Tuesday: 

• Bellwork

• How mutations and isolation lead to speciation

• Homework

  • Quiz - tomorrow

    • What is required for membership in a species?

    • How does a new species develop? It is NOT two members of a different species having a baby together! Use your notes.

    • Recognize that mutations are always accidental and random.

    • What makes us consider some mutations genetic adaptations, while others are not?

    • Why are genetic diversity, competition, overproduction of offspring, and selective pressure necessary for natural selection?

    • Please review reproduction vocabulary (DNA, gene, allele, mitosis, meiosis) and consider how inherited traits fit into that group while acquired traits do not.

Wednesday: 

• Quiz

• Time to work on Natural Selection Graphs and Questions

• Speciation and the fossil record

Thursday: CVMS Conferences (3-9 pm)

• Bellwork

• Fossils are evidence that species have changed over time

• Time to work on Natural Selection Graphs and Questions

• Homework

  • Natural Selection Lab - Monday

Friday: NEOEA Day - No School for Students!

10/16/23 - 10/20/23

Monday: 

• Bellwork

• Turn in natural selection lab

• Go over Mutation vs Adaptation w/s

• Review for quarter 1 test

Tuesday: 

• Review for quarter 1 test

• Homework

  • Quarter Test - Tomorrow

    • This test has the material from the entire quarter. YOUR PREVIOUS QUIZZES IS THE BEST WAY TO STUDY!!!!!

    • What is required for membership in a species? 

    • How does a new species develop? It is NOT two members of different species having a baby together! Use your notes.

    • Recognize that mutations are always accidental and random.

    • What makes us consider some mutations genetic adaptations, while others are not?

    • Why are genetic diversity, competition, overproduction of offspring, and selective pressure necessary for natural selection?

    • ​What is the difference between gradualism and punctuated equilibrium?

    • How does the fossil record provide evidence for natural selection and speciation?

Wednesday: 

• Quarter 1 Test

Thursday: 

• Grade Change

• Why does the Earth have layers?

• Density and Makeup of the Earth

Friday: End of 1st Grading Period

• Bellwork

• What is density?

• Density calculations

• Density column

10/23/23 - 10/27/23

Monday: 

• Bellwork

• Heat, Temperature and Convection Inside Earth

  • 4 sources of heat

• Density Practice and Conversions

Tuesday: 

• Bellwork

• Convection Gizmo

• Latent Heat Activity

• Homework

  • Quiz - Wednesday

    • How does the process of Earth's formation lead to tremendous heat and planetary differentiation? What is planetary differentiation?

    • How does density vary as you travel from the surface toward the center of the planet?

    • As you add heat energy to a substance, what happens to its mass? What happens to its volume? What happens to its density?

    • What is required for there to be convection inside the Earth? Which layers meet those requirements? Why does it matter?

    • What are the 4 sources of heat inside the earth?

    • What is density?

    • How do differences in density drive convection currents inside the earth?

    • If you are given a mass and a volume, calculate the density. (Steps as described in class AND units!)

Wednesday: 

• Bellwork

• Work on Convection Gizmo

• Make a latent heat graph

• Homework

  • Convection Gizmo - Thursday

Thursday: 

• Bellwork

• Turn in Gizmo

• Latent heat video

• Latent heat notes

• Latent heat w/s

• Homework

  • Finish "What heats the earth's core? reading and questions - Friday

Friday: 

• Bellwork

• Drifting Continents Reading/Questions

  • Discuss both theories

• Density column activity

10/30/23 - 11/3/23

Monday: 

• Bellwork

• Finish Density Column Activity

• Density Practice and Conversion Practice

• How to plot EQ

• Homework

  • What heats Earth's Core? Reading/Questions - Tuesday

Tuesday: 

• Bellwork - Plot EQ

• Check Homework

• Wave Vocab

• Reflection/Refraction

• Homework

  • Quiz - Wednesday 

    • Old information (look at last weeks quiz) is in blue, new information is in black.

    • How does the process of Earth's formation lead to tremendous heat and planetary differentiation? What is planetary differentiation?

    • How does density vary as you travel from the surface toward the center of the planet?

    • As you add heat energy to a substance, what happens to its mass? What happens to its volume? What happens to its density? 

    • What is required for there to be convection inside the Earth? Which layers meet those requirements? Why does it matter?

    • What are the 4 sources of heat inside the earth?

    • What is density?

    • How do differences in density drive convection currents inside the earth?

    • If you are given a mass and a volume, calculate the density. (Steps as described in class AND units!)

    • If you are given a mass and a density, calculate the volume (Steps as described in class AND units!)

    • If you are given a volume and a density, calculate the mass (Steps as described in class AND units!)

    • Be able to read a heating or cooling graph and answer questions about it. (See worksheet from last week)

    • What is the difference between heat and temperature?

    • How can a frozen pond have more heat energy than a seaming cup of tea?

    • Why does 500g of 0*C water have more energy than the same amount of 0*C ice?

    • What is latent heat? How does it "show up" on a heating or cooling graph? Why is it part of what keeps the mantel convection currents moving?

    • What evidence is used to support the Theory of Plate Tectonics - use your drifting continents vs moving plates reading

    • Wave Vocabulary: Crest, trough, medium, amplitude, wave speed, longitudinal, transverse, surface wave

Wednesday: 

• Quiz

• Plot EQ

• Finish Reflection/Refraction (if needed)

• Slinky Math

• Homework

  • Finish Slinky Math - Thursday

Thursday: 

• Bellwork

• Check Slinky Math

• Go through the Slinky Lab Packet

• Slinky Procedures

• Collect Control Data

Friday: 

• Bellwork

• Slinky Procedures

• Collect Control Data and Amplitude

• Work on Lab

11/6/23 - 11/10/23

Monday: 

• Bellwork

• Collect # of Coils and Distance

• Start collecting the wave types if time

• Work on Lab

Tuesday: 

• Bellwork

• Finish collecting data

• Go over reflection and refraction 

• Homework

  • Quiz tomorrow

    • Be able to plot earthquakes (N/S/E/W and +/-)

    • What is reflection and refraction? 

    • How do different factors (density, state of matter, elasticity, temperature, etc.) affect wave speed? - Look at the Speed, Reflection and Refraction of Waves worksheet - Key is on Google Classroom x

    • Wave vocabulary: crest, trough, medium, amplitude, wave speed, longitudinal wave, transverse wave, surface wave x

    • Be prepared to deal with data like we did in the Slinky Lab (calculate averages, determine correlations, graph data, calculate wave speed, calculate percent change)

    • Review: 

      • What layers of the earth are solid? What layers of the earth are liquid? x

      • What is planetary differentiation? x

      • How does latent heat affect Earth's interior? x

      • How to find density? How to find mass? How to find volume? x

Wednesday: 

• Quiz

• Work on your slinky lab

• Homework

  • Slinky Lab - Friday

Thursday: 

• Bellwork

• Richter Scale

  • Plot the 10 biggest earthquakes in history in red pen

• Earthquakes and Waves

• Wave Dance

• Homework

  • Slinky Lab - Friday

Friday: 

• Bellwork

• Turn in Lab

• Shadow Zones

• Plot 30 earthquakes

• Homework

  • Plot Earthquakes - Monday

11/13/23 - 11/17/23

Monday: 

• Bellwork

• Fault Lab

Tuesday: 

• Bellwork

• Finish Fault Lab

• Review For Quiz

• Homework

  • Quiz - Wednesday

    • Wave Vocab: crest, trough, medium, amplitude, wave speed, longitudinal, transverse, surface wave

    • What is the correlation between amplitude and wave speed?

    • What is the correlation between the condition of the medium and wave speed? (Example: how tightly is slinky pulled?

    • What is the correlation between distance and wave speed?

    • What is an earthquake?

    • How often do earthquakes happen?

    • What does the Richter Scale tell me? How does the strength of a 5 compare to the strength of a 4 or a 3?

    • What are the two biggest dangers to humans in earthquakes?

    • What is the difference between a focus and an epicenter of an earthquake?

    • In a seismic wave, which wave is the fastest?

    • Which seismic wave is longitudinal, which is transverse, and which is a surface wave?

    • What are P & S waves and how do the paths that seismic waves travel through the earth (refraction and reflection) give us information about the Earth's interior?

    • What is Earth's shadow zone? How did it convince us that the Earth's outer core is a liquid?

    • Be able to plot earthquake points on a map (+/- or N/S/E/W)

Wednesday: 

• Quiz

• Start Earthquake Gizmo #1

Thursday: 

• Bellwork

• Finish Earthquake Gizmo #1

• Earthquake Gizmo #2

• Homework

  • Both Gizmos (worksheets and online questions) - Friday at the end of the period

Friday: 

• Bellwork

• Turn in Gizmo by the end of the period

11/20/23 - 11/24/23

Monday: 

Tuesday: 

Wednesday: Thanksgiving Break - No School!

Thursday: Thanksgiving Break - No School!

Friday: Thanksgiving Break - No School!

11/27/23 - 12/1/23

Monday: Professional Development - No School for Students!

Tuesday: 

• Bellwork

• Review for quiz

• Homework

  • Quiz - Wednesday

    • What is the focus and epicenter of an earthquake

    • Using a seismogram with time probes, determine how far the epicenter of an earthquake is away from the recording center. (Refer to Gizmo: Earthquake Pt 1)

    • If you are given a picture of 3 earthquake stations, be able to determine where the epicenter is.

    • Be able to identify the hanging wall and the foot wall in a diagram.

    • Why do tectonic plates move in the direction they do? Expect a diagram!

    • If you are given a picture or diagram of a fault, be able to identify the type of fault and the force that causes it.

    • If you are given a description of a fault, be able to identify the type of fault and the force that causes it.

    • At a divergent plate boundary, what forces are acting, what fault type is prevalent, and what landforms should we expect to find there?

Wednesday: 

• Quiz

• Start Convergent Plate Boundaries (if time)

Thursday: 

• Bellwork

• Convergent Subduction Plate Boundary Notes

Friday: Interim Reports Out

• Bellwork

• Constructive and Destructive Geological Processes

• Tsunamis 

12/4/23 - 12/8/23

Monday: 

• Bellwork

• 2nd period needs to finish tsunami graph

• Convergent Collisional Plate Boundary

• Transform Plate Boundaries and Video

Tuesday: 

• Bellwork

• Review for Quiz

• Homework

  • Quiz - Wednesday

    • This is one of the most difficult quizzes of the year! Make sure you are studying a little every night and ask for help! On this quiz you will need to make a lot of connections. For example, if a questions is telling you about the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, you need to know that that is a divergent plate boundary. 

    • Why do tectonic plates move in the direction they do? Expect a diagram!

    • At a divergent plate boundary, what convection currents are acting, what forces are acting, what fault type is prevalent, and what landforms should we expect to find there?

    • At a convergent plate boundary, what convection currents are acting, what forces are acting, what fault type is prevalent, and what landforms should we expect to find there? There are multiple cases for this one: 

      • Continental vs Continental (Collisional)

      • Continental vs Oceanic (Subduction)

      • Oceanic vs Oceanic (Subduction)

    • At a transform plate boundary, what forces are acting, what fault type is prevalent, and what landforms should we expect to find there?

    • How do compression, friction, and elastic potential energy create the conditions that cause tsunamis?

    • What are constructive and destructive geological processes? Which plate boundaries are constructive? Which are destructive?

Wednesday: 

• Quiz

Thursday: 

• Bellwork

• Plate Boundaries and Earthquake Map

Friday: 

• Bellwork

• Hot Spot Notes

12/11/23 - 12/15/23

Monday: 

• Bellwork

• Finish Hot Spot Practice

• Start Mountains and Volcanoes Notes

Tuesday: 

• Bellwork

• Finish Mountains and Volcanoes Notes

• Review

• Homework

  • Quiz - Wednesday

    • The new information is highlighted: 

    • Why do tectonic plates move in the direction they do? Expect a diagram!

    • At a divergent plate boundary, what forces are acting, what fault type is prevalent, and what landforms should we expect to find there? What type of volcanoes will be there?

    • At a convergent plate boundary, what forces are acting, what fault type is prevalent, and what landforms should we expect to find? What type of volcanos will be there (only subduction)? There are multiple cases for this one: 

      • Continental vs Continental (Collisional)

      • Continental vs Oceanic (Subduction)

      • Oceanic vs Oceanic (Subduction)

    • At a transform plate boundary, what forces are acting, what fault type is prevalent, and what landforms should we expect to find there?

    • How do hot spots work? How can we use the age of rocks to determine the direction of plate movement? How can we use plate movement to determine that age of rocks? What type of volcanos will be there?

    • What are constructive and destructive geological processes? Which plate boundaries are constructive? Which are destructive?

    • What are the 2 basic types of volcanoes? What are the characteristic shape and make up of each? What makes them behave differently? Where will we find each type?

    • What causes folded mountains? What is an Anticline? What is a Syncline?

Wednesday: 

• Quiz

• Rock cycle review

• Homework

  • Finish Rock Cycle Notes - Thursday

Thursday: 

• Bellwork

• Strata Notes

Friday: 

• Bellwork

• Strata Notes

• Strata Practice

12/18/23 - 12/22/23

Monday: 

• Bellwork

• Finish Strata (if needed)

• Strata 1/2 sheet

• Start index fossil notes

• Homework

  • Relative Age w/s - Tuesday

Tuesday: 

• Bellwork

• Go Over Homework

• Finish Index Fossil Notes

• 3 Column Index Fossil Practice

Wednesday: Winter Break - No School!

Thursday: Winter Break - No School!

Friday: Winter Break - No School!

12/25/23 - 12/29/23

Monday: Winter Break - No School!

Tuesday: Winter Break - No School!

Wednesday: Winter Break - No School!

Thursday: Winter Break - No School!

Friday: Winter Break - No School!

1/1/24 - 1/5/24

Monday: Winter Break - No School!

Tuesday: Professional Development - No School for Students!

Wednesday: 

• Bellwork

• Review Relative Age and Index Fossils

• Site C

• Homework

  • Absolute Age Chart - Thursday

Thursday: 

• Bellwork

• Check Homework

• Absolute Age Notes

• Homework

  • Date a Rock Reading and Questions - Friday

Friday: 

• Bellwork

• Absolute Age Practice

1/8/24 - 1/12/24

Monday: 

• Review for Q2 Test

Tuesday: 

• Review for Q2 Test

• Homework

  • Quarter 2 Test - Wednesday

    • The best thing to do is go over your previous quizzes!!!

    • New material (not from a previous quiz):

      • Review the rock cycle: what has to happen to ANY rock for it to become a sedimentary rock? What has to happen to ANY rock for it to become a metamorphic rock? What has to happen to ANY rock for it to become igneous rock?

      • Why is it common to find fossils in a sedimentary rock, but rare to find them in metamorphic or igneous rocks?

      • What is the Principle of Uniformity? What does it tell us about the Earth?

      • What is the Law of Superposition? What does it tell us about sedimentary rocks?  What does it tell us about the fossils we find in sedimentary rocks?

      • What do the Principles of Original Horizontality, Original Continuity, Cross-cutting Relations, and Baked Margins say?

      • Use the Law of Superposition and the Principles listed above to determine the order of events that lead to the rock layers we see in a picture. Expect at least two diagrams: a simple diagram and a complicated one.

      • What is an index fossil?

      • How can we use index fossils to compare rock layers in different locations?

      • How can we use the fossil records to draw conclusions about what the environment was like in the past?

      • What is the difference between relative age and absolute age?

      • Use radioactive decay to determine the absolute age of an igneous rock layer. I will provide you with a chart (Fractions and Powers of 2) and will baby step you through it.

      • Combine Absolute Age and Relative Age to establish ranges of age for layers/object that cannot be radioactivity dated.

Wednesday: 

• Quarter 2 Test

Thursday: 

• Bellwork

• Grade Change

• Weathering and Erosion Notes

Friday: End of 2nd Grading Period

• Bellwork

• Finish Weathering and Erosion Notes

• Stream Table Lab Math

1/15/24 - 1/19/24

Monday: MLK Day - No School!

Tuesday: 

• Bellwork

• Stream Table Lab

• Homework

  • Quiz - Wednesday

    • From the weathering, erosion and deposition notes

      • What is the difference between weathering and erosion?

      • What are the types of mechanical weathering? How are they different from chemical weathering?

      • What are the two types of chemical weathering? What does it mean that it is a chemical change?

      • Which types of weathering depend on...

        • Change in temperature? Why?

        • Water? Why?

        • Warm temperatures? Why?

      • What are the agents of erosion?

      • What is mass wasting?

      • What is the difference between regolith and soil?

      • What does the Law of Superposition say?

      • Is weathering considered constructive or destructive? Erosion? Deposition?

Wednesday: Snow Day!

Thursday: 

• Bellwork

• Stream Table Lab

• Homework

  • Stream Table Lab - Wednesday

Friday: Snow Day!

1/22/24 - 1/26/24

Monday: 

• Bellwork

• Finish Lab

• Work on questions

• Homework

  • Stream Table Lab - Wednesday

Tuesday: 

• Bellwork

• Stream Table Conclusions

• Homework

  • Stream Table Lab - Wednesday

  • Quiz - Wednesday

    • Review last weeks questions! That information is not going away!

    • From the lab and lab conclusions

      • How does the grade of a stream affect the erosion it causes? How does the flow rate affect the erosion it causes?

      • How do velocity, grade, and flow rate affect the sediment load that a stream can carry?

      • What is the relationship between the grade of a stream and velocity of its water?

      • What is the relationship between velocity of the water and the amount of deposition of sediment?

        • What happens to a stream's sediment load as it enters a slower body of water? Which sediments are carried the fastest? Which are dropped the closest to the mouth of the river?

      • When a stream travels a curving path, where should we expect the greatest erosion? Where should we expect deposition?

      • How does a stream’s grade and flow rate determine the size of its delta? 

      • Along a meandering stream, where will you find erosion? Where will you find deposition?

      • What are cut banks and point bars? Which are constructive features and which is a destructive feature?

      • What does it mean to meander?

      • What is a delta? Why is protecting deltas and other coastal wetlands important?

      • Why are deltas considered a constructive feature?

Wednesday: 

• Quiz

• Work on Glacier Notes

Thursday: 

• Bellwork

• Finish Glacier Notes

• Ice Age Ohio

• Homework

  • Ice Age Ohio - Friday

Friday: 

• Bellwork

• Check Homework

• Ice Core Data Assignment

1/29/24 - 2/2/24

Monday: 

• Bellwork

• Check Ice Core Data Graph

• Glacier Relay

• Homework

  • Glacial Action - Tuesday 

Tuesday: 

• Bellwork

• Check homework

• Topographic Map Notes

• Reading a topo map (front)

• Homework

  • Quiz - Wednesday

    • Glaciers

      • What is a glacier?

      • How are glaciers both destructive and constructive?

      • What is the difference between a continental glacier and an alpine glacier?

      • What does it mean when a glacier is advancing? Retreating?

      • Why is glacial retreat a cause for concern?

      • Be able to apply the Law of Superposition to an ice core.

      • What can we learn about the past from ice cores?

      • What is till? How is it deposited? What examples of till do you have in your notes?

      • What is stratified drift? How is it deposited? What examples of stratified drift do you have in your notes?

      • What is an erratic?

      • What is a kettle lake and how does it form? Why is Lake Erie NOT a kettle lake? Ohio had kettle lakes, so where have they gone?

      • What benefits does Ohio derive from having been glaciated?

      • GLACIER VOCABULARY!!!! See notes and handouts!

    • Topographic Maps

      • What is a topographic map? 

      • Look over the following vocabulary

        • Contour lines, contour interval, index contour, elevation, scale

      • How can we tell if a slope is steep? Shallow? 

Wednesday: 

• Quiz

• Sunnyside (front)

Thursday: 

• Bellwork

• Reading a topo map

• Homework

  • Sunnyside (back) - Friday

Friday: 

• Bellwork

• Check homework

• Watershed Notes

• Styrofoam Topo Maps

• Homework

  • Bike Path - Monday

2/5/24 - 2/9/24

Monday: 

• Bellwork

• Check Homework

• Drawing Contour Lines

• Earth History Notes

• Homework

  • Geologic Time w/s - Tuesday

Tuesday: 

• Bellwork

• Check Homework

• Mass Extinction Graph

• Homework

  • Quiz - Wednesday 

    • If you are given a topographic map:

      • Use the scale to find distance

      • Use the contour interval, index contour, and contour lines to find the change in elevation

      • Use the change in elevation and the change in distance to find grade

      • Determine where a designated path is uphill or down, steep or relatively flat

      • Use the map symbols and contour lines to determine what direction a stream is flowing

      • If a flood were to occur, which areas would be underwater and which areas would be dry?

      • How can a topographic map help us determine where a watershed divide will be?

      • How can a single location be described as being in multiple watersheds?

      • What is an endorheic basin?

• What is the difference between an eon, an era, a period, and an epoch?

• What were the major development in living things in the Pre-Cambrian Time?

• What were the major development in living things in the Paleozoic Era?

• What were the major development in living things in the Mesozoic Era?

• What were the major development in living things in the Cenozoic Era?

• What role do mass extinctions play in: a.) Determining when one era ends and the next begins? b.)Opening up new niches for different life forms to develop and rise to dominance?

• What role does change in the atmosphere's gasses play in mass extinctions?

Wednesday: 

• Quiz

Thursday: 

• Bellwork

• CO2 and Population Assignment

• Homework

  • CO2 and Population Assignment - Friday @ 3:00pm

Friday: 

• Bellwork

• POR and FOR notes

• Speed and Velocity Problems

2/12/24 - 2/16/24

Monday: 

• Bellwork

• Running in the Hall

• Graphs for Running in the Hall

• Homework

  • Finish Graphs - Tuesday

Tuesday: 

• Bellwork

• Go over graphs

• Speed/Velocity Practice Problems

• Homework

  • Quiz - Wednesday

    • Vocabulary: distance, displacement, speed, velocity, point of reference, frame of reference, acceleration

    • Be able to identify the correct metric units for distance, time, speed and acceleration

    • If you are given a group of distance/time graphs, determine which represents motion that is fast? Which is slow? Which is not moving? Which is toward the POR? Which is away from POR?

    • Given a story problem about motion, use the UNITS in the problem to correctly set up a speed = distance/time problem. Be able to solve for speed, distance or time based on the information provided. 

    • How is it possible to be moving in one frame of reference and not in another?

    • Given a description of a situation, identify the frames of reference in which an object is moving and those in which it is not. 

Wednesday: 

• Quiz

• Speed Problems 

• Homework

  • Speed Problems (Questions 1-4) - Thursday

Thursday: CVMS Conferences (3-9 pm)

• Bellwork

• Running in the Hall Day 2

• Work on Graphs 

• Homework

  • Running in the hall graphs - Tuesday

Friday: Midwinter Break - No School!

2/19/24 - 2/23/24

Monday: Presidents' Day - No School!

Tuesday: 

• Bellwork

• Go over Running in the Hall Graphs - Pt 2

• Practice D/T graphs with multiple segments

• Speed Practice Problems (if time)

• Homework

  • Quiz - Wednesday

    • Vocabulary: distance, displacement, speed, velocity, point of reference, frame of reference, acceleration

    • Given a story problem about motion, use the UNITS in the problem to correctly set up a speed = distance/time problem. Be able to solve for speed, distance or time based on the information provided. 

    • If you are given a group of distance/time graphs, determine which represents motion that is fast? Which is slow? Which is not moving? Which is toward the POR? Which is away from POR?

    • Given a distance/time graph with multiple segments, be able to determine both the displacement and the distance and use the graphs to determine the characteristics of the motion for any segment of the graph.

    • Given a speed/time graph with multiple segments, be able to determine the characteristics of motion for any segment of the graph.

    • How is it possible to be moving in one frame of reference and not in another?

    • Given a description of a situation, identify the frames of reference in which an object is moving and those in which it is not. 

    • Review questions about mitosis and meiosis.

Wednesday: 

• Quiz

• Speed Problems

Thursday: 

• Bellwork

• Vector Notes

• Vector Reading

• Speed Practice Problems - 2

• Homework

  • Finish Speed Practice Problems - 2 - Friday

Friday: Interim Reports Out

• Bellwork

• Check homework

• Vector Treasure Hunt

• POR Notes

2/26/24 - 3/1/24

Monday: 

• Bellwork (Combining Vectors)

• Group Function/Dysfunctional

• Bond Video

• Bond Worksheet #1 (front)

• Homework

  • Bond Worksheet #1 (front) - Tuesday

Tuesday: 

• Bellwork 

• Check Homework

• Finish Bond Worksheet #1 (back)

• Bond Worksheet #2 (front and back)

• Bond in Tank (practice for quiz if we didn't get to it in class)

• Homework

  • Quiz - Wednesday

    • Vocabulary: distance, displacement, speed, velocity, point of reference, frame of reference, acceleration

    • Be able to identify the correct metric units for distance, time, speed and acceleration

    • How is it possible to be moving in one frame of reference and not in another?

    • Given a description of a situation, identify the frames of reference in which an object is moving and those in which it is not.

    • Given a series of graph paper pictures that show motion over time, determine the velocity of each character of a variety of points of reference and draw in what will happen next. (Like Bond on Train)

    • Given the velocity of several characters relative to the ground, determine their velocities relative to each other. (Like Bond in Tank)

    • Maybe some review questions about Punnett Squares?

Wednesday: 

• Quiz

Thursday: 

• Bellwork

• Running in the Hall - 3

• Graphs for running in the hall

• Homework

  • Finish Graphs - Friday

Friday: 

• Bellwork

• Go over graphs

• Acceleration and Newton's First Law

3/4/24 - 3/8/24

Monday: 

• Bellwork (inertia)

• Finish Acceleration and Newton's First Law Notes if needed

• Acceleration Practice Problems

• Homework

  • Calculating Acceleration - Tuesday

Tuesday: 

• Bellwork

• Check homework

• D/T and S/T graphs

• Acceleration Practice Problems

• Homework

  • Quiz - Wednesday

    • Vocabulary: acceleration, inertia

    • What does Newton's First Law of Motion say?

    • Know the acceleration formula

    • Given a word problem describing changes in motion, identify velocity 1, velocity 2, time, and acceleration using units as cues. Calculate whichever variable is missing.

    • Given a data set, be able to:

      • Calculate average speed and velocity

      • Calculate beginning speed

      • Calculate ending speed

      • Relate the data shown in a distance/time graph or speed/time graph

    • Given a distance/time graph identify the following:

      • Is the motion constant or accelerating?

      • Is the motion toward or away from the point of reference?

      • Can you identify fast, slow, or no motion?

      • If the graph shows acceleration, draw in the average velocity line

      • If the graph shows acceleration, is it speeding up or slowing down?

      • If the graph shows acceleration, is the change of the velocity gradual or sudden?

      • Identify a speed/time graph that represents the same motion.

Wednesday: 

• Quiz

• Fan Cart Gizmo

• Homework

  • Finish the Fan Cart Gizmo - Thursday

Thursday: 

• Bellwork

• Forces Notes

Friday: 

• Bellwork

• Free-Body Diagram w/s

3/11/24 - 3/15/24

Monday: 

• Bellwork

• Finish Free-Boady Diagram w/s

• Newton's 2nd Notes

• Homework

  • Force and Acceleration w/s - Tuesday

Tuesday: 

• Bellwork

• Go over homework

• Net Force Packet

• F=ma Problems

• Homework

  • Quiz - Wednesday

    • Vocabulary: acceleration, inertia, force, mass, weight, normal force, balanced forces, unbalanced forces, net force

    • What is the acceleration due to gravity?

    • What is the difference between mass and weight?

    • What do Newton's First and Second Laws of motion say?

    • Given a word problem describing changes in motion, identfy velocity 1, velocity 2, time, and acceleration useing units as cues. Calculate whichever variable is missing.

    • Know the acceleration and force formula.

    • What is the relationship between acceleration and force?

    • Identify inertia as a property of matter, and NOT a force. Be able to explain why objects with more mass are harder to accelerate.

    • Given a word problem describing force that causes acceleration, identify mass, force and acceleration using units as cues. Calculate whichever variable is missing.

    • Given a free body diagram, calculate the net force and determine if the object will accelerate; what direction the net force is acting, and how that will change the motion of the object at rest or in motion.

Wednesday: 

• Quiz

• Newton's Laws w/s

• Homework

  • Newton's Laws w/s - Thursday

Thursday: 

• Bellwork

• Go Over Homework

• Finish the Net Force Packet from Tuesday

Friday: 

• Bellwork

• Vertical and Horizontal Motion

• Homework

  • Vertical and Horizontal Motion Google Form - Monday at the start of class

3/18/24 - 3/22/24

Monday: 

• Bellwork

• Make sure you turned in your Google Form!

• Circular Motion Demo

• Circular Motion Video

• Circular Motion Notes

Tuesday: 

• Bellwork

• Finish Circular Motion (if needed)

• Review for Quarter Test

• Homework

  • Quarter 3 Test - Wednesday

    • Go through old quizzes (Weathering and Erosion, Weathering and Erosion II, Glaciers, Topo Maps/Watershed/Earth History, Motion I, Motion II, Motion III, Motion IV, and Forces/Energy/Change in Motion)

    • New Material:

      • Vocab: Vector, Resultant

      • Given a vector diagram, describe the direction and magnitude of the resulting vector (displacement or net force, for example).

      • Make a vector diagram and describe the total displacement/resultant.

      • Vertical and horizontal motion: Vertical forces affect vertical motion, horizontal forces affect horizontal motion. Inertia is not a force, but it is an important part of projectile motion and circular motion. "Let's go straight!!"

      • Why does an object experiencing projectile motion follow a curving path to the ground?

      • If you are inside of a car while it's moving and you throw a ball straight up (DON'T DO THIS!) where will it land? Why?

      • What is centripetal force? What direction does it pull/push?

      • When a water-filled bucket is spun in a circle, why doesn't the water come out when it is upside down?

      • If we were to let go of the bucket while swinging it in a circle, how can we predict where it will go? 

Wednesday: 

• Quarter 3 Test

• Start the Fan Cart II Assignment

• Homework

  • Fan Cart II Assignment (Google Classroom) - Friday @ 3:00 pm

Thursday: 

• Bellwork

• Grade Change

• Fan Cart II Assignment (20 minutes in class)

• Homework

  • Fan Cart II Assignment (Google Classroom) - Friday @ 3:00 pm

Friday: End of 3rd Grading Period

• Bellwork

• Fan Cart Gizmo II

• Field Force: Gravitational Notes

• Homework

  • Fan Cart II Assignment (Google Classroom) - Today @ 3:00 pm

3/25/24 - 3/29/24

Monday: 

• Bellwork

• Finish Field Force: Gravitational Notes

• Videos about falling objects

• Gravity Pitch Gizmo

• Homework

  • Gravity Pitch Gizmo - Tuesday

Tuesday: 

• Bellwork

• Forces and Gravity worksheet

• Field Forces: Electrical Notes

• Homework

  • Quiz - Wednesday

    • How is a field force different than a contact force?

    • What do all three field forces have in common?

    • What is required for an object to exert a gravitational pull?

    • How do changes in mass or distance affect the force of gravity?

    • What does the formula for gravity tell us about the strength of the field as distance between objects increases?

    • If I increased the mass of an object, what will happen to the force of attraction between it and other objects?

    • What trait causes an object to have an electrical field? How does it happen?

Wednesday: 

• Bellwork

• Electrical Reading

• Homework

  • Electrical Reading - Thursday

Thursday: 

• Bellwork

• Go Over Homework

• Circuits Lab

Friday: Spring Break - No School!

4/1/24 - 4/5/24

Monday: Spring Break - No School!

Tuesday: Spring Break - No School!

Wednesday: Spring Break - No School!

Thursday: Spring Break - No School!

Friday: Spring Break - No School!

4/8/24 - 4/12/24

Monday: No School - PD

Tuesday: 

• Bellwork

• Electromagnet

• Go over circuits lab

• Magnetic Field Force Reading

• Homework

  • Magnetic Field Force Reading - Wednesday

Wednesday: 

• Bellwork

• Go Over Magnetic Field Force Reading

• Magnetic Field Force Notes

• Practice Electrical and Magnetic Force Notes

Thursday: 

• Bellwork

• Magnet Lab

Friday: 

• Bellwork

• Magnet Lab

• Electric and Magnetic Fields are intertwined P.P.

4/15/24 - 4/19/24

Monday: 

• Bellwork

• Finish P.P. (if needed)

• Force of Gravity Practice w/s

• Field Force Comparison w/s

Tuesday:

• Bellwork

• Practice AIR Test

• Guided Questions 

• Homework

  • Quiz - Wednesday

    • What do all three field forces have in common?

    • What trait causes an object to have a gravitational field?

    • What does the formula for gravity tell us about the strength of the field as distance between objects increases?

    • If I increase that mass of an object, what will happen to the force of attraction between it and other objects?

    • What trait causes an object to have an electrical field? How does it happen?

    • What is the rule of charge?

    • What trait causes an object to be affected by an electrical field?

    • What does the formula for electrical force tell us about the strength of the field as distance between objects increases?

    • If I increase the charge of an object, what will happen to the force of attraction or repulsion between it and other charged objects?

    • What field force only attracts and which can both attract and repel?

    • Given a diagram of multiple magnets, use what you know about field forces to determine which magnets will repel each other and which attract. Also, be able to determine what the relative magnitudes of the forces will be.

Wednesday: ELA AIR

• Quiz

Thursday: ELA AIR

• Bellwork

• Practice AIR Test

Friday: 

• Bellwork

• Life Science Review

• Homework

  • Two Google Forms - Monday @ 3:00pm

4/22/24 - 4/26/24

Monday: 

• Bellwork

• Check Life Science Review

• Earth Science Review

• Homework

  • Google Form - Tuesday @ 3:00pm

Tuesday: 

• Bellwork

• Physical Science Review

Wednesday: Science AIR

• Van De Graaff Generator

Thursday: 

• Bellwork

• Potential and Kinetic Energy Notes

• PE and KE Video

Friday: Interim Reports Out

• Bellwork

• Field Force and PE Packet

4/29/24 - 5/3/24

Monday: 

• Bellwork

• Check Field Force and PE Packet

• Work and Power Notes

• Work and Power Practice Problems (5)

Tuesday: Math AIR

• Bellwork

• Work and Power Activity

• Work and Power Practice Problems

• Homework

  • Work and Power Practice Problems - Wednesday

Wednesday: Math AIR

• Bellwork

• Check homework

• Chemical Potential Energy Notes

Thursday: 2hr delay

• Bellwork

• CaCl2 Lab

• Homework

  • CaCl2 Lab Conclusions - Monday on Google Classroom

  • Quiz - Monday

Friday: 

• Bellwork

• Work on Lab Conclusions

• Homework

  • Quiz - Monday

    • There are about 10 question about potential energy and forces: magnetic fields, electrical fields, and gravitational fields. Your Field Forces and P.E. packet is a good source for question types to expect. We went over the answers in class.

    • There will be about 5 questions about work, power, and energy. Things to know:

1. Work is force exerted through a distance. If you apply force and nothing moves, you did no work. 

2. Doing work is transferring energy to a different object. The amount of work you do is equal to the amount of energy the object gains.

3. Work and energy are both measured in Newton x meters or Joules (1 Nm = 1 J)

4. Power is the speed at which work is done. If we each do the same amount of work, but you do it faster, that means you have greater power.

5. The unit for power is watts. (1 J/s = 1 W)

• There will be about 4 questions about chemical potential energy.

1. Why are some chemical changes exothermic and others are endothermic? What is the difference between the two types of chemical changes?

2. Why do we talk about molecules when we talk about chemical potential energy?

• The following formulas will be on the board: work - force x distance, power = work/time, GPE = mass x acceleration due to gravity x height. 

5/6/24 - 5/10/24

Monday: 

• Quiz

• Station Prep

Tuesday: 

• Station 1

• Homework

  • Make sure the graphs and questions for this lab are completed.

Wednesday: 

• Station 2

• Homework

  • Make sure the graphs and questions for this lab are completed.

Thursday: 

• Station 3

• Homework

  • Make sure the graphs and questions for this lab are completed.

Friday: 

• Station 4

• Homework

  • Make sure the graphs and questions for this lab are completed.

5/13/24 - 5/17/24

Monday: 

• Station 5

• Homework

  • Make sure the graphs and questions for this lab are completed.

  • Tomorrow you will be taking two station quizzes

    • You can pick any two stations out of the five that you have completed

      • They are 5 points each

      • Things to consider:

        • Did I understand the data?

        • Was there new vocabulary and what do the words mean?

        • Did I finish the handouts, graphs, and questions? Did they make sense?

        • Can I answer questions about it without relying on my group?

Tuesday: 

• 2 station quizzes

• Station 6

• Homework

  • Make sure the graphs and questions for this lab are completed.

Wednesday: DC Trip

Thursday: DC Trip

Friday: DC Trip

5/20/24 - 5/24/24

Monday: 

• Station 7

• Homework

  • Make sure the graphs and questions for this lab are completed.

Tuesday: 

• Station 8

• Homework

  • Make sure the graphs and questions for this lab are completed.

Wednesday: 

• Station 9

• Homework

  • Make sure the graphs and questions for this lab are completed.

Thursday: 

• Station 10

• Homework

  • Make sure the graphs and questions for this lab are completed.

  • Tomorrow you will be taking two station quizzes

    • You can pick any two stations out of the five that you have completed

      • They are 5 points each

      • Things to consider:

        • Did I understand the data?

        • Was there new vocabulary and what do the words mean?

        • Did I finish the handouts, graphs, and questions? Did they make sense?

        • Can I answer questions about it without relying on my group?

Friday: 

• Two station quizzes

• Review for quarter test

• Trig

• Homework

  • Quarter 4 test - Monday

    • Field Forces (about 8 points)

    • Force/Work/Power (about 5 points)

    • Physics Stations (5 points - will be able to chose from 9)

    • GPE/KE (about 10 points)

    • Year in Review (about 5 points)

    • Unit Cancelation (about 2 points)

5/27/24 - 5/31/24

Monday: Memorial Day - No School!

Tuesday: 

• Quarter 4 test

Wednesday: 

• Grade change

• Clean out lockers

Thursday: End of 4th Grading Period

• Sling shots

Friday: Teacher Report Day