Thursday 9/7:

1. New Seats
2. Class Guidelines Contract

HW: All About You HO due Friday

Friday 9/8

*All About You HO due

1. 8th Grade Preview Slideshow

2. Mary's Peak Spring trip discussion

3. Syllabus: Units of study & retake policy

HW: Signed syllabus due Fri 9/15

week 2: 9/11 - 9/15

Monday 9/11

1. Nature of Science (NOS) Unit intro & Vocabulary Chart (due test day)

HW: Signed Syllabus due by Fri. 9/15

Tuesday 9/12

1. NOS Vocab Chart, cont.

2. Schoolwide Procedure: Fire Drill

Wednesday 9/13

1. Checks Lab - Day 1

2. Fire Drill - Practice

Thursday/Friday 9/14-15

1. Checks Lab - Day 2

*Signed Syllabus due today!

week 3: 9/18 - 9/22

Monday 9/18

1. Finish NOS Vocab

2. Finish Checks Lab & Paragraph

HW: NOS Vocab examples, Paragraph if not done

Tuesday 9/19

*Checks lab with Paragraph due*

1. Quiz Prep

2. iPad Set Up 1

HW: Finish NOS Test Study Sheet, study vocab

Wednesday 9/20

*Study Sheet, NOS Vocab Sheet due before test*

1. Review Study sheet, turn in

2. iPad Set Up 2

Thursday 9/21 (BLOCK ODD)

1. ISN (Interactive Science Notebook) Set Up 1

• Cover Page, Table of Contents, Reference pages
• HW: Newsela Article on Galaxies vs Solar System due Wed. 9/27. Complete in Notability, turn in to Showbie

Friday 9/22 (BLOCK EVEN) - SUB HERE TODAY

1. Metric Practice HO

week 4: 9/25 - 9/29

Monday 9/25. SUB HERE TODAY

1. Metric Length Review

2. CW: Metric Length HO

3. LAB: Metric Length

HW: Metric Length HO

Tuesday 9/26. SUB HERE TODAY

1. Lab Safety Contract Assignment HO. Return by NEXT Tues.

• Circle your top 5-7 important safety rules for our class before you turn this in.

2. Lab Safety QUIZ (SOME CLASSES DIDN'T FINISH WITH SUB)

3. Lab Safety Cartoon Assignment: complete in Notability, due Wed. in Showbie (SUB DID NOT ASSIGN THIS)

HW: Lab Safety Contract Assignment due Tues. 10/3

Wednesday 9/27

***Newsela Assignment Due, other unfinished work due Wed. 10/4***

1. Set Up Gummy Bear Lab - Day 1 (copy chart from Mrs. K or classmates)

2. Discuss work time for unfinished assignments.

Thursday/Friday 9/28-29

***Gummy Bear Lab Due today at end of class***

1. Gummy Bear Lab - Day 2

• Write a hypothesis, collect data on Gummy Bears.
• Complete Analysis. Due today.

2. Work time for unfinished assignments

3. NOTES: Metric Prefixes (not in ISN)

week 5: 10/2 - 10/6

Monday 10/2

1. CW: Gummy Bear Volume Graph (completed on Grid paper from Notability, submit to Showbie Unit folder "Metrics / Safety" by Wednesday at end of class)

2. Per. 1 & 2 tests returned

HW: Metrics/Safety Test THURS (odd) & FRI (even) this week!! Any unfinished work due Wednesday of this week.

Tuesday 10/3

1. CW: Conversion Practice HO (white) - pick up in class if absent

2. CW: Conversion Challenge HO (yellow) - pick up in class if absent

3. Finish Gummy Bear Volume graph, submit to Showbie "Metrics /Safety" Folder

4. CW: Safety Cartoon.

• Open from Showbie. For each number on the cartoon, say what is WRONG with each image. Do this as a Notability or Pages document OR a sheet of notebook paper. Due Thurs (odd) Fri (even).

HW: Finish CW: Conversion Challenge (yellow). Study Metrics Quizlet from Showbie.

Wednesday 10/4

1. CW: Metric Study Sheet (green)

2. Finish all outstanding assignments, due Thurs/Fri. See list of assignments on the board in class or ask a neighbor.

HW: Finish Metric study sheet, prepare for test (Metric Quizlet in Showbie).

Thursday 10/5 (BLOCK ODD) & Friday 10/6 (BLOCK EVEN - DOUBLE EARLY RELEASE)

1. Quick Practice (extended warm up) reading the meniscus on Graduated Cylinders and reading Triple Beam Balance

2. Review Safety Cartoon

3. TEST: Metric Measurement

4. LAB: Displacement & Density

5. Finish putting together ISN (Input and Output pages), number pages (odd on the left, even on the right - put numbers in the SAME SPOT every time), fill out table of contents, finish covers and tape on.

***Per. 2: Binder Check***

week 6: 10/9 - 10/13

Monday 10/9

1. Desert Solar System: Video Clip

2. CW: Sizing up the Universe (in Showbie) due Wednesday

HW: Sizing up the Universe due Wednesday

Tuesday 10/10 (Sub today)

1. CW: Sizing up the Universe

2. Newsela Articles

Wednesday 10/11

1. Finish CW

2. Catch up Day

Thursday 10/12

1. ACT: Planet Travel Brochure

HW: Planet Travel Brochure due Mon.

Friday 10/13 (Sub Today)

1. ACT: Planet Travel Brochure

HW: Planet Travel Brochure due Mon.

week 7: 10/16 - 10/20

Monday 10/16

1. Finish Planet Travel Brochures

• Peer Edit
• Practice Presentation

Tuesday 10/17

1. Headed outside for Planet Presentations & relative distance activity

2. CW during presentations: HO Inner/Outer Planets

Wednesday 10/18

1. Finish Planet Presentations (inside)

2. Finish CW: "Inner/Outer Planets" & review

3. Start Space Vocab

HW: Prepare for Space Quiz

Thursday 10/19 AND Friday 10/20

1. Space Vocab (star, planet, rotation, revolution)

2. Rotation/Revolution demo

3. SPACE QUIZ

4. CW: Relative Size (in Showbie)

5. Blow Your Mind #2: Video Clip (distances & relative sizes in space)

week 8: 10/23 - 10/27

Monday 10/16

1. Review Test

2. Test Corrections Procedure

3. Preassess Earth/Moon/Space Systems

HW: Test corrections (last 3 tests)

Tuesday 10/17

Wednesday 10/18 - Friday 10/20

• Parent Teacher Conferences