Science 8

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Link to online textbook:


https://drive.google.com/drive/mobile/folders/0B3EbWHKwTyj2VUJVTDRHNHBPeEE?usp=drive_open


Thursday, Sept. 5: Welcome to Science 8! Course outline out today, bring 4 dividers for Wed. Sept. 11. Intro to Safety in the science room, then looking at safety symbols (CHPS). Worksheet "Safety in the Home" handed out, to be completed for Wed. Sept. 11.

Watching a safety video in class Mon. Sept. 9 (Amoeba Sisters), then labelling the 4 dividers, followed by looking at fire extinguisher classes, then doing the Safety Stations activity around the room, filling out a worksheet (WS). Handing out textbooks today, time permitting, and if extra time, start looking at safety rules in text p. xviii-xx to select one to illustrate in a safety poster or create a limerick about and illustrate. Time next class to work on posters

Checking and debriefing Safety in the Home WS and Safety Stations WS Wed. Sept. 11. Rest of class for creating a safety poster or illustrated limerick from safety rules on text pages listed above. Paper to be supplied in class, posters due next class

Handing in posters Fri. Sept. 13 and picking up Big Idea #1 Ch 1 outline. Class discussion on meaning of "living" vs "nonliving" then doing the "Alive or Not" activity around the room, filling out a lab sheet. Now read text p. 8-10 and do Reading Check (Rdg Chk) p. 11 #1-5 in full sentence answers which imply the question being asked

Intro to light microscope Tues. Sept. 17, names of parts and functions, and how to calculate actual size of an organism viewed under the microscope. Use text p. 11-14 and p. 499 to label and give functions on the Microscope WS. Microscope Lab next class....please bring a pencil

Starting Part 1 of Microscope Lab Thurs. Sept. 19, short day due to Meet the Teacher Night

Finishing Microscope Lab Tues. Sept. 24 then do the Analyze questions p. 17 #1,3,4, and the Conclusion, and also Rdg Chk p. 15 #3+5, and Txt Q's p. 21#5, 7,8,11

Going over all of last day's work Thurs. Sept. 26, labs back and discussed, review of microscope parts for next day's Microscope Quiz, then doing the Pond Water Lab

MICROSCOPE QUIZ: Mon. Sept. 30, then finishing another round of the Pond Water Lab, get sketch done, and answer the questions on the sheet, including doing a short research assignment on your pond dweller. Also intro to the Cell, read text p. 24-5 and label a plant and animal cell diagram using text p. 27


Handing in Pond Water Labs to be marked Wed. Oct. 2, going over the Cell diagrams, then doing the Cell Stations activity around the room filling in functions for cell structures from information posted. Text p. 25-30 can also be used to supplement

Intro to prokaryotes and eukaryotes Fri. Oct. 4, see Fig. 1.26 p. 32. Now making a Venn diagram to compare the two, leaving larger portion of Venn for eukaryote structures only. Finally, do Txt Q's p. 31 #1,2,4,5,6 and p. 39 #2,5,7,8,13,16,19,20

Wrapping up The Cell Tues. Oct. 8, look at comparison between bacteria and viruses, text p. 33-34, then watching Bill Nye "Cells" video and completing a video worksheet. Study for Cell Quiz

CELL QUIZ: Thurs. Oct. 10 on cell structures, labelling and giving functions then read Ch 1.3 on Diffusion and Osmosis, text p. 40-45 and do Txt Q's p. 49 #1,2,3,5 A,B,C, 11,12

Intro to Stem Cells Tues. Oct. 15, read text p. 38 and answer its questions then do Txt Q's p. 50 #2,5,12-16,19,20

Wrapping up Chapter 1 Thurs. Oct. 17 with a worksheet on Crossing the Cell Membrane. Doing some review for the upcoming Chapter 1 test on Wed. Oct. 23

Intro to the Immune System Mon. Oct. 21, looking at methods of transmission, new outline out. Doing the Pass It On activity. Study for Ch 1 TEST

Explanation of how to create a Ch 3 vocabulary foldable Wed. Oct. 23, paper for it out, define 6 terms p. 121 after the test. CHAPTER 1 TEST, then read text p. 100-top of p. 103 and make the foldable

Starting some overhead notes on the Immune System Mon. Oct. 28. Copy Table 3.1 p. 101 on "Four Ways to Transmit Infectious Diseases" followed by the notes. Read text p. 103-105

Continuing overhead notes on the immune system Wed. Oct. 30, do Txt Q's p. 109 #5-7,14-17,19+20. Also read text p. 110-114

Watching Bill Nye "Germs" video Fri. Nov. 1, then do Txt Q's p. 117 #2+3 and p. 118 #2,7,14,16,17

Doing more overhead notes Tues. Nov. 5

Finishing overhead notes with a handout Thurs. Nov. 7 then doing an in-class worksheet assignment in pairs for Ch 3. CHAPTER 3 TEST will be Thurs. Nov. 14

Wrapping up Ch 3 Tues. Nov. 12 then starting the microorganisms unit, looking at viruses, bacteria, fungi, and protists, and the human microbiome. Using laptops to complete the Microorganisms Unit Introduction WS and one on Bacteria and Viruses

CHAPTER 3 TEST: Thurs. Nov. 14, a short test, then reading an article on "10,000 Germs.." and doing a worksheet on it

Handing out the Wanted Poster assignment Mon. Nov. 18: students pick a disease caused by a microorganism from a list in class, then research it using laptops and create a poster as per examples shown in class. Wanted Posters due Wed. Nov. 27

Going over 3 worksheets done in previous classes Wed. Nov. 20, watching a short video on the human microbiome, then doing some guided note-taking on microorganisms

MacBooks in again on Fri. Nov. 22, using them to visit a Learn UTAH genetics site to fill in a booklet on "Your Microbial Friends", then when done, reading a handout on Pre and Probiotics, highlighting important points if wanted to help with understanding the reading

WANTED POSTERS submitted Wed. Nov. 27, then going over the booklet "Your Microbial Friends", and finally using the article on Probiotics handed out last class, doing an individual in-class worksheet on it

Marked Wanted Posters handed back Fri. Nov. 29, then doing a Poster Perusal activity around the room after everyone puts up their posters. Then reading an article on Canadian Epidemics and doing a worksheet on it

Using laptops Tues. Dec. 3 to research answers to the Epidemics and Pandemics WS. Start working on the Big Idea #1 Unit Review, due Fri. Dec. 13 to prepare for Unit 1 Exam on Tues. Dec. 17. Also bring pencil crayons or highlighters, 6 different colours to class next day

Continuing looking at epidemics and pandemics Thurs. Dec. 5, colouring a graphic showing difference between antigenic drift and antigenic shift.

Microorganisms ASSESSMENT in class Mon. Dec. 9, open book, individual, then Ch 4 outline out to start Big Idea #2: Physics. Vocabulary booklet handed out for Ch 4-6, to be used for vocab assignments periodically through these chapters. Intro to waves, read text p. 132 and p. 134-8, and define 12 vocab terms bolded in these pages, into the vocab booklet

Going over Ch 1 and Ch 3 tests Wed. Dec. 11 as review for upcoming Unit 1 Exam, then intro to waves and wave properties, do WS BLM 2-3 on waves (duck on pond WS). Finish off the Unit Review Q's for next class. Also bring calculators to class next day

Learning how to do Frequency Calculations in 4 steps Fri. Dec. 13, and practicing this with the Bouncy Ball Activity. Last review of Big Idea #1 with Unit Review due this class, and answer key posted. Remember to bring a dark pencil and good vinyl eraser for scantron forms next class

UNIT 1 EXAM: Tues. Dec. 17, then doing Activity 4-2 p. 138 in text book Ch 4, frequency calculations

Doing the Drawing Waveforms WS in class Thurs. Dec. 19 after using Slinkys to try and demo each type of wave before drawing it (7 waves for high frequency waveform, 3 waves for low frequency waveform)

Review of wave properties in Ch 4.1 up to now Mon. Jan. 6 then watching the Bill Nye video "Waves" and filling in the video worksheet

Doing "Catch a Waveform" Activity 4-3 p. 139 Wed. Jan. 8, in pairs. Cut out one good waveform from each of your 40 cm and 60 cm trials, glue them both onto paper, and label them with which trial they were, and on each label one crest, one trough, draw in one wavelength, label it and measure it's length in mm and record it on the waveform. Then answer the WDYFO Q's and hand in

Doing some review questions for Ch 4.1 Wave Properties Fri. Jan. 10: Txt Q's p. 143 #1,4,5,7-9, to prepare for Ch 4.1 TEST on Mon. Jan. 20, then intro to Ch 4.2

Doing an in-class worksheet assignment in pairs Tues. Jan. 14 to wrap up Ch 4.1 then read text p. 144-148 in Ch 4.2, and using a NEW colour from the last time, define 5 new vocabulary terms from p. 144 Key Terms (omit "light") into the vocab booklet, then do Rdg Chk p. 146 #1-5 and p. 149 #3+4

Reviewing content for next day's Ch 4.1 TEST Thurs. Jan. 16, then watching Bill Nye "Light and Colour" video. Bring pencil crayons next class for after the test

Ch 4.1 TEST: Mon. Jan. 20 then do Txt Q's p. 151 #2,3,8,12A and do WS BLM 2-5/p.59 (ROYGBIV) WS; use text p. 146 for top colouring part, colour it sideways, p. 154 for bottom labelling

Continuing Ch 4.2 on colour and light Wed. Jan. 22, then intro to Ch 4.3 "electromagnetic spectrum", demo of UV light and fluorescent rocks

More about the e.m. spectrum Mon. Jan. 27, some more demos, looking at Activity 4-7 p. 153 and doing Activity 4-9 p. 161, then another demo of Activity 4-8 p. 161

Returning to e.m. spectrum Wed. Jan. 29: watching a short video then reading text p. 153-160 and filling in the E.M. Table WS and doing Txt Q's p. 163 #8,10,11,12 and p. 164 #5 and defining 7 new vocab terms on p. 152 with a DIFFERENT COLOUR into the vocab booklets. Chapter 4.2/4.3 TEST is Thurs. Feb. 6

Reviewing all of the assigned work from last class Friday, Jan. 31, then doing a short individual in-class assignment, open book, with dividers. After, read article in text p. 162 on "Using Satellites to Map the Ocean Floor" and answer the question given in class

Starting Ch 5 Tues. Feb. 4, outline out, looking at shadows and meaning of opaque, translucent, and transparent materials and what happens to light when it hits them. Also learning how to draw a ray diagram. Read text p. 168-171 and the Did You Know p. 169, then do Rdg Chk p. 171 #4+5 and WS BLM 2-13

CH 4.2/4.3 TEST: Thurs. Feb. 6 then read text p. 172-3, do Rdg Chk p. 175 #1-4, do WS BLM 2-14 (don't get tricked!), and define 7 new vocab terms p. 168 into booklet

More about refraction Mon. Feb. 10, read text p. 174-5, then doing Activity 5-4 p. 177 with mortars and pestles and pennies; draw the before and after diagrams as explained in class

Doing Parts 1+2 of Activity 5-5 modified with plane mirrors and ray boxes and single and five-slit baffles, drawing diagrams. Then do Txt Q's p. 181 #2-4, 7, 11

Finishing Activity 5-5 Parts 3+4 Fri. Feb. 14. Then more about refraction, how light rays bend towards or away from the normal as they move between substances with different density.

Mock marking Activity 5-5 Wed. Feb. 19 to see how labs will be marked in this chapter. Debriefing Activity 5-4 then watching a video on the archer fish that uses refraction when it hunts. Finally doing a WS BLM 2-17/p.71

Doing Activity 5-3 p. 177 Fri. Feb. 21 with plexiglas blocks and single slit baffles on ray boxes. Label TWO refractions thoroughly as explained in the textbook, first refraction from air to plastic, second refraction from plastic back into air, then hand in for marking

Demo of large concave and convex mirrors Tues. Feb. 25. Read text p. 182-4 + p. 185-6, but omit Fig. 5.18. Do Rdg Chk p. 186 #1-6. Do WS BLM 2-18. Define 5 new vocab terms into booklet from p. 182. Notification today for date of CHAPTER 5 TEST: Mon. Apr. 6, third class back after spring break

Doing Activity 5-7 with curved mirrors Thurs. Feb. 27, draw 2 ray diagrams to be mock marked, and do Analyze Q's #1-3 and Conclude and Apply Q's #1+2. Then Intro to Pinhole Camera Lab, can be done in pairs, construction sheet/lab sheet out, cameras to be built on own time. Due date for cameras: Wed. Mar. 11 when cameras will be used in class to do a lab.

Mock marking Activity 5-7 Tues. Mar. 3, then doing Activity 5-8 p. 190 with curved lenses, 2 diagrams to be marked, also do the questions

Thursday: Students at theatre production "Oliver"

Wrapping up all labs to date Mon. Mar. 9, reminder that Pinhole Cameras and lab sheet are due next class. Read top of text p. 191 (omit Fig. 5.23), read top of p. 192 (omit Fig. 5.25), examine Fig. 5.26 (omit reading p. 193), do Txt Q's p. 197 #1,6,7,9-11, do WS BLM 2-22, and define 4 new vocab terms p. 190 into vocab booklets

Doing the Pinhole Camera Lab Wed. Mar. 11 with candles, camera construction and function will be checked in class, and the lab sheet filled out, to be marked

Debriefing pinhole camera lab Fri. Mar. 13 then watching a Bill Nye video on Light Optics. CHAPTER 5 TEST is second week back after spring break: Mon. Apr. 6

HAPPY SPRING BREAK, stay safe!

Remember to maintain social distancing, and keep yourselves safe. There will be more information here once we get it from the district. Miss you guys.

Okay all Ms. Rogers' Science 8 students, here we go with the online learning. I'll be putting up one new assignment every week at the start of the week, then sending you a google form (like the first one I sent to make contact with you to ask if you could access my website and if you brought home your textbook) on Thursday of every week to see if you've done the work. If you have questions about any assignment, you can email me at jrogers@deltasd.bc.ca and we can either email or maybe set up a virtual meeting with anyone having problems with a topic. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE YOUR TEXTBOOK AT HOME, USE THE LINK AT THE TOP OF THIS WEBSITE PAGE to download a pdf of all the chapters.

NOTE: We are omitting Chapter 6 due to the work having to be online (no sheep eye dissection, sorry) and moving out of Big Idea #2 to Big Idea #3. There will be NO Chapter 5 test.

Lesson #1: April 14th: Please DO NOT submit your completed work to me; I will ask you, as a homework check, to fill in a google form that I will email out to you to your deltalearns.ca email on Thursday of each week to let me know whether you have done the assigned work and if you have any questions. When I DO assign work for assignment marks I will let you know about how to submit to me. See below for Lesson #1. Click on the arrow in the top right corner to view it.

YOU NEED TO USE GOOGLE CHROME AS YOUR BROWSER IN ORDER TO ACCESS MATERIALS!!

Sc 8 Lesson #1 (1) redo.pdf

Here is LESSON #2:April 20: click on the link BELOW to access it: PLEASE do NOT submit this to me, I will send out an email on Thursday with a new google form for you to fill out.


https://drive.google.com/file/d/12y2bKYn4-GLBYcXtGkBNMM3ppYczb1Eh/view?usp=sharing

Use the link above for the ANSWER KEY for Lesson #2

Note that individual particles (atoms and molecules) themselves do NOT expand, contrary to what some of you used in your answer on the google form. A helium molecule for example CANNOT change its size, its made of 2 helium atoms, and each atom is only a certain size. When heat is added to the helium molecules, they move FASTER which makes them collide with each other harder, like bumper cars, which makes them SPREAD APART FROM EACH OTHER MORE, increasing the spacing between the particles. This will expand the entire amount of gas, but individual particles are still the same size they always were.

Here is LESSON #3: April 27: click on the link BELOW to access it. THIS TIME there is a WORKSHEET on matter that you will need to complete and send me your answers by taking a photo of it if you printed it and emailing that to me OR sharing your answers on separate paper with me on my deltalearns. ca email. I will be taking this for marks. I will also send the usual google form survey out on Thursday to check that you have done the REST of Lesson #3. Lesson #3 is due by 5 pm Friday, May 1. Here's the link to the assignment:


https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yIxXnqK2mRnyoO0dl5Yb0YbEyT4RY3tS/view?usp=sharing

Use the link above for the ANSWER KEY for Lesson #3

Note that the nucleus is the structure at the centre of the atom, and it is made up of protons and neutrons. Between it and any electrons in their negative cloud at a particular energy level, is EMPTY SPACE, there is NO matter in the empty space!

Here is LESSON #4: May 4: use the link BELOW to access it. PLEASE do NOT submit this to me, I will send out an email on Thursday with a new google form for you to fill out. Lesson #4 is due by 5 pm Friday, May 1. This is a hard deadline, so I will NOT accept late assignments.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JgB6fg6sWcOmZQWlaOovVFxsaKUObHLp/view?usp=sharing


https://drive.google.com/file/d/12SVU4HGV0RHcK69eHK5rA5NoCAsmCPWT/view?usp=sharing

Use the link ABOVE for the ANSWER KEY for Lesson #4's questions, then use the link BELOW for the ANSWER KEY for the worksheet:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gS0x8UFhtAyU7UW21VGf-dCk7WDgNzjJ/view?usp=sharing


Note that if you answered YES to having done Lesson #4, part of this lesson was doing the research on whether protons, neutrons and electrons, the subatomic particles that make up the atom, are truly the SMALLEST particles of matter. Clearly some of you did NOT do ANY research at all as the simplest search brings up the idea of particles called QUARKS, which is what protons and neutrons are made of, and some of you said that there is nothing smaller than the above subatomic particles, or even that there is nothing smaller than the atom.

RESULTS OF LAST WEEK'S SURVEY FOR MS. ROGERS' CLASSES ARE IN!!!!

# of responding students finding the workload TOO HEAVY:

  • Biology 12 -------- 2 out of 48
  • Science 9 ----------6 out of 95
  • Science 8 ----------4 out of 25

AND SO, TO PUT OUT THE FIRE (??), ADMIN HAS ASKED US TO LIGHTEN THE LOAD THIS WEEK!!!!! See below for this week's lesson!

Use the link below to access this week's assignment. Lesson #5 will be put up next Monday, May 18 (Victoria Day) and will be due Friday, May 22 at 5 pm as usual.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Cw9aVrvCc7bBCU-4gwXECUsU6yS9Di6W/view?usp=sharing


Results from last week's survey are in: most of you are fine with the online lessons in this course, some of you finding the content tougher without a face to face explanation and ability to ask questions on the spot. That's to be expected I think, that's why there are still bricks and mortar schools in the world! Some of you would prefer that I be on google classroom, but I won't be switching over to it since I have only a month and a half left of my career. Next school year, I believe all DSS teachers will be asked to use it for consistency for students. Some of the juniors said they don't like long videos, so no more Bill Nye! Some of the 12's asked that I put the google form survey up with the lesson on Monday, so I will do that, and also send out a reminder on Thursday. Also for the 12's, for those of you finding it hard to get the school work done because you are working full-time, I sympathize if you are having to work to support your family, but remember that you are still in school, and school is still meant to be a full time commitment! This is your graduating year! And lastly, if you have questions, just email me at either my First Class email or my deltalearns. ca email and I will answer you!

Here is LESSON #5: May 18-22: use the link BELOW to access it. PLEASE do NOT submit this to me, use the google form survey below. Lesson #5 is due by 5 pm Friday, May 22. I'll put the answer key out on the weekend.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/12NLL7Zt21FEi2pSFl2hzv9O3C3p3-NRi/view?usp=sharing

And here is the google form check-in survey for May 18-22: https://forms.gle/TCWjJioUxXQKfJg58

If it goes to a redirect notice, click on the link there.

Here is LESSON #6: May 25-29: use the link BELOW to access it. PLEASE do NOT submit this to me, use the google form survey below. Lesson #6 is due by 5 pm Friday, May 29. I'll put the answer key out on the weekend.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vBPXyDdtCFIwZEctBflJ9Plrizu9fSAI/view?usp=sharing

And here is the google form check-in survey for May 25-29: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc5epGU8IjL6pWIiY4MbblFBG7I_Ixs6d7dRUn-BhGEz8mRGw/viewform?usp=sf_link

Here is Lesson #7: June 1-5: use the link BELOW to access it. PLEASE do NOT submit this to me, use the google form survey below. Lesson #7 is due by 5 pm Friday, June 5. I'll put the answer key out on the weekend.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HNsJcof-EMxd3iaD938oUmhRcb2JLrxZ/view?usp=sharing

And here is the google form check-in survey for June 1-5:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeoE38WKyasnAiH6unJj6I9PIccTOAc_Oyz67ErvD_-8Ku37A/viewform?usp=sf_link


Here is Lesson #8: June 8-12: use the link BELOW to access it. TO SUBMIT THE ASSIGNMENT, please use my jrogers@deltalearns.ca email, either share your google doc or take a photo of your assignment and send it to me. You ALSO need to submit the google form check-in survey and answer the questions there. use the google form survey link below the lesson link. Lesson #8 is due by 5 pm Friday, June 12. I'll put the answer key out on the weekend.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yALBtu9oX5HoM_Ol-nOBkLHgQHYSwMIq/view?usp=sharing

Here is the link for the google form check-in survey for June 8-12:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScD0VARx2CGQv9BTaDQyY2QRj-6z7ENtR2LN_pcpkELn9eh_w/viewform?usp=sf_link


There were no questions to be done in Lesson #8 except the ones on the google form, and for students who truly did the lesson thoroughly, the answers were easy to find. The optional short research assignment was well done by the students who had the self-discipline and endurance to finish all that was asked of them during the online learning. Congratulations in particular to Katie Barczi, Anna Johnson, Maddox Nicholas, Eric Paulson, and Shawn Toor!

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL of Ms. Rogers' Science 8 students for finishing your Grade 8 year and for having the resilience to persist through the weirdness of the online learning during the pandemic. BEST OF LUCK next year and beyond! Next week I'll put up one more "lesson", Lesson #9, and there will be a google form check-in survey for it, but it will not be for marks as report cards need to be finalized by the end of this upcoming week.

Here is Lesson #9, your very last lesson of Science 8!! You do NOT submit this to me, but please fill out the google form check in survey below after you finish the lesson. Here's to a job well done in Science 8, best of luck in your future science classes!

Link to Lesson #9: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1M9ta7Ul7DXtu1MvMQenO1bbQgk5bybdk/view?usp=sharing

Here is the link for the google form check-in survey for June 15-19:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSef5QeTPBwDPa24PLPqy5oq_wHc-ViY_nplB80j1P_oYKpeGQ/viewform?usp=sf_link