Physical Science with Earth Science

Homework Assignments by Week for the 2021/2022 School Year:


WEEK 1 9/9/21

Thursday Introductions to People & the Course

Friday Safety, Books & Student Survey


WEEK 2 9/13/21


Monday Notes - Measurement & Demo - Tools of Measurement

Activity - Practice Volume


Tuesday Activity - Practice Volume & Start Lab - Measurement


Wednesday Lab - Measurement


Thursday ** NO SCHOOL - YOM KIPPUR **


Friday Review Lab - Measurement & Quiz - Ed Puzzle Measurement


WEEK 3 9/20/21

Monday Notes - Density

Demo - Make a Egg Float

Tuesday Classwork - Density Practice (Fill in the blanks)

Demo - Sinking Ice

Wednesday Quiz - Density Video

Start Lab - Density

Thursday Video - Autumnal Equinox Today at 3:20 PM!!

Lab - Density

Friday Review/Collect Lab - Density

Notes - Graphing and Observation vs Inferences

WEEK 4 9/27/21


Monday Lab - Science Toolbox (Graphing and Observations vs Inference Practice)

8th Grade Pre-Test: This is NOT part of your grade! Just feedback for us)


Tuesday WE'RE STARTING CHEMISTRY!

Notes - What is Matter?

HW - Read Pages 27-30


Wednesday Demo - What are the Elements?

Notes - Atoms!

Thursday Sign on to Gizmo with Codes

Gizmo Lab - Building Atoms

Friday MOVED TO MONDAY FOR I READY

Finish/Review Lab - Building Atoms

HW - EdPuzzle "Structure of Atoms"

WEEK 5 10/04/21 *** END OF 5 WEEK MARKING PERIOD ***


Monday Finish/Review Lab - Building Atoms

Demo - Van De Graff (Electron Generator!)

Notes - Rules About Atoms

HW - EdPuzzle "Structure of Atoms"


Tuesday Project - The Atom Project (This is a TEST Grade!!)

Wednesday Project - The Atom Project


Thursday Notes - The Periodic Table

HW - Read Pages 30-31 (Periodic Table)

Friday Lab - Periodic Table Scavenger Hunt

** ATOM PROJECTS DUE MONDAY!! **


WEEK 6 10/11/21


Monday ** INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S/COLUMBUS DAY - NO SCHOOL **


Tuesday VISIT FROM GUIDANCE! Mrs. Parker Guest Speaker on "Goal Setting"!!

Demo - Present Atom Projects!


Wednesday Notes - Compounds & Molecules

Activity - Counting Atoms


Thursday Finish/Review Activity - Counting Atoms

HW - EdPuzzle Chemical Bonding


Friday Lab - Making Molecules!


WEEK 7 10/18/21


Monday Review Lab - Making Molecules

Notes - Mixtures

Demo - Separating Substances

Tuesday Activity - Separating Substances


Wednesday Lab - Classifying Substances

Thursday Finish/Review Lab - Classifying Substances


Friday Notes - Physical Properties of Matter & Phases

Quiz - What is Matter? (Ch 1 Pages 27-37)


WEEK 8 10/25/21


Monday Notes - Properties

Quiz - What is Matter? (Ch 1: Matter Pages 27-37)


Tuesday Lab - Solubility

Wednesday Density Review (Ch 1: Matter Pages 40-46)

Practice - Solubility and Density


Thursday Notes - Physical and Chemical Properties and Changes


Friday Lab - Physical or Chemical Changes


HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

WEEK 9 11/1/21


Monday 1st QUARTER WORK DEADLINE!!

Notes - Chemical Reactions

Demo - Types of Chemical Reactions


Tuesday ** NO SCHOOL ** Conference Day

Wednesday Activity - Chemical Reactions


Thursday REVIEW FOR TEST - What to Study (Ch 1: Matter!!)

Friday UNIT TEST - CHEMISTRY (Ch 1: Matter)

END OF QUARTER 1


WEEK 10 11/8/21

Monday WELCOME TO Q2!!

INTRODUCING PHYSICS!!

Notes - States and Forms of Energy

Read Ch 2 Pages 61-66


Tuesday Activity - Energy Transformation

Review Test - Ch 1: Matter (Chemistry)

Wednesday Notes - Waves

Activity - Waves


Thursday ** NO SCHOOL - VETERANS DAY **


Friday Quiz - Ch 2 Ques (1-15)

Notes - Heat

WEEK 11 11/15/21

Monday Lab - Heat Transfer

HW - Read Ch 2 Pages 70-73 & Do Ques (16-30)


Tuesday Lab - Heat Transfer by Conduction (Gizmo)

Wednesday Notes - Magnetism and Electricity Read Pages 76-84

Thursday Lab - Household Energy Use

Friday Review/Finish Lab - Household Energy Use


WEEK 12 11/22/21

Monday Movie - Saving Energy!


Tuesday Activity - "The Resource Force"

Wednesday ** NO SCHOOL - THANKSGIVING BREAK! **

WEEK 13 11/29/21

Monday Notes - Sound

Demo - Sounds and Pitch

Read Pages 87-90 & Do Ques (45-56) Due Friday

Tuesday Movie - Sound

Intro Lab - Hearing: Frequency and Sound

Wednesday Lab - Hearing: Frequency and Sound (Gizmo)

Thursday Notes - Light

Demos - Light

Friday Movie - Light

FYI - TEST NEXT WEEK ON CH 2: ENERGY TEST NEXT WEEK ON CH 2: ENERGY


WEEK 14 12/6/21

Monday Lab - Get Illuminated

HW - Quiz Read Pgs 93-96 and Do Ques (57-76) Due Tomorrow

Tuesday Activity - Review for Ch 2 TEST!

Wednesday Review Activity

Kahoot? Review on ENERGY!

Thursday TEST - Ch 2: Energy!

Friday Introduce Ch 3: Energy and Resources!

Get Ready to Pick Energy Sources for Projects!


WEEK 15 12/19/21

Monday Finish Notes - Energy Sources

Sign up your Energy Source for Research Project!

HW - Quiz Read Pages 101-113 and Do Ques (1-24) Due Thursday

Tuesday Movie - Generating Electricity

Work on Projects

Wednesday Work on Projects

Thursday Notes - Problems with Energy Sources

Work on Projects

Friday Lab - Energy Around the House (Gizmo)

Final Time to Work on Projects

** END OF 5 Week MARKING PERIOD **


WEEK 16 12/13/21

Monday Finish Lab - Energy Around the House

Start Presentations

HW - Quiz Read Pages 113-120 and Do Ques (25-38) Due Wednesday

Tuesday EXTRA CREDIT Environmental Project for 5 Points!

Presentations

Wednesday Presentations

Thursday Movie - The Garbage Story

Friday ** NO SCHOOL - HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY HOLIDAY and SEE YOU IN 2022!! **


WEEK 17 1/3/22 Both Teachers Were Quarantined (See GC)

WEEK 18 1/10/22

Monday Notes - Force, Mass, and Motion

Demo - Spring Scales

HW - Due Tonight Ch 4 Ques (1-16) & Lab - Fan Carts

Tuesday Activity - Measuring Forces

HW - Practice with Forces

Wednesday Review - Practice with Forces

Movie - Forces and Motion

Thursday Notes - Motion

Friday Lab - Speedy Speed Lab!!

WEEK 19 1/18/22

Monday ** No School - MLK Had a DREAM... what is yours? **

Tuesday Lesson - Newtons Laws of Motion

HW - Read Ch 4, Ques (17-37) are the Quiz due Friday

Wednesday Activity - Newton's 2nd Law

Movie - Forces and Motion

Thursday Review Activity - Newton's 2nd Law

Lab - Balloon Races

Friday Quiz - Newton's Laws of Motion


WEEK 20 1/24/22 ** 2nd Quarter WORK DEADLINE TODAY **

Monday Return/Review Quiz - Newton's Laws of Motion

Lesson - Simple Machines

HW - Read and Do Ch 4 Ques (38-51)

Tuesday Movie - Simple Machines

Activity - What is Work?

Wednesday Review Activity - What is Work?

Lab - Simple Machines

Thursday Review/Submit Lab - Simple Machines

What to Study for the UNIT TEST TOMORROW!

Friday UNIT TEST on PHYSICS: Chapters 2,3,4

** END OF Quarter 2**


WEEK 21 1/24/22 ** WELCOME TO 3rd QUARTER!! **

Monday UNIT TEST on PHYSICS: Chapters 2,3,4


Tuesday Review Unit Test

INTRO TO EARTH SCIENCE!!

Lesson - What is Earth Science?


Wednesday Movie - Earth Science

Lesson - Earth's Surface


Thursday Demo - Mineral Properties

Activity - Minerals Around the House


Friday IReady - ELA


WEEK 22 2/7/22

Monday IReady - ELA

Tuesday Lesson/Demo - Mineral Properties

Finish/Review - Minerals Around the House

HW - Read Ch 9 Pages 243-251


Wednesday Demo - How to Use a Dichotomous Key

Activity - Mineral ID

Thursday Lab - Mineral ID

Friday Finish/Review Lab - Mineral ID


WEEK 23 2/14/22

Monday Review Lab - Mineral ID

Lesson - Rocks!

HW - Read Ch 9 Pages 246-253 (Quiz on 1-23 Friday)

Tuesday Movie - Rocks

Activity - Rock Cycle

Wednesday Lab - Rock Cycle (Gizmo)

Thursday Lab - Rock Cycle (Gizmo)

Friday Quiz - Ch 9: Rocks and Minerals, Questions (1-23)

HW - Read Ch 9 Pages 257-260 (Earth's History)


WEEK 24 2/22/22


Monday ** NO SCHOOL - PRESIDENTS DAY!! **


Tuesday Lesson - Earth's History

HW - Read Ch 9 Pages 257-260 (Earth's History)


Wednesday Lab - Relative Dating

Thursday Review/Finish Lab - Relative Dating

Movie - Earth's History

Activity - Earth's History Scavenger Hunt

Friday Quiz - Earth History Ch 9 Ques (24-39)

Fossil Show and Tell!

(Bring or make a fossil to share for an extra answer on the quiz!)


WEEK 25 2/28/22 ** End of 5 Week Marking Period **

Monday Quiz - Earth History Ch 9 Ques (24-39)

Fossil Show and Tell!

(Bring or make a fossil to share for an extra answer on the quiz!)

HW - Read Ch 9 Pages 264-268 For Quiz Friday on Ques (40-49)


Tuesday Lesson - Latitude and Longitude

Lab - Locating Positions


Wednesday Lesson - Topographic Maps and Profiles

Activity - Reading Isolines

Thursday Lesson - How to Draw Isolines

Activity - Drawing Isolines!

Friday Quiz - Mapping Earth's Surface Ch 9 Ques (40-49)

What to Study for MONDAY TEST on Ch 9: Earth's Surface

WEEK 26 3/7/22

Monday TEST - Ch 9: Earth's Surface

Intro Ch 10: Processes That Change Earth's Surface

HW - Ch 10 Read Pages 273 (Interacting Earth Systems)


Tuesday Lesson - Earths Spheres

HW - Ch 10 Read Pages 274-276 (Weathering and Erosion)


Wednesday Lesson - Weathering

Activity - Weathering (Is it Chemical or Physical?)

Thursday Lesson - Erosion

Activity - Agents of Erosion

Friday Finish Activity - (Erosion Gizmo)


WEEK 27 3/14/22

Monday Quiz -External Process Ch 10 Ques (1-8)

Lesson - Landforms

Activity - Landscapes of NYS

HW - Read Ch 10 Pages 279-281


Tuesday Review Activity - Landscapes of NYS

Lesson - Earthquakes

Wednesday Demo/Activity - Earthquake Waves

Lab - Earthquake Waves

Thursday Lesson - Structure of Earth

Activity - Structure of Earth

HW - Read Ch 10 Pages 283-289 (Quiz on Ques 9-28 NEXT WEEK)


Friday Movie - Plate Tectonics

HW - Read Ch 10 Pages 283-289 (Quiz on Ques 9-28 NEXT WEEK)

WEEK 28 3/21/22

Monday Finish Movie - Plate Tectonics

Lab - Plate Tectonics (Gizmo)


Tuesday Continue Lab - Plate Tectonics (Gizmo)

HW - Read Ch 10 and Do Ques (9-28)

Wednesday Lesson - Continental Drift vs Plate Tectonics

HW - Ch 10 Test Review Sheet

Thursday Review Ch 10 Test Review Sheet

Activity - Plate Tectonics Webquest

Friday TEST - Ch 10: Processes that Change Earth's Surface


WEEK 29 3/28/22

** SUBMIT ALL Q3 WORK AS MARKING PERIOD ENDS!! **


Monday Intro Ch 11: Weather and Climate

Lesson - Earth's Atmosphere

Demo - % Oxygen in the Atmosphere


Tuesday (ELA - Revised Bell Schedule)

Activity - Layers of the Atmosphere

Wednesday (ELA - Revised Bell Schedule)

Movie - Weather!

Thursday Lesson - Weather Variables

Demo - Weather Instruments


Friday Lab Activity - Weather Instruments



WEEK 30 4/8/22


Monday Lesson - The Suns Energy and Wind

Demo - Local Winds (gizmo)

HW - Read Ch 11 Pages 295-304


Tuesday Lesson - The Water Cycle

Demo - Make a Cloud in a Bottle

Wednesday Lesson - Climate

Activity - Climate

Thursday Quiz - Ch 11 Ques (1-21)


Friday Movie - Bill Nye Weather & Climate


** Enjoy your SPRING BREAK... See you in Quarter 4!! **


WEEK 33 5/2/22

Monday Intro Ch 12: Astronomy!

Lesson - Earth's Rotation

HW - Read Ch 12 Pages 330-338

NOTE: Quiz Friday on Ques (1-16)


Tuesday Lesson - Earth's Revolution

Demo - Constellations

Demo - Night Sky App


Wednesday Movie - Rotation and Revolution

Activity - Rotation and Revolution

Thursday Lesson - Seasons

Lab - Seasons


Friday Quiz - Ch 12 Ques (1-16) Start

HW - Read Pages 342-352

WEEK 34 5/9/22


End of 5 Week - ALL WORK DUE TODAY!!!

Monday Lesson - The Solar System

Movie - The Planets Song

Activity - Solar System Scavenger Hunt

HW - Read Ch 12 Pages 342-352 Quiz on Ques (17-35) Friday


Tuesday Lesson - The Moon

Demo - The Moons Rotation and Revolution

Movie - The Moon Dance


Wednesday Lab - Phases of the Moon

Thursday Lab - Eclipses

Mini Lesson - Asteroids, Comets, and Meteoroids

Friday Quiz - Ch 12 Ques (17-35)

Sunday Night Total Lunar Eclipse Starts 9:32PM - 2:50AM




















































WEEK 7 10/19/20

Monday Finish/Review Lab - Observing Weather & Read Pages 309-315

Tuesday Notes - Fronts, Air Masses, Forecasting

Wednesday EdPuzzle - Weather Forecasting

Thursday Welcome Back to School!!

Friday Quiz - Ch 11 Ques (22-37)


WEEK 8 10/26/20

Monday Notes - Severe Weather & Pollution

Tuesday EdPuzzle - Severe Weather

Wednesday Project - Severe Weather (TEST GRADE!)

Thursday Project - Severe Weather

Friday Presentations & Quiz - Ch 11 Ques (38-54)


WEEK 9 11/2/20

Monday 9th per 1/2 class only WELCOME

Tuesday ** No School - Election/Conference Day **

Wednesday Online - Introduce Chapter 12: Astronomy

Thursday 9th per 1/2 class

Friday Notes - Earth's Rotation & Read Pages 330-338

END OF FIRST MARKING PERIOD!!


WEEK 10 11/9/20

Monday - Tuesday Notes - Seasons & Demo - Shadow Angles and Constellations

Wednesday ** NO SCHOOL - VETERANS DAY - Thank you VETERANS!! **

Thursday - Friday Lab - Reasons for the Seasons


WEEK 11 11/16/20

Monday - Tuesday Notes - Solar System &

Activity - Solar System

HW Ch 12 Ques (1-16)

Wednesday Video - Moon Dance & Read Pages 342-352

Thursday - Friday Notes - The Moon!! Phases, Eclipses, Tides

Lab - The Moon

WEEK 12 11/23/20

Monday - Tuesday Video - The Universe and Beyond & Ch 12 Ques (17-35)

Wednesday - Friday ** NO SCHOOL - HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL!! **

WEEK 13 11/30/20

Monday - Tuesday Notes - The Universe & Read Ch 12 Pages 355-359 & Ques (36-47)

Wednesday Lab - Spectral Lines

Thursday - Friday Project/Test - Astronomy Report DUE MONDAY!


WEEK 14 12/7/20

Monday - Tuesday Share a few of the Astronomy Presentations!

Notes - Earth's Surface Materials

Read Pages 243-246 (Up to "Rocks")

Wednesday Activity - Minerals Around the House

Thursday - Friday Activity - Mineral ID

WEEK 15 12/14/20

Monday - Tuesday Lab - Mineral ID (Gizmo)

Wednesday Ed Puzzle - Rocks

Thursday - Friday Notes - Rocks & Activity - Rock Cycle!

WEEK 16 12/21/20

Monday - Tuesday Lab - Rock ID Gizmo & Read and Do Pages 246-253 Ques (1-16) Due Weds

Wednesday Wrap-up!

Stay Safe and Have Happy Holidays!!

WEEK 17 1/4/21

Monday - Tuesday Welcome Back!!

Animation - Sequence of Events

Notes - Sequence of Events, Fossils & Earth History

Wednesday Activity - Sequence of Events

Thursday - Friday Quiz Ch 9 - Ques (24-39)


WEEK 18 1/11/21

Monday Notes - Latitude and Longitude

Tuesday Video - Mapping

Wednesday Activity - Practicing Latitude and Longitude

Thursday Notes - Topo Maps (Isolines and Profiles)

Friday Review & Quiz (40-49)


WEEK 20 1/25/21

Monday Notes - Landforms

Read Pages 279-281

Tuesday Notes - Earthquakes

Demo - Live Earthquake Feed

Wednesday Video (EdPuzzle) - Earthquakes!!

*** All Q2 Work Due ***

Thursday Mini Lab - Earthquake Gizmo

Friday Notes - Earth's Structure

***** END OF 2ND QUARTER!! *****


WEEK 21 2/1/21

Monday SNOW DAY!!!!!

Tuesday SNOW DAY!!!!


Wednesday IREADY MATH


Thursday Notes - Structure of Earth


Friday Notes - Continental Drift

Intro Lab - Continental Drift

WEEK 22 2/8/21

Monday Notes - Plate Tectonics

Start Lab - Continental Drift (Due Wednesday)

Quiz - Ch 10 Ques (9-28)

Tuesday Lab - Continental Drift

Earth Science UNIT REVIEW (Ch 9,10,11,12)

Wednesday IREADY - ELA

EdPuzzle - Earth Science Review

Thursday Earth Science UNIT REVIEW! (Ch 9,10,11,12)

Friday Earth Science UNIT REVIEW! (Ch 9,10,11,12)

UNIT TEST - EARTH SCIENCE!!


WEEK 23 2/15/21

Monday ** NO SCHOOL - Presidents Weekend **

Tuesday Review/Return ES UNIT TEST

Introduce Chemistry - Create Questions!!

Wednesday EdPuzzle - What is Chemistry?

Thursday Notes - What is Matter

Read Ch 1:Matter Pages 27-36

Friday Activity - What is Matter


WEEK 24 2/22/21

Monday Notes (Continued) - Matter

Video - Classes of Matter

Tuesday Notes - Structure of Atoms

Wednesday Lab - Atom Builder (Gizmo)

Thursday Notes - The Periodic Table

Interactive Periodic Table

Friday Pick or Assign an Element to Research

Activity - Build a Model of an Atom!

WEEK 25 3/1/21

Monday Help with Atoms Projects and Continue Research on Element

Tuesday Atoms Projects Due tonight THIS IS A TEST GRADE!!

Activity - Structure of Atoms

Wednesday Notes - Periodic Table of Elements

Thursday Video - Periodic Table

Friday Notes - Compounds

WEEK 26 3/8/21

Monday Notes - Compounds and Bonding

Read Pages 31-32 (Compounds and Chemical Bonding)

Tuesday Activity - Counting Atoms

Wednesday Activity - Making Molecules

Thursday Notes - Mixtures

Demo - Separating Substances

Read Pages 32-33 (Mixtures)

Friday Lab - Classification of Matter


WEEK 28 3/15/21

Monday Review/Share - Classification of Matter

Notes - Physical Properties


Tuesday Notes - Phases of Matter

Read Ch 1 & Do Ques (1-18) on Page 37

Wednesday EdPuzzle - Phase Changes


Thursday Activity/Review - Reviewing Density

Read Ch 1 & Do Ques (19-35)


Friday ** NO SCHOOL - Conference Day! **



WEEK 29 4/6/21 ** ALL Q3 ENDS... WELCOME TO Q4, MAKE IT GREAT!! **

Monday NO SCHOOL!!


Tuesday Review Test Ch 1: MATTER (Chemistry)

Intro/Demos - Ch 2: ENERGY! (Physics!!)

Read Ch 2 Pages 61-66


Wednesday EdPuzzle - States and Forms of Energy


Thursday Notes - States and Forms of Energy


Friday Activity - Energy Transformations

Read & Do Ch 2 Ques (1-15)


WEEK 30 4/12/21

Monday Notes/Activity - Waves

Read Pages 70-73


Tuesday Notes - Heat & Heat Transfer

Wednesday Movie - Heat Transfer


Thursday Lab - Heat Transfer

Friday Notes - Magnetism and Electricity!

Quiz - Ch 2 Ques (16-30)


WEEK 31 4/19/21

Monday Notes - Magnetism and Electricity

Read Pages 76-84

Tuesday Movie - Circuits

Demo - Circuits and Circuit Builder

Quiz - Ch 2 Ques (31-44)

Wednesday Lab - Circuit Builder (Gizmo)


Thursday Notes - Sound

Demo - Do you hear what I hear?

Read Pages 87-90

Friday Lab - Hearing: Frequency and Volume (Gizmo)

(FYI ... Monday Quiz - Ch 2 Ques (45-56))




WEEK 33 5/3/21


Monday Notes - Advantage VS Disadvantages/Conservation

Intro Project - Energy Sources (THIS IS A TEST GRADE!)

Quiz - Ch 3 (1-24)

Tuesday Movie - The Garbage Story (21)

Activity - How can I REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE

Wednesday Lab - Household Energy Uses (Gizmo)

Thursday Demo - Pudding your energy where your mouth is!

Activity - Making Smart Energy Choices

Friday Energy Sources PRESENTATIONS! (Volunteer for Extra Credit!)

WEEK 34 5/10/21

Monday Intro Physics!

Demo - Forces

Notes - Forces

Read Pages 123-129

Tuesday Notes - Force, Mass & Motion

Movie - Forces

Wednesday Lab - Fan Cart Forces (Gizmo)


Thursday Notes - Measuring Motion

Friday Activity - Calculating Speed

Quiz - Ch 4 Ques (1-16)



WEEK 35 5/17/21


Monday Lab - Racing Ramp Motion!

Tuesday Notes - Newton's Laws of Motion

Demos/Activity - Newton's Laws

Wednesday EdPuzzle - Newton's Laws of Motion

Quiz - Ch 4 Ques (17-37)


Thursday Activity - Calculating Forces

Friday Notes - Simple Machines


WEEK 36 5/24/21


Monday Lab - Simple Machines

Ch 4: Motion and Machines Quiz # 38-51- Due Tuesday

Tuesday Review for Physics Test!

(Ch 2,3,4: Energy, Motion, Machines!)

Wednesday Physics Test


Thursday Test Review - Ch 5: Organisms

Biology Review Quiz- Due Wednesday, 6/2/21

Friday Test Review- Ch 6: Biological Diversity and Heredity


WEEK 37 5/31/21


Monday ** MEMORIAL DAY ** (No School)

Tuesday Test Review - Ch 7: Human Systems & Ch 8: Ecosystems

TEST - LIFE SCIENCE (Review from 7th Grade)


Wednesday Kahoot Review


Thursday Review - Earth Science

Friday Review - Chemistry


MONDAY 6/7/21 STATE TEST FOR SCIENCE 8

WEEK 38 6/8/21

Monday ** SCIENCE 8 - STATE TEST (2Hr Delay Schedule) **

Check in - How we'll spend the rest of the year

Tuesday Environmental Project (Extra Credit Opportunity!)

Wednesday EdPuzzle - How can we help save Earth!!


Thursday FYI - SOLAR ECLIPSE EARLY THIS MORNING!! (See Link for Stats!)

Compose Final List of Things for the Environment

Friday EARTH REPORT - Final Project (This is a TEST GRADE!)









































Week 1 - 9/5/19

Thursday - Sign Guidelines

Friday - Have Supplies and Hand in info about you

Week 2 - 9/9/18

Monday - Safety Quiz, signed by YOU & Book forms signed by you and guardian

Tuesday -Finish Observation and Inference Sheet

Wednesday - Finish Measurement Packet

Thursday - Density Practice

Friday - Finish Density Lab (If not done in class)

WEEK 3 - 9/16/19

MONDAY

* Review Homework – Density Practice

* Lab - Density

* Demo – Heavy Ice

HW – Work on Density Questions

TUESDAY

*Finish/Review/Collect Lab – Density

* Demo – Does it sink or does it float?

* Intro Definitions for Tomorrow’s Activity

HW – Review Definitions of Big Ideas (Science Themes)


WEDNESDAY

* Activity – Big Ideas (Science Themes)

* Start Planning a Poster (time Permitting)

HW – Plan a Poster for your example of a Big Idea

THURSDAY

* Create a Poster – Examples of a Big Idea in Science

HW – Start Using The Book!! Read Pgs 27-37 and Do Ques (1-18) on Pg 37

FRIDAY

* Create a Poster – Examples of a Big Idea in Science

HW – Start Using The Book!! Read Pgs 27-37 and Do Ques (1-18) on Pg 37 (Don’t worry, we will be working on these topics for the next few weeks!)

The GEM & MINERAL SHOW is

THIS WEEKEND at GOLD’S GYM


WEEK 4 (9/23/19)

MONDAY

* Finish Posters – Crosscutting Concepts (Science Themes)

* Intro Matter!

HW – Bring in Food a Labels (The more ingredients, the better!! Take from recycling, not the cabinets or you’ll be eating mystery food!) & Have Ch 1 (1-18)

TUESDAY

* Notes – Basics of Matter

* Review Homework – Ch 1 (1-18)

HW – Last Chance for Food Labels

WEDNESDAY

* Activity – Classification of Matter

HW – Finish Activity (if not done in class)

THURSDAY Welcome to Curriculum Night

* Summary – Poster Projects

* Movie – Classification of Matter

HW – Make sure your parents know about Curriculum Night!

FRIDAY

* Notes - Elements

* Activity - Elements

HW – Finish Activity (If not done in class!)

WEEK 5 (10/1/19)

MONDAY **** No School – Rosh Hashanah ****

TUESDAY

* Review Activity/Homework – Classification of Matter

* Activity – Making Butter: What classification is milk?

HW – Finish Activity (If not done in class)

WEDNESDAY

* Lab – Separating Substances (this may take a few days to see results)

* Start Activity – How did our model of atoms evolve? (See PH Book Pg 582)

HW – Study for QUIZ on Classes of Matter!

THURSDAY

* Quiz – Classes of Matter

* Activity – How do we know about Atoms?

* Demo – Electrons: Where are they and how do they act?

HW – Think about an element you might want to research

FRIDAY

* Review/Collect Lab – Separating Substances (if final observations are made)

* Notes – Structure of Atoms

* Demo – Rutherfords Experiment

* Choose Elements for Research (no doubles, first come is first served!)

HW – Start Researching Your Element!


WEEK 6 (10/7/19)

MONDAY

* Finish Lab – Separating Substances (Make Final Observations)

HINT: USE YOUR NOTES to help you answer the conclusion questions!

* Use “Physical Science w/Earth Science” Read Pgs 584-587 & Do Ques (1-7) HW – Get your 5 Week Report SIGNED!! This will be a quiz grade!

TUESDAY

* Notes – Masses of Atoms

* Demo – Periodic Table Showing Atomic Masses (Structure!)

* Activity – Atomic Structure

HW – Finish Atomic Structure (If not done in class)

Start Element Research (This will be a Quiz Grade!)

WEDNESDAY

**** No School – Yom Kippur ****

THURSDAY

* Review Activity – Atomic Structure

* Activity – Drawing Atoms (Including your Research Elements!)

HW – Finish Element Research! (Plus Extra 10 Pts for Correct Model

FRIDAY

* DUE-Element Research (and Model is Optional)

* Movie – Chemical Reactions

HW – None 😊 Enjoy your long weekend!

WEEK 7 (10/15/19)

MONDAY **** No School – Columbus Day ****

TUESDAY

* Organize and Submit Atoms Projects for 10 Test Points!

* Demo – Periodic Table Showing Atomic Masses (Structure!)

* Notes – The Periodic Table

* Activity – Highlighting the Periodic Table

HW – Finish Activity (If not done in class)

WEDNESDAY

* Activity – Periodic Table Scavenger Hunt

* Review Both Activities – Highlighting the Periodic Table and Scavenger Hunt

* Activity – Atoms and Molecules

HW – Finish Activity (If not done in class)

THURSDAY

* Notes – Counting Atoms

* Activity – Counting Atoms

* Lab – Making Models of Molecules

HW – Finish Lab (If you need the kits, it may be during lunch or study hall)

FRIDAY

* Notes – Chemical and Physical Properties & Changes

* Lab – Changes: Are they Chemical or Physical?

HW – Finish Lab (If not done in class)

WEEK 8 (10/21/19)

MONDAY

* Review/Finish Lab – Models of Molecules!

* Notes – Counting Atoms

* Activity – Counting Atoms (Use Your Periodic Tables😊!!)

HW – Read Ch 1 Pages 51-57 & Do Ques (36-48) – Due Weds

TUESDAY

* Notes – Chemical and Physical Properties and Changes

* Lab – Observing Changes: Are they Chemical or Physical?

HW – Finish Lab Questions (If not done in class)

WEDNESDAY

* Review/Collect Lab – Observing Changes: Are they Chemical or Physical?

* Review Homework – Ch 1 Ques (36-48)

* Activity – Process Skill on Page 56 (Making Predictions and Graph Analysis)

HW – Finish Activity (If not done in class)

THURSDAY

* Notes – Chemical Reactions

* Demo – Types of Reactions

* Movie – Chemical Reactions

HW – Read Ch 1 Pgs 40-46 & Do Ques (19-35) (This is for review, we did this!)

FRIDAY

* Review Homework – Ch 1 Ques (19-35)

* Lab – Flame Test (Time Permitting)

* Start Ch 1: Matter Test Review Sheet

HW – Ch 1: Matter Test Review Sheet (If not done in class)

NOTE: The Ch 1"Matter" TEST is TUESDAY!!!

WEEK 9 (10/28/19)

MONDAY

* Review Homework – Ch 1 Test Review Sheet (Matter!)

* What to Study

HW – Study Ch 1 Textbook, Notes, Labs, Activities, Homeworks!

TUESDAY

* TEST – Ch 1: Matter

* Time Permitting (Start Reading Ch 2: Energy!)

HW – Optional Start Reading Ch 2 and Do Ques (1-15)

WEDNESDAY

* Return and Review Ch 1 Test: Matter

* Test Corrections for 10 Points back! In Class/Lunch/Study Hall…

Write ques with answers and page# you find this concept in the book

* Time Permitting (Start Reading Ch 2: Energy!)

HW – Optional Start Reading Ch 2 and Do Ques (1-15)

THURSDAY Quarter 1 Work Deadline!

* Schedule to be determined by Administration

FRIDAY

* Introduce Physics!!

* Movie – What is Energy?

HW – None (If you read Ch 2 & Did Ques 1-15!)

WEEK 10 (11/4/19)

MONDAY

* Intro Ch 2: What is Energy?

* Notes – Forms of Energy

* Demo – Energy Transformations

HW – List an Example of Each Kind of Energy (If not done in class)

TUESDAY **** No School – Election Day ****

WEDNESDAY

* Review Homework – Examples of Types of Energy

* Read and Do Ch 2 Questions (1-15) on Energy Basics

* Activity – Wave Properties (Use Page 66 to help you)

HW – Finish Activity (If not done in class)

THURSDAY

* Review Activity – Wave Properties

* Demo – Types of Waves (Slinky)

* Demo – Types of Waves (Humans!)

HW – Have Ch 2 Ques (1-15) Done!

FRIDAY

* Activity – Energy Transformations

* Review Homework – Ch 2 Ques (1-15)

HW – Read Ch 2 Ques (16-30) on Heat

WEEK 11 (11/12/19)

MONDAY **** No School – Veterans Day (Thank our Veterans!) ****

TUESDAY

* Notes – Heat Energy!

* Demo – How does a Thermometer Work?

* Demo – Make a Celcius (Centigrade) Thermometer

HW – Have Ch 2 Ques (16-30) Done!

WEDNESDAY

* Lab – Heat Transfer

HW – Finish Lab Questions (If not done in class)

THURSDAY

* Review/Collect Lab – Heat Transfer

* Review Homework – Ch 2 Ques (16-30)

* Movie – Heat

HW – Activity (Finding places heat is lost at home)

FRIDAY

* Review Homework – Finding places heat is lost at home

* Introduce Magnetism and Electricity

HW – Read and Do Ch 2 Ques (31-44)

WEEK 12 (11/18/19)

MONDAY

* What is Magnetism?

* Demo – Magnetic Field

* Notes – Magnets

* Movie Clip/Activity - Iron in your food, Iron in you!

HW – Have Ch 2 Ques (31-44)

TUESDAY

* Movie – Magnetism and Electricity

* Demo – VanDeGraff Generator

HW – Make a successful Snap Circuit during lunch or study hall for 10 test points

WEDNESDAY

* Notes – Electricity

* Demo – What kind of circuit are our holiday lights?

* Activity – Measuring Electrical Conductivity

* Review Homework – Ch 2 Ques (31-44)

HW –Make a successful Snap Circuit during lunch or study hall for 10 test points

THURSDAY

* Lab – Make a Circuit

HW – Finish Lab (If not done in class) Read and Do Ch 2 Ques (45-56)

FRIDAY

* Notes - Sound

* Demo – Tuning Forks

* Demo – What can you hear?

HW – Have Ch 2 Ques (45-56)

Week 13 (11/25/19)

MONDAY

* Demo – Sound in a Vacuum

* Movie – Sound

HW - None

TUESDAY

* Quiz – Ch 2 Up to Sound!

* Activity – Boomwhackers

HW – NONE! Have a Happy Thanksgiving😊

WEEK 14 (12/3/19)

MONDAY

**** SNOW DAY!!!! ****

TUESDAY (2 HR DELAY)

* Activity – Heat Flow of Snow * * * !

HW – Finish Activity Questions (If not done in class)

WEDNESDAY

* Review Activity – Heat Flow of Snow

* Activity – Telephone Sound

HW – Finish Lab Questions & Have Ques (45-56)

THURSDAY

* Review Activity – Telephone Sound

* Review Homework – Ch 2 Ques (45-56)

HW – Read and Do Ch 2 Ques (57-76)

FRIDAY ** 5 Week Marking Period Deadline **

* Notes - Light

* Demo – Rods and Cones!

* Activity - Lenses

HW – Have Ch 2 Ques (57-76) If not done!

WEEK 15 (12/9/19)

MONDAY

* Intro – What is Light?

* Notes – Light

* Demo – Rods and cones & Fiber Optics

HW – Have Ch 2 Ques (57-76) If not done!

TUESDAY

* Activity – Behavior of Light (Radiation, Refraction, Lenses and more!)

HW – Finish Activity Questions (If not done in class)

WEDNESDAY

* Activity – The Electromagnetic Spectrum

* Start Ch 2 Review Sheet (Time Permitting)

HW – Finish Activity Questions (If not done in class) & Start Ch 2 Review Sheet

THURSDAY

* Review Homework – Ch 2 Ques (57-76)

* Movie - Light

HW – Finish Ch 2 Review Sheet for Review Tomorrow!

FRIDAY

* Review Homework - Ch 2 Review Sheet

* What to Study!

HW – Ch 2 TEST MONDAY!!

WEEK 15.5 (12/16/19)

MONDAY

* Review Homework – Ch 2 Test Review Sheet

HW – Study for the Test Wednesday (Study Notes, Textbook, Activities etc!)

TUESDAY

* SNOW DAY LIKELY… STUDY for Ch 2 Energy TEST!!! *

WEDNESDAY

* TEST – Ch 2: Energy

* Start Reading Ch 3: Energy and Resources

HW – None!

THURSDAY

* Test Corrections – Ch 2: Energy

* Intro Ch 3: Energy and Resources

HW – None!

FRIDAY

* Movie – Energy and Resources

* Pick Project Topics and Partners

HW – Have a Great Holiday!!

WEEK 16 (1/2/20)

THURSDAY

* Intro Ch 3: Energy and Resources

* Movie – Energy and Resources

HW – Read and Do Ch 3 Ques (1-13)

FRIDAY

* Notes – Measuring Energy and Energy Sources

* Pick Project Topics and Partners (Be Wise! You share a TEST grade for this!!)

HW – Start Your Research

WEEK 17 (1/6/20)

MONDAY

* Review Homework – Ch 3 (1-13)

* Planning Time with your Group!

HW – Read and Do Ch 3 Ques (14-24) & Research for Your Group!

TUESDAY

* Notes – Problems with Energy Sources

* Planning Time with your Group!

HW – Research for Your Group!

WEDNESDAY

* Review Homework – Ch 3 (14-24)

*Movie Clips: Alternative Sources (ex -Nuclear, Biomass, Geothermal)

* Planning Time with Your Group!

HW – Read and Do Ch 3 Ques (25-38)

THURSDAY

* Notes – Conservation, Renewable vs Nonrenewable, The 3 R’s!!

* Start Presentations?

HW – Have Presentations Ready!!

FRIDAY

* Start Presentations!

* Review Homework – Ch 3 Ques (25-38)

HW – Chapter 3 Test Review

WEEK 18 (1/13/20)

MONDAY

* Final Presentations

* Review Homework – Ch 3 (25-38)

* Movie – The Garbage Story

HW – Ch 3: Resources Review Sheet

TUESDAY

* Review Homework – Ch 3 Review Sheet

* Movie – What We Can Do

* Start List – In Groups… What Can We Do?

HW – Think about stuff to add to the list!

WEDNESDAY

* Make a Class List – What Can We Do?

* What to Study for Test

HW – Study For Test Tomorrow


THURSDAY

* TEST – Ch 3: Energy and Resources

* Start Ch 4 (1-16)

HW – None… Start Ch 4 if you have time😊

FRIDAY

* Review Test – Ch 3: Energy and Resources (Corrections)

* Introducing Ch 4: Motion and Machines!

HW – Read and Do Ch 4 Questions (1-16)

WEEK 19 (1/21/20)

MONDAY **** No School – Martin Luther King Jr. Day ****

TUESDAY

* Notes – Forces & Motion

* Demo – Forces!

* Activity – Nature of Force

HW – Finish Activity (If not done in class)

WEDNESDAY

* Notes – Friction and Gravity

* Activity – Friction and Gravity

* Lab/Activity – Friction Factors

HW – Finish Activity (If not done in class)

THURSDAY

* Notes - Motion

* Activity – Describing and Measuring Motion

HW –Worksheet - Using Motion Formulas

FRIDAY

* Review Homework – Using Motion Formulas

* Review Homework – Ch 4 (1-16)

HW – Read and Do Ch 4 Ques (17-37)

WEEK 20 (1/27/20)

MONDAY

* Review Homework – Ch 4 (1-16)

* Activity – Using Motion Formulas

HW – Practice Sheet (Motion)

TUESDAY ** Q2 Lab DEADLINE **

* Review Homework – Practice Sheet (Motion)

* Movie – Motion (Introduction to Newton’s Laws!)

HW – Read & Do Ch 4 Ques (17-37)

WEDNESDAY

* Notes – Newton’s Laws of Motion

* Activity – Using Newton’s Laws of Motion

HW – Finish Activity (If not done in class)

THURSDAY

* Review Activity – Using Newton’s Laws of Motion

* Lab – Air Boat Races

HW – Finish Lab Questions (If not done in class)

FRIDAY

* Review/Collect Lab – Air Boat Races

* Review Homework – Ch 4 Ques (17-37)

* Intro Simple Machines (Time Permitting)

HW – For 10 Points on Chapter 4 Test Next Week – Bring in a Simple Machine! It should be safe and not precious to you. Make sure it’s labelled with your name and period. It’s due by Wednesday morning to use in the lab next Wednesday😊

**END OF QUARTER 2!!**

WEEK 21 (2/3/20)

MONDAY

* Movie – Birth of Earth

HW – None 😊

TUESDAY

* Mrs. Maher’s Lesson – She will fill you in!

WEDNESDAY

* Lab – Air Boat Races

HW – Read and Do Ch 4 Ques (38-51) & For 10 Points on Chapter 4 Test:

Bring in a Simple Machine! It should be safe and not precious to you. Make sure it’s labelled with your name and period. Due TOMORROW to use in the lab 😊

THURSDAY

* Review/Collect Lab - Air Boat Races

* Notes – Simple Machines: How they trade of Force for Distance

* Demo – Examples of Simple Machines

* Movie – Simple Machines

HW – Read and Do Ch 4 Ques (38-51)

FRIDAY

* Activity – Classifying Levers

* Lab – Simple Machines

* Review Homework – Ch 4 Ques (38-51) Time Permitting!

HW – Finish Lab (If not done in class)

WEEK 22 (2/10/20)

MONDAY

* Review/Collect Lab – Simple Machines

* What to Study For Test Wednesday

HW – Review Sheet (Ch 4: Motion and Machines)

TUESDAY

* Review Homework – Ch 4 Review Sheet

HW – STUDY, STUDY, STUDY!!

WEDNESDAY

* TEST – Chapter 4: Motion and Machines

HW – Start Reading Ch 9: Earth’s Surface & Do Ques (1-23)

THURSDAY

* Test Corrections – Ch 4: Motion and Machines

* Introduction to EARTH SCIENCE!!

* Work on Ch 9 Homework Ques (1-23) (Time Permitting)

HW – Read and Do Ch 9 Ques (1-23)

FRIDAY

* Activity – What is Earth Science

* Notes – How Can We Classify Minerals

* Demo – Mineral Properties

HW – Lab Skill “Identify Minerals Using a Flowchart” (Pages 249-251)


WEEK 23 (2/17/20)

MONDAY **** Presidents Day – No School ****

TUESDAY

* Activity – What about Earth

* Notes – What Earth is Made of & How Can We Classify Minerals

* Demo – Mineral Properties (Color, Luster, Streak)

HW – Lab Skill “Identify Minerals Using a Flowchart” (Pages 249-251)

WEDNESDAY

* Demo – Mineral Properties (Cleavage, Hardness, Fracture)

* Review Homework – Lab Skill “ID Minerals Using a Flowchart”

HW – Activity (Mineral ID) Practice

THURSDAY

* Lab – Mineral ID

HW – Finish Lab Ques (If not done in class)

FRIDAY

* Movie – Rocks and Minerals

* Intro Rocks!

HW – Challenge! For 10 pts Extra Credit on Ch 9 TEST – Grow crystals at home!

WEEK 24 (2/24/20)

MONDAY

* Finish/Review Lab – Mineral ID

* Movie – Rocks and Mineral

HW – Lab Skill “How Do Rocks Change from One to Another” (Pages 252-253)

TUESDAY

* Review Homework - How Do Rocks Change from One Type to Another Type?

* Notes – Rocks and Rock Cycle

* Intro Activity – “Rock Scramble”

HW – Make Sure You Have Ch 9 (1-23) Done!!

WEDNESDAY

* Activity – “Rock Scramble”

* Demo – Rock Properties

HW – Start Lab (Label Rock Cycle Diagram)

THURSDAY

* Lab – Rock ID

HW – Finish Lab Ques (If not done in class) & Have Ch 9 Ques (1-23)

FRIDAY

* Review Homework – Ch 9 Ques (1-23)

* Movie – Fossils!

HW – Challenge! For 10 pts Extra Credit on Ch 9 TEST – Grow crystals at home!

**** All Labs Due by Today for 5 Week Progress Report! ****


WEEK 25 (3/2/20)

MONDAY

* Intro – Earth’s History

* Notes – Earth’s History

* Demo – Animation of Earth History

* Activity – Determining the Sequence of Geologic Events (Page 260)

HW – Finish Page 260 (If not done in class) & Read and Do Ch 9 Ques (24-39)

TUESDAY

* Movie? – Earth’s History

HW – TBD (Mrs. Maher will inform you)

WEDNESDAY

* Lab/Activity – Sequence of Events

HW – Finish Lab (If not done in class)

THURSDAY

* Review/Collect Lab – Sequence of Events

* Review Homework – Ch 9 Ques (24-39)

HW – Read and Do Ch 9 Ques (40-50)

FRIDAY

* Intro – Visualizing Earths Surface

* Notes – Longitude and Latitude

* Activity – Locating Positions

HW – Activity (Locating Positions)

WEEK 26 (3/9/20)

MONDAY

* Activity – Longitude and Latitude

* Demo on the Globe – Magnetic Declination

* Process Skill 3 – How is a Compass Used to Determine Direction?

HW – Finish Page 268 (If not done in class) & Have Ch 9 Ques (40-50)

TUESDAY

* Notes – Drawing Isolines

* Lab – Drawing Isolines

HW – Finish Isolines (If not done in class)

WEDNESDAY 1/2 of the Team on Field Trip

* Movie - Mapping

* Test Review – Chapter 9: Earth’s Surface

HW – Finish Mapping Lab Questions

THURSDAY 1/2 of the Team on Field Trip

* Movie - Mapping

* Test Review – Chapter 9: Earth’s Surface

HW – Read and Do Ch 9 Ques (40-50)

FRIDAY **** No School – Conference Day ****

FYI Next Week…

Mon & Tues - Review and Map Lab

Wednesday – Test on Chapter 9: Earth’s Sur