8th Grade Science

Thursday, August 8th, 2013
4th and 5th Period Only
Finish Chapter 1 Vocabulary.
Answer Page 27 (1-5).

Wednesday, August 7th, 2013
Finish the "Think Sheet" for Chapter 1, Section 3.
Complete the Journal Entry (only if you were assigned it).





















Monday, October 15th
Finish questions from the
virtual lab

Friday, October 12th
Field Trip
Civil War Days

Thursday, October 11th
Chapter 5 Vocabulary
Due Monday

Wednesday, October 10th
Page 116 & 117 (1-23all and 31, 32)
for 1st period.  4th and 5th No Homework

Tuesday, October 9th
Page 116 & 117 (1-23all and 31, 32)

Monday, October 8th
Map Testing

Fall Break

Monday, September 17th
No Homework

Friday, September 14th
No Homework

Thursday, September 13th
No Homework

Wednesday, September 12th
No Homework

Tuesday, September 11th
Analyzing Experiments Worksheets
Pages 173-175

Monday, September 10th
No Homework

Friday, September 7th
No Homework

Thursday, September 6th
No Homework

Wednesday, September 5th
No Homework

Tuesday, September 4th
No Homework

Friday, August 31st
Test Day
No homework

Thursday, August 30th
Nature of Science Test tomorrow
Study the study guide, pages 32 & 33, and Ch 1 Vocabulary

Wednesday, August 29th
Page 32 & 33 (1-17all, 18,19,20,22,23, 25,26,and27)
5th period will have some time tomorrow
Nature of Science Test on Friday

Tuesday, August 28th
No Homework

Monday, August 27th
No Homework

Friday, August 24th
No Homework

Thursday, August 23rd
Chapter 1 Vocabulary Quiz tomorrow
for 1st and 5th period.
4th period will have their quiz on
Tuesday the 28th

Wednesday, August 22nd
Advanced Graphing
No Homework

Tuesday, August 21st
Introductory Graphing
No Homework

Monday, August 20th
Introductory Graphing
No Homework

Friday, August 17th
Finish the lab report for the paper towel
absorbency lab. It is due Monday.

Thursday, August 16th
Page 11 (1-5) and Page 23 (1-7)  1st and 5th
Page 23 (1-7) 4th

Wednesday, August 15th
Class Discussion and Notes
No Homework

Tuesday, August 14th
Page 114-116 in Foundations workbook
No Homework (1st and 5th)
Page 11 (1-5all 4th only)

Monday, August 13th
Page 111 - 113 in Foundations workbook
No Homework

Friday, August 10th
Page 109 & 110 in Foundations workbook
No Homework

Thursday, August 9th
Finish reading Chapter 1 "Nature of Science"
Define all vocabulary words for Chapter 1
(list of words on page 32)

Wednesday, August 8th
Explore "Practice Test"
No Homework

Tuesday, August 7th
No Homework

Monday, August 6th
Welcome Back





Wednesday, April 18th
Sound Wave Lab
No Homework

Tuesday, April 17th
Video on Electricity
No Homework

Monday, April 16th
Finish Test
No Homework

Friday, April 13th
Test

Thursday, April 12th
Newton's Laws Test Tomorrow
Study!!!!!!

Wednesday, April 11th
Finish Newton's Laws Study Guide

Tuesday, April 10th
Balloon Race Lab.
Finish the lab write-up

Friday, March 30th
Finished notes, watched video
No Homework

Thursday, March 29th
No Homework
Took notes in class.

Wednesday, March 28th
Finish the Chapter 19 Enrichment Worksheets
we started in class.
Finish the Chapter 19 Reinforcement Worksheets that were
due today.

Tuesday, March 27th
Hunger Games Field Trip
Finish worksheets from yesterday

Monday, March 26th
Chapter 19 Worksheets
Newton's Laws
Due Wednesday

Friday, March 23rd
No Homework

Thursday, March 22nd
MAP Testing
No Homework!!

Wednesday, March 21st
Chapter 19 Vocabulary
Study for Chemistry Test!!

Tuesday, March 20th
Reviewed for Chemistry Test!!
Chemistry Test has been moved to Friday for 3rd and 4th periods, due to MAP
Testing.  5th Period will take the test on Thursday.

Monday, March 19th
Reviewed for Test Today!
Study for Chemistry test on Thursday!!
Thursday, March 15th
Finish Chemistry Study Guide
for Monday

Wednesday, March 14th
Ionic Bonding Lab
Study for Quiz over Elements 11-20

Tuesday, March 13th
Be working on Chemistry Study Guide
Chapters 14, 15, & 16

Monday, March 12th
Chapter 16 Reinforcement Worksheets
Chapter 16 Section 2 Diagrams

Friday, March 9th
No Homework
Thursday, March 8th
No Homework
Working on Electron Configuration
and Electron Dot Diagrams

Wednesday, March 7th
No Homework

Thursday, March 1st
Chapter 15 Review
Page 458 & 459 (1-20all, 26,27,28)

Wednesday, February 29th
No Homework

Tuesday, February 28th
No Homework

Monday, February 27th
Starting Representative Element
PowerPoint Presentations
No Homework

Friday, February 24th
If you did not finish Chapter 15 worksheets
and the Section 2 organizers, you have homework

Thursday February 23rd
No Homework, We will finish
Chapter 15 worksheets in class.

Wednesday, February 22nd
No Homework

Tuesday, February 21st
No Homework

Friday, February 17th
No Homework

Thursday, February 16th
No Homework

Wednesday, February 15th
Chapter 14 Vocabulary
Section 14-2 Review Pg 423 (1-5all)

Tuesday, February 14th
Finish Reinforcement worksheet 14-2 "The Nucleus"
Finish the 4 section diagrams of Chapter 14 section 1 and 2
if they were not finished in class

Monday, February 13th
Finish reading Chapter 14 Section 2
Finish Reinforcement worksheet 14-2 "The Nucleus"

Friday, February 10th
Make sure Thursday homework is finished

Thursday, February 9th
Make sure Reinforcement ws 14-1 "Models of Atoms and
Page 413 (1-5all) are in class tomorrow.  We started this in class on Wednesday.

Wednesday, February 8th
No Homework

Tuesday, February 7th
Finish test, no homework

Monday, February 6th
Test today, no homework

Wednesday, February 1st
Finish Chapter 10 Worksheets and
Section 13-4 worksheets if not finished in class today.

Tuesday, January 31st
No Homework

Thursday, January 26th
Typed Rough Draft of Earthquake Preparedness Paper
Should finish typing tomorrow

Wednesday, January 25th
Finish Chapter 9 Worksheets
Rough Draft of Earthquake Preparedness Paper

Tuesday, January 24th
No Homework

Monday, January 23rd
Write Earthquake Preparedness Paper

Friday, January 20th
Earthquake, Volcanoes, and Plate Tectonics Test

Thursday, January 19th
Study for Test

Wednesday, January 18th
Finish Earthquake, Volcano, and Plate Tectonic
Study Guide (Chapters 7 & 8)

Tuesday, January 17th
Turn in Seismic Wave Lab
Page 236 & 237 (1-21all & 26,27)

Wednesday, January 11th
Seismic Wave Lab
No Homework!!!

Tuesday, January 10th
Finish Lab (Disruptive Eruptions)
Enrichment worksheets 8-1, 8-2, 8-3
Homework if not finished in class

Monday, January 9th
No Homework
Lab Activity will finish questions in class tomorrow.

Friday, January 6th
No Homework

Thursday, January 5th
Reinforcement w/s 8-3

Wednesday, January 4th
Reinforcement w/s 8-2
Read Section 8-3
Section 8-3 Review Pg 231 (1-6)

Tuesday, January 3rd
Reinforcement w/s 8-1 Earthquakes
Read Section 8-2
Section 8-2 Review Pg 224 (1-6)

Monday, January 2nd
Chapter 7 Review Pg 204 (1-20all)
Chapter 8 Vocabulary
Read Section 8-1
Section 8-1 Review Pg 218 (1-5)

Friday, December 9th
No Homework

Thursday, December 8th
No homework
Binder Check Tomorrow

Wednesday, December 7th
No Homework

Tuesday, December 6th
Page 199 (1-6)
4 Worksheets on Plate Tectonics

Monday, December 5th
No School

Friday, December 2nd
No Homework

Thursday, December 1st
Chapter 7 Vocabulary
Reinforcement w/s 7-1
Reinforcement w/s 7-2

Wednesday, November 30th
Read Page 182 - 188
Answer Section Review Pg 185 (1-5)
Answer Section Review Pg 188 (1-6)

Tuesday, November 29th
Finish Human Body Test Tomorrow

Monday, November 28th
Study for Human Body Test

Monday, November 21st
Cellular Respiration Lab
Finish Lab Write-up
Have all materials in class tomorrow to finish
human body poster project.

Friday, November 18th
Human Body Poster Project
No Homework

Thursday, November 17th
Chapter 3 Vocabulary
Page 86 & 87 (1-23all, 30&31)
Enrichment w/s 3-1 & 3-2
These were worked on in class, homework if not finished!!

Wednesday, November 16th
Osmosis Virtual Lab
No Homework

Tuesday, November 15th
No Homework

Monday, November 14th
Section 3-2 Review Page 81 (1-5all)
Reinforcement w/s 3-1
Reinforcement w/s 3-2

Friday, November 11th
No Homework

Thursday, November 10th
Took Notes over Section 3-1
Section 3-1 Review Questions (1-4all)

Wednesday, November 9th
Heredity Test was Today
No Homework

Monday, November 7th
Study for Heredity Test and Extended Response (Open Response)on Wednesday.
 Biome test can be retaken Wednesday - Friday after school

Friday, November 4th
Finish Chapter 2 Vocabulary
Pg 58-59 (1-24all, 26 & 27)
Chapter 2 Test will be on Wednesday.

Thursday, November  3rd
Finished Toothpick Fish Lab Activity
Chapter 2 Vocabulary will be finished tomorrow
Students have a grade print out that is to be signed and returned
to me tomorrow this is for a grade.

Wednesday, November 2nd
Toothpick Fish Lab Activity
No Homework

Tuesday, November 1st
No Homework

Friday, October 28th
Section 1 Review Page 42 (1-4)
Section 2 Review Page 48 (1-6)
Enrichment W/S 2-1
Enrichment W/S 2-2

Thursday, October 27th
No Homework
Notes today in class.

Wednesday, October 26th
Read Pages 38 - 48 in the textbook
Answer questions on Pages 14 -19
in the science notebook (workbook)

Tuesday, October 25th
Test Today
No Homework

Monday, October 24th
Chapter 6 Test and Open Response Tomorrow
Study!!!

Friday, October 21st
Page 174 & 175 (1-23all, except#21)
Page 176 & 177 (1-22all)

Thursday, October 20th
3rd Period - No Homework
4th Period - Reinforcement w/s 6-3 Aquatic Ecosystems and Chapter 6 Vocabulary
5th Period - Page 174 & 175 (all except #21)

Wednesday, October 19th
Reinforcement w/s 6-3 Aquatic Ecosystems
Chapter 6 Vocabulary
3rd and 5th Period if these assignments were not finished they are homework
4th Period Took Notes no homework

Tuesday, October 18th
No Homework
Took Notes in Class

Monday, October 17th
Read pages 163 - 169
DRCM Worksheet Biomes and Aquatic Ecosystems

Friday, October 14th
3rd Period worked on Reinforcement and Enrichment Worksheets from
Section 2 (Biomes) (Identifying Biomes) if they are not
finished they are homework
Due on Monday
No Class 4th and 5th Period

Thursday, October 13th
4th and 5th Period
Reinforcement Worksheet 6-2 Biomes
Enrichment Worksheet 6-2 Identifying Biomes
Due Monday

Wednesday, October 12th
Reinforcement Worksheet 6-1 How ecosystems Change
Enrichment Worksheet 6-1 Succession
4th Period also has DRCM Worksheet 6-1 How Ecosystems Change
Most of the students had finished during class


Monday, September 26th
Ecology Test and Open Response Tuesday
Make sure you Study.

Friday, September 23rd
Computer Lab Ecology Project
Remember to study for the Ecology Test

Thursday, September 22nd
3rd & 4th Ecology Review
5th - Page 116 (1-19all) and Page 144 (1-17all)
If Chapter 4 and Chapter 5 Vocabulary is not finished then this is also homework for all classes.

Wednesday, September 21st
3rd & 4th Page 116 (1-19all)  and Page 144 (1-17all)
5th - Computer Lab No Homework

Tuesday, September 20th
Explore Testing

Monday, September 19th
Computer Lab working on Animal Brochure
turned in partial rough draft today.

Friday, September 16th
Computer Lab working on Animal Food Web
Rough Draft due today
Final Draft for Brochure and Food Web due Friday the 23rd

Thursday, September 15th
Computer Lab working on Animal Food Web
No Homework

Wednesday, September 14th
MAP Testing
No Homework

Tuesday, September 13th
In Class review worksheets
No Homework

Monday, September 12th
Went to Dome Theatre
Finished Cycle Activity
No Homework

Friday, September 9th
No Homework

Thursday, September 8th
Worked on Reinforcement Worksheet 5-3 energy flow page 29
Group Activity on Cycles in Nature
These are both homework if not finished.

Wednesday, September 7th
Finish notes on Energy Flow
No Homework

Tuesday, September 6th
Took notes on Abiotic Factors and Cycles in Nature
Reinforcement Worksheets 5-1 abiotic factor page 27
Reinforcement Worksheets 5-2 cycles in nature page 28
Worksheets are homework if they were not finished in class.

Friday, September 2nd
Started Animal Brochure and Food Web Project
Worked in computer lab.  We will work in the computer lab 3 more times to finish this project.

Thursday, September 1st
Finished predator/prey activity
Chapter 4 Vocabulary
Read Chapter 5
This was finished in class
No Homework

Wednesday, August 31st
Worked on predator/prey activity
No Homework

Tuesday, August 30th
Worked on predator/prey activity
No Homework.

Monday, August 29th
Took Notes in class will finish them tomorrow.
No Homework.

Friday, August 26th
Worked in class on Section 3
Reinforcement Section 2 Worksheet (Populations)
DRCM Section 3 Worksheet (Interactions Within Communities)
Reinforcement Section 3 Worksheet  (Interactions Within Communities)
DRCM Chapter 4 Key Term (Interactions of Life)
If Worksheets were not finished they are homework, due Monday

Thursday, August 25th
DRCM Section 1-2 Worksheet

Wednesday, August 24th
4th - Section 1 Reinforcement Worksheet (Ecosystems)
3rd and 5th - Read Chapter 4 Section 1 and 2 (Pages 94-105)

Tuesday, August 23rd
4th No Homework
3rd and 5th - Worksheets should have been finished in class, but were homework if not.

Monday, August 22nd
No Homework.

Friday, August 19th
Chapter 1 Test, No Homework.

Thursday, August 18th
Chapter 1 Test tomorrow

Wednesday, August 17th
Chapter 1 Review Page 32 (1-17all) if not already completed
Chapter 1 Standardized Test Page 34 (1-8all) if not already completed
Chapter 1 Open Response on Thursday (except for 4th period)
Chapter 1 Test on Friday (4th period will start open response after test and finish on Monday).

Tuesday, August 16th
Chapter 1 Review Page 32 (1-17 all)
Study for end of Chapter Test
Chapter 1 Open Response on Thursday
Chapter 1 Test on Friday

Monday, August 15th
Worked on Experiment Design, no homework unless you didn't finish worksheets in 4th period.

Friday, August 12th
Finish the Section 3 Reinforcement Worksheet "Science and Technology".
Finish the Chapter1 Directed Reading for Content Mastery Worksheet "Key Terms for Nature of Science".

Thursday, August 11th
Finish the Section 2 Reinforcement Worksheet "Doing Science".

Friday, August 5th
Homework
Finish student interest survey and have your parents sign the class syllabus.
This is a grade on Monday.

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