Science Assignments for the Week of Dec. 2nd

Monday:  Chemical Reactions Pre-Test; Atom’s Family Activity and Song

HW:  Finish Atom’s Family Activity pg 91

Tuesday:  Atomic Structure Notes pg 92; Atomic Model Time-Line Pg 93

HW:  Study for Atomic Structure Quiz pg 94

Wednesday:  Atomic Structure Quiz; Finish Atomic Model Time-Line Pg 93 in Science Interactive Notebook

HW:  None

Thursday:  Masses of Atoms Notes pg 96; Masses of Atoms Activity pg 95

HW:  Study for Masses of Atoms Quiz pg 97

Friday:  Masses of Atoms Quiz pg 97; Lesson 4-1 Chemistry pg 98

HW:  None

Semester 1 Final Exam is on Thursday, Dec. 19th!

Science Assignments for the Week of Nov. 25th

Monday:  Play Energy Accident Reconstruction Jeopardy Review Game; write the Jeopardy questions and answers on a separate sheet of paper and turn it in the appropriate top classroom tray before the test tomorrow and earn 8 extra credit points.

HW:  Organize your Science Interactive Notebook; Bring a book to read in case you finish the test early.

Tuesday:  Energy Accident Reconstruction Test

HW:  None (Have a Happy Thanksgiving!)

Science Assignments for the Week of Nov. 18th

Monday:  Accident Sketch on Computer

HW:  Complete Accident Sketch pg 84

Tuesday:  Expert Witness Testimony Document pg 86

HW:  Finish Expert Witness Testimony Document

Wednesday:  Energy Poster pg. 85

HW:  Practice Accident Reconstruction Presentation

Thursday:  Accident Reconstruction Presentation

HW:  None

Friday:  Mass of Ice v. Temperature Lab pg 87

HW:  Complete Energy Study Guide pg 88

Science Assignments for the Week of Nov. 4th

Monday:  Nature of Energy Notes; Energy Fifth Foldable

HW:  None

Tuesday:  Kinetic and Potential Lego Lab

HW:  None

Wednesday:  Height of Ramp v. Speed Graph

HW:  None

Thursday:  Conservation of Energy Notes; Mass v. Speed Graph

HW:  Study for Conservation of Energy Quiz

Friday:  Conservation of Energy Quiz; Ch. 3 Vocabulary; Conservation of Energy Film Strip

HW:  Finish Conservation of Energy Film Strip

Science Assignments for the Week of Oct. 21st

Monday:  Lesson 3-2 Finding Volume 

HW:  None

Tuesday:  Lesson 3-3 Density of Water; Parent Teacher Conferences 4-7:30 pm.

HW:  None

Wednesday:  Lesson 3-4 Density: Sink or Float for Solids

HW:  Finish Lesson 3-4 if you did not finish in class

Thursday:  No School – Parent Teacher Conferences 8:30am – 7:30 p.m.

Friday:  No School – Teacher Conference Day

Science Assignments for the Week of Oct. 15th

Monday – No School

Tuesday – Correct Ch. 2 Chemistry Study Guide; Play Kahoot Review Game

HW:  Study for Ch. 2 Chemistry Quiz

Wednesday:  Take Ch. 2 Chemistry Quiz; Composition of Matter Notes

HW:  Compostion of Matter Concept Map

Thursday:  Lesson 3-1 on Google Classroom

HW:  Study for Composition of Matter Quiz

Friday:  Composition of Matter Quiz; Describing Matter Notes

HW:  Describing Matter Newspaper

Science Assignments for the Week of Sept. 30th

Monday:  Lesson 1-4 Moving Molecules in a Solid (See Google Classroom for all lesson instructions)

HW: None

Tuesday:  Lesson 1-5: Air, It’s Really There

HW:  Finish Lesson 1-5; Study for Ch. 1 Quiz

Wednesday:  Ch. 1 Quiz; Complete Ch. 1 Study Guide using Ch. 1 Reading

HW:  None

Thursday:  Lesson 2-1 

HW:  None

Friday:  Lesson 2-2

HW:  None

Science Assignments for the Week of Sept. 23rd

Monday:  Nature of Science/Scientific Method Jeopardy Review Game

HW:   Study for the Nature of Science/Scientific Method Test/ Organize Science Interactive Notebook (Also bring a book to read in case you finish the test early)

Tuesday:  Nature of Science/Scientific Method Test

HW:  None

Wednesday:  Lesson 1-1 of Middle School Chemistry (See Google Classroom for full instructions)

HW:  Finish Lesson 1-1 if you did not finish in class.

Thursday:  Lesson 1-2 

HW:  Finish Lesson 1-2 if you did not finish in class

Friday:  Lesson 1-3 

HW:  Finish Lesson 1-3 if you did not finish in class

Science Assignments for the Week of Sept. 16th

Monday:  Complete Drawing Conclusion Questions in Paper Airplane Lab shared document.  Be sure to write a separate 1 paragraph conclusion combining the answers to all of the Drawing Conclusions Questions; Work on Paper AIrplane Lab Presentation

HW:  Study for Method of Science Quiz; Finish Paper Airplane Lab Packet

Tuesday:  Method of Science Quiz; Work on Paper Airplane Lab Presentation Slide Show

HW:  Study for Nature of Science Test (It is on Tuesday, Sept. 24th)

Wednesday:  Early Dismissal; Finish Paper Airplane Slide Show and practice Presentation

HW: None

Thursday:  Paper Airplane Presentations

HW:  None

Friday:  Finish Paper Airplane Presentations

HW:  Nature of Science Study Guide and Scientific Method Review

Honor’s

In addition to above assignments, students will work on Paper Airplane Mini-Research Paper on Monday – Wednesday.

Science Assignments for the Week of Sept 9th

Monday:  Hypothesis Activity; Hypothesis, Theory, Law Foldable

HW:  Write Hypothesis for the Paper Airplane Lab

Tuesday:  Experiment Activity; Write the Experimental Procedure to the Paper Airplane Lab

HW:  None

Wednesday:  Perform Paper Airplane Experimental Procedure and Record Data

HW:  None

Thursday:  Graphing Notes

HW:  Types of Graphs Activity, study for Graphing Quiz

Friday:  Graphing Quiz; Make graph for Paper Airplane Lab, and complete Analyze Graphs in Paper Airplane Lab

HW:  Finish Analyze Graph questions on Google Classroom if you did not finish in class

Science Assignments for the Week of Sept. 2nd

Monday:  No School - Labor Day

Tuesday:  Method of Science Notes; Steps of the Scientific Method Slider Pocket

HW:  Make T-chart Steps v. Examples of Scientific Method using Slider Pocket pg 17 of Science Interactive Notebook

Wednesday:  Introduce Paper Airplane STEM Lab; Research & Build Paper Airplane

HW:  None

Thursday:  Fundamental Flight Close Read; Video Scientific Method/Wright Brothers (take notes)

HW:  Write Scientific Question for Paper Airplane Lab

Friday:  Front Loading Scientific Method Vocabulary using R2-R35 in text

HW:  None

Science Assignments for the Week of Aug. 26th

Monday:  Lab Safety Test; King Henry Died Drinking Chocolate Milk

HW:  None

Tuesday:  Standards of Measurement Notes; NASA Standard Measuremnet Systems

HW:  Metric Conversion Practice

Wednesday:  Metric Measurement Lab

HW:  None

Thursday:  Metric Measurement Lab; 

HW:  Study for Standard of Measurement Quiz

Friday:  Standard of Measurement Quiz; Metric Conversion Mania and Challenge

HW:  None

Science Assignments for the Week of Aug. 19th

Monday:  Turn in Parent Contact Form and Student Survey, Label Interactive Notebook,  Join Google Classroom, Complete Science Is Everywhere Project

Homework (HW)  Finish Science is Everywhere Project

Tuesday: Read, Think, Share Lab Safety Contract, Pages R10-R11, Play Lab Safety Egg Scramble Game.

HW:  Sign lab safety Contract and Return by Friday.

Wednesday:  Lab Safety Scavenger Hunt

HW: None

Thursday:  Lab Safety Packet

HW:  Study for Lab Safety Test (Monday, Aug. 26th)

Friday:  Turn in signed Lab Safety Contract; Lab Safety Jeopardy Game; Name that Safety Symbol Game

HW:  Study for Lab Safety Test (Monday, Aug. 26th) 

Welcome to Eighth Grade Science

I'm Dr. Hamilton, and I'd like to welcome you to 8th grade.  Eighth grade science is full of excitement and awesome physical science challenges.  Remember to enjoy every minute of 8th grade because it goes by fast!  I hope you had a wonderful and scientific summer.  Here is a picture from my scientific summer.  Can you guess where this picture was taken and what is scientific about it?  Please bring in a school appropriate printed photo (or photo saved on your Google drive) of you during your scientific summer by Monday, Aug. 19th.