Monday – Students will be given an opportunity to complete their 4-year plans in preparation for tomorrow’s 9th grade registration.  Any students having completed their 4-year plans will complete tonight’s homework assignment and any missing assignments.

Homework:  Textbook p. 463 & 467 (Newton’s Laws of Motion) Spi 8.11.6

Tuesday – TTW review answers for the Chapter 16 Review (textbook) and Chapter 16 Section 4 from the workbook. TSW complete workbook Chapter 17 Section 2 (Newton’s Laws of Motion) Spi 8.11.1,3,4,7   There will be a QUIZ TOMORROW over mass, weight and acceleration.  Spi 8.11.1,3,4,7

Homework:  Complete Chapter 17 Section 2 (Workbook) and the section reviews on pages 463 & 467.  Prepare for tomorrow’s quiz over mass, weight and acceleration.  Remember, you should have known the difference between mass and weight based on the 7th grade curriculum.

Wednesday – TTW review workbook Chapter 17 Section 2 and pages 463 & 467.  TSW take notes Newton’s Laws of Motion and complete a classwork assignment that covers the Law of Motion.

Each student will be assigned one of the laws for which he or she will write a one-page paper.  The paper must be typed (double-spaced) using a 12pt. font.  TSW describe his or her assigned law and give an example of the law.  In addition, TSW create a video that illustrates the law in motion.  Students are allowed to complete the video in groups.  WARNING…EACH STUDENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL INFORMATION REQUESTED.  THIS ASSIGNMENT IS DUE ON APRIL 1ST (First Law of Motion),    APRIL 2ND (Second Law of Motion) OR APRIL 3RD (Third Law of Motion).  TTW keep a record of which law each student was assigned.  Spi 8.11.6

Homework:  If you would like to get ahead, begin reading Chapter 18 pages 482 – 495 (Types of Machines).

Thursday – TSW take notes on the different types of simple machines and complete a classwork assignment that covers simple machines.

Each student is responsible for locating one of each simple machine type (lever, inclined plane, wedge, screw, pulley and wheel & axle) in the city.  DO NOT PRINT PICTURES FROM THE INTERNET!  Students must take a picture of the machine and provide the following information:  type of machine, how it makes work easier, where it was found.  The pictures may be placed on a poster board or in a power point presentation.  Students are allowed to work in groups; however here is a warning…EACH STUDENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL INFORMATION REQUESTED.  THIS ASSIGNMENT IS DUE MARCH 26TH.  Spi 8.11.5

Homework:  Study your notes on Newton’s Laws of Motion and the six simple machines.

Friday – TSW complete classwork assignments that cover content from chapters 16, 17 and 18 content. TSW prepare a study guide for a test NEXT WEDNESDAY over this material.

Homework:  STUDY YOUR STUDY GUIDE THAT COVERS THE MATERIAL IN CHAPTERS 16, 17 & 18.  THERE WILL BE A TEST OVER THIS MATERIAL NEXT WEDNESDAY.

Monday – TTW review chapter 16 notes and TSW complete chapter 16 section 4 in the science workbook. TSW take notes on the relationship between the mass of an object, the distance between them, and the amount of gravitational attraction.   (spi 8.11.1,3,7)

There will be a VOCABULARY QUIZ over the terms from p. 414 and the terms from the Chapter 16 Notes this WEDNESDAY. An understanding of these terms is necessary for success in the upcoming lessons.

Homework: Study your chapter 16 notes and complete chapter 16 section 4 in your science workbook.

Tuesday – TSW complete notes on the relationship between the mass of an object, the distance between them, and the amount of gravitational attraction. TTW review Chapter 16 Section 4 in the workbook. TSW complete the following T-CAP reinforcement activities: p. 127 Forces Change Motion, p. 179 Mass, Force, and Acceleration.

Homework: Study your chapter 16 notes and review chapter 16 section 4 in your science workbook.

Wednesday – TSW complete the Chapter 16 Vocabulary QUIZ. TSW complete the following T-CAP Activities: p. 175 Inertia and Momentum (8.11.6), p. 183 Gravitational Attraction (Spi 8.11.4)

Homework: Study your chapter 16 notes and review chapter 16 section 4 in your science workbook.

Thursday – TSW complete any unfinished notes or lessons during the first half of the period. TTW use the remainder of the period for review.

Homework: Please study all notes from chapter 16 and complete the Chapter Review (textbook) for chapter 16.

Friday – International Day (Classes will be abbrviated and all classes will not meet. Any class time will be used for make-up work and reinforcement of this week’s lessons.)

Homework: Please study all materials related to Chapter 16.

Monday - President’s Day

Tuesday - TSW complete the renewable and non-renewable energy resource poster project.  Spi 8.10.2

Homework: Study your fossil fuel notes. Spi 8.10.3  Quiz Thursday!

Wednesday - TSW present renewable and non-renwable energy resource poster projects.

Homework:  Study your fossil fuel notes. Spi 8.10.3

Thursday - TSW demonstrate mastery of fossil fuels through a short quiz.  TSW Identify factors that cause rocks to break down (spi 8.10.1), identify various energy sources (spi 8.10.3) and infer that human activities may be helpful or harmful to the environment (spi’s 8.10.5).  TSW complete reinforcement activities for each concept (T-CAP Coach p. 138 Weathering of Rocks, p. 146 Energy Resources, p. 153 Human Activities and the Environment).

Homework:  Complete the Chapter 16  study guide that you received in class today.  Spi’s  8.11.1, 8.11.3, 8.11.7

Friday - TTW review the Review the chapter 16 Study guide and TSW complete an acceleration and velocity graph activity.

Homework - Read Textbook pages 437 - 441 and complete the workbook pages for chapter 16 Section 4.

THERE WILL BE A VOCABULARY OVER CHAPTER 16 TERMS NEXT WEDNESDAY!

AN UNDERSTANDING OF THESE TERMS IS NECESSARY FOR YOU TO SOLVE PROBLEMS PERTAINING TO DISTANCE, SPEED, VELOCITY AND TIME.

Monday - TSW help the teacher select projects to send to the science fair. TTW facilitate a discussion on ways to conserve energy (regarding routine daily activities). TTW assign a poster project on renewable and nonrenewable resources.

TS is responsible for bringing the following to class this week: On Thursday, bring 2-4 old crayons and a piece of aluminum foil about the size of a sheet of paper. On Friday, bring a poster-board, 10 pictures of products made from renewable and nonrenewable resources (5 from each type), tape, glue, scissors and art supplies. On Friday, bring your workbook with chapter 8 completed.

Tuesday - TSW take notes on fossil fuel creation, extraction, processing and usage. TSW complete a concept map that details how fossils become fuel.

Homework: Study your class notes. If you have not done so, please complete the Rocks and Minerals Think Link Practice Probe #602885.

Wednesday - TSW take notes on alternative energy resources and complete a vocabulary anagram. TSW review the rocks and minerals T-CAP coach activities in prepartions for tomorrow’s lab.

Homework: Study your class notes and don’t forget to bring your old crayons and aluminum foil to class tomorrow.

Thursday - TSW complete a sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous rock lab.

Homework: Study your class notes and don’t forget to bring your poster project materials to class tomorrow.

Friday - TSW submit chapter 8 of his or her workbook. TSW construct a poster that contrasts renewable and nonrenewable resources. Each poster must answer the following questions about the resources: Where is it found? How is it obtained? What are the environmental effects of extracting and using the resource? How can it be conserved? How can it be recycled?

THERE WILL BE AN ENERGY RESOURCES QUIZ NEXT WEDNESDAY (CHAPTER 9).

Monday - Science Fair Project Presentations

Homework: Put the finishing touches on you oral presentation. Study for Wednesday’s Chapter 7 Quiz.

DUE NEXT MONDAY: Think Link Practice Probe #602885

Tuesday - Science Fair Project Presentations

Homework: Put the finishing touches on you oral presentation. Study for Wednesday’s Chapter 7 Quiz.

Wednesday - 8TH GRADE WRITING ASSESSMENT TODAY!!! TSW demonstrate mastery of mineral identification through a short quiz.

Homework: Memorize the rock cycle.  Collect 3 - 4 old crayons and bring them to class next Monday.

Thursday - Science Fair Project Presentations

Homework:  Memorize the rock cycle.  Collect 3 - 4 old crayons and bring them to class next Monday.

Don’t forget, your the Think Link Practice Probe #602885 is due Monday.

Friday - Science Fair Project Presentations

Homework:  Memorize the rock cycle.

Monday –  TSW complete any remaining workbook pages from Friday’s assignment and complete the section reviews for textbook chapter 7.  TTW review the science fair project written report rubric. TTW proof read science fair project written reports.

Homework:  Complete your science fair project.

Tuesday –  TSW begin a packet on minerals and review the rock cycle. TSW take notes on the layout for the science fair project display board and TTW demonstrate a science fair project oral presentation.  TTW proof read science fair project written reports.

Homework:  Complete your science fair project.

Wednesday –  TSW complete the packet on minerals.  TSW develop rules and a game board design on rocks and minerals.

Homework:  Complete your science fair project.

Thursday – TSW complete a rocks and minerals study guide.  TSW observe various minerals using a magnifying glass during an in-class lab.

Homework:  Complete your science fair project.

Friday –  TSW create questions for the rocks and minerals game and make any cards or pieces for the game.  TSW complete the chapter 7 study guide.

Homework:  Complete your science fair project.

MINERALS QUIZ NEXT WEDNESDAY

Monday - Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday

Tuesday - TSW explain how convection, mid ocean ridges and slab pulls affect tectonic plate movement. TSW prep his or her lab book for tomorrow’s activity.

There will be a quiz over earth’s major tectonic plates this Thursday.

Homework: Don’t forget to boil your egg tonight and research the following terms: convergent, divergent and transform

Wednesday - TSW complete a lab that demonstrates convergent, divergent and transform boundaries of tectonic plates using a hard boiled egg. spi.8.9.3

Thursday - TSW demonstrate mastery of the earth’s major tectonic plates through a short quiz. TTW review tectonic plates and TSW explain why sea floor spreading does not increase the diameter of earth using a series of Brain Pop clips. TSW discuss atoms elements, compounds, mixtures and their relationships as an introduction to minerals and rocks. TSW view a Brain Pop clip on mixtures and compounds.

Friday - The student will read chapter 7 and complete the directed reading workbook pages for chapter 7. TSW create a mnemonic to help then remember the order of Mohs’ Hardness Scale, textbook page 166.  Please submit this mneumonic to the substitute teacher. (Ms. Brown will not be in attendance.)

Monday - TTW review information on the relatedness of organisms, in preparation for TOMORROW’S QUIZ. TSW view Brain Pop clips and complete activities on the earth’s features and tectonic plates. TSW take notes on these topics. 8.9.spi.1,2

Homework: REMEMBER, you should have completed your science fair experiment this past weekend. Steps 1-6 of the guidelines schedule are due for review by FRIDAY. (I will accept early submissions.) Use the following site to help you write the research portion of your report (look at what the site calls the introduction).

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/sciencefaircentral/scifairstudio/handbook/projectreport.html

Tuesday - TSW demonstrate his or her mastery of the relatedness of organisms through a short quiz. TSW read chapter 11 section 1 (textbook) and complete the corresponding workbook pages.

Homework: Complete Practice Probe #916271 on the Think Link Learning Website (orange box). Print your results and submit them for a grade. Finish the graphic organizer that covers earth’s structure & tectonic plates and the chapter 11 section 1 workbook pages.

Wednesday - TTW review the chapter 11 section 1 workbook pages and TSW write a story describing their own “journey to the center of the Earth”, or write a travel guide that describes the experience of traveling through Earth’s different layers. TSW complete Lesson 17 (p. 116) in the T-CAP Coach Book.

Homework: Memorize earth’s structure. (Lithosphere - the crust and rigid upper part of the mantle, Asthenosphere - soft layer of mantle, Mesosphere - strong lower part of the mantle, Outer Core - liquid layer of Earth’s core, Inner Core - Solid dense center of Earth.)

Thursday - TSW describe Wegener’s theory of Continental drift, and explain why it was not accepted at first and explain how sea-floor spreading provides a way for continents to move. TSW complete Lesson 18 (p. 120) in the T-CAP Coach Book. TSW read chapter 11 section 2 (textbook) and complete the corresponding workbook pages.

Homework: Memorize the major tectonic plates. (Pacific, North American, Cocos, Nazca, South American, African, Erasian, India, Australian, Antarctic). Complete any unfinished workbook pages.

Friday - TSW complete a PoP QuiZ over this weeks’ classwork (not a surprise if you read the blog). TSW describe how new oceanic crust forms at mid-ocean ridges and explain how magnetic reversals provide evidence for sea-floor spreading using a plate tectonics Webquest.

http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/HodgesSpring2005/JohnCampbell/

Homework - We will complete a science lab next Wednesday that includes one hard boiled egg. I will need each student to bring one hard boiled egg to school in order to complete this lab.

Monday - TTW review classroom and team policies and procedures. TTW facilitate a class discussion/review of similarities and differences between organisms. TTW review science fair requirements.

Homework: There will be a quiz this THURSDAY over organism diversity and adaptation. Study your Keys to the Kingdom Chart and the vocabulary review worksheet (the one with the word search on back).

This is the classification from domain to species - Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species. Use this mneumonic to help you remember the order - King Phillip Came Over For Grape Soda.

Tuesday - TTW review classroom and team policies and procdures. TSW complete a study guide for Thursday’s QUIZ.

Wednesday - TTW review the organism diversity and adaptation study guide and introduce our next unit Earth’s Features.

Homework: Review your organism diversity and adaptation study guide.

Thursday - TSW demonstrate his or her ability to identify similarities and differences among organisms, infer the relatedness of different and classify plants and animals according to their features through a short assessment (spi.8.5..1,2,3)

THERE WILL BE A QUIZ OVER THE RELATEDNESS OF ORGANISMS ON NEXT TUESDAY. 

Homework: Proof read your question, hypothesis and procedures. If you want to get ahead of the gang, go ahead and type these items and save them to a word document in preparation for compiling your written report for the project. Also, ask your parents to secure a display board for your presentation.

Friday - TSW use a classification key to identify unknown organsims. TSW use a dichotomous key to determine the genus and species of an organism. (spi.8.5.3,5)

Homework: Conduct your experiment and record all data in your science fair project folder.

DON’T FORGET ABOUT NEXT TUESDAY’S QUIZ!

Monday - TSW create a graphic organizer that identifies characteristics associated with the following Kingdoms: Animalia, Plantae, Protista, Fungi, Eubacteria. TSW include the sketch of an example for each. TSW complete a classification puzzle.

Homework: Review your notes from today.  Please record your procedures in your science fair project folder.

Tuesday - TSW complete T-CAP Coach activities for the following topics: Similarities and Differences Among Organisms (p.90), Inferring the Relatedness of Organisms (94) and Classifying Plants and Animals (98).

Homework:  REMINDER - you should have all materials for your science fair project collected by tomorrow.

Wednesday - TSW complete the T-CAP Coach activities for the following topics: Identifying Unknown Organisms (102) and Using a Dichotomous Key (106). TSW also complete part 2 of the T-CAP Coach pre-test (21-30). TSW use a key to check his or her answers for the pre-test. TSW make notes about any questions answered incorrectly.

Thursday - TTW review the T-CAP Coach exercises from Tuesday and Wednesday.

Friday - Winter Break Begins

ENJOY your break, but don’t forget about the science fair. When you are tired of doing nothing, get started on your project. This will allow you extra time to nap after school while adjusting to your return from the break. See you next year!