8th Grade Science
Today we took notes from slides 88-93. Students were then handed two problem sets of chemical equations to balance. If you were absent, please see me when you return to class to get those problem sets.
8th Grade Slide Show Homework: NONE!
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Today we dug into the book Hidden Figures as well as some of the background of this incredible piece of American History ahead of our field trip to see the movie Wednesday. Please see slides 78-86 below to get caught up!
8th Grade Slide Show HOMEWORK: Keep researching your element for you book and presentation due February 14th! 8th grade did not have science class yesterday because I was off campus with 7th grade students.
Today, students continued their research on their elements for their book project. HOMEWORK: 1. Due tomorrow: have chapter in The Disappearing Spoon read. Make sure to mark the section that talks about your element and underline other interesting parts you might want to include in your summary. 2. Element books are due Feb. 14th. Keep researching! Today we finished our notes on the organization of the periodic table. Students also color-coded their periodic tables by type of element: metal, metalloid, and nonmetal. They spent the rest of class researching their element for their book. See slides 70-77 for exactly what we did in class.
Periodic Table Slide Show HOMEWORK: - Have your chapter from The Disappearing Spoon read by Friday. To get full credit, make sure you have marked the part of the chapter that discusses your element and have underlined important parts you may want to use in your two paragraph summary you will write in your element book. -Adopt an Element book will be due February 14th! Today we continued learning about the organization of the periodic table. Please see slides 59-69 in the slide show below.
8th Grade Slide Show HOMEWORK: Make sure to have your chapter of The Disappearing Spoon read by Friday. To get full credit you must label the section of the chapter that talks about your element. You also need to underline important facts/information that you may want to use in your summary of the chapter. Today, students received their chapter of The Disappearing Spoon. Homework for it is below. Have a great weekend!
Today, students learned more about the organization of the periodic table. Notes for this can be found on slides 52-66. They also received the requirements for their Adopt an Element Book. The handout for this with the project description and rubric is linked below as well.
8th Grade Slide Show Adopt and Element Requirements HOMEWORK: Research element. Book and presentation due February 14th. Today we learned more about the organization of the periodic table. Students also had time to research the element that they adopted.
HOMEWORK: None! :-) Today, students received their checkbooks for a new system of classroom management we are trying. Students will earn money for doing things well, and they will receive fines and write checks when they need to leave the room, etc. They will earn money for their attendance as well. Below is a link to more information about the system:
Checkbook Discipline System The serendipity is that students will learn how to balance a checkbook through this system! HOMEWORK: Finish the Sci Fi Friday homework if not completed and turned in already. Happy Friday the 13th!
For Sci Fi Friday, we read the story "They're Made Out of Meat" by Terry Bisson. The slide show linked below contains a link to the story and other information. Check out slides 37-43. 8th Grade Slide Show Homework: With a partner or on your own, write your own short, short story (no more than 1-1.5 pages) in the style of dialogue only. Choose a fairy tale or nursery rhyme to retell as dialogue between two of its characters. Never actually say the name of the two characters or the fairy tale in the actual story so readers have to try to figure it out. If you work with a partner, each of you writes the dialogue for one of the characters. The story can be handwritten or typed. Please do this on a separate sheet of paper to turn in, not in your science notebook. |
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