TERM 4

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THESE TOPICS WILL BE COVERED IN 8TH GRADE SCIENCE DURING THIS TERM:

INTEGRATED 8TH

EARTH LAYERS

FOSSIL FORMATION

RELATIVE AGE OF ROCK LAYERS

HEAT

WAVES

SOUND

FORCES

MACHINES

MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE

ENERGY TRANSFORMATIONS

DAILY CLASS LOG  MIDTERM IS APRIL 24

MAR 23

missing notes/tests/hallpasses

Notes #1 for Term 4 "How do fossils form?"

Rock type lab (identify the origin of different rock samples) 

3 - 25

Notes #2 "Earth Layers"

how do fossils form?  activity paper - turn in

VIDEO:  Fossils, clues to the Past  (23 min)

assign fossil comic book - due April 2

finish Practice test on Chapters 4 & 5 Minerals and Rocks and turn in today

3 - 27

give Q & A review for Rocks & Minerals

 assign "Hooray for Hollywood" in pairs, due next class

3 - 31

turn in "Fossil Comic Book" 

use overheadsto show where volcanoes, earthquakes, plate boundaries and mid ocean ridges are found

Notes # 4 "Volcanoes and Earthquakes"

BINGO for those who are caught up

DVD 74 part 2 "Formation of Rocks"

APRIL 2

turn in "Hooray for Hollywood" 

go over some UTIPS questions

practice quiz - individually, pair, then group

BINGO

4 - 6

erosion demonstration

review game (garbage ball) 

EXAM on Rocks, Minerals, Fossils, and Earthquakes

Notes # 5 "Energy"

assign " Forms of Energy" - due 4 - 8

4 - 8

go over "Forms of Energy" and turn in

review energy transformations

DVD 922 on Energy

3 labs: pendulum, card jump, ball drop 

assign "Photosynthesis/Respiration" review due - 4 - 21

gave EOC vocab - write definitions, turn in CRT day for extra credit

4 - 10

Review energy transformations

go over Photosynthesis/Respiration due next time

Notes # 6 "Heat"

demonstrations on Heat

review

APR 13-17 SPRING BREAK
4 - 21

turn in Photosynthesis/Respiration Review

review Energy Conversions

return "Rocks/Minerals" test

Notes #7 "Waves"

"Sound Waves" Lab

Bill Nye DVD "Waves" 

4 - 23

MIDTERM IS APRIL 24

review, quiz on Energy Conversions

gravity demo with ping pong and golf balls

Notes #8 "Gravity"

CRT Review Game with gamd boards

4 - 27

review Utips questions

intro Machines

Lever Lab

A2 played BINGO, A4 watched Bill Nye DVD "Simple Machines" 

4 - 29 

prism & tuning forks demo

review UTIPS questions

inclined planes lab

CRT review game

Bingo review

5 - 1  CRT (STATE END OF COURSE TEST)  online
5 - 5  FINISH CRT online 
5 - 7 

turn in EOC vocab for extra credit

watch DVD 1518 "Light"

assign "Really Compound Machines/ENergy We Use"  due 5-11

A classes read article on Global Warming

5 - 11 

turn in "Really Compound Machines"

use binoculars to look at the "stripes" on the mountains and write one paragraph explaining how they got there, students are in pairs

introduce machines with clip from "PeeWee's Great Adventure"

5 - 13 

watch clip from "Hotel for Dogs"

A2 - Roller Coaster Lab in Media Center 

 assign "Build a Machine"

5 - 15 

turn in 4th term notes

A4 - Roller Coaster Lab in Media Center 

5 - 19   
5 - 21 

group machine project is due

 video tape group machines working

MAY 22  DEADLINE FOR LATE WORK

5 - 26  
 5 - 28  END OF TERM