The following information will help keep you up to date on everything 8th grade science related:

 

• We will be covering a wide variety of scientific content this year.  This link provides a brief description along with a link to more detailed information about each topic we will be covering.

 

• The following is a running schedule of what we will be covering each day in class along with assignments and when they may be due:

 

Weeks 1 - 3 (August 26th - September 13th)

Day 1 (MT) 8/26 and 8/27

Introductions

Paperwork (Homeroom only)

Get to know you activity

   

 Day 2 (WT) 8/28 and 8/29

Science Safety discussion

Contract (sent home for review and parent signature) Due: next class period

"What Not To Do" activity (notebook) (Due during first notebook check)

   

 Day 3 (FT) - No school on Monday for Labor Day 8/30 and 9/3

Introduction to Energy discussion

Safety Smart Science - Renewable Energy 

Introduce Project (Due 9/16 for A day and 9/17 for B day)

     

Day 4 (WT) 9/4 and 9/5

Work on Energy Project

    

Day 5 (FM) 9/6 and 9/9

Getting to know Fossil Fuels

Continue Energy Project

     

Day 6 (TW) 9/10 and 9/11

Continue Energy Project

    

Day 7 (TF) 9/12 and 9/13

Fracking, review biomass/geothermal energy

Finish work on Energy Project (Due 9/16 for A day and 9/17 for B day)

     

Weeks 4 and 5 (September 16th - 27th)

    

Day 1 (MT) 9/16 and 9/17

Energy Quiz

Intro to Matter Concept Map

Intro to Matter Notes

     

Day 2 (WT) 9/18 and 9/19

Atomic structure PBS activity (notebook grade)

Atomic structure foldable (notebook grade)

    

Day 3 (FM) 9/20 and 9/23

Atomic structure/Bohr model notes

introduce ptable.com

Atom/Element builder gizmo

        

Day 4 (TW) 9/24 and 9/25

Announce atomic structure and element symbols quiz

Calendar activity

Begin periodic table basics

    

Day 5 (TF) 9/26 and 9/27

 Atomic Structure Quiz

Complete periodic table basics

    

Weeks 6 - 8 (October 1st - 18th)

 

Day 1 (TW)  10/1 and 10/2 

Periodic table history questions and discussions

Periodic table color coding activity

     

Day 2 (TF) 10/3 and 10/4

Finish color coding

Periodic Table summative activity

    

Day 3 (MT) 10/7 and 10/10 - Tuesday is a split day and Wednesday is a teacher workday

Periodic Table summative activity

Review for test

   

Day 4 (FM) 10/11 and 10/14

Atomic Structure and Periodic Table Test

Finish summative activity

    

Day 5 (TW)10/15 and 10/16

Elements, Compounds and Mixtures notes and activities

   

Day 6 (TF) 10/17 and 10/18

Elements compounds and mixtures lab

  

Weeks 9 - 10 (October 21st - November 1st)

 

Day 1 (MT) 10/21 and 10/22 

Compounds and mixtures matching activity

Elements, Compounds and Mixtures Webquest

Compounds and MIxtures Brainpop

   

Day 2 (WT) 10/23 and 10/24

 

Day 3 (FM) 10/25 and 10/28

Physical and Chemical changes lab

 

Day 4 (TW) 10/29 and 10/30

Physical and chemical changes review sheet

Day 5 (TF) 10/31 and 11/1

 

Weeks 15 and 17 (December 2nd - 20th)

Day 1 (MT) 12/2 and 12/3

Virus Structure 

Work on interactive microbe house

 

Day 2 (W) - PSAT day (split afternoon) 12/4

Finish interactive microbe house 

 

Day 3 (TF) 12/5 and 12/6

The spread of disease notes

spread of disease gizmo

 

Day 4 (MT) 12/9 and 12/10

Disease QR code activity

 

Day 5 (WT) 12/11 and 12/12

Epidemic and pandemics notes and foldable

 

Day 6 (FM) 12/13 and 12/16

Bacterial reproduction and test review

 

Day 7 (TW) 12/17 and 12/18

Microbiology test

 

Day 8 (T) Split Day 12/19

Epidemics and pandemics activity

 

Day 9 (F) 12/20

Disease web quest

Contagion

Weeks 18 and 19 (January 6th - 17th)

Day 1 (MT) 1/6 - 1/7

Photosynthesis reading passage and questions

Cells review

Photosynthesis and cellular respiration notes/discussion

Cell cycle foldable

 

Day 2 (WT) 1/8 - 1/9

"staying alive" reading passage

6 categories of nutrients notes

Processed Potato activity

Begin healthy living stations

 

Day 3 (FM) 1/10 and 1/13

Finish healthy living stations

Biotechnology Introduction (concept map)

Heal, Feed, Sustain - Biotechnology in NC

 

Day 4 (TW) 1/14 - 1/15

Biotechnology Text Tuesday or Lesson 1.1

Biotechnology Exploration Guide

 

Day 5 (TF) 1/16 - 1/17

GMO discussion and Notes

GMO Assignment (presentation)

 

Weeks 20 and 21 (January 20th - 31st)

 

Day 1 (WT) 1/22 -1/23 - Mon holiday, Tues teacher workday 

Finish Biotech exploration guide and GMO assignment

Discuss genetic engineering

Virtual labs

 

Day 2 (FM) 1/24 -1/27

Brainpop cloning

Gene editing vs GMO

Spider silk Biotech 

 

Day 3 (TW) 1/28 - 1/29

Review for healthy living/biotechnology test

 

Day 4 (TF) 1/30 - 1/31

Healthy living/Biotech test

Introduce Ecology terms

Weeks 22 - 24 (February 3rd - 28th)

Day 1 (MT) 2/3 - 2/4

Ecosystem/Ecology

compare and contrast ecosystem, habitat, population, community

What is a niche video and questions

Overpopulation article

Symbiosis - identifying relationships (notes/chart)

  

Day 2 (WT) 2/5 - 2/6 (No school Friday 2/7 due to storms)

Symbiosis practice questions

The flow of energy - video, notes, create your own food web

  

Day 3 (MT) 2/10 - 2/11

Ecosystems Gizmo warm up, Flow of energy smart notebook activity, finish create your own food web

  

Day 4 (WT) 2/12 - 2/13

Flow of energy poster activity - Did not have time

Carbon and Nitrogen Cycle notes and web quest

 

Day 5 (FT) 2/14 - 2/18

Introduction to biological evolution - classification warm up

class discussion on classification and evolution

vocabulary reading assignment on evolution

 

Day 6 (WT) 2/19 - 2/20 

Natural selection/survival of the fittest discussion

sloth evolution article

Genetic variation discussion

homologous/analogous/vestigial structure chart

whales with legs vestigial video and discussion

 

Day 7 (MT) 2/24 - 2/25 (Friday - snow day) 

Whale evolution article and questions

Cosmos - evolution video and discussion

homologous and analogous structures assignment

 

Day 8 (W) 2/26

Science NC check in

 

Day 9 (TF) 2/27 - 2/28

Finish homologous and analogous structures sheet

Evolution review questions (test grade)

 

Weeks 25 - 26 (March 2nd - 13th)

 

Day 1 (MT) 3/2 - 3/3

Intro to water facts walk

Water properties foldable

     

Day 2 (WT) 3/4 - 3/5

Water properties lab

Water cycle Google Drawing

   

Day 3 (FM) 3/6 - 3/9

Finish Google Drawing

The flow of water notes

Labeling the flow of water with vocabulary

    

Day 4 (TW) 3/10 - 3/11

River Basins scavenger hunt

Finish flow of water labeling

Lakes and Ponds

    

Day 5 (TF) 3/12 - 3/13 - E.coli in the water (no school)

 

Weeks 27 - 28 (March 16th - 27th)

No School, Corona-virus quarantine