Course Syllabus
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 - 4 (August 27th - September 21st)
Day 1 (MT)
Introductions
Paperwork (Homeroom only)
Get to know you activity
Day 2 (WT)
Science Safety discussion
Contract (sent home for review and parent signature) Due: next class period
"What Not To Do" activity (notebook)
Day 3 (FT) - No school on Monday for Labor Day
Introduction to Energy discussion
Safety Smart Science - Renewable Energy
Introduce Project
Day 4 (WT)
Work on Energy Project
Day 5 (FM)
Getting to know Fossil Fuels
Continue Energy Project
Day 6 (TW)
Continue Energy Project
Day 7 (TT) - (No school Friday - Wednesday for Hurricane/Workday)
Fracking, review biomass/geothermal energy
Finish work on Energy Project (Due Monday the 24th)
Week 5 (September 24th - 28th)
Day 1 (FM)
Energy Benchmark
Introduction to Matter Concept Mapping
States of Matter Notes
Day 2 (TW)
Atomic structure PBS activity (notebook grade)
Atomic structure foldable (notebook grade)
Day 3 (TF)
Atomic structure/Bohr model notes
introduce ptable.com
Atom/Element builder gizmo
Weeks 6 and 7 (October 1st -12th)
Day 1 (MT)
Announce atomic structure and element symbols quiz
Calendar activity
Begin periodic table basics
Day 2 (WT)
Atomic Structure Quiz
Complete periodic table basics
Day 3 (FT) - No school Monday
Element Symbol Quiz
Day 4 (WF) - No school thursday
Finish color coding
Periodic Table summative activity
Week 8 (October 15th - 19th)
Day 1 (MT)
Periodic Table summative activity
Review for test
Day 2 (WT)
Atomic Structure and Periodic Table Test
Finish summative activity
Day 3 (F)
Career Day
Week 9 (October 22nd - 26th)
Day 1 (MW) - Tuesday is a half day math check in
Elements, Compounds and Mixtures notes and activities
Day 2 (TF)
Compounds and mixtures matching activity
Elements compounds and mixtures lab
Weeks 10 -13 (October 29th - November 20th)
Day 1 (MT)
Day 2 (WT)
Physical and Chemical changes lab
Day 3 (FM)
Physical and chemical changes review sheet
Day 4 (TT) - Wednesday NC check in
Day 5 (FT)
Finish Gizmo
Law of conservation of Matter notes and balancing chemical equations
Day 6 (WT)
Lab law of conservation of matter
Day 7 (F) - split day
review for test
Day 8 (MT)
Test
Weeks 14 -15 (November 26th - December 7th)
Day 1 (MT)
introduction to microbes
the microbe zoo
microbes.org assignment
Day 2 (WT)
virus and bacteria foldable
begin interactive microbe house
Day 3 (FM)
Parasite and fungi foldable
Work on interactive microbe house
Day 4 (TW)
Virus structure video and questions
Work on interactive microbe house
Day 5 (TF)
Microbe QR code activity
Weeks 16 -17 (December 10th - 21st)
Day 1 (MT)
The spread of disease
Disease spread gizmo
Bacterial Growth
Day 2 (WT)
Epidemics and Pandemics video and notes
E and P foldable
Day 3 (F) - split day
E and P reading passage and questions
Day 4 (MT)
Microbiology test review
Day 5 (WT)
Microbiology test
Day 6 - Stay in homeroom
Epidemics, Pandemics and Ebola web-quest
Contagion
Weeks 18 -19 (January 7th - 18th)
Day 1 (MT)
Cells review
Photosynthesis and cellular respiration notes/discussion
Cell cycle foldable
Day 2 (WT)
"staying alive" reading passage
6 categories of nutrients notes
Processed Potato activity
Begin healthy living stations
Day 3 (FM)
Finish healthy living stations
Biotechnology Introduction (concept map)
Heal, Feed, Sustain - Biotechnology in NC
Day 4 (TW)
Biotechnology Text Tuesday or Lesson 1.1
Biotechnology Exploration Guide
Day 5 (TF)
GMO discussion and Notes
GMO Assignment (presentation)
Weeks 20 - 23 (January 23rd - February 15th)
Day 1 (WT) - No school M/T for MLK day and teacher workday.
Brainpop - Cloning
Genetic Engineering Discussion
Virtual labs
Day 2 (FM)
Biotechnology in NC - Spidersilk, Bioengineered food (difference between gene editing and GMOs)
Day 3 (TW)
Test review
Day 4 (T) - NC check in day
Finish review
Day 5 (FM)
Final microbiology test
Complete water foldable when finished
Day 6 (TW)
Go over water properties foldable
Water Olympics lab
Thursday - early release and NC check in day
Day 7 (FM)
Water facts walk
Structure of the hydrosphere notes
water movement sketch
Day 8 (TW)
River basins booklet and scavenger hunt
River basin project
Day 9 (TF)
Estuaries notes and presentations
Week 24 (February 18th - 22nd)
Day 1 (MT)
Ocean booklet
Day 2 (WT) - Friday is a teacher workday
Finish ocean booklet
Upwellings/Hydrothermal vents notes and activities
Week 25 - 27 (February 25th - March 15th)
Day 1 (MT)
Ocean quiz
Water Quality mini lab
Water quality notes
Day 2 (WT)
Water pollution and stewardship activity
Course Summary:
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