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Welcome to Blue Tide Science ! I hope you are ready to think scientifically and do science! Eighth grade science explores matter and chemistry, the hydrosphere, earth history, and microbiology!

You will need a one inch binder and a set of dividers. A few page protectors will be useful. You will also need a spiral notebook to use as an interactive notebook for science notes. Remember to bring a pen and pencil with you to class!

See flashcards below the links for vocabulary help throughout the year! Great for EOG science and trimester exam vocabulary studying!!

Look forward to a great year! Mr. Morris

Note: If you miss class for any reason, make sure to get notes from a classmate and pick up class handouts in the makeup folder.

WEEK 1-2

Homework - get handbook form signed and return to homeroom; get textbook form signed; get notebook and spiral notebook set-up by Friday! Get safety rules contract signed by Wednesday, Aug. 30. Safety quiz on Friday!

Thursday, Aug. 25 - Topic: What is science and what do we learn this year?

Friday, Aug. 26 - Topic: What is technology?

Monday, Aug. 29 - Topic: What do scientist do? powerpoint and activities on scientists

Tuesday, Aug. 30 - Topic: Lab Safety- view and complete two worksheets on safety and equipment in class

Wednesday, Aug. 31 - Topic: Lab safety and observations; get safety contract; complete worksheet C

Thursday, Sept. 1 - Topic: "Think like a scientist"; complete handouts

Friday, Sept. 2 - Topic: Scientific method video; safety quiz

WEEK 3

Homework - scientific method worksheet; graphing actvity

Tuesday, Sept. 6 Scientific method - complete two handouts and begin graphing notes in interactive notebook..

Wednesday, Sept. 7 Graphing handout and video clip; how to graph is excel; variable worksheet

Thursday and Friday, Sept. 8 -9 Graphing module in the Daniels computer lab- Students will use Excel to create scientific graphs

WEEK 4

Homework: Variable worksheet

Monday, Sept. 12 Measurement - make foldable of measurement terms; 2 worksheets on measurement; review graphing- assign variable worksheet for HW due on Wed.

Tuesday, Sept. 13 Graphing on Excel in the computer lab- last day to complete your 3 graphs

Wednesday, Sept. 14 Video clips on how to use a balance, metric ruler, graduated cylinder; measure with a ruler using signficant figures

Thursday, Sept. 15 Measurement Lab

Friday, Sept. 16 Early Release Day - SI (metric) units - learn prefixes and convert within the SI system; create a science word using Latin stems (HW)

WEEK 5

Homework: Complete measurement worksheets; study for Wednesday's SCIENCE TEST on Safety and Science by using study guide given to student on Monday and reviewing the vocabulary in the flash cards at the bottom of this page.

Monday, Sept. 19 Metric measurement video; practice with metrics and measurement worksheets; science stems; receive study guide for Wednesday's TEST

Tuesday, Sept. 20 TEST review with electronic clickers

Wednesday, Sept. 21 SCIENCE TEST on Introduction to Science 8 and Safety: Topics tested: lab safety, scientific method, observations and inferences, scientific graphs, and measurement in the SI

Thursday, Sept. 22 Pre-lab density activities

Friday, Sept. 23 Density Lab

WEEK 6 Homework: Complete Matter packet - Due Monday Oct. 3; Intro. to Atam worksheet on Thursday night

Monday, Sept. 26 Density processing; Latin stems; Matter notes (I.N.) and matter power point with programmed notes; get class handouts and homework packet

Tuesday, Sept. 27 Matter video and video quiz; "Nuts and bolts" classifying matter activity (I.N.) and handout

Wednesday, Sept. 28 Energy types handout; Mixture/compound power point

Thursday, Sept. 29 Physical and Chemical Changes in Matter demonstrations; get handout and checklist; put demos. list in I.N.

Friday, Sept. 30 Teacher Work Day - no school for you!

WEEK 7 Homework: Study for Wednesday's TEST on Matter (Ch. 13 - Study Homework Packet)

Monday, Oct. 3 Review- chemical and physical changes; IN activity on compounds elements and mixtures; concept map and key terms for the test; WCPSS Assessment 1

Tuesday, Oct. 4 Clicker Review for a class grade!

Wednesday, Oct. 5 TEST - Properties of Matter

Thursday, Oct. 6 Introduction to atoms activities, video clips, and class notes; Homework - Into. to Atom worksheet (not given out-students will receive this on Monday)

Friday, Oct. 7 Early Release- Stucture of the atom - notes and video clip

WEEK 8 Homework: Periodic Table Packet - due Tuesday, Oct. 18; study your 45 elements for Friday's quiz (see list and flash cards below)

Monday, Oct. 10 Atomic Structure; complete worksheet

Tuesday, Oct. 11 "Meet the Elements" Introduction to the periodic table; receive your 45 elements to know - quizzes start Friday

Wednesday, Oct. 12 Periodic table power point with scaffolded notes; fact finding on the periodic table

Thursday, Oct. 13 Periodic Table video and family notes

Friday, Oct. 14 1st of 5 element quizzes; Atomic structure power point with scaffolded notes; atomic fact worksheet

WEEK 9 Homework: Periodic Table Packet - due Tuesday, Oct. 18; study your 45 elements for Friday's quiz (see list and flash cards below) Quarter exam on Oct. 26

Monday, Oct. 17 Metals. nonmetals, metalloids - ws. 9-10; Atomic Bohr models

Tuesday, Oct. 18 2nd quiz on the 45 elements to know; Bohr model worksheet

Wednesday, Oct. 19 3rd element quiz; fusion in the stars; stardust worksheet

Thursday, Oct. 20 Review the Table - CH 15 review !

Friday, Oct. 21 4th element quiz; ions and isotopes; Bohr practice; received study guide for exam; began review for exam

WEEK 10 Homework: 1st quarter exam on Wednesday - study 1st two tests and the study guide; plus review the periodic table information

Monday, Oct. 24 Concept map/ key terms; crosswords on periodic table; periodic practice worksheet

Tuesday, Oct. 25 Clicker Review for exam

Wednesday, Oct. 26 Science 1st quarter exam; sweet 16 puzzle

Thursday, Oct. 27 Bonding concept map; Bonding notes in IN from ppt; chemical formula worksheet

Friday, Oct. 28 Einstein's Big Idea - a historical view of famous scientists from the past and how their work lead to more scientific discoveries; video with class summary worksheet

WEEK 11 Homework: Review bonding notes and naming compounds (more next week!)

Monday, Oct 31 Teacher Work day - Happy Halloween

Tuesday, Nov. 1 Einstein's Big Idea video

Wednesday, Nov. 2 Complete and turn in Einstein's Big Idea Assignment; back to Chemical Bonds- notes in IN for ppt

Thursday, Nov. 3 What kind of bond and writing chemical formulas for compounds; chemical formula worksheets

Friday, Nov. 4 Worksheet on formula

WEEK 12 Homework: Chemical Reaction Packet (Ch. 16) - due Nov. 18

Monday, Nov. 7 Begin Steel Wool Lab; complete chemical formulas worksheets; Bonding Activity in class; receive homework packet

Tuesday, Nov. 8 More on chemical formulas; Carbon video clip I and II

Wednesday, Nov. 9 Quiz on writing chemical formulas for compounds; Carbon video clip III; begin chemical reaction notes

Thursday, Nov. 10 Collect steel wool lab; Carbon IV and V video clips; complete chemical reaction notes; if time oxidation handout and demo.!

Friday, Nov. 11 Veteran's Day Holiday - no school

WEEK 13 Homework: Chemical Reaction Packet (Ch. 16) - due Nov. 18; Test on Ch. 16, Nov. 22

Monday, Nov. 14 Complete and collect Steel Wool Lab; Oxidation handout in class; complete reaction notes; complete identification of reaction worksheet

Tuesday, Nov. 15 Conservation of Mass demonstration; balancing equations presentation and practice (two worksheets)

Wednesday, Nov. 16 Chemical reactions video and worksheet; Discuss activation energy; Demo. Lab- Decomposition

Thursday, Nov. 17 Lab; Single and Double Displacement reactions; more balancing of equations

Friday, Nov. 18 Common Assessment #2; check homework; Review handout

WEEK 14 Test on Ch. 16, Nov. 22

Monday, Nov. 21 Review for test with clickers

Tuesday, Nov. 22 Test on chemical formula and reactions

Wed. - Fri., Nov. 23-25 Thanksgiving Holiday

WEEK 15 Homework: water useage extra credit; complete water story; water on earth worksheet

Monday, Nov. 28 Water on earth activity and power point notes

Tuesday, Nov. 29 Water cycle activity; water story in 1st person; water on earth worksheet

Wednesday, Nov. 30 Field Trip -IMAX -The Ultimate Wave 3-D

Thursday, Dec. 1 Properties of water and the Mickey Mouse molecule

Friday, Dec. 2 Water structure video; properties of water- 9 "Frayer" notes in your IN.

WEEK 16 Homework: Water properties worksheet - Due Tuesday; Quiz on water properties on Thursday

Monday, Dec. 5 Water properties demos. and activities; "Frayer " notes in your IN, Complete water properties worksheet at home

Tuesday, Dec. 6 Complete "Frayer" notes

Wednesday, Dec. 7 Watershed demo.; Buoyancy clip; Specific heat lab

Thursday, Dec. 8 Quiz on water properties; water puzzle in class; begin waves

Friday, Dec. 9 Waves presentation and clips; waves worksheet and reading

WEEK 17 Homework: Tides and Current packet due on Friday!

Monday, Dec 12 Water Properties newsletter, Waves reading and worksheet; receive homework packet

Tuesday, Dec. 13 Tides Presentation; Tides - AIMS packet in class

Wednesday, Dec. 14 Tide video: Moon Dance with questions in class

Thursday, Dec. 15 Classroom Guidance with Mr. Sauls

Friday, Dec. 16 Currents presentation; clips on currents; Check homework

WEEK 18

Monday, Dec. 19 Common Assessment #3; Currents - Gulf Stream clips and reading

Tuesday, Dec. 20 Complete the Gulf Stream reading; preview ocean life

Wednesday, Dec. 21 Short Classes - Ocean in Motion crossword; afternoon pizza and a team WWII movie (Silent Night)

WEEK 19 Happy New Year Homework: Prepare for Test (Ocean's Motion - Ch. 4) on Thursday.

Tuesday, Jan. 3 Ocean Chemistry presentation, salinity clip, and worksheet in class

Wednesday, Jan. 4 Review the motions of the ocean - concept map/key terms study guide

Thursday, Jan. 5 Test - Oceans Motions- Chapter 4

Friday, Jan. 6 Exploring the oceans -picture activity; timeline from cool science

WEEK 20 Homework: Prepare for 2nd Quarter Science Exam on Wednesday; Exploring the Ocean packet- due Friday..

Monday, Jan. 9 Complete timeline activity; ocean zones clips with a note sheet

Tuesday, Jan. 10 Review for Exam; receive ocean newsletter; Use newsletters and chemical reactions test and last week's test to review.

Wednesday, Jan. 11 2nd Quarter Science Exam

Thursday, Jan. 12 Daniels Computer Lab - Ferrymon data on NC sounds to graph and analyze.

Friday, Jan. 13 Early Release - Check Homework (short classes)

WEEK 21 Homework: Analyze your exam mistakes and complete "200 meters down" using the book - chapter 5.

Tuesday, Jan. 17 Exams are returned - analyze your mistakes for homework; process Ferrymon graphs and questions; ocean floor activity

Wednesday, Jan. 18 "200 meters down" activity from chapter 5; complete for homework

Thursday, Jan. 19 Wetland video and activity

Friday, Jan. 20 Food webs and estuary activities

WEEK 22 Homework: Fresh Water (Water Supply and Demand) packet-Due Friday, Feb. 3

Tuesday, Jan. 24 Common Assessment 4; Salt Marsh Role play; Food Web worksheet and vocabulary for I.N.

Wednesday, Jan. 25 Estuary clip; Salt Marsh video and questions

Thursday, Jan. 26 Read and analyze Chief Seattle's speech from 1854; see NC video of the speech; good stewardship of planet earth.

Friday, Jan. 27 Biological magnification handouts and questions

WEEK 23 Homework: Fresh Water (Water Supply and Demand) packet-Due Friday, Feb. 3; Short Test on Wednesday, Feb. 1 dealing with estuaries (5th period will be working on a special project in the computer lab)

Monday, Jan. 30 Complete biological magnification and begin Minamata disease activity (mercury pollution)

Tuesday, Jan. 31 Complete Minamata activity; fish consumption regulations; review

Wednesday, Feb. 1 Short Test on Estuaries; point and non point sources of pollution worksheet

Thursday, Feb. 2 Groundhog Day info.; Drinking water and waste water treatment; Urban and Rural

Friday, Feb. 3 Check homework; virtual tours of Raleigh's drinking water and waste water treatment plants

WEEK 24 Homework: Eutrophication pyramid for Wed. night - due Thursday

Monday, Feb. 6 Review drinking and waste water; aquifer demonstration; groundwater notes "pamphlet"

Tuesday, Feb. 7 Water quality notes; pollution jigsaw; Poison Waters video clip

Wednesday, Feb. 8 SAS 870 Bioindicator lesson; eutrophication pyramid for homework

Thursday, Feb. 9 Lab: Water quality chemical and physical laboratory tests

Friday, Feb. 10 Fish Kill Mystery

WEEK 25 Homework: Quiz on Tuesday on Water Quality

Monday, Feb. 13 Fish Kill Mystery; Common Assessment 5

Tuesday, Feb. 14 Quiz on Water quality; graphing SAS data

Wednesday, Feb. 15 Water Dilemmas as a test grade (group project; individual grade)

Thursday, Feb. 16 Water Dilemmas

Friday, Feb. 17 Early Release; complete Water Dilemmas

WEEK 26 Homework: open note quiz on Thursday; Coastal erosion graphic organizer due Friday

Wednesday, Feb. 22 The Beaches are Moving video with vocabulary and position sheet graphic organizer

Thursday, Feb. 23 Complete video and have open note quiz from video notes and vocabulary

Friday, Feb. 24 Review 6th grade plate tectonics with vocabulary sheet; view Mountain Building power point with outline notes

WEEK 27 Homework: Earth's Crust Homework packet; Due Wednesdayday, March 7; Chief Seattle's "This we know" recitation on Wednesday

Monday, Feb. 27 Complete Plate tectonic review and Mountain building power point with outline notes; Receive homework packet

Tuesday, Feb. 28 Weathering/Erosion/Deposition notes in I.N. ; Weathering and Erosion ppt with notes; Karst topography video and animation (5th period - show Earth Stewardship multimedia presentations)

Wednesday, Feb. 29 LEAP DAYChief Seattle's recitation; earth stewardship multimedia showstoppers

Thursday, March 1 Retro. day - "oldie" 16 mm movies - Erosion and mountain building notes

Friday, March 2 complete weathering and erosoin notes from ppt.

WEEK 28 Homework: Earth's Crust Homework packet; Due Wednesday, March 7; complete stream table questions; glacier worksheet

Monday, March 5 Stream table lab

Tuesday, March 6 Stream table lab

Wednesday, March 7 Glaciers - Ice on the Move - video and questions

Thursday, March 8 Glaciers notes and ppt.; glaciers worksheet

Friday, March 9 Moving to high school classroom guidance - Mr. Sauls

WEEK 29 Homework: complete review sheets for Test on Tuesday (Ch. 7); Fossil Packet due on March 21

Monday, March 12 Complete glacier terms and worksheet; Review for test

Tuesday, March 13 Test on weathering/erosion/ deposition

Wednesday, March 14 Fossil power point notes; receive fossil packet- due March 21; fossil find

Thursday, March 15 Fossil video, ice man clips; Impossible fossil site map

Friday, March 16 Early Release Day; Darwin clip on evolution/natural selection; begin relative dating

WEEK 30 Homework: Fossil packet due Wednesday, March 21; Geologic time packet (Chapter 8) due March 29

Monday, March 19 Complete Darwin clips; begin relative dating

Tuesday, March 20 LAB Absolute Dating

Wednesday, March 21 Relative dating and geologic time classwork/homework (3rd and 7th periods); miss 5th and 6th periods due to CASE 21 test in Math

Thursday, March 22 Assembly schedule; Relative dating and geologic time classwork/homework (5rd and 6th periods); miss 3rd and 7th periods due to CASE 21 test in Algebra.

Friday, March 23 Geologic time scale activity; clips and worksheets;

WEEK 31 Homework: Geologic Time Packet -due Thursday, March 29 (field trip permission and $ due by Thursday to homeroom teacher)

Monday, March 26 Geologic time handouts and activity

Tuesday, March 27 video : Earth History (miss 5th and 6th due to Case 21 testing)

Wednesday, March 28 video: Earth History (miss 3rd and 7th due to Case 21 testing)

Thursday, March 29 quiz on geologic time - from video

Friday, March 30 Teacher Work Day and Spring break begins

WEEK 32 Report cards are being sent home on Friday Homework: organize your notebook and get basic supplies: pencil, pen, paper Our team is also in need of tissues. Our first of the year supply is gone!

Monday, April 9 Review earth history; get two EOG review sheets; take assessment #6

Tuesday, April 10 Blue Tide is on a field trip to the Virginia Holocaust Museum in Richmond. We will leave at 7:00 am and return at 4:00 pm. Students will need snacks and a bag lunch. Mrs. Thompson is staying behind for students that do not go on the trip.

Wednesday, April 11 Begin our hazardous chemical unit: what is a chemical and what are the routes of exposure?

Thursday, April 12 Case studies - find the routes of exposure in these true cases of hazardous chemical exposures

Friday, April 13 Labels and MSDS information on chemicals

WEEK 33 Homework: Cell Packet due April 25

Monday, April 16 Show students science online field test simulation questions; Complete MSDS worksheet; begin virtual toxic field trip

Tuesday, April 17 3rd Period - complete virtual toxic field trip; 5th, 6th, 7th will miss class due to online science field test

Wednesday, April 18 3rd Period - Dosage demos.; view NIH dosage video clip; 5th, 6th , 7th Virtual toxic field trip

Thursday, April 19 3rd Period - Computer Skill test; 5th, 6th, 7th -Dosage demos. view NIH dosage clip

Friday, April 20 Assessment #7; review Case 21 EOG tests

Week 34 Homework: Cell Packet due Wed.

Monday, April 23 Earth Day nod; Quiz on Hazardous Chemicals; Cell theory ppt. and intro. to cells

Tuesday, April 24 Cell video on organelles and cell function worksheet

Wednesday, April 25 Active and passive transport in cells

Thursday, April 26 Photosynthesis vs. cellular respirations

Friday, April 27 Early release - Cell review ; 6th period - NC survey

WEEK 35 Homework: TURN IN FIELD TRIP $$ AND PERMISSION SLIPS TO YOUR HOMEROOM TEACHER. DEADLINE IS TUESDAY, MAY 1. Complete cell review materials from Friday and Photosynthesis materials from Thursday. All due Tuesday; Quiz on cell theory, cell structures, and functions on Wednesday!

Monday, April 30 Active and passive transport; review of the cell

Tuesday, May 1 Check review materials and collect photosynthesis compare and contrast page.

Wednesday, May 2 Quiz on cell theory, structure, and processes; cell division - Brain Pop; field trip prep.

Thursday, May 3 Trip to the coastal estuary; be at the busses by 7:00. Bring your lunch and materials from the list!

Friday, May 4 Protist video clips; begin Microscope stations lab (9 stations)

WEEK 36 Homework: Protist Packet due May 15

Monday, May 7 Complete Microscope Station Lab

Tuesday, May 8 Microbe ppt. with scaffolded notes; assessment 8, receive protist packet - due May 15

Wednesday, May 9 Bacteria vs. viruses lesson and clips

Thursday, May 10 Flu epidemics and pandemics

Friday, May 11 Science EOG Review with clickers

WEEK 37 Homework: Protist Packet due May 15; Virus, Bacteria, Fungi packet due Wed., May 16; Review EOG sheets

Monday, May 14 EOG Review with clickers; begin Virus, Bacteria, Fungi packet due on Wed.

Tuesday, May 15 Review Protists; understand human immune response to pathogens; get EOG disease newsletter

Wednesday, May 16 In class microbe chart project with books

Thursday, May 17 Complete microbe chart

Friday, May 18 Pond water protist lab

WEEK 38 EOG 's Microbiology Test will be on Friday, June 1

Monday, May 21 Science EOG; continue Pond Water Protist Lab

Tuesday May 22 Reading EOG; complete Pond Water Protist Lab

Wednesday, May 23 House of the Scorpion Cloning - Fact or Fiction

Thursday, May 24 World of Protists video

Friday, May 25 Bacteria, Fungi clips plus Inside Ralphie

Week 39 Microbiology Test will be on Friday, June 1

Monday, May 28  no school  - Memorial Day

Tuesday, May 29  Petric Dish Lab

Wednesday, May 30  EOC Algebra - Short classes - review

Thursday, May 31 Review for Microbiology test

Friday, June 1  MAJOR TEST - cells, cell theory, cell functions - active and passive transport, photosynthesis and respiration, protists, bacteria, viruses, and fungi

 

Week 40 

Monday, June 4 complete lab and turn in

Tuesday, June 5 Microbe video

Wednesday, June 6 Macroinvertebrate study at the nature trail

Thursday, June 7 Last Day of School - Awards Assembly 7:30 - 9:15 am; Ice Cream on the lawn; 8th Grade Picnic (afternoon)

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