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Mrs. McGinnis

Caloosa Middle School

8th grade  Comprehensive

and

8th grade Advanced Comprehensive Science

Week of August 8-12

Monday 

First day of school.

1.  Check schedules and fill out info sheets from packet.

2.  Hand out course syllabus - review and answer questions.

3.  Show how to get on schoolnotes website.

4.  Review classs rules/ school rules.Homework:  discuss info with parent and fill out, sign and return required forms.

Tuesday

1.  Hand out curriculum map - review - discuss and fill in the holes.

2.  Demonstrate and identify safety equipment and location.

3.  Cubing activity - getting to know your students.

Homework:  Go to schoolnotes website and send me an email.

Wednesday

1.  Lab Safety video

2.  Review rules for lab safety.

3. Safety procedures P.P. and worksheet.

4. Lab safety contract.

Homework:  review safety contract with parents - sign - and return.

Thursday

1.  Get textbooks from bookroom.

2.  put name in textbooks.

3.  If time allows look through book with curriculum map. 

Friday

1.  Good scientist activity ws - in pairs.  Complete and review.

2.  Lab safety video again.

3.  Does anyone need help with supplies for school? 

Week 2  August 15 - 19

Monday

1.  Supplies due today. 

2.  Composition book  assignment “Scientific tools & Equipment “ due (except 6th and 8th period) today and will be graded. 

3.  Folder set up today. 

4.  Good scientist activity.  WS – in pairs.  Complete and review. 

 5.  Lab safety video again.  Does anyone need help with supplies?

Homework :  go to notify me on my webpage and register to get updates when they are made at your home e-mial address or other source that you have for internet messaging.

Tuesday

Set SMART Goal and record week one grade. 

 2.  Brainstorm “What is Science?”  “What is Pseudoscience?”  List examples of each.  

 3.   Quick lab 1  - Evaluate Science investigations (20 min.)  form teams and check for correctness.

Homework :      Define terms in Science_

Wednesday

1.   Review science tools and measurement 

 2.  Discussion:  How do scienctists develop explanations?

3.  Compare/Contrast Theory & law. 

4.  How do scientists evaluate evidence? 

5.  Peer review?  6.  Quick – lab – Does the evidence support the explanation?

Homework :       Study notes and terms.

Thursday

1.       Virtual lab – Interpreting findings. 

2.  Review step of the scientific method. 

3.  Discuss why organization and analysis are important. 

4.  Activity – Put a problem on the board and have students use 6 steps to solve the problem.

Homework:  Study notes on theories and scientific method.

Friday 

Quiz – Vocab terms (theory, law, science, scientific method) 

 2. Groups of 3 – List several problems on the board and have each group pick one to solve. 

3.  Using the scientific method create evidence, analysis and conclusions.

Homework :  finish as homework if needed.  Due on Monday at beginning of class 

Week of August 22-26

MONDAY  CCE Testing

Homework :   Complete vocab definitions and sentences for vocab list 2:  data, dependent variable, experiment, hypothesis, independent variable, observation, model. 

TUESDAY

CCE testing

Homework :    Complete sentences as homework

WEDNESDAY Design an experiment

Homework:  Complete the experiment     Study for vocabulary quiz

THURSDAY

Quiz on vocabulary list

2 Collect and grade composition books for vocabulary list 2 definitions and sentences

Lesson 2  Scientific KnowledgeEngage Your Brain  page 17

Method Acting  pages 18-19 Homework: period 1,2,4,6,8

Well, Prove It!  Pages 20-21A Theory for the Birds - page 23 

Visual Summary - page 24

 FRIDAY

Think – Pair- Share Activity  TE page  44 Choosing Scientific Investigations 

 Week of August 29 - September 2

Monday

Finish think-pair-share activity.  Have students work on and complete presentations in class.   If time allows introduce: Bikini Bottom variables worksheet page 

 Homework :   Finish as homework 

Tuesday

Picture Day and Rebus puzzles      

Wednesday

presentations on scientific explanationsreview Bikini Bottoms worksheet  Bart Simpson variables page. 

Homework :    Finish as homework except 4thand 8th periods.  4th and 8th periods are completing the spongebob tonight as homework. 

Thursday

Show Chitty, Chitty Bang Bang clip and other Rube Goldberg clips.Engineering Connection: TE page 48  Rube Goldberg Devices

Homework :   Finish as homework 

Friday

Probing Question  TE page 51Testing, Testing 1,2,3 student page 28

Homework :   Write a hypothesis in the If…, then…., because….. format.  Identify the independent and the dependent variable   

Week of September 5-9

Monday  NO SCHOOL

TUESDAY

Complete Rube Goldberg designs.  Present them to the class using the document camera.

Homework :    

WEDNESDAY

Probing question  TE page 51."Testing, testing 1,2,3,"  student page 28

Homework :   _Write a hypothesis in the If………….., then………, because format.  Identify the independent and dependent variable.   

 THURSDAY

"Visual Summary"  student page 36  "Lesson Review" page 37

Homework : Erika Bakes a Cake worksheet. 

FRIDAY

WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 12-16

Monday

Lesson4  Representing Data " Modeling Data with Graphing"  page 42 and 43.  

Homework : More Graphing  page 44 and 45  "Throw me a curve" page 46-47.  _

Tuesday

Complete the distance-time graph worksheet

Homework :  complete the distance time graph worksheet packetperiod 8 only - complete page 37 for homework and write hypothesis 

Wednesday 

 In class - "The perfect Model"  pages 48-49.In class - Lesson Review page 51

Homework: lesson 5 Science and Society pages 52-60.period 8 only     in class - pages 42-45

homework for period 8  Throw Me A curve pages 46-47, "The perfect Model"  pages 48-49. , and Lesson Review page 51 

Thursday

in class - Review pages 52-60. Complete lesson review page 61

Homework:  page 64  Unit 1 summary

Friday

Unit 1 test

Week of September 19-23

MONDAY 

  Remove Unit 6 from textbook, punch holes and place in classroom folder.  Complete lesson 1

Homework:  Add vocabulary  unit 6 lesson 1 to composition book.  Complete sentences and definitions  

TUESDAY

Review matter, mass, volume, density, and weight.homework  pages 303,304,306,307  8th period

homework:  Add vocabulary from unit 6 lesson 1 page 297 to your composition book.  Complete definitions and sentences  

Wednesday

Complete lesson 2  teacher notes   Make a flash card for each of the 10 elements.
 

Homework:  Study notes.  Learn elements 1-10.  Add vocabulary unit 6 lesson 2 (physical properties and chemical properties) to your composition book. Complete sentences and definitions.

Thursday

elements quiz

Complete pages 309 and 325  Lesson reviews for unit 6 lesson 1 and unit 6 lesson 2

 Homework :   Add vocabulary  unit 6 lesson 3 to composition book on page 329 (chemical change, physical change, law of conservation of mass).  Complete sentences and definitions  Study notes

Friday

  Teacher notes on lesson 3

Record SMART goal in folder  Demonstration on chemical change and physical change.

 Homework:  complete lesson 3 review on page 339.  complete lesson 4 pages 340-347.

  

 period 8 only

 elements quiz  Complete pages 309 and 325 in class. 

Homework: page 329 lesson 3 review.  Also lesson 3 vocabulary(chemical change, physical change, law of conservation of mass).  Complete a sentence for each word and a definition for each word.

 

 

Week of October 26-28

Monday

Take out textbook pages 350-388 and place in homework folder.  Complete lesson 4 review in class.

homework:  lesson 5 pages 350-362.  Complete vocabulary in compostion book for lesson 5.  Definitions and sentences in composition book.

Tuesday

Make -up day

 
Homework - finish make up assignments from unit 6

 Wednesday

 Teacher notes on lessons 4 and 5