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Welcome to Schoolnotes for 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: 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. |