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Welcome to 8th Grade Science!

Eighth Grade Science
Eighth Grade Science is a one year course which offers study in the areas of: Chemistry, Physics, and Astronomy. This class is taught using inquiry utilizing the 5 E's of Learning: Engage, Explore, Explain, Extend, and Evaluate. You can read more about How People Learn by clicking on the link.

Syllabus

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Sex Ed Letter
Past Events and Homework
February 5, 2010 (homework)
Due Date: February 5, 2010
All Periods Benchmark Test on Forces, Motion, and Buoyancy!
January 29, 2010 (homework)
Due Date: January 29, 2010
Periods 2-6
Activity 3 Practice page 304
Concepts Activity 3

Period 7
Quiz and Notebook Check!
January 28, 2010
January 28, 2010
Periods 2-6
Start Activity 3 More on Gravitational Interactions

Period 7
Finish Buoyancy
January 25, 2010 (homework)
Due Date: January 25, 2010
Quiz and Notebook Check - All Periods!
January 22, 2010 (homework)
Due Date: January 22, 2010
Periods 2,6,7
Activity 8 Practice pages 309-310 Q1-6
Quiz and notebook check on Monday


Periods 4-5
None - Quiz and notebook check on Monday!
January 20, 2010 (homework)
Due Date: January 20, 2010
Periods 2,6,7
Activity 11 Practice (Handout)
Concepts for Activity 11

Periods 4-5
Activity 8 Practice pages 309-310 Q 1-5
January 19, 2010
January 19, 2010
Periods 2,6,7
Activity 11 Changing Force Strength and Mass

Periods 4-5
Explore Buoyancy Activity 9
Martin Luther King Day
January 18, 2010
January 15, 2010 (homework)
Due Date: January 15, 2010
Periods 2,6,7
Activity 6 practice page 239 Q1-3
Activity 7 practice Part 1 Q1-10 page 240 and Part 2 (handout)
Concepts for Activities 6 & 7

ALL PERIODS
Quiz and Notebook Check!
January 14, 2010
January 14, 2010
Periods 2,6,7
Finished up with Activity 6 - Pushes, Pulls, and More and Activity 7 - Multiple Forces and Motion

Periods 4,5
Review Activity 8 Practice pages 308-309
Watch Bill Nye Balance
Explore Newton's Third Law in Holt Physical Science Book
January 14, 2010 (homework)
Due Date: January 14, 2010
Periods 2,6,7
Homework: Activity 5 Practice on pages 237-238and Concepts

Periods 4,5
Homework: Activity 8 Practice Q1-6 pages 308-309
January 13. 2010
January 13, 2010
Periods 2,6,7
Finish exploring what is transferred during an interaction.


Periods 4,5
Explore how to determine the net force on an object through Activity 8 Unit 3 Cycle 2
January 6, 2010 (homework)
Due Date: January 6, 2010
Period 2
Homework Activity 6 Practice page 194 and concepts A6
Periods 6,7
Concepts for A6
Periods 4-5
Activity 7 Multiple Forces and Motion
Homework - 2nd chance for Concepts A6!!!

January 5, 2010 (homework)
Due Date: January 5, 2010
Periods 2,6,7
Begin Activity 6 Analyze, Explain, and Evaluate
Period 2 - Homework Q7
Period 6 - Homework Q8-9
Period 7 - Homework A6 Practice
Q1-2 on page 194 Must include task, analysis, and explanation

Periods 4-5
Activity 6 Pushes, Pulls, and More Interactions
Period 4-5 - Concepts and A6 Practice page 239 Q1-3
January 4, 2010 (homework)
Due Date: January 4, 2010
Periods 2,6,7
Begin Activity 6 Analyze, Explain, and Evaluate


Periods 4-5
Activity 6 Pushes, Pulls, and More Interactions
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
January 1, 2010
Quiz and Notebook Check Week 13 (homework)
Due Date: December 18, 2009
Period 7
Homework Finish Activity 5 - Scientist's Ideas Mechanical Interaction
Do Activity 5 Practice page 193-194 Questions and Answers
Concepts for Activity 5

Period 5
Concepts for Activity 5
Activity 5 Practice on page 237-238
Quiz and Notebook Check Week 13 (homework)
Due Date: December 17, 2009
Period 2
Take quiz at home for 5 extra credit points! Turn in notebook

Periods 2,6
Homework Finish Activity 5 - Scientist's Ideas Mechanical Interaction
Do Activity 5 Practice page 193-194 Questions and Answers
Concepts for Activity 5
Period 4
Concepts for Activity 5
Activity 5 Practice on page 237-238
December 15, 2009 (homework)
Due Date: December 15, 2009
Periods 2,6,7
Finish Activity 4 page 174
Homework Activity 4 Practice

Periods 4-5
Activity 5 page 214
Homework - Concepts A5
December 14, 2009 (homework)
Due Date: December 14, 2009
Period 2 - Notebook Check

Periods 2,6,7
Activity 4 page 174
Homework - Concepts A4

Periods 4-5
Activity 4 page 211
Concepts A4 and Activity 4 Practice pages 236-237 Q1-3
QUIZ AND NOTEBOOK CHECK - ALL CLASSES (homework)
Due Date: December 11, 2009
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
November 26, 2009
November 20, 2009 (homework)
Due Date: November 20, 2009
Quiz and notebook Check All Periods

Periods 2,6,7
Finish Activity 4
Vocabulary
reference point, speed, slope, constant speed, linear relationship
Activity 4 Practice pages 158-159
Concepts Acivity 4

Periods 4,5
Activity 3 Practice page 157 Concepts Activity 3
November 19, 2009 (homework)
Due Date: November 19, 2009
Periods 2,6,7
Activity 3 Practice on page 157
Concepts Activity 3

Periods 4,5
Activity 2 Practice page 157
November 13, 2009 (homework)
Due Date: November 13, 2009
Density Quiz All Periods

Periods 2,6,7
Unit 1 Project Due

All Periods No notebook Check tomorrow!

Double notebook check next Friday, November 20, 2009
November 12, 2009
November 12, 2009
All Periods
Activity 1 Unit 2 Chapter 1

Begin Activity 2 Unit 2 Chapter 1

Study for density quiz!
November 11, 2009
November 11, 2009
All Periods
Veteran's Day Holiday

Periods 2,6,7
Work on your project! It is due Friday!
November 10, 2009 (homework)
Due Date: November 10, 2009
All Periods
Homework Activity 7 Practice Q1-9 pages 127-128
Concepts Activity 7
Monday, November 9, 2009 (homework)
Due Date: November 9, 2009
Periods 2,4,5,6,7
Begin Activity 7
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 (homework)
Due Date: November 4, 2009
Periods 2,4,6,7
Begin Activity 5 Density
HWK: Activity 5 Practice and Concepts for Activity 5
Period 5
Finish Activity 4 and Begin Activity 5
HWK: Activity 4 Practice
Unit 1 Chapters 1 and 2 Project (homework)
Due Date: November 4, 2009
This project will be due on November 13, 2009. You may work with a partner. No more than 2 in a group.
No prohibited or dangerous items.
Make sure you can get all materials.
Both variables need to be measurable.
No live subjects. (or dead)
Has not been done already!
Please use the rubric as a guideline for the project.
A formal write up is due November 13, 2009.

Use
Create a Graph
to make a graph of your data!

Here is the rubric to guide you
Project Rubric for Chapters 1/2
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Tuesday, November 3, 2009 (homework)
Due Date: November 3, 2009
Periods 2,4,6,7
Finish Activity 4
HWK: Activity 4 Practice
Period 5
Start Activity 4
HWK: Concepts Activity 4
Monday, November 2, 2009 (homework)
Due Date: November 2, 2009
Period 4
Notebook Check Begin Activity 4 Measuring Mass
HWK: Activity 4 concepts
Period 5 Quiz and Notebook Check
Periods 2,6,7
Activity 4 Measuring Mass
HWK: Activity 4 Concepts
Tuesday, October 27, 2008 (homework)
Due Date: October 27, 2009
Periods 2,6,7
Complete Activity 2 - Volumes of Solids
HOMEWORK- Activity 2 Practice pages 119-121 Q1-11 (2 stamps)
Periods 4,5
Complete Activity 1
HOMEWORK: Activity 1 page 119
write out phrases for Q1
Monday, October 26, 2009 (homework)
Due Date: October 26, 2009
Periods 2,6,7
Start new table of contents, week 7
Complete Activity 1 page 88.
Homework-Activity 1 Practice on page 119 - write out the phrases for Question 1
Periods 4,5
Review quiz - find answers and place stickies in your notebook
HOMEWORK - retake quiz
Friday, October 23, 2009 (homework)
Due Date: October 23, 2009
Quiz and Notebook Check for Weeks 5 and 6
Thursday, October 22, 2009 (homework)
Due Date: October 22, 2009
Concepts for Activities 5 and 6
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 (homework)
Due Date: October 21, 2009
Activity 5 Practice page 84 - Write questions and the correct answer
Tuesday, October 20, 2009 (homework)
Due Date: October 20, 2009
Vocabulary for Electric Circuits - 1.ammeter 2. milliampere 3. conductor 4, non-conductor 5. single loop circuit 6. multi-loop circuit 7. electric current 8. simulator
Monday, October 19, 2009 (homework)
Due Date: October 19, 2009
Activity 4 Practice pages 82-83
Friday, October 16, 2009 (homework)
Due Date: October 16, 2009
Concepts for Activity 4
Activity 4 Practice
Quiz and Notebook Check over Activities 1-3.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
October 15, 2009
Finish Activity 4
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
October 14, 2009
MINIMUM DAY

Begin Activity 4 Experiments 1 and 2
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 (homework)
Due Date: October 13, 2009
All Periods
Concepts for Activity 3


Tuesday, October 13, 2009
October 13, 2009
Finish Activity 3
Watch Bill Nye Static Electricity
Monday, October 12, 2009
October 12, 2009
Period 5
Notebook Check
Begin Activity 3

Periods 2,4,6,7
Begin Activity 3

Friday, Octoberr 9, 2009 (homework)
Due Date: October 9, 2009
All Periods
Quiz and Notebook Check Today
Signed Progress Reports

Period 5
Activity 2 Practice pages 80-81
Concepts Activity 2
Thursday, October 8, 2009 (homework)
Due Date: October 8, 2009
All Periods
Finished up Activity 2

Periods 2,4,6,7
Activity 2 Practice on Page 80-81
Concepts for Activity 2

Period 5
Activity 1 Practice page 79
Concepts for Activity 1


Wednesday (homework)
Due Date: October 7, 2009
Periods 2,4,6,7
Activity 1 Practice Page 79
Concepts for Activity 1

Period 5
Activity 5 Practice Page 40
Concepts for Activity 5

Student/Parent Contract if you have not already brought it back signed
Tuesday
October 6, 2009
Periods 2,4,6,7
Shared interactions and Finished Activity 1

Period 5
Finished Activity 5
Explored Interactions in Activity 1 - Completed Activity 1
Monday
October 5, 2009
Periods 4,6,7
Notebook Check
Begin Activity 1

Periods 5
Finished Quiz Began Activity 5
Quiz and Notebook Check, (homework)
Due Date: October 2, 2009
Periods 2,6,7
Homework - Activity 5 Practice on page 40 and concepts for Activity 5

Periods 4,5
Homework - Activity 4 Practice on pages 38-39 Q1-8
What have we done? (homework)
Due Date: September 30, 2009
Periods 2, 6, 7
Concepts for Activity 4
Period 4, 5
None
Best Value, Uncertainty, and Range review
September 28, 2009
Activity 3 Practice page 35 (homework)
Due Date: September 25, 2009
Notebook Check and Quiz
September 25, 2009
Finish Activity 3 Good and Poor Experiment Designs
September 24, 2009
Activity 3 - Good and Poor Experimental Designs
September 23, 2009
Measurement Bill Nye, Measurement Activity
September 22, 2009
Best Value Practice
September 21, 2009
Concepts for Activity 2; Study for Vocab Quiz (homework)
Due Date: September 18, 2009
Notebook Check, Vocab Quiz, Journal Writing;Practice BV
September 18, 2009
Activity 2 Relationships in Science
September 17, 2009
Activity 1 Practice page 35 Q 1-3 (homework)
Due Date: September 16, 2009
Concepts for Activity 1 (2) (homework)
Due Date: September 16, 2009
Finish Acitivy 1
September 15, 2009
Title Page for Note book (homework)
Due Date: September 15, 2009
Must be in color with your name, period, and something sciencey!
Set up Notebook, Depth and Complexity, Act 1
September 14, 2009
Activity 2 Concepts (homework)
Due Date: May 20, 2009
Finish Activity 2
May 19, 2009
Activity 2 Practice (homework)
Due Date: May 19, 2009
Activity 2 What is it? page 406
May 18, 2009
Quiz and Notebook Check Week 29
May 15, 2009
Activity 4 Practice page 445 (homework)
Due Date: May 14, 2009
Bill Nye Chemical Reactions Activity 1 Interaction Story page 404
May 14, 2009
Mystery at the Wild Animal Park Part 2
May 13, 2009
Mystery at the Wild Animal Park Part 1
May 12, 2009
pHear Factor
May 11, 2009
Activity 10 Practice (homework)
Due Date: May 8, 2009
pages 628-629 questions 1-6. Write the questions and the correct answer.
Quiz and Notebook Check Week 28
May 8, 2009
Finish Chemistry of Life Part 2
May 7, 2009
page 616.
Activity 10 Practice (homework)
Due Date: May 6, 2009
pages 628-629 questions 1-6. Write the questions and the correct answer.
Activity 9 Practice (homework)
Due Date: May 5, 2009
Page 627-628 Questions 1-7, Write the question and the correct answer.
Finish Chemistry of Life Part 2
May 5, 2009
Page 616 in the Interactions book.
Chemistry of Life Part 1
May 4, 2009
Page 611 in the Interactions book.
Quiz and Notebook Check Week 27
May 1, 2009
Begin chemistry of Life part 1 page 611
Chapter 12 Holt
April 3, 2009
Atoms - Vocabulary terms
Define and use in a sentence
Quiz and Notebook Check Week 24 (homework)
Due Date: April 2, 2009
Chapter 4 Holt
April 1, 2009
Chapter Review Questions 1-27
Pages 100-101
Chapter 4 Section Review Questions
March 31, 2009
Pages 85, 89, 92, 97
Chapter 4 Holt
March 30, 2009
Vocabulary Pages 98-99
15 terms in bold
Define and use in a sentence
Activity 5 Practice (homework)
Due Date: March 27, 2009
Quiz and Notebook Check Week 23
March 27, 2009
Activity 5 Conservation of Energy
March 26, 2009
bill Nye Phases of Matter
March 25, 2009
Holt Section 2 Chapter 3 and Chapter 3 Review
March 24, 2009
Q1,3,4,5,6,7,9,10,12,14,15,18,23
Activity 4 Practice Heat Energy and Phase Changes
March 23, 2009
Bill Nye Heat
March 23, 2009
Quiz and Notebook Check Week 22
March 20, 2009
Activity 3 Practice
March 19, 2009
Bill Nye Heat and Activity 4
March 19, 2009
Activity 3 Infrared Interaction
March 18, 2009
Activity 2 Explore Your Ideas Heat Conduction
March 17, 2009
Activity 1 & Activity 2 through Explore Your Ideas
March 16, 2009
Bill Nye Energy
March 16, 2009
Quiz and Notebook Check Week 21 (homework)
Due Date: March 13, 2009
Activity 5 Scientists' Ideas and Activity 5 Practice
March 12, 2009
Activity 4 Keeping Track of Volume in a Closed System
March 11, 2009
Activity 3 Practice Page 336 (homework)
Due Date: March 11, 2009
Activity 3 Mass and Open Systems
March 10, 2009
Activity 2 Practice on page 335 and 2 concepts
March 10, 2009
Finish Activity 2, Watch Biosphere Movie
March 9, 2009
Finish Activity 2
March 9, 2009
ACtivity 2 What happens to the amount of Stuff?
March 6, 2009
Activity 1
March 5, 2009
Quiz Week 20 and Notebook Check
March 4, 2009
Solar System Quiz Review
March 3, 2009
Week 20 Notebook Set Up and Starlight Starbright
February 24, 2009
Students will make a new table of contents and place their corrected space body tables in their notebooks. They will then place the Bill Nye video listening guide. Starlight, StarBright will be introduced.
Finish Space Body Table corrections and watch Bill Nye
February 23, 2009
Periods 3,4,5 will watch Bill Nye Planets.
Period 6 will watch Bill Nye Comets and Meteors.
Listening guides will be provided for both and must be completed.
Space Body Table Corrections
February 20, 2009
Some of the information presented in class was incorrect or missing units. Please use the colored space body and complete the table accurately. Moodle.sandi.net has several websites under Hot Links to help you find the accurate information
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Space Body Presentations
February 19, 2009
Continue with Space Body Presentations
February 18, 2009
Space Body Presentations Begin
February 17, 2009
Washington's B-Day No School!
February 16, 2009
Finish up Space Body Project
February 13, 2009
Working on Space Body Presentations
February 12, 2009
Working on Space Body Projects
February 11, 2009
Notebook Check Week 19 & Introduce Space Body Projects
February 10, 2009
Abe's B-Day No School!
February 9, 2009
Activity 11 Galery Walk and Quiz Week 19
February 6, 2009
Activity 11 Solar System
February 5, 2009
A10 Practice on page 310-311 (homework)
Due Date: February 4, 2009
A8 Practice on page 242 (homework)
Due Date: February 3, 2009
A10 Potential Energy Page 275
February 3, 2009
Activity 8 Forces and Direction of Motion Page 224
February 2, 2009
Quiz and Notebook Check Week 18
January 30, 2009
Activity 6 Practice Pages 306-307 (homework)
Due Date: January 29, 2009
Terminal Speed and Potential Energy
January 29, 2009
Activity 5 Practice Page 305-306 (homework)
Due Date: January 28, 2009
Activity 6 Orbital Motion
January 28, 2009
Review Gravity, Watch Bill Nye
January 26, 2009
Quiz and Notebook Check Week 17 (homework)
Due Date: January 23, 2009
Activity 3 Practice (homework)
Due Date: January 22, 2009
Activity 4
January 22, 2009
Concepts for Activity 2 (homework)
Due Date: January 21, 2009
Activity 3
January 21, 2009
Activity 2 Gravity
January 20, 2009
Martin Luther King Holiday
January 19, 2009
Quiz and Notebook Check Week 16 Begin Activity 1 What is Gravity?
January 16, 2009
Activity 9 Practice and Concepts for Activity 9 (homework)
Due Date: January 15, 2009
Activity 8 Practice Page 308 and Concepts for Activity 8 (homework)
Due Date: January 14, 2009
Finish Activity 8 Begin Activity 9 Bouyancy
January 14, 2009
Signed Progress Report Due (homework)
Due Date: January 13, 2009
Activity 8
January 13, 2009
Watch Bill Nye Balance Review Quiz
January 12, 2009
Activity 11 Practice, Notebook Check, and Quiz (homework)
Due Date: January 9, 2009
Quiz and Notebook Check Week 15
January 9, 2009
Activity 7 Practices (Handouts) (homework)
Due Date: January 8, 2009
Acitivity 11
January 8, 2009
Activity 6 Concepts (homework)
Due Date: January 7, 2009
Complete ACtivity 7
January 7, 2009
Activity 6 Practice (homework)
Due Date: January 6, 2009
Finish Activity 6 and Review Activity 6 Practice
January 6, 2009
Welcome Back!
January 5, 2009
Activity 5 Practice! Begin Activity 6,
Concepts for Activities 3 and 4 (homework)
Due Date: December 17, 2008
Activity 2 Practice and Activity 3 Practice (homework)
Due Date: December 16, 2008
Activity 2 Practice is on page 235 and Activity 3 Practice is on page 236
Activity 4 Friction and Backward Forces
December 16, 2008
Activity 3
December 15, 2008
Quiz and Notebook Check Week 13
December 12, 2008
Study for quiz (homework)
Due Date: December 12, 2008
Concepts for Graphing Notes (homework)
Due Date: December 11, 2008
Activity 2 Pushes, Pulls, and Motion
December 11, 2008
Interpret the graphs and Activity 1
December 10, 2008
Students will copy down 7 different distance vs. time and speed vs. time graphs and match the description of the object's motion with the graph. Do Unit 3 Chapter 1 Activity 1 Forever Away? Key questions, We think Q1-3 Page 204-205. Vocabulary - force - push or pull
Concepts for Activity 5 Unit 2 Chapter 1 (homework)
Due Date: December 10, 2008
Finish Activity 5 Practice and interpret the graphs
December 9, 2008
Start Activity 5 Parts 1 and 2 Practice Unit 2 Chapter 1
December 8, 2008
Activity 5 Unit 2 Chapter 1
December 5, 2008
Quiz over Week 12
December 4, 2008
NO NOTEBOOK CHECK THIS WEEK!
Activity 7 Practice (homework)
Due Date: November 18, 2008
Finish Activity 7 and Check Activity 7 Practice
November 18, 2008
Each table will present a question or questions on whiteboards over Activity 7 Practice.
Begin Activity 7 Calculating Density
November 17, 2008
Quiz and Notebook Check Week 10
November 14, 2008
Concepts for Activity 4 (homework)
Due Date: November 13, 2008
Activity 4 Practice (homework)
Due Date: November 12, 2008
Review Activity 4 Practice and Begin Activity 5
November 12, 2008
Complete Activity 4
November 10, 2008
Quiz and Notebook Check Week 9
November 7, 2008
Activity 3 Practice Page 122 and Concepts for Activities 2&3 (homework)
Due Date: November 6, 2008
Activity 3 Volume of Liquids
November 5, 2008
Check Activity 2 Practice
November 4, 2008
Go over Activity 2 Practice, Hearing Checks, NO HOMEWORK!
Activity 2 Practice pages 119-121 (homework)
Due Date: November 3, 2008
Complete Activity 2 Volume of Solids
November 3, 2008
Activity 1 Unit 1 Chapter 3
October 29, 2008
Activity 1 Practice page 119 (homework)
Due Date: October 29, 2008
Check Homework Complete Activity 6
October 28, 2008
2 concepts for Activities 5 and 6 (homework)
Due Date: October 28, 2008
Finish Activity 5
October 27, 2008
Activity 5 Practice page 84-85 (homework)
Due Date: October 27, 2008
Quiz Week 7 and Notebook Check Week 7
October 24, 2008
If time, continue with Activity 5
Watch Bill Nye and begin Activity 5
October 23, 2008
Week 7 Notebook Check and Quiz 7 (homework)
Due Date: October 23, 2008
Check homework, complete concept map on electric circuit interactions.
October 22, 2008
If time, watch Bill Nye
Complete Activity 4 Make Sense of Your Ideas and Vocabulary
October 21, 2008
Vocabulary ammeter, milliampere, simulator, conductor, non-conductor, series circuit, parallel circuit, electric current
Activity 4 Practice page 82-83 (homework)
Due Date: October 21, 2008
Continue with Activity 4 Experiments 3-5
October 20, 2008
Quiz 6 and Notebook Check
October 17, 2008
Activity 4 Electric Circuit Interaction
October 16, 2008
Key Question, I think, Explore Your Ideas Experiment 1 and begin Experiment 2
Quiz and Notebook Check Week 6 (homework)
Due Date: October 16, 2008
Finish discussing reusable resources and energy transfer.
October 15, 2008
Reusable Energy - Solar Ovens
October 14, 2008
Discuss the difference between reusable and non-reusable resources and the different ways of heat transfer.
Walking On Sunshine
October 13, 2008
Inquiry based lab using UVA and UVB sensors.
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Quiz and Notebook Check Week 5
October 10, 2008
Finish Activity 3, Sci Ideas Electric Charge Interaction
October 9, 2008
Finish Activity 3, Sci Ideas Electric Charge Interaction
October 8, 2008
Concepts for Activities 2 and 3, QUIZ and NOTEBOOK CHECK FRIDAY (homework)
Due Date: October 8, 2008
Check Activity 2 Practice, Inspiration Magnetic Interactions, and Watch Bill Nye Magnetism
October 7, 2008
Finish Activity 2, Notebook Check, Sci Ideas Magnetic Interaction
October 6, 2008
MSOYI Q1-4, Our Consensus Ideas, Notebook Check, Sci Ideas,
Activity 2 Practice Pages 80-81 (homework)
Due Date: October 6, 2008
Quiz Week 4, Review Activity 2 Exp 1-3
October 3, 2008
Activity 2 The Magentic Interaction
October 2, 2008
Understand the defining characteristics of a magnetic interaction. Key Question, We think Q1-2, Explore Your Ideas Exp 1 Q1-3, Explore Your Ideas Exp 2 Q4-6.
Quiz and Notebook Check Week 4 (homework)
Due Date: October 2, 2008
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Evidence of Interaction
October 1, 2008
Complete Activity 5
Activity 1 Practice Page 79 (homework)
Due Date: October 1, 2008
Check Activity 5 Practice, take pre assessment, and start Activity 1 Chapter 2.
September 30, 2008
Read through the Activity 5 Practice, take pre assessment for Itest, and begin Activity 1 Chapter 2.
Concepts for Activity 5 (homework)
Due Date: September 30, 2008
Complete Activity 5 and do Pre Survey for Itest!
September 29, 2008
Today we completed Activity 5 Our Consensus Ideas Q 1-3. Set up the Table of Contents for Week 4 and took the Pre Survey for Itest.
Activity 5 Practice (homework)
Due Date: September 29, 2008
Complete Activity 5 Practice on page 40.
Quiz Week 3 and Notebook Check
September 26, 2008
Signed Progress Reports (homework)
Due Date: September 26, 2008
Periods 4, 5, 6 only!
Reviewed notebook, discussed concepts and began Activity 5
September 25, 2008
In class we went through page by page the notebook and what should be in it. We discussed concepts for activity 4 and started Activity 5. Title, Date, Key Question, Explore Your Ideas, and Make Sense of Your Ideas Q1,2.
Quiz and Notebook Check (homework)
Due Date: September 25, 2008
Notebook Week 3 Check
Quiz week 3
Review Extra Practice and select Avatar names
September 24, 2008
In class we reviewed the handout and completed Q7-8 of Activity 4 Practice. We chose Avatar names and registered them on the computer.
Activity 4 Extra Practice (homework)
Due Date: September 23, 2008
This homework is a handout! The first part they are to circle the manipulated variable, label it MV, box the responding variable and label it RV. They are not to try and answer the questions!
The second part they are to read the experiments, identify the manipulated variable, the responding variable, and the values of the manipulated variable!
Finish Evaluating Experimental Designs
September 23, 2008
Complete Activity 4 Experiment 3 - Questions 1-7 and My Ideas
Do Activity 4 Practice on page 38 independently in class and discuss.
Begin evaluating experimental designs
September 22, 2008
Activity 4, Date, Noted, Title, Key Question, Explore Your Ideas Experiments 1 and 2 - Questions 1-7 on each experiment!
Quiz and Notebook Check
September 19, 2008
Review Practice
September 18, 2008
Study and Complete concepts for notebook check (homework)
Due Date: September 18, 2008
Tomorrow there will be a quiz over the information covered this week. Please review your notebook and complete two concepts for Activity 3. Notebooks will be graded tomorrow!
Finish Activity 3 Good and Poor Experiment Designs
September 17, 2008
EYI Q1-8
My Ideas
Vocabulary-Manipulating variable, responding variable, controlled variable, and relationship
Activity 3 Practice Q1-7 (homework)
Due Date: September 17, 2008
Practice is located on page 37 in the Interactions text book
Data Collection for Activity 3
September 16, 2008
Conduct three trials for each size magnet. Calculate the best value and uncertainty.

Get parent signatures on It-Test! Cool probeware to get students engaged!
Activity 3 Good and Poor Experiment Designs
September 15, 2008
Quiz and Begin Activity 3 Good and Poor Experiment Designs
September 15, 2008
Take quiz and set up week 2 notebooks.
Week 2 Table of Contents
Week 2 Concepts
Activity 3 Title, Date, Key Question, I think Q1,2,
Explore Your Ideas (Paste in Data Table)
No Homework!
Quiz, Notebook Check, Begin Activity 3
September 12, 2008
Quiz is on moodle.sandi.net
Notebook checks are peer edited. If at any time a student feels he was graded unfairly, the student may come to me and ask for it to be regraded.

Activity 3 - Good and Poor Experimental Designs
Quiz and Notebook Check (homework)
Due Date: September 11, 2008
Quiz over best value(average), uncertainty, and range.

Notebook check over Activities 1 and 2
Finish Activty 2 Relationships in Science
September 11, 2008
Explore Your Ideas Q1 and Q2
Make Sense of Your Ideas Q1-4
My Ideas
Vocabulary - variables and hypothesis
Review homework and Begin Activity 2
September 10, 2008
Title
Key ?
I think - Students think about the relationship between the length of a pendulum and the time it takes to swing back and forth 10 times.
Explore Your Ideas (Copy down data table on page 13)
Vocabulary from Page 637 and Activity 1 Practice Page 35 (homework)
Due Date: September 9, 2008
Write down definitions or formulas for following words:
best value
average
uncertainty
outlier
pendulum
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