April 22-26:
Monday: Oobleck Lab Tuesday: Biology EOCT practice Wednesday: DC Trip or Preview for Historic District Tour Thursday: DC Trip or Historic District Tour Friday: DC Trip or assorted activities at school Homework this week: collect materials for project **NO SCIENCE ARTICLE DUE March 18-22: Chapter 17, sections 1,2, and 4 Monday: Electric Charge Tuesday: Static Electricity and Electric Discharge Wednesday: Electric Current and Electric Energy Thursday: Electric Circuits Friday: Vocabulary Quiz and Circuits Demonstration Vocabulary this week: law of electric charges, electric force, electric field, static electricity, electric discharge, electric current, voltage, resistance, series circuits, parallel circuits Homework this week: science article due Friday, study vocabulary March 11-15: Tuesday: Electromagnetic Spectrum, Absorption, Reflection Wednesday: Review Thursday: Test Friday: Teacher Workday! (no school for kids) ***No Science article this week!! March 4-8: Monday: 3 Sound wave interactions (Chap 20: Section 3) HW: Science article, new vocab Tuesday: Eye Doctor Guest Speaker! HW: Science article & vocab Wednesday: Start Chapter 23:Concave/Convex lenses & mirrors, demos Thursday: Vocab activity & “How do we see light”, demos HW: science article & study vocab Friday: Continue with LIGHT New vocab: Electromagnetic wave, absorption, scattering, transmission, transparent, translucent, opaque, pigment, concave mirror, convex mirror, nearsightedness, farsightedness February 25- March 1: Monday: Start Chapter 21 on Sound & Human Ear HW: Science article, study 6 new words Tuesday: Section 2: Properties of Sound & Section 3: Interaction of Sound waves Wednesday: Roswell HS elective sign-ups/ Work on Chapter 21 Thursday: SOUND LAB! Friday: Vocab Quiz! (Science article due), Finish LAB, and wrap up Chapter 21 ***NEW vocab words: resonance, pitch, loudness, decibel, echo, and noise February 19-22: Monday: NO SCHOOL!!!! Tuesday: Science Checkpoints HW: Chap 20 wkbk pgs 256-261 Wednesday: Start Chapter 20 Waves: Section 1 Properties & demos Thursday: Section 2: Properties & demos HW: finish wkbk pages 256-261 Friday: Section 3: Wave interactions NO SCIENCE ARTICLE THIS WEEK!!! ***New vocab (NO vocab quiz though!): interference, refraction, diffraction, wave, medium, transverse wave, longitudinal wave, amplitude, frequency, and reflection. February 11-14: Monday: Chapter 10, Section 2 (Convection, Conduction, Radiation) HW: science article & continue working on wkbk pgs 123-132 Tuesday: Chapter 10, Section 1 HW: article and workbook pages (due Thursday) Wednesday: LAB HW: Finish lab conclusion & Study for quiz Thursday: Q&A review, Chapter 9 & 10 QUIZ HW: Enjoy the 4-day weekend!! ***New vocab: Absolute zero, heat, thermal energy, thermal conductor, thermal convection, thermal insulator, convection, radiation, specific heat, insulation February 4-8: Monday: Chapter 9 Energy, Section 1: Kinetic and Potential Energy HW: workbook pgs 108-115 & science article Tuesday: Forms of Energy (9-1) & Energy Conversions (9-2) HW: wkbk pgs, science article, & study new words Wednesday: Career Day (1st & 2nd period): Practice and Short video clip Thursday: Different forms of Energy HW: wkbk pgs, science article, & study new words Friday: Vocab Quiz! Start Chapter 10 HW: wkbk pgs 123-132 ***new vocab words: Mechanical Energy, Energy conversation, Law of Conservation of Energy, Temperature, & Thermal Expansion January 28 - February 1: Monday: LAB STATIONS on simple machines, mechanical advantage, and work & power HW: practice launching trebuchet & double check with rubric Tuesday: TREBUCHET LAUNCH!!!! …finish labs while individuals launch trebuchet Wednesday: TREBUCHET LAUNCH (as needed). Work on study guide HW: complete study guide and additional resources Thursday: Review game!! HW: study for test! & science article Friday: Chapter 8 TEST! ***Vocabulary words for the week: compound machine, energy, potential energy, kinetic energy, gravitational potential energy. There will be no vocabulary quiz since we are testing Friday. January 21-25: Monday: Martin Luther King Day! – No School! Tuesday: Go over simple machines & calculations HW: science article Wednesday: 8th Grade Writing Assessment (review Chapter 8 for the classes we see) Thursday: LAB! HW: science article due Friday Friday: LAB! January 14-18: Monday: Mechanical Adv. Problems & 6 simple machines HW: 5 new vocab, science article Tuesday: Identify Simple Machines Wednesday: Mech. Adv, Work, Power, Simple Machines review Thursday: Mech. Adv, Work, Power, Simple Machines review HW: study words, science article Friday: Vocab Quiz! Trebuchet Workday! ***5 new vocab: Pulley, Wheel and Axle, Inclined Plane, Wedge, & Screw January 7-11: Monday: Trebuchet Project intro, due Tues. 1/29! HW: 10 new vocab, science article, read over Trebuchet project/rubric Tuesday: Trebuchet journal and action plan HW: parent signature on Trebuchet action plan (due Thurs.) Wednesday: Work and Power (Chapter 8, Section 1) Thursday: Work and Power HW: science article, study vocab Friday: Vocab Quiz! Simple Machines: Chapter 8, Section 2 HW: continue to work on Trebuchet project due Tues.,1/29! ***10 new vocab: work, Joule, power, watt, machine, work input, work output, mechanical advantage, mechanical efficiency, lever December 17-19: Monday: Midterms for 3rd & 6th periods (6th period is connections) Tuesday: Midterms for 1st, 5th, & 7th periods (5th period is connections) Wednesday: Midterms for 2nd & 8th periods Thurs. 12/20- Sun. 1/6: Winter Break!!! See you back Monday, 1/7!! December 10-14: Monday: Chapter 5 & 6 Quiz HW: work on study guide Tuesday: Survivor Science!!!!! HW: work on study guide Wednesday: Survivor Science!!! HW: study guide Thursday: Survivor Science!!! HW: study guide Friday: Survivor Science wrap up & midterm review HW: study for midterm December 3-7: Monday: Pop Quiz!, finish labs, start study guides for Chapter 5 & 6 HW: science article due Friday Tuesday: Momentum!! Wednesday: Wrap up Chapter 6: acceleration due to gravity, free fall, etc. Thursday: Vocab activity, grade study guides, review HW: study for quiz & science article Friday: DIscuss Chapter 6 notes as class, sky diving video, review HW: extra credit vocab assignment NEW VOCAB: Momentum, projectile motion, inertia, free fall, work November 26-30: Monday: Review of acceleration, velocity & force HW: 5 new vocab words & science article Tuesday: Practice calculations on speed, acceleration HW: finish classwork Wednesday: LAB! Day 1 Thursday: Vocab Activity & LAB Day 2 Friday: Vocab Quiz & Finish LAB! 5 new vocab words: Newton, net force, terminal velocity, gravity, & friction November 19-23: Monday: Newton's Laws Project due!! Presentations Tuesday: Presentations Wednesday-Friday: Thanksgiving break!!!! November 12-16: Monday: Discuss Newton’s Laws (Chapter 6) HW: 5 new vocab & science article Tuesday: Measuring Motion & Speed (Ch 5, section 1) HW: finish workbook pages 55-80 assigned last week, due Wed!! Wednesday: Check homework & Speed Practice problems HW: finish class work Thursday: Vocab activity, Finish speed practice problems, & work on project HW: science article due Friday & study vocab! Friday: Vocab Quiz!! Project workday HW: FINISH PROJECT, due MONDAY!! 5 new vocabulary: force, acceleration, motion, speed, and velocity November 5 - 9: Monday: Check study guides, review for test HW: study for test Tuesday: NO SCHOOL! (Teacher workday) Wednesday: Unit test on matter and chemistry Thursday: Introduce Newton Project (Rubric attached on the right), Ch. 5: Force Friday: Science article due! Ch. 5: Friction ***NO new vocab, but science article due Friday!!! October 29 - November 2: Monday: Mixtures, Compounds, & Solutions (Ch. 4) HW: study new vocab & science article due Friday! Tuesday:LAB on Mixtures, Compounds, & Solutions HW: none Wednesday: LAB continue Mixtures, Compounds & Solutions HW: none Thursday: Finish lab, wrap up unit HW: finish lab sheet, science article, & study vocab Friday: Vocab quiz, Review for test HW: finish study guide ***Test scheduled for Wed, Nov. 7th! (No school Tues, 11/6!) This week's vocab: compound, mixture, solution, solute, solvent, concentration, solubility, suspension, colloid, and periodic. October 22-26: ITBS testing all week!!! We will only meet with each class twice during the week. No major homework assignments or assignments. Day 1: Discuss Ionic & Covalent Bonding Day 2: Class review of chemistry (so far) ***NO new vocab! October 15-19: Monday: Teacher workday Tuesday: Projects due, notes on Chemistry HK: science article & 5 new words: pure substance, element, metal, metalloid, nonmetal Wednesday: Valence electrons & Bohr model HW: finish classwork Thursday: Notes on properties of groups HW: finish workbook pages (Pugh's class) & study vocab Friday: Article due, Vocab quiz, & practice drawing atoms using Lewis structure and/or Bohr model HW: none October 8-12 Monday: Element Bingo & Assign Element Project (due 10/16) HW: Study 30 elements Tuesday: 30 Element Quiz & research element HW: get supplies for element project Wednesday: Work on element project HW: project & science article Thursday: Matter Review & Chemistry notes HW: finish classwork, study for re-test Friday: Matter re-test HW: project (due Tuesday!) Resources for Element Physical Model: http://www.chemicool.com/ http://www.chemicalelements.com/ http://www.webelements.com/ http://periodictable.com/ October 1-5 Mon: Unit 1 Test! HW: 9 new vocab words Tues: Navigating periodic table HW: finish classwork Wed: Go over test, Start Ch 12: HW: science article & study vocab Thurs: Atoms Family Practice HW: finish cw, article & study vocab Fri: Vocab Quiz!! Study Guide NEW VOCAB: gas, pressure, change of state, viscosity, condensation, melting, boiling, evaporation, sublimation September 24-28: ***NO vocab quiz this week!! Monday: Science Checkpoints (Diagnostic) HW: Study guide Tuesday: Virtual Lab HW: Study guide & finish lab Wednesday: Go over study guide Thursday: (Picture day during science) Test review! Friday: Jeapardy ****Unit test is Monday! September 17-21: Monday: Check workbooks, questions on formal lab HW: Lab due tomorrow! Tuesday: States of Matter Lab Wednesday: Finish States of Matter Lab, notes on Chapter 2 Thursday: Notes on Chapter 3 HW: science article & study vocab Friday: Vocab quiz! Finish up Chapter 2 & 3 HW: Start study guide ***Unit Test next Friday, 9/28 September 10-14: Monday: Finish Bubble Gum lab Tuesday: Work on formal lab report Wednesday: Read Chapter 2 & 3 and complete workbook pgs 19-42 Thursday: Guided notes and continue working on workbook pages due Friday! Friday: Science article due & Vocab quiz! ***Formal lab is due Tuesday, 9/18! September 3-7: Monday: LABOR DAY! Tuesday: Finish labs Wednesday: Metric Test Thursday: Metric Test Friday: Bubble gum lab August 27-31: Monday: Metric system practice Tuesday: Metric system practice Wednesday: Finish classwork Thursday: Study Metric units & Vocab #1-15, science article due Friday Friday: None August 20-24: Monday: start Science Article Tuesday: Scientific Method Wednesday: Spongebob independent/dependent practice Thursday: study vocab #1-10 & finish article Friday: None! August 13-17: Monday: Welcome to Physical Science! Syllabus & Data Sheet Tuesday: Get to know you activity Wednesday: vocab #1-5 & Safety Contract signed Thursday: Safety Poster, study for vocab quiz, & science article Friday: None! |
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