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Science Introduction and Expectations
Warm Up:Welcome to 8th Grade Science. Record your answers on clean paper. Prepare to share.
1. Who was your science teacher last year?
2. What was your favorite science unit last year? Why?
3. Name one thing you hope will happen this year in science.
4. Name one thing you hope won’t happen this year in science.
Homework: 1. Prospectus goals and signatures2. Safety contract – signatures3. Teacher wiki – home page summary and 2
facts about me
Monday, August 25, 2013Tuesday, August 26, 2013
Lab Safety Rules/Activity
Monday, August 25, 2013Tuesday, August 26, 2013
8th Grade Science Interactive Notebook Set-up
Essential Question: Write out questions
Answer to Essential Question: Complete sentences
Warm Up:Answer question in complete sentences
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Homework: Homework assignments should always be written in your planner!
Date A-DayDate B-Day
Classwork Titles
NotesDiagramsActivitiesHandouts
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Date A-DayDate B-Day
Page Set-Up Expectations
Topic Title
Homework Title(s)
Warm Up:Write out questions, charts, diagrams
AND your responses!!!
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Homework: Homework assignments should always be written here, as the title AND in your agenda!
Date A-DayDate B-Day
Inside Cover of Notebook
Keep This Page Blank!!!!
Prospectus Page
Tape 8th Grade Science Prospectus Here
Tape Technology Cheat SheetHere
Technology Cheat Sheet
Science Introduction and Expectations
Essential Question: Using DE, what resources are available to explore the rock cycle? How are these resources useful?
Warm Up:Using the following 10 words, sort the words into two categories. Create a t-chart and label each column.
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Homework: Using DE “Fossils and Studying Earth’s Past” choose one video, and summarize. Write the main idea, 3 supporting details in your paragraph.
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Discovery Ed. Webquest
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Wednesday, August 27, 2014Thursday, August 28, 2014
Fill in Technology Cheat Sheet and attach to your notebook
Gaggle / Chromebook loginUsername: [email protected] initial + last name + last 4 of student idPassword: YYMMDD
Discovery Education Science TechBook www.discoveryeducation.comUser ID/Login: (student ID#_cms) Password: (student ID #)
Powerschool https://cms.powerschool.com/public
Username:Password:
LithosphereNatural selectionCellsRock layersPlate tectonicsDNAGenetics
MantleSedimentary RockOrgans
SchoolNet Test ID
FA2CY3QE
•30 Question pre-assessment•Read the question
•Select an answer for all questions•Click the “Next” button
•When you finish, Log into Discovery Education•Earth’s History = 1st Unit
Discovery Education • Interactive vocabulary - choose 3 words and write a
summary (1 video, 1 animation, and 1 definition) rock cycle, sedimentary rock, superposition, igneous, convection, asthenosphere
• Essential Questions - Locate 2 questions in the orange question tab- copy and answer: 1 question you definitely know the answer, copy question you have no idea the answer
• Homework - Chose one video, and write summary. Write main idea, 3 supporting details paragraph
Friday Aug 29, 2014Tuesday, Sept 2, 2014
Earth and the Rock CycleEarth’s History Unit
Friday Aug 29, 2014Tuesday, Sept 2, 2014
Outline of Unit
• Earth’s Structure and Rock Cycle
• Relative and Absolute Dating
• Fossil Evidence of Earth’s Age
• Geologic Time Scale
• Evolution and Genetic Variation
• Natural Selection
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Homework:
Earth’s Structure
Warm Up: Using textbook p.9-10. Answer the following questions in complete sentences:1. Explain how Earth is made up of
materials with different densities. 2. How can scientists explore the
Earth’s interior without seeing it?
Earth’s Structure
Essential Question: Explain the different types of rocks found on Earth’s surface and some physical results of geologic change on the Earth’s surface? Give examples.
Notes from group presentations• Crust, Mantle, Core
• Rock Cycle• Igneous
• Metamorphic• Sedimentary
Check for understanding• How is the structure of the
earth similar to a boiled egg?
• How are rocks recycled over time? Discuss three rock types.
Rock group jigsaw instruction sheet RubricAt the end of this assignment the goal is to present the required information in approximately 4 minutes. 1. Characteristics- clear description, diagrams, labeled, color2. Formation of rock- how it changes (rock or structure of the Earth)3. Content- fossils, crystals, remains of organisms, energy (radioactivity from Earth’s core)4. Key Vocabulary (suggested to use): cementation, minerals, crystallization, fossils, heat,
pressure, melting, temperature, core, crust, mantle, asthenosphere, layer, erosion, sediment, change over time, deposition, lava, magma, tectonic plate
Igneous
Structure of the Earth
Sedimentary Metamorphic
Warm Up:1. Sketch and label 4 main parts of earth
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Homework: 1. Textbook, Read 2.1A (45-51A)
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Earth Changes
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Earth Structure
Essential Question: What is earth’s structure and some physical results of geologic change on the Earth’s surface? Give examples.
Theory of Uniformitarianism
And
Five Ways Earth Changes
Video Clips Notes
Think-pair-share What do you think you’re looking at? What kind of rock
is in the picture? What happened that may have caused this to happen?
