Blog Archives - 8th Grade Science

10/1 & 10/2

9/30/2012

Daily Agenda
Unit Portfolio
Unit Test review
Unit Test

Learning Target:
1. I will apply everything that I have learned in the last 6 weeks about how chemistry shapes our lives on my unit test today.
2. I will self reflect on my unit and my test.
3. I will create a portfolio of my work in chemistry.

No GQ.......start gathering your handouts out of your 3 ring binder. Look at the table of contents on the board. You will submit a portfolio of your chemistry unit at the end of the block. Unit Test Today!!!! 1st half of class we will have a review.

9/27 & 9/28

9/26/2012

Daily Agenda
1st Block: Biographies
2nd & 3rd Blocks: Climate Change Projects

NO GQ..... Get out your Climate Change articles and finsih reading them. Be ready to collaborate with your group.
Unit Test on Tuesday: Take a pic of the vocab words and make a list of them with their definitions.

Learning Targets
1. I will evaluate how my daily activities contribute to carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere.
2. I will summarize an article, site statistics and create graphs as evidence of climate change.
3. I will create a social networking message that educates the public of climate concerns.

9/26 Wacky Wednesday

9/25/2012

Daily Agenda
1st & 2nd Block: Biographies
3rd & 5th: Finish C02 Packets
4th & 6th: Climate Change Final Projects

Learning Targets
1. I will evaluate how my daily activities contribute to carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere.
2. I will summarize an article, site statistics and create graphs as evidence of climate change.
3. I will create a social networking message that educates the public of climate concerns.

Guiding Questions Page 22
1. Take a moment to think about the activities that we have done for the Carbon Cycle. The CO2 graph packet, the carbon cycle diagram and your online quiz yesterday. Do you think that Carbon Dioxide will effect your climate in the next decade? Yes or No and then explain your answer. Back this answer up with evidence.

9/25 Trippin Tuesday

9/20/2012

Daily Agenda
Calculate your footprints
Carbon Cycle Diagrams
CO2 Graphs

Learning Targets:
1. I wil illustrate how carbon moves through the Earth and identify the reservoirs of carbon.
2. I will analyze how my daily activities contribute to CO2 and greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
3. I will interpret the correlation between CO2 levels and temperature.

Guiding Questions Page 20
1. Get our your device (if you have one) and go to www.zerofootprintkids.com to take their online quiz that will calculate your carbon footprint. This quiz will ask you a series of questions, pay attention to the types of questions it is asking and how you can lessen your carbon footprint. Write down your total number of Carbon Earths that you will need and your footprint score.
2. If you do not have a device get out your carbon cycel diagram to finish it up. This will be due at the end of the period.

9/19 & 9/20

9/19/2012

Carbon Dioxide molecule

Daily Agenda
CO2 Graphs
Gas Bags Reading
Carbon Cycle Comics

No GQ........ Collect your plant data. Get out your CO2 graph packets and continue your graphs and answering your questions in your packet.

9/16 & 9/17

9/16/2012

Daily Agenda
Plant Data & Possible Transplant
GQ
Biogeochemical Cycles Overview
Carbon Cycle & Climate Change

Guiding Questions Page 16
1. Although burning leaves reduces the volume of the leaves, explain why the mass has not changed.
2. Is the Earth a closed or an open system? Explain.
2. What is a greenhouse gas?

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ice cores & Climate evidence

Learning Targets:

Identify the reservoires of Carbon on Earth and identify patterns in the Carbon cycle

Estimate changes in global carbon dioxide concentrations over a 7-year span
Interpret variation in the carbon cycle driven by photosynthesis

NOAA Article: Carbon Absorption

9/13 & 9/14

9/12/2012

DAILY AGENDA
GQ
Homework Review
Conservation of Mass Article
Investigation Lab/Data Table/ Write Up

Guiding Questions Page 16
1. If the Law of Conservation of Mass states that matter can neither be created nor destroyed, then in a paragraph tell me how our plants are growing.
2. Collect your data on your plants.
3. Assess yourself on our quiz.... how well did you think you did? What did you struggle with and why?

9/12 Wacky Wednesday

9/11/2012

Quiz Today Over:
chemical bonds, photosynthesis, and states of matter
**make sure that you have all of your notes and handouts!!!!

*No GQ: Get your plants and collect the growth data on page P6.
*When you finish with your quiz you will get your critical thinking packet. This will be homework if you do not finish it today.

9/10 & 9/11

9/9/2012

Daily Agenda
GQ
Molecular Bonding
Elements, Compounds & Mixtures
Physical/Chemical/Properties/Changes
Particle Dance
Investigating Chemical Reaction with The Law of Conservation of Mass

Guiding Questions Page P5
1. Think back to when you were making your Superballs. List at least 3 observations that you made that lead you to believe there was a chemical reaction taking place.
2. By looking at the pictures above, what can you infer about the Law of Conservation of Mass?

Physical/Chemical Word List
solids liquids gases chemical physical sublimation
freezing melting boiling condensation

9/6 & 9/7

9/5/2012

Daily Agenda
GQ
Photosynthesis Text Notes
Polymers:Making a Superball
Recycling Codes & Chemistry
Building a Better World Text Set

Guiding Questions: Page P3
1. Using the lewis dot structure draw what it looks like for Carbon Dioxide to form, CO2 (one carbon atom and 2 oxygen).
2. Make a list of notes from the article that you read on photosynthesis that you thought was important.