Science 8 - Quarter 1-2, 2008-2009

Abbreviations:  HW = Homework   EOP = end of period  BOP = beginning of period    WKST = worksheet

                            Q = questions  BNSG - Bill Nye the Science Guy  EXP = experiment  PW = pre-write

  

Date Assigned

What we did today, dates due

Turned in today

Sept 2

 New students and 7th grade only

 

Sept 3

 Rules/regs Paper, safety contract and info sheet due Friday the 5th.

 

Sept 4

 Intro Activity Lab

 

Sept 5

 Continued from the 4th

 

Sept 8

 Spirals due, set up spiral for the semester.  Put smelly lab into spiral.

 

Sept 9

 Smelly Lab due

Chemistry in a Bag due 9/10

 

Sept 10

 Chemistry in a Bag lab

Paper Burning lab due 9/11

 

Sept 11

 Paper Burning lab

Hot Balloon Lab due 9/15

 

Sept 12

 Classroom rules Quiz

 

Sept 15

 Hot Balloon Lab

Hazardous Chemical lab due 9/16

 

Sept 16

 Hazardous Chemical lab

Lab Safety Test 9/17/08

 

Sept 17

Lab Safety Test

 

Sept 18

 Metric Intro

 

Sept 19

 Mass Lab using grams

 

Sept 22

 Volume Lab using ml and cm3

 

Sept 23

 Continue Volume Lab

Inq 1 of POM into spiral by 9/29

 

Sept 24

Scientific Investigation and measurement film

 

Sept 25

 Rainbow lab

 

Sept 26

 

 

Sept 29

.Review for Metric Quioz

 

Sept 30

 Metric Quiz

 

Oct  1

 Text Intro with WS.  Due 10/2

 

Oct  2

  Properties of Matter (POM) Intro.  Inq 1 into spiral.  Set up chart for rotations.

 

Oct  3

 POM #1 rotations

 

Oct  6

  POM #1 rotations

 

Oct  7

 Inq 2  “Density” is due.  Set up procedure for 2.1

 

Oct  8

 Inq 2.1

 

Oct  9

 Inq 2.2

 

Oct  10

 Inq 2.3

 

Oct  13

 Inq 1-2 Test with a note card.

 

Oct  14

 Inq 3 into spiral.  “Density Predictions”

 

Oct  15

 Inq 3.1

 

Oct  16

 United Streaming. 8 segments on Density with WS.

 

Oct  17

 Inq 4 “Gases have Density” is due

 

Oct  20

 Inq 4, collected data

 

Oct  21

 Density conclusion WS due on 10/23

 

Oct  22

 Inq 5 “Temperature and Density”

 

Oct  23

 Inq 5 with red liquid

 

Oct  24

 Inq 5.2 and 5.3

 

Oct  27

 Inq 6 “Applying the Heat”, prep and due in spiral

 

Oct  28

 Inq 6, collect data

 

Oct  29

Last Day of 1st Quarter, Halloween science

 

Oct  31

No School – LEAP day

 

Nov  3

 Inq 7 into spiral

 

Nov 4

 Inq 7 (Just a Phase)

 

Nov 5

 Inq 8 (Mass and Matter)

SQ, Inq 1,2,3

 

Nov 6

 Inq 8

 

Nov 7

 Inq 8, finish

Create an Investigation (Density(, due 11/13

 

Nov 10

 Collect data on created investigation

 

Nov 11

No School – Veterans Day

 

Nov 12

 Review for POM Unit #1 Test

 

Nov 13

POM Unit 1 test

 

Nov 14

POM Unit 1 test, continued.

 

Nov 17

 Movie: Matter

 

Nov 18

 Finished movie

Intro to Inq 11, Pure substance or a mixture

 

Nov 19

 Inq 11

 

Nov 20

 Intro to the Atom.  Atomic structure WS due 11/21

 

Nov 21

 Intro to Periodic Table

 

Nov 24

 Continue rotation on Periodic Table

 

Nov 25

Rotations of Periodic Table cards

 

Nov 26

Half Day Movie on Solutions.

 

Nov 27-28

No School – Thanksgiving Day Holidays

 

Dec  1

 Inq 12 “Adding Water to Substances” due today.

 

Dec  2

 

 

Dec  3

 Atomic structure Quiz today.

 

Dec  4

 Inq 13  How much Solute dissolves in a Solvent?” due today in spiral.

 

Dec  5

 

 

Dec  8

 Formal Lab Report (FLR) work.

 

Dec  9

 

 

Dec  10

 

 

Dec  11

 

 

Dec  12

 FLR due today

 

Dec  15

 

 

Dec  16

 

 

Dec  17

 

 

Dec  18

 

 

Dec  19

 

 

Dec  21- Jan 4

NO SCHOOL – Winter Break

 

Jan  5

 

 

Jan  6

 

 

Jan  7

 

 

Jan  8

 

 

Jan  9

 

 

Jan  12

 

 

Jan  13

 

 

Jan  14

 

 

Jan  15

 

 

Jan  16

 

 

Jan  19

NO SCHOOL – Martin Luther King Jr. Day

 

Jan  20

 

 

Jan  21

 

 

Jan  22

 

 

Jan  23

Last Day of 1st Semester