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**and 1/21 :** **Play Who Wants To Live A Million Years? and learn more about Charles Darwin and Natural Selection**

**HW:** Resources to help you: - and the other Change Over Time found slides below -Cells and Heredity Textbook -Brain Pop (Natural Selection and Genetic Mutations) -Change Over time Word Wall
 * **Brain Pop: DNA (take and save quiz results)**
 * **What is DNA?**
 * ** Create Revision Notes for Change Over Time Test coming up on Friday 1/24 and Monday 1/27 **

**1/16 and 1/17:**
 * Natural Selection Simulation .pdf Answers[[file:Natural Selction Sim ANS.pdf]] **
 * Antibiotics Resistance Lab[[file:Antibiotics Lab pp 1-4.pdf]] **
 * Change Over Time slides 11-13[[file:Change Over Time slides 11-13.pdf]] **


 * Current Event Article: Antibiotics Resistance and Meat **


 * HW: Answer Antibiotics Resistance Lab Questions and Graph Data due next class **

**1/14 and 1/15: Natural Selection Simulation and Natural Selection Worksheets**


 * __1/12 and 1/13:__ ** [[file:Change Over Time Slides 6-10.pdf]]
 * HW: Brain Pop- "Genetic Mutation" and "Natural Selection". Take quizzes and save results. **


 * __1/8 and 1/9:[[file:Change Over Time Slides 1-5.pdf]]__ **
 * HW: Complete the Invent a Species poster [[file:Invent a species poster.pages]] **


 * __1/6 and 1/7:__ **** Play the Create a Creature Game and complete these reflection questions[[file:Create a Creature Reflection ?s .pages]] **
 * HW due 1/8 and 1/9. **


 * __12/10 and 12/11:__ After watching part one of The Lorax, work on the ENVIRONMENTAL **


 * CONCERNS current event **


 * using this document. Complete for HW. [[file:Enviromental Concerns and the Lorax.pages]] **


 * __12/12 and 12/13:__ After completely watching The Lorax, complete The Lorax reflection questions on the same document. Print out the document, your current event article, staple them together and hand them in to your period tray by the end of the period. **

Environmental Concerns Articles: 1) Climate change lets diseases range []  2) A deadly parasite moving north []
 * HW: Read these articles for Tuesday 12/10 and Wednesday 12/11. Can you find any **** __Current Events in Environmental Science?__ **


 * Wednesday 12/4 and Thursday 12/5 **


 * HW DUE Friday 12/6 and Mon 12/9: Read pp. 95-105 and complete the Biodiversity Graphic Organizer[[file:biodiversity graphic organizer.pdf]] **

1) Purpose/Research ? 2) Variables 3) Hypothesis 4) Data Table and Observations 5) Graph 6) Conclusion
 * Monday 12/2 and Tuesday 12/3 HW: Complete these sections of a lab report and PRINT for Wed 12/4 and Thu 12/5: **


 * USE THE LAB REPORT GUIDE **


 * Thursday 11/28 HW: Complete graph of your plant data for Monday 12/2 and Tuesday 12/3 **




 * How can the below pictures be used to demonstrate understanding of the terms attached to them? **


 * HW: POSTER COMPLETE, PSA 90-100% COMPLETE. Follow QR Code instructions when done with the PSA. **

__** How to Create a QR Code **__

__** Are You Threatened? **__ PSA Rubric __** Are Yo **** u **** Threatened? **__ Poster Rubric


 * SAOLA SIGHTED ARTICLES:Article 1 Article 2 Article 3 **

__** Are Yo **** u **** Threatened? **__ HW: Questions/activities #1-9, Completed by Th 11/14, Fr 11/15. Begin poster.
 * Remember your resources: **
 * -Textbook: pp 6-73 **
 * -Brainpop: Food Fight!, Food Chains Game, Ecosystems, Extinction, Food Chains, Land Biomes, Underwater World **
 * -Gizmos: Forest and Prairie Ecosystems, Food Chain **
 * -Weblinks on "Are You Threatened? doc. **
 * -Library!!! **

__** Are You Threatened? **__ __** HW Due 11/6 or 11/11: **__ ** Use your environmental science textbook or to define the terms listed on page 2 of the "Are You Threatened?" doc found above. If you have a hard time finding them in the textbook, use another reliable source. **

__** The Plant Investigation **__ Enter Your Research Questions and View Responses: D1: Research Questions D1: Responses E1: Research Questions E1: Responses D2: Research Questions D2: Responses E2: Research Questions E2: Responses

Gizmo: Growing Plants, Activities A and B HW: Due Wed 10/30 or Thu 10/31 1) Gizmo- Growing Plants 5 Assessment Questions 2) Complete the Plant Growth Research Question Template

Jeffry Z's Cygnus Constellation Keynote Presentation

Air Resistance Challenge HW: Due Thursday 10/24 or Friday 10/25 Observations and list some errors/factors that may have affected your results. (entire lab report due Monday 10/28 or Tuesday 10/29) HW: Due Tuesday 10/22 or Wednesday 10/23, Type Problem/RQ, Variables, Hypothesis, and setup a Data Table.


 * NOTES and ACTIVITIES FOR MOTION AND FORCES TEST START HERE **

Hairy Eyeball Review Questions

Newton's Laws Notes of Part 4 HW: Due Wed 10/16 or Thu 10/17 Revision Notes for Motion and Forces Test. Test is on Fri 10/18 or Mon 10/21.

Newton's Laws of Motion Notes Part 3 HW: Due Monday 10/14 or Tuesday 10/15- Hypothesis, Data Table, and CONCLUSION for: How does the mass of a Newton Car affect the distance the Newton Car rolls? or How does the force of rubber bands affect the distance the Newton Car rolls?

Newton's Laws of Motion Notes Part 2 HW: Gizmo- Force and Fan Carts, plus the 5 assessment questions, due Thursday 10/10 and Friday 10//11

Phet Motion and Forces Activity

BALANCED FORCES BRAIN POPS BRAIN POP- AIRBAGS BRAIN POP- SKYSCRAPERS

Motion and Forces Notes Part 1

Acceleration Math Problems #18-26 HW: DUE THURSDAY/FRIDAY OPTIONAL HW: BRAIN POP ACCELERATION AND BRAIN POP GRAVITY

Analyzing and Interpreting Motion Graphs

Speed Math Problems

Complete ALL starred (**) questions, do any others that you are up to the challenge for! You may use your textbook as a resource!**


 * Am I Faster Than...?[[file:Am I Faster Than?.pdf]][[file:AM I Faster Than PART 2.pdf]] **
 * Lab Rubric[[file:DCandG Rubric.pages]] **

NOTES and ACTIVITIES FOR MOTION AND FORCES END HERE

EXTRA PRACTICE with DATA TABLES, VARIABLES, etc.

How to Print and Format

Exploding Canisters Lab
 * **First draft** Purpose/Research Question, Variables, Hypothesis, and create a Data Table ** DUE: Fri 8/23 or Mon 8/26 **
 * **Completed Lab** report including:Purpose/Research Question, Variables, Hypothesis, Data Collection (Table and Observations) **DUE: Tue 8/27 or Wed 8/28 (Remember to use the Lab Report Guide)**

Brain Pop: Scientific MethodBrainPop: Scientific Method Practice with Hypotheses, Constants, and Variables
 * Watch the video and explore all the links.
 * Take the "Graded Quiz" and then view your results to review the answers. **T****ake a screen shot of your score and save it to show me in class.**
 * **DUE: Wed 8/21 or Thu 8/22**
 * ANSWERS ** [[file:Practice hypotheses, variables, constants - Answers.pdf]]
 * Complete these practice problems by adding text to the .pdf document or printing and completing by hand
 * **DUE: Wed 8/21 or Thu 8/22**

Using Scientific Tools ANSWERS
 * Complete all sections of the document. See me after school, in the morning or at lunch if you need to complete it.
 * **DUE: Mon 8/19 or Tue 8/20**

Grade 8 Science Policy
 * Please read through this with your parents. Have them send me an email ( Brian.Hall@saschina.org ) letting me know that they read it with you.
 * ** The subject line MUST be formatted with your period and first and last name (D1 Brian Hall) **
 * ** DUE: Thu/Fri **

Science Safety Contract
 * **DUE: This must be signed and returned by Thu/Fri**

Science Safety Poster
 * **DUE: Thu/Fri**

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