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8th Grade ADVANCED Syllabus 2009-2010
Week
1&2: Exploring
Physical Science Sept
8-16:
Tues:9/8:In class: photos,class rules,parent & student
syllabus, sci notebook, e-mail, expectations
HWK: Students complete: student
profile (due Fri 9/11),parents complete
parent signature sheet (due Fri 9/7)
Students & Parents (BOTH) email me tonight:10
extra credit points if you do this tonight in the correct format!
subject line of e-mail: period: ____ student’s last name, first name_____
_______
body of e-mail: please have parents type their name and their phone number
HW: Bring
a picture of yourself and any “embellishments” You
can also work on your “Me Myself & science” too.
Wed:9/9 : SF: 1st set of notecards
due. What kind of learner are you?
Think Metric Work sheet/hwk
Thurs:9/10: Safety
Lecture1 Hwk: read Safety HO/finish worksheets &TH
test
Bring Spiral 70-page NB to school on Mon! EC: bring
bag/box of microwaveable popcorn Think Metric Hwk due on Monday
Fri 9/11: Review: The Scientific Method
EC: bring bag/box of microwaveable popcorn for Mond/Print
Popcorn Lab, parent forms due
Mon: 9/14:
Scientific Method & the Popcorn Lab / SF: 20 more notecards due /
Think Metric Hwk due
Tue: 9/15:
Counting/eating popcorn & working on lab /
HW: Popcorn lab write-up due Friday
Wed: 9/16:
Lab Safety /
HWK: Complete lab write up/Lab Safety sheets due Friday
Fri 9/18:
Working with GPS Tech/ Team building/
Popcorn lab & Lab Safety sheets due!
Wk3: Sept 21-25: GPS Technology Training- Parent Volunteers NEEDED!
Hwk: GPS Tech Training Reflection- due Friday
Wk4: Science Fair Week
9/28: Mon: Rough draft research paper due.
include Bib, parent signed attach
perfect MLA bib, both signed by a parent. Email if absent
Class "reading" of peers papers
9/29: Tues:
class computer work time to update paper
5 extra credit points if SF paper turned in early on Friday Oct2!
Paper due Monday morning Oct 5
.....................Wk
4-7: Space Science
(during
this time Science fair assignments will also be due. Be sure to check
that syllabus!)
8th
Grade CA Science Standards
#4 Earth in the Solar System (Earth Sciences): The
structure and composition of the universe can be learned from studying
stars and galaxies and their evolution. As a basis for understanding
this concept:
1. Students know galaxies are clusters of billions of stars
and may have different shapes.
2. Students know that the Sun is one of many stars
in the Milky Way galaxy and that stars may differ in size, temperature,
and color.
3. Students know how to use astronomical units and light years
as measures of distances between the Sun, stars, and Earth.
4. Students
know that stars are the source of light for all bright objects in outer
space and that the Moon and planets shine by reflected sunlight, not
by their own light.
5. Students know the appearance, general composition,
relative position and size, and motion of objects in the solar system,
including planets, planetary satellites, comets, and asteroids.
Directory
Interactive Notebook Directory
Hwk is always the chapter tour, vocab definitions,
teach-a-parent, This
is due the following Mon
EC: Please print all student copy lecture notes for each
of these chapter’s lectures for extra credit (these will be
posted in pdf format)
9/30: Wed: examining what we know about space
10/2: Fri: space, the final frontier
Oct 5-Oct9: Formation
of the Solar Sys:Chp17 Due 10/12
Hwk:Chp17 Reading Vocab(new terms):pg 424,433,438
/ Chp 17 tour / Teach a Parent (3)
Class:
10/5: Mon: Science Fair final research paper
due! Bill Nye: "The Solar System"
10/6: Tues: Birth of a Solar System Chp
17 lect 1/ Hwk:Teach
a parent: Planetary motion
10/7: Wed: Structure of the Sun and Earth: lect
2 Bill Nye: The Sun Hwk:Teach a parent: Structure of the Sun
SF: must have 4 MLA bibliographies (based on your 20 cards)(If using computer
must have complete web site address and documentation)
Fri: 10/9: Fri: The Earth's Interior lect
3:
Hwk:Teach a parent: Earth’s interior Hwk: Chp 17 notebook graded
on Monday. Complete ALL Chp17 work
Oct 12-16::Chp 18: A Family of planets: Due
10/19
Hwk:Chp18 Reading Vocab(new terms):452,463,471, Teach a Parent (3) Chp18
Reading tour:Due 10/19
Work on “Is Pluto A Planet” paper
Due Fri 10/23
Start Month Long Moon Journal which includes daily recordings of:
Moon rise, Moon set,
phase of the moon, time when you saw the moon, where it was in the
sky, drawing of the phase.
10/12: Mon: Bill Nye video: The Planets, Grade NB
10/13: Tues: Lect
1: the Planets Video: Voyage to the Planets Hwk: teach a parent: Difference
of Inner & Outer
planets,
10/14:Wed: Lect
2 : the Moon, Bill Nye Video: the moon Hwk:Teach a parent:Phases of
the moon Hwk: Begin Moon journal observation
10/16:Fri: Lect
3: Small Bodies: Hwk:Teach a parent:The
difference between comets & asteroids
Hwk: Chp18 notebook graded on
Mon. Complete ALL Chp18 work / Is Pluto a Planet paper due Friday
Oct 19-23: Chp19:The Universe & Beyond: Due 10/26
Hwk: Chp19 Reading Vocab(new terms):484,491,496,500 Chp19 Reading
tour / teach a parent (2) / Is Pluto a Planet paper due Friday
10/19: Mon: Grade Chp 18 NB, Lab: Gravity Exploration
10/20:Tues:lect
1 Stars & galaxies Hwk:Teach a
parent: life cycle & color of stars
10/21: Wed:lect
2: Formation of the Universe Hwk:Teach a
parent: types of galaxies
10/23: Fri: The Great Pluto Debate / Hwk: Chp 19
NB due on Monday
Oct 26-30: Working with an Astronomer
This section of the syllabus is under
construction and will be updated in Oct.
11/2-12/18: Chemistry Matter & Atoms Unit
11/2-11/6: Chemistry: Matter
Please print student copies of lecture notes
11/2: Mon:IC: Video: Bill Nye: Matter & Atoms
11/3:Tue: Matter & Atoms + Lecture 1 Lab: Slime
11/4:Wed: Matter & Atoms + Lecture 2 Lab: Ice Cream
11/5: Fri: Concepts in Chemistry Video: Matter
Extra credit for this unit: Make Rock Candy
observe the change of matter phases that the candy goes through
11/9-11/12: Chemistry Matter
Please print a copy of the take home exam and bring to class TH Exam:
Due Mon 12/16
11/9:Mon: Video: Matter & Atoms,
11/10:Tue: Final Lecture #3 /Review
11/11:Wed: Veterans Day: No school
11/12: Thur: (Wednesday's block schedule) science fair testing day
11/16-11/20: Chemistry Matter
11/16: Monday: TH test due. Grade in class
11/17: Tuesday: Chemistry Matter Final Exam - science fair testing day
11/18: Wed: Chemistry Matter NB due/graded
11/20: Fri: Science Fair testing day
Nov 30-Dec 4: Chemistry: Periodic Table
Homework: Print out lectures:
Lect 1: Atomic Structure
Lect 2: Elements & the Periodic Table
Lect 3: Periodic Table Summary
Dec 7-Dec 11: The Atom
Atomic Structure Lecture1
Bill Nye Video: The Periodic Table Lect 2
Lecture: Periodic Table Summary Lec 3
Lab: Who Are those Guys?
Take Home Exam
Video: Atomic Structure
Dec 14- Dec 18: Finishing Matter & the Atom
Final exam: Matter, the Atom & the Periodic Table
SF notebooks due
Board Presentation, Begin watching October Sky / read the label lab
review board requirements
Winter break: 12/17-Jan2
SF Board is due on Wed 1/6/10
Chemical reactions:
Jan 4-8:Cabbages in Chemistry Lab
Jan 11-15 : Science Fair Oral Presentations
Jan 18-22 Chemical Reactions
Jan 25-29: Chemical Bonding: Holt: Chp 14
Feb 1-5: Combining Atoms: Holt Chp 15
Feb 8-12: Final review/exam Chp 14 & 15
Organic Chemistry
Feb 15-mid March: Organic Chemistry
Physics:
Mid March-Mid May
Force & Motion:
Work & Energy:
Machines
Life Skills:
May 23-June19