Wednesday, September 18, 2019. Day 4

Homeroom:

Morning Advisory:

Open Agenda on your table please

Assigned Poster groups

Gather in your group

choose ten facts about Washington to include.

Go back to original source - make sure fact is accurate and complete

Type them up

title “George Washington: Ten Facts”

Images and creativity

Grade 7 Agenda:

Do Now:

Please get out your “Mars” article and homework.

  • place these out on the table for me to check.

SLANT: Calculating the volume of a rectangular solid.

Homework:

Calculating Volume of RECTANGULAR Solids Worksheet

  • due tomorrow

  • complete SHOWING all work in FDSS format

Lesson:

SLANT:

FDSS Method and calculating volume of rectangular solids.

  • Showing work in FDSS format

  • Example

  • Student practice due tomorrow.

Hi Ho to Mars We Go RC Quiz

  • As time permits:

  • Getting on google classroom

  • Finishing Lab measurements

After-lunch Advisory:

Grade 8 Agenda:

Do Now:

Please COPY the homework

Complete the Math Skills worksheet

  • Use a calculator.

  • Set up all work using the FDSS format.

  • Complete work on the back of the sheet.

Homework:

QUIZ FRIDAY ON PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (CHAPTER 11, LESSON 2)

Lesson:

Check and go over Lesson review Q. 1-6.

Go over remainder of lesson review in class.

Finish Analysis 1-7 of the mixture separation lab.

  • Write in complete sentences.

  • Use pen or readable pencil.

  • Neatness counts.

Tuesday, September 17, 2019. Day 3

Homeroom:

Mr. Wahlstrom is out today for professional development.

Morning Advisory:

Grade 8 Agenda:

Do Now:

Students: get out your “Separating a Mixture Paragraph”

  • Prepare to finish the final draft on a fresh sheet of lined paper.for collection.

Homework:

  1. Finish the lesson review items 1 - 6 in your notes.

  2. Grade Booster - Make a density Column! (Optional Assignment)

  • Due next Monday.

This is an additional credit assignment. This optional activity counts as an extra 10 point assignment. Students who complete the activity as described below and submit neat and professional work will receive the 10 points.

  1. Follow the instructions on the worksheet located here.

  2. Complete the worksheet and turn it in. (Use color for the required diagram.)

  3. Email me a photograph of your density column.

Lesson:

Mr. Wahlstrom is out for professional development.

You will be graded on how much work you complete in class today.

Substitute: Please collect the final draft of “Separating a Mixture Paragraph” from all students.

  • they may write this draft in class but it should be finished by the end.

Students: Finish the final draft off your “SEPARATING a Mixture” paragraph and hand it in.

Substitute: Hnad out the “Lesson Study Guide.” Students are to complete items 1 to 6 in their notes.

  • They may use a textbook in the classroom but may not take them home.

  • They have the chapter printed int heir three ring binders.

Substitute: Please collect finished Final drafts OF the paragraph at the end of class.

After-lunch Advisory:

Grade 7 Agenda:

Do Now:

Homework:

Hi Ho to Mars We Go Reading Comp due Tomorrow

Complete the assignment questions if not finished in class today.

Lesson:

Mr. Wahlstrom is out for professional development.

You will be graded on how much work you complete in class today.

Substitute: Please pass back the “Students Around the World…” reading.

  • Go Over using Answer Key

Substitute: Pass out Hi Ho to Mars We Go

students: this is a Reading Comp. You are to read and complete the homework for tomorrow.

  • You may use a class dictionary (here) or the internet (at home) to look up words.

  • Complete everything in complete sentences.

Substitute: pass out Formal Homework Guidelines

Students: Review and clip into Binder

Dismissal Block:

Monday, September 16, 2019 Day 2

Homeroom:

Morning Advisory:

Grade 7 Agenda:

Do Now:

Take out your lab results from Friday:

SLANT: Using a Triple Beam Balance

Homework:

Check Email and accepts invitation to google classroom in science!

Lesson:

Review result of the Measurement Lab

SLANT: Using a Triple Beam Balance

  • Sliders to zero

  • calibrating

  • Making the measurement

Measuring Volume

  • Flat surface

  • Position your body at eye level

  • measure the bottom of the meniscus

For each instrument:

  1. Do not empty or spill water!

  2. Identify the accuracy of the tool

  3. The estimated digit is the next place value beyond the tool accuracy.

  4. Measure the indicated item

  5. Record your value on the table provided

After-lunch Advisory:

Grade 8 Agenda:

Do Now:

Please get out your:

  • lab procedure.

  • lab notes

  • a writing instrument.

Homework:

Check Email and accepts invitation to google classroom in science! Due tomorrow.

Quiz Friday on Physical Properties (Chapter 11, Lesson 2)

Finish the following for tomorrow if not finished in class:

Lesson:

Finish Mixture Lab

While the sand is drying in step 11, write a paragraph titled “Separating a Mixture” using the instruction sheet provided.

Complete collection of data (step 12)

Clean up and request permission for dismissal to complete wrap up work.

Complete calculations - Model percentages on the board.

Final draft of “Separating a Mixture Paragraph”

Dismissal Block:

After School:

Help session Grade 7

Quiz Make-up grade 8

Friday, September 13, 2019. Day 1

Homeroom:

Morning Advisory Block:

  1. Get out a new sheet of paper.

  2. give it a heading and the title “George Washington Facts”

  3. Read over your facts about George Washington.

  4. Select the five most interesting and rewrite them using complete sentences on the sheet.

  5. Pass them in.

Grade 8 Agenda:

Do Now:

Copy homework into your agenda.

Please get out the FOLLOWING items:

  1. your lab procedure

  2. your calculator

  3. A blank sheet of lined paper

  4. A writing instrument

Read over the lab PROCEDURE quietly until I begin.

Homework:

None.

Lesson:

Homework Review and Discussion: PHYSICAL PROPERTIES SCIENCE NOTEBOOK

Discussion: Separation of Mixtures

Separation of Mixture Lab

Review Lab Procedure

Assign teams

Assign Stations

Lab work

Molecules by Ducksters

Afternoon Advisory Block:

Get out a new sheet of paper.

  1. give it a heading and the title “George Washington Facts”

  2. Read over your facts about George Washington.

  3. Select the five most interesting and rewrite them using complete sentences on the sheet.

  4. Pass them in.

Grade 7 Agenda:

Do Now:

Homework:

LESSON:

DETERMINING THE ACCURACY OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS LAB

finish the lab

collect

as time permits

SLANT:

  1. MEASURING VOLUME

  2. USE A GRADUATED CYLINDER FOR THE MOST ACCURATE MEASUREMENTS.

  3. LOOK AT THE WATER LEVEL FROM RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE GRADUATED CYLINDER

    • NOT ABOVE OR BELOW IT

  4. LOOK FOR THE MENISCUS

 SET UP FOR LAB AS FOLLOWS:

  1.  OBTAIN A COPY OF THE PREPARED LAB DATA TABLE.

  2. NUMBER THE STATIONS 1 TO 8

  3. REVIEW AND DISCUSS LAB EXPECTATIONS

  4. DESCRIPTION OF LAB.

  5. THE LAB IS SET UP IN 8 STATIONS

    • SHOW NUMBERING AND LOCATION

  6. YOU WILL BE ASSIGNED PARTNERS.

  7. GO TO YOUR STATION WHEN ASKED.

  8. AT EACH STATION, IDENTIFY AND RECORD THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ON YOUR TABLE (IN THE ROW OF THE CORRECT STATION NUMBER!)

    •  STATION NUMBER

    • INSTRUMENT TYPE

    • WHAT IS IS USED FOR MEASURING

    • UNITS

    • INTERVAL OF MAJOR CALIBRATION MARKS

    • INTERVAL OF MINOR CALIBRATION MARKS

    • ACCURACY

  9. LEAVE YOUR STATION NEAT AND ORDERLY

  10. STAY AT YOUR STATION UNTIL I SAY TO “ROTATE”

    • ROTATION ORDER

  11. RETURN TO CLASS WHEN ASKED.

TIME LEFT OVER:

SLANT:

  1. MEASURING VOLUME

  2. USE A GRADUATED CYLINDER FOR THE MOST ACCURATE MEASUREMENTS.

  3. LOOK AT THE WATER LEVEL FROM RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE GRADUATED CYLINDER

    • NOT ABOVE OR BELOW IT

  4. LOOK FOR THE MENISCUS

Dismissal Block:

Thursday, September 12, 2019. Day 6

Homeroom:

Morning Advisory Block:

WHO IS THIS PERSON?

  • WHAT IS SHE DOING?

  • WHY IS SHE DOING IT?

  • HOW DOES THIS SHOW WORK ETHIC?

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Grade 7 Agenda:

Do Now:

Write the homework in your agenda.

Please take out: STUDENTS IN MORE THAN 100 COUNTRIES PROTEST…

Take notes on different lab tools so you can identify them correctly by name in the lab.

Homework:

No Homework

Lesson:

DETERMINING THE ACCURACY OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS LAB

 SET UP for LAB AS FOLLOWS:

  1.  Obtain a copy of the prepared lab data table.

  2. Number the stations 1 to 8

  3. Review and discuss Lab expectations

  4. Description of lab.

  5. The lab is set up in 8 stations

    • Show numbering and location

  6. You will be assigned partners.

  7. Go to your station when asked.

  8. At each station, identify and record the following information on your table (in the row of the correct station number!)

    •  STATION number

    • INSTRUMENT TYPE

    • What is is used FOR measuring

    • UNITS

    • interval of MAJOR CALIBRATION MARKS

    • interval of MINOR CALIBRATION MARKS

    • ACCURACY

  9. leave YOUR station NEAT and orderly

  10. stay at your station until I say to “Rotate”

    • rotation order

  11. Return to class when asked.

Time left over:

SLANT:

  1. Measuring Volume

  2. Use a graduated cylinder for the most accurate measurements.

  3. look at the water level from right in front of the graduated cylinder

    • not above or below it

  4. look for the meniscus

Afternoon Advisory Block:

Grade 8 Agenda:

Do Now:

  1. Take out your homework:

  2. Review the table on page 392-393 of the textbook

    • (posted below).

  3. In your notebook:

    • Identify the property (or properties) that make it possible for the man in the picture on page 387 to pan for gold.

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Homework:

No Homework

Lesson:

Homework Review and Discussion: PHYSICAL PROPERTIES SCIENCE NOTEBOOK

Discussion: Separation of Mixtures

Separation of Mixture Lab

Review Lab Procedure

Assign teams

Assign Stations

Molecules by Ducksters

Dismissal Block:

Wednesday, September 11, 2018. Day 5

Homeroom:

Morning Advisory Block:

Grade 8 Agenda:

Do Now:

Take out your copy of PHYSICAL PROPERTIES SCIENCE NOTEBOOK

Homework:

Complete the chapter reading and PHYSICAL PROPERTIES SCIENCE NOTEBOOK

Lesson:

REVIEW YESTERDAY’S WORK

SLANT:

  1. PHYSICAL PROPERTY

    • characteristics of matter that can be observed or measured without changing the identity of the matter

  2. STATES OF MATTER

    • solid, liquid, gas

    • particle arrangement and motion varies with temperature

  3. SIZE DEPENDENT PROPERTIES

    • PROPERTIES THAT VARY WITH THE AMOUNT OR SIZE OF A SAMPLE

      • mass – the amount of matter in an object

      • volume – the amount of space occupied by an object

      • length, width, circumference, etc. – the distance between two points

    • THESE ARE PROPERTIES OF AN OBJECT – NOT A SUBSTANCE

  4. SIZE INDEPENDENT PROPERTIES

    • properties that do not change even when the size of a sample is changed

    • these are properties of the substance – not the sample

    • melting and boiling point

    • density - the ratio between the mass and volume of a sample

      • this is a constant for each substance

    • conductivity – how well a substance conducts heat or electricity

    • solubility – the ability of one substance to dissolve in another

  5. check handout - 1st page is different from this file?

Afternoon Advisory Block:

Grade 7 Agenda:

Do Now:

Homework:

Lesson:

Pass back and go over Quiz

Determining the Accuracy of Scientific Instruments Lab

 Set up Lab Notes as follows:

  1.  Start with a fresh page in your notebooks.

  2.  At the top write the title and date of this lab

  3.  Make a data table with 76 columns and 9 rows.  Make each row at least 2 lines tall and the six columns equally wide.

  4.  Label the columns with the following headings from left to right.

    •  Station

    • Instrument Type

    • Used For

    • Units

    • Major Calibration Marks

    • Minor Calibration Marks

    • Accuracy

  5.  Follow the instructions I give in lab and use this table to collect data for our discussion.

Dismissal Block:

Tuesday, September 10, 2017. Day 4

Homeroom:

Morning Advisory Block:

Grade 7 Agenda:

Do Now:

Study Quietly until I begin class.

Homework:

Due tomorrow: Students in More Than 100 Countries Protest…

  • Read article and answer the questions on the last page.

Lesson:

Quiz - Measurement and the SI System

When finished, please begin reading Students in More Than 100 Countries Protest…

  • Read article and answer the questions on the last page.

ACCURACY PRACTICE EXERCISES HANDOUT and examples 1-7

  • (except Noah M. et. al.)

Measurement Tool Mini Lab (N.M et. al)

Afternoon Advisory Block:

Grade 8 Agenda:

Do Now:

Molecules

SLANT

  • Watch the video take notes on what you learn about molecules

  • draw pictures to illustrate what you learn

Are you interested in Flag Captains?

  • Year long commitment

  • work on a team to manage raising and lowering the flag at our school

  • training student in procedures

  • organizing and maintaining a schedule

  • making presentations

  • community service opportunity

Homework:

Lesson:

Pass back and go over “Classifying Matter Quiz” Page 1 Page 2

Review yesterday’s work

SLANT:

  1. Physical property

    • characteristics of matter that can be observed or measured without changing the identity of the matter

  2. states of Matter

    • solid, liquid, gas

    • particle arrangement and motion varies with temperature

  3. size dependent properties

    • properties that vary with the amount or size of a sample

      • mass – the amount of matter in an object

      • volume – the amount of space occupied by an object

      • length, width, circumference, etc. – the distance between two points

    • these are properties of an object – not a substance

  4. size Independent properties

    • properties that do not change even when the size of a sample is changed

    • these are properties of the substance – not the sample

    • melting and boiling point

    • density - the ratio between the mass and volume of a sample

      • this is a constant for each substance

    • conductivity – how well a substance conducts heat or electricity

    • solubility – the ability of one substance to dissolve in another

  5. check handout - 1st page is different from this file?

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Dismissal Block:

Monday, September 9, 2019. Day 3

Homeroom:

Flag Team Planning

Morning Advisory Block:

Open your 3 ring binder to the science section

Agenda open on the table to last Friday

Grade 8 Agenda:

Do Now:

  1. Copy Homework into your agenda Please.

  2. study quietly to yourself while I hand a few things out.

  • permission slips

  • Graded Thunberg article

  • homework reading and worksheet

Homework:

Read Chapter 11 Lesson 2: Properties of Matter

Complete: Physical Properties Science Notebook worksheet

Lesson:

Flag Captains - leadership Opportunity

  • see me

Quiz - Classification of Matter.

Read Chapter 11 Lesson 2: Properties of Matter

Complete the Physical Properties Science Notebook

Afternoon Advisory Block:

Work Ethic

Punch and store - Humanities Binder

Grade 7 Agenda:

Do Now:

  1. Copy Homework

  2. Take out any flash cards you made and open your notes

  3. quiet independent study for tomorrow’s quiz

Homework:

Quiz tomorrow: Properties and Prefixes in the SI system

Lesson:

Pass back Boat Trip (Thunberg) article.

  • Discuss article and review Questions/Answer

  • New grade written on front.

  • EC given to all who submitted acceptable corrections.

  • New grade entered in Powerschool and grades now count for all students.

  • No further submissions accepted.

  • Emailed parents of students who did not attempt corrections.

Do/Go over MEASUREMENT PRACTICE WORKSHEET DUE MONDAY.

Accuracy PRACTICE EXERCISEs - Slides 1-7 Only!

Study for Quiz as Time permits

Dismissal Block:

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Friday, September 6, 2019. Day 2

Homeroom:

Morning Advisory:

Grade 7 agenda:

DO NOW:

HOMEWORK:

Quiz Tuesday. Study guide located at this link.

Measurement PRACTICE WORKSHEET DUE MONDAY. (if not finished in class.

LESSON:

Reading a measurement Scale

As time permits - flashcards for quiz

Mid-day Advisory:

Money for Nothing

Grade 8 agenda:

DO NOW:

HOMEWORK:

QUIZ MONDAY - STUDY GUIDE

LESSON:

Review of Study Guide

Complete Pure Substance and Mixture Lab

Melt test

Microscopic Observations

Taste test

Identify the particles under a microscope

Wrap-up

Afternoon Advisory:

Thursday, September 5, 2019. Day 1

Homeroom:

Morning Advisory:

Grade 8 agenda:

DO NOW:

Vocab Worksheet

  • (no Dzet.al.)

Take out your Homework:

  • Collect “sailing to America” corrections

HOMEWORK:

Complete the lab Wrap-up as HW for tomorrow.

Quiz Monday - Study guide

LESSON:

Pure Substance or Mixture Lab Worksheet

Group assignments

Microscope Use

Groups make observations

Prep of heated slides

Observations

Clean up

Wrap Up due tomorrow.

Mid-day Advisory:

Grade 7 agenda:

DO NOW:

Take out your Homework:

  • Collect “sailing to America” corrections

HOMEWORK:

LESSON:

Measurement Activity:

Use of a SI (Metric) Ruler:

Measure the length of an unsharpened pencil

  • I will provide.

  • write your MEASUREMENT down in your notes.

  • share on white board.

Discussion of results, problems, suggestions for improvement.

Measurement Accuracy Handout

SLANT: Reading a Measurement Scale.

Afternoon Advisory: