Wednesday, January 29, 2025. Day 4, 86

Notes: (18)

Homeroom

Lunch anyone?

Please complete the School Links Activity described below.

• Open it in Clever and go to the “To Do” tab.

You have three 25 minute STEM classes followed by lunch and then thee 22 minute humanities classes.

Assignments Due:

• Science:Traits slides due end of class today

• Math: Topic Goals. Exit ticket 4.1

• Algebra: Topic goals.

• SciTech:

• ELA:

• Spanish: Voice recording due today. Posted in GC. Placement test begins Monday - practice!!

• Civics:

Grade 8 Lesson

Do Now:

ANswer a few questions about yesterdays lesson.

• Take the quiz at this link.

• Please use your notes for reference.
  

Homework:

Today’s Agenda:

Environmental Factors Can affect Traits

Review “Factors That Affect Plant Growth”

• Located in GC

• Four Growth Factors That Affect All Plants

• BrainPop Related Reading - Plant Growth and Fertilizer

• pH and Hydrangea Color
  

Pass back and review Forces and Newton’s Law Test.

Tuesday, January 28, 2025. Day 3, 87

Notes: (18)

Homeroom

Complete

Assignments Due:

• Science:Traits slides due end of class today

• Math: Topic Goals. Exit ticket 4.1

• Algebra: Topic goals.

• SciTech:

• ELA:

• Spanish: Voice recording due today. Posted in GC. Placement test begins Monday - practice!!

• Civics:

Grade 8 Lesson

Do Now:

Complete this RC check on Nighttime Temperatures are Getting Hotter.

Homework:

Finish classwork as needed:

Factors That Affect Plant Growth

Today’s Agenda:

Environmental Factors Can affect Traits

• Discuss Nighttime Temeperatures are getting Hotter

• Answer Key

Complete “Factors That Affect Plant Growth”

Located in GC

For tomorrow:

Discuss pH and Hydrangea Color.

Complete this short RC check on Nighttime Temperatures are Getting Hotter.

Open Notes

Monday, January 27, 2025. Day 2, 88

Notes:

Print Quizzes

Homeroom

Assignments Due:

• Science:Traits slides due end of class today

• Math: Topic Goals. Exit ticket 4.1

• Algebra: Topic goals.

• SciTech:

• ELA:

• Spanish: Voice recording due today. Posted in GC. Placement test begins Monday - practice!!

• Civics:

Grade 8 Lesson

Community Service Opportunity.

Sat. AM 9-11 8 weeks Childcare See Me.

Do Now:

Do Now Survey

Homework:

1. Not Assigned: DNA By Duckster in GC

2. Summer Nights Are Getting Hotter - in GC

   • finish as HW if needed.

Today’s Agenda:

What did our survey say? Discussion

Introduce Nighttime Temperatures are Getting Hotter.

• Complete the assignment Located in GC.

Mendel Vocabulary Quiz

1. Clear workspace

2. Nothing on your desk/in your possessione except:

   1. A writing tool.

   2. A closed chromebook.

3. Do not turn over paper until I say begin.

4. You have 7 mintes.

5. When finished, raise hand.

   • I will collect your paper and you can work on the assignment in GC.

Complete: Nightitme Temperatures are Getting Hotter.

• Located in GC.

Friday, January 24, 2025. Day 1, 89

Notes:

Homeroom

Assignments Due:

• Science:Traits slides due end of class today

• Math: Topic Goals. Exit ticket 4.1

• Algebra: Topic goals.

• SciTech:

• ELA:

• Spanish: Voice recording due today. Posted in GC. Placement test begins Monday - practice!!

• Civics:

Grade 8 Lesson

Community Service Opportunity.

Sat. AM 9-11 8 weeks Childcare See Me.

Do Now:

Homework:

1. Short Vocab Quiz on the Do Now Worksheet terms Monday.

2. Slide deck due End of class Friday.

3. DNA By Duckster in GC

Today’s Agenda:

What are traits?

• Assigned in Google Classroom.

• Complete by end of tomorrow.

• You will have additional work assigned in class tomorrow, so…

Thursday, January 23, 2025. Day 6, 90

Notes:

Homeroom

Assignments Due:

• Science: Force and Newton’s Laws Test Thursday, January 16th.

  • Study Guide linked here

• Math: Topic Goals.

• Algebra: Topic goals.

• SciTech:

• ELA:

• Spanish:

• Civics:

Grade 8 Lesson

Community Service Opportunity.

Sat. AM 9-11 8 weeks Childcare See Me.

Do Now:

Take out your flashcards

Complete “What are traits?”

Homework:

1. Short Vocab Quiz on the Do Now Worksheet terms Monday.

2. Slide deck due End of class Friday.

Today’s Agenda:

What are traits?

• Assigned in Google Classroom.

• Complete by end of tomorrow.

• You will have additional work assigned in class tomorrow, so…

Wednesday, January 22, 2025. Day 5, 91

Notes:

Homeroom

Assignments Due:

• Science: Force and Newton’s Laws Test Thursday, January 16th.

  • Study Guide linked here

• Math: Topic Goals.

• Algebra: Topic goals.

• SciTech:

• ELA:

• Spanish:

• Civics:

Grade 8 Lesson

Community Service Opportunity.

Sat. AM 9-11 8 weeks Childcare See Me.

Do Now:

Complete the Do Now Worksheet handed out in class.

Homework:

1. complete this Key concept Builder for tomorrow.

2. Make flashcards for the vocabulary terms on the Do Now Worksheet for tomorrow.

3. Short Vocab Quiz on these terms Monday.

Today’s Agenda:

Mendel’s conclusions:

1. Each trait in an organism if controlled by a pair (two) of “factors.”

2. When two parents reproduce - each parent contributes on copy of a “factor” that controls the trait.

3. Some factors (purple) block the other factor (white) for a trait.

   • These are dominant.

4. Some factors only show up if an organism has two of them (white).

   • These factors are called recessive.

5. If an individual has even one dominant factor, the dominant trait shows.

6. if an individual has two recessive factors, then the recessive trait shows.

Now, complete this Key concept Builder for tomorrow.

From Yesterday (for reference).

Class Notes: Mendel and His Peas.

1. Define heredity and genetics.

   • Hedity - passing traits from parent to offspring.

   • Genetics - the study of how traits are passed from parent to offspring.

2. Who was Gregor Mendel?

   • An Austrian Monk who did experiemnts in gardening to help understand inheritance.

3. What did Mendel study? Why did he use pea plants?

   • People in Mendel’s day believed traits were blended.

   • Mendel coud see this was not true in pea plants.

   • He used peas to look for patterns in their inheritance.

     • reproduce quickly.

     • easy traits to observe.

     • he could copntrol their reproduction.

4. What is pollination? What is the difference between self pollination and cross pollination?

   • Pollination is when pollen (male sex cell) lands on the flower's pistil and fertilizes an egg (female sex cell) in the flower’s ovum.

   • Self fertilization - flower fertilizes itself.

   • Cross pollination - pollen from one plant fertilizes a different plant.

5. Read the section on True-Breeding Plants. What does this term mean?

6. Are certain types of animals that are “True-breeding?” Explain.

   • True breeding means a parent will always pass on certain traits when crossed with another true breeding parent like it.

   • Varieties of dogs (shepherds) for example

7. Describe Mendel's method of cross pollinating pea plants.

   • Mendel would cut off the stamen that held to pollen and use them to pollinate other individuals of his choice.

   • This also prevented self pollination.

   • He did this about 40,000 times…

8. Read the section called “Mendel’s Result” Focus on his First Generation Crosses.

9. Produce a color drawing of his 1st generation crosses in your notes.

10. Identify and discuss the surprising result he got when he Crossed purple True-breeding plants with white True breeding plants.

    • Mendel was surprised that crossign purple (true breeding ) flowers with White (true breeding ) flowers always produced purple flowers.

    • This demonstrated the trait did not blend.

    • Instead on seemed to cover the other.

Mendel’s Results

• Take notes while we discuss this Slide Deck

• Locate your note template in google Classroom.

Homework:

Continue your notes in your notebook.

Finish reading Mendel and His Peas (page 273).

Summarize what he concluded from his results.

Be sure to:

• define key terms.

• identify important ideas.

Tuesday, January 21, 2025. Day 4, 92

Notes:

Homeroom

Assignments Due:

• Science: Force and Newton’s Laws Test Thursday, January 16th.

  • Study Guide linked here

• Math: Topic Goals.

• Algebra: Topic goals.

• SciTech:

• ELA:

• Spanish:

• Civics:

Grade 8 Lesson

Community Service Opportunity.

Sat. AM 9-11 8 weeks Childcare See Me.

Do Now:

Open your notes from Mendel and His Peas.

• Complete the RC Check here by clicking this link!

• Use your notes!

Homework:

Continue your notes in your notebook.

Finish reading Mendel and His Peas (page 273).

Summarize what he concluded from his results.

Be sure to:

• define key terms.

• identify important ideas.

Today’s Agenda:

Mendel and His Peas.

1. Define heredity and genetics.

   • Hedity - passing traits from parent to offspring.

   • Genetics - the study of how traits are passed from parent to offspring.

2. Who was Gregor Mendel?

   • An Austrian Monk who did experiemnts in gardening to help understand inheritance.

3. What did Mendel study? Why did he use pea plants?

   • People in Mendel’s day believed traits were blended.

   • Mendel coud see this was not true in pea plants.

   • He used peas to look for patterns in their inheritance.

     • reproduce quickly.

     • easy traits to observe.

     • he could copntrol their reproduction.

4. What is pollination? What is the difference between self pollination and cross pollination?

   • Pollination is when pollen (male sex cell) lands on the flower's pistil and fertilizes an egg (female sex cell) in the flower’s ovum.

   • Self fertilization - flower fertilizes itself.

   • Cross pollination - pollen from one plant fertilizes a different plant.

5. Read the section on True-Breeding Plants. What does this term mean?

6. Are certain types of animals that are “True-breeding?” Explain.

   • True breeding means a parent will always pass on certain traits when crossed with another true breeding parent like it.

   • Varieties of dogs (shepherds) for example

7. Describe Mendel's method of cross pollinating pea plants.

   • Mendel would cut off the stamen that held to pollen and use them to pollinate other individuals of his choice.

   • This also prevented self pollination.

   • He did this about 40,000 times…

8. Read the section called “Mendel’s Result” Focus on his First Generation Crosses.

9. Produce a color drawing of his 1st generation crosses in your notes.

10. Identify and discuss the surprising result he got when he Crossed purple True-breeding plants with white True breeding plants.

    • Mendel was surprised that crossign purple (true breeding ) flowers with White (true breeding ) flowers always produced purple flowers.

    • This demonstrated the trait did not blend.

    • Instead on seemed to cover the other.

Mendel’s Results

• Take notes while we discuss this Slide Deck

• Locate your note template in google Classroom.

Homework:

Continue your notes in your notebook.

Finish reading Mendel and His Peas (page 273).

Summarize what he concluded from his results.

Be sure to:

• define key terms.

• identify important ideas.

Friday, January 17, 2025. Day 3, 93

Notes:

Homeroom

Assignments Due:

• Science: Force and Newton’s Laws Test Thursday, January 16th.

  • Study Guide linked here

• Math: Topic Goals.

• Algebra: Topic goals.

• SciTech:

• ELA:

• Spanish:

• Civics:

Grade 8 Lesson

Community Service Opportunity.

Sat. AM 9-11 8 weeks Childcare See Me.

Do Now:

Homework:

Mendel and His Peas Read and take notes Due Tuesday

• In GC

Today’s Agenda:

Finish test if needed.

Mendel and His Peas.

Poster work to be completed indepedently and turned in when done. I am avaible in HR for help.

• If you want me to print material, do the following.

  • Create a single doc with all printed material you want.

  • Format it carefully so the size, color, shape, font, etc are exactly what you need for your poster.

  • Add a header with your name to the page(s)

  • Under the format menu, select “Headers and Footers” and type your name in the ”Header” box.

  • Share it with me with an email notification asking me to print it.

Thursday, January 16, 2025. Day 2, 94

Notes:

Homeroom

Assignments Due:

• Science: Force and Newton’s Laws of motion Test Today

  • Study Guide linked here

• Math: Topic Goals.

• Algebra: Topic goals.

• SciTech:

• ELA:

• Spanish:

• Civics:

Grade 8 Lesson

Community Service Opportunity.

Sat. AM 9-11 8 weeks Childcare See Me.

Do Now:

None

Homework:

None.

Today’s Agenda:

Forces and Newton’s Laws of Motion Test Today

The test has two parts:

1. Objective items (multiple choice, T/F, etc) in a google form in Google Classroom.

2. Open response - written in class.

• Calculators (NOT PHONES or chromebooks) are acceptable.

Test Procedure:

1. Turn phones off - store them in you backpack.

2. A chrome book is needed for the 1st part.

3. When finished , put your chrome book away and get a copy of the written portion of the test.

4. Be sure to show all work.

Good Luck!

Wednesday, January 15, 2025. Day 1, 95

Notes:

Homeroom

Assignments Due:

• Science: Force and Newton’s Laws Test Thursday, January 16th.

  • Study Guide linked here

• Math: Topic Goals., Practice (1-2)

• Algebra: Topic goals., Exit Ticket 3.6 & Practice (1-5)

• SciTech:

• ELA:

• Spanish: Ch 3&4 Los chicos Pueden cocinar, Che 5&6 due tomorrow., Open Oted ER/IR ver quiz Friday.

• Civics: Quiz Today

Grade 8 Lesson

Community Service Opportunity.

Sat. AM 9-11 8 weeks Childcare See Me.

Do Now:

Net force and Acceleration Do Now.

Homework:

1. Poster Project Due Date is Wednesday, January 15th.

2. Force and Newton’s Laws Test Thursday, January 16th.

• Study Guide linked here

Today’s Agenda:

Creating content for your poster.

• I can store posters in class.

• Smaller materials papers with printed text, printed photographs, etc. can go in your filing cabinet folder.

• If you want me to print material, do the following.

  • Create a single doc with all printed material you want.

  • Format it carefully so the size, color, shape, font, etc are exactly what you need for your poster.

  • Add a header with your name to the page(s)

  • Under the format menu, select “Headers and Footers” and type your name in the ”Header” box.

  • Share it with me with an email notification asking me to print it.

We are making motion and force measurements in the gym. Plan Accordingly.

• This will occur only during homeroom time.

• You must be approved. The requirements are:

• You have a written plan of:

• What you will measure.

• how you plan to measure it.

• a model of the calculations you will make.

• all necessary equipment.

• a written pass signed by me including any student(s) you need for assistance.

• (You may also make them outside the classroom on the playground during class.)