6/9 - Last day of school - Early Dismissal
6/8 - 8th Grade Awards Ceremony (10:30 am - 12:05 pm)
8th Grade Picnic (1:52 pm - 3:30 pm)
6/7 - SOCIAL STUDIES FINAL EXAM
6/6 - SCIENCE EOG
6/5 - Assignment - Intensive EOG Review on multiple topics
6/2 - ALGEBRA I EOC -
Assignment - Intensive EOG Review on multiple topics
THERE ARE MULTIPLE EOG REVIEW LINKS FURTHER DOWN THIS PAGE AT 4/12 AND AT THE EOG REVIEW TAB ELSEWHERE ON MY SITE
8TH GRADE DANCE 7pm - 9pm
6/1 - READING EOG
Assignment - Intensive EOG Review on multiple topics
5/31 - MATH EOG
Assignment - Intensive EOG Review on multiple topics
5/30 -
County Assessment Post-test - Energy: Conservation and Transfer
Assignment - Intensive EOG review on multiple topics.
5/29 - NO SCHOOL - MEMORIAL DAY
5/26 - Assignment - Intensive EOG Review on multiple topics.
5/25 - Assignment - Warm-up - Renewable Energy Sources
Assignment - Forms and Transformations of Energy
5/24 -
County Assessment Post-test - Earth Systems, Structures and Functions
County Assessment Pre-test - Energy Conservation and Transfer
Intensive EOG REVIEW on Molecular Biology.
5/23 - Intensive EOG REVIEW on Evolution and Genetics. Assignment - Coach Workbook Lessons 23, 24 and EOG Review. Lessons and EOG Review were discussed in class.
5/22 - Intensive EOG REVIEW on Earth History. Assignment - Coach Workbook Lessons 18, 19, 21 and 22. Lessons were discussed in class.
5/19 - CLASS FIELD TRIP TO MOREHEAD PLANETARIUM - Students who were present worked on EOG REVIEW.
5/18 - Continuation of class discussion on the components of Water Quality.
Video - Measuring Dissolved Oxygen Content of Water
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Jk0AmmuLSY&list=PLRiI7c0fXt5vYBewVX7PhLwWu2mUmA1CA&index=8
Video - Eutrophication Animation - www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGqZsSuG7ao&feature=youtu.be
Video - What is Eutrophication - www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LAT1gLMPu4
Video - What's An Estuary? Now You Know - www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLumSN4G5P4
Video - Upwelling Movie - www.youtube.com/watch?v=XV90dy0ns1U
Video - Caught on Camera UPWELLING off the Oregon Coast
www.youtube.com/watch?v=60_y6-CiUMA
5/17 - Yesterday's assignments scored and collected.
Class discussion on the components of Water Quality Notes (available under the printable pages tab).
Video - Utah Water Watch Intro -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aw9dPY4wgU&list=PLRiI7c0fXt5vYBewVX7PhLwWu2mUmA1CA&index=1
Video - Measuring Water Turbidity -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eCSBUX9AHE&index=2&list=PLRiI7c0fXt5vYBewVX7PhLwWu2mUmA1CA
Video - Monitoring Water Temperature -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrVCVmJJRYQ&index=3&list=PLRiI7c0fXt5vYBewVX7PhLwWu2mUmA1CA
Video - Testing for Water pH -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-duBcrMggg&index=4&list=PLRiI7c0fXt5vYBewVX7PhLwWu2mUmA1CA
Video - Measuring E. Coli
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFWCCHy0mHk&list=PLRiI7c0fXt5vYBewVX7PhLwWu2mUmA1CA&index=5
5/16 - Class discussion on Marine Ecosystems.
Assignment - DR 3-2 - The Ocean Floor & DR 3-3 - Life in the ocean.
5/15 - Group-work from Friday reviewed and discussed. Class discussion on river basins and water availability.
Students read and discussed a NC Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources publication: Discover North Carolina's River Basins
5/12 - DR 2-3 scored and collected. Workbook material discussed.
Video - Amoeba Sisters Present - Properties of Water - www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jwAGWky98c
Video - How Polarity Makes Water Behave Strangely - www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASLUY2U1M-8
Class discussion on the major divisions of the Earth's oceans and the properties of the oceans.
5/11 - Continuation of structure of the hydrosphere. Assignment - DR 2-3 Water Underground.
Assignment - Additional reading in the textbook and Coach End of Grade Workbook. Students read pages 118-119 in the text and Lessons 16 & 17 in the workbook. Students then completed the questions for lessons 16 & 17.
5/10 - Assignment - Warm-up - How Water Loss Affects Biodiversity and class discussion on the reading. Class discussion on the structure of the hydrosphere and applicable Earth systems vocabulary.
5/9 - Continuation of Earth Systems Vocabulary (available under the printable pages tab).
5/8 - Earth Systems Vocabulary (as much as possible after the County Assessment).
County Assessment Post-test Ecosystems
County Assessment Pretest - Earth Systems, Structures and Processes
5/5 - NO SCHOOL DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER
5/4 - Video - Crash Course Science - The Hydrologic and Carbon Cycles: Always Recycle! -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D7hZpIYlCA&index=8&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtNdTKZkV_GiIYXpV9w4WxbX
Video - Crash Course Science - Nitrogen & Phosphorus Cycles: Always Recycle! (nitrogen only) -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=leHy-Y_8nRs&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtNdTKZkV_GiIYXpV9w4WxbX&index=9
Video - Crash Course Science - 5 Human Impacts on the Environment -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eTCZ9L834s&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtNdTKZkV_GiIYXpV9w4WxbX&index=10
After discussing the cycles of matter videos, students went to the date 4/12 on this same page and worked on the ecosystems review links.
5/3 - Cycles of Matter in an Ecosystem Power-point (available under the printable pages tab). Small group discussion and group-work on cycles of matter.
5/2 - Very condensed schedule due to Math Benchmark. All classes met and discussed yesterday's assignments.
5/1 - Assignment - Warm-up - Wetlands and Habitat Loss.
Assignment - Nitrogen Cycle reading with Activity 1 and Activity 2.
4/28 - Interpreting a Food Web/Classifying Organisms assignment discussed in class. First, second and third periods took the Ecology Vocabulary Quiz. Fourth period will take it next Wednesday.
4/27 - Assignment - Warm-up - Life Finds a Way. Assignment - Interpreting a Food Web and Classifying Organisms In Trophic Levels.
ECOLOGY VOCABULARY QUIZ FRIDAY!
4/26 - Continuation of Ecosystems power-point. Class activity - Food Chains/Energy Transfer and Biological Magnification of a toxin.
ECOLOGY VOCABULARY QUIZ THIS WEEK!
4/25 - Assignment - Warmup - Benefits of Wetlands. Power-point (available on the printable pages tab) and class discussion on Ecosystems; specifically limiting factors (two kinds) and carrying capacity.
ECOLOGY VOCABULARY QUIZ THIS WEEK!
4/24 - Class discussion on management skills. Symbiosis power-point (available on the printable pages tab) and discussion/identification of the 3 symbiotic relationships students are responsible for knowing.
ECOLOGY VOCABULARY QUIZ THIS WEEK!
4/13 - Video - Some Animals Are More Equal Than Others: Keystone Species and Trophic Cascades.
www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/some-animals-are-more-equal-others-keystone-species-and-trophic-cascades
Video - www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/guide-biologist-gorongosa
4/12 - Continuation of yesterday's web-quest. Students who completed the web-quest utilized Quia for content practice.
Abiotic Factors - www.quia.com/rr/259036.html
Energy Transfer - www.quia.com/rr/344549.html
Biome and Ecosystem Food Chains - www.quia.com/rr/860345.html
Population Dynamics - www.quia.com/rr/589733.html
Ecology Jeopardy - www.quia.com/rr/791521.html
Food Production and the Environment - www.quia.com/rr/82626.html
Environmental Issues - www.quia.com/rr/91699.html
EOG Review Questions - www.quia.com/rr/1076809.html
Ecosystems and Biomes - www.quia.com/rr/1099592.html
Life Science - www.quia.com/rr/404037.html
Photosynthesis Millionaire - www.quia.com/rr/261262.html
Air and Water Resources - www.quia.com/rr/99734.html
Energy Transfer in Ecosystems - www.quia.com/rr/403272.html
Cell Energy Review - www.quia.com/rr/641110.html
Cell Review - www.quia.com/rr/170568.html
Bacteria Review - www.quia.com/rr/1100647.html
Evolution Review - www.quia.com/rr/312544.html
Plate Tectonics Review - www.quia.com/rr/35906.html
Infectious Disease Review - www.quia.com/rr/97631.html
Matter Review - www.quia.com/rr/929108.html
Energy Preview - www.quia.com/rr/852338.html
Multiple Topics - www.quia.com/rr/385484.html
4/11 - Ecology Web-quest - zunal.com/webquest.php?w=19548
Using the links provided complete the webquest.
Replacement link for #2 - Community - www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIfpKL0brwQ
Replacement link for #4 - Factors Affecting Biodiversity -
education.seattlepi.com/factors-influence-biodiversity-ecosystem-3935.html
Additional link for #4 - www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1pp_7-yTN4
Replacement link for #8 - The 10% Rule - www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScizkxMlEOM
Replacement question for #13 - Using all that you have read, describe the impact each of the listed topics can have on an ecosystem.
4/10 - Video - Bill Nye - Food Web. Assignment - Video Quiz
Video - Bill Nye - Populations. Assignment - Video Quiz.
4/7 - Introduction to Ecosystems. Assignment - Ecosystems vocabulary (available under the printable pages tab).
4/6 - Mastery Connect EOG simulation. Roll-out of new benchmark process.
4/5 -
County Assessment Post-test - Matter
County Assessment Pre-test - Ecosystems
4/4 - DR 10-2 scored and collected. Online practice in balancing equations with some element review.
Classic ChemBalancer - funbasedlearning.com/chemistry/chemBalancer/default.htm
Review ChemBalancer - funbasedlearning.com/chemistry/chemBalancer2/default.htm
Brain Boggle ChemBalancer - funbasedlearning.com/chemistry/chemBalancer3/default.htm
Chemical Reactions Review Page - Do Sections 1 & 2 self-check quizzes , then chapter review quiz.
glencoe.mheducation.com/sites/0078617898/student_view0/unit4/chapter13/index.html
Element Quiz - funbasedlearning.com/chemistry/elemQuiz/default.htm
4/3 - Video Assignment - Bill Nye - Chemical Reactions - Companion sheet for the video. Assignment - DR 10-2 Chemical Formulas and Equations.
3/31 - DR 10-1 Forming New Substances checked and scored. Class discussion on chemical symbols, formulas and equations. Video - Hunting the Elements.
3/30 - All classes reviewed some work in the blue workbook completed while the teacher was absent. Assignment - DR 10-1 - Forming New Substances.
3/29 - Modified schedule due to Algebra Benchmark. First period viewed and discussed yesterday's power-point. All classes reviewed the Periodic Table quiz, the Matter vocabulary quiz and some work in the blue workbook completed while the teacher was absent.
3/28 - Modified schedule due to ELA Benchmark. All classes met except 1st period. Class discussion on Chemical Bonding with power-point (available under the printable pages tab).
3/27 - Mastery Connect Chemistry 1 practice test reviewed with all classes. Matter Vocabulary Quiz.
3/24 - Periodic Table Quiz. Mastery Connect Chemistry 1 practice test.
3/23 Continuation of the periodic table. All classes checked DR 8-2 and took a practice quiz on 8-2.
Assignment - The Atoms Family Atomic Math Challenge, (practice reading and using the periodic table) and Lewis Dot Practice.
3/22 Continuation of the periodic table. All classes checked DR 8-1 (completed on 3-14) and took a practice quiz on 8-1. Assignment - DR 8-2 Grouping the Elements (covered in yesterday's power-point).
3/21 Continuation of the periodic table with a power-point on the periodic table (available under the printable pages tab). Instruction and practice in drawing the Lewis model of an atom (power-point available under the printable pages tab).
3/20 - Class discussion on the periodic table and the application of information contained in the table. Instruction and practice in drawing the Bohr model of an atom.
Hello,
As of Monday, 3/20/17 I am back in the classroom. My mother is out of the hospital and doing well. Thank you for the prayers and well-wishes.
Mar 17 - Video - Bill Nye - Phases of Matter. Assignment - Video companion sheet.
Mar 16 - Assignment - Warm-up- The Properties of Snow. Small Group discussion of the patterns in the periodic table.
Mar 15 - Assignment - Periodic Table Crossword Puzzle
Mar 14 - Assignment - DR 8-1 Arranging the Elements
Mar 13 - Video - Bill Nye - Atoms. Assignment - Video companion sheet.
Mar 10 - All classes reviewed matter and graded and scored multiple assignments.
Mar 9 - Assignment - Green Workbook - Unit 3 Review 6 All questions pages 73-80 & 84-85.
Mar 8 - Assignment - Green Workbook - Unit 3 Review 5 All questions pages 62-68 & 71-72.
Mar 7 - Assignment - Chapter 7 Study Guide
Mar 6 - Assignment - DR 7-3 Mixtures
Mar 3 - Elements - DR 7-1 Elements and DR 7-2 Compounds.
Mar 2 - Assignment - Blue Workbook - Lessons 30 - 34, read all passages and do all questions, including the EOG Review.
Mar 1 - Assignment - Blue Workbook - Lessons 25-29, read all passages and do all questions.
Feb 28 - Assignment - Warm-up - Sea Otters. Assignment - Read 7-1, do Q's 1-3 pg 215; Read 7-2, do Q's 1-4 pg 221; Read 7-3, do Q's 1- 4 pg 229.
Feb 27 - Assignment - Warm-up - Daily Care of Zoo Animals. Assignment - DR 6-1 States of Matter.
Feb 24 - Virtual Density Lab - ippex.pppl.gov/prev_ippex/interactive/ This assignment has been removed from the grade-book because I was not here to ensure that everyone had a chance to finish it.
Read through the Mass, Volume and Density tutorial on the opening page. When you complete the tutorial answer the questions on the back of your lab sheet. Then go to the Virtual Density Lab and complete the lab sheet. Then go to the Electricity and Magnetism tutorial and the Matter tutorial and answer those questions on the back of your lab sheet.
Feb 23 - Third period went to the library for a presentation by Fleet Readiness Engineers from Cherry Point. All other classes worked on Chemical and Physical Properties from yesterday then worked on the following webquest.
Measurement practice - select "Hard" and "Centimeters" - www.funbrain.com/measure/index.html
Task 1 - Complete the matching game - www.quia.com/custom/2202gate.html
Task 2 - Complete the matter Pre-test - www.vtaide.com/png/matter.htm
Task 3 - Answer the questions on the lab sheet - www.chem4kids.com/files/matter_states.html
Task 4 - Answer the questions on the lab sheet - www.factmonster.com/encyclopedia/science/matter.html
Task 5 - Fill in the chart on the lab sheet - www.chem.purdue.edu/gchelp/atoms/states.html
Task 6 - Watch the animation on states of matter - www.harcourtschool.com/activity/states_of_matter/index.html
Task 7 - Melting/heating experiment - www.harcourtschool.com/activity/hotplate/index.html
Task 8 - Read about Physical/Chemical Changes - nobel.scas.bcit.ca/chem0010/unit2/2.3_changes.htm#
Task 9 - Take the quiz and record your score - www.quia.com/quiz/303980.html
Feb 22 - All classes checked and scored DR 5-2. Class demonstration/discussion of physical and chemical properties and changes. Assignment - DR 5-3 Chemical Properties + Physical and Chemical Properties and Changes.
Feb 21 - First period was scrambled due to club pictures. All classes either worked on Friday's assignment (lots of students were absent on Friday) or read about chemical changes in the textbook. Third period proofed a Matter Webquest for possible later use in class.
Feb 20 - NO SCHOOL - President's Day
Feb 17 - Shortened schedule due to half day staff development. Class read Chapter 5 section 2 and worked on an assignment. Assignment - DR 5-2 Physical Properties.
Feb 16 - Introduction of physical properties. Some classes just discussed and one did the assignment.
Assignment - pg 165 q's 1-8.
Feb 15 - All classes met but were shortened and scrambled due to the Principal's Pride event happening this afternoon. All classes discussed Matter. Science progress reports will go home on 2/16.
Feb 14 - Classes were a bit scrambled today due to the HR/PL assembly. First period didn't happen, second period was shortened and third and fourth were intact. Classes that met had discussion on the new Matter vocabulary.
Feb 13 - Introduction to Matter: Assignment - Matter vocabulary (available under the printable pages tab).
Feb 10 -
County Post-test Assessment - Structures and Functions of Living Organisms
County Pretest Assessment - Matter: Properties and Change
Feb 9 - Read the 2 articles linked below to prepare for the final discussion on biotechnology. When you finish reading the articles go to the Glencoe site linked below and follow these directions. You will land at Unit 5, microbiology. Unit 5 has 5 chapters, 16-20. Do the self-check quizzes, chapter review quizzes and the standardized test practice for all 5 chapters. Work in the following order: Chapter 18, 19, 20, 16, 17.
glencoe.mheducation.com/sites/0078617898/student_view0/unit5/index.html
Article - NC Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals: edpnc.com/industries/biotech-pharmaceuticals/
Article - BIOSPACE - 10 Biotech Firms Rapidly Expanding in North Carolina -
www.biospace.com/News/10-biotech-firms-rapidly-expanding-in-north/384976
Feb 8 - Class discussion anchored by Biotechnology power-point (available under the printable pages tab).
Video - Turning Wastewater to Energy -
unctv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/c1281348-1bdf-413d-a9be-7dca0a2b2954/turning-wastewater-to-energy/
Video - What is a Genetically Modified Food? www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMPE5wlB3Zk
Video - Eyes of Nye - GMO Foods - www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z_CqyB1dQo
Video - Neil DeGrasse Tyson on GMO - www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNtCV67biBA
Feb 7 - Students stayed in 1st period all day due to Math Benchmark. We continued our discussion of Biotechnology. Warm-up Buzz Off scored and collected.
Feb 6 - Video - Heal, Feed, Sustain: How Biotechnology Can Help Save the World - www.ncabr.org/k12/biotechshortfilm/
Assignment - Companion sheet to Heal, Feed, Sustain: How Biotechnology Can Help Save the World.
Student work site - www.amnh.org/explore/ology/genetics
Feb 2 - Shortened schedule due to team viewing of the movie Animal Farm in the auditorium.
DR 2-3 scored and collected in 1st and 3rd period. Biotechnology introduced in those periods. Periods 2 and 4 needed additional time to finish yesterday's work, so they did this today.
Feb 2 - Second half of S/F vocab quiz.
Assignment - Warm-up - Buzz Off - www.readworks.org/get/234284 (Periods 1-3)
Assignment - Warm-up - Meet the Microbes - www.readworks.org/passages/meet-microbes (Period 4)
Feb 1 - QUIZ ON SECOND HALF OF S/F VOCAB TUESDAY 2/2.
Video - What is a fungus? - Naked Science Scrapbook - www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5rluxtABGA
Video - Fungi: Death Becomes Them - Crash Course Biology - www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4DUZhnNo4s
Assignment - DR 20-3 Fungi
Jan 31 - QUIZ ON SECOND HALF OF S/F VOCAB TUESDAY 2/2.
Review of diseases and protists. Disease Packet and DR 20-1 scored and collected.
Jan 27 - QUIZ ON SECOND HALF OF S/F VOCAB TUESDAY 2/2.
Class discussion on protists. Assignment - DR 20-1 Protists
Jan 26 - QUIZ ON SECOND HALF OF S/F VOCAB.
LAB - Kingdom Protista - Students viewed, read about, drew and answered questions about Kingdom Protista (Protozoa).
Jan 25 - QUIZ ON SECOND HALF OF S/F VOCAB TUESDAY 2/2.
Assignment - Infectious Disease Packet for classes that did not meet yesterday and continued work on the packet for those that did.
Class discussion on articles about antibiotic resistance and viruses jumping from animals to humans.
Jan 24 - Scrambled schedule due to LA assessment.
Classes that met: Assignment - Infectious Disease Packet
Jan 23 - Review and practice of S/F vocabulary 2nd half. Class discussion on articles about vaccines and genetic modification.
Companion assignment from Hunting the Nightmare Bacteria discussed and collected.
Jan 20 - Class discussion on the Amoeba Sisters Video Recap from 1/17.
DR 21-4 from 1/18 graded and collected.
Assignment - Warm-up - Penicillin: The Wonder Drug
Jan 19 - Article - A Superbug That Resisted 26 Antibiotics -
www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/01/17/510227493/a-superbug-that-resisted-26-antibiotics
Video - What causes antibiotic resistance? www.youtube.com/watch?v=znnp-Ivj2ek
Video -
Frontline - Hunting the Nightmare Bacteria - www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/hunting-the-nightmare-bacteria/
Assignment - Hunting the Nightmare Bacteria companion sheet.
Jan 18 - Video - NOVA - The 1918 Flu Pandemic - www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yV6uZSAeu8
Class discussion on infectious/noninfectious diseases and the difference between endemic, epidemic and pandemic.
Composition Books collected and 1st semester grade taken.
Assignment - DR 21-4 Disease
Jan 17 - Assignments from 1/11 and 1/12 discussed and reviewed.
Video - Virus Replication and the Common Cold - www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHp6iYDi9ko&feature=youtu.be
Assignment - Amoeba Sisters Video Recap of Viruses and the Mysterious Common Cold
Structures and Functions Vocabulary Part 1 Quiz given.
All students are now responsible for the 2nd half of Structures and Functions Vocabulary.
Jan 13 - QUIZ ON 1ST HALF OF STRUCTURES & FUNCTIONS VOCAB POSTPONED UNTIL TUESDAY 1/17/17.
Composition Book Entry - Could Smallpox Be Used As A Bio-terrorist Weapon? Explain your answer giving at least 2 (3rd period 3) supporting facts from the video. Minimum length of journal entry is 3 paragraphs (3rd period 5).
Video - Smallpox - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPUIILeDNaw
Jan 12 - Class discussion on viruses. Assignment - Working in groups students read, discussed and took notes from the North Carolina End-of-Grade Coach. They also completed the questions from lessons 46 - 49.
QUIZ ON 1st HALF OF STRUCTURES & FUNCTIONS VOCAB FRIDAY 1/13/17
Jan 11 - Assignment - Warm-up: Bacteria. Students added drawings and descriptions of 4 types of viruses to S/F notes.
QUIZ ON 1st HALF OF STRUCTURES & FUNCTIONS VOCAB FRIDAY 1/13/17
Jan 10 - Class read and discussed an article on Bioremediation.
Video - Using Bacteria to Clean Up Toxic Waste In California - www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXoz8xpwJbU
Video - Can Microbes Clean Up Our Oily Mess? - www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_HWlFzgQiM
Video - Oil Eating Bacteria Could Be A Solution to Spill Cleanups - www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPgLJrk0sGQ
Video - Old & Odd: Archae, Bacteria &Protists - www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAR47-g6tlA
QUIZ ON 1st HALF OF STRUCTURES & FUNCTIONS VOCAB FRIDAY 1/13/17
Jan 9 - DR 21-1 graded and collected. Class discussion on helpful bacteria.
QUIZ ON 1st HALF OF STRUCTURES & FUNCTIONS VOCAB FRIDAY 1/13/17
Jan 6 - Students added drawings and descriptions of 3 types of bacteria to S/F notes. Class discussion on
bacteria. Assignment - DR 21-1 Bacteria.
Jan 5 - Class discussion of yesterday's assignment. Grade taken on S/F vocab.
Composition Book Entry - Using at least 5 Structures and Functions vocabulary words compose a short (at least 3 paragraph) essay. Use your imagination to: discover a new bacteria, host a parasite, develop a new vaccine; save the world; survive a zombie apocalypse; stop a pandemic (you get the idea).
Jan 4 - Class discussion of yesterday's assignment. Continuation of S&F vocabulary.
Jan 3 - Video - Bill Nye the Science Guy - Germs- www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mO-3ogpc8M
Structures and Functions of Living Organisms Vocabulary (half today, half tomorrow; available under the printable pages tab)
Dec 20 - Signing Christmas cards for recovering service members. Holiday cheer.
Dec 19 - Video - The Magic School Bus Gets Planted - www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb2-A4V-jCk
Class project to design and produce cards for an ill child.
Dec 16 -
County Assessment Post-test - Molecular Biology
County Assessment Pretest - Structures and Functions of Living Organisms
Dec 15 - Progress reports were given out today. Yesterday's assignment was reviewed and discussed.
Photosyntheis Quiz - www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=block4-group3
P/S Quizlet - quizlet.com/54619021/photosynthesis-and-cellular-respiration-8th-grade-quiz-flash-cards/
Mitosis - www.softschools.com/quizzes/biology/mitosis/quiz2428.html
Mitosis/Meiosis www.quia.com/quiz/1170843.html?AP_rand=1454562226
Nutrition - www.ncagr.gov/cyber/kidswrld/nutrition/nutritionQuiz.html
Dec 14 - Due to Powerschool difficulities there are no progress reports today, hopefully tomorrow.
Assignment - Nutrients/Decision Making Packet.
Dec 13 - Brief review of photosynthesis and cellular respiration. Assignment - Energy and Matter for Cells and Human Health. Assignment reviewed and discussed in class.
Dec 12 - Class discussion on teen eating habits (Breakfast IS the most important meal of the day) and tobacco use.
Dec 9 - Yesterday's work discussed and scored. Molecular Biology vocab quiz given.
Dec 8 - Class discussion on nutrition.
Assignment - Chapter 5 Lesson 1 Questions 1-4, Lesson 2 Q's 1- 5 and pg 110 Q's 3,4,5,7 & 9.
Dec 7 - DR 18-3 discussed, graded and collected.
Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration tested today. Molecular biology vocab quiz on 12/9/16.
Dec 6 - Assignment - Amoeba Sisters Meiosis Companion Sheet
Video - Amoeba Sisters - Meiosis www.youtube.com/watch?v=toWK0fIyFlY
Assignment - DR 18-3 The Cell Cycle
Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration will be tested on 12/7/16. Molecular biology vocab quiz on 12/9/16.
Dec 5 - Class discussion on mitosis and meiosis. Assignment - Amoeba Sisters Mitosis Companion Sheet
Video - Amoeba Sisters - Mitosis www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-ldPgEfAHI
Video - Crash Course Science - Cellular Respiration
Photosynthesis and cellular respiration will be tested on 12/7/16. Molecular biology vocab quiz on 12/9/16.
Dec 2 - DR-2 checked and discussed, grade taken. Two page mastery packet on Photosynthesis/Cellular Respiration discussed for understanding and accuracy.
Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration will be tested 12/7/16. Molecular biology vocab quiz on 12/9/16.
Video - Crash Course Science - Photosynthesis www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQK3Yr4Sc_k
Dec 1 - Assignment - Two page mastery packet on Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration.
Nov 30 - Assignment - DR 18-2 Cell Energy.
Nov 29 - Class discussion on the Molecular Biology Vocabulary (with hints and mnenomic devices to help the students master the equations and diagram).
Nov 28 - Assignment - Molecular Biology Vocabulary (found under the printable pages tab). Students drew a diagram of photosynthesis and cellular respiration from their testbook. They combined pages 532 (photosynthesis equationa), 533 (cellular respiration equation) and 534 (the structures and sequence for both photosynthesis and cellular respiration. (Both the vocabulary and the equations/drawingwill be quizzed).
Nov 24 & 25 - THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
Nov 23 - Scrambled schedule due to an AVID presentation by NBHS guidance staff. Half day early dismissal.
Nov 22 -
County Assessment Post-Test - Evolution and Genetics
County Assessment Pretest - Molecular Biology
Nov 21 - Plate Tectonics, Evolution and Genetics Review for tomorrow's benchmark assessment.
Nov. 18 - LAB - Natural Selection
Nov. 17 - Binomial Nomenclature Race - A STEM Team Building Activity (first half of the period)
Assignment - Biological Classification casimir.tusd.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=exOezFoMla4=
(second half of the period)
Nov. 16 - Class discussion on Taxonomy with Taxonomy power-point (available under the printable pages tab).
Video - Crash Course Biology - Taxonomy: Life's Filing System www.youtube.com/watch?v=F38BmgPcZ_I
Nov. 15 - Assignment - A Bird With Many Beaks.
Natural Selection Vocabulary Quiz
Nov. 14 - Video - Natural Selection and the Rock Pocket Mouse www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjeSEngKGrg
Composition Book Entry - In your composition book answer the following questions about the Rock Pocket Mouse video: 1. Define Mutation; (the following directions apply for the next 3 questions. Are the statements True or False? Justify your answer in 1 or 2 sentences.) 2. Mutations are caused by selective pressure in the environment. 3. The same mutation could be an advantage in some environments and a detriment in others.
4. The appearance of dark colored volcanic rock caused the mutation for black fur to appear in the Rock Pocket Mouse population.
Natural Selection vocabulary quiz on 11/15/16.
Nov 10 - Video - What Darwin Never Knew www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOHzY1fuOz4
The entire 8th grade assembled in the auditorium for the video that tied together our study of Evolution and Natural Selection. Natural Selection vocabulary quiz 11/15/16.
Nov 9 - Assignment catch-up day. Students missing assignments had the opportunity to do make-up work. Multiple assignments were reviewed and checked for clarity and understanding. We reviewed for the Natural Selection vocabulary quiz on 11/15/16.
Nov 8 - Scrambled schedule due to Math Benchmark. All classes met briefly. We discussed the Chapter 16 Test and reviewed for the Natural Selection quiz on Tuesday 11/15/16.
Nov 7- Natural Selection - Peppered Moth www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf-mOCN7rUU
Video - Crash Course Biology - Natural Selection www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTftyFboC_M
Assignment - Naturally Selected to Survive.
Nov 4 - Video - Your Inner Monkey (the third of a three part PBS documentary showing the transition from fish to amphibian to reptile to mammal). www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/episode-3-your-inner-monkey
Assignment - Your Inner Monkey Student Companion Sheet. Finish the back before next Tuesday.
Nov 3 - Scrambled schedule due to Math 1 Benchmark. We viewed and discussed videos from the Stated Clearly series and students chose one or more inter-active from the list below to manipulate and explore Natural Selection.
Videos - Stated Clearly: What Exactly is a Gene? statedclearly.com/videos/what-is-a-gene/
What is Evolution? statedclearly.com/videos/what-is-evolution/
What is Natural Selection? statedclearly.com/videos/what-is-natural-selection/
Evolution Inter-actives:
www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/extinction/dinosaurs/index.html
unctv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/lsps07.sci.ife.evo.buildafish/build-a-fish/
peppermoths.weebly.com/
Nov 2 - Continuation of class discussion on Monday's assignment. Brief power-point game on Embryology contained in the Evidence of Evolution II power-point (located under the printable pages tab) and visuals of vestigial structures contained in the Evidence of Evolution I power-point (located under the printable pages tab).
Video - Stated Clearly: What is DNA and How Does it Work? statedclearly.com/videos/what-is-dna/
Assignment - When Fish First Walked (Students are to give the letter and answer for questions 1-7, write at least 1 sentence for questions 8-9 and at least 2 sentences for question 10).
Nov 1 - Class discussion on the Your Inner Reptile. Class discussion on yesterday's assignment. Brief power-point on Analogous/Homologous Structures (located under the printable pages tab).
Oct 31 - Composition Book Entry: In at least 5-7 sentences (if not more) complete the following entry.
According to the video "Your Inner Reptile" describe at least two bodily structures or developments that allowed reptiles to colonize land.
Assignment: Prepare 24 new vocabulary words for the unit on Natural Selection. (The file is at the printable pages tab labeled Natural Selection).
Oct 28 - Chapter 16 TEST.
Oct 27 - Video - Your Inner Reptile (the second of a three part PBS documentary showing the transition from fish to amphibian to reptile to mammal). www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/episode-2-your-inner-reptile
Assignment - Your Inner Reptile Student Companion Sheet. Finish the back before next Tuesday.
Oct 26 - DR 16-2 graded and collected. Chapter 16 Study Guide discussed and reviewed. Students used the Buckle Down and Coach workbooks to review for the test on Friday.
Oct 25 - Scrambled schedule due to Language Arts Benchmark testing. All classes met except 3rd period. Students worked on yesterday's assignment and reviewed for Friday's test.
Oct 24 - Class discussion on the three types of geologic collisions. Students prepared a graphic organizer and posted on the whiteboard for all to see. Assignment - DR 16-2 The Theory of Plate Tectonics and Chapter 16 Study Guide (Study Guide for Friday's test).
Oct 21 - Video - Your Inner Fish (the first of a three part PBS documentary showing the transition from fish to amphibian to reptile to mammal). - www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/episode-1-your-inner-fish
Assignment - Your Inner Fish Student Companion Sheet. Finish the back and draw the reptile to mammal transitional animal before next Monday .
This is the intro to biological evolution and our segue from geological evolution.
Oct 20 - LAB - A Model of Three Faults.
Oct 19 - DR 16-3 checked and collected. Plate Tectonics Graphic Organizer posted on whiteboard for all to see and revise their own. Students grouped up and prepared answer sheets for tomorrow's plate tectonics lab.
Video Clip(s) - some classes had time for one and others had time for two.
Alfred Wegener and the Continental Drift www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEh4B1Pv8YE
Continental Drift www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5q8hzF9VVE
Oct 18 - Assignment - DR 16-3 Deforming the Earth's Crust and Plate Tectonics Graphic Organizer.
Oct 17 - DR 16-1 checked and collected and Earthly Anagrams discussed. Class discussion on Normal, Reverse and Strike-slip faults as well as uplift and subsidence. Last physical step in prep for plate tectonics lab.
Parents and students, check out this link to learn about a $1000 NCASFAA Middle School Enrichment Scholarship. www.ncasfaa.com/docs/toc_scholarships.html
Oct 11 - 14 School closed due to complications from Hurricane Matthew.
Oct 10 - No School. Columbus Day.
Oct 7 - Early Dismissal/Staff Development.
Assignment - Continuation of prep for next week's lab. Assignment - Earthly Anagrams.
Oct 6 - Class discussion on seafloor spreading and magnetic reversals. Assignment - Prep-work for next week's lab. Assignment - DR 16-1 Restless Continents.
Oct 5 - Assignment - Warm-up Slow and Steady. Class discussion on Chapter 16 vocabulary and Alfred Wegener.
Video Clip - Continental Drift: Alfred Wegener Song by the Amoeba People
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1-cES1Ekto&playnext=1&list=PLE0CF2FB519512F20&feature=results_main&safe=active
Oct 4 - Introduction to Plate Tectonics. Video - Bill Nye the Science Guy - Earthquakes
Assignment: Chapter 16 Vocab 1-12
Oct 3 -
County Assessment Post-test: Earth History
County Assessment Pre-test: Evolution and Genetics
Sept 30 - Chapter 15 Test
Sept 29 -Students went online to practice for tomorrow's test :
Earth History Quiz - www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=mr-chapter-15-earth-history-test
Geologic Time Quiz - www.glencoe.com/qe/science.php?qi=280
Sept 28 - Assignment - Chapter Review. Kagan Structure SuHuPuQQT with review questions in preparation for Friday's test.
Video clip - Crash Course Ecology - The History of Life on Earth
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjE-Pkjp3u4#t=4.429368
Students went online to practice for Friday's test: Glencoe Self-check quizzes - Chapters 3 & 4
glencoe.mheducation.com/sites/0078617898/student_view0/self-check_quizzes.html
Students went online to practice for Friday's test: Glencoe Standardized Test Prep - Chapters 3 & 4
glencoe.mheducation.com/sites/0078617898/student_view0/standardized_test_practice.html
Sept 27 - Kagan Structure Stand Up-Hand Up-Pair Up Quiz-Quiz-Trade (SuHuPuQQT) with review questions in preparation for Friday's test. Grade taken on DR 15-4 and 15-5.
Video clip - How ice cores allow researchers to look at global climate change.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKVqEnFVSCU
Sept 26 - Class discussion on the Geologic Time Scale with comprehensive Earth History (8.E.2) power-point slides 64-95 (available under the printable pages tab, it's the first entry). Assignment - DR 15-5 Time Marches On.
Sept 23 - Continuation of class discussion on fossils. Assignment: DR 15-4 Looking at Fossils. Continuation of hands on with fossils from teacher's personal collection.
Sept 22 - Class discussion on two articles about mass extinctions to introduce fossils. Video: Bill Nye the Science Guy - Fossils. Hands on with various fossils from teacher's personal collection.
Sept 21 - Review of Relative Dating and Absolute Dating.
Composition Book Entry: In 3 paragraphs compare and contrast Relative and Absolute Dating. Use the word list provided: relative dating, older/younger, superposition, unconformity, geologic column, index fossil, absolute dating, radiometric dating, half-life, isotope and parent/daughter.
Video clips showing absolute dating:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=phZeE7Att_s
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kcuz1JiMk9k
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRW-ATOUJus
Sept 20 - Grade taken on DR 15-3. Chapter 15 Vocabulary Quiz given.
Sept 19 - Class discussion on Absolute dating (age) with comprehensive Earth History (8.E.2) power-point slides 45-53 and 60 (available under printable pages tab, it's the first entry).
Assignment - DR 15-3 Absolute Dating + Vocabulary Activity (to help practice for tomorrow's quiz).
Sept 16 - Assigned Class computers. Made sure all students can log in to Schoolnet.
County Assessment Pretest: Earth History.
Vocabulary practice for Quiz on 9/20 at Quizlet website:
quizlet.com/128058923/the-rock-and-fossils-record-chapter-review-flash-cards/
Sept 15 - Rock Layer Puzzle analyzed and discussed. Grade taken on DR 15-2. Absolute dating introduced.
Sept 14 - Continuation of discussion on unconformities. Assignment - Dr 15-2 + Rock Layer Puzzle
Sept 13 - Class discussion on relative dating and unconformities (gaps in the rock record). Video clips showing types of unconformities and faults:
www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es1103/es1103page01.cfm
www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es2902/es2902page01.cfm
www.wwnorton.com/college/geo/egeo2/content/animations/10_4.htm
9/12 - Students (Working in groups) read and discussed book passages about uniformitarianism, castrophism and paleontology. Assignment - Chapter 15 Section 1, Section Review Q's 1-5.
Sept 9 - Video: How the earth was made - Grand Canyon (a brief overview of the land building/destruction that has shaped our Earth).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMLPbRKdvSw
Sept 8 - Class discussion on radiometric dating and the geologic time scale.
Sept 7 - Class discussion on how Uniformitarianism and Catastrophism contribute to the understanding of Modern Geology. Paleontology and Relative Dating were also introduced.
Sept 6 - All students were instructed in how to set-up their paper for class assignments.
Assignment - Chapter 15 Vocabulary 1-23. Students prepared vocabulary for study and discussion purposes.
Sept 2 - (Abbreviated schedule due to inclement weather.) All classes went to the Science Lab to review safety procedures and equipment. Assignment - Safety Contract (get it signed by the student's responsible adult).
Sept 1 - Class icebreaker - How well do you know your candy? Homeroom students received Powerschool Log-in information.
August 31 - Assignment - The Language of Science.
August 30 - Worked through the 2016-2017 GCF Student Handbook and did a class icebreaker.
August 29 - Went over class rules and worked through the 2016-2017 Craven County Schools Handbook.
Handbook:
www.craven.k12.nc.us/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Student-Handbook-2016-17.July-29-Final.pdf
6/8 - 8th Grade Awards Ceremony (10:30 am - 12:05 pm)
8th Grade Picnic (1:52 pm - 3:30 pm)
6/7 - SOCIAL STUDIES FINAL EXAM
6/6 - SCIENCE EOG
6/5 - Assignment - Intensive EOG Review on multiple topics
6/2 - ALGEBRA I EOC -
Assignment - Intensive EOG Review on multiple topics
THERE ARE MULTIPLE EOG REVIEW LINKS FURTHER DOWN THIS PAGE AT 4/12 AND AT THE EOG REVIEW TAB ELSEWHERE ON MY SITE
8TH GRADE DANCE 7pm - 9pm
6/1 - READING EOG
Assignment - Intensive EOG Review on multiple topics
5/31 - MATH EOG
Assignment - Intensive EOG Review on multiple topics
5/30 -
County Assessment Post-test - Energy: Conservation and Transfer
Assignment - Intensive EOG review on multiple topics.
5/29 - NO SCHOOL - MEMORIAL DAY
5/26 - Assignment - Intensive EOG Review on multiple topics.
5/25 - Assignment - Warm-up - Renewable Energy Sources
Assignment - Forms and Transformations of Energy
5/24 -
County Assessment Post-test - Earth Systems, Structures and Functions
County Assessment Pre-test - Energy Conservation and Transfer
Intensive EOG REVIEW on Molecular Biology.
5/23 - Intensive EOG REVIEW on Evolution and Genetics. Assignment - Coach Workbook Lessons 23, 24 and EOG Review. Lessons and EOG Review were discussed in class.
5/22 - Intensive EOG REVIEW on Earth History. Assignment - Coach Workbook Lessons 18, 19, 21 and 22. Lessons were discussed in class.
5/19 - CLASS FIELD TRIP TO MOREHEAD PLANETARIUM - Students who were present worked on EOG REVIEW.
5/18 - Continuation of class discussion on the components of Water Quality.
Video - Measuring Dissolved Oxygen Content of Water
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Jk0AmmuLSY&list=PLRiI7c0fXt5vYBewVX7PhLwWu2mUmA1CA&index=8
Video - Eutrophication Animation - www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGqZsSuG7ao&feature=youtu.be
Video - What is Eutrophication - www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LAT1gLMPu4
Video - What's An Estuary? Now You Know - www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLumSN4G5P4
Video - Upwelling Movie - www.youtube.com/watch?v=XV90dy0ns1U
Video - Caught on Camera UPWELLING off the Oregon Coast
www.youtube.com/watch?v=60_y6-CiUMA
5/17 - Yesterday's assignments scored and collected.
Class discussion on the components of Water Quality Notes (available under the printable pages tab).
Video - Utah Water Watch Intro -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aw9dPY4wgU&list=PLRiI7c0fXt5vYBewVX7PhLwWu2mUmA1CA&index=1
Video - Measuring Water Turbidity -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eCSBUX9AHE&index=2&list=PLRiI7c0fXt5vYBewVX7PhLwWu2mUmA1CA
Video - Monitoring Water Temperature -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrVCVmJJRYQ&index=3&list=PLRiI7c0fXt5vYBewVX7PhLwWu2mUmA1CA
Video - Testing for Water pH -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-duBcrMggg&index=4&list=PLRiI7c0fXt5vYBewVX7PhLwWu2mUmA1CA
Video - Measuring E. Coli
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFWCCHy0mHk&list=PLRiI7c0fXt5vYBewVX7PhLwWu2mUmA1CA&index=5
5/16 - Class discussion on Marine Ecosystems.
Assignment - DR 3-2 - The Ocean Floor & DR 3-3 - Life in the ocean.
5/15 - Group-work from Friday reviewed and discussed. Class discussion on river basins and water availability.
Students read and discussed a NC Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources publication: Discover North Carolina's River Basins
5/12 - DR 2-3 scored and collected. Workbook material discussed.
Video - Amoeba Sisters Present - Properties of Water - www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jwAGWky98c
Video - How Polarity Makes Water Behave Strangely - www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASLUY2U1M-8
Class discussion on the major divisions of the Earth's oceans and the properties of the oceans.
5/11 - Continuation of structure of the hydrosphere. Assignment - DR 2-3 Water Underground.
Assignment - Additional reading in the textbook and Coach End of Grade Workbook. Students read pages 118-119 in the text and Lessons 16 & 17 in the workbook. Students then completed the questions for lessons 16 & 17.
5/10 - Assignment - Warm-up - How Water Loss Affects Biodiversity and class discussion on the reading. Class discussion on the structure of the hydrosphere and applicable Earth systems vocabulary.
5/9 - Continuation of Earth Systems Vocabulary (available under the printable pages tab).
5/8 - Earth Systems Vocabulary (as much as possible after the County Assessment).
County Assessment Post-test Ecosystems
County Assessment Pretest - Earth Systems, Structures and Processes
5/5 - NO SCHOOL DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER
5/4 - Video - Crash Course Science - The Hydrologic and Carbon Cycles: Always Recycle! -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D7hZpIYlCA&index=8&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtNdTKZkV_GiIYXpV9w4WxbX
Video - Crash Course Science - Nitrogen & Phosphorus Cycles: Always Recycle! (nitrogen only) -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=leHy-Y_8nRs&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtNdTKZkV_GiIYXpV9w4WxbX&index=9
Video - Crash Course Science - 5 Human Impacts on the Environment -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eTCZ9L834s&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtNdTKZkV_GiIYXpV9w4WxbX&index=10
After discussing the cycles of matter videos, students went to the date 4/12 on this same page and worked on the ecosystems review links.
5/3 - Cycles of Matter in an Ecosystem Power-point (available under the printable pages tab). Small group discussion and group-work on cycles of matter.
5/2 - Very condensed schedule due to Math Benchmark. All classes met and discussed yesterday's assignments.
5/1 - Assignment - Warm-up - Wetlands and Habitat Loss.
Assignment - Nitrogen Cycle reading with Activity 1 and Activity 2.
4/28 - Interpreting a Food Web/Classifying Organisms assignment discussed in class. First, second and third periods took the Ecology Vocabulary Quiz. Fourth period will take it next Wednesday.
4/27 - Assignment - Warm-up - Life Finds a Way. Assignment - Interpreting a Food Web and Classifying Organisms In Trophic Levels.
ECOLOGY VOCABULARY QUIZ FRIDAY!
4/26 - Continuation of Ecosystems power-point. Class activity - Food Chains/Energy Transfer and Biological Magnification of a toxin.
ECOLOGY VOCABULARY QUIZ THIS WEEK!
4/25 - Assignment - Warmup - Benefits of Wetlands. Power-point (available on the printable pages tab) and class discussion on Ecosystems; specifically limiting factors (two kinds) and carrying capacity.
ECOLOGY VOCABULARY QUIZ THIS WEEK!
4/24 - Class discussion on management skills. Symbiosis power-point (available on the printable pages tab) and discussion/identification of the 3 symbiotic relationships students are responsible for knowing.
ECOLOGY VOCABULARY QUIZ THIS WEEK!
4/13 - Video - Some Animals Are More Equal Than Others: Keystone Species and Trophic Cascades.
www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/some-animals-are-more-equal-others-keystone-species-and-trophic-cascades
Video - www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/guide-biologist-gorongosa
4/12 - Continuation of yesterday's web-quest. Students who completed the web-quest utilized Quia for content practice.
Abiotic Factors - www.quia.com/rr/259036.html
Energy Transfer - www.quia.com/rr/344549.html
Biome and Ecosystem Food Chains - www.quia.com/rr/860345.html
Population Dynamics - www.quia.com/rr/589733.html
Ecology Jeopardy - www.quia.com/rr/791521.html
Food Production and the Environment - www.quia.com/rr/82626.html
Environmental Issues - www.quia.com/rr/91699.html
EOG Review Questions - www.quia.com/rr/1076809.html
Ecosystems and Biomes - www.quia.com/rr/1099592.html
Life Science - www.quia.com/rr/404037.html
Photosynthesis Millionaire - www.quia.com/rr/261262.html
Air and Water Resources - www.quia.com/rr/99734.html
Energy Transfer in Ecosystems - www.quia.com/rr/403272.html
Cell Energy Review - www.quia.com/rr/641110.html
Cell Review - www.quia.com/rr/170568.html
Bacteria Review - www.quia.com/rr/1100647.html
Evolution Review - www.quia.com/rr/312544.html
Plate Tectonics Review - www.quia.com/rr/35906.html
Infectious Disease Review - www.quia.com/rr/97631.html
Matter Review - www.quia.com/rr/929108.html
Energy Preview - www.quia.com/rr/852338.html
Multiple Topics - www.quia.com/rr/385484.html
4/11 - Ecology Web-quest - zunal.com/webquest.php?w=19548
Using the links provided complete the webquest.
Replacement link for #2 - Community - www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIfpKL0brwQ
Replacement link for #4 - Factors Affecting Biodiversity -
education.seattlepi.com/factors-influence-biodiversity-ecosystem-3935.html
Additional link for #4 - www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1pp_7-yTN4
Replacement link for #8 - The 10% Rule - www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScizkxMlEOM
Replacement question for #13 - Using all that you have read, describe the impact each of the listed topics can have on an ecosystem.
4/10 - Video - Bill Nye - Food Web. Assignment - Video Quiz
Video - Bill Nye - Populations. Assignment - Video Quiz.
4/7 - Introduction to Ecosystems. Assignment - Ecosystems vocabulary (available under the printable pages tab).
4/6 - Mastery Connect EOG simulation. Roll-out of new benchmark process.
4/5 -
County Assessment Post-test - Matter
County Assessment Pre-test - Ecosystems
4/4 - DR 10-2 scored and collected. Online practice in balancing equations with some element review.
Classic ChemBalancer - funbasedlearning.com/chemistry/chemBalancer/default.htm
Review ChemBalancer - funbasedlearning.com/chemistry/chemBalancer2/default.htm
Brain Boggle ChemBalancer - funbasedlearning.com/chemistry/chemBalancer3/default.htm
Chemical Reactions Review Page - Do Sections 1 & 2 self-check quizzes , then chapter review quiz.
glencoe.mheducation.com/sites/0078617898/student_view0/unit4/chapter13/index.html
Element Quiz - funbasedlearning.com/chemistry/elemQuiz/default.htm
4/3 - Video Assignment - Bill Nye - Chemical Reactions - Companion sheet for the video. Assignment - DR 10-2 Chemical Formulas and Equations.
3/31 - DR 10-1 Forming New Substances checked and scored. Class discussion on chemical symbols, formulas and equations. Video - Hunting the Elements.
3/30 - All classes reviewed some work in the blue workbook completed while the teacher was absent. Assignment - DR 10-1 - Forming New Substances.
3/29 - Modified schedule due to Algebra Benchmark. First period viewed and discussed yesterday's power-point. All classes reviewed the Periodic Table quiz, the Matter vocabulary quiz and some work in the blue workbook completed while the teacher was absent.
3/28 - Modified schedule due to ELA Benchmark. All classes met except 1st period. Class discussion on Chemical Bonding with power-point (available under the printable pages tab).
3/27 - Mastery Connect Chemistry 1 practice test reviewed with all classes. Matter Vocabulary Quiz.
3/24 - Periodic Table Quiz. Mastery Connect Chemistry 1 practice test.
3/23 Continuation of the periodic table. All classes checked DR 8-2 and took a practice quiz on 8-2.
Assignment - The Atoms Family Atomic Math Challenge, (practice reading and using the periodic table) and Lewis Dot Practice.
3/22 Continuation of the periodic table. All classes checked DR 8-1 (completed on 3-14) and took a practice quiz on 8-1. Assignment - DR 8-2 Grouping the Elements (covered in yesterday's power-point).
3/21 Continuation of the periodic table with a power-point on the periodic table (available under the printable pages tab). Instruction and practice in drawing the Lewis model of an atom (power-point available under the printable pages tab).
3/20 - Class discussion on the periodic table and the application of information contained in the table. Instruction and practice in drawing the Bohr model of an atom.
Hello,
As of Monday, 3/20/17 I am back in the classroom. My mother is out of the hospital and doing well. Thank you for the prayers and well-wishes.
Mar 17 - Video - Bill Nye - Phases of Matter. Assignment - Video companion sheet.
Mar 16 - Assignment - Warm-up- The Properties of Snow. Small Group discussion of the patterns in the periodic table.
Mar 15 - Assignment - Periodic Table Crossword Puzzle
Mar 14 - Assignment - DR 8-1 Arranging the Elements
Mar 13 - Video - Bill Nye - Atoms. Assignment - Video companion sheet.
Mar 10 - All classes reviewed matter and graded and scored multiple assignments.
Mar 9 - Assignment - Green Workbook - Unit 3 Review 6 All questions pages 73-80 & 84-85.
Mar 8 - Assignment - Green Workbook - Unit 3 Review 5 All questions pages 62-68 & 71-72.
Mar 7 - Assignment - Chapter 7 Study Guide
Mar 6 - Assignment - DR 7-3 Mixtures
Mar 3 - Elements - DR 7-1 Elements and DR 7-2 Compounds.
Mar 2 - Assignment - Blue Workbook - Lessons 30 - 34, read all passages and do all questions, including the EOG Review.
Mar 1 - Assignment - Blue Workbook - Lessons 25-29, read all passages and do all questions.
Feb 28 - Assignment - Warm-up - Sea Otters. Assignment - Read 7-1, do Q's 1-3 pg 215; Read 7-2, do Q's 1-4 pg 221; Read 7-3, do Q's 1- 4 pg 229.
Feb 27 - Assignment - Warm-up - Daily Care of Zoo Animals. Assignment - DR 6-1 States of Matter.
Feb 24 - Virtual Density Lab - ippex.pppl.gov/prev_ippex/interactive/ This assignment has been removed from the grade-book because I was not here to ensure that everyone had a chance to finish it.
Read through the Mass, Volume and Density tutorial on the opening page. When you complete the tutorial answer the questions on the back of your lab sheet. Then go to the Virtual Density Lab and complete the lab sheet. Then go to the Electricity and Magnetism tutorial and the Matter tutorial and answer those questions on the back of your lab sheet.
Feb 23 - Third period went to the library for a presentation by Fleet Readiness Engineers from Cherry Point. All other classes worked on Chemical and Physical Properties from yesterday then worked on the following webquest.
Measurement practice - select "Hard" and "Centimeters" - www.funbrain.com/measure/index.html
Task 1 - Complete the matching game - www.quia.com/custom/2202gate.html
Task 2 - Complete the matter Pre-test - www.vtaide.com/png/matter.htm
Task 3 - Answer the questions on the lab sheet - www.chem4kids.com/files/matter_states.html
Task 4 - Answer the questions on the lab sheet - www.factmonster.com/encyclopedia/science/matter.html
Task 5 - Fill in the chart on the lab sheet - www.chem.purdue.edu/gchelp/atoms/states.html
Task 6 - Watch the animation on states of matter - www.harcourtschool.com/activity/states_of_matter/index.html
Task 7 - Melting/heating experiment - www.harcourtschool.com/activity/hotplate/index.html
Task 8 - Read about Physical/Chemical Changes - nobel.scas.bcit.ca/chem0010/unit2/2.3_changes.htm#
Task 9 - Take the quiz and record your score - www.quia.com/quiz/303980.html
Feb 22 - All classes checked and scored DR 5-2. Class demonstration/discussion of physical and chemical properties and changes. Assignment - DR 5-3 Chemical Properties + Physical and Chemical Properties and Changes.
Feb 21 - First period was scrambled due to club pictures. All classes either worked on Friday's assignment (lots of students were absent on Friday) or read about chemical changes in the textbook. Third period proofed a Matter Webquest for possible later use in class.
Feb 20 - NO SCHOOL - President's Day
Feb 17 - Shortened schedule due to half day staff development. Class read Chapter 5 section 2 and worked on an assignment. Assignment - DR 5-2 Physical Properties.
Feb 16 - Introduction of physical properties. Some classes just discussed and one did the assignment.
Assignment - pg 165 q's 1-8.
Feb 15 - All classes met but were shortened and scrambled due to the Principal's Pride event happening this afternoon. All classes discussed Matter. Science progress reports will go home on 2/16.
Feb 14 - Classes were a bit scrambled today due to the HR/PL assembly. First period didn't happen, second period was shortened and third and fourth were intact. Classes that met had discussion on the new Matter vocabulary.
Feb 13 - Introduction to Matter: Assignment - Matter vocabulary (available under the printable pages tab).
Feb 10 -
County Post-test Assessment - Structures and Functions of Living Organisms
County Pretest Assessment - Matter: Properties and Change
Feb 9 - Read the 2 articles linked below to prepare for the final discussion on biotechnology. When you finish reading the articles go to the Glencoe site linked below and follow these directions. You will land at Unit 5, microbiology. Unit 5 has 5 chapters, 16-20. Do the self-check quizzes, chapter review quizzes and the standardized test practice for all 5 chapters. Work in the following order: Chapter 18, 19, 20, 16, 17.
glencoe.mheducation.com/sites/0078617898/student_view0/unit5/index.html
Article - NC Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals: edpnc.com/industries/biotech-pharmaceuticals/
Article - BIOSPACE - 10 Biotech Firms Rapidly Expanding in North Carolina -
www.biospace.com/News/10-biotech-firms-rapidly-expanding-in-north/384976
Feb 8 - Class discussion anchored by Biotechnology power-point (available under the printable pages tab).
Video - Turning Wastewater to Energy -
unctv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/c1281348-1bdf-413d-a9be-7dca0a2b2954/turning-wastewater-to-energy/
Video - What is a Genetically Modified Food? www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMPE5wlB3Zk
Video - Eyes of Nye - GMO Foods - www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z_CqyB1dQo
Video - Neil DeGrasse Tyson on GMO - www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNtCV67biBA
Feb 7 - Students stayed in 1st period all day due to Math Benchmark. We continued our discussion of Biotechnology. Warm-up Buzz Off scored and collected.
Feb 6 - Video - Heal, Feed, Sustain: How Biotechnology Can Help Save the World - www.ncabr.org/k12/biotechshortfilm/
Assignment - Companion sheet to Heal, Feed, Sustain: How Biotechnology Can Help Save the World.
Student work site - www.amnh.org/explore/ology/genetics
Feb 2 - Shortened schedule due to team viewing of the movie Animal Farm in the auditorium.
DR 2-3 scored and collected in 1st and 3rd period. Biotechnology introduced in those periods. Periods 2 and 4 needed additional time to finish yesterday's work, so they did this today.
Feb 2 - Second half of S/F vocab quiz.
Assignment - Warm-up - Buzz Off - www.readworks.org/get/234284 (Periods 1-3)
Assignment - Warm-up - Meet the Microbes - www.readworks.org/passages/meet-microbes (Period 4)
Feb 1 - QUIZ ON SECOND HALF OF S/F VOCAB TUESDAY 2/2.
Video - What is a fungus? - Naked Science Scrapbook - www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5rluxtABGA
Video - Fungi: Death Becomes Them - Crash Course Biology - www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4DUZhnNo4s
Assignment - DR 20-3 Fungi
Jan 31 - QUIZ ON SECOND HALF OF S/F VOCAB TUESDAY 2/2.
Review of diseases and protists. Disease Packet and DR 20-1 scored and collected.
Jan 27 - QUIZ ON SECOND HALF OF S/F VOCAB TUESDAY 2/2.
Class discussion on protists. Assignment - DR 20-1 Protists
Jan 26 - QUIZ ON SECOND HALF OF S/F VOCAB.
LAB - Kingdom Protista - Students viewed, read about, drew and answered questions about Kingdom Protista (Protozoa).
Jan 25 - QUIZ ON SECOND HALF OF S/F VOCAB TUESDAY 2/2.
Assignment - Infectious Disease Packet for classes that did not meet yesterday and continued work on the packet for those that did.
Class discussion on articles about antibiotic resistance and viruses jumping from animals to humans.
Jan 24 - Scrambled schedule due to LA assessment.
Classes that met: Assignment - Infectious Disease Packet
Jan 23 - Review and practice of S/F vocabulary 2nd half. Class discussion on articles about vaccines and genetic modification.
Companion assignment from Hunting the Nightmare Bacteria discussed and collected.
Jan 20 - Class discussion on the Amoeba Sisters Video Recap from 1/17.
DR 21-4 from 1/18 graded and collected.
Assignment - Warm-up - Penicillin: The Wonder Drug
Jan 19 - Article - A Superbug That Resisted 26 Antibiotics -
www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/01/17/510227493/a-superbug-that-resisted-26-antibiotics
Video - What causes antibiotic resistance? www.youtube.com/watch?v=znnp-Ivj2ek
Video -
Frontline - Hunting the Nightmare Bacteria - www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/hunting-the-nightmare-bacteria/
Assignment - Hunting the Nightmare Bacteria companion sheet.
Jan 18 - Video - NOVA - The 1918 Flu Pandemic - www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yV6uZSAeu8
Class discussion on infectious/noninfectious diseases and the difference between endemic, epidemic and pandemic.
Composition Books collected and 1st semester grade taken.
Assignment - DR 21-4 Disease
Jan 17 - Assignments from 1/11 and 1/12 discussed and reviewed.
Video - Virus Replication and the Common Cold - www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHp6iYDi9ko&feature=youtu.be
Assignment - Amoeba Sisters Video Recap of Viruses and the Mysterious Common Cold
Structures and Functions Vocabulary Part 1 Quiz given.
All students are now responsible for the 2nd half of Structures and Functions Vocabulary.
Jan 13 - QUIZ ON 1ST HALF OF STRUCTURES & FUNCTIONS VOCAB POSTPONED UNTIL TUESDAY 1/17/17.
Composition Book Entry - Could Smallpox Be Used As A Bio-terrorist Weapon? Explain your answer giving at least 2 (3rd period 3) supporting facts from the video. Minimum length of journal entry is 3 paragraphs (3rd period 5).
Video - Smallpox - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPUIILeDNaw
Jan 12 - Class discussion on viruses. Assignment - Working in groups students read, discussed and took notes from the North Carolina End-of-Grade Coach. They also completed the questions from lessons 46 - 49.
QUIZ ON 1st HALF OF STRUCTURES & FUNCTIONS VOCAB FRIDAY 1/13/17
Jan 11 - Assignment - Warm-up: Bacteria. Students added drawings and descriptions of 4 types of viruses to S/F notes.
QUIZ ON 1st HALF OF STRUCTURES & FUNCTIONS VOCAB FRIDAY 1/13/17
Jan 10 - Class read and discussed an article on Bioremediation.
Video - Using Bacteria to Clean Up Toxic Waste In California - www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXoz8xpwJbU
Video - Can Microbes Clean Up Our Oily Mess? - www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_HWlFzgQiM
Video - Oil Eating Bacteria Could Be A Solution to Spill Cleanups - www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPgLJrk0sGQ
Video - Old & Odd: Archae, Bacteria &Protists - www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAR47-g6tlA
QUIZ ON 1st HALF OF STRUCTURES & FUNCTIONS VOCAB FRIDAY 1/13/17
Jan 9 - DR 21-1 graded and collected. Class discussion on helpful bacteria.
QUIZ ON 1st HALF OF STRUCTURES & FUNCTIONS VOCAB FRIDAY 1/13/17
Jan 6 - Students added drawings and descriptions of 3 types of bacteria to S/F notes. Class discussion on
bacteria. Assignment - DR 21-1 Bacteria.
Jan 5 - Class discussion of yesterday's assignment. Grade taken on S/F vocab.
Composition Book Entry - Using at least 5 Structures and Functions vocabulary words compose a short (at least 3 paragraph) essay. Use your imagination to: discover a new bacteria, host a parasite, develop a new vaccine; save the world; survive a zombie apocalypse; stop a pandemic (you get the idea).
Jan 4 - Class discussion of yesterday's assignment. Continuation of S&F vocabulary.
Jan 3 - Video - Bill Nye the Science Guy - Germs- www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mO-3ogpc8M
Structures and Functions of Living Organisms Vocabulary (half today, half tomorrow; available under the printable pages tab)
Dec 20 - Signing Christmas cards for recovering service members. Holiday cheer.
Dec 19 - Video - The Magic School Bus Gets Planted - www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb2-A4V-jCk
Class project to design and produce cards for an ill child.
Dec 16 -
County Assessment Post-test - Molecular Biology
County Assessment Pretest - Structures and Functions of Living Organisms
Dec 15 - Progress reports were given out today. Yesterday's assignment was reviewed and discussed.
Photosyntheis Quiz - www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=block4-group3
P/S Quizlet - quizlet.com/54619021/photosynthesis-and-cellular-respiration-8th-grade-quiz-flash-cards/
Mitosis - www.softschools.com/quizzes/biology/mitosis/quiz2428.html
Mitosis/Meiosis www.quia.com/quiz/1170843.html?AP_rand=1454562226
Nutrition - www.ncagr.gov/cyber/kidswrld/nutrition/nutritionQuiz.html
Dec 14 - Due to Powerschool difficulities there are no progress reports today, hopefully tomorrow.
Assignment - Nutrients/Decision Making Packet.
Dec 13 - Brief review of photosynthesis and cellular respiration. Assignment - Energy and Matter for Cells and Human Health. Assignment reviewed and discussed in class.
Dec 12 - Class discussion on teen eating habits (Breakfast IS the most important meal of the day) and tobacco use.
Dec 9 - Yesterday's work discussed and scored. Molecular Biology vocab quiz given.
Dec 8 - Class discussion on nutrition.
Assignment - Chapter 5 Lesson 1 Questions 1-4, Lesson 2 Q's 1- 5 and pg 110 Q's 3,4,5,7 & 9.
Dec 7 - DR 18-3 discussed, graded and collected.
Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration tested today. Molecular biology vocab quiz on 12/9/16.
Dec 6 - Assignment - Amoeba Sisters Meiosis Companion Sheet
Video - Amoeba Sisters - Meiosis www.youtube.com/watch?v=toWK0fIyFlY
Assignment - DR 18-3 The Cell Cycle
Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration will be tested on 12/7/16. Molecular biology vocab quiz on 12/9/16.
Dec 5 - Class discussion on mitosis and meiosis. Assignment - Amoeba Sisters Mitosis Companion Sheet
Video - Amoeba Sisters - Mitosis www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-ldPgEfAHI
Video - Crash Course Science - Cellular Respiration
Photosynthesis and cellular respiration will be tested on 12/7/16. Molecular biology vocab quiz on 12/9/16.
Dec 2 - DR-2 checked and discussed, grade taken. Two page mastery packet on Photosynthesis/Cellular Respiration discussed for understanding and accuracy.
Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration will be tested 12/7/16. Molecular biology vocab quiz on 12/9/16.
Video - Crash Course Science - Photosynthesis www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQK3Yr4Sc_k
Dec 1 - Assignment - Two page mastery packet on Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration.
Nov 30 - Assignment - DR 18-2 Cell Energy.
Nov 29 - Class discussion on the Molecular Biology Vocabulary (with hints and mnenomic devices to help the students master the equations and diagram).
Nov 28 - Assignment - Molecular Biology Vocabulary (found under the printable pages tab). Students drew a diagram of photosynthesis and cellular respiration from their testbook. They combined pages 532 (photosynthesis equationa), 533 (cellular respiration equation) and 534 (the structures and sequence for both photosynthesis and cellular respiration. (Both the vocabulary and the equations/drawingwill be quizzed).
Nov 24 & 25 - THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
Nov 23 - Scrambled schedule due to an AVID presentation by NBHS guidance staff. Half day early dismissal.
Nov 22 -
County Assessment Post-Test - Evolution and Genetics
County Assessment Pretest - Molecular Biology
Nov 21 - Plate Tectonics, Evolution and Genetics Review for tomorrow's benchmark assessment.
Nov. 18 - LAB - Natural Selection
Nov. 17 - Binomial Nomenclature Race - A STEM Team Building Activity (first half of the period)
Assignment - Biological Classification casimir.tusd.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=exOezFoMla4=
(second half of the period)
Nov. 16 - Class discussion on Taxonomy with Taxonomy power-point (available under the printable pages tab).
Video - Crash Course Biology - Taxonomy: Life's Filing System www.youtube.com/watch?v=F38BmgPcZ_I
Nov. 15 - Assignment - A Bird With Many Beaks.
Natural Selection Vocabulary Quiz
Nov. 14 - Video - Natural Selection and the Rock Pocket Mouse www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjeSEngKGrg
Composition Book Entry - In your composition book answer the following questions about the Rock Pocket Mouse video: 1. Define Mutation; (the following directions apply for the next 3 questions. Are the statements True or False? Justify your answer in 1 or 2 sentences.) 2. Mutations are caused by selective pressure in the environment. 3. The same mutation could be an advantage in some environments and a detriment in others.
4. The appearance of dark colored volcanic rock caused the mutation for black fur to appear in the Rock Pocket Mouse population.
Natural Selection vocabulary quiz on 11/15/16.
Nov 10 - Video - What Darwin Never Knew www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOHzY1fuOz4
The entire 8th grade assembled in the auditorium for the video that tied together our study of Evolution and Natural Selection. Natural Selection vocabulary quiz 11/15/16.
Nov 9 - Assignment catch-up day. Students missing assignments had the opportunity to do make-up work. Multiple assignments were reviewed and checked for clarity and understanding. We reviewed for the Natural Selection vocabulary quiz on 11/15/16.
Nov 8 - Scrambled schedule due to Math Benchmark. All classes met briefly. We discussed the Chapter 16 Test and reviewed for the Natural Selection quiz on Tuesday 11/15/16.
Nov 7- Natural Selection - Peppered Moth www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf-mOCN7rUU
Video - Crash Course Biology - Natural Selection www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTftyFboC_M
Assignment - Naturally Selected to Survive.
Nov 4 - Video - Your Inner Monkey (the third of a three part PBS documentary showing the transition from fish to amphibian to reptile to mammal). www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/episode-3-your-inner-monkey
Assignment - Your Inner Monkey Student Companion Sheet. Finish the back before next Tuesday.
Nov 3 - Scrambled schedule due to Math 1 Benchmark. We viewed and discussed videos from the Stated Clearly series and students chose one or more inter-active from the list below to manipulate and explore Natural Selection.
Videos - Stated Clearly: What Exactly is a Gene? statedclearly.com/videos/what-is-a-gene/
What is Evolution? statedclearly.com/videos/what-is-evolution/
What is Natural Selection? statedclearly.com/videos/what-is-natural-selection/
Evolution Inter-actives:
www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/extinction/dinosaurs/index.html
unctv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/lsps07.sci.ife.evo.buildafish/build-a-fish/
peppermoths.weebly.com/
Nov 2 - Continuation of class discussion on Monday's assignment. Brief power-point game on Embryology contained in the Evidence of Evolution II power-point (located under the printable pages tab) and visuals of vestigial structures contained in the Evidence of Evolution I power-point (located under the printable pages tab).
Video - Stated Clearly: What is DNA and How Does it Work? statedclearly.com/videos/what-is-dna/
Assignment - When Fish First Walked (Students are to give the letter and answer for questions 1-7, write at least 1 sentence for questions 8-9 and at least 2 sentences for question 10).
Nov 1 - Class discussion on the Your Inner Reptile. Class discussion on yesterday's assignment. Brief power-point on Analogous/Homologous Structures (located under the printable pages tab).
Oct 31 - Composition Book Entry: In at least 5-7 sentences (if not more) complete the following entry.
According to the video "Your Inner Reptile" describe at least two bodily structures or developments that allowed reptiles to colonize land.
Assignment: Prepare 24 new vocabulary words for the unit on Natural Selection. (The file is at the printable pages tab labeled Natural Selection).
Oct 28 - Chapter 16 TEST.
Oct 27 - Video - Your Inner Reptile (the second of a three part PBS documentary showing the transition from fish to amphibian to reptile to mammal). www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/episode-2-your-inner-reptile
Assignment - Your Inner Reptile Student Companion Sheet. Finish the back before next Tuesday.
Oct 26 - DR 16-2 graded and collected. Chapter 16 Study Guide discussed and reviewed. Students used the Buckle Down and Coach workbooks to review for the test on Friday.
Oct 25 - Scrambled schedule due to Language Arts Benchmark testing. All classes met except 3rd period. Students worked on yesterday's assignment and reviewed for Friday's test.
Oct 24 - Class discussion on the three types of geologic collisions. Students prepared a graphic organizer and posted on the whiteboard for all to see. Assignment - DR 16-2 The Theory of Plate Tectonics and Chapter 16 Study Guide (Study Guide for Friday's test).
Oct 21 - Video - Your Inner Fish (the first of a three part PBS documentary showing the transition from fish to amphibian to reptile to mammal). - www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/episode-1-your-inner-fish
Assignment - Your Inner Fish Student Companion Sheet. Finish the back and draw the reptile to mammal transitional animal before next Monday .
This is the intro to biological evolution and our segue from geological evolution.
Oct 20 - LAB - A Model of Three Faults.
Oct 19 - DR 16-3 checked and collected. Plate Tectonics Graphic Organizer posted on whiteboard for all to see and revise their own. Students grouped up and prepared answer sheets for tomorrow's plate tectonics lab.
Video Clip(s) - some classes had time for one and others had time for two.
Alfred Wegener and the Continental Drift www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEh4B1Pv8YE
Continental Drift www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5q8hzF9VVE
Oct 18 - Assignment - DR 16-3 Deforming the Earth's Crust and Plate Tectonics Graphic Organizer.
Oct 17 - DR 16-1 checked and collected and Earthly Anagrams discussed. Class discussion on Normal, Reverse and Strike-slip faults as well as uplift and subsidence. Last physical step in prep for plate tectonics lab.
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Oct 11 - 14 School closed due to complications from Hurricane Matthew.
Oct 10 - No School. Columbus Day.
Oct 7 - Early Dismissal/Staff Development.
Assignment - Continuation of prep for next week's lab. Assignment - Earthly Anagrams.
Oct 6 - Class discussion on seafloor spreading and magnetic reversals. Assignment - Prep-work for next week's lab. Assignment - DR 16-1 Restless Continents.
Oct 5 - Assignment - Warm-up Slow and Steady. Class discussion on Chapter 16 vocabulary and Alfred Wegener.
Video Clip - Continental Drift: Alfred Wegener Song by the Amoeba People
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1-cES1Ekto&playnext=1&list=PLE0CF2FB519512F20&feature=results_main&safe=active
Oct 4 - Introduction to Plate Tectonics. Video - Bill Nye the Science Guy - Earthquakes
Assignment: Chapter 16 Vocab 1-12
Oct 3 -
County Assessment Post-test: Earth History
County Assessment Pre-test: Evolution and Genetics
Sept 30 - Chapter 15 Test
Sept 29 -Students went online to practice for tomorrow's test :
Earth History Quiz - www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=mr-chapter-15-earth-history-test
Geologic Time Quiz - www.glencoe.com/qe/science.php?qi=280
Sept 28 - Assignment - Chapter Review. Kagan Structure SuHuPuQQT with review questions in preparation for Friday's test.
Video clip - Crash Course Ecology - The History of Life on Earth
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjE-Pkjp3u4#t=4.429368
Students went online to practice for Friday's test: Glencoe Self-check quizzes - Chapters 3 & 4
glencoe.mheducation.com/sites/0078617898/student_view0/self-check_quizzes.html
Students went online to practice for Friday's test: Glencoe Standardized Test Prep - Chapters 3 & 4
glencoe.mheducation.com/sites/0078617898/student_view0/standardized_test_practice.html
Sept 27 - Kagan Structure Stand Up-Hand Up-Pair Up Quiz-Quiz-Trade (SuHuPuQQT) with review questions in preparation for Friday's test. Grade taken on DR 15-4 and 15-5.
Video clip - How ice cores allow researchers to look at global climate change.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKVqEnFVSCU
Sept 26 - Class discussion on the Geologic Time Scale with comprehensive Earth History (8.E.2) power-point slides 64-95 (available under the printable pages tab, it's the first entry). Assignment - DR 15-5 Time Marches On.
Sept 23 - Continuation of class discussion on fossils. Assignment: DR 15-4 Looking at Fossils. Continuation of hands on with fossils from teacher's personal collection.
Sept 22 - Class discussion on two articles about mass extinctions to introduce fossils. Video: Bill Nye the Science Guy - Fossils. Hands on with various fossils from teacher's personal collection.
Sept 21 - Review of Relative Dating and Absolute Dating.
Composition Book Entry: In 3 paragraphs compare and contrast Relative and Absolute Dating. Use the word list provided: relative dating, older/younger, superposition, unconformity, geologic column, index fossil, absolute dating, radiometric dating, half-life, isotope and parent/daughter.
Video clips showing absolute dating:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=phZeE7Att_s
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kcuz1JiMk9k
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRW-ATOUJus
Sept 20 - Grade taken on DR 15-3. Chapter 15 Vocabulary Quiz given.
Sept 19 - Class discussion on Absolute dating (age) with comprehensive Earth History (8.E.2) power-point slides 45-53 and 60 (available under printable pages tab, it's the first entry).
Assignment - DR 15-3 Absolute Dating + Vocabulary Activity (to help practice for tomorrow's quiz).
Sept 16 - Assigned Class computers. Made sure all students can log in to Schoolnet.
County Assessment Pretest: Earth History.
Vocabulary practice for Quiz on 9/20 at Quizlet website:
quizlet.com/128058923/the-rock-and-fossils-record-chapter-review-flash-cards/
Sept 15 - Rock Layer Puzzle analyzed and discussed. Grade taken on DR 15-2. Absolute dating introduced.
Sept 14 - Continuation of discussion on unconformities. Assignment - Dr 15-2 + Rock Layer Puzzle
Sept 13 - Class discussion on relative dating and unconformities (gaps in the rock record). Video clips showing types of unconformities and faults:
www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es1103/es1103page01.cfm
www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es2902/es2902page01.cfm
www.wwnorton.com/college/geo/egeo2/content/animations/10_4.htm
9/12 - Students (Working in groups) read and discussed book passages about uniformitarianism, castrophism and paleontology. Assignment - Chapter 15 Section 1, Section Review Q's 1-5.
Sept 9 - Video: How the earth was made - Grand Canyon (a brief overview of the land building/destruction that has shaped our Earth).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMLPbRKdvSw
Sept 8 - Class discussion on radiometric dating and the geologic time scale.
Sept 7 - Class discussion on how Uniformitarianism and Catastrophism contribute to the understanding of Modern Geology. Paleontology and Relative Dating were also introduced.
Sept 6 - All students were instructed in how to set-up their paper for class assignments.
Assignment - Chapter 15 Vocabulary 1-23. Students prepared vocabulary for study and discussion purposes.
Sept 2 - (Abbreviated schedule due to inclement weather.) All classes went to the Science Lab to review safety procedures and equipment. Assignment - Safety Contract (get it signed by the student's responsible adult).
Sept 1 - Class icebreaker - How well do you know your candy? Homeroom students received Powerschool Log-in information.
August 31 - Assignment - The Language of Science.
August 30 - Worked through the 2016-2017 GCF Student Handbook and did a class icebreaker.
August 29 - Went over class rules and worked through the 2016-2017 Craven County Schools Handbook.
Handbook:
www.craven.k12.nc.us/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Student-Handbook-2016-17.July-29-Final.pdf