8th Grade Science Interactive Notebook Set-up
Homework Title(s)
Warm Up:Write out questions, charts, diagrams
AND your responses!!!
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Homework: Homework assignments should always be written here, as the title AND in your agenda!
Date A-DayDate B-Day
Inside Cover of Notebook
Keep This Page Blank!!!!
Keep This Page Blank!!!!
Prospectus Page
Tape 8th Grade Science Prospectus Here
Warm Up:Write out questions, charts, diagrams
AND your responses!!!
Page #
Homework: Homework assignments should always be written here, as the title AND in your agenda!
Reflection: Summary of activities from class lesson. What did you do? Learn? What questions do you have?
Date A-DayDate B-Day
Classwork TitlesThis will tell you what we are doing in class and what we
plan to accomplish in today’s lesson
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Date A-DayDate B-Day
Page Set-Up Expectations
Topic Title
Study and Sign ProspectusReview and Sign Lab Safety Contract
Have Parent Sign Contract and Prospectus
Page S1
Homework: 1. Study and Sign Prospectus (Quiz Friday)2. Have Parent Sign Contract and Prospectus3. Review and Sign Lab Safety Contract
Monday, August 27, 2012Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Science Introduction and ExpectationsReview Prospectus
Lab Safety Rules/Activity
Page S2
Warm Up:Hopes and Fears: List something that you hope will happen this year in science and something that you may be nervous about.
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Monday, August 27, 2012Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Lab Skills Vocab. And Lab Report Format
Warm Up: 1. What is the procedure for making up late assignments? 2. What are the three most important things to bring to science each day? 3. What are the first three things that you are supposed to do when you arrive to science class each day? ***If you finish all these questions, review your prospectus to prepare for quiz.
Page 1
Homework: Written reflection of what you did in class and what you learned today.
Wednesday, August 29, 2012Thursday, August 30, 2012
Lab Skills Vocab. and Lab Report Format
Page 2
Monday, August 29, 2012Tuesday, August 30, 2012
1. Hypothesis2. Independent variable3. Dependent variable 4. Constant5. Evidence6. Data7. Qualitative Observation 8. Quantitative Observation9. Prediction10. Inference
Define the following words using the handbook in the back of your textbook. (pgs R1 – R35) or the workbook.
Lab Report Parts and Practice Grading
Warm Up: 1. Copy and organize the steps of the scientific method in correct order ____ organize data ____ write hypothesis ____ identify problem ____ conclusion ____ do the experiment ____ observe what happens ____ get background information
Page 3
Homework: 1. Study your lab vocabulary quiz!
Friday, August 31, 2012Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Lab Report Practice
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Lab Report Practice
How Much Water Can a Coin Hold?
•Groups of 4•Work as a team to investigate this question.•Each student needs to record their own data in their notebook. •After lab completion, each student will independently write a lab report documenting this lab.•We will grade the lab report during the last 10 min. of class
Friday, August 31, 2012Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Warm Up:What types of changes and cycles are happening on our planet that change earth’s surface, atmosphere, and waters?
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Homework: 1. Create your own diagram showing the types and rocks and processes that change rock type.2. Read 1.1 A and answer summary Qs 1 – 3 ( P. 13A)
Wednesday, September 5, 2012Thursday, September 6, 2012
Lab Vocabulary QuizRock Cycle and Erosion
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012Thursday, September 6, 2012
Create your own Rock DiagramRead 1.1 A from text and answer Q 1-3
Rock Cycle Notes
ROCK CYCLE PRE-ASSESSMENT1. What is a cycle?2. Name at least 2 of the 3 main rock types.3. Which rock type forms in layers?4. Which rock type is formed when one rock
changes into another?5. What forces cause rocks to change type?6. In which rock type are fossils found?7. Which 2 parts of earth make up the
lithosphere?
Warm Up:1. Name the three types of rocks AND describe how each is formed
a. ___________ - ______________________
b. ___________ - _______________________
c. ____________ - _____________________
2. In which rock type would you expect to find the fossils? Why?
3. Where would you expect to find the most recent fossils? Why?
Page 7
Homework: Handout (both sides) - “ Determining Which is Older” (color code rocks) and “Creating a Rock Sequence”
Friday, September 7, 2012Monday, September 10, 2012
Law of Superposition / Relative Ages of Rocks Activity
Page 8
Friday, September 7, 2012Monday, September 10, 2012
Rock Layers Diagram
Law of Superposition - layers (strata) that are younger will be deposited on top of layers that are olderRelative Age – the age of an object in relation to another object
•If undisturbed, oldest on the bottom and youngest on the top
Unconformity - a buried erosion surface separating two rock masses or strata of different ages (a missing rock layer due to erosion)
Law of Superposition continued
Movement of Tectonic plates• Can bend layers like a taco• Faults – a break in earth’s crust where rock slips past
anotherIntrusion – magma that has forced its way through existing
rock layers
Fossils and Sedimentary Rocks• Fossils – a trace of once living organisms
- found in sedimentary rock• Index fossils – known age / used to determine relative
age of rock layers
Relative Ages of Rocks Activity
• Part 1: How do rock layers change as they are bent?
• Part 2: How do rock layers change when they split or crack apart?
• Part 3: How can features on Earth be affected by rocks shifting?
What have you learned today?
1. When studying an undisturbed rock core, how do you know which is the oldest and youngest rock layer?
2. When might the youngest layer in sedimentary rock not be on the top?
3. Can you determine the exact age of rock by studying layer positions?
4. Use what you have learned today to write a definition for relative age.
Warm Up: 1.When studying an undisturbed rock core, how do you know which is the oldest and youngest rock layer?2.When might the youngest layer in sedimentary rock not be on the top?3.Can you determine the exact age of rock by studying layer positions?
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Homework: 1. Answer Questions and Create Graph from Radioactive Activity
***Check my webpage for Study Topics for test next class!!!
Radioactive Dating, Half Life and Absolute Age Notes“Sweet” Radioactive Simulation
Page 10
Tuesday, September 11, 2012Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Complete Radioactive Dating Activity Graph and Questions
**Please have your Determining Which is Older worksheet out so I can check it.
Tuesday, September 11, 2012Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Page 11
Homework: Finish Questions from Index Fossil Activity
Index Fossil and Rock Layers ActivityUnit Test – Rock Cycle and Rock Ages
Pre-assessment: Geologic Time
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Thursday, September 13, 2012Friday, September 14, 2012
Finish Questions from Index Fossil Activity
Thursday, September 13, 2012Friday, September 14, 2012
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Warm Up: A rock was found an placed in a Gieger Counter. It appears to be 12.5% radioactive . A scientist did some research and found it’s half-life is 5,000 years. How old is this rock?
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Order from Youngest to Oldest:
Warm Up:Identify whether each statement is an example of Relative or Absolute dating. What evidence did you use for your answer?
1) Billy was born on February 2, 1999.2) I started the Eighth Grade.3)The Law of Superposition4) The Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776.5) Dinosaurs lived before humans.
Page 13
Homework: 1. Study your notes2. Textbook pg. 72A #22, 25, 26
Monday, September 17, 2012Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Geologic Time Scale Notes:
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Monday, September 17, 2012Tuesday, September 18, 2012
The Earth is approx. 4.6 BY oldThat’s 4,600,000,000 years old…
This estimate is based on the absolute dating of meteorite materials found on Earth.
Because of the extreme length of Earth’s history, scientists have divided its history into Eons, Eras, Periods, and Epochs.
Study Notes and Textbook Pg 72 Questions
Warm Up: Use the diagram on 73A for Questions 1-5.
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Homework: 1. Read 2.3 of Unit A in textbook and Answer Questions 1-3
District Formative Earth Science Argumentation
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012Thursday, September 20, 2012
Read 2.3 of Unit A in textbook and Answer Questions 1-3
Wednesday, September 19, 2012Thursday, September 20, 2012
Warm Up:Answer the following questions in your notebook.1.) What is the Greenhouse effect?
2.)Are Global Warming and the Greenhouse Effect the same? Why or why not?
**Use your textbook if you need to.
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Homework: 1. Pg. 51A answer questions #1-52. Study for quiz (use study guide)
Friday, September 21 2012Monday, September 24, 2012
Evidence of Climate Change:
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Friday, September 21, 2012Monday, September 24, 2012
Evidences of Climate Change:
•Scientists use ICE CORES and TREE RINGS to examine the history of Earth’s climate.
•Scientists can use observations and data from the past to predict future climate changes.
Pg. 51A answer questions #1-5 and Study for quiz