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Thursday, February 21st, 2019
Do Now: 1. Do you have any building supplies to check in? 2. Get your Penguin Group Folder AND pick up ONE paper for Shelterless testing for your group. Start filling out the top portion. (At your desks, not at tables yet.) Shelterless Penguin testing today! Homework: Bring in shelter-building supplies by Friday 2/22! |
Wednesday, February 20th, 2019
Do Now: Early Dismissal Schedule Today! 1. Do you have any building supplies to check in? 2. Take a look at the "Penguin Shelter Test Environment." Make an estimate of how many minutes a shelterless penguin will survive in this model of a South African penguin habitat. Write today's date in your Do Now section, and record this #. 3. (except period 1) Have you put your completed Penguin Research in the class inbox to be checked in? Shelterless Penguin testing day delayed until tomorrow- but setup today! What are the dangers to our penguins? WANTED: Penguin Enemies Homework: Bring in shelter-building supplies by Friday 2/22! |
Friday, February 15th, 2019
Do Now: 1. Take out your Insulators/Conductors HW to be checked/collected. 2. With a classmate, come up with an example each: Conduction, Convection, Radiation. Make sure you can explain WHY your example is that type of heat transfer. 3. Or, take out your notes and study! Quiz today! Today's Goals: Thermal Energy Show what you know about: Thermal Energy. QUIZ TODAY! Save the Penguins INDIVIDUAL Materials Brainstorm IF STILL TIME: meet with your team and look over the WANTED: Penguin Enemies slides. Homework: Group Application (form- in Google Classroom) due at midnight tonight Bring in shelter-building supplies by Friday 2/22! Have an AMAZING long weekend! |
Thursday, February 13th, 2019
Do Now: 1. On your Do Now page, write today's date and answer the following: "True or False: The goal of our shelters is to make our penguins colder." Today's Goals: Save the Penguins Research JIGSAW DAY! Meet with your mixed team to share background info on PENGUINS and CLIMATE Then, grade your peers on how well they communicated their research. Finally, fill out the Teammate Selection Form (digital) Honors Research HERE Honor Peer/Self Grading- check G.Classroom Homework: Group Application (form- in Google Classroom) STUDY! QUIZ TOMORROW! THERMAL ENERGY QUIZ, Friday February 15th Study Guide HERE |
Wednesday, February 13th, 2019
Do Now: Delayed Opening Schedule Today! 1. On your Do Now page, write today's date and answer the following: "If I could choose only one thing/material to protect an ice cube penguin from melting in a warm room, it would be ______ because __________." Save the Penguins Project Details Save the Penguins- Background Research Jigsaw Honors Version HERE Homework: Finishing reading your assigned Penguins Research Article, if you didn't in class! Next Quiz: THERMAL ENERGY QUIZ, Friday February 15th Study Guide HERE |
Monday, February 11th, 2019
Do Now: 2. Get a colored pencil from the round table (any color!) What is the difference between an insulator and a conductor? What is happening to the heat energy trying to pass through these two different types of materials? Homework: Next Quiz: THERMAL ENERGY QUIZ, Wednesday February 13th Study Guide HERE |
Friday, February 8th, 2019
Do Now: Be ready to start the exam as soon as the bell rings! 1. Are you ready? It is MIDTERM day!!! Take out your notes and study. 2. Get a chromebook, log in to Google Classroom. Today's Goals: Science 8 Midterm 1. Complete the multiple choice section of the midterm (in google classroom). 2. Complete the open-ended section on paper. 3. When you are done, pick up a TETPx (Thermal Energy Practice) worksheet and complete it. Finish that too? Work on something for another class. Homework: TETPx Worksheet will be checked on Monday. Next Quiz: THERMAL ENERGY QUIZ, Wednesday February 13th Study Guide HERE |
Thursday, February 7th, 2019
Do Now: 1. Take out your Heat Transfer Review HW to be checked/discussed. 2. Take out your midterm study guide. Take out your notebook. 3. Take a sticky note from the front counter. On it, write your name, 1. a topic on the midterm you are confident about, 2. a topic on the midterm you are nervous about. Safety/Astronomy/Foundations of Matter/Changes in Matter What do you know? What do you need help with? Let's review and prepare- Our midterm is TOMORROW (Friday). Homework: STUDY! Midterm is TOMORROW! Sci 8 Midterm SG Answer Key is HERE Next Quiz: THERMAL ENERGY QUIZ, Wednesday February 13th Study Guide HERE |
Wednesday, February 6th, 2019
Do Now: 1. On your Do Now page, write today's date and respond to the following: Your grandma says: I knitted you some mittens- they will make you warmer! Correct her statement, and explain why. Today's Goals: Thermal Energy HOW HEAT MOVES. Let's investigate and model the three ways heat can transfer. Homework: Heat Transfer Review HW due tomorrow! Science 8 Midterm Study Guide. Midterm is Friday 2/8/19. Part K-M due Thurs 2/7 ANSWER KEYS POSTED IN GOOGLE CLASSROOM Next Quiz: THERMAL ENERGY QUIZ, Wednesday February 13th Study Guide HERE |
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