science

Week 15: JAN 4-5 (Remote & In-Person Together!)

OBJECTIVES:

• Investigate what thermal radiation is, where it comes from and how it transfers.

• Identify materials that absorb more thermal energy than they emit.

DO NOW: Follow the links on Classroom to #15.1 and #15.2. Please do these two assignments as soon as class begins while I take attendance.

AGENDA:

• Together:

  • #15.1 Convection Check-In

  • #15.2 Camping Trip Probe.

  • If you finish the two agenda items above, you can do the first two steps of #15.5 below!

  • Lava lamp demo & convection review

  • #15.3 Class Notes: Thermal Radiation

• Independent Work:

  • #15.4 Reading Notes: Radiation, Winds, Ocean Currents

  • #15.5 Gizmo: Heat Absorption

DUE DATES: Please complete #15.3 through #15.5 before Wednesday's ½ day remote class.

Week 14: DEC 21-22 (Remote & In-Person Together!)

OBJECTIVES:

• Continue to investigate the formation of convection currents.

• Predict the movement of a fluid based upon changes in density by heating and cooling.

DO NOW: Follow the link on Classroom to the #14.5 Convection Practice on Canvas. Please complete it and check your answers while attendance is being taken. If you finish early, please review the assignments that I've shared answer keys to in Classroom.

AGENDA:

• What questions do you still have about...?

  • #13.2 (see #14.4 for answer keys)

  • #14.3 Convection Video & Reading Notes

  • #14.2 Convection Lab #1

• #14.6 Convection Lab #2

• 10-minute mask and screen-free break! 😷📵

• #14.7 Convection Cells Gizmo

• #14.8 Heat Transfer Summary Chart

DUE DATES: Please complete #14.6 before Wednesday's Remote Half-Day, and complete #14.7 and #14.8 before you leave for the Winter Break! Wednesday's half day will be a time that you can choose to either A) use 30 minutes to finish up these assignments or B) play a fun Kahoot! review game together with others who have already finished their work.

Week 14: DEC 17-18 (Remote & In-Person Together!)

OBJECTIVES:

• Know in which direction heat transfers

• Define (and describe examples of) convection

• Explain how a convection current moves heat

• Be able to apply knowledge of convection to real-life situations

AGENDA:

• #14.1 Conduction Check-In — (5 question) check-in on Conduction. This will "count" only if you do well on it! Once you've submitted it, you should be able to view the correct answers.

If you finish the #14.1 check-in, please use #14.4 to review your answers to the #13.2 Conduction Reading & Notes assignment. Once everyone is at a good stopping-point, we'll move on with the agenda.

• #14.2 Convection Lab #1 — A virtual experiment on EdPuzzle with a Google Doc data table for you to record your observations in

• #14.3 Convection Video & Reading Notes — a 1-page reading with a note-taking template & 3 questions for you to complete)

• #14.4 Check & Correct #13.2 — Answer keys for #13.2 are attached. If you can't edit your #13.2 Google Doc, you may need to make a copy. You may also simply take notes in your lab notebook on any questions that you missed.

DUE DATES: Please complete #14.1 through #14.4 before your next class next week.

Week 13: DEC 10-16

OBJECTIVES:

• Define heat transfer and conduction,

• Be able to apply knowledge of conduction to real-life situations

• Know in which direction heat transfers

• Define thermal conductor and thermal insulator and give examples of each

AGENDA:

• [On your in-person day] #13.Q Week 13 Quiz — Temperature and Phase Changes

• Use your in-person and remote class periods to complete the following assignments this week:

  • Due before Monday:

    • #13.2 Reading Notes: Heat Transfer & Conduction

    • #13.3 Class Notes: Heat Transfer & Conduction

  • Due before Wednesday:

    • #13.1 How does thermal energy move to heat your home?

    • #13.4 Virtual Experiments: Conductometer and Melting Ice

    • #13.5 Conduction Gizmo

NOTE: Dec 17-22, plan on a short (10 minute) check-in that will cover the learning objectives listed above.

Week 12 (continued): DEC 7-8 (Remote & In-Person Together!)

OBJECTIVES: Read/interpret heating/cooling curves in order to explain the effect that thermal energy has on the phase of matter of a substance.

AGENDA:

1. #12.5 Check & Correct #11.1, 12.3, and 12.4

2. #12.6 Phase Change Practice

3. #12.7 Make a review page for the Week 13 Quiz

DUE DATES: Please complete #12.5 through #12.7 before Wednesday's ½ day, which will be devoted to reviewing all things related to temperature and phase changes.

NOTE: Please plan on a slightly longer quiz during Week 13 (DEC 10-15) on your in-person day. The quiz will cover these learning objectives related to temperature, thermal energy, and phase changes.

Week 12: DEC 3-4 (Remote & In-Person Together!)

OBJECTIVES: Read/interpret heating/cooling curves in order to explain the effect that thermal energy has on the phase of matter of a substance.

DO NOW: Open kahoot.it in Safari so we can play a game together first. (You'll want to have Safari & Zoom set up in split screen if you're remote.)

AGENDA:

1. Together (1st half of class): Kahoot! Review

2. Mask break!

3. Independent Work Time (2nd half of class)

   • #12.1 Check and correct #10.r2

   • #12.2 The Phases of Matter (more review questions)

   • #12.3 Boiling Point Lab Analysis Questions

   • #12.4 Reading a Heating/Cooling Curve

DUE DATES: Please complete #12.1 through #12.4 before our next class (either Monday or Tuesday, depending on your cohort).

NOTE: Please plan on a slightly longer quiz during Week 13 (DEC 10-15) on your in-person day. The quiz will cover these learning objectives related to temperature, thermal energy, and phase changes.

Week 11: DEC 1-2

AGENDA:

1. Nearpod notes on Phase Changes (see material #11.2 on Classroom if you want to review today's nearpod).

2. #11.1 Phases of Matter Reading and Notes

DUE DATES: Please complete #11.1 by the end of the day on Wednesday, 12/2

Week 10: NOV 19-24 Performance Expectation ➝ PS1-4 Thermal Energy and Particle Motion

Develop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed.

• Describe what happens to when a substance freezes and boils

Week 9: NOV 18 Remote Agenda (Half-day)

AGENDA:

1. Science Practice spotlight: Analyzing and Interpreting Data

2. Demo & explore: Using Desmos to analyze some sample data and generate graphs

3. If time remains: Work on CER

DUE DATES: Please complete your CER (#09.i3) by the due date specified on the assignment.

Week 9: NOV 12-18 Performance Expectation ➝ PS1-4 Thermal Energy and Particle Motion

Develop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed.

Week 8: NOV 5-10 Performance Expectation ➝ PS1-4 Thermal Energy and Particle Motion

Develop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed.

NOV 3 Remote Agenda (Half Day)

OBJECTIVES:

1. Students will be able to explain, on the molecular level, that heating and cooling affect molecular motion.

AGENDA:

• Period 6, Cohort B only — Complete #07.r3 Matter & Energy Reading/Markup before Wednesday's (Nov 4) class

• All Other Periods — Molecules in Motion Nearpod & Experiment

DUE DATES:

• Complete all assignments that start with #07.r and #07.i before the end of the day on Thursday.

OCT 28 Agenda

NOTE: During your next in-person class (October 29 - November 4) there will be a short quiz that will assess your ability to do the following

• Make measurements of length and volume that include estimated digits.

• Determining the volume of an object using LxWxH and by liquid displacement

• Calculate the density of an object when given its mass and volume

• Determine whether an object will float or sink in a given liquid, based on the object & liquid density

TODAY'S FOCUS: Making Precise Measurements and Calculating Density

TODAY'S OBJECTIVES:

• Make precise measurements of length and volume

• Determine the volume of an irregularly shaped object using the liquid displacement method

• Use precise measurements of mass and volume to determine the density of an irregularly shaped object

• Ask scientific questions about a natural phenomenon

TODAY'S AGENDA:

1. Density Review

2. Time in breakout rooms to finish last week's #06.r4 The Question Formulation Technique (related to the Railway Tank Car phenomenon you observed).

3. Add your group's "3 most important" scientific questions (from the Question Formulation Technique worksheet) to the Padlet that I emailed you!

OCT 26-27 Agenda

NOTE: During your next in-person class (October 29 - November 4) there will be a short quiz that will assess your ability to do the following

• Make measurements of length and volume that include estimated digits.

• Determining the volume of an object using LxWxH and by liquid displacement

• Calculate the density of an object when given its mass and volume

• Determine whether an object will float or sink in a given liquid, based on the object & liquid density

TODAY'S FOCUS: Making Precise Measurements

TODAY'S OBJECTIVES:

• Make precise measurements of length and volume

• Determine the volume of an irregularly shaped object using the liquid displacement method

• Use precise measurements of mass and volume to determine the density of an irregularly shaped object

TODAY'S AGENDA:

1. Mindfulness Meditation

2. #06.5 Check and correct your work from last week, using the red links to answer keys that have been added to each assignment's directions. No need to resubmit your work after checking/correcting, but do make a note of any questions you still have after reviewing the answer keys.

3. Complete Challenges #06.6 through #06.9. The more you can complete before this Wednesday's half day, the more prepared you will be to ask questions about anything you're still unclear about!

DUE DATES: Before your next in-person class, complete #06.5 through #06.9. The more you can complete before this Wednesday's half day, the more prepared you will be to ask questions about anything you're still unclear about!

OCT 8-16 Agenda

This Week's Focus: Density and Measurement

OBJECTIVES: There is a list of this week's learning objectives on the first page of your blue Density and Measurement Packet, and learning objectives are listed in the directions for each of the assignments below.

Your Assignment, due by the end of the day on Friday., 10/16 is to complete your blue packet*

* You can skip page 14, comparing Mass and Weight

On Google Classroom, I've broken this down into bite-sized chunks, which you can see in more detail in your Classwork tab. Those chunks are:

1. #04.1 Measurement Practice

2. #04.2 Gizmo: Measuring Volume

3. #04.3 Edpuzzle: Density

4. #04.4 Density Reading and Questions

5. #04.5 Gizmos: “Density” and “Slice and Dice”

6. #04.6 Density Practice

(If it's helpful to have some incremental deadlines, I would recommend trying to complete #1 and 2 by the end of this week, and complete #3 and 4 before next Thursday.)

I will add answer keys to each assignment's directions as we progress through the week.

As you can see, I'm trying something different, and posting the entire week's sequence of activities I'd like you to engage with to learn about Density and Measurement. I want you to have the flexibility to work on them at any point this week — whether you're in class or remote — without having to wait for the day that you have remote or in-person science class. We'll have lab supplies available in the room so that you can do some hands-on experimentation of your own using graduated cylinders, rulers, and electronic balances. My hope is that freeing you up from daily deadlines will afford you the opportunity to use class time to get help with what you need when you need it, so that by October 14th you feel that you have a solid grasp of the learning objectives listed on the first page of your blue "Density and Measurement" packet. I welcome your feedback about how this approach works for you, and you can let me know by answering this question on Google Classroom.

OCT 7 Remote Agenda (Half Day)

OBJECTIVES:

1. Check over your work from assignments that we've completed recently!

2. Define length, mass, and volume

3. Describe how to measure the volume of an object, regardless of its shape

AGENDA:

1. #03h1 Slide Deck: Measuring Length, Mass & Volume

2. #03h2 Half-day Weekly Wrap-Up

DUE DATES:

• Before the start of your next in-person class ➝ finish #03h1 by viewing, listening to, and taking notes (in your lab notebook) on the slides about "Measuring Length, Mass & Volume"

SEP 30 Remote Agenda (Half Day)

OBJECTIVES:

1. Brainstorm ways in which we use measurements in everyday life

2. Describe basic lab safety rules

DO NOW: Open the Nearpod app and enter the code shown on your teacher's screen, then contribute to the board.

REMOTE AGENDA:

1. Two Truths and a Lie, continued.

2. Measurements in everyday life

3. Log into GoFormative.com

4. Complete #010 - General Lab Safety practices, Part 1 of 2

DUE DATES:

• By next class ➝ Complete #010

SEP 29 Agenda (Period 6 only)

OBJECTIVES:

1. Differentiate between physical and chemical changes of matter

2. Identify evidence of a chemical change

REMOTE AGENDA:

1. Two Truths and a Lie, continued.

2. Things we learned from our first time using your eText

3. #008 BrainPop - Property Changes

4. #009 - Chemical Changes Gizmo

DUE DATES:

• By tomorrow (9/30) → Finish through #009

SEP 24 & 25 Agenda

OBJECTIVES:

1. Learn how to access your electronic textbook (eText)

2. Describe and classify matter

REMOTE AGENDA:

1. Two Truths and a Lie, continued.

2. Results from #005 (yesterday's 12:38 experiment!)

3. Review answers to yesterday’s Exit Slip

4. #006 Set up your eTextbook account

5. Use remaining class time to work on #007 Describing and Classifying Matter

DUE DATES:

• Before next Wednesday (9/30) → Finish through #007

SEP 23 Agenda (Half Day)

OBJECTIVE: Explain the cause of the seasons, and conduct an experiment that uses the angle of sunlight to determine your latitude.

REMOTE AGENDA

• DO NOW: Finish writing your 2 Truths & 1 Lie!

• What in the world???

• Two Truths and a Lie

• ID’ing adults’ misconceptions about the causes of seasons

• Prove that the Earth is Round at 12:38 PM today!

• If Time: Review answers to yesterday’s Exit Slip

DUE DATES

• Today → #001 through #003

• Before weekend → #004 Seasons in 3D Gizmo

• (OPTIONAL) Do #005 outside today at 12:38 PM!

SEP 21 & 22 Agenda

OBJECTIVE: Describe how the Earth's tilt causes places on Earth to experience different intensities of sunlight at different times of year, leading to temperature changes that result in seasons.

REMOTE AGENDA

① Attendance

② Flocabulary - Seasons

③ How your work is organized in Classroom

④ Assignments due: #001, #002, and #003

⑤ How to access assignments on Canvas

⑥ Do #002 in your own Breakout Room

⑦ Take a 10 minute break at any point before class ends

⑧ Do #003 in your own Breakout Room

SEP 17 & 18 Agenda

1. Attendance & Logistics

2. Zoom Do's and Don'ts

3. Observations & Inferences about your science teacher

4. 8th Grade Science Expectations, Materials, & FAQs

5. Wildfires & earth.nullschool.net