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FALL 2009 ARCHIVES:  The following are archived plans for past weeks during the Fall of 2009.

WEEK 1: 8/31 through 9/4/2009

Date

UNIT:  Cellular Respiration

Class Topics

Assignments

Monday 8/31

Welcome.

Discussion of pertinent class expectations.

Make bread dough and closely observe ingredients before and as they are used.

Leave bread dough to sit overnight.

 
Tuesday 9/1

Continue working with & observing dough.

Review photosynthesis.

 
Wednesday 9/2

Bake bread over campfire in Dutch oven.

Taste and record observations of baked bread.

Practice fire-building skills.

Be sure to wear clothes that can get a little dirty tomorrow.  We'll be in teh garden.
Thursday 9/3 Gardening Day  
Friday 9/4

QUIZ

The Rising Dough: What makes dough rise?

Perform food tests on ingredients to identify the major nutrients in them.

 

 

 

WEEK 2:  9/7 through 9/11/2009

Date

UNIT:  Cellular Respiration

Class Topics

Assignments

Monday 9/7

Labor Day: No classes.  
Tuesday 9/8

Design & conduct experiments to determine what combinations of ingredients cause bread to rise.

 
Wednesday 9/9

*Write up Methods for Rising Dough experiments. Sample Lab Report.

*Tiny Bubbles: design a device to collect gas.

Perform test to identify the collected gas.

Finish writing your Methods. 
Thursday 9/10

*Review & Discuss findings to date.

*Combustion of sugar: what are the products of this reaction?

Design a device to collect products of this reaction.

Perform tests to identify the products. 

 
Friday 9/11

Create systems analysis diagrams to describe what we've learned to date.

QUIZ

 

WEEK 3:  9/14 through 9/18/2009

Date

UNIT:  Cellular Respiration

Class Topics

Assignments

Monday 9/14

Perform final gas test.  Formulate conclusion about what makes bread rise.  Intro to systems analysis diagrams.  Read background info on rice  
Tuesday 9/15 Set up rice-growing containers.  Sow rice.  Edit first drafts of Yeast Methods.  
Wednesday 9/16

Discusss relationship between produccers (like rice) and consumers (like yeast) - matter & energy.

 
Thursday 9/17

Testing hypothesis that consumers release energy from sugar through respiration.

Modeling the concept of a consumer based on our systems analysis diagrams. 

 
Friday 9/18

Analyse data from yeast & heat experiment.

Write the Results portion of a lab report using yeast & heat data.

 

 

WEEK 4:  9/21 through 9/25/2009

Date

UNIT:  Cellular Respiration

Class Topics

Assignments

Monday 9/21

Create line graphs of personal and class data from Yeast & Heat lab.  You should create one line graph with four lines, two representing your personal group data and two representing your class (averaged) data.

Complete your line graph.
Tuesday 9/22

*Pre-write to create ideas for your Results.

*Write the paragraph portion of your Results using the graph you made. 
NOTE:  TEST next Tuesday!

 
Wednesday 9/23

*Describe the relationship between consumers and producers using systems analysis diagrams (poster).

*You will have approx. 20 mintues to work on writing your Results.

Proofread (& print, if necessary) your Results.
Thursday 9/24

*Turn in your Results [Results paragraph + line graph + data table + pre-write].

*Complete Producer/Consumer Posters.

Study for your test.

Study Guide

Friday 9/25 No science scheduled.   

 

WEEK 5:  9/28 through 10/2/2009

Date

UNIT:  Cellular Respiration/Physics

Class Topics

Assignments

Monday 9/28

Review unit concepts and prepare for test.

Finish posters.

Study for your test
Tuesday 9/29

You may come by the lab between 7:50 and 8:15 am (before school) to ask questions about test material. 

TEST

 
Wednesday 9/30

*Colonial food culture: writing assignment.

Old Salem Map

Old Salem Cooking

Seasonal Cooking

*Introduction to Changing Foodscapes - part of the Sense of Place project.

 
Thursday 10/1 Field Trip: Old Salem  
Friday 10/2 Wrap-up all colonial food work (from class and trip).  

 

WEEK 6:  10/5 to 10/9/2009

Date

UNIT:  Physics

Class Topics

Assignments
Monday 10/5

*Mass, weight, force & gravity.

*Design a device that measures the force of gravity on objects with small mass.

 
Tuesday 10/6

*Modify design & build device.

*Calibrate devices.

 
Wednesday 10/7

*Complete forcemeter sketches & reflect on forecemeters.

*Learn to use unit analysis to make conversions.

*Practice mass to weight conversions on earth using unit analysis.

 
Thursday 10/8

Practice mass to weight conversions on moon - interpret graphs and practice unit analysis.

Trimester One: halfway mark.

Study for QUIZ on Tuesday 10/13.

Friday 10/9 No School - teacher work day  

WEEK 7:  10/12 to 10/16/2009

Date

UNIT:   Physics of Force, Work, & Energy

Class Topics

Assignments
Monday 10/12 No school - Columbus Day  
Tuesday 10/13 QUIZ Have your Grade Record Sheet signed by a parent.
Wednesday 10/14

Conversion problem set.

 
Thursday 10/15 No science - field trip to Charlotte.  
Friday 10/16

Wrap up problem set.

Define & measure the concept of work.

Finish 5 of the class problems for Monday.  Use proper unit analysis format.  Select from problems here

 

WEEK 8:  10/19 to 10/23/2009

Date

UNIT:  Physics of Force, Work, & Energy

Class Topics

Assignments
Monday 10/19

Practice calculating work from a word problem. 

Measure force and distance needed to pull objects up different ramps & calculate the work.

 
Tuesday 10/20

Comparing work: lifting v. ramp.

Friction.

Study for your quiz.
Wednesday 10/21

Design & discuss energy conversion devices.

Study for your quiz.
Thursday 10/22 BIG QUIZ Using the guidelines, organize your science notebook in prep. for the check tomorrow.
Friday 10/23

Energy Conversion Devices: build & test.

NOTEBOOK CHECK - leave your notebook in the lab and Mrs. Fitz will grade it over the weekend.

 

WEEK 9:  10/26 to 10/30/2009

Date

UNIT:  Physics

Class Topics

Assignments
Monday 10/26 Gardening Day.  
Tuesday 10/27

Wrap up Energy Conversion Device work and concepts.

Finish your ECD Reflection, if necessary.
Wednesday 10/28 Mechanical advantage - introduction via challenge problem.  
Thursday 10/29 No science (mask making in art).  
Friday 10/30 No science (trip to see The Crucible)  

WEEK 10: 11/2 to 11/6/2009

Date

UNIT:  Physics

Class Topics

Assignments

Monday

11/2

Mechanical advantage - defined.

Pulleys - fixed versus moveable. 

Collect data for  MA & efficiency of single fixed & single moveable.


Tuesday

11/3

Pulleys, continued.

Collect data for MA & efficiency of a) single fixed + single moveable, (b) double fixed + single moveable, (c) double fixed + double moveable.

Study for Quiz.

Wednesday

11/4

QUIZ (notes from 10/23, 10/27, 10/28, 11/2 & 11/3)
 

Thursday

11/5

Raising Bess: portfolio project.  

Friday

11/6

HALF DAY

Raising Bess.  

 

 

WEEK 11: 11/9 to 11/13/2009

Date

UNIT:  Physics

Class Topics

Assignments
Monday  11/9

1) Finish drawing & summary for Raising Bess project & turn in.

2) Levers: create Art-quality drawings of tools that are also levers (use proper shading to show depth, etc).  Use pencil on 8 1/2" x 11" paper.

 
Tuesday 11/10

*Begin data collection for Math/Science Wheelchair Ramp investigation (Mrs. Armstrong has the guidelines).

*Wheelchair ramp data collection:

a) Create a data table with space to to record the rise and the length of each wheelchair ramp on campus.

b) In pairs, take measuring tape and measure your assigned ramps.

c) Share measurements with everyone in class so that everyone has a complete data table.

 
Wednesday 11/11

1) Notes on Levers: three classes of levers & how to determine the mechanical advantage of levers from each class.

2) Finish lever drawings from Monday.  Work on Wheelchair Ramp Project.

 
Thursday 11/12

Wheelchair Ramp: project work time. 

Study for test.

TEST REVIEW GUIDE HERE.

Study for test.
Friday 11/13

Review for test.

Test covers Week 6 to Week 11.

Study for test.

 

 

 

WEEK 12: 11/16 to 11/20/2009

Date

UNIT:  Physics

Class Topics

Assignments
Monday 11/16 TEST 8th Grade Portfolio Viewing at 3:30.  
Tuesday 11/17

Rube Goldberg - introduction to the artist.

About Rube.

Artworks Gallery.

Rube Goldberg machine video

 
Wednesday 11/18

Rube Goldberg machine:  As a class, design & build a Rube Goldberg machine with a minimum of 4 distinct parts that dispenses hand sanitizer into a hand.

*Today, you will break into four groups.  With your group you will design/sketch one or two possible pieces of the class RG machine. 

 

*In the last 20 minutes, you will come together as a class to discuss how to integrate the ideas from each group into a single machine, making compromises and changes as needed. 

 

*Create a list of supplies & materials that may need to be brought from home (with permission).  Assign students to be responsible for bringing in these items for tomorrow's class.

You will be assessed on your participation & reflection on the RGM:

* share ideas.

* use constructive criticism.

* recognize that team members are as important as leaders.

* be creative, let your imagination run free!

* use pulleys, ramps, and/or levers.

* address the reflection Q's thoroughly.

Thursday 11/19

Rube Goldberg machine:

*With your group, begin building your group's piece of the RGM.  Use simple materials like paper towl tubes, marbles, string, k'nex, rubber bands, clothespins, etc.

 

*One student in each group will be designated as an ambassador to the other groups.  The ambassador will help communicate with other groups so that parts of the RGM are built to work with each other.

 

*All parts of the RGM must be portable so that they can be stored on a cart when 8th grade science is not in session.

 

*In the last 10 minutes, al groups will come together and report progress of their part of the RGM to the rest of the class.  It is important that as the pieces are built, they are designed to work together.

 
Friday 11/20

Rube Goldberg machine:

Continue to build parts of the RGM.  Stay in communication with the other groups!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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