Think about lab safety.

5/14/13

Warm-Up: What two bones make up the

length of your lower arm?

Objective: Continue skeletal system – rat

dissection.

Homework: Think about lab safety.

5/13/13

Warm-Up: What is the V-shaped muscle

on the chest called?

Objective: Dissection – Skeletal System.


5/10/13

Warm-Up: Where is the nictitating

membrane found on the rat?

Objective: Dissection – Muscle System.


5/8/13

Warm-Up: What will the rats be stored in

each day?

Objective: Rat dissection – Remove Skin.


5/7/13

Warm-Up: Elements that are in the same

___________ share similar properties.

Objective: Prepare for rat dissection.


5/6/13

Warm-Up: What are the mass units for

each: protons, neutrons, and electrons?

Objective: Do Lesson 14.

Homework: Finish Lesson 14 packet.

5/3/13

Warm-Up: What are the three states of

matter?

Objective: Do Lesson 11.

Homework: Finish Lesson 11 packet.

5/2/13

Warm-Up: Where are electrons found in

an atom?

Objective: Complete Lesson 1.

Homework: Finish Lesson 1.

5/1/13

Warm-Up: What two particles make up

the nucleus of an atom?

Objective: Complete Lesson 10

worksheet – parts of the atom.

Homework: Finish worksheet.

4/30/13

Warm-Up: How many significant figures

are in 0.00400600?

Objective: Review significant figures and

scientific notation.

Homework: Study significant figures and

scientific notation rules.

4/29/13

Warm-Up: Describe the color and shape

of a cumulus cloud.

Objective: Practice scientific notation and

significant figures.


4/26/13

Warm-Up: What kind of weather is

produced by nimbus clouds?

Objective: Weather video.

Homework: Notebook check today.

4/25/13

Warm-Up: What does a quick drop in air

pressure signal?

Objective: Complete Cloud Worksheet.

Homework: Notebook check due Friday

(tomorrow).

4/24/13

Warm-Up: What is climate?

Objective: Take notes on Weather.

Homework: Notebook check due Friday.

4/22/13

Warm-Up: What is succession?

Objective: Review PSSA Glossary Terms

Homework: Study for Science PSSAs.

4/19/13

Warm-Up: What is mountain uplift?

Objective: Review PSSA Glossary Terms


4/18/13

Warm-Up: What is a biotic factor?

Objective: Identify the parts of an

experiment.


4/17/13

Warm-Up: Define potential energy and

kinetic energy.

Objective: Study for Science PSSAs.


4/16/13

Warm-Up: What are graduated cylinders

used to measure?



4/15/13

Warm-Up: What is the difference

between an independent variable and a

dependent variable?



4/12/13

Warm-Up: Name the inner planets.


Homework: Finish practice test.

4/8/13

Warm-Up: During an eclipse, what is the

umbra and the penumbra?

Objective: Study for Science PSSAs

Homework: Study for PSSAs

4/5/13


between an equinox and a solstice?

Objective: Solar and Lunar Eclipse Lab

Homework: Finish lab.

4/4/13

Warm-Up: Define meteoroid.

Objective: “What causes the change of

seasons” packet

Homework: Finish packet.

4/3/13

Warm-Up: In January, why does the

Northern half of the world get less

sunlight and heat?

Objective: “What causes day and night?”

packet


4/2/13


between rotation and revolution of a

planet?

Objective: “What causes day and night?”

packet


3/27/13


between an asteroid and a comet?

Objective: Finish Solar System notes.

Homework: Enjoy break!

3/26/13

Warm-Up: Please take a new warm-up

book from the box.

Objective:

-Finish Test.

-Start Solar System Notes.

Homework: Review notes.

3/25/13

Warm-Up: Prepare for quiz.

Objective: Take Genetics Quiz

Homework: Review Notes

3/22/13

Warm-Up: When will a recessive trait

appear?

Objective: Review Genetics

Homework: Study for Genetics Quiz

(Monday)

3/21/13

Warm-Up: What do a square and a circle

connected by a horizontal line on a

pedigree chart show?

Objective: Complete pedigree worksheet

Homework:

Notebook Check – Friday

Genetics Quiz – Monday

3/20/13

Warm-Up: DNA is made up of many _____,

which hold instructions for a trait.

Objective: Do Punnett Square worksheet

Homework:

Study for Genetics Quiz (Monday)

Notebook check due Friday

3/19/13

Warm-Up: What makes up the sides of

the DNA ladder?

Objective: Read about dominant and

recessive traits.


3/18/13

Warm-Up: What sugar is inside DNA?

Objective: Coloring DNA Worksheet

Homework: Complete worksheet

3/15/13

Warm-Up: Give the base pairing for this

strand of DNA:

T A G A C C G

Objective: Finish notes on heredity.


3/14/13

Warm-Up: Where is genetic information

stored in the cell?

Objective: Take notes on heredity.

Homework: Read “How Do Parents Pass

Traits to Offspring?”

3/11/13

Warm-Up: Which cell part uses sunlight

to create food in plant cells?

Objective: Take Cell Quiz.

Homework: None

3/5/13

Warm-Up: What is the name of a fluid

filled organelle that contains food and

wastes?

Objective: Review cells.

Homework: Quiz Wed.

3/4/13

Warm-Up: Which organelle packages and

transports proteins?


Homework: Quiz Wed.

3/1/13

Warm-Up: What is the pathway of a

protein?


Homework: Quiz next Wed.

2/28/13

Warm-Up: What is the job of the

ribosome?

Objective: Continue lab on plant cells.

Homework: Cell function WS due Friday.

Quiz next Wed.

2/27/13

Warm-Up: What is the job of the Golgi?

• Turn in cell drawing.

Objective: Begin lab on plant cells.

Homework: Cell function WS due Friday.

Quiz next Wed.

2/26/13

Warm-Up: What is the job of the ER?

Objective: Draw and label plant and

animal cells.

Homework: Cell drawing due Wed. Quiz

next Wed.

2/25/13

Warm-Up: List the 4 differences between

plant and animal cells.

Objective: Draw and label plant and

animal cells.

Homework: Cell drawing due Wed. Quiz

next Wed.

2/22/13

Warm-Up: What is the job of the cell

membrane?

Objective: Discuss cells.

Homework: Study cell parts.

2/21/13

Warm-Up: Check grades. Did you turn in

your career WS?

Objective: Discuss cells.


2/19/13 & 2/20/13

CDT TESTING

2/18/13

Warm-Up: Prepare for quiz. Any

questions?

Objective: Complete quiz.

Homework: Complete Doggy Kisses

Article. CDT Testing in 207 Tuesday and

Wednesday.

2/15/13

Warm-Up: Name two benefical

adaptations of a polar bear and explain

why they are benefical.

Objective: Review for quiz.

Homework: Natural Selection WS. Quiz

Monday on Comparing Living Things and

Natural Selection.

2/14/13

Warm-Up: Why is Charles Darwin

famous?

Objective: Complete evolution lab.

Homework: Finish Evolution by Natural

Selection packet. Quiz Monday on

Comparing Living Things and Natural

Selection.

2/13/13

Warm-Up: What is natural selection?

Objective: Complete natural selection

lab.

Homework: Comparing Living Things

WS. Quiz Monday on Comparing Living

Things and Natural Selection.

2/12/13

Warm-Up: Define an adaptation and give

1 example.

Objective: Discuss natural selection.

Homework: Review notes. Highlighted

work due Wed 2/13.

2/11/13

Warm-Up: Is celery alive? How did you

know?

• Turn in notebook.

Objective: Discuss natural selection.


2/8/13

Warm-Up: Prepare warm-up book and

turn in. Do all living things breathe?

Objective: Eyewitness skeleton.


2/7/13

Warm-Up: How does reproduction differ

between animals?

Objective: Determine what makes a

living thing.

Homework: Venn diagram: Living vs.

Nonliving. Notebook check Friday.

2/6/13

Warm-Up: Describe 2 characteristics that

all living things have.


living thing.

Homework: “What are living things?”

packet. Notebook check Friday.

2/5/13

Warm-Up: What do humans and plants

have in common?


living thing.


2/4/13

Warm-Up: What makes something alive?


living thing.

Homework: Complete lab.

2/1/13

Warm-Up: Prepare for test. Any

questions?

Objective: Continue ecology unit test.

Homework: Read “Becoming Human”

and answer questions.

1/31/13

Warm-Up: Prepare for test. Any

questions?

Objective: Begin ecology unit test.

Homework: Study for 2nd half of ecology

test.

1/30/13

Warm-Up: Describe the three symbiotic

relationships.

Objective: Discuss ecology review.

Homework: Ecology unit test Thursday.

1/29/13

Warm-Up: Explain why fossil fuels are

bad for the environment.

Objective: Discuss ecology review.

Homework: Ecology unit test Thursday.

1/28/13

Warm-Up: If you could choose one

resource to power your house, what

would it be and why?

• Turn in greenhouse graph activity.

Objective: Complete ecology review.

Homework: Ecology review due Tuesday.

Ecology unit test Thursday.

1/25/13

Warm-Up: Name the three fossil fuels.

• Turn in carbon tax activity.

Objective: Green house graph activity.

Homework: Complete greenhouse graph.

Ecology review due Tuesday (Monday we

will work on it in class) Ecology unit test

Thursday.

1/24/13

Warm-Up: Name 2 renewable resources

and list 2 advantages and 2 disadvantages

of each.

Objective: Carbon tax activity.

Homework: Complete carbon tax

activity. Ecology unit test Thursday.

1/23/13


between renewable and nonrenewable

resources?

• Turn in pollution poster

Objective: Discuss natural resources.

Homework: Complete Fossil Fuels WS.

1/22/13

Warm-Up: Can you think of any examples

of natural resources?

• Turn in pollution poster

Objective: Discuss natural resources.


1/18/13

Warm-Up: Describe the difference

between point and nonpoint source

pollution.

• Turn in Old MacDonald Packet

Objective: Continue work on pollution

poster.

Homework: Poster due Tuesday.

1/17/13

Warm-Up: How can you stop pollution in

your neighborhood?

• Turn in Old MacDonald Packet

Objective: Discuss point and nonpoint

pollution.

Homework: Poster due Tuesday.

1/16/13

Warm-Up: Describe why extra

phosphorous is a problem?

Objective: Discuss humans affect the

environment.

Homework: Finish drawing for Old

MacDonald packet.

1/15/13

Warm-Up: Describe the 3 types of

pollution caused by farming.


environment.


1/14/13

Warm-Up: Describe how mining harms

the environment in 3 sentences.


environment.


1/11/13

Warm-Up: Explain the difference

between point and nonpoint source

pollution. Give one example of each.

• Turn in your warm up book.

Objective: Discuss how plants affect the

environment.

Homework: Notebooks due Friday.

1/10/13

Warm-Up: Name 6 ways humans affect

the environment.

• Is your turtle article turned in?

Objective: Discuss how humans impact

the environment.

Homework: Notebooks due Friday.

1/9/13

Warm-Up: Describe the 3 types of

symbiotic relationships.

Objective: Complete Test.

Homework: Finish article and questions.

Notebooks due Friday.

1/8/13

Warm-Up: Draw and label a picture for

both primary and secondary succession.

Objective: Discuss how humans affect the

environment.

Homework: Quiz Wed. Notebooks due

Friday.

1/7/13

Warm-Up: List 5 examples of when you

might see secondary succession.

Objective: Review change and the

environment.

Homework: Complete Review WS. Quiz

Wed. Notebooks due Friday.

1/4/13


between primary and secondary

succession.

Objective: Continue to discuss

succession.

Homework: Quiz Wed. Notebooks due

Friday.

1/3/13


between mutualism, commensalism and

parasitism.

Objective: Continue to discuss succession

and ecological relationships.


1/2/13

Warm-Up: In three sentences describe

competition.

• Is your bonus WS turned in?

Objective: Discuss competition.


12/21/12



Homework: Enjoy your break!!!

12/20/12

Warm-Up: List and describe the zones of

the ocean.


Homework: Quiz on Ecosystems notes

Fri.

12/19/12

Warm-Up: Describe in three sentences

characteristics about your biome.

Objective: Present food web.

Homework: Ecosystem Review due

Thurs. Quiz on Ecosystems notes Fri.

12/18/12

NO WARM UP

12/17/12

Warm-Up: List 5 items that you could

draw in your food web background.

Objective: Continue food web.

Homework: Food Webs due Wed. Quiz

on Ecosystems notes Fri.

12/14/12


between a population, community and

ecosystem.

Objective: Continue food web.


on Ecosystems notes next Fri.

12/13/12

Warm-Up: Name 7 animals in a

deciduous forest biome.

• Is your food chain project turned in?

Objective: Begin food web.


on Ecosystems notes next Fri.

12/12/12

Warm-Up: What are the levels in an

ecosystem? (Hint: Organism is first)

• Turn in food chain project with rubric

Objective: Begin food web.

Homework: Ecosystems WS. Quiz on

Ecosystems notes next Fri.

12/11/12

Warm-Up: Draw a sample food web

include 2 producers.

Objective: Continue food chain project.

Homework: Food Chain Projects due by

end of period Tuesday.

12/10/12

Warm-Up: What would happen to a food

chain if the middle level consumers were

removed?

• Is your warm up book turned in?


Homework: Food Chain Projects due by

end of period Tuesday.

12/7/12

Warm-Up: Name one animal from your

food chain biome.

• Turn warm up book and note packets.


Homework: Food Chain Projects due

Tuesday.

12/6/12

Warm-Up: Where can we find starch in

plants?

• Turn in Color Change Article

Objective: Begin food chain project.

Homework: Warm-up books due Friday

12/5/12

Warm-Up: What biome do we live in?

• Turn in Biome Map

Objective: Describe where consumers get

their energy from.

Homework: Color Change Article. Warm-

up books due Friday

12/4/12


the differences between the tundra and

the desert biome.

Objective: Locate biomes on a map.

Homework: Food Chain WS. Biome map

due Wed. Warm-up books due Friday

12/3/12


the differences between the temperate

deciduous biome and the tropical forest

biome.


interactions in an ecosystem.

Homework: Biome map due Wed. Warm-

up books due Friday

11/30/12


the similarities between a food web and

a food chain.



Homework: Complete questions on

“What is a Biome?” Warm-up books due

Friday

11/29/12


the difference between a food web and a

food chain.



Homework: Write a sentence for your 10

key terms from yesterday, do not write

the definition.

11/28/12


the difference between a community and

an ecosystem.



Homework: Choose 10 key terms from

the notes to define.

11/27/12

Warm-Up: What is an ecosystem?

Objective: Begin to discuss interactions

in an ecosystem.


11/21/12

Warm-Up: Prepare for unit test.

Objective: Complete nature of science

unit test.

Homework: HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

11/20/12

Warm-Up: Prepare for unit test.

• Let Mrs. Everhart know if you will

not be here on Wednesday.

Objective: Complete nature of science

unit test.

Homework: Study for unit test!

11/19/12

Warm-Up: What are the steps of the

scientific method?

• Let Mrs. Everhart know if you will

not be here on Wednesday.

Objective: Continue to review for nature

of science unit test.

Homework: Nature of science unit test –

Tues/Wed.

11/16/12

Warm-Up: Draw a graph label the x-axis,

y-axis, independent and dependent

variables.

• Get out your study guide.




Tues/Wed.

11/15/12

Warm-Up: How long is the moon’s

pattern?




Tues/Wed, Study Guide due Friday.

11/14/12

Warm-Up: How do you determine how

old a tree is?

Objective: Begin to review for nature of

science unit test.


Tues/Wed, Study Guide due Friday.

11/13/12

Warm-Up: What is inside the nucleus of

an atom?

Objective: Discuss phases of the moon.

Homework: Review patterns notes, get

all notes organized.

11/12/12

Warm-Up: Give an example of a pattern.

Objective: Discuss patterns.

Homework: Complete key terms WS.

11/8/12

Warm-Up: Turn in Mississippi on the

Move.

Objective: Read “Why Ice Floats”

Homework: Enjoy your weekend!!

11/7/12

Warm-Up: What powers the water cycle?

• Turn in water cycle project.

Objective: Prepare for quiz.

Homework: Finish Mississippi on the

Move.

11/6/12


between an open loop and closed loop

system?

Objective: Review for quiz, finish

projects.

Homework: Water cycle project due

Wed. Quiz Wed.

11/5/12

Warm-Up: What is a system?

Objective: Continue water cycle project.

Homework: Review notes. Water cycle

project due Wed. Quiz Wed.

11/2/12

Warm-Up: Describe the 6 steps of the

water cycle.

Objective: Discuss water.

Homework: Review notes. Water cycle

project due Wed. Quiz Wed.

11/1/12

Warm-Up: Name the 6 steps of the water

cycle.


Homework: Finish review of water cycle.

10/31/12

Warm-Up: What type of weather event is

in the news?



10/29/12

Warm-Up: Prepare for quiz. Did you turn

in your warm up book?

Objective: Quiz Problem Solving.

Homework: Finish Skeeter Slayer.

10/26/12

Warm-Up: Prepare to turn in warm-up

books.

Objective: Eyewitness plants

Homework: Review notes. Quiz Problem

Solving Monday 10/29.

10/25/12

Warm-Up: What are bionics?

Objective: 5’s a Crowd lab.

Homework: Review notes. Warm-up

books and notes due Friday. Quiz Problem


10/24/12

Warm-Up: What is a rate? Turn in

toothpick lab.

Objective: 5’s a Crowd lab.




10/23/12

Warm-Up: What is population density?

Turn in vocab homework.

Objective: Lab on problem solving.




10/22/12

Warm-Up: Your parents want to start

using solar energy as the only energy

source in your house. List 2 risks and 2

benefits.

Objective: Discuss problem solving.


books and notes due Friday.

10/19/12

Warm-Up: Turn in microscope mania and

biting back. Be sure your name, date and

period are filled in.

Objective: Discuss problem solving.


10/18/12


Objective: Complete quiz, read “Biting

Back”.

Homework: Microscope Mania due Fri,

Finish Biting Back

10/17/12

Warm-Up: Name 3 types of models.

Objective: Review for quiz. Continue

microscope mania lab.

Homework: Quiz – Models/Microscopes

Thursday. Review notes, study parts of

microscope.

10/16/12

CDT

10/15/12

CDT

10/12/12

Warm-Up: What part of the microscope

holds the objectives?

Objective: Continue microscope mania

lab.


Thursday Oct. 18. Review notes, study

parts of microscope.

CDT TESTING – MON & TUES ROOM 207

10/11/12

Warm-Up: What parts of the microscope

allow magnification?


lab.


Thursday Oct. 18. Review notes, study

parts of microscope.

CDT TESTING – MON & TUES ROOM 207

10/10/12

Warm-Up: What is the formula for total

magnification?


lab.

Homework: Review notes, study parts of

microscope.

10/9/12

Warm-Up: What is a model?

Objective: Continue notes on models.

Homework: Review notes, study parts of

microscope.

10/8/12

Warm-Up: Is your length lab, gummy

bear lab and vocab WS turned in?

Objective: Begin notes on models.


10/5/12

Warm-Up: Prepare for quiz. Turn in

length lab and gummy bear lab.


Homework: Complete key terms WS.

10/4/12


between a microscope and a telescope.


Homework: Complete length lab,

measurement worksheet and gummy

bear lab. Quiz Friday.

10/3/12

Warm-Up: What is the formula for

volume of a rectangle?

Objective: Continue Measurement lab,

begin gummy bear lab.

Homework: Complete measurement lab.

Quiz Friday.

10/2/12

Warm-Up: Describe each of the 3 types of

microscopes.

Objective: Continue Measurement lab,

begin gummy bear lab.

Homework: Quiz Friday.

10/1/12

Warm-Up: What instrument is used to

measure force?

Objective: Begin mini lab on

measurement.

Homework: Quiz Friday.

9/27/12

Warm-Up: What is the job of a

microscope?

Objective: Discuss metric conversion.

Homework: Finish any unfinished work.

9/26/12

Warm-Up: Describe why you would use a

line graph instead of a bar graph.

Objective: Discuss scientific instruments.


9/25/12

Warm-Up: What is a scientific

instrument?

Objective: Discuss scientific instruments.

Homework: Finish Worksheet.

9/24/12



Homework: Finish Science world.

9/21/12


between the experimental and control

group.

Objective: Complete lab and compile

portfolios.

Homework: Study. Quiz Monday.

9/20/12


between a variable and a constant.

Objective: Begin lab.

Homework: Study. Notebook due Friday.

Quiz Monday.

9/19/12

Warm-Up: Draw a graph and label its

parts.


Homework: Study. Notebook due Friday.

Quiz Monday.

9/18/12

Warm-Up: What is the control group?

Objective: Begin plop plop fizz fizz lab.

Homework: Finish lab. Notebook due

Friday. Quiz Monday.

9/17/12

Warm-Up: What is a variable?

Objective: Begin plop plop fizz fizz lab.


9/14/12

Warm-Up: Explain independent and

dependent variables.

Objective: Discuss parts of an

investigation.

Homework: Finish WS.

9/13/12

Warm-Up: What is an experiment?

Objective: Discuss parts of an

investigation.


9/12/12

Warm-Up: Prepare for quiz. After test

complete paper towel lab and Cures from

the field.


Homework: Finish paper towel lab and

cures from the field.

9/11/12

Warm-Up: What are the 3 must haves for

a hypothesis?


Homework: Study notes. Quiz – Wed

9/10/12

Warm-Up: What is a theory?

Objective: Begin paper towel lab.

Homework: Study notes. Scientific

method WS due Tuesday. Quiz – Wed

9/7/12

Warm-Up: What are the two types of

data?

Objective: Continue finger maze lab.

Homework: Study notes. Scientific

method WS due Tuesday. Quiz – Wed or

Thursday

9/6/12

Warm-Up: Name the 6 steps of the

scientific method.

Objective: Continue finger maze lab.

Homework: Study notes.

9/5/12

Warm-Up: Prepare for safety quiz. Any

questions?

Objective: Test safety knowledge. Begin

lab.

Homework: Signed Course Requirements

Thursday

9/4/12

Warm-Up: What do you do if there is a

fire drill during lab?

Objective: Discuss scientific method.

Homework: Safety Quiz Wed, Signed

Course Requirements Thursday

8/31/12

Warm-Up: What do you do if there is an

accident in the lab?

Objective: Use safety rules to create

poster.

Homework: Poster due Tuesday, Safety

Quiz Wed, Signed Course Requirements

Thursday

8/30/12

Warm-Up: Name 2 safety rules.

Objective: Use safety rules to create

poster.

Homework: Poster due Tuesday, Safety

Quiz Wed.

8/29/12

Warm-Up: Name 2 classroom rules.

Objective: Discuss classroom rules.

Homework: Check out teacher website.

8/28/12

Warm-Up: Welcome to 8th grade science.

Objective: Discuss classroom rules.

Homework: Check out teacher website.

Think about lab safety.

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