8th Grade Science

Course Description

Welcome to 8th grade science! I will post on here regularly and if you would like to be notified immediately of updates click on the subscribe button on the side of the page. Here I will also be including the Table of Contents for the class. To find out what class materials are required please check the Grade Level Supply list.
 
 
Table of Contents Page Number
Title Page 1
Disclosure 2
Disclosure 3
Table of Contents 4
Instead of IDK 5
Starters 6
Starters 7
Standard I Vocabulary 8
Atomic Theory Notes 9
Atomic Theory Notes 10
History of the Atom 11
Science Fair 12
Disclosure and Rules Quiz 13
ITM Ch 4 S 2 14
Subatomic Particles & Properties 15
Atom Model Drawing 16
Atomic Structure Worksheet 17
Atomic Theory Quiz 18
Starters 19
Starters 20
Periodic Table 21
BN Atoms and Molecules 22
Atomic Quiz 23
Chemical Reactions Notes 24
Chemical Reactions Notes 25
Chemical Reactions Notes 26
Law of Conservation of Mass 27
Balancing Chemical Equations 28
Starters 29
Starters 30
Atoms and Molecules Test 31
Plastic Scavenger Hunt 32
Atoms and Molecules Booklet 33
States of Matter and Mixtures Notes 34
States of Matter and Mixtures Notes 35
Plastic All Around Us 36
PHET Phase Change Lab 37
States of Matter Worksheet 38
Starters 39
Starters 40
Phases of H2O 41
States of Matter Quiz 42
Heat Notes 43
Heat Notes 44
FME Ch 6 S 2 45
FME Ch 6 S 3 46
Heat Transfer 47
Matter Test 48
FME Ch 2 S 3 49
Standard II Vocab 50
BN Motion 51
Starters 52
Starters 53
Marble Roll Lab 54
Paper Roller Coasters 55
Momentum Worksheet 56
Force & Motion Quiz 57
Wave Formations 58
Spring Waves 59
Drawing Waves I 60
Drawing Waves II 61
Wave Simulation Fun & WebQuest 62
Starters 63
Starters 64
Table of Contents 65
Waves Quiz 66
Making Sound Waves 67
Wave Behavior Doodle 68
Thinking About Light Drawing 69
Force Motion & Waves Test 70
Behavior of Light 71
Exploring Light Properties 72
B.N. Optics 73
Bending Light 74
Sound Waves WebQuest 75
Starters 76
Starters 77
Longitudinal Wave Lab 78
Sound vs Light 79
Light & Sound Quiz 80
Analog & Digital 81
Transmitting Signals 82
Seven Segment Display 83
Sampling & Graphing 84
Analog & Digital Signal Notes 85
Analog & Digital Signal Notes 86
Standard III Vocabulary 87
Plant Time Lapse 88
Lights, Sound, Signals Test 89
Starters 90
Starters 91
How Does Your Garden Grow 92
Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration Notes 93
Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration Notes 94
Life - Plants 95
Photosynthesis Virtual Lab 96
CHC Ch 2 S 2 97
Cellular Respiration Lab 98
Introduction to Ecosystems 99
It's Called Cellular Respiration 100
Energy Flow in Ecosystems 101
Energy Flow in Ecosystems 102
Photosynthesis & Respiration Quiz 103
Matter Cycles 104
Matter Cycles 105
Matter Cycles 106
Starters 107
Starters 108
Biomagnification Notes 109
Biomagnification Notes 110
Biomagnification Notes 111
Resource Distribution & Use Notes 112
Resource Distribution & Use Notes 113
Deer Predation  114
Species Interactions Notes 115
Species Interactions Notes 116
Symbiosis Worksheet 117
Population & Biomagnification Quiz 118
Global Climate Change 119
Global Climate Change 120
Natural Hazards Notes 121
Natural Hazards Notes 122
Natural Hazards Notes 123
Natural Hazards Notes 124
Natural Hazards Notes 125
Resources & Climate Change Quiz 126
Natural Hazards Quiz 127
Yellowstone 128
Starter 129
Ice Age Death Trap 130
 

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Agenda 5/20

 

Tuesday, 5/20/2025

Starter: On page 129 write the starter and answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         4. Why are so many skiers caught in avalanches?

Agenda

●         Hall Passes May now be turned in for Extra Credit

●         All work for 4th term is due by May 21st

Lesson: Ice Age Death Trap / Avalanches / Paleontology Q&A

Standard: Life Systems store and transfer Matter and Energy.
Objective: Interpret data on the factors that change global temperatures and their effects on regional climates.

●         https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3hwn3i (7th 40:10, 8th done, 9th Done)

●         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zce-V0YVzeI&list=WL&index=5&t=1s&ab_channel=Veritasium (7th done, 8th 13:51, 9th 12:90)

●         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bshwXGqwA68&ab_channel=WIRED

Agenda 5/19

 

Monday, 5/19/2025

Starter: On page 129 write the starter and answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         3. What was the geologic hazards triggered by the earthquake that most likely killed the mastadons?

Agenda

●                   Hall Passes May now be turned in for Extra Credit

●         All work for 4th term is due by May 21st

Lesson: Avalanches

Standard: Life Systems store and transfer Matter and Energy.
Objective: Interpret data on the factors that change global temperatures and their effects on regional climates.

●         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zce-V0YVzeI&list=WL&index=5&t=1s&ab_channel=Veritasium

Agenda 5/16

 

Friday, 5/16/2025

Starter: On page 129 write the starter and answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         2. What was some evidence that Mastadons were violent?

Agenda

●         Extra Credit Options

o   End of Year dance May 16th

●                   Hall Passes May now be turned in for Extra Credit

●         All work for 4th term is due by May 21st

Lesson: Ice Age Death Trap

Standard: Life Systems store and transfer Matter and Energy.
Objective: Interpret data on the factors that change global temperatures and their effects on regional climates.

●         https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3hwn3i (7th 24, 8th 27:35, 9th 25:23)

Agenda 5/15

 

Thursday, 5/15/2025

Starter: On page 129 write the starter and answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         1. Write “Prepare notebook.” Label page 129 as Starters, number pages 129 to 130 with the evens on the left and the odds on the right.

Agenda

●         Extra Credit Options

o   End of Year dance May 16th

●                   Hall Passes May now be turned in for Extra Credit

●         All work for 4th term is due by May 21st

Lesson: Ice Age Death Trap

Standard: Life Systems store and transfer Matter and Energy.
Objective: Interpret data on the factors that change global temperatures and their effects on regional climates.

●         https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3hwn3i (7th ?, 8th ?, 9th ?)

Agenda 5/14

 

Wednesday, 5/14/2025

Starter: On pages 107 and 108 write the starter and answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         (Do not write this) Fill out your notebook check score sheet at the front of your notebook check with today’s date, the notebook check worth and the pages of the notebook check. Then get a green notebook check slip off the front counter and start totaling up your notebook. Condition 4, Score sheet 5, Starters 21, Be the teacher 5, Table of Contents 3 Pages numbered 22, Titles 22, Page content 22 (107-128) Total 104 pts

Agenda

●         Extra Credit Options

o   5th Orch/Band May 14th 6:30 pm

o   End of Year dance May 16th

●         Hall Passes May now be turned in for Extra Credit

●         All work for 4th term is due by May 21st

Lesson: Notebook Check #9 Turn In

Standard: Life Systems store and transfer Matter and Energy.
Objective: Interpret data on the factors that change global temperatures and their effects on regional climates.

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Agenda 5/13

 

Tuesday, 5/13/2025

Starter: On pages 107 and 108 write the starter and answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         (Do not write this) Fill out your notebook check score sheet at the front of your notebook check with today’s date, the notebook check worth and the pages of the notebook check. Then get a green notebook check slip off the front counter and start totaling up your notebook. Condition 4, Score sheet 5, Starters 21, Be the teacher 5, Table of Contents 3 Pages numbered 22, Titles 22, Page content 22 (107-128) Total 104 pts

Agenda

●         Extra Credit Options

o   5th Orch/Band May 14th 6:30 pm

o   End of Year dance May 16th

●         All work for 4th term is due by May 21st

Lesson: Notebook Check #9 Prep Day

Standard: Life Systems store and transfer Matter and Energy.
Objective: Interpret data on the factors that change global temperatures and their effects on regional climates.

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Agenda 5/12

 

Monday, 5/12/2025

Starter: On pages 107 and 108 write the starter and answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         No Starter

Agenda

●         Notebook Check #9 May 13-14th

●         Extra Credit Options

o   6 Orch/Band & Jazz May 12th 6:30 pm

o   5th Orch/Band May 14th 6:30 pm

o   End of Year dance May 16th

●         Hall Passes May now be turned in for Extra Credit

●         All work for 4th term is due by May 21st

Lesson: Yellowstone Survival Plan Presentations

Standard: Life Systems store and transfer Matter and Energy.
Objective: Interpret data on the factors that change global temperatures and their effects on regional climates.

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Agenda 5/9

 

Friday, 5/9/2025

Starter: On pages 107 and 108 write the starter and answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         No Starter

Agenda

●         Notebook Check #9 May 14-15th

●         Extra Credit Options

o   6 Orch/Band & Jazz May 12th 6:30 pm

o   5th Orch/Band May 14th 6:30 pm

o   End of Year dance May 16th

●         All work for 4th term is due by May 21st

Lesson: Yellowstone Survival Plan

Standard: Life Systems store and transfer Matter and Energy.
Objective: Interpret data on the factors that change global temperatures and their effects on regional climates.

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Agenda 5/8

 

Thursday, 5/8/2025

Starter: On pages 107 and 108 write the starter and answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         21. Have you made a plan of what to do with the ash after the eruption?

Agenda

●         Notebook Check #9 May 14-15th

●         Extra Credit Options

o   7/8 Orch/Band May 8th 6:30 pm

o   6 Orch/Band & Jazz May 12th 6:30 pm

o   5th Orch/Band May 14th 6:30 pm

o   End of Year dance May 16th

●         All work for 4th term is due by May 21st

Lesson: Yellowstone Survival Plan

Standard: Life Systems store and transfer Matter and Energy.
Objective: Interpret data on the factors that change global temperatures and their effects on regional climates.

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Agenda 5/7

 

Wednesday, 5/7/2025

Starter: On pages 107 and 108 write the starter and answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         20. What is a short term hazard from Yellowstone that we will have to deal with in Utah?

Agenda

●         Notebook Check #9 May 14-15th

●         Extra Credit Options

o   Choir Concerts May 7th 6 pm & 7 pm

o   7/8 Orch/Band May 8th 6:30 pm

o   6 Orch/Band & Jazz May 12th 6:30 pm

o   5th Orch/Band May 14th 6:30 pm

o   End of Year dance May 16th

●         All work for 4th term is due by May 21st

Lesson: Yellowstone Survival Plan

Standard: Life Systems store and transfer Matter and Energy.
Objective: Interpret data on the factors that change global temperatures and their effects on regional climates.

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Agenda 5/6

 

Tuesday, 5/6/2025

Starter: On pages 107 and 108 write the starter and answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         19. How many miles out will be the danger/evacuation zone around Yellowstone?

Agenda

●         Notebook Check #9 May 14-15th

●         Extra Credit Options

o   Choir Concerts May 7th 6 pm & 7 pm

o   7/8 Orch/Band May 8th 6:30 pm

o   6 Orch/Band & Jazz May 12th 6:30 pm

o   5th Orch/Band May 14th 6:30 pm

o   End of Year dance May 16th

●         All work for 4th term is due by May 21st

Lesson: Supervolcanoes / Yellowstone Survival Plan

Standard: Life Systems store and transfer Matter and Energy.
Objective: Interpret data on the factors that change global temperatures and their effects on regional climates.

●         https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=G1pa6afh8o4&t=618s&ab_channel=NakedScience (7th done, 8th 40:07, 9th 34:32)

Agenda 5/5

 

Monday, 5/5/2025

Starter: On pages 107 and 108 write the starter and answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         18. Empty the Return Slot

Agenda

●         Notebook Check #9 May 14-15th

●         Extra Credit Options

o   Choir Concerts May 7th 6 pm & 7 pm

o   7/8 Orch/Band May 8th 6:30 pm

o   6 Orch/Band & Jazz May 12th 6:30 pm

o   5th Orch/Band May 14th 6:30 pm

o   End of Year dance May 16th

Lesson: Supervolcanoes

Standard: Life Systems store and transfer Matter and Energy.
Objective: Interpret data on the factors that change global temperatures and their effects on regional climates.

●         https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=G1pa6afh8o4&t=618s&ab_channel=NakedScience (7th 29, 8th 10:42, 9th 8:01)

Agenda 5/2

 

Friday, 5/2/2025

Starter: On pages 107 and 108 write the starter and answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         Many of the atmospheric hazards formed from the same interaction of two things, what were those two things?

Agenda

●         Notebook Check #9 May 14-15th

●         Extra Credit Options

o   Choir Concerts May 7th 6 pm & 7 pm

o   7/8 Orch/Band May 8th 6:30 pm

o   6 Orch/Band & Jazz May 12th 6:30 pm

o   5th Orch/Band May 14th 6:30 pm

o   End of Year dance May 16th

Lesson: Natural Hazards Quiz

Standard: Life Systems store and transfer Matter and Energy.
Objective: Interpret data on the factors that change global temperatures and their effects on regional climates.

●         https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=G1pa6afh8o4&t=618s&ab_channel=NakedScience (7th 29, 8th 10:42, 9th 8:01)

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Agenda 5/1

 

Thursday, 5/1/2025

Starter: On pages 107 and 108 write the starter and answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         No Starter

Agenda

●         Natural Hazards Quiz May 2nd

●         Notebook Check #9 May 14-15th

●         Extra Credit Options

o   Choir Concerts May 7th 6 pm & 7 pm

o   7/8 Orch/Band May 8th 6:30 pm

o   6 Orch/Band & Jazz May 12th 6:30 pm

o   5th Orch/Band May 14th 6:30

o   End of Year dance May 16th

Lesson: Supervolcanoes

Standard: Life Systems store and transfer Matter and Energy.
Objective: Interpret data on the factors that change global temperatures and their effects on regional climates.

●         https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=G1pa6afh8o4&t=618s&ab_channel=NakedScience (7th ?, 8th 10:42, 9th 8:01)

·          https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/when-sleeping-giant-awakes/ (Magma Chamber, past eruptions)

Agenda 4/30

 

Wednesday, 4/30/2025

Starter: On pages 107 and 108 write the starter and answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         No Starter (Review)

Agenda

●         Natural Hazards Quiz May 2nd

●         Notebook Check #9 May 14-15th

Lesson: Review / Supervolcanoes

Standard: Life Systems store and transfer Matter and Energy.
Objective: Interpret data on the factors that change global temperatures and their effects on regional climates.

●         Energy storage/transfer in physical systems

o   Kinetic Energy and mass/velocity

o   Potential Energy

o   Transfer between KE & PE

o   Transfer of energy as waves

o   Structure of waves

o   Digital vs Analog Signals

●         Energy Storage/Transfer in Life Systems

o   Photosynthesis uses energy to transform matter

o   Cellular Respiration changes food into energy/other molecules

o   Matter Cycles

▪          How would the addition of a large population of plants affect the balance of the Nitrogen cycle in an area?

●         Interactions with Natural Systems and Resources

o   Uneven Natural Resource Distribution

o   Per capita consumption of Resources (Food/Energy/Land)

o   Renewable vs Nonrenewable Resources

o   Climate Change

o   Factors that influence it

●         https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=G1pa6afh8o4&t=618s&ab_channel=NakedScience (7th ?, 8th ?, 9th ?)

·          https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/when-sleeping-giant-awakes/ (Magma Chamber, past eruptions)