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
 

Posts

Agenda 4/14

 

Monday, 4/14/2025

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

●         9. Setup pages 119 & 120 for notes on Global Climate Change.

Agenda

●         Resources & Climate Change Quiz Apr 18th

●         Natural Hazards Quiz May 2nd

●         Notebook Check #9 May 14-15th

Lesson: Global Climate Change

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.

●         Global Climate Change notes pages 119 & 120 (7th ?, 8th ?, 9th ?)
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1v1LAh2jRnF8h4zb4MhEaRHDM1zlYK1G1/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112244829939701416426&rtpof=true&sd=true

Agenda 4/11

 

Friday, 4/11/2025

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

●         No Starter

Agenda

●         Resources & Climate Change Quiz Apr 18th

●         Natural Hazards Quiz May 2nd

●         Notebook Check #9 May 14-15th

Lesson: California / Great White

Standard: Matter and Energy interact in the Physical World
Objective: Describe the cause-and-effect relationship in particle motion, temperature, density and state.

●         Great White Sharks

Agenda 4/10

 

Thursday, 4/10/2025

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

●         No Starter

Agenda

●         Resources & Climate Change Quiz Apr 18th

●         Natural Hazards Quiz May 2nd

●         Notebook Check #9 May 14-15th

Lesson: California / Biome Explorations

Standard: Matter and Energy interact in the Physical World
Objective: Describe the cause-and-effect relationship in particle motion, temperature, density and state.

●         Planet Earth Ice Worlds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj97C6fVt0Y&ab_channel=SoenFryt

o    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1h7-aCfXFe5hKDnaXnEKRjlcEYuB2QyVA/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112244829939701416426&rtpof=true&sd=true

●         Planet Earth Jungles http://naturedocumentaries.org/6813/planet-earth-jungles-bbc/

o    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1T2qplS1G_lCaes2uorUvElorFRMSBFRd/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112244829939701416426&rtpof=true&sd=true

●         Planet Earth Shallow Seas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zsA9Rnw_sg (8:25, Sea Kraits)

o    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cLRmUxkd0Ui5etSmi5iS8hZ33M2uo60d/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112244829939701416426&rtpof=true&sd=true

Agenda 4/9

 

Tuesday, 4/8/2025

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

●         No Starter

Agenda

●         Resources & Climate Change Quiz Apr 18th

●         Natural Hazards Quiz May 2nd

●         Notebook Check #9 May 14-15th

Lesson: California / Biome Explorations

Standard: Matter and Energy interact in the Physical World
Objective: Describe the cause-and-effect relationship in particle motion, temperature, density and state.

●         Planet Earth Ice Worlds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj97C6fVt0Y&ab_channel=SoenFryt (33:11, 35:17)

o    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1h7-aCfXFe5hKDnaXnEKRjlcEYuB2QyVA/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112244829939701416426&rtpof=true&sd=true

●         Planet Earth Jungles http://naturedocumentaries.org/6813/planet-earth-jungles-bbc/ (19:51, 21:50)

o    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1T2qplS1G_lCaes2uorUvElorFRMSBFRd/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112244829939701416426&rtpof=true&sd=true

●         Planet Earth Shallow Seas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zsA9Rnw_sg

o    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cLRmUxkd0Ui5etSmi5iS8hZ33M2uo60d/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112244829939701416426&rtpof=true&sd=true

Agenda 4/8

 

Tuesday, 4/8/2025

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

●         No Starter

Agenda

●         Resources & Climate Change Quiz Apr 18th

●         Natural Hazards Quiz May 2nd

●         Notebook Check #9 May 14-15th

Lesson: California / Biome Explorations

Standard: Matter and Energy interact in the Physical World
Objective: Describe the cause-and-effect relationship in particle motion, temperature, density and state.

●         Planet Earth Ice Worlds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj97C6fVt0Y&ab_channel=SoenFryt (33:11, 35:17)

o    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1h7-aCfXFe5hKDnaXnEKRjlcEYuB2QyVA/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112244829939701416426&rtpof=true&sd=true

●         Planet Earth Jungles http://naturedocumentaries.org/6813/planet-earth-jungles-bbc/

o    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1T2qplS1G_lCaes2uorUvElorFRMSBFRd/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112244829939701416426&rtpof=true&sd=true

●         Planet Earth Shallow Seas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zsA9Rnw_sg

o    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cLRmUxkd0Ui5etSmi5iS8hZ33M2uo60d/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112244829939701416426&rtpof=true&sd=true

Agenda 4/7

 

Monday, 4/7/2025

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

●         No Starter

Agenda

●         Resources & Climate Change Quiz Apr 18th

●         Natural Hazards Quiz May 2nd

●         Notebook Check #9 May 14-15th

Lesson: California / Biome Explorations

Standard: Matter and Energy interact in the Physical World
Objective: Describe the cause-and-effect relationship in particle motion, temperature, density and state.

●         Planet Earth Ice Worlds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj97C6fVt0Y&ab_channel=SoenFryt ()

o    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1h7-aCfXFe5hKDnaXnEKRjlcEYuB2QyVA/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112244829939701416426&rtpof=true&sd=true

●         Planet Earth Jungles http://naturedocumentaries.org/6813/planet-earth-jungles-bbc/

o    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1T2qplS1G_lCaes2uorUvElorFRMSBFRd/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112244829939701416426&rtpof=true&sd=true

●         Planet Earth Shallow Seas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zsA9Rnw_sg

o    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cLRmUxkd0Ui5etSmi5iS8hZ33M2uo60d/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112244829939701416426&rtpof=true&sd=true

Agenda 3/28

 

Friday, 3/28/2025

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

●         No Starter

Agenda

●          

Lesson: Population & Biomagnification Quiz / Living Together

Standard: Matter and Energy interact in the Physical World
Objective: Describe the cause-and-effect relationship in particle motion, temperature, density and state.

●         7th 35:18, 8th 35:22, 9th 36:02

Agenda 3/27

 

Thursday, 3/27/2025

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

●         8. What is a way to reduce competition to get around the Competitive Exclusion Principle?

Agenda

●         Population & Biomagnification Quiz Mar 28th

Lesson: Living Together

Standard: Matter and Energy interact in the Physical World
Objective: Describe the cause-and-effect relationship in particle motion, temperature, density and state.

●          

Agenda 3/26

 

Wednesday, 3/26/2025

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

●         7. What is the type of competition between members of the same species?

Agenda

●         Population & Biomagnification Quiz Mar 28th

Lesson: Symbiosis Worksheet

Standard: Matter and Energy interact in the Physical World
Objective: Describe the cause-and-effect relationship in particle motion, temperature, density and state.

●         https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BKariCMMKJk4v9nVQT3OdXe7XZeZZgOP/view?usp=sharing

Agenda 3/25

 

Tuesday, 3/25/2025

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

●         6. What does Symbiosis mean?

Agenda

●         Population & Biomagnification Quiz Mar 28th

Lesson: Species Interactions Notes

Standard: Matter and Energy interact in the Physical World
Objective: Describe the cause-and-effect relationship in particle motion, temperature, density and state.

●         Species Interactions Notes on pages 115 & 116 (7th 13, 8th 5, 9th 7)

●         https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1LBIkEZQQdT23erPJmTW6AdalRR4jRK6v/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112244829939701416426&rtpof=true&sd=true

Agenda 3/25

 

Tuesday, 3/25/2025

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

●         6. What does Symbiosis mean?

Agenda

●         Population & Biomagnification Quiz Mar 28th

Lesson: Species Interactions Notes

Standard: Matter and Energy interact in the Physical World
Objective: Describe the cause-and-effect relationship in particle motion, temperature, density and state.

●         Species Interactions Notes on pages 115 & 116 (7th 13, 8th 5, 9th 7)

●         https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1LBIkEZQQdT23erPJmTW6AdalRR4jRK6v/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112244829939701416426&rtpof=true&sd=true

Agenda 3/24

 

Monday, 3/24/2025

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

●         5. Why are Utah’s coal and oil deposits in the eastern half of the state?

Agenda

●         Population & Biomagnification Quiz Mar 28th

Lesson: Resource Distribution & Use Notes / Species Interactions Notes

Standard: Matter and Energy interact in the Physical World
Objective: Describe the cause-and-effect relationship in particle motion, temperature, density and state.

●         https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1uZo6CcDA-6WhmyFItS49fTZJ4xiBk-DE/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112244829939701416426&rtpof=true&sd=true 

●         Resource Distribution and Use Notes on pages 112 & 113 (7th done, 8th 16, 9th 16)

●         Species Interactions Nots on pages 115 & 116 (7th ?, 8th ?, 9th ?)

Agenda 3/21

 

Friday, 3/21/2025

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

●         No Starter

Agenda

●         Population & Biomagnification Quiz Mar 28th

Lesson: Resource Distribution & Use Notes

Standard: Matter and Energy interact in the Physical World
Objective: Describe the cause-and-effect relationship in particle motion, temperature, density and state.

●         https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1uZo6CcDA-6WhmyFItS49fTZJ4xiBk-DE/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112244829939701416426&rtpof=true&sd=true  

●         Resource Distribution and Use Notes on pages 112 & 113 (7th done, 8th 16, 9th 16)

Agenda 3/20

 

Thursday, 3/20/2025

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

●         4. Why do we hunt different amounts of deer in different parts of the state?

Agenda

●         Population & Biomagnification Quiz Mar 28th

Lesson: Resource Distribution & Use Notes

Standard: Matter and Energy interact in the Physical World
Objective: Describe the cause-and-effect relationship in particle motion, temperature, density and state.

●         https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1uZo6CcDA-6WhmyFItS49fTZJ4xiBk-DE/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112244829939701416426&rtpof=true&sd=true  

●         Resource Distribution and Use Notes on pages 112 & 113 (7th ?, 8th ?, 9th ?)

Agenda 3/19

 

Wednesday, 3/19/2025

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

●         3. Why is it important to know how many deer are in Utah?

Agenda

●         Population & Biomagnification Quiz Mar 28th

Lesson: Estimating Populations / Deer Populations

Standard: Matter and Energy interact in the Physical World
Objective: Describe the cause-and-effect relationship in particle motion, temperature, density and state.

●         How to Count Populations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCpogQHdjGg

●         https://drive.google.com/file/d/1x7he_B7xC1Q7_8VsAQH4hELA26oYyn_-/view?usp=sharing