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 3/18

 

Tuesday, 3/18/2025

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

●         No Starter

Agenda

●         Population & Biomagnification Quiz Mar 28th

Lesson: Biomagnification Videos

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

●         DDT and Malaria https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykPH56Udc60

●         Hacking Nests https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1rI1doF494

Agenda 3/17

 

Monday, 3/17/2025

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

●         2. What are two of the 4 characteristics that a pollutant must have to biomagnify?

Agenda

●         Population & Biomagnification Quiz Mar 28th

Lesson: Biomagnification Notes

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

●         Biomagnification Notes on pages 109, 110 & 111 (7th 17, 8th 13, 9th 13)

●         https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_8WUadLtfxMjpiZ3YSjssQloGfMgW0bf/view?usp=sharing

Agenda 3/17

 

Thursday, 3/13/2025

Starter: On pages 90 and 91 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 12, Be the teacher 5, Table of Contents 3 Pages numbered 17, Titles 17, Page content 17 (90-106) Total 80 pts

Agenda

●         Ecosystem Quiz Mar 14th

●         Population & Biomagnification Quiz Mar 28th

Lesson: Notebook Check #8

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

●          

Agenda 3/12

 

Wednesday, 3/12/2025

Starter: On pages 90 and 91 write the starter and answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         12. The Nitrogen, Carbon and Water cycles all had an overarching pattern, what was it?

Agenda

●         Hall Passes may now be turned in for Extra Credit

●         Work for 3rd term due Today

●         Notebook Check #8 Mar 13th

●         Ecosystem Quiz Mar 14th

●         Population & Biomagnification Quiz Mar 28th

Lesson: Matter Cycles / Biomagnification Notes

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

●         Matter Cycles on pages 104, 105 & 106 (7th 7, 8th 7, 9th 7)

●         https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1isiJmBASJv3nwNZqyq2QkONufV3odtzD/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112244829939701416426&rtpof=true&sd=true

●         Biomagnification Notes on pages 109, 110 & 111

●         https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_8WUadLtfxMjpiZ3YSjssQloGfMgW0bf/view?usp=sharing

Agenda 3/11

 

Tuesday, 3/11/2025

Starter: On pages 90 and 91 write the starter and answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         11. How much energy is passed from one Trophic level to the next?

Agenda

●         Hall Passes may now be turned in for Extra Credit

●         Work for 3rd term due Mar 12th

●         Notebook Check #8 Mar 13th

●         Ecosystem Quiz Mar 14th

●         Population & Biomagnification Quiz Mar 28th

Lesson: Matter Cycles

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

●         Matter Cycles on pages 104, 105 & 106 (7th 7, 8th 7, 9th 7)

●         https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1isiJmBASJv3nwNZqyq2QkONufV3odtzD/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112244829939701416426&rtpof=true&sd=true

Agenda 3/10

 

Monday, 3/10/2025

Starter: On pages 90 and 91 write the starter and answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         10. Empty the Return Slot

Agenda

●         Hall Passes may now be turned in for Extra Credit

●         Work for 3rd term due Mar 12th

●         Notebook Check #8 Mar 13th

●         Ecosystem Quiz Mar 14th

●         Population & Biomagnification Quiz Mar 28th

Lesson: Energy Flow in Ecosystems / Matter Cycles

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

●         Energy Flow in Ecosystems pages 101 & 102 (7th 14, 8th 11, 9th 14)

●         https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1jYOX65Ap42FJ4k52DkB2JU-zUaoqQ-XE/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112244829939701416426&rtpof=true&sd=true

●         Matter Cycles on pages 104, 105 & 106

●         https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1isiJmBASJv3nwNZqyq2QkONufV3odtzD/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112244829939701416426&rtpof=true&sd=true

Agenda 3/6

 

Thursday, 3/6/2025

Starter: On pages 90 and 91 write the starter and answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         9. What are the 5 levels of Ecological Hierarchy?

Agenda

●         Hall Passes may now be turned in for Extra Credit

●         Work for 3rd term due Mar 12th

●         Notebook Check #8 Mar 13th

●         Ecosystem Quiz Mar 14th

●         Population & Biomagnification Quiz Mar 28th

Lesson: Photosynthesis & Respiration Quiz / Energy Flow in Ecosystems

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

●         Energy Flow in Ecosystems pages 101 & 102

●         https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1jYOX65Ap42FJ4k52DkB2JU-zUaoqQ-XE/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112244829939701416426&rtpof=true&sd=true

Agenda 3/5

 

Wednesday, 3/5/2025

Starter: On pages 90 and 91 write the starter and answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         No Starter

Agenda

●         Hall Passes may now be turned in for Extra Credit

●         Photosynthesis & Respiration Quiz Mar 6th

●         Work for 3rd term due Mar 12th

●         Notebook Check #8 Mar 13th

●         Ecosystem Quiz Mar 14th

●         Population & Biomagnification Quiz Mar 28th

Lesson: It’s Called Cellular Respiration / Introduction to Ecosystems

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/1nJL-1KA_hmsGoWJfIoF3IbnL4CrAufNA/view?usp=sharing

●         Introductions to Ecosystems page 99

●         https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wa7KwgqXLZeuQe83lw-jLLwreaH2dZ2D/view?usp=sharing 

Agenda 3/4

 

Tuesday, 3/4/2025

Starter: On pages 90 and 91 write the starter and answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         8. What product of Cellular Respiration are we measuring in the lab?

Agenda

●         Hall Passes may now be turned in for Extra Credit

●         Photosynthesis & Respiration Quiz Mar 6th

●         Work for 3rd term due Mar 12th

●         Notebook Check #8 Mar 13th

●         Ecosystem Quiz Mar 14th

●         Population & Biomagnification Quiz Mar 28th

Lesson: The More you Work the More you get

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/1Cj8_ueA999XnrumV1QPidspwvCIbvvQK/view?usp=sharing

Agenda 3/3

 

Monday, 3/3/2025

Starter: On pages 90 and 91 write the starter and answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         No starter

Agenda

●         Hall Passes may now be turned in for Extra Credit

●         Photosynthesis & Respiration Quiz Mar 6th

●         Work for 3rd term due Mar 12th

●         Notebook Check #8 Mar 13th

●         Ecosystem Quiz Mar 14th

●         Population & Biomagnification Quiz Mar 28th

Lesson: The More you Work the More you get

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/1Cj8_ueA999XnrumV1QPidspwvCIbvvQK/view?usp=sharing

Agenda 2/28

 

Friday, 2/28/2025

Starter: On pages 90 and 91 write the starter and answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         7. Empty the Return Slot (Update the Table of Contents, Tape things into your notebook, anything not picked up will be thrown away at the end of class)

Agenda

●         Decades day Dance

●         Photosynthesis & Respiration Quiz Mar 6th

●         Work for 3rd term due Mar 12th

●         Notebook Check #8 Mar 13th

●         Ecosystem Quiz Mar 14th

●         Population & Biomagnification Quiz Mar 28th

Lesson: CHC Ch 2 S 2

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

●         Read the entire section, then complete the Section Review at the end of it. Use a lined piece of paper (not torn from your notebook) title the page, write every question and answer in complete sentences.

●         https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TYhCxKtRJRNtWyQkcfKrv7J8q2uTKdJ1/view?usp=sharing

Agenda 2/27

 

Thursday, 2/27/2025

Starter: On pages 90 and 91 write the starter and answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         6. Why did the rate of photosynthesis drop when the temperature was too far from 25 degrees Celsius?

Agenda

●         Decades day Dance Feb 28th

●         Photosynthesis & Respiration Quiz Mar 6th

●         Work for 3rd term due Mar 12th

●         Notebook Check #8 Mar 13th

●         Ecosystem Quiz Mar 14th

●         Population & Biomagnification Quiz Mar 28th

Lesson: CHC Ch 2 S 2

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

●         Read the entire section, then complete the Section Review at the end of it. Use a lined piece of paper (not torn from your notebook) title the page, write every question and answer in complete sentences.

●         https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TYhCxKtRJRNtWyQkcfKrv7J8q2uTKdJ1/view?usp=sharing

Agenda 2/25

 

Tuesday, 2/25/2025

Starter: On pages 90 and 91 write the starter and answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         4. Using Wave properties, what does it mean when plants are green?

Agenda

●         Decades day Dance Feb 28th

●         Photosynthesis & Respiration Quiz Mar 6th

●         Notebook Check #8 Mar 13th

●         Ecosystem Quiz Mar 14th

●         Population & Biomagnification Quiz Mar 28th

Lesson: Life – Plants / Photosynthesis Virtual Lab

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/document/d/1Ugvc5EgLW5DjoRSv3nQkRHVXAKAo8BxK/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112244829939701416426&rtpof=true&sd=true 7th 41:30, 8th 42:25, 9th 40:59

●         Video link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TdRBHWk1is&t=2s

●         https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DRufEHDfdy2WEchrR71992_a0cSKqKF_/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=112244829939701416426&rtpof=true&sd=true

●         https://amrita.olabs.edu.in/?sub=79&brch=16&sim=126&cnt=4

●         https://leosiiman.neocities.org/lab-rate-of-photosynthesis/photolab-individual

Agenda 3/24

 

Monday, 2/24/2025

Starter: On pages 90 and 91 write the starter and answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         3. What is the Sundew trying to get from catching mosquitos?

Agenda

●         Decades day Dance Feb 28th

●         Photosynthesis & Respiration Quiz Mar 6th

●         Notebook Check #8 Mar 13th

●         Ecosystem Quiz Mar 14th

●         Population & Biomagnification Quiz Mar 28th

Lesson: Life - Plants

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/document/d/1Ugvc5EgLW5DjoRSv3nQkRHVXAKAo8BxK/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112244829939701416426&rtpof=true&sd=true 7th 20:06, 8th 19:30, 9th 14:30

●         Video link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TdRBHWk1is&t=2s

Agenda 2/21

 

Friday, 2/21/2025

Starter: On pages 90 and 91 write the starter and answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         2. What process do plants use to get energy for their growth and development?

Agenda

●         Decades day Dance Feb 28th

Lesson: Life - Plants

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/document/d/1Ugvc5EgLW5DjoRSv3nQkRHVXAKAo8BxK/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112244829939701416426&rtpof=true&sd=true 7th 20:06, 8th 19:30, 9th

●         Video link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TdRBHWk1is&t=2s