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8th Grade Science

Course Description

 
 
 

 

 

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.
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Table of Contents Page Number
Title Page 1
Disclosure Page 1 2
Disclosure Page 2 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
ITM CH 4 S 2 13
Atomic Theory Quiz 14
Subatomic Particles and Properties 15
Periodic Table 16
Atom Model Drawing 17
B.N. Atoms & Molecules 18
Starters 19
Starters 20
Atomic Structure Worksheet 21
Chemical Reactions Notes 22
Chemical Reactions Notes 23
Chemical Reactions Notes 24
Balancing Chemical Equations 25
Law of Conservation of Mass 26
Atoms & Molecule Booklet 27
Atomic Quiz 28
Plastic Scavenger Hunt 29
Atoms & Molecules Test 30
Starters 31
Starters 32
Plastic All Around Us 33
States of Matter & Mixtures Notes 34
States of Matter & Mixtures Notes 35
PHET Phase Change Lab 36
States of Matter Worksheet 37
Starters 38
Starters 39
Phases of H2O 40
Heat Notes 41
Heat Notes 42
States of Matter Quiz 43
FME Ch 6 S 2 44
FME Ch 6 S 3 45
Heat Transfer 46
FME CH 2 S 3 47
Matter Test 48
Standard II Vocabulary 49
BN Motion 50
Starters 51
Starters 52
Marble Roll Lab 53
Paper Roller Coasters 54
Momentum Worksheet 55
Wave Formations 56
Force & Motion Quiz 57
Spring Waves Lab 58
Drawing Wavs I 59
Drawing Waves II 60
Starters 61
Starters 62
Table of Contents 63
Wave Simulation Fun & WebQuest 64
Waves Quiz 65
Making Sound Waves 66
Wave Behavior Doodle Sheet 67
Thinking About Light Sketch 68
Behavior of Light 69
Force, Motion & Waves Test 70
Exploring Light Properties 71
BN Optics 72
Bending Light Simulator 73
Sound Waves WebQuest 74
Starters 75
Starters 76
Longitudinal Wave Lab 77
Sound vs Light 78
Light & Sound Quiz 79
Analog and Digital 80
Transmitting Information 81
Seven Segment Display 82
Analog & Digital Signals Notes 83
Analog & Digital Signals Notes 84
Sampling & Graphing 85
Lights, Sound Signals Test 86
Standard III Vocabulary 87
Plant Time Lapse 88
How Does Your Garden Grow 89
Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration Notes 90
Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration Notes 91
Life - Plants 92
Starters 93
Starters 94
Cellular Respiration 95
CHC Ch 2 S 2 96
Introduction to Ecosystems 97
It's Called Cellular Respiration 98
Energy Flow in Ecosystems 99
Energy Flow in Ecosystems 100
Matter Cycles 101
Matter Cycles 102
Matter Cycles 103
Biomagnification Notes 104
Biomagnification Notes 105
Biomagnification Notes 106
Starters 107
Starters 108
Starters 109
Photosynthesis Virtual Lab 110
Photosynthesis & Respiration Quiz 111
Resource Distribution & Use Notes 112
Resource Distribution & Use Notes 113
Ecology Quiz 114
Species Interactions Notes 115
Species Interactions Notes 116
Populations & Biomagnification Quiz 117
Symbiosis Worksheet 118
Global Climate Change Notes 119
Global Climate Change Notes 120
Deer Predation 121
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Agenda 3/11

 

Wednesday, 3/11/2026

Starter: On pages 93 and 94 write down the starter. Answer in complete sentences!!!!

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

Agenda

●         Hall Passes may now be turned in for Extra Credit

●         Notebook Check #8 Mar 17th

●         All work for 3rd term due Mar 18th

●         Ecosystem Quiz Mar 20th

●         Population & Biomagnification Quiz Mar 27th

●         Resources & Climate Change Quiz April 3rd

Lesson: Matter Cycles Notes / 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 101, 102 & 103 (7th 4, 8th 4, 9th 4)

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

●         Biomagnification Notes on pages 104, 105 & 106 (7th ?, 8th ?, 9th ?)

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

Agenda 3/10

 

Tuesday, 3/10/2026

Starter: On pages 93 and 94 write down the starter. Answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         No Starter

Agenda

●         Hall Passes may now be turned in for Extra Credit

●         Notebook Check #8 Mar 17th

●         All work for 3rd term due Mar 18th

●         Ecosystem Quiz Mar 20th

●         Population & Biomagnification Quiz Mar 27th

●         Resources & Climate Change Quiz April 3rd

Lesson: Energy Flow in Ecosystems Notes / Matter Cycles Notes

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 99 & 100 (7th 14, 8th 11, 9th 11)

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

●         Matter Cycles on pages 101, 102 & 103 (7th ?, 8th ?, 9th ?)

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

Agenda 3/9

 

Monday, 3/9/2026

Starter: On pages 93 and 94 write down the starter. Answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         5. Empty the Return Slot.

Agenda

●         Notebook Check #8 Mar 17th

●         All work for 3rd term due Mar 18th

●         Ecosystem Quiz Mar 20th

●         Population & Biomagnification Quiz Mar 27th

●         Resources & Climate Change Quiz April 3rd

Lesson: Energy Flow in Ecosystems Notes

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 99 & 100 (7th , 8th , 9th )

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

Agenda 3/6

 

Friday, 3/6/2026

Starter: On pages 93 and 94 write down the starter. Answer in complete sentences!!!!

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

Agenda

●         Notebook Check #8 Mar 17th

●         All work for 3rd term due Mar 18th

●         Ecosystem Quiz Mar 20th

●         Population & Biomagnification Quiz Mar 27th

●         Resources & Climate Change Quiz April 3rd

Lesson: Photosynthesis & Respiration Quiz

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

●          

Agenda 3/5

 

Thursday, 3/5/2026

Starter: On pages 93 and 94 write down the starter. Answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         No Starter

Agenda

●         Photosynthesis & Respiration Quiz Mar 6th

●         Notebook Check #8 Mar 17th

●         All work for 3rd term due Mar 18th

●         Ecosystem Quiz Mar 20th

●         Population & Biomagnification Quiz Mar 27th

●         Resources & Climate Change Quiz April 3rd

Lesson: Introduction to Ecosystems notes / It’s called Cellular Respiration

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 97

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

Agenda 3/4

 

Wednesday, 3/4/2026

Starter: On pages 93 and 94 write down the starter. Answer in complete sentences!!!!

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

Agenda

●         Photosynthesis & Respiration Quiz Mar 6th

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

 

Tuesday, 3/3/2026

Starter: On pages 93 and 94 write down the starter. Answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         No Starter

Agenda

●         Photosynthesis & Respiration Quiz Mar 6th

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 2/27

 

Friday, 2/27/2026

Starter: On pages 93 and 94 write down the starter. Answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         No Starter

Agenda

●         Decades Day Dance (Extra Credit Option)

●         Photosynthesis & Respiration Quiz Mar 6th

Lesson: Photosynthesis / ATP & Respiration Videos

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

●         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQK3Yr4Sc_k  

●         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00jbG_cfGuQ

Agenda 2/26

 

Thursday, 2/26/2026

Starter: On pages 93 and 94 write down the starter. Answer in complete sentences!!!!

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

Agenda

●         Decades Day Dance (Extra Credit Option)

●         Photosynthesis & Respiration Quiz Mar 6th

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

 

Wednesday, 2/25/2026

Starter: On pages 93 and 94 write down the starter. Answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         1. Write “Prepare notebook.” Label pages 93 and 94 as Starters, number pages 93 to 108 with the evens on the left and the odds on the right.

Agenda

●         Altered Schedule tomorrow

●         Decades Day Dance (Extra Credit Option)

●         Photosynthesis & Respiration Quiz Mar 6th

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 2/23

 

Tuesday, 2/24/2026

Starter: On pages 75 and 76 write down the starter. Answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         (Do not write this) Fill out your notebook check score sheet at the front of your notebook 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 13, Be the teacher 5, Table of Contents 3 Pages numbered 18, Titles 18, Page content 18 (75-92) Total 84 pts

Agenda

●         Decades Day Dance (Extra Credit Option)

●         Photosynthesis & Respiration Quiz Mar 6th

Lesson: Notebook Check #7

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

●          

Agenda 2/23

 

Monday, 2/23/2026

Starter: On pages 75 and 76 write down the starter. Answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         13. What is the relationship between the intensity of light and the rate of photosynthesis?

Agenda

●         Notebook Check #7 Feb 24th

●         Photosynthesis & Respiration Quiz Mar 6th

Lesson: 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/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 2/20

 

Friday, 2/20/2026

Starter: On pages 75 and 76 write down the starter. Answer in complete sentences!!!!

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

Agenda

●         Notebook Check #7 Feb 24th

●         Photosynthesis & Respiration Quiz Mar 6th

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 done 9th 25:38

●         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 2/19

 

Thursday, 2/19/2026

Starter: On pages 75 and 76 write down the starter. Answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         11. What is Sundew trying to get from catching mosquitos? (Be SPECIFIC!)

Agenda

●         Notebook Check #7 Feb 24th

●         Photosynthesis & Respiration Quiz Mar 6th

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 22:35, 8th 22:25, 9th 22:25

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

Agenda 2/18

 

Wednesday, 2/18/2026

Starter: On pages 75 and 76 write down the starter. Answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         10. Why do all Multicellular Organisms primarily do Cellular Respiration instead of Fermentation?

Agenda

●         Notebook Check #7 Feb 24th

●         Photosynthesis & Respiration Quiz Mar 6th

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 ?, 8th ?, 9th ?

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