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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
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Posts

Agenda 11/21

 

Friday, 11/21/2025

Starter: On pages 51 and 52 write down the starter. Answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         1. Write “Prepare notebook.” Label pages 51 and 52 as Starters, number pages 51 to 65 with the evens on the left and the odds on the right

Agenda

●         Midterm Progress Reports due Mon Nov 24th

●         Force & Motion Quiz Dec 5th

Lesson: Converting Potential Energy to Kinetic Energy (Paper Roller Coasters)

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/1PU0sLBn9JKvsokHDAR224M4m9xQ-7qP2/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112244829939701416426&rtpof=true&sd=true

Agenda 11/20

 

Thursday, 11/20/2025

Starter: On pages 38 and 39 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 8, Be the teacher 5, Table of Contents 3 Pages numbered 13, Titles 13, Page content 13 (38-50) Total 64 pts

Agenda

●         Midterm Progress Reports due Mon Nov 24th

●         Force & Motion Quiz Dec 5th

Lesson: Notebook Check #4

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

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Agenda 11/19

 

Wednesday, 11/19/2025

Starter: On pages 38 and 39 write down the starter. Answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         8. Why do roller coasters start with a hill?

Agenda

●         Notebook Check #4 Nov 20th

●         Midterm Progress Reports due Mon Nov 24th

●         Force & Motion Quiz Dec 5th

Lesson: Forces Acting on Moving Objects

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/1b3dNxL2RT3_02Ma1gqpKIXPEMpwC3xbS/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112244829939701416426&rtpof=true&sd=true

Agenda 11/18

 

Tuesday, 11/18/2025

Starter: On pages 38 and 39 write down the starter. Answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         No Starter

Agenda

●         Notebook Check #4 Nov 20th

●         Force & Motion Quiz Dec 5th

Lesson: Forces Acting on Moving Objects

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/1b3dNxL2RT3_02Ma1gqpKIXPEMpwC3xbS/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112244829939701416426&rtpof=true&sd=true

Agenda 11/17

 

Monday, 11/17/2025

Starter: On pages 38 and 39 write down the starter. Answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         No Starter

Agenda

●         Notebook Check #4 Nov 20th

●         Force & Motion Quiz Dec 5th

Lesson: Force & Motion Introduction / Forces Acting on Moving Objects

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.dailymotion.com/video/x86vjof

●         https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KxDiJ0I-Cq1G6F_oAmVDyAv_3wmW-u5P/view?usp=sharing

●         https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b3dNxL2RT3_02Ma1gqpKIXPEMpwC3xbS/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112244829939701416426&rtpof=true&sd=true

Agenda 11/14

 

Friday, 11/14/2025

Starter: On pages 38 and 39 write down the starter. Answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         No Starter

Agenda

●         Notebook Check #4 Nov 19th

●         Force & Motion Quiz Dec 5th

Lesson: Standard II Vocabulary / Force & Motion Introduction

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

●         Standard II Vocabulary page ??

●         https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x86vjof

●         https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KxDiJ0I-Cq1G6F_oAmVDyAv_3wmW-u5P/view?usp=sharing

Agenda 11/13

 

Thursday, 11/13/2025

Starter: On pages 38 and 39 write down the starter. Answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         No Starter

Agenda

●         Notebook Check #4 Nov 19th

●         Force & Motion Quiz Dec 5th

Lesson: Matter Test Corrections

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

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Agenda 11/12

 

Wednesday, 11/12/2025

Starter: On pages 38 and 39 write down the starter. Answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         No Starter

Agenda

●         Notebook Check #4 Nov 19th

●         Force & Motion Quiz Dec 5th

Lesson: Matter Test

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

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Agenda 11/11

 

Tuesday, 11/11/2025

Starter: On pages 38 and 39 write down the starter. Answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         7. Looking back at what Conservation of Matter means when chemical reactions are happening, what would Conservation of Energy mean?

Agenda

●         Matter Test Nov 12th

●         Notebook Check #4 Nov 19th

●         Force & Motion Quiz Dec 5th

Lesson: FME Ch 2 S 3 Momentum

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/1HaKVYViMupNoTjla4FaO8VQTON4gavCi/view?usp=sharing

Agenda 11/10

 

Monday, 11/10/2025

Starter: On pages 38 and 39 write down the starter. Answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         6. What tool do we use to measure the energy in things like food?

Agenda

●         New Seating Chart

●         Matter Test Nov 12th

●         Notebook Check #4 Nov 19th

●         Force & Motion Quiz Dec 5th

Lesson: Matter Test Review

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/1TJUxgV0EhQEBE1M5jSvDVrSUriJS1YPf/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112244829939701416426&rtpof=true&sd=true

Agenda 11/7

 

Friday, 11/7/2025

Starter: On pages 38 and 39 write down the starter. Answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         5. What kind of heat transfer works in fluids?

Agenda

●         Matter Test Nov 12th

●         Notebook Check #4 Nov 19th

●         Force & Motion Quiz Dec 5th

Lesson: Heat Transfer 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/1J9cpXoo79lkNsqUS6PKuzP7N0tLhP5JC/view?usp=sharing

Agenda 11/6

 

Thursday, 11/6/2025

Starter: On pages 38 and 39 write down the starter. Answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         No Starter

Agenda

●         Matter Test Nov 12th

●         Notebook Check #4 Nov 19th

●         Force & Motion Quiz Dec 5th

Lesson: PTC / FME Ch 6 S 3 Matter & Heat

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/14ry4KwS6bN7PYW94A8lLivS-QMEFi-V5/view?usp=sharing

●         https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ty4u5Cfplbxjy0rtxgEV1TKdKhSB0VlN/view?usp=sharing

Agenda 11/5

 

Wednesday, 11/5/2025

Starter: On pages 38 and 39 write down the starter. Answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         4. Why do many cooking utensils have wooden handles?

Agenda

●         Matter Test Nov 12th

Lesson: FME Ch 6 S 2 What is Heat / FME Ch 6 S 3 Matter & Heat

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/14ry4KwS6bN7PYW94A8lLivS-QMEFi-V5/view?usp=sharing

●         https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ty4u5Cfplbxjy0rtxgEV1TKdKhSB0VlN/view?usp=sharing

Agenda 11/4

 

Tuesday, 11/4/2025

Starter: On pages 38 and 39 write down the starter. Answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         3. Why does Conduction only work in solids?

Agenda

●         Matter Test Nov 12th

Lesson: States of Matter Quiz / FME Ch 6 S 2 What is Heat

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/14ry4KwS6bN7PYW94A8lLivS-QMEFi-V5/view?usp=sharing

Agenda 10/31

 

Friday, 10/31/2025

Starter: On pages 38 and 39 write down the starter. Answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         No Starter

Agenda

●         Halloween Dance Extra Credit

●         States of Matter Quiz Oct 31st

●         Matter Test Nov 12th

Lesson: States of Matter Quiz

Standard:
Objective: I will be able to describe the nature of matter from its smallest form.

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