GIZMO- Master Username/Password (if you forget yours!)
Click login, use the Username of "msmith8888"; the password is the same. Be sure to use no quotes around the name! This will get you into the GIZMO web site under Period D. You may need to do a serach for your GIZMO if it's not showing.
For the latest Homework assigned, please see below.
(Scroll down for old assignments that are always saved and listed in date order below!)
May 14-20, 2013 Homework Grade 8- DC TRIP DATES May 14 to 17th
1) Have a fabulous trip!
2) May 21- turn in your map/plan/for the museum science tours you planned.
Older Assignments:
5/3- Finish wind packet from last Friday
5/2-Finish Solar section of packet.
5/1-Finish Hydropower page of packet from class
4/30-Alternative Energy Demo idea due Wed., 5/1
4/29-Energy Usage GIZMO due Tuesday, 4/30
4/25-Finish EPA sheet if not done in lab.
4/23- Finish CL&P sheet (if not done in the lab) and questions 1-4 on EPA Carbon Footprint calculator sheet & 1 crossword.
4/22-Some owe their Power points for the deconstruction project from before vacation.
2) Finish CL&P part of Web quest for Tuesday, 4/23
4/11- Friday, April 12th, power point complete with rubric for the group completed.
2) For Friday-- interview parents on 1) what power company do they have; what have they noticed about energy costs; which appliance(s) use a lot of power....
4/10-all paperwork for the task deconstruction with work log; sketches; and sub-component parts.
4/1- Rube Goldberg completed projects were due with paperwork, rubric, and video presentation on Tuesday, 4/2.
3/27-Extra Credit Sun Safety Poster Contest! Due by Thursday, March 28th
Students in grades K-8 are invited to help raise awareness about sun safety and win great prizes by entering the 2013 SunWise with SHADE Poster Contest, organized by SunWise and the SHADE Foundation. Original, hand-drawn posters (8.5 x 11”) must show five sun safety action steps. The due date is April 1st, and the national winner will receive a family trip to Disney World and a Shade 'N Net shade structure for his/her school. Contest details and the entry form are available at: www.epa.gov/sunwise/postercontest.html.
3/21- Bring in materials/box for Rube Goldberg projects for Friday
3/19-Finish Pascal Notes; page 93 1 to 5; page 94 1C
2/28-Study week 8/9 vocab quiz Friday March 1; Simple Machine examples & sheets completed this week
2/21-Read 108-113; page 113 1 B & 1 C & Finish Momentum GIZMO due Friday
2/19- Momentum GIZMO; Structure & Function Packet
2/13-Chapter 2 Sections 1 to 4 Quest
2/12-Finish 3 points from each of 3 laws & pg 54 2 abc
2/6-completed graph & drawing conclusions for the Ball type vs. force catapult lab due
2/5-completed Slipping/Sliding Friction Lab write up and packet due with completed 100 point rubric.
2/4-Egg demo on Newtown's 1st Law or page 54 1 abc
1/31- Week 4 Vocab Quiz & complete 20 question packet
1/30-Force/Fan Car GIZMO due Thursday, 1/31 & complete the Procedure page for the sliding friction lab (if not done in class)
1/24-Vocab Quiz & complete 20 question Astronomy packet
1/22-finish graph on mass vs. Newtons lab
1/14-Safari Motion GIZMO
1/10-Week #1 Vocab Quiz & cover new book & Matter & Energy Ecosystem Questions & Read 6-15 (Find vocab: SI, Meter, speed, average speed, instantaneous speed, velocity, graph motion, slope)
1/8-Calorimetry GIZMO due Wed., 1/9 & Demo #3 Quiz & finish speed vs. pace graph from class data
1/7-Study Chapter 4 test on Jan. 8th & page 127: 1 to 7; Have notebook ready for grading with grade from portal on the rubric.
1/3- Heat Transfer practice sheet
1/2-Study Guide & Heat Transfer GIZMO
12/17-Finish Temperature Conversions sheet from class
12/10-Quiz Sec. 3.2 pages 78-83; Pendulum GIZMO on Tuesday; Read 78-83 Page 83 #1-5
12/7-Newspaper section for class activity for Monday (get a section from a friend or Ms. J PRIOR to class, if you don;t get the newspaper at home.)
12/6-Final Copy CE due
12/4-Finish Tomato graph sheet with explanantion- due Wed (collecting D perid on Thursday); Finish Elastic Force lab (if not done); Demo plans
12/3-Finish PE GIZMO if not done from class & print 2 excel graphgs from ball bounce lab (if not done in class)
11/29-CE Planning sheet due; KE/PE Quiz
11/27-KE/PE Sheet due Wed.
11/21- Create graph for KE vs Height (#Books) from class work today.
11/20-Demo #2 Quiz Wed., 11/21 & Finish calculating PE by formula from lab today (mostly period A that needs to finish this).
11/16-Read pages 74-76; page 76: 1-6
11/15-Find an energy related CE article
11/9-Study for test on Thursday, 11/8 (Finishing essays on Friday or Monday)
11/7-Fill out Notebook rubric with grade; # 2 sharpened pencils for Thursday.
11/6-Pg 62: 1-6; Page 63 #1; page 65- 8-15 MC; page 66- 23 & 24
11/2-Study Guide filled out or flash cards
11/1-Find one substance's boiling & freezing point... ex: salt water or an element like gold & Density GIZMOs by Friday, 11/2
10/31- Page 48: 1-6; page 49: 1-3
10/24-Solubility/Temp. GIZMO
10/23-New Physics Demo sheet plan sheet filled out
10/19-Page 35: 1,3,5,6,8,10, 12-18 in notebook & demo idea
10/18-Final copy CE due
10/15/6-Quiz Section 1.2 & 1.3 (pages 16-25) on Tuesday (A period), 10/16 or Wed., 10/17 (D period); page 26 #1-6
10/11-Complete the chemistry related CE events planning sheet
10/10-Ionic Bonding GIZMO due
10/4-Demo Quiz & find CE article
10/3- Finish Compound sheet from class (if not done) using old Physics book.
10/2-Element Builder GIZMO due
9/27-Study for Element matching quiz on Friday, 9/28.
9/24- Finish Element chart in notebook on looking up 20 elements, symbols, number on Periodic Table-
9/19-Some owe CE that was due on Friday....Period A & D- completed penny lab is due.
9/14-Final copy CE due (45 minutes, but this is a long-term assignment)
9/12-Bring in a penny/pennies & research what metals make up a penny/best cleaning techniques for Thursday.
9/11-For Wednesday, 9/12, Read/finish pages 16-19 and answer questions on atoms. (10-20 min)
9/10- Quiz on matter, mass vs. weight, and volume & Finish Mass vs. Weight GIZMO
9/10- complete the Physics Demo sheet
9/6- read/take notes on CE planning sheet & cover book
9/5-find a partner (if desired) and an idea for a demo.
8/30-Find print/copy one science realated Current Events (CE)article. Use my Favorite Links tab to access Science Daily News or Science News for Kids for articles, if you would like. You can use magazines, newspapers, anything reliable....
9/4- Supplies by Wed., 9/5
Extra Credit-
FOR all Assessment Revisions/Quiz Revisions: (What the correct answer is; why you chose the wrong answer; what you learned from your mistake; and attach the original assessment piece) You can earn back up to half the lost points.
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