In
8th grade
Physical Science
you will first discover
molecules,
atoms and their
chemical structure
and then learn how to understand the Periodic Table of the Elements. In the
second semester,
you begin
to
learn about
motion
and forces..
Sometimes
it may seem that we are just teaching an overview of different topics that do
not relate;
however,
there is a greater purpose! By the close of the end of the year, all of the
topics that you have
explored lead up to
a better understanding of our Universe. The final frontier is our goal at the end of semester Two.
Semester 1
States of Matter
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Semester 2 Motion
Forces
Density and Buoancy
Astronomy
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Other stuff...I am asked many times during the year how students can get "extra credit". I have a set number of things students can do to get extra credit; they are available to every student. To be fair however, I do not give extra credit assignments to individual students.
1.+2 points - Write your assignments in cursive instead of printing them
2.+5 points – Write the Spanish definitions every time you do Key Terms 3.+10 points (1 per semester)– watch Mythbusters and apply the scientific method to one experiment. 4.+10 points/semester – Bring in a pack of graph paper, a box of black dry erase markers or a ream of copy paper. All of the items that can be purchased are for student use when they forget to bring supplies or have run out of them.
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season_report.ppt | |
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solarsystem.ppt | |
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the_farmers_scientific_method.ppt | |
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Atomic structure and the Periodic Table
atoms_and_the_periodic_table_unit.ppt | |
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jigsaw_the_periodic_table.ppt | |
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atom_and_periodic_table_dq.ppt | |
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bondingbasics08.ppt | |
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hunting_the_elements_notes.docx | |
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