Agenda September 30

1 Metric Measurement Test
2 Turn in Dry Ice Lab

Agenda September 29

1 Activity Dry Ice Lab.  Thermometer exercise while heating and cooling water (due tomorrow)
2 (This has been on the board last week and this week) Test Metric Measurement tomorrow.
Miniatures Club is Painting and Pirates.  Some painted pirates are almost complete so I should post pictures soon?

Agenda September 28

1 Activity Using Alcohol Burners
2 Activity Using Thermometers
3 Journal 17 Measuring Temperature

Agenda September 27

1 Turn in Galileo's Marbles Measuring Time
2 Activity Density of A Liquid
3 Return Work

Agenda September 25

Whoops.

Agenda September 23

1 Activity Density of Irregular Solids
2 WS (on the back) Density Questions (it was supposed to be due today but instead will be on time if finished by Monday)
WS Determining Density check and collect today

Agenda September 22 The First Day of Autumn

1 Activity Density of Regular Solids
2 J15 Density and Density Calculations
3 WS Determining Density due Friday 9/23

Miniatures Club is Painting and Pirates

Agenda September 21 The Last Day of Summer

1 Finish up Bill Nye video for classes effected by assembly
2 Finish Exploration Activity Mass of 50ml of water
3 Journal 14 How to Measure the Mass of a Liquid
4 Journal 15 Density and Density Calculation
5 WS Determining Density (practicing calculations) due Fri 9/23

Agenda September 20

1 Collect Activity Measuring Mass
2 Video Bill Nye Measurement due today
3 Exploration What is the mass of 50ml of water?

Agenda September 19 Teacher Inservice - no school for kids

Instead, the teachers got "schooled".

Agenda September 16

1 Check WS Volume by Water Displacement
2 WS Reading Triple Beam Balance Practice (on the back of Water Displacement)
3 Activity Using a Triple Beam Balance due today

No School on Monday for you.  This would be a great day to go shadow another school.
School dance may cut into attendance at Miniatures Club.  The plan is still Painting and Pirates.

Agenda September 15

1 Activity Volume of Irregular Solids due today/
2 WS Volume by Water Displacement due tomorrow 9/16
2 Journal 13 How to Measure Mass (and draw a triple beam balance)
3 Video Veritasium The World's Roundest Object
4 Return work and go over make up policy again

Agenda September 14

1 Check WS Measuring Liquids
2 Check WS Measuring Liquid Volume
3 Journal 12 Volume of Irregular Solids
4 Activity Volume of Irregular Solids

Miniatures Club will be Pirates and Painting

Parents:  I have noticed a number of students are losing assignments.  If the assignment is for an Life Long Learning grade, the assignment cannot be made up for full credit.  If it gets redone, the highest score will be a 3.  This is in accordance with the new Science Department Rubric for LLL Completion Assignments.

Agenda September 13

1 Activity Liquid Volumes Using Different Tools/WS Measuring Liquids (on the back)
2 WS Measuring Liquid Volume
3 J12 Measuring Volume of Irregular Solids

Agenda September 12

1 J10 Measuring the Volume of a Regular Solid
2 Activity Volume of Regular Solids
3 J11 Measuring the Volume of a Liquid
4 Activity Liquid Volumes Using Different Tools (if time)

Agenda September 9

1 Check CH1 HW, Journal 5 CH1 Vocabulary, Journal 6 CH1 Constructing Meaning, WS Metric Mania Metric Conversion, Activity Metric Measuring Length, and WS Length Measurement Practice
2 Journal 10 Measuring Voluma of a Regular Solid
3 Activity Volume of Regular Solids

Agenda September 8

1 Activity Metric Measuring Distance Day 2 due today
2 WS Length Measurement Practice due tomorrow 9/9
3 Journal 10 Measuring Volume of Regular Solids (if time)
4 Activity Volume of Regular Solids (if time)
Miniatures Club - Pirates and Painting

Agenda September 7

1 Journal 9 Measuring Distance
2 Activity Metric Measuring Day 1

Agenda September 6 Back to School Night

1 8th Grade Science Diagnostic Pre Test Trade and Grade
2 Journal 8 King Henry and Metric Conversion
3 WS Metric Mania Metric Conversion due Fri 9/9

It was great to see all the parents last night.  I forgot to announce that Family Life Preview Night is Nov 17.

Labor Day Weekend

Hello anyone out there.
This is to let you know that I just uploaded the first 10 assignments to PowerSchool.  I understand parent access still hasn't occurred.  You (and your voices) can make that happen.

Agenda September 2

1 8th Grade Science Diagnostic Pre Test

Agenda September 1

1 HW Directed Reading Packet p11-37 Do Target Reading p12, 20, 26,30,and 35.  Do Marking the Text all sections.  due Friday, Sept 9

No Miniatures Club tomorrow.  I am going to try to catch the edge of the traffic wave to get to Santa Rosa.