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Monday - Friday     Nov 5 - 9     8th Science 

Monday

View and evaluate Heat ppts

Read these instructions then WAIT for me to start you

  1. use Grading sheet I hand out
  2. open Ppt
  3. click File / Open / Desktop
    1. students at Albin 7 - 12 click Backup Here
    2. students at Albiin 1 - 6 click Xenon
    3. WATCH my demo carefully of what to do next

Tuesday

 

set up paper: How Do You Spell Relief pp 119-126

bulletIQ:  Which antacid is stronger - Tums or Equate (generic)?
bulletTums cost 4 cents each; Equate cost 2 cents each
bulletread investigation part A
bulletdon't forget to make prediction w/ reason
bulletat beginning of Procedure section:
bulletdefine: acid, base, indicator (from background info)
bulletwhen ready, show me your paper & do Part A
bulletas we do Part B, identify: manipulated, controlled, responding variables
 

Wednesday

half day

review & discuss part A:  How Spell Relief

prepare for Part B.

  Tums Equate
weight before    
weight after    
weight used for 5 drops    
     
weight before    
weight after    
weight used for 10 drops    
     

 

Thursday

IQ:  Which antacid is stronger - Tums or Equate (generic)?

Read, then do Part B of the investigation:  How Spell Relief,

bulletSeal the envelope, label one end Tums, other end Equate
 
  tums                     equate
bulletI will get you started
sample data table part B:
  Tums Equate
weight before    
weight after    
weight used for 5 drops    
     
weight before    
weight after    
weight used for 10 drops    
     

complete How Spell Relief

bulletwrapup
bulletConclusion for IQ:  Which antacid is stronger - Tums or Equate (generic)?
 

Friday

 

Quiz:  conclusion writing: 3 statements

Properties of Matter -  Cookies Matter

  1. What is matter?  What is a substance?
  2. What are the different states of matter? (four)
  3. What causes matter to change from one state to another?
  4. What do we mean by properties of matter?
    1. What are some common properties we look at when describing substances?
  5. Do properties of substances change when they are:
    1.  part of a mixture?
    2. a compound?
    3. an element?
  6. Did the properties change of the:
    1. flour?
    2. butter?
    3. water?
    4. chocolate chips?
    5. salt?
    6. baking soda?

     

coming soon

Read:

bulletpp 105 - 106, Stressed Out
bulletanswer questions on paper
bulletp 107  Fainting……...
bulletp 113, 114   Do Animals Use Plants for Medicine

 

http://www.smithsonianeducation.org
Whoa!

look at these

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7037366.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7011738.stm needles

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/default.stm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/mammals/tv/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/lifeintheundergrowth/video.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/programmes/tv/blueplanet/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/programmes/tv/lifeonair/archive.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/mammals/tv/#winning_design

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/mammals/challenges/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/mammals/quiz_more/

 
current science news http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4780876.stm  

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4815230.stm

bullet http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7009798.stm
bullet http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6105500.stm
bullet http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1304796.stm
bullet http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7016079.stm

 

musuems
http://vlmp.museophile.com/

http://www.museumca.org/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/museumca/usa_search.cgi?star
 

current
        websites
WASL expectations:    What You Should Know
  1. Changes in Systems
  2. Properties of Systems
  3. Structure of Systems

 

Translate
http://babelfish.altavista.com/tr
               or
http://translate.google.com/translate_t
 
current  
           science

 

Science/Nature various
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/default.stm

 

current
           birds

http://birds.cornell.edu/programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide

http://birds.cornell.edu/programs/AllAboutBirds

 

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