Albin's  Science
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Monday - Friday     Sept 10 - 14     8th Science 

Monday

bulletget proper heading on paper, and  ...
  1. Write a prediction for the grade you will earn in my class
  2. turn in to your period's tray in SouthEast corner of room
    THEN :
bulletget out your Procedures wrksht and wait, we will
bulletcorrect Procedures wksht
  1. correct your own work
  2. check your heading (worth 1 point) first to match:
    1. name
    2. date
    3. period
    4. assignment
  3. write the correct answer in for any you missed
bulletgrade  Processes and Procedures Hunt
bulletif one part of question is wrong, it is all wrong
bulletscoring:
bulletmissed  0 = 6
bulletmissed <5 = 5
bulletmissed  5 - 10 = 4
bulletmissed 11 - 20 = 3
bulletmissed 21+ = 2
bulletwrite score at top of paper like this:    score / pts possible;  ex:  4/5
This assignment has 5 points possible
bullet 
 

Tuesday

Bright Light Story  pp 4-6

bulletget heading on paper for Bright Light Story pp 4-6
 
bulletproceed working thru the investigation, reading each step, instructions, and recording what is required on your paper.
bulletNOTE:  you are working alone until step 4, then "team" just in pairs w/ your CP
bullet 
bulletthen we will do step 6
 
bulletif you get done:  check this out:  http://www.nytimes.com/indexes/2006/09/04/science/index.html
bulletWhich story looks most interesting?  Be ready to explain why.
bullet 
bulletassign textbook and cover it

 

Wednesday

bullettake out "Bright Lights"
bulletscore Bright Lights

discuss how to do Investigation headings

start What's in Here  (see Thursday below)
 

Thursday

bulleton paper  get a good heading for What's in Here pp 22,23 Part A   
name
date
period
assignment
bulletstudents at computers 1-6 will work individually on this assignment
bulletstudents at computers 7-12 will work cooperatively with the four students at their table to complete the assignment
bulletstudents at 13, 14 - your choice: work alone or cooperatively
bulletget to work,  you have ~25 minutes

score papers and discuss the activity
turn in papers 

 

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NOTE:  the answer key for the worksheet you did last thursday is here (click here for answers).  Check your answers, study for friday's quiz.  available from home at:  http://www.omaksd.wednet.edu/Albin/

 

Friday

   QUIZ on classroom procedures (that worksheet we did last week, study it!)

SRF   Science Reading Friday

bulletafter you turn in your quiz get a book from our science library
bulletpick something interesting to you
bulletno talking
bulletuse our library to read about something of interest to you

  

coming soon read thru Shades of Amber pp 28-30 as a class
as class set up notebook heading, procedure section
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

 

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

 

          extra credit                            Search the Web                  8th Science click for this week

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last updated Thursday, September 13, 2007

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