8th Grade Physical Science Table of Contents
Item # |
Date |
Unit 4b Assignments - Waves, Sound & Light |
1 |
3/6 |
Sound Quiz and What we know about longitudinal waves notes |
2 |
3/6 |
EM Wave Review WS |
3 |
3/12 |
Wave Interactions Foldable |
4 |
3/12 |
Waves Packet: 1. Reflection, Refraction, Diffraction, Interference Practice & Wave Behavior Practice Sheet 2. Interference of Waves & Properties of Sound Waves WS 3. Sound Waves, Sound Wave Interactions & "Seeing" Sound Waves 4. Sound Waves Review Sheet |
Item # |
Date |
Unit 4a Assignments - Characteristics of Waves |
1 |
2/7 |
Characteristics of Waves video |
2 |
2/11 |
Wave Diagram notes WS and Types of Waves notes |
3 |
2/12 |
Waves WS #1 |
4 |
2/13 |
Wave Properties Hamburger Coloring WS |
5 |
2/14 |
Large group students: Pg 524-547 from textbook |
6 |
2/18 |
Waves Formative |
7 |
2/19 |
Electromagnetic Spectrum Notes Graphic Organizer (GO) |
8 |
2/21 |
Waves on a String ADI Lab |
9 |
2/24 |
Unit 4a Study Guide |
10 |
2/25 |
Waves WS #2 |
11 |
2/28 |
4 Wave Drawings and graphic organizers review |
12 |
3/3 |
Unit 4a Test on Wave Properties and Characteristics |
Item# |
Date |
Unit 3 Assignments - Energy and Its Transformations |
1 |
12/2 |
Energy in Action: KE and PE AND Classifying KE and PE |
2 |
12/3 |
Types of Energy Graphic Organizer |
3 |
12/6 |
Roller Coaster Activity |
4 |
12/6 |
Formative on KE & PE |
5 |
12/6 |
Final Exam Study Guide |
6 |
1/6 |
Goal Sheet & Goal Tracker |
7 |
1/6 |
Honeycomb Review WS on KE & PE |
8 |
1/7 |
Final Exam Reflection Sheet |
9 |
1/9 |
Bounce Lab |
10 |
1/14 |
Energy Transformations & Law Notes and Practice |
11 |
1/14 |
Energy Transformations Activity |
12 |
1/14 |
Energy Transformations WS |
13 |
1/15 |
Gizmo: Energy Conversions |
14 |
1/21 |
Energy Transfer Assessment |
15 |
1/21 |
PE and KE Quiz - To review |
16 |
1/23 |
Unit 3 Quiz #2 KE/PE, Forms of Energy & Energy Transfer |
17 |
1/27 |
What is Heat? and Comparing Temperature Scales |
18 |
1/27 |
Unit 3 Study Guide |
19 |
1/28 |
Heat Transfer Packet |
20 |
2/4 |
Heat Transfer Gallery Walk |
21 |
2/6 |
Unit 3 Test energy and Its Transformations |
Item # |
Date |
Unit 2 Assignments - Motion & Forces |
1 |
10/4 |
Textbook pg 300-313 on Motion & Speed |
2 |
10/7 |
BrainPOPs: Distance, Rate and Time & Acceleration |
3 |
10/7 |
Motion Vocabulary |
4 |
10/8 |
Measuring Motion Gizmo |
5 |
10/9 |
Speed & Velocity Practice WS - Used a a warm-up for practice in class, checked daily |
6 |
10/17 |
Textbook pg 316-325 on Acceleration |
7 |
10/18 |
Motion TicTacToe |
8 |
10/24 |
Unit 2 Formative Assessment |
9 |
10/24 |
Motion Graphs Graphic Organizer |
10 |
10/25 |
Speed, Velocity and Acceleration Activity |
11 |
10/28 |
Speed Graphing Practice & Bill Nye Motion video Qs |
12 |
10/28 |
Speed & Velocity Math Practice WS |
13 |
10/30 |
Unit 2 Quiz on Motion |
14 |
11/4 |
Forces Jenga Notes on balanced and unbalanced forces |
15 |
11/4 |
Forces Graphic Organizer |
16 |
11/7 |
Project Information Sheet and Rubric |
17 |
11/7 |
Forces WS 4 & 5 |
18 |
11/7 |
Forces Video WS |
19 |
11/8 |
Newton's 3 Laws Notes |
20 |
11/11 |
Force Diagrams warm up |
21 |
11/11 |
Practice Sheet Balanced/Unbalanced Forces (Force Daigrams) |
22 |
11/12 |
Friction Graphic Organizer |
23 |
11/12 |
HW Study Guide for Unit 2 Test |
24 |
11/12 |
ENRICHMENT - Forces Multimedia Assignment |
25 |
11/13 |
Why Things Fall and Gravity Graphic Organizer |
26 |
11/14 |
Classwork Study Guide for Unit 2 Test |
27 |
11/19 |
Unit 2 Test Motion and Force |
Item # |
Date |
Unit 1B Assignments - Chemistry |
1 |
9/11 |
Textbook pg 58-73 |
2 |
9/12 |
BrainPOPs WS Quizzes from Compounds and Mixtures, Atoms, and Chemical Bonds |
3 |
9/16 |
Elements, compounds and mixtures card sort |
4 |
9/17 |
Classification of Matter Graphic Organizer |
5 |
9/17 |
Elements, Compounds and Mixtures WS (Parts 1, 2, 3, 4) |
6 |
9/18 |
Activity: Element, Compound, or Mixture? |
7 |
9/18 |
Physical and Chemical Properties and Changes WS (Multiple Parts) |
8 |
9/23 |
Describing Matter |
9 |
9/24 |
Unit 1B Quiz #1 - Elements, Compounds, Mixtures & Physical and Chemical Properties and Changes |
10 |
9/25 |
Vidoe - Bill Nye: Phases of Matter & State of Matter draw/color graphic organizer |
11 |
9/26 |
Law of Conservation of Matter 1/2 sheet |
12 |
9/26 |
Conservation of Mass WS - math for the law |
13 |
9/26 |
Changes in the State of Matter WS |
14 |
9/27 |
Conservation of Matter Lab |
15 |
9/27 |
Unit 1 Study Guide |
16 |
9/30 |
Notes Packet: Changes in States |
17 |
9/30 |
States of Matter WS (Fill-in with arrows) & Matching on the back |
18 |
10/1 |
Unit 1B Quiz #2 - States of Matter and Phase Changes |
19 |
10/2 |
Review activities |
20 |
10/3 |
Unit 1 Test - Chemistry |
Item # |
Date |
Unit 1A Assignments - Atoms & the Periodic Table |
1 |
8/12 |
Getting to Know You |
2 |
8/12 |
Lab Safety Contract |
3 |
8/13 |
Unit 1A Pretest |
4 |
8/13 |
Policies & Procedures |
5 |
8/14 |
Notes: The Atom & Periodic Table |
6 |
8/14 |
Periodic Table of Elements |
7 |
8/15 |
The Atoms Family |
8 |
8/19 |
Atomic Basics & Matterville |
9 |
8/19 |
Textbook pg 178-189 |
10 |
8/21 |
Graphic Organizer w/ Atomic Definitions & Atomic Number and Mass |
11 |
8/22 |
Atomic Math Quiz |
12 |
8/22 |
Periodic Table Packet #1 WS with Bohr Model Practice on the back |
13 |
8/23 |
Textbook pg 192-205 |
14 |
8/23 |
Periods and Groups of the Periodic Table AND Bohr Models (on the back) |
15 |
8/26 |
Getting to Know the Periodic Table |
16 |
8/27 |
These are the Droids/Elements You're Looking For |
17 |
8/28 |
Unit 1A Study Guide |
18 |
8/29 |
Periodic Table Basics Mini-Project |
19 |
9/9 |
Unit 1A Test Answer Sheet |