Info and links for my 8th grade Science & 6th Grade Computer Science classes
Posted in 8th Science on May 15th, 2012
On Monday, students spent the period preparing for a quiz on why Earth has seasons. Students recorded notes on a notecard that they can use on the quiz. Today, students completed the quiz as well as a responsible scholar rubric that asks them to reflect on their citizenship and effort in Science during the 4th [...]
Posted in 8th Science on May 10th, 2012
Today, students began work on the Dance Party project. Students will have about a week to create an interactive dance party in Scratch. Today’s class started with a short explanation of the assignment and a demonstration of where students can find some example dance parties.
Posted in 8th Science on May 1st, 2012
Today (2nd & 3rd) and tomorrow (4th) students completed lesson 3.3 from pages 31-33 in the EiS book. Groups recorded and graphed their data on this worksheet and then answered the questions at the bottom of the worksheet.
Posted in 8th Science on Apr 30th, 2012
Today students were given a list of tips that will help them to succeed on the Science MSP. After reviewing this list, students worked with their groups to answers a series of sample MSP questions. We spent the last 10 minutes of the period reviewing the questions that students had answered in their groups.
Posted in 8th Science on Apr 27th, 2012
On Thursday, students measured the shadow lines they had traced on Monday and entered the data on this worksheet. Students then charted their data and answered the questions at the bottom of the worksheet. On Friday, students were given a handout on energy transfer in preparation for the MSP. Energy transfer will be on the 8th grade [...]
Posted in 8th Science on Apr 24th, 2012
Today and tomorrow, 8th grade Science students at Eckstein are participating in the Choices Workshop. Yesterday students recorded data on the position and movement of the Sun in the sky by tracing a shadow on a board at regular time intervals. We’ll be using the data we collected later this week as we begin looking [...]
Posted in 8th Science on Apr 12th, 2012
Yesterday we watched Episode 5 Season 1 of The Universe. This episode presents information on the Moon including how the Moon came to be and its effects on Earth. Click here to view part 1 of 3 of this video on YouTube (the other 2 parts can be found on YouTube as well). Students recorded [...]
Posted in 8th Science on Apr 10th, 2012
Today, we reviewed students’ work from yesterday. Additionally, students worked to answer these two questions with their group. One of the things we discovered is that if we were to use our 12 cm diameter globe as a model for Earth in a scale model of the Solar System, the Moon would be roughly 3.5 [...]
Posted in 8th Science on Apr 9th, 2012
Today, students completed an activity that asked them to find different information about the Sun, Earth, and Moon, and their relationships to one another. Students completed this worksheet with their group by the end of class today. The readings required to complete the activity are from the Earth in Space textbook. You can read the [...]
Posted in 8th Science on Apr 6th, 2012
Today and yesterday, students completed an activity that asked them to answer a number of questions about Earth and space. On Friday, students then worked with their group members to group similar answers to a particular question together and write the answers on a poster. Students then shared the answers with the class. Directions for [...]