Thursday, August 25, 2011 Friday, August 26, 2011 Study and Sign Prospectus Review and Sign Lab Safety Contract Have Parent Sign Contract and Prospectus Science Introduction and Expectations Review Prospectus Lab Safety Rules/Activity Warm Up: Make a numbered list and write down any lab safety rules that you remember from last year. 1) 2) 3) Homework: 1. Study and Sign Prospectus 2. Review and Sign Lab Safety Contract 3. Have Parent Sign Contract and Prospectus Page 2 Page 1

8th Grade Science Interactive Notebook Set-up

Inside Cover of Notebook Date A-Day Date B-Day Homework Title(s) Warm Up: Write out questions, charts, diagrams AND your responses!!! Inside Cover of Notebook Keep This Page Blank!!!! Homework: Homework assignments should always be written here, as the title AND in your agenda! Page #

Tape 8th Grade Science Prospectus Here Prospectus Page Tape 8th Grade Science Prospectus Here Keep This Page Blank!!!!

Page Set-Up Expectations Date A-Day Date B-Day Date A-Day Date B-Day Homework Title(s) Classwork Titles This will tell you what we are doing in class and what we plan to accomplish in today’s lesson Warm Up: Write out questions, charts, diagrams AND your responses!!! Homework: Homework assignments should always be written here, as the title AND in your agenda! Page # Page #

Thursday, August 25, 2011 Friday, August 26, 2011 Study and Sign Prospectus Review and Sign Lab Safety Contract Have Parent Sign Contract and Prospectus Science Introduction and Expectations Review Prospectus Lab Safety Rules/Activity Warm Up: Make a numbered list and write down any lab safety rules that you remember from last year. 1) 2) 3) Homework: 1. Study and Sign Prospectus 2. Review and Sign Lab Safety Contract 3. Have Parent Sign Contract and Prospectus Page 2 Page 1

Earth Layers Pre-Assessment Finish Lab Report Monday, August 29, 2011 Tuesday, August 30, 2011 Monday, August 29, 2011 Tuesday, August 30, 2011 Earth Layers Pre-Assessment Finish Lab Report Prospectus Quiz 1st Science Lab Lab Report Warm Up: 1. What is the procedure for making up late assignments? 2. What are the three most important things to bring to science each day? 3. What are the first three things that you are supposed to do when you arrive to science class each day? ***If you finish all these questions, review your prospectus to prepare for quiz. Homework: 1. Complete take-home Earth Layers Pre- Assessment 2. Finish Lab Report Page 4 Page 3

____ observe what happens ____ get background information Wednesday, August 31, 2011 Thursday, September 1, 2011 Wednesday, August 31, 2011 Thursday, September 1, 2011 District Formative Lab Report Expectations/Rubric Lab Vocabulary Lab Vocabulary Sentences Define the following words using the handbook in the back of your textbook. (pgs R1 – R35) Warm Up: 1. Copy and organize the steps of the scientific method in correct order ____ organize data ____ write hypothesis ____ identify problem ____ conclusion ____ do the experiment ____ observe what happens ____ get background information Hypothesis Independent variable Dependent variable Control variable Manipulate Operational definition Qualitative Observation Quantitative Observation Prediction Inference Hypothesis - Tentative explanation for an observation or scientific problem that can be tested by further investigation. Independent variable - The factor that you wish to test and that is manipulated or changed so that it can be tested. Dependent variable - The factor that you measure to gather results Control variable - A variable that is the same in every way possible except for the factor you wish to test. Manipulate - Changing something so it can be tested Operational definition - description of the one particular way in which you will measure the dependent variable. Qualitative Observation - Observations that include descriptions of sights, sounds, smells and textures. Quantitative Observation - Observations that can be expressed in numbers and include records of time, temperature, mass, distance and volume. Prediction - An expectation of what will be observed or what will happen. Inference - A logical conclusion drawn from the available evidence and prior knowledge; often made from observations. Homework: 1. Write individual sentences for each lab vocabulary word you defined today in class. 2. Study your vocabulary words! Page 6 Page 5

Friday, September 2, 2011 Tuesday, September 6, 2011 Lab Vocabulary Review Earth Layers Diagram Notes Earth Dissection Activity Study for Quiz on Earth’s Layers and Lab Vocabulary Warm Up: 1. List and describe a variety of operations you could have used during your penny lab. ***Recall what operation means from your lab vocabulary Lab Vocabulary Review: Ticket out the door: Make a T-Chart or Write Sentences describing how the egg represented Earth’s layers in our activity. Also, list what layer of the Earth was not accurately represented in our model? Qualitative Quantitative Hypothesis Inference Prediction Independent variable – comes after the “if” in hypothesis. Dependent Variable – Come after the “then” in hypothesis. Non-numerical: Sights Sounds Smells Textures Easier to Observe Numerical: Time Mass Distance Volume Require measuring Change Control Variable to Constant!! Operational Definition Several ways to measure something, define how you want to Usually found in procedure This helps people to know what you did and build off of it Homework: 1. Study vocabulary words and Earth layers diagram for your quiz next class. Page 8 Page 7

Quiz Day! Sit quietly and review for your quiz, you don’t need to write anything down YET. *You will need a pencil and a scrap piece of paper out and ready to use.

1. Open up your text book to page 11 of Unit A Wednesday, September 7, 2011 Thursday, September 8, 2011 Wednesday, September 7, 2011 Thursday, September 8, 2011 Lab Vocabulary and Earth Layers Quiz Pangaea Activity Earthquakes and Volcanoes Video Drifting Continents Extended Reading Warm Up: 1. Open up your text book to page 11 of Unit A 2. Read pages 11 – 13 and create three bullets for the following terms: Lithosphere Asthenosphere Tectonic Plates Lithosphere: Earth’s curst and the uppermost part of the mantle The most rigid of all the layers Is broken into many small slabs of rock Sits on top of the asthenosphere Asthenosphere: Layer of hotter, softer rock in the mid-mantle Flows slowly like tar Layer that the lithosphere floats on top of Tectonic Plates: Small and large slabs of rock in the lithosphere Fit together like a jigsaw puzzle Include both continental and oceanic crust Homework: 1. Read “Drifting Continents” extended reading worksheet and answer questions on back Page 10 Page 9

Evidence for Pangaea Diagram Notes Quiz “talk” Video with Questions Friday, September 9, 2011 Monday, September 12, 2011 Friday, September 9, 2011 Monday, September 12, 2011 Evidence for Pangaea Diagram Notes Quiz “talk” Video with Questions Finish Pangaea questions Warm Up: 1. Write a sentence using each of the following words. DO NOT simply rewrite the definition: 1. lithosphere 2. tectonic plates 3. asthenosphere Homework: 1. Finish Pangaea questions Page 12 Page 11

Evidences for Pangaea Map Eurasia North America South America Africa India Australia Antarctica

Define specific vocabulary words (see below) Tuesday, September 13, 2011 Wednesday, September 14, 2011 Tuesday, September 13, 2011 Wednesday, September 14, 2011 Divergent Boundaries (pgs 23, 26 -28) with RSG Diagram/Notes/Visualize Movement Hot Spots Read Section 1.4 of Unit A Define specific vocabulary words (see below) Warm Up: Copy and Match definition with term Convection Currents - A motion that drives plate movement by transferring heat energy in a material 1. A huge landmass in which all continents were once joined 2 hypothesis that Earth's continents were once joined in a single landmass and gradually moved apart 3 theory that Earth's lithosphere is made up of huge, moving plates that are carried around by motions in the mantle Plate Boundaries Divergent Convergent Transform A. Pangaea B. Sea-floor spreading C. Plate Tectonics D. Continental Drift Divergent Boundaries Vocabulary Rift Valley – Area a gap is formed between two plates and molten material rises to build new crust Mid-ocean Ridge – longest chain of mountains on Earth; formed with rift valleys along their center Hot Spots - Area where heated rock rises in thin columns (plumes) from the mantle and usually forms a volcano - The hot spot stays in one place and the tectonic plate above it keeps moving Homework: 1. Read Section 1.4 of Unit A in textbook 2. Define the following vocabulary words: Subduction Continental-continental collision Oceanic-oceanic subduction Oceanic-continental subduction Page 14 Page 13

Convergent Boundaries - Diagram/Notes/Model Thursday, September 15, 2011 Friday, September 16, 2011 Thursday, September 15, 2011 Friday, September 16, 2011 Convergent Boundaries - Diagram/Notes/Model Diagram Completion NOT SURE Convergent Boundaries Notes Warm Up: 1. Copy down the t-chart you made from the previous class. Now that you know a bit more about divergent boundaries, add more information to that column. Be sure to include the definition for each type of boundary! Be ready to discuss. Subduction – When one plate sinks beneath the other Continental – Continental Collision – Occurs when two plates carrying continental crust push together Both are same density; neither one sinks Edges will crumple and fold to from mountains Examples: European Alps Himalayas *Both of these mountains still rising higher Oceanic-Oceanic Subduction – Occurs when one plate with oceanic crust sinks under another oceanic plate Older plate will always sink b/c its colder and more dense Sinking crust causes more pressure in asthenosphere Deep Ocean Trenches – deep canyons that form in the ocean floor as the plate sinks Island Arcs (Volcanic Islands) – chains of volcanic islands that from due to pressure in the asthenosphere Examples: - Philippine Islands - Aleutian Islands of Alaska - Islands of Japan Plate Boundaries Divergent Convergent Transform Oceanic-Continental Subduction – Occurs when the denser oceanic plate sinks under the continental plate - Sinking crust causes more pressure in asthenosphere Deep Ocean Trenches – deep canyons that form in the ocean floor as the plate sinks Coastal Mountains- Pressure builds up below continental crust and forces magma upwards causing a volcanic mountain to form Examples: - Cascade Mountains - Mount St. Helens (active) Homework: 1. Page 16 Page 15

Convergent Boundaries Notes Subduction – When one plate sinks beneath the other Continental – Continental Collision – Occurs when two plates carrying continental crust push together Both are same density; neither one sinks Edges will crumple and fold to from mountains Examples: European Alps Himalayas *Both of these mountains still rising higher

Convergent Boundaries Notes Continued… Oceanic-Oceanic Subduction – Occurs when one plate with oceanic crust sinks under another oceanic plate Older plate will always sink b/c its colder and more dense Sinking crust causes more pressure in asthenosphere Deep Ocean Trenches – deep canyons that form in the ocean floor as the plate sinks Island Arcs (Volcanic Islands) – chains of volcanic islands that from due to pressure in the asthenosphere Examples: - Philippine Islands - Aleutian Islands of Alaska - Islands of Japan Oceanic-Continental Subduction – Occurs when the denser oceanic plate sinks under the continental plate - Sinking crust causes more pressure in asthenosphere Deep Ocean Trenches – deep canyons that form in the ocean floor as the plate sinks Coastal Mountains- Pressure builds up below continental crust and forces magma upwards causing a volcanic mountain to form Examples: - Cascade Mountains - Mount St. Helens (active)