8 th Grade Science Overview and Class Procedures Welcome Students (A) On a clean sheet of paper, number from 1 to 3 (B) Write the answers to the following questions (C) Use complete sentences with proper grammar rules (1) What do you think science is? (2) Describe some advantages of studying science. (3) What is the most interesting thing you have ever learned about science? When and where did you learn this? Aug 12, 2012 Bell Work

8 th Grade Science Overview and Class Procedures Class Procedures Notes (A) When the bell rings, class starts. You should already have you pencil or pen ready with some paper to write on. (B) When the bell rings, talking stops. (C) When the bell rings, immediately start working on the bell work on the screen. (D) We raise our hand and patiently and silently wait to be acknowledged. (E) We write our first and last name in the top right corner of our papers.  Beneath our names we write the date.  Beneath the date we write the class period

8 th Grade Science Overview and Class Procedures Class Procedures Notes How to "head" your paper…is called "the heading" We write our first and last name in the top right corner of our papers.  Beneath our names we write the date.  Beneath the date we write the class period Aug 12, 2012 James Elliot Aug 12, st Period See Example Above In The Top/Right Corner

8 th Grade Science Overview and Class Procedures Collect Signed Forms (Homeroom Only) Tasks Turn in your…  Mini-School Letter  Green Registration Form  Pinkish Parent Check List (must be signed and initialed)  Gray Calculator Form  Lavender Health Form  White Nutrition Form  Yellow Residency Form must include proof of residence Examples: electric or water bill, lease, closing document Note: write your first/last name and my name on these  Green PTO Form Hand Out the Student Schedules!

8 th Grade Science Overview and Class Procedures RSM …The scientific method and engineering design process …Classifying animals and Fossils …Adaptation and Variation In Populations …Atoms and States of matter …Acids and Bases …Physical & Chemical properties & Chem. Reactions …Electromagnetism and the Earth’s Atmosphere …and so much more!!! …Elements and the Periodic Table …Compounds and Mixtures Aug 12, 2012

8 th Grade Science Overview and Class Procedures RSM …The scientific method and engineering design process  Watch video clip of Tony Stark/Iron Man  Watch video clip of "The Big Dog" robot Aug 12, 2012

8 th Grade Science Overview and Class Procedures RSM …Atoms and States of matter Watch video clip about atoms (with Morgan Freeman) Aug 12, 2012

8 th Grade Science Overview and Class Procedures RSM …Classifying animals and Fossils Aug 12, 2012

Notes SPI Fossils Science Fossils In Asphalt  Animals fell into tar pits, were trapped, and died  The asphalt hardened preserving skeletons, shells, teeth, etc. Saber Tooth Tiger Fossil (From La Brea Tar Pits, California) …Classifying animals and Fossils

8 th Grade Science Overview and Class Procedures RSM …Adaptation and Variation In Populations Watch video song about dinosaurs Aug 12, 2012

8 th Grade Science Overview and Class Procedures RSM …Acids and Bases …Physical & Chemical properties & Chem. Reactions …Electromagnetism and the Earth’s Atmosphere …For Tomorrow …Elements and the Periodic Table …Compounds and Mixtures Aug 12, 2012