1. WELCOME TO 8TH GRADE SCIENCE

2. Mrs. Karen Joshu
12th Year at Altadena Middle School teaching 8th grade science (16 total years teaching)
Education
Bachelor of Arts Degree, Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado
Post Bacc and Master of Arts in Education, University of Phoenix
Graduate Science Courses, ASU

3. Personal Information Colorado Married 32 years 2 (big) kids
Clint and Amy
1 Spoiled Dog!
Wilson

4. How I can be reached E-mail kjoshu@kyrene.org Phone 480-541-6147
Joshu's Web Page

5. Tools for Success

6. Does this sound familiar??
I can’t find my notes…. homework… quizzes
I can’t remember what we did yesterday in class…..
I was absent last week and can’t find my notes…..

7. Here is the answer…
Interactive Notebook

8. What is an interactive notebook?
A place to record information
Enables the student to process ideas and make connections
Culmination of student work throughout the year
Demonstrates content learned and reflective knowledge by the student

13. The 8th Grade Science Curriculum
The KSD Science curriculum is aligned with both Arizona State and National Science Standards for middle school students

14. Students will be assigned at least one home lab during the year
Inquiry Program
Students will be assigned at least one home lab during the year
Engages students in the investigative nature of science
Students answer questions generated by teachers
Students explore questions on their own
Students experience what scientists do

15. 8th Grade Curriculum Chemistry Physics
Properties and Changes of Properties in Matter
Periodic Table and Chemical Interactions
(Periodic Table Children’s Book -
examples on the back table)
Physics
Relationship Between Force and Motion
Newton’s 3 Law’s of Motion
Simple Machines (Rube Goldberg Project)

16. Cells and Genetics 8th Grade Curriculum Ecology Meiosis and Mitosis
Basic Principals of Heredity
Ecology
Diversity, Adaptation and Behavior
Identify Plant and Animal Adaptations
Science in Personal and Social Perspective

17. Requirements for Success

18. ATTENDANCE WORK COMPLETION
It is important for students to be in class on time everyday.
Lab work can not be made up, but alternate assignments will be given at the teachers discretion.
It is the student’s responsibility to find out what was missed.
WORK COMPLETION
Student work must be turned in on time. If homework is turned in one day late, students will earn 50%. Ten percent will be deducted for every day a project or lab write-up is late!

19. My Goals as an Educator
Influence my students to prepare themselves to become successful, self confident, self sufficient citizens.
Teach them to be life long learners.

20. How do I connect these goals to learning science?
engage students in the process of learning science
encourage students to use scientific evidence to make decisions
help educate tomorrow's citizens about the application of science in everyday life.

21. Lets work together to achieve our common goals