1. How did the first day go? (Fist to Five)

2. 8th Grade Science: Everything you need to know!!!
Mrs. Johnson
Team 8-1

3. What are we going to learn?
Chemistry: atoms, matter, Periodic Table, chemical reactions, energy
Physics: energy, motion, forces, waves, electricity, magnetism
Scientific inquiry and process skills: graphing, measurement, variables, observations, inferences, scientific method
Engineering design: create a product for a specific engineering design project (making bridges and/or catapults)

4. Class Rules
Any questions?

5. Class Rules
Be in your seat with your pencil and folder when the bell rings.
Follow directions the first time they are given.
Raise your hand for permission to speak & keep your eyes on the speaker.
Stay on-task, do your share, and use quiet voices during group work.
RESPECT (to me, yourself, and others)  Be kind, cooperative, and patient.
Do your PERSONAL BEST at all times!

6. Consequences for Rule Violations
1st offense: Think Sheet OR Re-teach (with possible seat change)
2nd offense:10 minutes at lunch/Phone call home
3rd offense: Lunch detention in 317
4th offense: Referral to dean

7. Are you tired of hearing me talk yet?

8. Give us a break!!! Find someone who…
You have 3 minutes to walk around and try to fill in your paper. The first person to complete it gets CANDY!

9. Stand up If…

10. Stand up If…
You like playing sports.

11. Stand up If…
You like playing video games.

12. Stand up If…
You like singing.

13. Stand up If…
You like dancing.

14. Stand up If…
You like camping.

15. Stand up If…
You like cooking.

16. Stand up If…
You like skiing/snowboarding.

17. Stand up If…
You like skateboarding.

18. Stand up If…
You like drawing/painting.

19. Stand up If…
You play a musical instrument.

20. Stand up If…
You are an only child.

21. Stand up If…
You have lived in another state.

22. Classroom Procedures
Beginning class: Come into the room quietly and go to your seat. Write the day’s assignments and homework in your planner. Begin your warm-up assignment.
Ending class: The bell does not dismiss you; I do. Stay in your seat until dismissed. Make sure your work area is clean and chair is pushed in when you leave.

23. Classroom Procedures
Leaving during class: Wait until I am free to ask permission. Sign out on the clipboard. Take a pink pass with you. Sign back in when you return.
Moving around during class (sharpening pencil, throwing away papers, etc): Only one person may be up at a time. Don’t ask to get up, just do so as long as no one is talking to the class.

24. Classroom Procedures
Class materials: You will need a spiral notebook for this class. This will be kept with your hanging folder (I will provide this) and left in the classroom. All assignments should be kept in your folder until you are told to recycle them.
Other supplies: Pencil, paper, calculator (occasionally), planner. If you forget something, please ask to borrow what you need BEFORE class begins.
Textbooks: Students will be issued a book to keep at home or in their lockers. We have a set of books that we will use in class.

25. Classroom Procedures
Need extra help?: APP is your best option to see me for extra help or if you have questions. I am also available the first 5 minutes of lunch and before or after school by appointment.

26. Homework
Homework will be rare this year. However, there will be times when you will need to assign yourself homework such as: not finishing classwork in class, needing extra practice if you are struggling with a topic, studying for tests (using website, notes, book, etc.). It is up to you to decide when you need to do extra work outside of class to be successful.

27. Other Policies/Grading Information
ABSENCES
Being absent is NOT AN EXCUSE for incomplete work. DO NOT write “Absent” or “Wasn’t here” on top of a paper expecting that you will get credit for the work you missed.
You can get your missed work by:
Checking the “Been Absent” file crate.
Going to the website.
Asking a classmate.
Missed labs may require you to come in during APP, watch a video on the website, or get make-up data.

28. Other Policies/Grading Information
SELF/PEER GRADING EXPECTATIONS
When grading papers in class, you are expected to be HONEST and ACCURATE. If you are not sure what to mark, ask in class or circle the item you are unsure about. Any evidence of purposeful wrong grading will result in loss of points for the items in question as well as a referral to the dean for cheating.
It is also your responsibility to check your paper for accuracy when you get it back. Any errors will be gladly corrected.

29. Other Policies/Grading Information
20% Formative (notes, classwork, homework, labs)
80% Summative (lab reports, exams, projects, spiral notebook)
Re-takes will be offered only when all previous work is complete and satisfactory. No re-takes the last week of the quarter. Re-takes must be completed within 2 weeks of original assessment.
For additional information, please see visit the “FYI” page of my website for a complete description of Proficiency Learning.

30. Any Questions?
Please return your signed Syllabus by WEDNESDAY, September 14th to avoid a phone call to your parents during lunch!
Also, the first class to get 100% turned in will get a FREEBIE FORMATIVE!

32. Please complete the quiz quietly.
Turn it over when you are finished.

35. Science Lab Safety Rules
Science Lab Safety Rules

36. Image: http://morrisonlabs.com/lab_safety.htm
What’s wrong? Identify 6 different safety concerns shown in the picture below.
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37. The answers are … Don’t fool around during a lab. Move with caution.
Always wear safety goggles and aprons when doing an experiment.
Always point test tubes and other items away from yourself and others when heating.
Don’t eat or drink while doing a lab.
Keep hair and other flammable objects away from flames.
Don’t leave a flame unattended.
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38. PARTNER READING:
Read at least 1 sentence but no more than 1 paragraph, THEN SWITCH.
Sit “ear to ear”.
Practically a whisper (other groups shouldn’t hear you).

39. No safety goggles
Reached across flame
Did not wash chemical off skin
Pointed test tube towards face
Smelled chemical without wafting
Tasted chemicals
Didn’t clean up before moving stations
Didn’t read directions
Did an unpermitted experiment
Running
Used broken glassware
Flammable object near fire
Didn’t properly clean up
Injury not reported
Didn’t wash hands after lab

40. Spiral Notebooks Entry #, title, date Use front/back of pages
Write down what you were missing after we discuss
Tape in corners
Use website to do entries you miss when absent