1.  Choose your seat wisely for today!  Please pick up one of each of the items on the SIDE counter.  Write your homework on your temporary agenda and leave it out to be stamped by me! You should use the temporary agenda calendar for all of your classes until you get your agenda.  Please get out a notebook that you will designate to use ONLY for science!  Please copy the 8 th grade schedule onto the back of YOUR class schedule so you know where you are going today!

2.  Schedules, Lunch ID’s, Parent Log/Lab Safety Contract, Supply List, How am I Getting Home…make sure you have all of these things and you can begin to fill them out while I take attendance!  Quick Room Tour  Let’s Have a “Jolly” Good Year!  Syllabus, Rules & Expectations  Getting organized - Interactive Notebook Set-up  The Mooooo-ving Milk Investigation!  Explanation of Homework: Science Research Brochure  Ms. Sarnelli’s name quiz (if we have time)

3.  Choose your seat wisely for today!  Write your homework on the temporary agenda you received and leave it out to be stamped by me!  Please get a notebook out that you will designate to use ONLY for science!  Complete the “I Am” Poem on your desk!

4.  Quick Room Tour  Let’s Have a “Jolly” Good Year!  Syllabus, Rules & Expectations  Getting organized - Interactive Notebook Set-up  The Mooooo-ving Milk Investigation!  Explanation of Homework: Science Research Brochure  Ms. Sarnelli’s name quiz (if we have time)

5.  Front board, side board, homework board  Student Center ◦ Computer Use & Printing ◦ Supply Station  Work Baskets  Got Work?

6.  You must, say your name (what you like to be called) and then…  Something about yourself depending on the flavor Jolly Rancher you have… ◦ CHERRY= favorite food, drink or candy ◦ APPLE = favorite sport or hobby ◦ GRAPE = favorite music group, movie or tv show ◦ WATERMELON = future career goal ◦ BLUE RASPBERRY = coolest place you have ever visited

7.  Rules & Expectations ◦ Be Respectful ◦ Be Responsible ◦ Be Relentless…turn & talk to your table partner for 2 minutes and then YOU tell me what these mean ◦ I want you to read the rest of the syllabus and highlight important points as part of your homework…if you don’t, you will wish you had!

8. Page 1: Usernames & Passwords The first page of your notebook (front & back) I want you to dedicate to Usernames and Passwords for any accounts we set up and use throughout the year.

9. Page 1: Usernames & Passwords Chromebook Login: Username: studentID@student.cms.k12.nc.us Password: YYYYMMDD  All 4 digits of the year you were born  2 digits that represent the month your were born  2 digits that represent the day you were born

10. On the Second Page of Your Notebook, the Heading at the top of the Page Should be: Chemistry Table of Contents

11.  Page 2 (front and back) should look like the chart below.  Start numbering the pages AFTER the table of contents page DateSession # ActivityPage #

12.  Update your table of contents to include today’s activities  Tape syllabus onto page 1 DateSession # ActivityPage # 8/24 - 8/25 1Science Syllabus1 The Mooooo-ving Milk Investigation2 What Does Science Mean to Me?3

13.  Practice your Scientific Inquiry Skills  Intro to Chemistry Concepts Why is the milk moooving?

14. Evidence I saw, I heard, I noticed, I read in the text Interpretation I wondered, I made a connection, I thought

15. Evidence I saw, I heard, I noticed, I read in the text Interpretation I wondered, I made a connection, I thought

16.  Test a different variable at home.  You don’t have to write this report up, you can create a video using your phone. (Think Food Network cooking show, but more SCIENCEY!)  You must discuss the following in your presentation: ◦ Describe the variable (independent variable) you are changing ◦ Explain what you think will happen AND WHY. ◦ Discuss your procedure, make sure your video is showing the experiment ◦ Discuss your results…if your hypothesis wasn’t correct, why do you think that is? ◦ Bring your results and let me see it!

17.  Food coloring goes back in the box and back up to the front counter  Q-tips go in the garbage  Pans need to be rinsed thoroughly  Soap can be reused  Set the pan with the cup of soap in it on the front counter where you got them from  Replace the Q-tips

18.  Let’s read over the expectations for the homework and decide what science means to YOU!

19.  Homework: ◦ Lab Safety Contract/Parent Log by Friday ◦ Read & highlight syllabus for next class ◦ Bring your phone next class so we can go over BYOT expectations ◦ Science Brochure – A-day due Thursday 9/3, B-day due Friday 9/4  Any questions???  Ms. Sarnelli’s name quiz (if there is time) Have a great day!