8th grade Science Update Week 37 (June 1-5)
Topics: Cell Types, Functions and Organelles
Due: Questions due daily, complete by Friday
Assessment: Friday, June 5
8th grade Anchor Questions Week 37 (June 1-5)
1.
List five different types of cells
2.What is differentiation (of cells)?
3.What is specialization (of cells)?
4.List each of the cell organelles covered and describe each one (long answer)
5.How are plant and animal cells different?
Vocabulary:
NucleusMitochondriaCell membraneCell wallChloroplastsEndoplasmic reticulum
LysosomeWater vacuoleCytosol/cytoplasmCentrioleCellular
RespirationCytoskeleton
Plant cellDifferentiationGolgiphotosynthesisspecialization
8th grade Science Update Week 36 (May 26-29)
Topics: Bio Intro: characteristics of living things, needs of living things, cell theory, macromolecules
Due: daily questions
Assessment: Friday, May 29
8th grade Anchor Questions Week 36 (May 26-29)
8th Anchor Questions Week 36 (May 26-29)
1.Explain how you would know if something is a living thing or not.
2.What are the needs of all living things? Include examples for each one.
3.Explain the key concepts of the Cell Theory.
4.What are cells made of? What macromolecules make up cells?
5.Explain in detail what we get from food when we eat.
6.What are the levels of organization for multicellular organisms? Give examples for each level.
Vocabulary:
MacromoleculeProteinCarbohydrateOrganism
FatGrowDevelopStimuli/response
OrganelleUnicellularMulticellularEukaryotic
ProkaryoticOrgan systemOrganTissue
8th grade Science Update Week 35 (May 18-22)
Topics: Erosion & Great Lakes
Due: Questions due daily, complete by Friday
Assessment: Friday, May 22
8th grade Anchor Questions Week 35 (May 18-22)
Erosion
1. What is erosion?
2.What is deposition?
3. List the three agents of erosion and describe each one
4.Which agent is the strongest one?
5.Which agent is the slowest?
6. Why are landscapes changing all over the world?
7. How does ice erode rock?
Ice ages and Michigan geologic history
8. What is precession?
9. What is eccentricity (in Earth’s orbit)?
10.What is obliquity (in Earth’s tilt)?
11. How do ice ages happen?
12.Explain Michigan’s geologic history
Vocabulary:
Precession Eccentricity Obliquity Ice age
Glacier Erosion Deposition
8th grade Science Update Week 34 (May 11-15)
Topics: Plate Tectonics wrap up
Due: Study Log signed daily
Assessment: Friday, May 15
8th grade Study Guide Week 34- Plate Tectonics wrap up
Assessment: test Friday, May 15
What to know and study:
Continental Drift
Theory of plate tectonics
Plate Boundaries
Effects at plate boundaries
Volcanoes: types, parts, dangerous effects, where they occur
Earthquakes: seismic waves, dangerous effects, where they occur
All vocabulary listed below
Skills:
•Identify plates on a world map
•Identify types of plate boundaries on world map
•Identify on a world map where mid ocean ridges occur
•Identify on a map where mountains may be formed
•Identify on a map where volcanoes may be formed
•Identify on a map where earthquakes may occur
•Draw a diagram of how deep ocean trenches are formed
•Draw a diagram that shows subduction
Vocabulary:
Divergent boundary Convergent boundaryContinental-continental collision Theory of plate tectonics
subductionRift valley Continental crustMid ocean ridges
volcanoFaultIsland arcsDeep ocean trenches
Continental driftWegenerTransform boundaryOceanic crust
EarthquakeMountainRing of FireSpreading center
Spreading centersoceanic-oceanic subductionOceanic-continental subduction
CraterVentVolcanic conep-wave
s-waveSurface waveCinder cone volcanoComposite volcano
Shield volcanoHot spot volcanoPyroclastic surge/flow
Strategies for Study
•Making Questions”/Re-write notes- student makes questions from the concepts and constructed response questions.
•Graphic Organizer/concept map: make a graphic organizer or concept map to organize the information
•Quizzing self: students use flashcards or made questions to test themselves
•Quizzing other: student has parent/sibling quiz them using flashcards or made questions
•Explaining: student explains concepts or questions to parent, sibling or friend
I- Study Log- parent must verify that a study strategy was used and sign. Parent must sign the log even if the time studied was “zero” minutes
DayTime studiedStrategy UsedParent signature
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8th grade Science Update Week 33 (May 4-8)
Topics: Plate Tectonic Project
Due: Projects due Thursday, May 7
Project Info, assignments and details can be found at:
8th grade Science Update Week 32 (April 27- May 1)
Topics: Plate Tectonics Events: Earthquakes & Volcanoes
Due: Anchor Questions Week 32, questions due daily, complete by Friday
Assessment- Friday, May 1
8th grade Anchor Questions Week 32 (April 27- May 1)
Constructed Responses
Earthquakes
1. What causes earthquakes?
2. How is the focus different from the epicenter?
3. What is a fault?
4. List the three types of seismic waves
Volcanoes
5. List the three parts of a volcano that we covered in class
6. What are the three types of volcanoes?
7. Which type of volcano is the least dangerous? Why?
Vocabulary
Shield volcano Crater
Pyroclastic surge/flow Cone
Cinder cone volcano Fault
Composite volcano S wave
Focus (of an earthquake) P wave
Vent Epicenter
Surface wave
8th grade Science Update Week 31 (April 20-24)
Topics: Review Weeks 29 & 30
Due: Study Log signed daily
Assessment- Friday, April 24
8th grade Study Guide Week 31- Geology intro, Plate Tectonics
Assessment: test Friday, April 24
What to know and study:
All anchor questions covered Week 29
All anchor questions covered Week 30
All vocabulary listed below
Skills:
•Identify plates on a world map
•Identify types of plate boundaries on world map
•Identify on a world map where mid ocean ridges occur
•Identify on a map where mountains may be formed
•Identify on a map where volcanoes may be formed
•Identify on a map where earthquakes may occur
•Draw a diagram of how deep ocean trenches are formed
•Draw a diagram that shows subduction
Vocabulary:
Divergent boundary Convergent boundaryContinental-continental collision Theory of plate tectonics
subductionRift valley Continental crustMid ocean ridges
volcanoFaultIsland arcsDeep ocean trenches
Continental driftWegenerTransform boundaryOceanic crust
EarthquakeMountainRing of FireSpreading center
Spreading centersoceanic-oceanic subductionOceanic-continental subduction
Strategies for Study
•Making Questions”/Re-write notes- student makes questions from the concepts and constructed response questions.
•Graphic Organizer/concept map: make a graphic organizer or concept map to organize the information
•Quizzing self: students use flashcards or made questions to test themselves
•Quizzing other: student has parent/sibling quiz them using flashcards or made questions
•Explaining: student explains concepts or questions to parent, sibling or friend
I- Study Log- parent must verify that a study strategy was used and sign. Parent must sign the log even if the time studied was “zero” minutes
DayTime studiedStrategy UsedParent signature
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8th grade Science Update Week 30 (April 13-17)
Topics: Plate Tectonics, plate boundaries
Due: Anchor Questions Week 30, questions due daily
Assessment- What You Know quizzes (through out week)
8th grade Anchor Questions Week 30 (April 13-17)
1.What does the theory of Plate Tectonics explain?
2.Why is Earth’s interior still hot?
3.What evidence does the ocean floor give us to support the Theory of Plate Tectonics?
4.What is a mid oceanic ridge? Name where one occurs
5.What is sea-floor spreading? Name where one occurs
6.What is a deep ocean trench? Name three deep ocean trenches
7.List the three types of plate boundaries and make a diagram of each one
8.What happens at divergent boundaries? What happens to the earth’s crust at that location?
9.What happens at convergent boundaries? What features are formed from oceanic-oceanic collisions?
10.What happens at convergent boundaries? What features are formed from continental-continental collisions?
11.What is “subduction”? What happens to the crust at that location?
12.What features are formed from Oceanic-Continental subduction?
13.What features are formed from Oceanic-Oceanic subduction?
14.What happens at transform boundaries?
Vocabulary:
Divergent boundary Convergent boundaryContinental-continental collision Transform boundary
subductionRift valley oceanic-oceanic subductionOceanic-continental subduction
Magnetic reversalHot spotIsland arcsDeep ocean trenches
8th grade Science Update Week 29 (Mar 30-April 3)
Note: Spring Break begins at the end of the school day, Thursday, April 2
Topics: Rock cycle, tectonic plates
Due: No anchor questions this week, daily questions due
Assessment- What You Know quizzes (throughout week)
8th grade Science Update Week 28 (March 23-27)
Topics: Geology Intro
Due: Anchor Questions Week 28
Assessment- What You Know quizzes (through out week)
8th grade Anchor Questions Week 28 (March 23-27)
1. What is geology? What questions does it answer?
2. List the layers of the Earth’s interior. Describe the characteristics of each.
3. What are the three types of rocks and how is each type formed?
4. Which are the two types of crust and how are they different?
Vocabulary
Igneous
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
Mantle
Core
Crust
Magma
Lava
8th grade Science Update Week 27 (March 16-20)
Topics: Climate wrap up, Climate changes: sudden, cycles
Due: Questions due daily (no anchor questions set)
Assessment- retakes, partner quiz Friday, March 20
8th grade Science Update Week 26 (March 9-13)
Topics: Climate zones, climate graphs
Due: Study log signed daily
Assessment- Individual, Friday, 3.13.15
8TH grade Study Guide Week 26: Climate; assessment 3.13.15
What you need to know:
• What is climate?
• Factors that affect climate
• Climate zone characteristics
• Skills: reading and interpreting climographs; making predictions about information displayed on a climographs
• Map skills: identify major deserts, mountain ranges and ocean currents
Strategies for Study
• Making Questions”/Re-write notes- student makes questions from the concepts and constructed response questions.
• Graphic Organizer/concept map: make a graphic organizer or concept map to organize the information
• Quizzing self: students use flashcards or made questions to test themselves
• Quizzing other: student has parent/sibling quiz them using flashcards or made questions
• Explaining: student explains concepts or questions to parent, sibling or friend
I- Study Log- parent must verify that a study strategy was used and sign. Parent must sign the log even if the time studied was “zero” minutes
Day Time studied Strategy Used Parent signature
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8th grade Science Update Week 25 (March 2-6)
Topics: Climate zones, climate graphs
Due: Anchor Questions Week 25, questions due daily, complete by Friday
Assessment- Individual, Friday, 3.06.15
8th grade Anchor Question Week 25 (Mar. 2-6)
1.Why does altitude affect climate?
2.Why does latitude affect climate? Give an example in your answer.
3.Why do large bodies of water affect climate?
4.Why do ocean currents affect climate.
5.What are the properties (average temperature and precipitation) for Humid Tropical Zone?
6.What are the properties (average temperature and precipitation) for Dry Zone?
7.What are the properties (average temperature and precipitation) for Highland Zone?
8.What are the properties (average temperature and precipitation) for Moist Mid-latitude- Mild Winter Zone?
9.What are the properties (average temperature and precipitation) for Moist Mid-latitude- SEVERE Winter Zone?
10.What are the properties (average temperature and precipitation) for Polar Zone?
Map Skills:
A. Label and locate four mountain ranges
B. Label and locate three warm ocean currents
C. Label and locate two cold ocean currents
D. Label and locate three deserts
E. Label and locate two rainforests
Vocabulary
Annual precipitation
Average temperature
Tundra
Savanna
Arid
8th grade Science Update Week 24 (Feb 23-27)
Topics: Climate Intro
Due: Anchor Questions Week 24, questions due daily, complete by Friday
Assessment- Friday, 2.27.15
8th grade Anchor Question Week 24 (Feb. 23-27)
1. What are the two properties that define climate?
2. How does altitude affect climate? Give an example in your answer.
3. How does latitude affect climate? Give an example in your answer.
4. How do large bodies of water affect climate? Give an example in your answer.
5. How do ocean currents affect climate. Give an example in your answer.
6. What are two differences between marine and continental climates?
Map Skills:
A. Label and locate four mountain ranges
B. Label and locate three warm ocean currents
C. Label and locate two cold ocean currents
8th grade Science Update Week 23 (Feb 16 & 17)
Topics: Low Pressure Events
Due: DAILY QUESTIONS, NO ANCHOR QUESTIONS THIS WEEK
Assessment- NO ASSESSMENT
8th grade Science Update Week 22 (Feb 9-13)
Topics: Review Weeks 20 and 21
Due: Study Log signed daily
Assessment- Monday, 02.13.15
8th grade Study Guide Week 22
Assessment: test Friday, February 13
What to know and study:
All anchor questions covered Week 20
All anchor questions covered Week 21
All vocabulary listed below
Read and interpret weather maps with pressure systems, isobars and fronts
Vocabulary-
BoundaryWeather frontCold frontWarm frontMaritime Air Mass
EvaporationAir MassTropical Air MassPolar Air MassNimbus
transpirationHigh-pressure systemLow-pressure systemContinental Air MassStationary front (occluded)
Dew pointCondensationPrecipitationHumidityRelative humidity
CirrusStratusCumulusbarometer
Strategies for Study
•Making Questions”/Re-write notes- student makes questions from the concepts and constructed response questions.
•Graphic Organizer/concept map: make a graphic organizer or concept map to organize the information
•Quizzing self: students use flashcards or made questions to test themselves
•Quizzing other: student has parent/sibling quiz them using flashcards or made questions
•Explaining: student explains concepts or questions to parent, sibling or friend
I- Study Log- parent must verify that a study strategy was used and sign. Parent must sign the log even if the time studied was “zero” minutes. Daily study sheet must be studied and signed.
DayTime studiedStrategy UsedParent signature
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8th grade Science Update Week 21 (Feb 2-6)
Topics: Water in the Air, review fronts, pressure systems
Due: questions assigned daily, complete by Friday
Assessment- Friday, 02.06.15
8th grade Anchor Questions Week 21 (Feb 2-6)
1.What is humidity?
2.What is fog?
3.Describe a cirrus cloud, a cumulus cloud and a stratus cloud and make a simple drawing of each one
4.Explain how clouds are classified by altitude
5.How does temperature affect the amount of water vapor in the air?
6.CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE: How does the sun affect the water cycle?
7.CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE: Explain how a cloud forms; include the “ingredients” and steps please
Vocabulary:
EvaporationCondensationPrecipitationHumidityRelative humidity
transpirationCirrusStratusCumulusNimbus
8th grade Science Update Week 20 (Jan 26-30)
Start of Semester 2, Marking Period 3
Topics: Air masses, fronts and clouds
Due: questions assigned daily, complete by Friday
Assessment- Friday, 01.30.15
8th grade Anchor Questions Week 20 (Jan 26-30)
1.Explain how clouds form (include the “ingredients” necessary)
2.What is a front? Explain what happens at a front
3.Explain what a cold front is and what happens at one
4.Explain what a warm front is and what happens at one
5.Explain what a stationary (occluded) front is and what happens at one
6.What air masses affect North America? What are the characteristics of each of those air masses?
7.Explain what a low pressure area is and how air moves vertically and horizontally
8.Explain what a high pressure area is and how air moves vertically and horizontally
Skills: Identify fronts on a weather map; areas of high and low pressure, isobars
Vocabulary
BoundaryWeather frontCold frontWarm front
Maritime Air MassAir MassTropical Air MassPolar Air Mass
Stationary front (occluded)High-pressure systemLow-pressure systemContinental Air Mass
END OF SEMESTER 1
8th grade Science Update Week 19 (Jan 20-22)
Topics: Review Week 17 & 18
Due: Study Log signed daily
Assessment- THURSDAY, 01.22.15
8th grade Study Guide Week 19- Water in the Air, Air Pressure & Winds
Assessment: test THURSDAY, January 22
What you need to know:
1.Explain why the Earth’s surface and atmosphere is heated unevenly, include an example
2.Where does water exist on Earth and in what states does it exist?
3.What happens to air molecules when there are differences in air pressure? Include a diagram
4.How is a low pressure area created?
5.How is a high pressure area created?
6. What events cause wind to happen?
7.Identify and describe the global winds on a map and what direction do they flow
8.Identify and describe the calm regions on a map
Vocabulary:
EvaporationCondensationtropicsTranspirationwind
Air pressure Water cyclehumidityAtmosphereSea breeze
LatitudeTrade windsRadiationWater vaporHorse latitudes
WesterliesLand breezeDirect raysEasterliesmonsoon
High pressureDoldrumsIndirect raysLow pressure
Global windsConductionConvectionRadiation
Strategies for Study
•Making Questions”/Re-write notes- student makes questions from the concepts and constructed response questions.
•Graphic Organizer/concept map: make a graphic organizer or concept map to organize the information
•Quizzing self: students use flashcards or made questions to test themselves
•Quizzing other: student has parent/sibling quiz them using flashcards or made questions
•Explaining: student explains concepts or questions to parent, sibling or friend
I- Study Log- parent must verify that a study strategy was used and sign. Parent must sign the log even if the time studied was “zero” minutes
DayTime studiedStrategy UsedParent signature
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8th grade Science Update Week 18 (Jan 12-16)
Topics: Wind, global and local
Due: questions assigned daily, complete by 01.16.15
Assessment- Friday, 01.16.15
8th grade Anchor Questions Week 18 (Jan 12-16)
1.Explain why the Earth’s surface is unevenly heated
2.What happens to air molecules when there are differences in air pressure? Include a diagram
3.Describe what a sea breeze is and why it happens
4.Describe what a land breeze is and why it happens
5.What events cause wind to happen?
6.Describe the global winds on a map and what direction do they flow
7.Describe the calm regions on a map
Vocabulary
Land breezeAir pressureMonsoonsSea breeze
MoleculesGlobal windsCoriolis effectConvection
Calm regionsDoldrumsHorse latitudesWesterlies
8th grade Science Update Week 17 (Jan 5-9)
Topics: Water in the air, air pressure
Due: questions assigned daily, complete by 01.09.15
Assessment- Friday, 01.09.15
8TH Anchor Questions Week 17
Questions due daily; Due complete: Friday, 01.09.15
1. How does water get into the Earth’s atmosphere?
2.What is air pressure?
3.Why is air pressure different at different altitudes?
4. What happens to air molecules when there are differences in air pressure?
5.Explain why the Earth’s surface and atmosphere is heated unevenly
Vocabulary:
Air pressure
Air currents
evaporation
condensation
transpiration
latitude
humidity
water vapor
water cycle
8th grade Science Update Week 16 (Dec. 15-19)
Topics: Review Weeks 14 & 15
Due: study log signed daily
Assessment- test, THURSDAY, 12.18.14
8th grade Study Guide Week 16- Weather Intro
Assessment: test THURSDAY, December 18th
What you need to know:
What you need to know
• Weather and its components
•Layers of the atmosphere
•Characteristics of the atmosphere
•How the atmosphere is heated
• Heat moves: 3 ways
• Solar radiation and interactions with the atmosphere
1.What are the “components” of weather?
2.What are the main characteristics of each basic layer of the atmosphere?
3.What are the basic characteristics of the atmosphere?
4.How heat is transferred by conduction
5.How heat is transferred by convection
6.How heat is transferred by radiation
7.What part of the world gets direct rays year-round?
8. What can happen to solar radiation when it reaches the Earth’s surface?
9. Why is the Earth’s surface and atmosphere heated unevenly
10.How is the atmosphere heated?
Vocabulary:
Absorbmesosphere stratosphere Conduction
reflectConductionTemperatureConvection
Weather tropicsRadiation Troposphere
Latitude Atmosphere thermosphere
energyInfraredAir pressure
Strategies for Study
•Making Questions”/Re-write notes- student makes questions from the concepts and constructed response questions.
•Graphic Organizer/concept map: make a graphic organizer or concept map to organize the information
•Quizzing self: students use flashcards or made questions to test themselves
•Quizzing other: student has parent/sibling quiz them using flashcards or made questions
•Explaining: student explains concepts or questions to parent, sibling or friend
I- Study Log- parent must verify that a study strategy was used and sign. Parent must sign the log even if the time studied was “zero” minutes
DayTime studiedStrategy UsedParent signature
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8th grade Science Update Week 15 (Dec. 8-12)
Topics: Heat transfer, uneven heating
Due: questions assigned daily, complete by Friday
Assessment- quiz, Friday, 12.05.14
8th Anchor Questions Week 15 (Dec. 8-12)
Questions due daily; Due complete: Friday, 12.12.14
1.Explain how heat is transferred by conduction
2.Explain how heat is transferred by convection
3.Explain how heat is transferred by radiation
4.Compare and contrast conduction and radiation
5.Why are some parts of the Earth heated differently?
6.What part of the world gets direct rays year-round?
7. What can happen to solar radiation when it reaches the Earth’s surface?
8. Explain why the Earth’s surface and atmosphere is heated unevenly
9.How does water get into the Earth’s atmosphere?
10.How is the atmosphere heated?
Vocabulary:
Evaporation
Condensation
Absorb
Conduction
reflect
Water cycle
Temperature
Convection
Weather
tropics
Radiation
Troposphere
Latitude
Atmosphere
Water vapor
8th grade Science Update Week 14 (Dec. 1-5)
Topics: Meteorology Intro
Due: questions assigned daily, complete by Friday
Assessment- quiz, Friday, 12.05.14
8th Anchor Questions Week 14 (Dec. 1-5)
Questions due daily; Due complete: Friday, 12.5.14
1. What is weather?
2. What are the “components” of weather?
3. List the basic layers of the Earth’s atmosphere and describe main features of each
4. What are the basic characteristics of the atmosphere?
6. How does water get into the Earth’s atmosphere?
Vocabulary:
Evaporation
Condensation
Absorb
Transpiration
Conduction
Air pressure
Water cycle
Temperature
humidity
Convection
Weather
tropics
Radiation
Troposphere
Latitude
Atmosphere
Water vapor
8th grade Science Update Week 13 (Nov. 24 & 25)
THANKSGIVING BREAK- begins at the end of the day Tuesday, Nov. 25th
Topics: student conferences, review, retakes
Due: NO ANCHOR QUESTIONS THIS WEEK
Assessment- NONE
8th grade Science Update Week 12 (Nov. 17-21)
TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY- Parent Teacher Conferences, 5 to 8:30 pm
Topics: review Week 10 & 11
Due: study log signed daily
Assessment- test, Friday, 11.21.14
8th grade Study Guide Week 12-Formation of the solar system, star-life cycles, solar events and effects
Assessment: test FRIDAY, Nov. 21
What you need to know:
How the solar system formed (Nebular Theory)
Star life-cycle stages
Solar events and their effects
Structure of the Sun
Process of Nuclear Fusion
Constructed Responses
1.Compare and contrast the life-cycle of sun-sized stars and massive stars
2.Why are solar events important to know about?
3.Explain how this solar system formed from a nebula
4.Describe each layers of the sun’s interior and atmosphere
Vocabulary
convective zone
core
photosphere
coronal mass ejection (CME)
electrons
11 year cycle
Chromosphere
aurora
solar wind
solar events
magnetic fields
Corona
radiative zone
plasma
nuclear fusion
solar flare
sunspots
Protons
radiation
Super nova
nebula
Strategies for Study
•“Making Questions”/Re-write notes- student makes questions from the concepts and constructed response questions.
•Quizzing self: students use flashcards or made questions to test themselves
•Quizzing other: student has parent/sibling quiz them using flashcards or made questions
•Graphic Organizer/Concept Map
•Explaining: student explains concepts or questions to parent, sibling or friend
I- Study Log- parent must verify that a study strategy was used and sign. Parent must sign the log even if the time studied was “zero” minutes
DayTime studiedStrategy UsedParent signature
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8th grade Science Update Week 11 (Nov. 10-14)
Topics: solar events, effects
Due: anchor questions assigned, complete by 11.14.14
Assessment- Friday, 11.14.14
8th Anchor Questions Week 11 (Nov. 10-14)
Due: Anchor Questions as assigned daily, complete by Friday, 11.14 Assessment: Friday, 11.14
1. What is the “life-cycle” of a sun-sized star?
2.What is the “life-cycle” of a massive star?
3.What is in the “solar wind”?
4.List three solar effects and their effects on Earth
5.Describe what the “11 year cycle” is for the sun
6.What are sunspots and why are they important?
7.Describe what causes the “Northern Lights” (aurora)
Vocabulary
convective zone
core
photosphere
coronal mass ejection (CME)
electrons
11 year cycle
Chromosphere
aurora
solar wind
solar events
magnetic fields
Corona
radiative zone
plasma
nuclear fusion
solar flare
sunspots
Protons
radiation
Super nova
nebula
8th grade Science Update Week 10 (Nov. 3-7)
Topics: origin of the solar system, members, sun intro
Due: anchor questions assigned, complete by 11.07.14
Assessment- Friday, 11.07.14
8th Anchor Questions Week 10 (Nov. 4-8)
Due: Anchor Questions as assigned daily, complete by Friday, 11.07 Assessment: Friday, 11.07
1.Explain how our solar system formed (Nebular Theory)
2.Explain what a star is
3. How do stars, like the sun produce energy?
4. What is the “life-cycle” of a sun-sized star?
5.What is the “life-cycle” of a massive star?
6.List three layers of the Sun’s Interior
7.What is in the “solar wind”?
8.List three solar effects and their effects on Earth
9.Describe what the “11 year cycle” is for the sun
10.What are sunspots and why are they important?
11.Describe what causes the “Northern Lights” (aurora)
Vocabulary
convective zone
core
photosphere
coronal mass ejection (CME)
electrons
11 year cycle
Chromosphere
aurora
solar wind
solar events
magnetic fields
Corona
radiative zone
plasma
nuclear fusion
solar flare
sunspots
Protons
radiation
Super nova
nebula
8th grade Science Update Week 9 (Oct. 27-31)
Topics: Review Week 7 and 8
Due: Study Log signed daily
Assessment- Friday, October 31
8th grade Study Guide Week 9- Astronomy Intro, Big Bang and evidence
Assessment: test Friday, October 31
What you need to know:
Big Bang: basic story
Big Bang: evidence
What makes up the Universe?
Types of galaxies
Doppler Effect- what it is, examples
EM waves- what are they?
Tools used by astronomers
Constructed Responses
1.Explain what the Universe is made up
2.Explain what evidence there is for the Big Bang
3.Explain how galaxies are different from each other
4.Explain why the pitch of a police siren appears to change as it passes you
5.Why do we see different colors of light?
6.What is “red-shift”?
7.Why is cosmic background radiation so important?
Vocabulary- Make flashcards of each of the concepts below:
1.cosmology2.Galaxy3.Light-year
4.Nebula5.Spiral galaxy6.Elliptical galaxy7.Irregular galaxy
10.Pitch11.Red-shift 12.Doppler Effect
13.Big Bang Theory
14.Amplitude15.EM waves16.Medium
17. radiation18.Visible light spectrum
19.Vacuum20.Cosmic background radiation
Strategies for Study
•“Making Questions”/Re-write notes- student makes questions from the concepts and constructed response questions.
•Quizzing self: students use flashcards or made questions to test themselves
•Quizzing other: student has parent/sibling quiz them using flashcards or made questions
•Graphic Organizer/Concept Map
•Explaining: student explains concepts or questions to parent, sibling or friend
I- Study Log- parent must verify that a study strategy was used and sign. Parent must sign the log even if the time studied was “zero” minutes
DayTime studiedStrategy UsedParent signature
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8th grade Science Update Week 8 (Oct. 20-24)
Topics: Evidence for the Big Bang
Due: Anchor Questions as assigned, complete by Friday
Assessment- Friday, October 24
Notes for Week 7 posted at:
http://mrinchatolms.homestead.com/Class-Notes.html
8th Anchor Questions Week 8 (Oct. 20-24)
Questions Due: Assigned daily, due complete Friday
Assessment date: Friday, October 24
1. Describe what the Doppler Effect is using an example
2. Why does the sound of an approaching ambulance siren change as it gets close to you?
3. What is frequency in a wave?
4. What do the different wave frequencies cause in sound?
5. What do the different wave frequencies cause in light?
6. What is the “visible light” spectrum?
7. What evidence is there for the Big Bang?
8. What does “red shift” tell us about the galaxies?
***Review Week 7 anchor questions
Vocabulary
Nebula
Galaxy
Light-year
Super nova
Nebula
Spiral galaxy
Elliptical galaxy
Irregular galaxy
Star
Big Bang
Red-shift
Doppler Effect
Visible light spectrum
8th grade Science Update Week 7 (Oct. 13-17)
Topics: Astronomy: the big picture, universe, galaxies, cycles
Due: Anchor Questions as assigned, complete by Thursday
Assessment- none
Notes for Week 6 posted at:
http://mrinchatolms.homestead.com/Class-Notes.html
*Retakes: All students that scores below 75% will retake Week 5 test, Tuesday during lunch
8th Anchor Questions Week 7 (Oct. 13-17)
Questions Due: Assigned daily, due complete Thursday Assessment date: none
1. What is the universe composed of?
2. What evidence exists for the Big Bang? What does “red shift” show about the Universe?
3. List the three types of galaxies according to shape
4. What are galaxies made up of? What is the size range of galaxies?
5. What are nebulae made up of?
6. Explain how our solar system formed
Recap from Week 5:
7. Explain how carbon cycles in Earth’s system
8. Explain how nitrogen cycles in Earth’s system
Vocabulary
Nebula
Galaxy
Light-year
Super nova
Nebula
Spiral galaxy
Elliptical galaxy
Irregular galaxy
Star
8th grade Science Update Week 6 (Oct. 6-10)
Topics: Earth Science intro
Due: Anchor Questions as assigned, complete by Friday
Assessment- Friday, Oct. 10
No new notes for Week 5
http://mrinchatolms.homestead.com/Class-Notes.html
*Retakes: All students that scores below 75% will retake Week 5 test, Thursday during class
8th Anchor Questions Week 6 (Oct. 6-10)
Questions Due complete: Friday, 10.10 Assessment: Friday, 10.10
1. Name the four major branches of Earth science
2. Explain how Earth can be considered a system
3. List the characteristics of each of Earth’s four major spheres
4. Compare an open system and a closed system
5. Explain how carbon cycles in Earth’s system
6. Explain how nitrogen cycles in Earth’s system
Vocabulary
System
Atmosphere
Hydrosphere
Geosphere
Biosphere
Earth science
Geology
Oceanography
Meteorology
Astronomy
Water Cycle
Carbon Cycle
Nitrogen Cycle
Phosphorus Cycle
