Hello parents and students,

As many of you have learned school will be closed, but we will still continue the learning! I will post directions for assignments on my blog, so please keep an eye on updates. Below I will add new assignments with directions and due dates.

All assignments must be turned in on ilearn. Please, do not email them to me.

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Advisory classes

All the 8th grade advisory classes have a remind. Please be sure to join your remind group. There will be weekly check ins that all students must respond to

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Card-marking 4

The online assignments will be added to card-marking 4, this will help to hold students accountable and to further communicate with parents and students. The district will send out a directive explaining how these assignments will be counted and how they will affect the students grades/credit this month.

Missing assignments (card-marking 3)

All missing or incomplete assignments for card-marking 3, may still be turned in. All assignments must be turned in by Friday (3/27) at 3:00 pm.

Invention Convention

Step 5 rough draft will be due April 3rd, all of your invention convention steps should be typed and ready for the final. Your final version is due April 27th. You will need to create a google doc and follow the outline below. It should look something like this;

Title (Step 1): Turn your question into your title. Research(Step 2): Your typing out your summary paragraph.  Hypothesis(Step 3): You are typing your hypothesis. Procedure and data (Step 4): You are typing your procedure and creating your data tables and graphs. (include your variables) Analysis and Conclusion(Step 5): You should analyze your data in a paragraph and have a conclusion sentence stating whether or not your invention solved your problem. You should also have a picture of your invention. (if you are having trouble completing step 5 email me)

I will review your steps and give you feedback through ilearn. Complete all parts on a google doc and upload it on ilearn. If you are not caught up on your invention convention you will need to email me each step for approval. Students please remember that Step 4 of Invention Convention was due in the second card-marking, so you have had plenty of time (if you turned yours steps in on time) to get your materials, built and test your invention before school closed due to COVID-19. If you are having issues with getting materials, email me and we will take care of it.

After you have submitted the rough draft on April 3rd. I will take the next few weeks giving you feedback. If something needs to be fixed I will return the assignment to you through ilearn. You will need to fix the assignment and resubmit. The final draft (which will be the same document) will be due on April 27th.

Due date April 3rd (rough draft)

Due date April 27th (final draft)

Boundaries and Components of the Greenhouse System.

Students were given this assignment Wednesday (3/11). They may take pictures of the assignment, share the pictures with themselves through email, save it on their computer and upload it into ilearn. Or students can complete the assignment in their google drive and uploaded onto ilearn. If additional copies are needed they may find them on ilearn.

Mars V. Earth; “Wild Weather on Planet Mars- from Hot Freezing in 6 Feet! NASA Science Video” https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=iJICoU2L7e0&feature=emb_title

Venus v. Earth;  (https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/venus/indepth).

Due date: Monday (3/16) at 11:59 pm

Little Ice Age

Students will find the assignment on ilearn. There are three different versions of the assignment they will be able to open one version. Students need to save the document into their 8th grade science folder in their google drive. Complete the assignment in a different font color and upload it into ilearn.

Part 1: “The Folklorist: The Year without a summer” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhSI-GYV5qQ and  the video “Climate change, Chaos, and the Little Ice Age Crash Course World History 206” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF8AAJSTJoM&t=3s

Part 2: slide show https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1YBle5IshAx67Wf9j9a3DcLQCl9xXBOMCeYuyKK2K45I/edit?usp=sharing

Part 3: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14B2gWULS0jbY4bQOf0UoiTl8nWutYlKHmQk0txqYjP4/edit?usp=sharing

Due date: Thursday (3/19) at 11:59 pm

Little Ice Age PART 2

Students will find the assignment on ilearn. There are three different versions of the assignment they will be able to open one version. Students need to save the document into their 8th grade science folder in their google drive. Complete the assignment in a different font color and upload it into ilearn.

Part 2: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/19EZcce_MYwadAbKF7fVFmetjX05V06ox39ey3l_l-8M/edit?usp=sharing

Part 3: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/19EZcce_MYwadAbKF7fVFmetjX05V06ox39ey3l_l-8M/edit?usp=sharing

Due Date: Friday (3/27) at 11:59 pm

Milankovitch Cycle

Students will find the assignment on ilearn. There are three different versions of the assignment they will be able to open one version. Students need to save the document into their 8th grade science folder in their google drive. Complete the assignment in a different font color and upload it into ilearn.

Prehistoric Climate Change: Use the following interactive to complete the following in a different font color. http://learning.si.edu/idealabs/climate_change/#intro/

Due Date: Friday (4/3) at 11:59 pm

How Much Do You Spew

Students will find the assignment on ilearn. There are three different versions of the assignment they will be able to open one version. Students need to save the document into their 8th grade science folder in their google drive. Complete the assignment in a different font color and upload it into ilearn.

Students will need two different PDFs to complete the assignment, one can be found below and on ilearn. The answer key will need a password which will be revealed once they complete the assignment and will be found on ilearn.

Due date: Friday (4/20)

Emissions by Sector

Students will find the assignment on ilearn. There are three different versions of the assignment they will be able to open one version. Students need to save the document into their 8th grade science folder in their google drive. Complete the assignment in a different font color and upload it into ilearn.

Due Date: Friday (4/24)

Climate Change QUIZ Review

Students will find the assignment on ilearn. There are three different versions of the assignment they will be able to open one version. Students need to save the document into their 8th grade science folder in their google drive. Complete the assignment in a different font color and upload it into ilearn.

Due Date Friday (5/1)

Following the Carbon Dioxide

Students will find the assignment on ilearn. There are three different versions of the assignment they will be able to open one version. Students need to save the document into their 8th grade science folder in their google drive. Complete the assignment in a different font color and upload it into ilearn.

Due Date Friday (5/8)

Human, Physical and Biological Affects

Students will find the assignment on ilearn. There are three different versions of the assignment they will be able to open one version. Students need to save the document into their 8th grade science folder in their google drive. Complete the assignment in a different font color and upload it into ilearn.

Due Date Friday (5/15)

The Great Lakes and Wildfires

Students will find the assignment on ilearn. There are three different versions of the assignment they will be able to open one version. Students need to save the document into their 8th grade science folder in their google drive. Complete the assignment in a different font color and upload it into ilearn.

Due Date Thursday (5/21)

End of the Year Review

Video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11GrLASjyOVItDGHJGexMx0kW1T10eKFz/view

Students will find the assignment on ilearn. There are three different versions of the assignment they will be able to open one version. Students need to save the document into their 8th grade science folder in their google drive. Complete the assignment in a different font color and upload it into ilearn.

Upcoming Assignments (TENTATIVE)

• May 26th-27th: You will need to update your Climate Change KWL and answer the unit scenario. (summative) Due on ilearn by May 27th
• May 28^th and June 1^st: You will have two days to take the Climate Change Test (Summative) Due on ilearn June 1st
• June 2^nd– June 3^rd: You will have two days to complete the 8^th Grade Science Post Assessment due on ilearn June 3rd
• June 4^th-5^th: You will have two days to update and complete your Student Record Keeping (formative extra credit) Due on ilearn on June 5th
• June 8^th-11^th: You will have the last week of school to turn in any late, incomplete, or missing assignments. All assignments must be in by June 11^th at 11:05 am (there will be NO extensions)

During the last week of school grades will be updated as follows

• Monday (6/8): 1^st and 2^nd hour
• Tuesday (6/9): 3^rd and 4^th hour
• Wednesday (6/10): 6^th hour
• Thursday: Final grades and adjustments

ONLY during the last week of school if you submit any late assignments day of or after the grades have been updated, you will need to send a message to Ms. Murphy to ensure the grade will be entered into the gradebook.

Due Date Friday (6/5)

Extra Credit

You may complete one of the following extra credit assignments to replace one formative assignment. You need to complete the assignment and turn it in on ilearn in place of the assignment you are replacing. If you are looking to just earn additional credit you may upload it along with one of the assignments on ilearn.

Need Extra Help?

If you need additional help you can always email me your questions. We can set up a google hangout or phone conversation if needed as well.