geoscienceDearborn Public Schools

Oct 20th as of tuesday October 24, the 8th grade science classes will begin a unit on forces and matter. Newtons third law

Starting a vocabulary unit today. This project will show complete understanding of 24 vocabulary terms commonly used this school year. Project completion by next Thursday November 9th. Good Luck!!

Mar 31st renewable resources flipchart

A review of the 5 renewable resources in a flip chart format due April 10, 2017 The 5 words are Solar, hydro, wind, geothermal and biomass. Project should include advantages and disadvantages for each. How people can use these resources, and a diagram for each.

Feb 15th PLATE TECTONICS TEST

REVIEW YOUR OUTLINES. TEST FRIDAY

Jan 17th Hydrosphere chapter 9

quiz tomorrow and Thursday (January 18th and 19th) on section 1 from students packet. Focus on water erosion causes and effects.

Ground water section 2 will be next!! know vocabulary!!!

Dec 14th test next Thursday December 22

review all materials for a rock types and rock cycle. packet and flip chart will help

Nov 11th chapter 4 test next week November 15

review all packets related to Galaxies, H-R diagram, star magnitudes and star light spectrum. all related vocabulary such as, but not exclusive to; spectrum, apparent  magnitude, absolute magnitude, light-year, parallax, H-R diagram, main sequence, neutron star, pulsar, black hole, galaxy, spiral galaxy, elliptical galaxy, irregular galaxy, nebula, open cluster, globular cluster, quasar, big bang theory, cosmic radiation..

Nov 3rd prepare for a November chapter test

Chapter 4 “Astronomy” test is right around the corner. We are currently finishing up a project of ” The H-R Diagram” section 2. Section 3 will begin Monday November 7th. plan on a test Monday November 14th covering chapter 4. Save all annotated packets for your review. Focus on Vocabulary Terms for this chapter. Good luck.

Sep 19th QUIZ THIS FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

know the following for Fridays quiz;

1. what is a solar nebula?
2. What are Planetesimals? How do they form planets?
3. How are craters formed? What are comets?
4. What happens to the middle of a solar Nebula

Review your packet that was given to you for vocabulary review

Feb 3rd section 1 “A solar System is Born”

Welcome back.

We will begin the new year with Astronomy, “A Solar system is born”. expect to see your child reading a short packet of this for the next several days. We will annotate this by “talking to the text” Vocabulary work will be done through creative use of 4×6 cards. QAR questioning will be ongoing as we read and pick apart this section. Any additional research on this topic would be greatly encouraged

Jan 13th Welcome to iBlog

Welcome to iBlog Teacher Websites Sites. This is your brand new classroom website.  There are some things you should do to get started.  Hopefully you have been following the Getting Started Tutorials and Step Sheets.

It is important that you edit your profile so that you can choose your school and grade level as this will help parents and students find your website.  Look for the link in the upper right when you are logged in.

Here are some resources to help you with iBlog:

• Getting Started Tutorials
• Using Plugins (Calendar, iPhone App, eNewsletter, and more)
• Support Tutorials (General iBlog tips and tricks)
• Discover WordPress (The software that runs iBlog)