Mrs. Takacs 7th & 8th Grade Science

7th Grade:

• Bellwork: Study for your quiz. Get a Chromebook and join my Google Classroom using the code: to737za
• Planner: Quiz today on Chapter 1.
• Homework:  None.

8th Grade:

• Bellwork: Define annual in your own words
  • Occurring once every year
• Planner: Space Quiz & Eclipse videos
• Homework: None

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7th Grade:

• Bellwork: Please write a list of norms for entering the classroom and completing bellwork.  
• Planner: Brochure project work day. Today will be our last work day in class. The brochure project is due Monday.
• Homework:  Study! The quiz is TOMORROW! Brochure project if not finished in class today.

8th Grade:

• Bellwork: Define axis in your own words.
  • An imaginary line drawn through Earth from its rotational North pole to its rotational South pole.
• Planner: Eclipse Article Annotations in CLG & Revised whiteboard Drawings.
• Homework: Study for short quiz tomorrow.

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7th Grade:

• Bellwork: Review your study guide. Mark any questions that you are confused about.
• Planner: Brochure project work day. Tomorrow will be our last work day in class. The brochure project is due Monday.
• Homework:  Study! The quiz is Friday.

8th Grade:

• Bellwork: Write a list of norms for entering the classroom and doing bellwork. Then define Eclipse in your own words.
  • Occur when the Earth or the moon temporarily blocks sunlight from reaching the other object.
• Planner: Eclipse drawings & Article.
• Homework: Annotate & Summarize the Eclipse Article. We will have a short quiz on what we have learned so far in our solar system unit on Friday. Topics to study include: gravitational force, day & night, seasons, solstices & equinoxes. Review your vocabulary in your bellwork as well as any handouts you may have from our space unit. 

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7th Grade: 

• Bellwork: Complete the physical and chemical worksheet.
• Planner: Study Guide is due today. Continue working on brochure project. The brochure project is due Monday.
• Homework:  Study! The quiz is Friday.

8th Grade:

• Bellwork: Define Alignment
  • Arrangement in a straight line.
• Planner: Finish Solstice & Eclipse Research, Questions, & Map.
• Homework: None.

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7th Grade:

• Bellwork: Make a list of norms for using technology in the science classroom. Be as specific as possible.
• Planner: Intro to brochure project (begin research). Brochure project will be due Next Monday.
• Homework:  Study Guide is due tomorrow: Check iLearn for the textbook pages. Use the enrollment code fhtm8y. The quiz is Friday.

8th Grade:

• Bellwork: Describe a solstice in your own words.
  • A solstice is the longest or shortest day of the year. When the Earth is pointed most toward the sun, or farthest away from the sun.
• Planner: Solstices & Equinoxes group work on Chromebooks.
• Homework: None.

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7th Grade:

• Bellwork: Sort the following into two categories: Physical change or Chemical change:
  • Glass breaking, hammering wood, a rusting bicycle, cutting grass, burning leaves, fireworks exploding.
• Planner: Physical/Chemical Lab
• Homework: CER (in your notebook) is due tomorrow if not finished in class. Flow Map & CER

8th Grade:

• Bellwork: What should group work look and sound like? Be as specific as possible.
• Planner:  Group work expectations. Solstices & Equinoxes Research on Chromebooks.
• Homework: Season picture presentations are tomorrow, be prepared!

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7th Grade:

• Bellwork: Sort the following into two categories: physical property or chemical property: Flammability, Density, Transparency, Ability to rust
• Planner: Prepare for lab tomorrow.
• Homework: None.

8th Grade:

• Bellwork: Fill out the seasons sentences.
• Planner: Seasons Sentences & Seasons drawings on whiteboards.
• Homework: Season sentences if not finished in class. Seasons Sentences

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7th Grade:

• Bellwork: Can chemical changes be reversed? Explain. Answer in your notebook.
• Planner: Correct 1.3 Notes, Questions 1-9 & Take It Further.
• Homework: None

8th Grade:

• Bellwork: Why do we have day & Night?
• Planner: Seasons Sentences & Change of Seasons Research
• Homework: “Change of Seasons” worksheet is due tomorrow.

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7th Grade:

• Bellwork: what is the difference between a physical and chemical property?
• Planner: Chapter 1.3 Notes
• Homework: Section Review #1-9
  1. In your own words, write a definition for each of the following terms: chemical property, chemical change.
  2. Rusting is an example of a
     • a) physical property
     • b)physical change
     • c)chemical property
     • d)chemical change
  3. Which of the following is a characteristic property?
     • a)density
     • b)chemical reactivity
     • c)solubility in water
     • d)all of the above
  4. Write two examples of chemical properties and explain what they are.
  5. The Statue of Liberty was originally a copper color. After being exposed to the air she turned a greenish color. What kind of change happened? Explain your answer.
  6. Explain how to tell the difference between a physical and a chemical property.
  7. The temperature of an acid solution is 25*C. A strip of magnesium is added and the temperature rises 2*C each minute for the first 3 minutes. After another 5 minutes the temperature has risen two more degrees. What is the final temperature?
  8. Making Comparisons: Describe the difference between physical and chemical changes in terms of what happens to the matter involved in each kind of change.
  9. Applying Concepts: Identify two physical properties and two chemical properties of a bag of microwave popcorn before popping and after.

8th Grade:

• Bellwork: Define Seasons
• Planner: Finish Apollo 13. Seasons Video Clips & Article
• Homework: Seasons Article & Questions.

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7th Grade:

• Bellwork: How could you tell if an object had a density greater than the density of water?
• Planner: Carrot In Water Lab
• Homework: Carrot In Water Lab question page is homework if not finished in class.

8th Grade:

• Bellwork: None
• Planner: Apollo 13
• Homework: None.

Have a great Thanksgiving break! 🙂

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