Mrs. Takacs 7th & 8th Grade Science

7th Grade:

• Bellwork: How could you decide if one liquid had a higher density than another?
• Planner: Density Demonstration/Packet
• Homework: Packet is homework if not completed in class.

8th Grade: 

• Bellwork: None
• Planner: Apollo 13
• Homework: None. ** All students were notified of late/missing assignments. These should be turned in tomorrow, Nov. 20th, or students will have ZAP during lunch on Monday Nov. 26th. 

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7th Grade:

• Bellwork: What is the density of water?
• Planner: Physical Properties Notes & Examples
• Homework: None

8th Grade:

• Bellwork: None
• Planner: Apollo 13 Movie & Questions
• Homework: Show me what you know is due Monday

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7th Grade:

1st Hour-

• Bellwork: Explain volume in your own words.
• Planner: Volume Displacement Lab
• Homework: None.

6th Hour-

• Bellwork: Explain volume in your own words.
• Planner: Finish Ch 1.2 notes.
  • 7th Grade Matter Chapter 1 Notes
• Homework: Ch 1.2 notes/summary.

8th Grade:

• Bellwork: Define Solar System: The eight planets and their moons moving in orbit around the sun, along with asteroids, meteoroids and comets
• Planner: 2-1 Directed Reading pg 36-42.
• Homework: Summary of 2-1. “Show Me What You Know” is due Monday (due date changed from Friday).

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7th Grade:

1st Hour-

• Bellwork: Explain density in your own words.
• Planner: Finish Ch 1.2 notes.
  • 7th Grade Matter Chapter 1 Notes 
• Homework: Ch 1.2 notes summary.

6th Hour-

• Bellwork: Explain density in your own words.
• Planner: Finish Density Lab. Ch 1.2 notes. (see the links in the 1st hour section above).
• Homework: Ch 1.2 notes summary.

8th Grade:

• Bellwork: Define Solar System: The eight planets and their moons moving in orbit around the sun, along with asteroids, meteoroids and comets
• Planner: 1-4 Directed Reading pg 20-25. 
  • directed reading gravity a force of attraction
• Homework: Summary of 1-4. Show me what you know is due Friday
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7th Grade:

1st Hour-

• Bellwork: Give an example of inertia in your everyday life. You may not use the example of riding on the bus.
• Planner: Volume & Density Lab/ Chapter 1 Section 2 Notes & Summary
• Homework: None

6th Hour-

• Bellwork: Give an example of how you could figure out the volume of a LEGO.
• Planner: Corrected Chapter 1 Section 1 Notes. Volume & Density Lab.
• Homework: Chapter 1 Section 1 Summary if not completed in class.

8th Grade:

• Bellwork: Explain how inertia is different in space than it is on Earth.
• Planner: Lab: Gravity & Orbit Post Lab. Show Me What You Know.
• Homework: Show Me What You Know is due Friday.

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7th Grade:

1st Hour-

• Bellwork: Give an example of how you could figure out the volume of a LEGO.
• Planner: Volume & Density Lab
• Homework: None

6th Hour-

• Bellwork:None (sub)
• Planner:Chapter 1 Section 1 Notes & Summary
• Homework: Chapter 1 Section 1 Summary

8th Grade:

• Bellwork: Explain how inertia is different in space than it is on Earth.
• Planner: Lab: Ball on a string.
• Homework: None

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7th Grade:

1st hour:

Bellwork: How are mass and weight different?

Planner: Finish chapter 1 vocabulary foldables in interactive science notebooks. Finish mass stations

Homework: Chapter 1 vocabulary foldables (if not completed already). Words to include: composition, matter, inertia, characteristic, density, meniscus, mass, volume, chemical change, physical property, gravitational, chemical property, physical change, weight, newton.

6th Hour

Bellwork: How are mass and weight different?

Planner: Norms with Mr. Baydoun

Homework: None.

8th Grade:

Bellwork: Define Revolution & Rotation

Planner: Gravity & Orbits PHET Lab Day 2.

Homework: None.

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7th Grade:

Bellwork: What is mass?

Planner: Chapter 1 vocabulary foldables in interactive science notebooks. Mass Stations: Mass of Objects

Homework: None.

8th Grade:

Bellwork: Draw a labeled diagram showing how the Sun Moon & Earth move.

Planner: Gravity & Orbits PHET Lab Day 1: Phet activity orbits and gravity

Homework: None.

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7th Grade:

Bellwork: What is matter?

Planner: Chapter 1 vocabulary foldables in interactive science notebooks. 

Homework: None.

8th Grade:

Bellwork: None

Planner: Access Presentation in Team Meeting Room

Homework: None.

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7th Grade:

Bell work: Why do scientists and engineers need each other

Scientists and engineers need each other because_____.

Planner: Quiz on Engineering and Design. End of card marking 1. 

All late worksheets from the Engineering Collaboration Machine Project must be turned in today (resulting in the loss of one letter grade).

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