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Mrs. Haworth, Science - A

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Science 11/28 - 12/2

Hello 8th grade science families!
 
I hope you had a restful break! As we are finishing up the second quarter, we will be completing a mini unit on work, power and machines. This week, we will:
  • Compare and contrast the different terms
  • Focus on Work and Power, including practice problems
I was not able to update the gradebooks over break so I will be completing that over the course of the week. Students also are given the chance to make up test corrections to increase their score to show their competency. I will take those corrections until the end of this week. They can make them up during academic lab or take them home and work on them. The tests were handed back to them on the Friday before break but I am willing to give them a blank test if they would like to start over as well! Students can make up to 3 on the corrections.
 
Please reach out with any questions or concerns you may have!

Science 11/14-11/18

Hello 8th grade science families!
 
This week, we are wrapping up our energy unit! We will:
  • Finish learning about heat energy
  • Review and complete a study guide that can be used on the assessment
  • Complete our assessment on Thursday 
  • Complete assessment corrections and any missing work on Friday
As always, please reach out with any questions! Have a great week!

Science 11/7 - 11/10

Hello science families!
 
This week in science, we will be learning about thermal energy! Specifically:
  • Heat and temperature
  • Heat transfer
  • Specific heat capacity 
I am hoping to have this unit wrapped up before we leave for Thanksgiving break. If all goes according to plan, we will review and take our unit assessment next week (11/15 or 11/16). As always, students can make up any missing work or low-scoring assignments during Academic Success Lab or if they finish another assignment early.
 
Please reach out with any questions and enjoy the 3-day weekend!

Science 10/24 - 10/28

Hello science families!
 
We had a great start to quarter 2 and are working our way through our energy unit. This week, we are learning about Electromagnetic Energy and Waves.
 
This quarter, students will have 2 weeks to complete missing assignments before they are given a 1. For assignments that were given before break, they will have until November 4th to make up the assignment. Students will be made aware of this week and will always have time during academic lab to make up missing assignments!
 
Please reach out with any questions or concerns, have a great week!

Science 10/17-10/21

Hello 8th grade science families!
 
Hope you had a restful break! This week students will:
  • Learn about magnetism 
  • Participate in our team building activity (Wednesday)
  • Complete a review and quiz about magnetism 
Please reach out with any questions and have a great week!

Science - Sept. 26-30

Hello science families!
 
We are one week out from fall break! This week, we will:
  • Learn about mechanical energy 
  • Learn about electrical energy and electricity 
Hope you have a great week and reach out with any questions!

8th Grade Science - Sept. 19-23

Hello 8th grade science families!
 
We are in our second to last week of the first quarter! Please remind your students that they are able to make up any missing work for up a 3 until this Wednesday (the 21st). They can also retake assignments for up to a 3 as well. After the 21st, all teachers will no longer be taking missing assignments and final grades are due this Friday at midnight. We will continue with assignments and content next week, but these will be considered Quarter 2 grades. 
 
This week we will begin our next unit, Energy! We will be learning about mechanical energy, magnetism, electricity, light energy, sound energy, heat and thermal energy. 
 
Please reach out with any questions or concerns!

Science Sept. 12-16

Hello 8th grade science families, 
 
Lots of things happening this week! We will:
  • Finish our Force and Motion Trivia Board Game Project
  • Complete a study guide
  • Complete our first assessment on forces and motion 
  • Complete a pre-assessment on our next unit, Energy!
As we are winding down on the first quarter, please make sure to remind your students to use Academic Lab to get caught up on missing work. I am also allowing students to make corrections to our quiz to get up to a 3.
 
Please be sure to reach out with any questions or concerns, have a great week!

September 6th-9th

Hope that everyone had a great long weekend! 
 
This week in science, we will be wrapping up our unit by:
  • Learning about Newton's Laws of Motion 
  • Learning about net forces
  • Creating our first project - a review game board
Our first assessment will be coming next week (9/13) on motion, speed, velocity, acceleration, forces, Newton's Laws and net forces. We will have a study guide/ review day before taking the assessment!
 
Reach out with any questions and have a great week!

8th Science: Aug. 29 - Sept. 1

Hello 8th grade science families! We had a great week learning about motion, speed, velocity and acceleration!
 
This week we will:
  • Continue learning about speed, velocity and acceleration
  • Calculate average speed, velocity and acceleration
  • Review and take a quiz
Have a great short week! (Teacher work day on Friday - no school!)

8th Science - Aug. 22-26

Hello everyone!
 
I finally have access to Infinite Campus so I will have all grades updated here soon, thanks for being patient with me!
 
This week we will be starting our first unit, motion and force! We will:
  • have a pre-assessment of the unit
  • learn about speed and motion and complete an activity
  • learn about velocity and acceleration
Reach out with any questions and have a great week!

Science Aug. 8-12

Happy Sunday! We had a great week 1. We spent time getting to know each other and had our first STEM lab - an index card challenge where students had to create the tallest tower only using index cards.
 
This week, we will continue to work on classroom expectations as well as expectations with lab materials. MAP testing will take place on Wednesday, students will take a pre-assessment and we will have our second STEM lab.
 
I hope you had a great weekend and reach out with any questions!