Well, once again, we have a wonderful weekend. It was only a short time ago that we had snow. I hope everyone got outside to enjoy this weather. We are beginning the last marking period for our 8th graders before they go on to high school. This year did go by quickly! There are lots of activities that go on at the end of the year for 8th graders so keep a watch for a letter to inform you from Mr. Campbell. I will also try to keep you posted on this blog.

We worked on our Science Fair experiments this past week and had some great class discussions. It was exciting and fun. Remember that our Science Fair is May 24th.

Monday, April 30th

Science

We will complete the first half of lesson 12 "What Makes One Substance Different from Another?" The key question that students will be addressing is,"What makes substances different even though sometimes they may look alike?" We will be reading pages 48-51 in class, taking notes and answering the Think and Write questions 1-7 as we go.

Tuesday, May 1st

Science

We will continue with lesson 12 from yesterday. We will begin on page 52 and complete the Think and Write questions 8 through 20 in class. If we do not finish in class, this will become homework.

Creation Station

We will continue with the video, "Freedom Writers".

Wednesday, May 2nd

Science

Today we will be moving on to lesson 13, "Atoms in Equals Atoms Out: Decomposing Water".

We will be answering the following key questions: "How can atoms and molecules be used to explain the formation of new substances? How can they be used to explain the Law of Conservation of Matter?" In this lesson, we will be building models with marshmallows and toothpicks to show how reactants form products.

We will be working on a table to complete during class and also the Think and Write questions from page 62- 63. These questions are NOT homework so if they are not finished on Wednesday, we will finish them at the beginning of the hour on Thursday.

Thursday, May 3rd

Science

Finish Think and Write questions from page 62- 63 if need to. Then begin to complete the experiment for the class Science Fair Project.

Creation Station

Finish the video, "Freedom Writers".

Friday, May 4th

Science

We will complete any of our experiments that need to be done for the Science Fair and then work on creating our boards.