Well, here is time two at trying to post this blog. Sorry, I copied the blog for the class, but then went back to post some Jeopardy games for the kids to study for their midterms and found that it wasn't there. It says at the top of my printed blog, "Could not connect to Blogger.com. Saving and publishing may fail" I should have checked the printed blog pages.

Here's what I had:'

Can you believe that we are half way through the year?! this year, as every year seems to, is going quickly. The class took their assessment on Waves on Friday to end the Physical Science section of science. Scores were put into the computer on Friday. Overall, students did pretty well.

If your child has received an "I" on their report card, it means that there was something "big" that they did not turn in. They have until February 7, to turn it in completed. Students who were absent on Friday have an "I" so that they can complete their test on Monday of this week to receive their grade. I have any work that they may need to complete in the same spot as always, the shelf by the door.

This week, we will be reviewing for the midterm which will be on Friday, and getting ready for the Science Fair/Literacy night. All 8th graders will be required to complete something for the Science Fair which will be March 10th.

Here's the schedule:

Science

Monday, January 28th

Students will be receiving their assessment back on waves and we will go over them in class. Assessments will be returned to the teacher. Then, students will take a science interest survey to begin to narrow down what they would be interested in exploring for the Science Fair. These surveys will be kept in the classroom.

Tuesday, January 29th

In class, we will begin to review for the midterm by looking over what we learned, asking any questions to clarify and then playing a class review game. This will be over the first assessment. The other portion of class will be used to work on the computers to find research and/or get ideas for the students' Science Fair projects.

site: http://www.sciencebuddies.org/

review games:
Jeopardy%20assessment%201%20physics2.ppt

Jeopardy%20assessment%201%20physics3.ppt

Wednesday, January 30th

In class, we will continue with the model for review from yesterday for Assessment 2. We will be looking at also who has their Science Fair Ideas.

Homework: Complete the Science Fair topic sheet. A parent signature on the sheet is required.

Thursday, January 31st

In class, we will continue with this week's review model for assessment 3. All Science Fair ideas should be solid and turned in for a grade with a parent signature.

Homework:

Science%20Fair%20%2708%20problem%20and%20question%20sheet.doc

Science Fair Timeline:

Science%20Fair%20Timeline.doc

Friday, February 1st

Science Midterm.

Global Warming

Tuesday, January 29

Complete the lab from Thursday on Finding Carbon Dioxide.

Homework: Surprising Increase in Atmosphere's CO2 worksheet

Lesson:

Global_Warming_Lab_Instructions.ppt

Thursday, January 31st

We will begin session 5 on Sources of Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere. This activity will take more than one class period.

Students will:

1) Improve their abilities to apply a chemical testing technique in conducting an experiment.

2) Practice sampling and testing procedures like those used in scientific studies of the atmosphere.

3) Draw out the distinction between "natural" and "industrial" sources of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

4) Communicate the relative contributions of the industrialized and developing nations to the global warming

Science%20Fair%20%2708%20problem%20and%20question%20sheet.doc
Science%20Fair%20Timeline.doc