Assignments
for the week of Jan 26th
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8th
Grade |
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Tuesday |
Wed |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Class:
Honors
Science
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Answer #4-7 on p.
495
Also, on
p.20 of study guide write notes from previous pages.
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Read pp.
100 -102 and answer practice problems #1-3
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Make sure to
have 3 scientists and their accomplishments in today's science sketch. |
Read
pp.101-105. Creat a concept web (map)
Answer
practice problems 1-3 p. 104
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read n highlight study guide pp.29-41
for elegibility test
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Science 8 |
Mon |
Tues |
Wed |
Thurs |
Friday |
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Class:
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Write a
(doubles-spaced)paragraph on how this lab activity illustrated Boyle's
Law.
Make sure
to provide
some of your actual data,
as well as define
Boyle's Law
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Read about
the Nature of Energy 408 -413.
Do a concept
map which is due Thurs.
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No HW
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Answer sec rev #1-4 p 413
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Read about
Energy conversion pp.416-420.
Make a chart
or Venn Diagram comparing kinetic and potential energy
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Happy New Year,
2009
Assignments for
the week of Jan 5th
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8th
Grade |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wed |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Class:
Honors Science
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"Classifying
Chem Rxns"
Read pp.641 -
645. Take notes by making a flip book.
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Answer the
self-check on p. 645
Write out the
questions & answers.
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Do the "Applying
Math" on p. 645 |
Read pp. 646-650
Take notes by making a concept web or a spider map(otherwise known as a
concept map)Ex on p.789,790 |
Do the self
check on p.650 1-5
and #7 in
applying math
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Science 8 |
Mon |
Tues |
Wed |
Thurs |
Friday |
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Class:
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Review pre
break material by reading n taking notes on p.146. |
Do the reading
tip on p. 40. Read about States of Matter pp 46-50. Answer the reading
check on p.48 |
Take notes on pp
46-50 by making a flip book on the three states of matter. |
Answer section
rev. questions on p.50 |
Read pp. 51-54
up to the checkpoint question and answer the checkpt question. |
Assignments for the week of Dec 22nd
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8th
Grade |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wed |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Class:
Honors Science
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Final copy of data table and procedure for Conservation of Matter Law using
baking soda and vinegar |
Happy Holidays |
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Science 8 |
Mon |
Tues |
Wed |
Thurs |
Friday |
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Class:
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If
you didn’t do HW from last Thurs and Friday, do it tonight (!): Take notes
on pp 144-149
Answer all sec. rev p. 149 |
Happy Holidays |
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Assignments for the week of Dec 15th
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8th
Grade |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wed |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Class:
Honors Science
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Read
about Balancing equations pp 638-640
Answer reading check p.639 |
Answer #2,6 p. 640 |
Complete worksheet on balancing equations |
Read
chem. Reactions.pp641-643 |
Typed final
copy of Procedure for proving conservation of Matter Law.
Final copy of data table. Data
should reflect the extent of the progress on the lab.
You should have a typed "cover
sheet" showing the chemical equation for baking soda and vinegar reaction |
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Science 8 |
Mon |
Tues |
Wed |
Thurs |
Friday |
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Class:
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Create four compounds-2 being simple ionic ones, 2 using polyatomic ions |
Prepare 4 x 6 card for the quest |
Read
about chem. Reactions pp 144-149
Answer checkpointp. 147 |
Take
notes on pp 144-149 |
Answer all sec. rev p. 149 |
Assignments for the week of Dec 8th
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8th
Grade |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Class:
Honors Physical Science
Teacher:
Mrs.
Danko
http://staff.gpschools.org/dankod/
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Answer the practice problems on p.617
Write the formulas (from overhead):
Sodium phosphate,
Aluminum carbonate,
Calcium acetate |
Answer # 1, and #2 on p.618
Name
the following:
K2SO4,
BeI2,
H2S,
MgCO3
Show
the bonding that occurred using the electron dot diagrams |
Prepare notes on a 3x5 card to use on the quest on Friday. |
Study for quest |
No homework. Do the extra credit about this month'st
full moon. Find out why it's special for this year, it's
name for the full moon of the month, and get a note from parent that you saw
the full moon, with date and time. |
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8th
Grade |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wed |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Class:
Physical Science
Teacher:
Mrs.
Danko
http://staff.gpschools.org/dankod/
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Read
pp 121- 125
Make
a concept map of the main ideas |
Answer the section rev questions on p.125 |
No homework |
Read and highlight soap article. |
Answer questions on soap article
Extra Credit opp. for viewing the full moon Friday or if it was too cloudy,
go out on Sat. Also, you'd have to find out what makes this month's moon so
extra special as well as the name for the full moon of Dec. |
EXTRA CREDIT
OPPORTUNITY: If the weather
cooperates (not cloudy) go out to view two
planets and the crescent moon after
sunset. Read the article so you know where to look in the
twilight sky. Your parent needs to write
a note stating that you saw this beautiful site. To get
the extra credit you will also need to
read the article on the link below and write a review
according to the criteria on my
homepage. If it's cloudy tonight you may still see it in the
next couple of nights. Please turn in no
later than a week from today. (Dec 8th)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27958792/?GT1=43001
Assignments for the week of Dec 1st
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8th
Grade |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wed |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Class:
Honors Science
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Write an 8-sentence paragraph on “We are Stardust..”
Due
Wed. |
Read
about ionic bonding pp. 608-610 |
Answer questions on p. 614, 1, 4, 6 and checkpoint p. 609 |
Read
about covalent bonding pp 611 - 614 |
Read
pp. 615 – 619 take notes. |
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Science 8 |
Mon |
Tues |
Wed |
Thurs |
Friday |
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Class:
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Read pp 114-117 (Ionic Bonds)
Construct flip book on the four topics. Leave the other tabs blank for the
remaining sections |
Finish reading 118 – 119.
Finish flip book on remaining topics |
Answer checkpoint question p. 117.
Prepare for retake on atom quest. |
Answer section review questions
p.
119 |
Do
“Sharpen your Skills”
on
p.117 |
Week of November 24th, 2008
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Honors Science |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wed |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Class:
Teacher:
Mrs.
Danko
For
frequent updates check
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Help
clean house for Turkey Day |
Help
clean house for Turkey Day |
Help
cook ‘n bake for Turkey Day |
Happy Thanksgiving! |
Help
clean kitchen |
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Science 8 |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wed |
Thurs |
Fri |
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Class:
Teacher:
Mrs.
Danko
For
updates check
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Help
clean house for Turkey Day |
Help
clean house for Turkey Day |
Help
cook ‘n bake for Turkey Day |
Happy Thanksgiving! |
Help
clean kitchen! |
Note: The due dates have been changed for the periodic
table project. Honors' table is due Tuesday, the 18th. Regular science
tables are due Wed, Nov 19th.
Week of November, 17th 2008
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Honors Science |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Class:
Honors Science
Teacher:
Mrs.
Danko
For
frequent updates check
http://staff.gpschools.org/dankod/
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Periodic table & key due tomorrow.
Fine
tune typed key for your periodic table. Staple to your table. |
Write 5 Q & A’s for a Jeopardy style game on atoms and elements |
Prepare a “foldable” as a study guide for Friday’s quest on atoms and
elements |
Read
pp 578 – 582 on non metals. Create a flip book for Monday on non metals |
Non-
metal flip book |
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Science 8 |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Class:
Science 8
Teacher:
Mrs.
Danko
For
updates check
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Work
on periodic table key |
Finish typed key. Staple to your table. Make sure you have checked the
rubric when writing key. |
Prepare a flip book as a study guide on atoms, elements. Quest Friday
Flip book collected with quest on
Friday. |
NO HW or you can start the weekend's homework. |
Read
pp 106-108. Take notes on a foldable, titled: Elements from star dust. |
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Week of November 10th, 2008
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HONORS Science |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Class:
Honors Physical Science
Teacher:
Mrs.
Danko
For
frequent updates check
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Finish reading pp 570-577 and taking notes |
Choose a topic for your “New ‘n Improved” Periodic Table |
Determine what the two numeric and one non-numeric trends may be for your
table |
work on periodic table |
Periodic table due Monday, 18th. |
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Science 8 |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Class:
Regular Physical Science
Teacher:
Mrs.
Danko
For
updates check
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Decide on the theme and one numeric trend for periodic table |
Make sure to decide on 2nd numeric trend.
Work
on periodic table |
Periodic table due Tuesday, 11/18th |
Work
on periodic table |
Periodic table due on Wednesday. |
Week of November, 3rd 2008
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8th
Grade |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Class:
Honors Physical Science
Teacher:
Mrs.
Danko
For
frequent updates check
http://staff.gpschools.org/dankod/
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No HW. |
NO
HW
Packing for D.C. |
NO
HW
Have
a safe trip! |
NO
HW
Have
a safe trip! |
NO
HW
Rest
‘n discuss D.C. with parents.
Thank them! |
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8th
Grade |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Class:
Regular Physical Science
Teacher:
Mrs.
Danko
For
updates check
http://staff.gpschools.org/dankod/
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Finish last page of atomic size lab |
No
HW.
Pack
for D.C. |
NO
HW. Have a safe trip! |
No
HW.
Have
a safe trip. |
No
HW
Rest
‘n discuss D.C. with parents.
Thank them! |
Week
of Oct 27th
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Class: Honors
Physical Science |
Mon |
Tues |
Wed |
Thurs |
Friday |
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for
daily updates, or changes to homework calendar |
Page
one and two of atomic size lab |
Graphing of atoms vs. their size and reflections
Graph must be
finished
Due
Friday |
Finish Atomic Size lab |
Predicting an element's group and period worksheet |
Celestial observations on Fri, Sat, & Sun and note from parent.If you can't due to time constraints
you need a note that states that. Go out on Sunday as well for your
viewing. So ideally you want to go out 2x out of the 3 nights if you can't
each night of this weekend. Be sure to
click on the above article and read it first. Take a few notes. Make sure to
define "Earthshine" Write down which planets were observable. |
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Class: |
Monday |
Tues |
Wed |
Thurs |
Fri |
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daily updates and possible changes to homework calendar
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Page
two of “We ‘Ar’ Family”
due Wed. |
Complete work on predicting valence electrons |
Page
one of Atomic size lab: predictions & electron orbital diagrams |
Page
two of atomic size lab |
The
graph started in class must be finished |
Week of October 20th
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8th
Grade |
Mon |
Tues |
Wed |
Thurs |
Fri |
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http://staff.gpschools.org/dankod/
Class:
Honors
Physical Science
Teacher:
Mrs.
Danko
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If
science article is approved write an 11 sentence paragraph for Wed |
11 sentence paragraph Don't
bother with the atomic str. worksheet tonight |
Make sure atomic structure worksheet is completed and Q &
A p. 515 #s 1,2,4, 6 |
Read
pp 516-522 |
Read
523,524 take notes. Answer 1-3 p. 524 |
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8th
Grade |
Mon |
Tues |
Wed |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Class:
Regular Physical Science
Teacher:
Mrs.
Danko
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Q &
A section review-all of them on p. 88 |
Complete both
sides of the worksheet started in class |
No HW |
electron orbital worksheet |
Complete first page of "We Ar FAmILy"
For Extra Credit for this assignment: Identify the real elemental symbols in
the title of this lab. Find one fact about its use or where its found. |
Week
of October 13th
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Mon |
Tues |
Wed |
Thurs |
Friday |
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Class:
Honors Physical Science
Teacher:
Mrs.
Danko
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for
daily updates, or changes to homework calendar |
p.
511 Answer all self check questions & Applying math |
Write your name as a series of chem. Element symbols |
Find the real facts about the elements in your name. If
you have one element used more than once then you need to find new
facts - you can't repeat them for that element |
Study for Density lab quest
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Find
a science article on atoms or particular atom. Bring a copy of the article
to school. If its from the internet it should be two pages long, if from the
newspaper - several columns long, if from a magazine - two pages. These are
minimum requirements. Finishing taking notes on pp
512 - 515 |
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Week of 9/15 |
Monday |
Tues |
Wed |
Thurs |
Fri |
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Class:
Regular Physical Science
Teacher:
Mrs.
Danko
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for
daily updates and possible changes to homework calendar
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Answer questions #2-5 on p.80 |
Write your name as a series of elements using only symbols. |
Find real facts about the real elements in your name.
Make sure to find different facts if you had to use an element's symbol more
than once. Make sure to make up facts about your fantasy elements as well |
Study for density lab quest |
Read and take notes on pp. 81-88, Organization of the
periodic table. |
Assignments for the week of October 6th
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8th
Grade |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wed |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Class:
Honors Physical Science
Teacher:
Mrs.
Danko
http://staff.gpschools.org/dankod/
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Write rough draft of third paragraph: Describe, Compare & contrast the most
dense regular object to the most dense Irregular object. Do the with the
least dense Regular obj. to the least dense Irregular obj. |
Write the rough draft of the 4th paragraph: Discuss Two sources of error in
this lab and the effect on the volume and density of the object. Do not use
incompetency in math as an SOE. |
Write the rough draft of the 5th paragraph: What was surprising in this lab.
What major concept did you learn about density in reference to mass &
volume? |
Write up the final copy of the analysis. Turn in stapled to your neat data
tables. |
Start reading about atoms: Structure of the atom. Pp.506-511
Take notes. You might want to
start reading the next section as well on masses of atoms. Don't forget the
timeline!! |
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8th
Grade |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wed |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Class:
Regular Physical Science
Teacher:
Mrs.
Danko
http://staff.gpschools.org/dankod/
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Write the rough draft of the 2nd paragraphDescribe,
comp/contrast the most dense IRREGULAR obj. to least dense IRREGULAR obj. Do
the same w.their masses & vollumes |
Rewrite the rough drafts of the first two paragraphs. So this is another
rough draft of your rough draft that most people wrote incorrectly. |
Rough draft of third paragraph: Discuss one major SOE in measuring the
volume of an object. Discuss its effect on the volume and its density.
Do
not use errors in math. |
Write a 4th paragraph discussing what you learned about the
relationship of mass, volume and density (and density in general). You
should have at least 3 sentences. |
Write your final copy of the analysis. It must be double spaced. It does
not have to be typed. But it must be neat & double-spaced.
Attach the neat data tables
Start reading about atoms pp. 76 -80. Takes notes. |
Assignments for the week of Sept 29
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8th
Grade |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wed |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Class:
Honors Physical Science
Teacher:
Mrs.
Danko
http://staff.gpschools.org/dankod/
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Read
pp 485-487
Take
notes on density & Buoyancy |
No homework |
No HW since Mrs. Danko forgot to pass out the buoyancy
article.
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If not finished in class be sure to have all math for both data tables
completed in density lab.
Read article on buoyancy and take
notes. |
Write rough draft of: Describe
Compare &
contrast data separately in each of the data tables. Use WPNC's guide in A2
for comparison and contrasting.
Focus on most dense and
least
dense objects and their data (mass, volume, density)
You are writing one paragraph for
each of the two data tables.
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8th
Grade |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wed |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Class:
Regular Physical Science
Teacher:
Mrs.
Danko
http://staff.gpschools.org/dankod/
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answer section rev. Q&A p.29 |
No Homework |
Complete math
for volume & density in the data table for REGULAR objects |
Have math
completed for both data tables. Make sure your numbers make sense. Ex. If
you say object should float since density was < 1 but if it was a
metal object chances are your math is incorrect.
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Describe, Compare &
Contrast the most dense and least dense of the Regular objects. You
must compare & contrast their masses and volumes as well.
This is the rough draft of the 1st paragraph of your analysis.
Also, answer
Questions 1-5 on worksheet
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