No homework over vacation!

Homework week of 12/14 - 12/21

7th - Monday - Write Procedures
Tuesday - Write Hypothesis and materials

Homework week of 12/7 - 12/14

7th - Finish soil profile papers including coloring and questions with detail

8th - Creek simulation lab due Thur or Friday

Homework Week of 11/30 - 12/6

7th - None

8th - Start typing Creek Simulation

Homework week of 11/16 - 11/23

7th - none

8th- study for metric test

Homework week of 11/9 - 11/16

7th - "Take home test" due Thurs/Friday

• Identify three trees using online "What Tree is That?" http://www.arborday.org/trees/whattree/
• Write out the path you followed in the format we used in class
• Bring in the leaves or a picture of them
• Do four trees for a 4, five leaves for a 5

8th - Metric conversion worksheet due next class

Halloween Extra Credit

Help me find out the most popular candy given out this year. Make a table with a column for each type of candy you received and another for the # of pieces. Fill it in.

Homework week of 10/26 - 11/2

7th - Study for vocab test Thursday or Friday
Study aide due with test (must be something that you made)

8th - none (Monday)

Homework week of 10/19- 10/26

7th - vocab (symbiosis, parasitism, mutualism, commensalism, taxonomy, dichotomous key)

8th - Metric Mixup article

Homework week of 10/5 - 10/13

7th - Vocabulary Sheet due next class (biotic, abiotic, herbivore, carnivore, omnivore,ecology)

8th - Vocabulary sheet due next class (matter, mass, weight, volume, metal, non-metal)

Homework week of 9/28 - 10/5

8th - Dead Clam science article (1.2)due Monday 10/5 (all classes)

7th - NECAP vocabulary quiz Thur/Friday STUDY!
(MUST BRING A SIGNED NOTE TELLING ME HOW YOU STUDIED)

Homework week of 9/21 -9/28

7th - NECAP vocabulary due Fri.

8th - Creek Q #3
"Why is it important to know how/about all the jobs/tests we do and why should we all do them the same?

Homework week of 9/14-9/21

7th - Three things that we can study in the forest (complete sentence)

- NECAP vocab sheet due Fri.

8th - Respond to coastal studies question for next class

"What types of things affect the organisms we found today."

Respond to second coastal studies questions for next class

"How did this trash get here and why does it keep coming back"

"How can we classify this trash (separate it into groups)"

Homework week of 9/8 - 9/14

7&8 - Safety Quiz on the last class of the week(Thurs. or Fri.)

8th - Science article due Monday

Homework week of 9/2 -9/7

7th- Get safety contract signed by the next class after it is passed out

8th - Same as 7th

Summer Extra Credit 4

Look out in the Atlantic. What do you see?
Is that the only place to look?

Make a comment with a fact or two on my blog http://jtownscience.blogspot.com/

Summer extra credit 3

Here's a fun one. Go to the store and buy a bag of M&Ms. Separate them buy color, record data, graph the results, eat.

If you want more credit do the same thing with skittles

Even more credit? Make a table contrasting the similarities and differences

Summer extra credit 2

Hey all,
As summer rolls along I'm sure that science will enter your life in some way or another. Make a comment on my blog http://jtownscience.blogspot.com/ about it (include first name only and grade).

Summer Extra Credit 1

Plant something and watch it grow. Record your observations and collect some data. = 1 HW pass

Make a graph of the data = 1 HW pass

Pictures and or drawings = 1 HW pass

Homework week of 6/8-6/15

7th - cell reproduction quiz

8th - light quiz

Homework week of 6/1 - 6/8

7th - none - working on cell reproduction

8th - none - working on light and the spectrum

Homework week of 5/25 - 6/1

Take the poll on my blog, shape your destiny.

7th - none

8th - finish cabbage pH lab

Homework week of 5/18 - 5/26

7th - finish egg lab - formal lab report - include drawings and data sheets

8th - Cabbage indicator lab - do at home testing to find 5 acids, 4 bases, and 2 neutrals. Attach pieces of cabbage paper to your pH scale from class or on another sheet of paper.

Homework Week of 5/11 - 5/18

7th - Working on Egg lab. Type a new piece each night.

8th - Working on Cabbage pH indicator lab -

Homework week of 5/4 -5/11

BRING IN BOSTON PERMISSION SLIPS

7th - Diffusion activity writeup (when finished with class piece)
Starting egg lab - should begin typing each night after class

8th -

Homework week of 4/27 -5/3

7th - None yet

8th - Study for Periodic Table/Atoms and Elements test at end of this week

Homework week of 4/20 - 4/27

7th - study for genetics test Friday

8th - element model due Friday (all classes)
element brochure due Friday

Homework Week of 4/20 - 4/27

Homework week of 4/13- 4/20

Vacation week.
8th grade working on element research (makeing brochures in class) and element model due Friday after vacation.

Check out the Volvo Ocean Race. They started a new leg yesterday (Saturday)

Homework Week of 4/6-4/13

7th - none

8th - Research your element, write down information to be used in class on brouchure
Build element model due Friday 4/25

Homework week of 3/30- 4/5

7th - study for pedigree quiz. Use notes form class. Draw a pedigree and explain to your parents


8th - none Monday, periodic table worksheets Wed and Thurs.

UPDATE: Start to research your element (given out in two classes today Friday). A cool web site is linked on my class blog. Leave me a comment if you find something cool. http://jtownscience.blogspot.com/

Homework week of 3/23- 3/30

Update 3/27 - Earth Hour tomorrow! Turn off your lights from 8:30 -9:30. Be part of this important event. www.earthhour.org

7th - None - Building pedigree chart, learning about genetics.

8th - Bring in "elemental" items for our display. (Items that have element names or parts of names on them). Learning about periodic table, atoms, and elements

Homework week of 3/16 - 3/20

7th - none

Update 3/18- Find trait information for your family (as best as you can) you and siblings, mom and dad(aunts and uncles if you can), grandparents

8th - none


7th and 8th (update 3/19)
Spring comes tomorrow. Make a comment on my science blog (jtownscience@blogspot.com), if I put it on you earn a hw pass.

Homework Week of 3/9 -3/13

7th - cell test Tuesday or Wed

8th - Balloon project wrap up. Three graphs should be done now. Conclusion questions being handed out in class Tues. and Wed.

UPDATE: 3/13- 8TH GRADE ONLY- ALL BALLOON MATERIALS ARE DUE IN YOUR FIRST SCIENCE CLASS NEXT WEEK! THIS INCLUDES ALL PREVIOUS PAPERS, COVER, TOC W/PAGE #S, GRAPHS, AND 2 ESSAYS

Homework week of 3/1 - 3/6

7th- cell test next week - label parts, functions, analogies, cell theory, difference between plant and animal cells

8th- Balloon project- Future balloon, 3 graphs

Homework week of 2-16-09

Vacation week
7th- cell parts and function test after Race Week

8th - All current balloon papers (see previous posts) due first class after Race Week

Homework week of 2-9-09

7th- Edible cell due Wed/Thurs

8th - Work on balloon packet (Actual Balloon drawing, work sheet, density calculations,class data and observations)

Homework week of 2-2 09

8th- work on balloon project. (making balloons in class) answer questions on Design Sheet

7th- mon & tues- none
wed & thurs- plan edible cell

Homework week of 1-26-09

8th - Work on balloon project.

• title page
• TOC
• movie notes

7th- None