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8 TH GRADE INDEPENDENT STUDY. T3 Week 2 March 8, 2011 Work Due March 15. 8 TH GRADE ASSIGNMENTS T3W2 DUE March 15 NAME______________. Total Work Completed_____%. PE ____320 Minutes PE Log 5 PE Credits Due 5/27 _____Grade _____TW. Contact:
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8TH GRADE INDEPENDENT STUDY T3 Week 2 March 8, 2011 Work Due March 15
8TH GRADE ASSIGNMENTS T3W2 DUE March 15 NAME______________ Total Work Completed_____% • PE • ____320 Minutes PE Log • 5 PE Credits Due 5/27 • _____Grade • _____TW Contact: Mrs. Syfert Phone-760-404-7289 (1-3 PM) dbusk@psusd.us (Any Time) Web Site: mrssyfert.wikispaces.com
Exponents X and ./. • Add! • 3 X 3 = 3 • Subtract • 2 • ____ • 2 • 2 Multiplication Division
Exponent Exceptions • An exponent raised to a power=multiply • (3 )
Exponents-See packets • Negatives • Make into a fraction • Zero=1 • All=1!!!!
Pythagorean Theorem Quiz • Good Luck!
Area Quiz Retake???? • Carpet this room…. • A=BxH • How much wallpaper to cover the geometrically decorated wall…. • A=1/2BH Parallelograms Triangles
Exponent Poster Due Next Week!
Math-8 • Objectives: • Students will… • Multiply and divide exponents • Be able to translate and reflect figures on a coordinate plane Math • _____go.hrw.com _______________ • _____Chapter 8 Lesson 7-Pgs. 412-413 • _____Geometry Review Packet • _____Pg. 217-#1-15, 19-26, 45-50 • _____Brainpop-Scientific Notation (With 100%!) • _____Exponent Quiz • _____CST Release Questions 20-40 • Grade_____ TW_____%
American History • Objectives: • Students will…. • Explain how the fall of New Orleans helped the Union • Describe why naval power was so important in New Orleans • Describe the outcome of the Battle of Antietam • Describe what it was like to be a slave in the Pre-Civil War era
New Orleans…a key point • Navy • Ironclad • Blockades-Pg. 495
Uncle Tom’s cabin • Video • Literature/Movie Response • Harriet Beecher Stowe
_____Read Ch. 16.3. Take Cornell Notes. • _____16.3 Questions Pg. 497 • _____Ch. 16 Assessment Pg. 498 • _____Lincoln Activity Packet • _____Uncle Tom’s Cabin Literary/Movie Response • Study for Ch. 16 Test-Open Note • Grade_________ TW________%
Last week…Graphing Speed Data and Graph Find your Slope
Physical Science Objectives • Students will… • Use the example of an airplane in flight to describe what “balanced” forces are • Describe what “normal force” is • Analyze a free body diagram for total force and direction • Solve equilibrium problems
Weight and gravity • How much would you weigh on the moon? • A. Same • B. More • C. Less
Answer: C…Less Why? • Weight=mass x gravity • The bigger the object…the larger the gravitational pull • Earth is bigger…therefore…the moons gravity is less • Moon gravity=24% • Google…”gravity on other planets” • www.btc.montana.edu
Chapter 13-Pg. 264 • Force-a push or pull that has the ability to change motion • Newtons-metric unit of force • Spring Scale • Newton is smaller than a pound • 1 lb=4.48 Newtons • How much does a 7lb dog weigh?
Investigation Manual 13A • Weight=Scale • Newtons-Spring Scale • 2 Teams • Complete Table • Rest at home
Friction • ? • What is it… • Watch…
Google:What is your weight on Mars? • Exploratorium.edu
SCIENCE ASSIGNMENTS Into-(Students who get D/F on last test) Create a powerpoint detailing objectives from Chapter 12. Beyond: Research Sir Isaac Newton. Make a poster of his 3 Laws of Motion _____Ch. 13.2. Take Cornell Notes _____13.2 Q’s Pg. 281 _____Investigation Manual 12A _____ Free Body Diagram Packet _____Air Flight Packet _____ Worksheet 13.2 (Equilibrium) _____Vocab Matrix of 13.2 Terms Grade______ TW________%
HOUSEKEEPING CST PACkets!! Grade this week’s work Sample stamped Community Service!? PE??
8th Language Arts Objectives: • Students will… • Describe characteristics of an ode • Describe characteristics of epic • Describe characteristics of sonnets • Identify Rhyming Sequences
Rhyme Sequence • Song • Puff the magic dragon • Symbolism • Rhyme Sequence • This week…you sequence your song…
Poetry-Pg. 622 • Sonnet • Ode • Test in 2 weeks! • PPT
Into: (Students below grade level and getting D/F)*Complete Interactive Reader workbook for this week’s reading*Fluency Builder Activity signed by parent I Through(All Students) • ____Read “Poems” Pgs. 622-630. Do Reader Writer Notebook • ____ Literary Response Q’s Pg. 626 • ____Literary Response Q’s Pg. 631 • ____Focus Questions for “Grasshopper” and “Thanks” • ____Read “Beowulf” Pg. 611-614. Do Focus Questions. • ____Complete Poem Tree Map for Epic, Sonnet and Ode • ____Rhyme Sequence Activity (Song) • ____CST Questions 20-40 • Grade__________ TW__________ Beyond: (Optional) Create a Poetry Portfolio including all types of poems (Samples and Personally Written of each)
Magazines Standard: Reading 2.1 Features and Elements of consumer materials to gain meaning….analyze this text ….what is its purpose?
8TH GRADE ASSIGNMENTS TW_____%DUE ___________ T 2-WEEK ___ NAME________ • PE • Grade____ • TW______ • Algebra • _____ • _____ • _____ • Grade_____ TW_____%
Newton’s First and Third Laws • An object at rest…will stay at rest….and an object in motion will stay in motion unless acted upon by an Unbalanced force • For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction 1st Law 3rd Law
2nd Law…. • Force Causes acceleration, and Mass Resists acceleration • Acceleration is force divided by mass CD
LANG. ARTS ASSIGNMENTS T 3-WEEK 3 DUE 3/24 • ____Read “ Diary of Anne Frank” Pg.726 to 745. Do Q’s Pg. 745. • ____CST Release Q’s #____to____ • _____Review and Assess Q’s Pg. 746. • _____Selection Support Pgs. 203-205. (Do not rip out 205) • _____Daily Lang. Practice • _____Bench Review Packet • _____Magazine Packet • Study for “Finish of Patsy/Tears” Test • Grade________ TW_________%