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WELCOME TO 8 TH GRADE SCIENCE. Mrs. Karen Joshu. 11 th Year at Altadena Middle School teaching 8 th grade science Education Bachelor of Arts Degree, Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado Post Bacc and Master of Arts in Education, University of Phoenix Graduate Science Courses, ASU.
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Mrs. Karen Joshu • 11th Year at Altadena Middle School teaching 8th grade science • Education • Bachelor of Arts Degree, Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado • Post Bacc and Master of Arts in Education, University of Phoenix • Graduate Science Courses, ASU
Personal Information • Colorado • Married 30 years • 2 (big) kids • Clint and Amy • 1 Spoiled Dog! • Wilson
How I can be reached • E-mail kjoshu@kyrene.org • Phone 480-541-6147
The 8th Grade Science Curriculum The KSD Science curriculum is aligned with both Arizona State and National Science Standards for middle school students
Does this sound familiar?? • I can’t find my notes…. homework… quizzes • I can’ remember what we did yesterday in class….. • I was absent last week and can’t find my notes…..
Here is the answer… Interactive Notebook
What is an interactive notebook? • A place to record information • Enables the student to process ideas and make connections • Culmination of student work throughout the year • Demonstrates content learned and reflective knowledge by the student
8th Grade Curriculum • Chemistry • Properties and Changes of Properties in Matter • Periodic Table and Chemical Interactions (Periodic Table Children’s Book - examples on the back table) • Physics • Relationship Between Force and Motion • Newton’s 3 Law’s of Motion • Simple Machines (Rube Goldberg Project)
8th Grade Curriculum • Cells and Genetics • Meiosis and Mitosis • Basic Principals of Heredity • Ecology • Diversity, Adaptation and Behavior • Identify Plant and Animal Adaptations • Science in Personal and Social Perspective
Inquiry Program • Engages students in the investigative nature of science • Students answer questions generated by teachers • Students explore questions on their own • Students experience what scientists do
ATTENDANCE • It is important for students to be in class on time everyday. • Lab work can not be made up, but alternate assignments will be given at the teachers discretion. • It is the student’s responsibility to find out what was missed. • WORK COMPLETION • Student work must be turned in on time. If homework is turned in one day late, students will earn 50%. Ten percent will be deducted for every day a project or lab write-up is late!
My Goals as an Educator • Influence my students to prepare themselves to become successful, self confident, self sufficient citizens. • Teach them to be life long learners.
How do I connect these goals to learning science? • engage students in the process of learning science • encourage students to use scientific evidence to make decisions • help educate tomorrow's citizens about the application of science in everyday life.