Today we are talking about “static” vs “dynamic” characters in Touching Spirit Bear.  See th evideo below for a mini-lesson on static and dynamic characters.

https://mrewert.edublogs.org/2018/02/06/math-surface-area-of-right-triangles/Here are copies of the assignments.  Grade 7’s are doing all questions and Gr. 8’s are doing questions # 4 – 14.

18.02.06 gr 7 – graphing on a coordinate grid – 8.5-s24qi0

Above is the formal lesson.  In class we also did this activity below…

Then we reviewed and followed up with this final activity…

Graphing on a Coordinate Grid review.  Many students are showing the need to review this concept, so we are doing a common assignment between the grade 7s and grade8s.  Assignment: complete questions 1-12

18.02.06 gr 7 – graphing on a coordinate grid – 8.5-s24qi0

– Today we are learning about greek gods and making advertising campaigns for them.  To do this see the links to materials below.

19.06.05 greek gods and advertising

21.05.03 greek gods handout blm 8-3-2f

21.05.03 greekgodsandgoddesses

21.05.03 the twelve olympians

Assignment

Today we watched Bill Nye: learning about bouyancy based on Archimedes Principle.  Check out the worksheet supplied in class for the video below.

23.06.07 bill nye bouyancy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HZBusjP0uw

7/8 Form – Click the link and fill in the form

https://forms.office.com/r/UBJHaGcC1Y

Mini Labs – Tuesday, June 6

Today we are working on 2 mini-labs.  For each one students are to make a paper just like the one shown in the picture on the right.  for the Materials and Procedure sections just write “see class blog” and move on.  Remember to write your hypothesis BEFORE WATCHING THE VIDEO,and then do you conclusion following the video.  Refer to your lab guide (from the start of the year) as reference for what to include in your Conclusion.

Can an egg float in Water?

For this mini-lab your Problem/Question is: “Why does one egg sink to the bottom, one egg float to the top, and one egg hover in the middle?”

When watching the video, please have the sound off at first.  Then you may wish to listen to it on the seond watch to get the expanation (for your conclusion).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zszw6uCiQpc

Assignment: complete an exit slip that answers the question, “Why does one egg sink, one hover in the middle, and one float?”

CLAIRVOYANT KETCHUP

Students are to complete both exit slips, attach a rubric provided in class and submit into the Science folders.

Today we covered how pressure can change the density within a substance.  Check out the lesson plan we completed by clicking of the link below. The questions that you are to answer and hand in are also there.  Then watch the video to see what we did.

For this mini-lab your Problem/Question: “How will squeezing the bottle affect the overall density of the water and/or ketchup packet and what will happen?”

17.05.04 8-3-01 – Clairvoyant Ketchup – Discrepant Event-zzusl3

17.05.14 clairvoyant ketchup questions-vzohjd

Today we are following along with this video below to do a simple Picaso-esque picture.  Should be fun.