BRMS Science 2011

Assignment/Activities Today

7th Grade

• Chapter 12, Section 2 – Seedless Plants
• Mosses, Liverworts, Hornworts, Ferns, Horsetails and Club Mosses
• Read and discuss pgs. 364-367
• Chapter Vocabulary into notebook.  Upon completion add terms with pictures to Laptop Glossary in Keynote
• Wednesday February 15th – Chapter 12 Vocabulary Quiz: Introduction to Plants
  

8th Grade

• The Periodic Table and Groups of Elements
• Lab – Periodic Names
• Periodic Table Groups and their Shared Properties
• Reinforcement – Placing All Your Elements on the Table
• Wednesday February 15th – Chapter 7 Quiz: The Periodic Table

Standards Covered Today

7th Grade – #2: Genetics, #5: Structure and Function in Living Systems
8th Grade – #7:  Periodic Table

Items of Note

Tuesdays at 2:00 – Opportunities to retake any quiz from the second trimester.
Monday March 7th – Last Day to Turn in any Trimester 2 Late Assignments
Tuesday March 8th – Last Day to Retake any Trimester 2 Quizzes

Science Fair

Friday December 3rd – Science Fair Question Due
Friday December 10th – Science Fair Hypothesis Due
Tuesday December 14th – Science Fair Materials Due
Friday January 14th – Science Fair Procedures Due
Friday January 21st  –  Science Fair Observations Due
Friday January 28th – Science Fair Research Paper Due
Tuesday February 8th – Science Fair Project Due

Previous Student Presentation Criteria

Classification (7th Grade)

• Slide 1: Title and Name (Title Slide)
• Slide 2: Levels of Classification (Title & Bullets Slide)
• Slide 3-5: Classification of Animal, break down the levels of classification for an animal, Kingdom through Species (Title, Bullets & Photo Slide)
• Slide 6-8: Classification of Plant, break down the levels of classification for a plant, Kingdom through Species (Title, Bullets & Photo Slide)
• Slide 9-10: Classification of Plant or Animal, break down the levels of classification for an animal or plant, Kingdom through Species (Title, Bullets & Photo Slide)

Grouping the Elements (8th Grade)

• Slide 1: Title and Name (Title Slide)
• Slide 2: Group 1 (Title, Bullets & Photo Slide)
• Slide 3: Group 2 (Title, Bullets & Photo Slide)
• Slide 4: Group 3-12 (Title, Bullets & Photo Slide)
• Slide 5: Group 13 (Title, Bullets & Photo Slide)
• Slide 6: Group 14 (Title, Bullets & Photo Slide)
• Slide 7: Group 15 (Title, Bullets & Photo Slide)
• Slide 8: Group 16 (Title, Bullets & Photo Slide)
• Slide 9: Group 17 (Title, Bullets & Photo Slide)
• Slide 10: Group 18 (Title, Bullets & Photo Slide)
• Slide 11: Hydrogen Group  (Title, Bullets & Photo Slide)
• Each slide will have the group number and name
• Each slide will state what the group contains
• Each slide will state the number of electrons present in the group’s outer shell
• Each slide will state the groups reactivity
• Each slide will state the groups shared properties
• Each slide will show an example of an element from the group
• Each slide will have a picture of said element from that group