BRMS Science 2011

Assignment/Activities Today

7th Grade

• Lab – Cricket Caper
• Procedures 3, 4, 13, 14 & 15
• Interaction with Food
• Interaction with Other Crickets
• Cricket Anatomy Quiz – Thursday April 21, 2011

8th Grade

• Chapter 14, Section 1 – Fluids & Pressure
• Read & Discuss Pgs. 406-411
• Atmospheric Pressure vs.Water Pressure
• Fluid Flow
• Pressure at the bottom of the Mariana Trench (visit the Trieste)
• How do our lungs work?
• Effects of Freediving on out bodies

Standards Covered Today

7th Grade – #5: Structure and Function in Living Systems
8th Grade – #8: Density & Buoyancy

Items of Note

Tuesdays at 2:00 – Opportunities to retake any quiz from the third trimester.

Previous Student Presentation Criteria

7th Grade

• What is an Animal?
• Slide 1: Title and Student Name (Title Slide)
• Slide 2-10: (Title, Bullet & Photo Slide)
• Title – Section headlines i.e. Multicellular Makeup
• Bullet – Two Facts of Your Choice from the Selected Text
• Photo – Animal of Your Choice

• Chapter 14 Section 4 Summary
• Slide 1: Title and Student Name (Title Slide)
• Slide 2-11: (Title, Bullet & Photo Slide)
• Title – section headlines i.e. Body Symmetry
• Bullet – Two Facts of Your Choice from the Selected Text
• Photo – Vertebrate of Your Choice

8th Grade

• Friction
• Slide 1: Title & Name
• Slide 2: The Definition of Friction
• Slide 3-6: Kinetic Friction; A Picture & Description of the Surfaces Coming in Contact and What Type of Motion is Occurring (Title, Bullet & Photo Slide)
• Slide 7-10: Static Friction; A Picture & Description of the Surfaces Coming in Contact and What Type of Motion is Occurring (Title, Bullet & Photo Slide)

• Newton’s Laws of Motion
• Each preso will contain 10 slides. 1 -Intro slide, 3- 1st Law slides, 3- 2nd Law slides & 3- 3rd Law slides
• The Three 1st Law slides (title, bullet & photo) will include – the law itself (title & definition), a picture depicting the law and an explanation of why that picture is an example of said law
• The Three 2nd Law slides (title, bullet & photo) will include – the law itself (title & definition), a picture depicting the law and an explanation of why that picture is an example of said law
• The Three 3rd Law slides (title, bullet & photo) will include – the law itself (title & definition), a picture depicting the law and an explanation of why that picture is an example of said law