BRMS Science 2011

Assignment/Activities Today – Not a Minimum Day

7th Grade

• Frog Dissection

8th Grade

• Complete The Planets of Our Solar System Presentation
• Each slide represents a planet and should include:
• Slide 1 (Title Slide) – Title & Your Name
• Slide 2 – 10 (Title, Bullet & Photo Slide) Planets Name, Distance from the Sun, Period of Rotation, Period of Revolution, Surface Gravity Compared to Earth, How Many Moons it has, When it was Discovered, One Interesting Fact of Your Choice & A Picture of Said Planet

Standards Covered Today

7th Grade – #1 – #5: Structure and Function in Living Systems
8th Grade – #1 – #4: Earth in the Solar System

Items of Note

Tuesdays at 2:00 – Opportunities to retake any quiz from the third trimester.
Tuesday May 31, 2011 – Final Opportunity to Retake any Trimester 3 Quiz
Tuesday May 31, 2011 – Final Opportunity to Turn in any Trimester 3 Missing Assignments

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

• Planets of Our Solar System Presentation
• Each slide represents a planet and should include:
• Slide 1 (Title Slide) – Title & Your Name
• Slide 2 – 10 (Title, Bullet & Photo Slide) Planets Name, Distance from the Sun, Period of Rotation, Period of Revolution, Surface Gravity Compared to Earth, How Many Moons it has, When it was Discovered, One Interesting Fact of Your Choice & A Picture of Said Planet