Assignment/Activities Today

7th Grade

• Science Fair Board Design & Set Up
• Structures of Seed Plants
• Read and Discuss Pgs. 374-377
• Roots – Functions, Structures & Systems
• Stems – Functions, Herbaceous vs. Woody
• Notes From Presentation- Structures of Seed Plants
• Friday February 3rd – Chapter 12 Quiz: Introduction to Plants

8th Grade

• Science Fair Board Design & Set Up
• Review of The Periodic Table and Groups of Elements
• Lab – Periodic Names
• If Incomplete Student Presentation – Grouping the Elements
• Slide 1: Title and Name (Title Slide)
• Slide 2 & 3: Group 1 & 2 – (Title, Bullets & Photo Slide)
• Slide 4: Group 3-12 (Title, Bullets & Photo Slide)
• Slide 5 – 10: Group 13 – 18 (Title, Bullets & Photo Slide)
• Slide 11: Hydrogen Group  (Title, Bullets & Photo Slide)
• Each slide will state: the group number and name; what the group contains; the number of electrons present in the group’s outer shell; the groups reactivity; the groups shared properties
• Each slide will show an example of an element from the group and have a picture of said element from that group
• Friday February 3rd – Chapter 7 Quiz: The Periodic Table

Science Fair Due Dates

Friday December 2nd – Science Fair Question Due
Thursday December 8th – Science Fair Hypothesis Due
Wednesday December 14th – Science Fair Materials Due
Thursday January 12th – Science Fair Procedures Due
Friday January 20th – Science Fair Observations Due
Friday January 27th – Science Fair Research Paper Due
Monday February 6th – Science Fair Project Due

Standards Covered Today

7th Grade – #1: Cell Biology, #5: Structure & Function in Living Things
8th Grade – #3: Structure of Matter, #7: Periodic Table

Items of Note

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