8th GRADE SCIENCE and N.C. HISTORY

Welcome to my homepage. Can you believe we have less than 25 school days before the EOGs!

EOG review will begin on April 29th however, students should begin reviewing vocabulary and class notes much sooner.   

Below you will find a summary of what we are working on in class and the weeks homework. As a reminder, students should take 15-20 minutes per day to review LINC vocabulary and notes from the day. 

Week of April 8-12

This week we will continue with ocean exploration (ppt notes)  Students will create an ocean foldable diagramming the parts of the ocean. We will complete the week with estuaries and a quiz on Friday.

LINCS vocabulary terms for the week: abyssal zone, photic zone, benthos, Bioindicators

  This weeks homework:

Week of April 15-19

This week students will continue our study on Hydrology focusing this week on the different types of water pollution including salt water intrusion.  Next week we will have a visitor from Wilmington Storm Water to demonstrate storm water runoff and how this effects our local streams and rivers. Next week we will also take the County Benchmark Test on Hydrology.

Tide Explanation 1

Tide Explanation 2

LINC terms for the week: Clean Water Act, Safe Drinking Act, flocculation, aquifer, artesian well. 

This weeks homework: 

Week of April 2-5

This week, students will begin with an exploration of the earth's oceans or more accurately One Ocean.  Students will be in the computer lab working on Discovery Education assignments.

LINCS vocabulary terms for the week:  terrestrial, intertidal zone, neritic zone, upwelling.

This weeks homework: