PLEASE GO DIRECTLY TO MY CALENDAR TO BE PREPARED FOR CLASS. THANK YOU. ALL STUDENTS SHOULD BE STUDYING THEIR SCIENCE TECHBOOK AND WRITTEN NOTEBOOK 3 TIMES A WEEK FOR SUCCESS ON THE EOG'S THIS YEAR.
S'MORES LOG IN IS SAME AS YOUR GOOGLE DOCS (WHERE YOU SAVE IN SCIENCE FOLDER)
LOG IN: 1ST.LAST@STUDENT.NHCS.NET
PW : 8 DIGIT SCHOOL ID IN THIS FIELD, IF SIX LEAD WITH ZEROS 00
REMEMBER, DO NO SAVE TO FACEBOOK AND DO NOT USE PERSONAL GMAIL FOR SCHOOL.
RESOURCE BROCHURE PROJECT DUE ON MONDAY - i HAVE TUTORING tUES AND tHURSDAY IF NO COMPUTER AT HOME.
REMEMBER : USE 'digital submission' on my navigation to link your project to my form for grading.
DISCOVERY EDUCATION AT HOME LOG IN INFORMATION:
USERNAME: nchs.first.last
PASSWORD: NCWISE NUMBER
!!!!!!CHECK OUT the NEW SCIENCE OLYMPIAD TEAM 2013----->>>>
"TEAM SPIRIT" IS IN PLACE FOR A WIN -NOW THE WORK STARTS!!!!!------>>>>>>>
Thank you Mrs. Supak and Mr. Sakel for the great job during the science fair...winners are now preparing for the County Event. Good Luck and stay the course.
Science Fair 2012-2013
Please follow the county guidelines for setting up student projects for our
school fair so that when it comes time to send to county there will be less work involved.
http://www.nhcs.net/science/new_hanover_county_science_fair.htm
Our School Science Fair will be January 7th and 8th. Judging will be the 7th with
classes walking through on the 8th.
We are allowed to send 7 projects to the county fair.
Teams can consist of no more than 3 students.
Any project using humans or animals must have a doctor or vet sign off prior to
conducting the experiment. We were told this includes surveys.
Any project that is conducted with any assistance from a college or university must have
a form filled out prior to conducting the research/experiment.
PLEASE GO TO NHCS WEBSITE AND SEARCH " SCIENCE FAIR FORMS 2013" TO EXPLORE YOUR MATERIALS REQUIREMENTS.
All county forms must be returned to Kimberly Bierstedt, Lead Science Teacher, NHCS by 1/10/13.
County Science Fair is 1/24/13 at Murray. Student must have their own transportation
and be set up by 4:15. We will 2 people from our school to work at the science fair.
Any science projects using company logos must have written permission from that
company to use their logo.
Photos must be cited and can not include other people (only the project’s owner).
Projects should be approved by the student’s science teacher prior to entering in the
science fair.
8.L. 1
spread of disease - treatment, prevention, causes
virus - bacteria - fungi - parasite - epidemic - pandemic - pathogen -disease - prevention and treament (of disease)
NEW HANOVER COUNTY HAD THE HIGHEST SCIENCE EOG SCORE IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA - AND WE WILL CONTINUE THAT EFFORT THIS YEAR. CONGRATULATIONS TEACHERS AND STUDENTS.
HYDROLOGY 8.E. 1.1. THE STUDY OF WATER ON EARTH AND ALL OF ITS CHEMICAL PROPERTIES AS WELL.
2nd vocab due jan 12th ALL OF THESE WORDS ON IN THE CONTEXT OF oceans NOT FRESH AND BRACKISH WATER.
PLANKTON (PHYTO AND ZOO)
DESALINATION
LIVING RESOURCES (OCEAN)
NONLIVING RESOURCES (OCEAN)
POINT SOURCE POLLUTION
NON POINT SOURCE
INTERNATIONAL TREATY
CLEAN WATER ACT
FOOD WEB
FOOD CHAIN
1ST/ VOCAB DUE november 14th
NITRATES
BUOYANCY
BIOTIC INDICATORS
ABIOTIC INDICATORS
WATERSHED
POINT SOURCE POLLUTION
NON POINT SOURCE POLLUTION
WETLANDS
ADHESION
COHESION
POLARITY
estuary
CHEMISTRY - ATOMS - THE PERIODIC TABLE - CORE CURRICULUM--8.p.1-- THIS IS WHERE WE ARE GOING NEXT. Do you believe it is the 1ST 9 weeks AND WE ARE ALREADY BUILDING OUR NOTEBOOK IN CLASS AND CONCEPT CARDS!
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2ND VOCAB DUE ON FRIDAY OCTOBER 5TH @10 POINTS EACH FOR A TOTAL OF 120 POINTS AND 10% OF YOUR OVERALL GRADE.
8.P.1.3.
-endothermic reaction
-exothermic reaction
-alkali metals
-noble gases
-crystals
-electron shells/orbitals/cloud
-activation energy
-reactants
-products
-ionic bonds
-valence
8.P.1.4.
-law of conservation of mass
1ST VOCAB DUE FRIDAY - CHECK OUT DISCOVERY EDUCATION PARENTS AND STUDENTS
8.P.1.1. chemistry standard topics
8.P. 1.2 periodic table
-1.1 element
-1.1 compound
-1.1 mixture
-1.4 atom
-1.4 molecule
-1.3 physical change/properties
-1.3 chemical change/properties
-1.3 precipitate
8.P.1matter classification
Ask your parents if they have ever read HG WELLS the time machine ?
THIS IS THE end of the 2ND 9 WEEKS. I see growth in my
students abilities to ask clarifying question, complete work
in an elegant and beautiful presentation and continue to
take notes that are organized for study in their science
notebooks. Thank you for your excellent effort 8th
grade.
There wil continue to be
MORE CHOICES FOR ALL STUDENTS TO SUCCEED.
ONLINE GRADES ARE GREAT. WELCOME TO UP TO DATE INFORMATION ON YOUR STUDENT'S PROGRESS. I WILL BE FOLLOWING THE NEW HANOVER COUNTY GRADING POLICY. BEST WISHES ON A TRANSPARENT TEACHER PARENT, STUDENT COMMUNICATION:)
ALWAYS VIEW calendar below for new work or check out calendar on left for details:
EARTH HISTORY, GEOLOGY, FOSSILS, MAPPING AND INQUIRY...STANDARD 5.0 ET AL.
BY THE WAY...EOG IN SCIENCE WAS 86% PROFICIENT LAST YEAR, CONGRATULATIONS 8TH GRADERS!
MRS. HOWARD'S SCIENCE STUDENTS TOPPED OUT AT 89% 2010!
**NOTE** class tardies and talking during testing will not be acceptable and warnings
have been repeated to all students. Time outs will be given should students not cooperate. Thank you.