1. 8 th Grade Science Interactive Notebook Set-up

2. Homework Title(s) Warm Up: Write out questions, charts, diagrams AND your responses!!! Page # Homework : Homework assignments should always be written here, as the title AND in your agenda! Date A-Day Date B-Day Inside Cover of Notebook Keep This Page Blank!!!!

3. Prospectus Page Tape 8 th Grade Science Prospectus Here

4. Warm Up: Write out questions, charts, diagrams AND your responses!!! Page # Homework : Homework assignments should always be written here, as the title AND in your agenda! Reflection: Summary of activities from class lesson. What did you do? Learn? What questions do you have? Date A-Day Date B-Day Classwork Titles This will tell you what we are doing in class and what we plan to accomplish in today’s lesson Page # Date A-Day Date B-Day Page Set-Up Expectations Topic Title

5. Study and Sign Prospectus Review and Sign Lab Safety Contract Have Parent Sign Contract and Prospectus Page S1 Homework : 1. Study and Sign Prospectus 2. Have Parent Sign Contract and Prospectus 3. Review and Sign Lab Safety Contract 4. Quiz Fri/Tues Monday, August 26, 2013 Tuesday, August 27, 2013 Science Introduction and Expectations Review Prospectus Lab Safety Rules/Activity Page S2 Warm Up: Hopes and Fears: List something that you hope will happen this year in science and something that you may be nervous about. 1) 2) 3) Monday, August 26, 2013 Tuesday, August 27, 2013

6. Scientific Method Page 1 Homework : 1. Reflection: Summary of activities from class lesson. What did you do? Learn? What questions do you have? 2. Quiz next class Wednesday, August 28, 2013 Thursday, August 29, 2013 Scientific Method Notes/Activity Page 2 Warm Up: Copy & organize the steps of the scientific method in the correct order -conclusion -write hypothesis -get background information -do the experiment -organize and analyze data -identify problem -observe what happens Wednesday, August 28, 2013 Thursday, August 29, 2013

7. Experimental Variables Page 3 Homework : Unit 1 Vocabulary 1-7 Word Triangles Fri, Aug 30, 2013 Tues Sept 3, 2013 Experimental Variables Notes/Activity Page 4 Warm Up: 1. Your lab partner tells you that one of the qualitative observations from your Handy” experiment is his thumb is 5 cm long. Explain why this is an incorrect statement. 2. What do you do if the results of your experiment do not support your hypothesis? Fri, Aug 30, 2013 Tues Sept 3, 2013

8. Page 5 Unit 1 Vocabulary 1-7 Word Triangles Page 6 8 th Grade Science Vocabulary Unit: 1 Fri, Aug 30, 2013 Tues Sept 3, 2013 Word and definition Simplify, put in your own words sentence picture