Week of October 22-26, 2018

7th Grade

Dates: October 22-26,2018

Topic: Geologic Change

Objective: Explain how Earth changed overtime.

Geologic Change Vocabulary 

• Fossil-the preserved remains or evidence of past living things
• Weathering-the process by which rocks are broken down into smaller pieces 
• Erosion- the moving of sediment from one place to another
• Deposition- depositing of sediment in a new place
• Sediment- rock material that forms when rocks are broken down into smaller pieces 
• Sedimentary Rock- rock formed of mechanical, chemical, or organic sediment
• Empirical Evidence-a source of knowledge acquired by means of observation or experimentation
• Climate-the weather conditions in an area over a long period of time
• Mass Extinction- extinction of many species on Earth within a short period of time
• Land bridge-connects two continents that were previously separated

Student Activities

1. Students will take a video quiz while watching a Geologic Time Change video.

• /https://www.brainpop.com/science/earthsystem/geologictime/
• Username:255q Password:Brainpop

2. Students will watch and create Cornell notes from the following videos

• https://youtu.be/vj6AX2aNj1E
• www.edpuzzle.com

8TH Grade

Date(s): October 22-26, 2018
Topic: Properties of Matter
Objective: Identify substances using their properties

Properties of Matter Vocabulary

• Solubility- the ability of a substance to dissolve another one
• Solute- the substance that gets dissolved
• Solvent- the substance that does the dissolving
• Solution- a mixture of a solute and solvent; uniformed throughout
• Saturation Point- stage in which no more substance can be dissolved
• Thermal Conductivity- the rate at which a substance transfers heat
• Electrical Conductivity- is a measure of how well an electric current can move through a substance
• Melting Point- when a substance is at a temperature at which it changes from a solid to a liquid
• Boiling Point- the temperature at which a liquid turns into a vapor
• Magnetism- when substances attract each other through a magnetic force

STUDENT ACTIVITIES 

1. Study Jams Properties of Matter Video
2. Properties of Matter Tutorial  
3. Properties of Matter Power Notes (Students will click the title and use the power-point to complete Properties of Matter Guided Notes).
4. Properties of Matter (Boiling point/Melting Point) (***Read all of the pages, we will have a quiz on the information!!!!)

Properties of Matter Anchor Charts