FCAT REVIEW

April 20-25,2016
Topic: We are going to pass the 8th grade Science FCAT!!!!

Station 1 

• Plate Tectonics video
• Plate Tectonics Quizlet review (Only do the flashcard, start on the DEFINITION  side)

Station 2 

• Earth's Cycles (Take notes to use as a study guide.)

Station 3

• Periodic Table and Atoms (Take notes to use as a study guide. Pay close attention to how metals, nonmetals, and metalloids.  are grouped on the Periodic Table.)
• Periodic Table/ Atoms Quizlet (Only do the flashcard, start on the DEFINITION  side)
• ****NOTES**** 
• -Describe that as you move from left to right in a period (row) on the Periodic Table, the number of protons increases by one.
  
  
  -Describe that elements found in the same group/family (column) have the same properties.
  
  
  -Recognize that elements are grouped in the Period Table of Elements according to their properties.

Station 4

• Waves (Take notes to use as a study guide.)

Station 5

• Universe (Take notes to use as a study guide.)

Station 6

• Organs and Organ System Reading comprehension

Station 7

• Organisms and the Environment Pairings

Station 8

• Sun, Earth, and Moon Relations Quiz
• Universe Quizlet Review
• Phases of the Moon

Station 9

• Objective #1 Matter and Energy Review
• Category #2 Force, Motion, and Energy Review 
• Category #3 Earth and Space
• Category #4 Organisms and the Environment 

Station 10

• Scientific Method Study Jams Video
• Scientific Method Walk the Plank Review Game
• Independent/Dependent Variable Practice
• Independent/Dependent Variable Practice 2
• Variable Practice 3
• Quizlet Variable vocab review (Start on the side with the term)
• Quizlet Variable vocab review 2
• Quizlet Variable vocab  review 3 (Start on the side with the term)

Station 11

• Quizlet symbiotic relationships review 1 (Start with the definition side.)
• Brainpop symbiosis video (login and username: palmbeach/palmbeach)
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4/12/2016
ALL MAKE UP EDPUZZLE VIDEOS ARE DUE ON 4/15/2016. I WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY ASSIGNMENTS AFTER THIS DATE.

Date: 4/12-13/2016
Topic:Interaction of Earth's Spheres
Home Learning: Study and complete FCAT data form (get parent signatures for credit)

Station 1
Earth's Spheres on-line activity

4/5-6/2016
FCAT Review 2

Students will complete Net Force as a review based on data.

Assignment 1

• Students will complete an on-line tutorial on Net Force.

April 1, 2016 and April 4, 2016
FCAT Review Homework 1

SC.7.N.3.1-Recognize and explain the difference between theories and laws and give several examples of scientific theories and the evidence that supports them.

Objectives:

• Students will explain the difference between theories  and laws. 
• Students will identify examples of theories and/or laws. 
• Students will explain why theories may be modified but are rarely discarded.

Assignment 1

• Students will complete a Laws and Theories Tutorial Students will write answers in their FCAT review folder. Print out the certificate and bring to class.

Assignment 2

• Students will complete a Quizlet assignment (click the green words for the assignment).

Assignment 3

• Students will print out and complete a Law and Theory Check for Understanding (click the green words for the assignment).

4/1/2016 and 4/4/2016
FCAT Review 1

SC.6.L.15.1-Analyze and describe how and why organisms are classified according to shared characteristics with emphasis on the Linnaean system combined with the concept of Domains.

Station 1

• Students will complete a Classification on-line tutorial. Students will write answers in their FCAT review folder.

Station 2

• Students will work independently to complete  Classification notes (click notes to open assignment). Students will write down important information from the notes. Things that are in bold, highlighted, or italicized are important concepts. 

Station 3

• Students will complete a Dichotomous Key activity in small collaborative groups.

3/3-4/2016 and 3/7-8/2016
Topic: Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition
Objective: Identify examples of weathering, erosion, deposition.
Home Learning: Complete on-line assignments, edpuzzle, and Rock Cycle activity (Satterfield)

Assignment 1 Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition Vocabulary

• Students will complete every portion except the gravity assignment to review the vocabulary.

Assignment 2 Changing Earth's Surface

• Students will use agents of Erosion to change Earth's Surface.

Assignment 3 Weathering/Erosion Vocabulary Match

• Students will match weathering/erosion vocabulary terms with their meanings.

Ms. Satterfield's Home Learning

 

• The PowerPoint  for the Plate Tectonics Guided notes are located on Focus. Find my name and then click teacher website.
• Watch and take 5 notes on the Plate Tectonics video. Click here for the video.