Mrs. Dubick

Week of January 21, 2008

Holiday:  Monday, January 21, 2008.

*Student-led conferences with parents and teacher will be held beginning January 22.  Students will be released from school at 2:15 daily.

Tutoring in morning by appointment only due to conferences.  No afternoon tutoring this week.

Tuesday 1/22: Students will complete test corrections from Unit 3 test.  The corrections with explanations will be a classwork grade.

Homework: None.  Test corrections will be in class. 

Wednesday 1/23: Students will complete test corrections and set up new IAN for Unit 4.

Homework: Complete test corrections if needed (due Friday) and complete set up of new IAN for Unit 4:  "Light and Sound Show".

Thursday 1/24: Students will investigate types of waves.

Homework: Test corrections due tomorrow.

Friday 1/25: Students will continue investigating waves and take Cornell Notes on electromagnetic and mechanical waves.

Homework: Complete note summary as needed.

Week of January 14, 2008

Unit 3 Test will be on Friday, January 18.  Test will cover energy, heat transfer, electricity and magnetism. 

Tutoring for test available Monday and Wednesday from 4:30 - 5:30, Thursday and Friday morning at 8:00 am.

Students need to turn in 2nd semester syllabus.  Download a copy here.

*Holiday:  Monday, January 21, 2008.

*Student-led conferences with parents and teacher will be held beginning January 22.  Students will be released from school at 2:15 daily.

Monday 1/14: Students will investigate magnetism through a series of mini labs

Tutoring Monday from 4:30 -5:30 

Homework: Begin studying for Unit 3 Test. 

Tuesday 1/15: Students will investigate magnetism through a series of mini labs

Homework: Study for Unit 3 Test.  Prepare IAN for check.

Wednesday 1/16: *Short schedule due to 8th Grade Writing Exam in morning.

Students will receive a study guide and work in groups to prepare for Unit 3 Test.

Tutoring Wednesday from 4:30 -5:30.

Homework: Complete study guide. Study for Unit 3 Test.  Prepare IAN for check.

Thursday 1/17: Review with "Jeopardy Style" Game

Tutoring from 8:00 - 8:40

Homework: Study for Unit 3 Test.  Prepare IAN for check.

Friday 1/18: Unit 3 Test.  Hand in IAN.  Prepare New IAN.

Homework: Prepare new IAN for Unit 4:  "Light and Sound Show"

Important Dates

Wednesday 12/19:  Projects Due.  See below.

Friday 12/21:  Midterm exam.  See below for more information.

December 10 - 21

Monday 12/10: Students will investigate electricity through lab stations

Tutoring Monday from 4:30 -5:30

Homework: Quiz on Wednesday

Tuesday 12/11: Students will investigate electricity through lab stations

Homework: Study for quiz.  Prepare IAN for check

Wednesday 12/12: Quiz:  Energy Transformations, kinetic/potential energy problem solving, types of energy, heat transfer and electrical energy (series/parallel circuits and Ohm's Law).  IAN check.

Unit project information:  Download energy_project.doc  Due 12/19

Tutoring Wednesday from 4:30 -5:30.

Homework: Begin Energy in Our Lives Project

Thursday 12/13: Energy In Our Lives Project

Tutoring from 8:00 - 8:40

Homework: Work on Project

Friday 12/14: Energy In Our Lives Project

Homework: Work on Project

Monday 12/17: Energy In Our Lives Project

Tutoring Monday from 4:30 -5:30

Homework: Work on Project

Tuesday 12/18: Students will investigate electricity through a computer lab

Homework: Work on Project and study for midterm

Wednesday 12/19: PROJECT DUE!  Midterm review

Tutoring Wednesday from 4:30 -5:30.

Homework: Study for midterm exam on Friday

Thursday 12/20: Midterm review game

Tutoring from 8:00 - 8:40

Homework: Study for midterm exam

Friday 12/21: Midterm exam

  Homework: Enjoy the break!

Week of October 29, 2007

Monday: Students will investigate acids and bases in a lab

Tutoring Monday from 4:30 -5:30

Homework: Complete pH scale on IAN #34

Tuesday: "Mystery Paper" - Investigating chemical and physical changes with acids and bases. 

No 3rd and 4th period due to writing exam.

Homework: Complete any unfinished classwork.

Wednesday: Chemical and physical changes lab.

Tutoring Wednesday from 4:30 -5:30.

Homework: None

Thursday: More with chemical and physical changes.

No Tutoring today due to AVID meeting.

Homework: Complete any unfinished classwork.

Friday: Balancing chemical changes.

Pep Rally today!

Homework: Complete any unfinished classwork and undate IAN

Week of October 22, 2007

Report Cards go home on Monday

Monday: Students will investigate the physical properties of food items.

Tutoring Monday from 4:30 -5:30

Homework: Complete physical properties properties from lab if needed.

Tuesday: Electron dot diagrams

Homework: Complete any unfinished classwork.

Wednesday: Chemical Bonding.  IAN Check.

Tutoring Wednesday from 4:30 -5:30.

Homework: Complete chemical bond chart.

Thursday: Conductivity Lab

Tutoring Thursday from 8:00 - 8:40 am.

Homework: Complete any unfinished classwork.

Friday: Chemical Formulas

Homework: Complete any unfinished classwork and undate IAN

Week of October 8, 2007

*Students have received their Unit 1 project sheet.  All projects are due October 12.  They are to choose 1 project from each of the 4 categories:

1. Elements, Compounds and Mixtures
2. Potential and Kinetic Energy
3. Balanced and Unbalance Forces
4. Simple Machines

*Unit 1 Test on Thursday

Monday:  Students will be conducting labs on simple machines.  Students will rotate through a series of 7 mini labs.

Tutoring Monday from 4:30 -5:30

Homework:  Work on Unit 1 projects and begin preparing for Unit 1 Test

Tuesday:  Students will continue with simple machines mini labs.

Homework:  Work on Unit 1 projects

Wednesday:  Review for test with Jeopardy-like game.

Tutoring Wednesday from 4:30 -5:30 to prepare for test.

Homework:  Work on Unit 1 projects, study for test.

Thursday:  Unit 1 Test.

Tutoring Thursday from 8:00 - 8:40 am to prepare for test.

Homework:  Work on Unit 1 projects and have IAN ready to turn in on Friday.

Friday:  Unit 1 project wrap-up and presentations.  Students will turn in Unit 1 IAN for final notebook check and begin setting up Unit 2 IAN (Science with food and cooking).

Homework: Prepare new IAN set up for Unit 2.

Week of October 1, 2007

*Students have received their Unit 1 project sheet.  All projects are due October 12.  They are to choose 1 project from each of the 4 categories:

1. Elements, Compounds and Mixtures
2. Potential and Kinetic Energy
3. Balanced and Unbalance Forces
4. Simple Machines

This week is ITBS testing for the 8th grade.  I will see students only 3 times on a rotating schedule.

Monday/Tuesday: Begin Simple Machines.  Students will create a flip book on the 6 types of simple machines.  Groups will present information on 1 type.

Tutoring Monday from 4:30 -5:30

Homework:  Work on Unit 1 projects.

Tuesday/Wednesday:  Students will be in the computer lab doing a web quest on simple machines.

Homework:  Work on Unit 1 projects and complete questions from web quest if needed.

Tutoring Wednesday from 4:30 - 5:30.

Thursday/Friday:  Students will be designing and testing Marshmallow Catapults.

Tutoring Thursday from 8:00 - 8:40 am.

Homework:  Work on Unit 1 projects.

Week of September 24, 2007

Monday: Tutoring today from 4:30 - 5:30.

Students will be investigating Newton's First Law of Motion through mini activities and Cornell Notes.  No Homework.

Tuesday:  I will be out today for 4th - 7th period due to an in-service.  Students will work on Chapter 10 workbook pages with the sub.

Wednesday:  Tutoring today from 4:30 - 5:30.  Students will continue to investigate Newton's Laws of Motion through lab and activities.  Homework:  Complete any problems not completed in class.

Thursday:  IAN Circle 8:00 - 8:40 am.  Need help with IAN?  Join us!  Science Olympiad Team 4:30 -5:30.  Problem solving with force and acceleration. Homework:  Study for quiz

Friday:  Quiz over motion, speed, velocity, acceleration and force. 

Week of September 10, 2007

Parents have you seen the note in the back of your child's IAN?  Please read, sign and leave comments. Thanks!

Monday:  Tutoring today from 4:30 - 5:30.  Students are wrapping up "Energy" Labs and graphing data showing the relationship between potential and kinetic energy.

Tuesday:  Students are to write formal lab report using the CCSD lab format found in the back of IAN.

Wednesday:  Tutoring and Make up lab today from 4:30 - 5:30.  Students are taking Cornell Notes on kinetic and potential energy and the Law of Conservation of Energy.  Ask you child to demonstrate for you.

Thursday:  IAN circle today from 8:00 - 8:40.  Bring your breakfast!  Quiz over chemistry (periodic table, atoms, elements, compounds, mixtures, molecules, potential energy, kinetic energy, and Law of Conservation of energy).  Help your child to study by using their IAN and also have them explain each of the key words above.

Friday:  Begin "Motion" lab.