Category: 8.08

11/11: Veteran’s Day – Bell Ringer 4; Students that completed a speech as one of their stations will present in class; Journal checks, StemScopes Videos and Questions – Electromagnetic Spectrum

11/12: Bell Ringer 4; Complete StemScopes Videos and Questions – Electromagnetic Spectrum and Origins of the Universe

11/13: Bell Ringer 4; Test Review 8.8 ABCD  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TDXilAGIE6CufllXYd89TAIZX6xFv571u0NjD3ln-5Y/edit?usp=sharing

11/14: UNIT TEST 8.8ABCD

11/15: Make-up Test, corrections.

 

 

11/4: Bell ringer; Continue working in stations, students must complete 4 assignments:

WRITING – must choose ONE 

• Speech
• Informative Story

ART – must choose ONE

• Sun Poster
• Visible Light scrapbook page

H-R DIAGRAM – 

• Create diagram on paper
• Use ruler and label all parts of diagram and stars
• Must include at minimum
  • Sun
  • 10 main sequence stars
  • 2 giants
  • 2 supergiants
  • 2 white dwarfs

OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS – 

• Choose 5 different colored question cards
• Fill blank with word
• Answer question

 

11/5: Bell ringer; Continue working in stations

11/6: Bell ringer; Pre-assessment 8.8C; TEKS breakdown 8.8C explore how different wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum such as light and radio waves are used to gain information about distances and properties of components in the universe and vocabulary in journals.

11/7: Bell ringer; Continue working in stations

11/8: Bell ringer, COMPLETE ALL STATION WORK

10/28: Bell ringer; Students will plot their stars on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram and complete EXPLORE packet part III and IV in STEMscopes.

10/29: Bell ringer; Students will the life cycles of stars, predicting the next cycle for our Sun and answering the reflections and conclusions questions in EXPLORE packet.

10/30: HALF DAY; Students will watch RESPECT presentation and RED RIBBON WEEK video.

10/31: HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Students will create their own open-ended questions and responses for assessment of composition of the universe.

11/01: Bell ringer; The Sun (TEKS 8.8B) The students will recognize that the Sun is a medium sized star in a spiral arm of the Milky Way galaxy and that the Sun is many thousands of times closer to Earth than any other star, TEKS breakdown and vocabulary in journals.

10/21 – Inservice for teachers, grades posted for 1st nine weeks.

10/22 – Bell ringer 1; 8.8A Pre-assessment; ENGAGE activity (students look at the relationship between star color and star temperature); 8.8A TEKS breakdown: the student is expected to describe components of the universe, including stars, nebulae, and galaxies, and use models such as the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram for classification; 8.8A vocabulary in journals.

10/23 – Bell ringer 1; students will start the EXPLORE activity (In Part I of this activity, students will act out the different stages of the life cycles of a small or medium star and a large star. In Part II, students will explore the life cycle of stars by playing a game with their lab partners. In Part III, students will use the H-R diagram to determine how scientists classify stars. In Part IV, students will compare drawings of the four types of galaxies and match them to pictures taken from the Hubble Space Telescope of actual galaxies.)

10/24 – Bell ringer 1; Students will continue in EXPLORE activity using the H-R diagram on wall in hallway, completing the assignment in STEMscopes.

10/25 – Students will have a progress monitoring assessment to determine need for more practice, advanced learners may start accelerated learning activities.