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  8th Grade Classroom Corner

 

Classroom Documents

 - 8th Grade Lab Report Template:   Lab Report Template.docx  

              *Understanding the Lab Report Activity:   LabreportANDScimethod.docx 

- Student Portfolios:   Student Portfolio Presentation.pptx 

 

 

   - Science Foldable Grading Rubric:   Foldable Grading Rubric.docx  

   - Post Assessment Reflection (Author retains full rights and recognition): http://www.sciencewithmrjones.com/downloads/introductory_materials/post-assessment_reflection.pdf

 

Science Processes, Society and Technology

 

Experimental vs Engineering Design:  ExpDesign [Autosaved].pptx 

 

 

 Force and Motion Unit

  Vocabulary Week of 10/7/13: Acceleration, Centripetal Acceleration, Motion, Magnitude, Position, Reference Point, Speed, Vector, Velocity, Slope

   -Powerpoint:  Unit1.1.1Motion&Speed.ppt  

   -Lesson 1.5 OnlineModule Outline:  Lesson5onlineModuleOutline.docx  

 

ATMOSPHERE AND WEATHER UNIT

Lesson 3.1 Earth's Atmosphere

-   Earth's Atmosphere Vocab and Review Take Aways (Unit 3.1):   Earth's Atmosphere Crossword&Review.docx

-   Earth's Atmosphere/Greenhouse Effect/Ozone Layer PowerPoint (Unit 3.1):   Layers of the Atmosphere.ppt

-   Layers of the Atmosphere Notetaking WS:   The Atmosphere Noteaking Sheet.docx  

-   Layers of the Atmosphere Performance Task WS:   LayersWS.pdf

   

Lesson 3.2 Energy Transfers

-   Energy Transfer Powerpoint:  Lesson3.2Satchell.ppt    

-  Heat Transfer Vocab Crossword:   3.2 HeatTransferVocab Crossword.docx  

 

Lesson 3.3. Wind in the Atmosphere

- Online Lesson 3.3 Outline:  Wind in the Atmosphere ONLINE Outline.docx  

- Wind in the Atmosphere Vocab Crossword Puzzle:    Wind in the Atmosphere Vocab Crossword(2).docx  

- Wind Brain Pop: http://mrhardy.wikispaces.com/Wind.swf

 

 

- UNIT 3 DIFFERENTIATED JIGSAW LAB REVIEW:   Unit3 Earth's Atmosphere Review Lab(2).docx  

- UNIT 3 DIFFERENTIATED JIGSAW LAB POWERPOINT:   Differentiate Atmosphere Lab Review.ppt  

                 
   WATCH JET STREAM VIDEO CLIP: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgMWwx7Cll4

 

 

 

-  UNIT 3 EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE STUDY GUIDE:  UNIT 3 Earth'Atmosphere Study Guide.docx

-  UNIT 3 EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE PRACTICE TEST:       Unit3 Earth's Atmosphere Practice Test.doc  

 

 

UNIT 4 WEATHER AND CLIMATE

- Lesson 4.1 Elements of Weather PowerPoint:   Unit4.Lesson1Elements of Weather.ppt  

- Weather Instruments Study Sheet:  Weather Instruments.docx  

- Causes of Weather Concept Map & Change In the Atmosphere Informational Text:ChangeAtmosConcptMap.pdf  

- 1.14.14 HW:   H2OinAtmos&Contrails.pdf  

- Psychrometer Lab:   Psychrometer Lab.pdf    

 

-LESSON 4.3 SCAVENGER HUNT:  Unit 4.3 Reading Scavenger Hunt.docx  

-LESSON 4.3 POWERPOINT:   Lesson4.3What Influences Weather.ppt  

 

- LESSON 4.5 Weather Maps and Weather Predictions 

-Air Masses and Fronts Powerpoint:   AIR MASSES AND FRONTS.ppt  

-Station Models:   Station Models.ppt  

- Station Model Lab:   StationModelLab.pdf  

- Isotherms Online Lesson: http://www.middleschoolscience.com/isotherms.htm

- Isotherm and Isobar Lab: http://www.learnearthscience.com/pages/For_Teachers/Labs/isobarandisothermmaplab.pdf

- Drawing Isotherms: https://courseware.e-education.psu.edu/public/meteo/meteo101demo/Examples/Images/Section2/contour_tool_t0203.swf

- Drawing Isobars: https://courseware.e-education.psu.edu/public/meteo/meteo101demo/Examples/Images/Section2/contour_tool_p0207.swf

- Online Weather Map Activity: http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/activities/weather/mchl3004.swf

 

 

- EdHead Weather Predicting Activity:http://www.edheads.org/activities/weather/frame_loader.htm

- Build your own Weather

- Weather Unit Review PowerPoint:

- Instruments/Station: http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwatch/gather_data/

- How to Predict the Weather: http://library.thinkquest.org/C0112425/stu_predict.htm

- NJ Dept. of EPA Weather Station Symbols: http://www.state.nj.us/dep/seeds/wssym.htm

-  Weather Project: http://www.srh.weather.gov/jetstream/synoptic/wxmaps.htm

- Digital Weather Forecast: http://schoolvideonews.com/Lesson-Plans-Curriculum/Lesson-Plan-Creating-a-Student-Produced-Weather-Forecast

 

Lesson 4.6 Climate and Lesson 4.7 Climate Change

-  Climate PowerPoint:   Unit 4.6 and 4.7 weather & climate.pptx  

-  Group Project Weather NewsCast:   WeatherForecastProject.doc  

 

 

- End of Unit Weather Assessment Study Guide:   Weather End of Unit Assessment Study Guide.docx  

- EXCELLENT SITE TO REVIEW ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE AND TO PREPARE FOR YOUR WEATHER FORECAST: http://mrsdlovesscience.com/earthlink.html

 

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgMWwx7Cll4