Chasing Science

Archive for September, 2016

Assignment/Activities Today

• Unit 2 – The Structure of Matter
• Chapter 3, Section 1 – What is Matter?
• Key Concept  Matter is anything that has mass and takes up space. Matter can be described in terms of its volume, mass, and weight
  • All matter has volume and mass
  • Volume is the amount of space taken up by an object
  • Mass is a measure of the amount of matter in an object
  • Weight is a measure of the gravitational force exerted on an object.
• Read and discuss pgs. 81-83
  • Differences between Mass and Weight
• Section Review Pg. 83
  • See Google Classroom for details
• If Incomplete BrainPop Quiz – Measuring Matter (watch the video, take the quiz and email Mr. Hodder the results)
• If Incomplete Finish BrainPOP Quiz – Satellites (watch the video, take the quiz and Email Mr. Hodder the results)
• If Incomplete Finish BrainPOP Quiz – Women’s Suffrage (watch the video, take the quiz and Email Mr. Hodder the results)
• If Incomplete Finish BrainPOP – Microscope Activity
  • Complete the assigned activity in your MyBrainPOP account
• If Incomplete BrainPOP – Microscopes (watch the video, take the quiz and submit to Mr. Hodder the results)
• If Incomplete BrainPOP Game Quiz – Using the Microscope (watch the video, take the quiz and submit to Mr. Hodder the results)

Standards Covered Today

8th Grade – #9:Investigation and Experimentation

Items of Note

Tuesdays at 2:00 – Opportunities to retake any quiz from the trimester