tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24486657576081526892024-03-19T01:45:04.325-07:00Mad ScienceMad Sciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03824514318330317357noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448665757608152689.post-77907310539282760232020-01-30T08:48:00.000-08:002020-01-30T08:48:32.340-08:00Week of February 3rd-7th<span style="color: blue;">This week we will begin our unit study on Geologic Time. Students will start learning about fossils and how they form.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Radioactive Decay of Candium: students will be studying the half-life of their "candy" element!</span>Mad Sciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03824514318330317357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448665757608152689.post-73401634347826817802020-01-17T10:18:00.000-08:002020-01-17T10:18:11.803-08:00January 23rd - January 30th<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Weeks of January 23rd-January 30th</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>--What is a Mixture?</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><br /></span>Mad Sciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03824514318330317357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448665757608152689.post-20128039677852592152019-10-02T09:37:00.002-07:002019-10-02T09:37:37.061-07:00<span style="color: orange;">More Speed Dating!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><br /></span>Mad Sciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03824514318330317357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448665757608152689.post-80664257379239176902019-09-30T10:18:00.002-07:002019-09-30T10:18:49.594-07:00Week of Sept 30-Oct 4th<span style="color: #e69138;">It is all about water quality and pollution this week!! Once we talk about the quality of our water we will be learning the different steps that our water goes through in order for us to use it.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">--Water Treatment Diagram</span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">--Lab this week: "Will the Pollution Reach our Wells?"</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">**Project Presentations this Wednesday!!! </span><br />
<span style="color: purple;">--River Basin Speed Dating!! Be ready:)</span>Mad Sciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03824514318330317357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448665757608152689.post-35804743708112128142019-09-11T06:42:00.001-07:002019-09-11T06:42:40.943-07:00Lab: Water's Properties<span style="color: red; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">LAB DAY!!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Students were trying to see how many drops of water would sit on a penny before spilling over.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">What property of water allowed this to happen? Ask an AMS 8th grader to find out!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">--Surface tension, capillary action, universal solvent, and specific heat</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">**Lab this week: We will be seeing how many water droplets will sit on a penny. What property allows the bubble of water to form???????</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Voc #3 Test this Friday!!!! Try making flashcards or create some on Quizlet.</span>Mad Sciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03824514318330317357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448665757608152689.post-70771089027142062922019-08-20T06:23:00.000-07:002019-08-20T06:23:28.437-07:00Welcome back to AMS!!!!<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Welcome back 8th graders!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">--My Mad Science Blog contains what will be going on for each week in science along with a quick link to the "Weekly Update".</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">--Make sure you check it out each week.</span>Mad Sciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03824514318330317357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448665757608152689.post-48449935738452860362019-04-16T10:08:00.000-07:002019-04-16T10:08:05.785-07:00Week of: April 15th-19th<span style="color: blue;">Viruses... Should they be considered a living organism?</span><br />
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This has been the topic of our week. We have compiled evidence from reading and by using Khan<br />Academy. Students have learned the 7 characteristics that are required to be considered a living organism.<br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;">Groups used their evidence and chose sides to debate:</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Thursday:</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Chapter 11 Test: viruses, bacteria, protist, and fungi</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><br /></span>Mad Sciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03824514318330317357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448665757608152689.post-19758552361496808402019-04-05T10:16:00.003-07:002019-04-05T10:16:41.574-07:00Week of April 8th- April 12th<span style="color: #134f5c;">This week in science:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c;">--Pathogens: viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites.....</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c;">We will be comparing and contrasting viruses and bacteria. Students will be gathering facts to choose a side and debate: <b>Are Viruses Alive?</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c;">We will also be learning about <b>Biotechnology..</b>.. what is it?, why is it important?, and the ties to NC Research.</span>Mad Sciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03824514318330317357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448665757608152689.post-84239694741178715992019-03-28T11:02:00.001-07:002019-03-28T11:02:05.980-07:00Week of April 1st - April 5th<h2>
<span style="color: red;">Microbiology starts this week!!!! (My favorite)</span></h2>
--"What's the difference between a virus and bacteria?"<br />
--You will be gathering details regarding viruses and bacteria, such as how they work, are they good or bad, can they be KILLED.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">**Bacteria Music Review</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;">**Many of this week's assignments will be gathering information that will be used in a classroom debate. You will be choosing sides for this debate based on your evidence.</span>Mad Sciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03824514318330317357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448665757608152689.post-49812526606660291292019-03-21T09:23:00.001-07:002019-03-21T09:23:38.278-07:00Week of March 25th-March 29th<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Quarter 3 ends on Thursday!!! Make sure you do not have any outstanding assignments.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">**Eighth grade high school registration forms are due to Mrs. Brown no later than this Wednesday. Mrs. Brundin from AHS will be meeting with individual students the week of April 1st!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This week in science:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">--Science Talk: we will be debating our two articles regarding DNA and saving endangered species.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">--Lab: Radioactive Decay of "Candium"</span><br />
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We will be learning about half life of elements by using M&Ms or Skittles!!</span><br />
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You will be able to eat the decayed atoms!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">--Q3 Portfolios: </span><br />
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We will complete these in class this nine weeks. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">FRIDAY: We will be starting our unit on Microbiology. This is the last unit before EOG review.</span>Mad Sciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03824514318330317357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448665757608152689.post-21084121923720099472019-03-20T09:26:00.001-07:002019-03-20T09:26:54.029-07:00Geologic Time T-Shirts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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These ladies created a t-shirt for extra credit to represent their t-shirt souvenir from the Cenozoic Era.<br />
L-R: MG Krol, Emma Donnally, Emma Brown, Graylin OlivieriMad Sciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03824514318330317357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448665757608152689.post-20150961137502826582019-03-18T08:17:00.000-07:002019-03-18T08:17:02.371-07:00Week of March 18th-22nd<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">It is Geologic Time this week!!! We will be Speed Dating with our Geologic Time Projects!!</span><span style="color: blue;">--These are due Wednesday. Remember there are NO EXCEPTIONS!!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">Lab Activity:</span><span style="color: blue;">We will be comparing homologous and analogous structures during a lab this week. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">Candy....... don't forget to bring in your pack of plain M&Ms or Skittles this week for the radioactive decay lab next week.</span></span>Mad Sciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03824514318330317357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448665757608152689.post-85946582096026117972019-03-11T05:14:00.001-07:002019-03-11T05:14:21.224-07:00Week of March 11th-March 15th<span style="color: #134f5c;">Geologic Time Week!!!</span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c;">--We will be discussing the ERAs in geologic time in detail this week.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c;">--Tuesday we well be creating a Geologic Time Football Field. This will involve math conversions:</span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c;">1 yard=50 million years</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c;">Keep working on those Geologic Time Projects. These will be due next Wednesday, March 20th!!!!</span>Mad Sciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03824514318330317357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448665757608152689.post-52168090164459662662019-02-27T06:56:00.002-08:002019-02-27T06:56:55.448-08:00Week of March 4th-March 8th<span style="color: blue;"><b>Busy Week in Science:</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>LABS!!!!</b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">We will be performing two labs this week. Everybody loves science labs and both of these are edible. One lab will address the LAW of SUPERPOSITION and the second lab will focus on fossil extraction.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Notes:</b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">Notes this week will focus on our initial discussion of the 3 ERAS of geologic tim</span><span style="color: blue;">e. Speaking of GEOLOGIC TIME......</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Q3 Projects will be assigned this week. Some classes will be creating travel brochures while others will be creating a Geologic Time Machine and collecting souvenirs.</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">All projects will be due Wednesday, March 20th!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">**Pictures will be posted on the blog later!</span>Mad Sciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03824514318330317357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448665757608152689.post-78442182962698232442019-02-25T04:59:00.000-08:002019-02-25T04:59:47.188-08:00February 25th -March 1st<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>This week in science:</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Relative Age vs Absolute Age</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>**How can we determine how old fossils and rocks are using relative age and absolute age?</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>**How can tectonic plates change this age?</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Key terms:</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>--Law of Superposition</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>--Relative age</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>--Absolute age</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>--Unconformity</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>**Make sure you can explain these terms and be able to draw the law of superposition!!</b></span>Mad Sciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03824514318330317357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448665757608152689.post-57659628022165067432019-02-19T07:07:00.002-08:002019-02-19T07:07:46.629-08:00February 18th-February 22nd<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fossils and Geologic Time:</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">--Where do we find fossils?</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">--What exactly is a Fossil?</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">--Explain the difference between fossilization and preservation. Is there really a difference?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After this week, you should be able to discuss these questions with your groups.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">**Mystery Print Activity:</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">--What did you have??????</span>Mad Sciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03824514318330317357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448665757608152689.post-55512742271839688522019-01-17T11:39:00.000-08:002019-01-17T11:39:23.055-08:00Week of January 21st-25th<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>What's going on this week in science:</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>--Monday: Holiday: Martin Luther King Day</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>--Tuesday: Teacher Workday</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>--Wednesday-Friday:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>We will begin discussing the Periodic Table. Students will be learning the properties used to explain why the elements are arranged as they are on the table.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Pretest on Thursday to see what you know about physical and chemical changes.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Chemistry Voc Review Test on Friday!!!</b></span>Mad Sciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03824514318330317357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448665757608152689.post-10793386929165490522019-01-07T06:40:00.001-08:002019-01-07T06:40:47.038-08:00Week of January 7th-11th<span style="color: blue; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">This week in Science:</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">--We are studying the concepts mass, volume, and density. Students are learning how to solve for each in the equation:</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> <b>D=M/V</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">--Chemical and Physical Change Posters will be assigned on Tuesday. The directions can be found on the Weekly Update!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">**Voc #12 Test is Friday. Five review words from previous vocabulary will be added each week to the test starting this Friday. Remember... you are to learn the science vocabulary, not memorize it:)</span>Mad Sciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03824514318330317357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448665757608152689.post-59715750687128577462018-12-06T09:41:00.003-08:002018-12-06T09:41:24.845-08:00Week of Dec 10th-14th<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: red;">**On Tuesday, we will be completing a Christmas Chromatography Lab. we will be using coffee filters, markers, and water to create Christmas Lights:)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;">** Thursday and Friday, we will be watching "The Day After Tomorrow". We will be completing a video guide looking specifically for topics that we have learned during our Hydrosphere Unit!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">**Don't forget that Voc #10 Pictionaries are due Friday. NO VOCABULARY TEST!!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></span>Mad Sciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03824514318330317357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448665757608152689.post-23768129134029646562018-12-06T08:39:00.002-08:002018-12-06T08:39:59.721-08:00Inquiry Lab Day!!<span style="color: #274e13;">Inquiry Lab:</span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13;">--learning to describe the characteristics, properties, of matter</span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13;">**Lab reports are due at the end of the lab. Do not forget to write your summary!!</span>Mad Sciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03824514318330317357noreply@blogger.com0