Dan+-+7th+&+8th+Grade+Science

Teacher: **Dan Fanelli ** Email: **fanellidm@gmail.com**

Classes: **7th Grade Science , 8th Grade Earth Science **

==**﻿Homework Policy for 701 has changed. I will no longer except homework at the end of the day on the day that it is due. If your homework is not complete in class you will receive a ZERO! **==

Homework Policy : 1. Homework will not be accepted Late 2. Homework not done on time will receive a Zero 3. Homework will account for 20% of the overall grade 4. 5.

7th Grade Homework Sept 15th 701 702 Bring all materials to class, this will count as your first homework assignment

701/702 Sept 16/17 Get the syllabus signed by your parents

701/702 Sept 22nd Finish questions 1 and 4 on the Graduated Cylinder lab

702 Due Sept 28th Conversion problems Study for Conversion quiz

701 Due Sept 28th Study for Conversion quiz

701/702 Sept 28th to Oct 6 Study for MEASUREMENT TEST_To be given on OCTOBER 6th COMPLETE MEASUREMENT REVIEW SHEET_Due on day of the Test OCTOBER 6th


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 * Oct 5th**
 * Completed Review sheet for measurement**


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 * Oct 1st**
 * Complete density lab Due Monday Oct 4th**


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 * Due**
 * Oct 25th**
 * Get test signed**
 * If you scored a 69% or below on the measurement test, you must correct ALL wrong answers and hand it back in on Friday to receive a 70** %

701 Due Oct 19th Define surface tention and cohesion

701/702 Due Oct 22nd Complete activity sheet about Observation and Inference.

701/702 Due Oct 26th Cover your 7th Grade Science book and bring it back to class

701/702 Due Oct 29 Study and review all Wave vocabulary

701/702 Due November 4th Calculate all Wavespeed equations 1-16

702 ONLY Due Nov 9th Study for quiz (the differences and similarities between diffraction, refraction, and reflection)

701/702 Due Nov 19th Complete sound waves in different matter lab. make sure to answer all questions in full and to be very descriptive.

701/702
 * TEST ON NOVEMBER 30TH. **

**Chapter 8 section 3 self check** **Due november 25th**
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**701/702** **Chapter 8 review p. 236-239 all questions** Except 24 and 25 on page 237 **due Tuesday November 30th for test. This must be complete in order to take the test on tuesday. Students that do not complete this review must do it during the test and make up the test during lunch or after school. If not done that day students will fail the test.**

**701** **Due 12/3/10** **List 10 objects from school or home, give all the physical properties, then write a physical change that you could do to that object and list the properties again.**

**701/702** **Due 12/7/10** **Students must define all vocabulary words in chapter 9 section 1. Then you must use the vocabulary word in a sentence.**

**701** **Due 12/15/10** **Finish lab, get progress report signed.**

**702** **Due 12/16/10** **Text book: read chapter 9 section one and answer 3 self check questions**

**701/702** **Due 1/5/11** **Review for test Page 264-267 all questions except for 25 and 26 on page 265** **TO TAKE THE TEST THE REVIEW MUST BE COMPLETE FOR WEDNESDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!**

**701/702** **Due 1/7/11** **Students that received a 79 or below must answer all wrong answers on test and hand back in by Friday to receive an 80%.**

**701/702** **Due 1/10/11** **Graph the data from the cup lab on the graph paper.**

**701/702** **Due 1/11/11** **Get test signed**

**701/702** **Due 2/2/11** **Page 289 1-5**

**701/702** **Test chapter 10 all sections on 2/8/11** **Due 2/8/11** **Complete chapter review for chapter 10**

**701/702** **Due 2/11/11** **Complete mixtures lab, make sure you use complete sentences.**

**701/702** **Due 3/3/11** **Complete acid and bases lab questions. Take your time answer them completely!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!**

**701/702** **Due 3/4/11** **Correct test due today**

**702/702** **Due 3/4/11** **Balance Chemical Equations activity Sheet**

**701/702** **Due 3/22/11** **Self check In text book. P367 1-6**

**702** **Due 3/22/11** **Summarize how the plant and animal cell are different and similar. Explain how they need each other to survive.**

**701/702** **Due 4/4/11, Check in on how work is going 3/25/11** **3-D model of plant or animal cell !!!!!!!!!!!!, If you do both you get extra credit (plus 20 points)**

**701/702** **Due 4/7/11** **Describe in 2 or more paragraphs the similarities and differences of cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems.**

**701 only** **Due 4/7/11** **Create flash cards for vocabulary words above.**

**701/702** **Due 4/11/11** **Skin journey story. Must be typed, no less then 3 paragraphs.**

**701** **Due 4/28/11** **Explain how the nervous system effects each of the 5 senses. at least 2 paragraphs**

**702** **Due 4/28/11** **What is the difference between the CNS (Central Nervous System) and the PNS (Peripheral Nervous System)? How do they work together? What are their functions?** **at least 5 sentences.**

**701/702** **Due 5/17/11** **Create a chart for the organs of the digestive system. Organ / function, chemical or physical process / ingestion, digestion, absorption, elimination **

**701/702** **Due 5/26/11** **Self check P. 484 1-3**

**701** **Due 5/26/11** **Bring in Favorite song**

**701** **Due 6/3/11 Now due 6/6/11 for students that didn't get it done for friday.** **Research Kingdoms and write the common characteristics for each kingdom. Kingdoms: plant, animal, archaebacteria, Eubacteria, Fungi, Protists**

**Due 6/6/11**
**Study Density, mass, Volume, weight. Physical and Chemical Properties as well as changes. Compound, mixture, element, chemical equations, bases and acids, hydroxide, hydronium ions. Waves, Compression wave, transverse wave, electromagnetic spectrum, sound waves. Wavelength, ID features on waves.**

8th Grade Homework Sept 15 th 801 802 Bring all materials to class, this will count as your first homework assignment

801/802 Sept 16/17 Get the syllabus signed by your parents

801/802 Due Sept 20th Scientific Notation Activity Sheet

801/802 Due Sept 23 Bring in Balloonia Lab


 * 801 **
 * Due Sept 28th **
 * Finish Balloonia lab: complete the graph, and answer all questions **


 * 802 **
 * Due Sept 28th **
 * Read Science World magazine and answer questions on activity sheet **


 * 802 **
 * Due Sept 30th **
 * Finish Balloonia lab: complete the graph, and answer all questions **


 * 801/802 **
 * Due Oct 4th **
 * Complete Star Characteristics Lab **


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 * Due Oct 5th **
 * Write a first person story about "your life" as a star. Tell me about your birth/life/and death. Be sure to use scientific terms. This will be shared with the class on the 5th **


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 * Due Oct 6th **
 * Study for the star characteristic quiz. **


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 * Due Oct 14th **
 * Get progress report signed **

**2. Your groups Powerpoint for your planet** **3. The research sheet must be complete**
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 * Due Oct 19th **
 * 1. One page research paper for your groups planet project. **

**801/802** **Due Oct 22 to Oct 27th** **Quiz: planet characteristics and motions!!!** **STUDY!!!!**

**802 only** **Due Oct 26** **Study for Vocabulary quiz. All the different parts of an impact crater.**

**802** **Due Oct 29** **Get Vocabulary quiz signed and study for planet quiz!!**

**801** **Due Oct 29th** **Study for planet quiz!!!**

**801/802** **Due November 4th** **Correct all quiz questions that you got wrong, and explain why it is correct. Do this on another sheet of paper and staple it to your original quiz.**

**801/802** **Due November 10th, but should be worked on every day this week** **The Earth Science Test review sheet. On Wednesday at least 16 questions should be done.** Due Friday November 12 the entire review sheet, **__YOU CAN ONLY TAKE THE TEST IF THIS REVIEW SHEET IS COMPLETELY DONE!!!!!!!__**

801/802 Assignment given on 11/17/10 Due at the end of 30 days, this will be worth 10 homework assignments You must create a moon journal in your note book or binder. Everyday, look up at the night sky and draw a picture of what you see when you look up at the moon. Make sure that you do this every night and include the DATE AND TIME.

801/802 Due 12/3/10 Highlight notes and review for quiz on moon phases and tides. STUDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

801/802 Due 12/7/10 Correct answers on moon phases and tide quiz, give the reason for why it is correct. Get quiz signed by parents.

801/802 Due 12/15/10 Get progress report signed and bring back

802 Due 12/16/10 Finish lab to turn in for tomorrow

801/802 Due 1/7/11 Study for quiz on the spheres of Earth: Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, Lithosphere, Geosphere

801 Due 1/5/11 Using your book, ESRT and the internet research your sphere

802 Due 1/5/11 Find an interesting fact about your sphere

801/802 Due 1/6/11 Get Motions of Earth, Sun, and Moon test signed.

801 only Due 1/7/10 In book read pages 11-17 do all questions 1-11. This will help prepare for the quiz


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 * Due 2/4/11 **
 * review handout Topographic maps and drawing profile. **


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 * Due 2/8/11 **
 * Earth Science Review book, Page 20--- 30. Answer all questions: This should be done all week and over the weekend, not the night before!!!! **


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 * Test 2/8/11 **
 * Isolines **
 * *Contour lines, Isotherms, Isobars. You should be able to calculate gradient at for any of these lines. **
 * Topographic maps **
 * *Drawing profiles, calculating gradients, calculating Distance, calculating contour interval, identify features on a topographic map, Scale and Directions. **
 * Coordinate System **
 * *Latitude, Longitude. How to write the coordinates. How to find locations **
 * Earth Measurements **
 * *Shape and Distances **
 * Earth Spheres **
 * *Understand data for each sphere, Locations, density(most to least), Temperature **
 * *Atmosphere: How it changes, Temperature, Density, Water Content, Pressure **
 * *Hydrosphere: Composition, location **
 * *Lithosphere: Different layers, Density **
 * *Geosphere: Different Layers, Density, Temperature, Pressure **


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 * Due 3/4/11 **
 * Earth Science Test Corrections. **


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 * Due 3/4/11 **
 * In 5 Sentences or more summarize the phase change of water using the chart we drew in class. **


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 * Due 3/8/11 **
 * Study for Earth Science Test. **

Barometric Air pressure ||= Atmospheric transparency ||
 * 801/802 **
 * Due 4/15/11 **
 * Define all weather vocabulary **
 * = Air mass ||= Air pressure gradient ||= Anemometer ||= Atmospheric
 * = barometer ||= <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">cloud cover ||= <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">cold front ||= <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">cyclone ||= <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">cyclonic storm dew point ||
 * = <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Front humidity ||= <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">isobar ||= <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">jet stream monsoon ||= <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">occluded front ||= <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Planetary wind belt ||
 * = <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Polar front Precipitation ||= <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">probability ||= <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">psychrometer ||= <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">radar ||= <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">relative humidity ||
 * = <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">stationary front ||= <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Station Model ||= <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Troposphere ||= <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Visibility ||= <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">warm front ||
 * = <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">water vapor ||= <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">weather variables ||= <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Weather ||=  ||=   ||

**1. In 5 sentences EXPLAIN how pressure, density, temperature, altitude, and water vapor change as you hike from the bottom of Mount. Everest to the top (29,029 feet above see level).**
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 * Due 4/11/11 MUST BE TYPED **

**2. In 5 sentences EXPLAIN what happens to the air particles in a convection current. Why does the CC change from night to day? (see picture below)**




 * 801 Only **
 * Due 4/13/11 **
 * 1. Describe how specific heat effects onshore and offshore convection cells 1 to 2 paragraphs **


 * 2. Describe how onshore currents are different from offshore currents 1 to 2 paragraphs **


 * 3. Describe the relationship that exists between air pressure and density to altitude, temperature, and water vapor 5 sentences **


 * 801 Only **
 * Due 4/29/11 **
 * Explain how to increase the rate of evaporation of 1 cup of water. make sure to use all 3 factors that affect evaporation rates **

**In yellow Review Book page 84-114 multiple choice questions only**
 * 801/802 **
 * Due 5/18/11 **