Kruk 4th Period Science Assignments
- Instructor
- Cheyenne Kruk
- Term
- 2023/24
- Department
- 8th Grade
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Upcoming Assignments
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Past Assignments
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Monday:
1. What is speed?
2. What is the difference between speed and velocity?
1. What is speed?
2. What is the difference between speed and velocity?
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Monday:
A student uses the map to claim that the volcanoes on the islands of Kaua’i and O’ahu
are not active, but the volcanoes on the island of Hawaii are active. Which best
evaluates the student’s claim?
A. The student is correct because the Pacific Plate moved, carrying older volcanic islands away
from the hot spot.
B. The student is correct because the hot spot moved away from the older volcanic islands.
C. The student is incorrect because the hot spot remained stationary, forming both older and newer volcanoes.
D. The student is incorrect because the hot spot is rising to be closer to Earth’s surface.
A student uses the map to claim that the volcanoes on the islands of Kaua’i and O’ahu
are not active, but the volcanoes on the island of Hawaii are active. Which best
evaluates the student’s claim?
A. The student is correct because the Pacific Plate moved, carrying older volcanic islands away
from the hot spot.
B. The student is correct because the hot spot moved away from the older volcanic islands.
C. The student is incorrect because the hot spot remained stationary, forming both older and newer volcanoes.
D. The student is incorrect because the hot spot is rising to be closer to Earth’s surface.
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Monday:
Describe the difference in the amount of force between the two sets of electromagnets.
Describe the difference in the amount of force between the two sets of electromagnets.
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In an electromagnet, what makes it magnetic?
In an electromagnet, what makes it magnetic?
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Follow the directions on the worksheet and watch the videos.
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What makes the mantle molten? (Why is it so hot?)
What makes the mantle molten? (Why is it so hot?)
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Tuesday:
Look at the picture labeled Tuesday 2.20 Bellringer.
1. What type of crust is involved with boundary A? What type of boundary is boundary A?
2. What type of crust is involved with boundary B? What type of boundary is boundary B?
Look at the picture labeled Tuesday 2.20 Bellringer.
1. What type of crust is involved with boundary A? What type of boundary is boundary A?
2. What type of crust is involved with boundary B? What type of boundary is boundary B?
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1. What is your favorite type of rock?
2. Where do rocks come from?
1. What is your favorite type of rock?
2. Where do rocks come from?
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If an asteroid hits Earth and an ash cloud blocks the sunlight from hitting the Earth, what would likely be the most immediate effects to life on Earth? (who would be impacted first?)
If an asteroid hits Earth and an ash cloud blocks the sunlight from hitting the Earth, what would likely be the most immediate effects to life on Earth? (who would be impacted first?)
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Tuesday:
What piece of evidence do we use to support the idea that objects in space are moving away from us?
What piece of evidence do we use to support the idea that objects in space are moving away from us?
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Follow the directions on each slide, and take your time.
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What is the difference between genetic engineering and selective breeding?
What is the difference between genetic engineering and selective breeding?
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Attach your final project here.
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Read the passage and answer the questions in the Google Form.
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Monday:
1. What is a disadvantageous trait?
2. Give an example of a disadvantageous trait.
1. What is a disadvantageous trait?
2. Give an example of a disadvantageous trait.
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If an organism is "fit" for its environment, what does that mean?
If an organism is "fit" for its environment, what does that mean?
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1. What geologic law is visible when looking at the rock layers?
2. What does that law tell us?
1. What geologic law is visible when looking at the rock layers?
2. What does that law tell us?
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Follow the directions please!
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Monday:
*Reminder* an index fossil is a fossil of a life form that was only alive for a short time, but very common during that time period.
1. Look at the picture below and answer the question.
Wednesday:
1. What type of rock would you NOT find fossils in? Sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic?
2. Why would you not find fossils in these rock types?
Thursday:
Look at the picture of the cladogram below.
1. What number represents the last common ancestor of organisms A & E?
Friday:
1. Based on the characteristics, what two organisms are the closest related?
2. Based on the characteristics which two organisms are MORE closely related?
a. Frog & Bird
b. crocodile & shark
c. human and tuna
*Reminder* an index fossil is a fossil of a life form that was only alive for a short time, but very common during that time period.
1. Look at the picture below and answer the question.
Wednesday:
1. What type of rock would you NOT find fossils in? Sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic?
2. Why would you not find fossils in these rock types?
Thursday:
Look at the picture of the cladogram below.
1. What number represents the last common ancestor of organisms A & E?
Friday:
1. Based on the characteristics, what two organisms are the closest related?
2. Based on the characteristics which two organisms are MORE closely related?
a. Frog & Bird
b. crocodile & shark
c. human and tuna
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We'll do this as a class.
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Monday:
What happens to white light as it is shown through a prism to make it look like a rainbow on the other side?
What happens to white light as it is shown through a prism to make it look like a rainbow on the other side?
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Go to the book via classlink.
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complete this with your data from the skittles half life lab.
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Paper Copy of the Review packet is available in class. OR tear pages out of your textbook and complete them.
Please complete these by Tuesday.
Please complete these by Tuesday.
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Monday:
What is one difference between analog and digital signals?
What is one difference between analog and digital signals?
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Follow the directions in the lab.
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Use your ONLINE text book
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Monday:
1. What do waves carry?
2. Wave speed is a product of _______ and ________.
3. Which type electromagnetic waves can be felt as heat?
1. What do waves carry?
2. Wave speed is a product of _______ and ________.
3. Which type electromagnetic waves can be felt as heat?
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CLICK ON THE SPEAKER ICON TO HEAR IT READ
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Use the slides to complete the notes.
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We will complete this in class.
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You will need to go through classlink to log in to Gizmo's (Explore Learning).
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We will use this same slides presentation all week to answer your bellringers. You will turn it in on Friday.
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You'll need a calculator.
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Use your textbook to complete the following questions. You have access to the online textbook via classlink.
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You have two attempts.
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LOG INTO GIZMOS THROUGH CLASSLINK.
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OPEN GIZMOS THROUGH CLASS LINK.
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ONLY COMPLETE THIS IF YOU'RE ABSENT ON TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 5.
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Use the lab below to complete the lab.
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Click the picture to see the question
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You have access to the book at home via classlink
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USE CLASSLINK TO LOG IN TO EXPLORE LEARNING OR IT WON'T WORK PROPERLY.
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Type your answers in a different color.
You have access to the online textbook through classlink (ThinkCentral)
You have access to the online textbook through classlink (ThinkCentral)
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Use the links below to answer the questions on the google doc.
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Open the image below to see the question.
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Use Explore Learning - Gizmo to answer the questions on the google document.
Watch the video if you were not in class.
Watch the video if you were not in class.
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Open the picture and answer below.
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Open the attached Image to see the questions. Choose a multiple choice answer below.
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Quiz will be posted the day of the assignment to students that are in class.
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This assignment will not count against your grade but will show up in skyward.
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This assignment will not count against your grade but will show up in skyward.
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This assignment will not count against your grade but will show up in skyward.
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Use the hyperlinked website to complete the lab. You must read directions carefully and do what is said in the handout. If you are confused reread the directions or ask for help.
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This is where you will record your answers for the worksheet in Friday Part 1
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Complete these pages using your text book. If you aren't in class, you can access your text book via Classlink (it's called ThinkCentral)
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Use paper copy handed out in class or print off the pdf below. Show your work for each problem. Solve for the unknown and put your answer with correct unit
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Complete these practice problems according to the directions.
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Complete this google doc on your computer and submit it when it is completed.
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We will do this lab in class, if you're absent ask for a worksheet.
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Syrup
Eggs
Milk
Butter
Plates
Forks
Eggs
Milk
Butter
Plates
Forks
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Syrup
Eggs
Milk
Butter
Plates
Forks
Eggs
Milk
Butter
Plates
Forks
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Bellringer
Volume Gizmo
Density book work
Bellringer
A platinum bar measures 5.0 cm long, 4.0 cm wide, and 1.5 cm thick. It has a mass of 700.0
grams.
a. Calculate the volume of the platinum bar.
b. Calculate the density of the platinum bar.
Bellringer
Volume Gizmo
Density book work
Bellringer
A platinum bar measures 5.0 cm long, 4.0 cm wide, and 1.5 cm thick. It has a mass of 700.0
grams.
a. Calculate the volume of the platinum bar.
b. Calculate the density of the platinum bar.
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Agenda:
Finish density lab if necessary
Book pages
Graduated cylinder practice
Bellringer:
Click the link below and see how many you can get correct! (most of the tick marks are in 20 mL increments)
Finish density lab if necessary
Book pages
Graduated cylinder practice
Bellringer:
Click the link below and see how many you can get correct! (most of the tick marks are in 20 mL increments)
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Bellringer
How to use a digital scale & graduated cylinder
Lab
Bellringer:
If a question gives you the mass and the density of an object, how could you find the volume? Please use complete sentences.
Bellringer
How to use a digital scale & graduated cylinder
Lab
Bellringer:
If a question gives you the mass and the density of an object, how could you find the volume? Please use complete sentences.
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Agenda:
Bellringer
Finish density lab
Start measuring volume Gizmo
Bellringer:
Choose ONE of the three questions to answer. Tell me what number question you are answering in your response.
Bellringer
Finish density lab
Start measuring volume Gizmo
Bellringer:
Choose ONE of the three questions to answer. Tell me what number question you are answering in your response.
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What is the mass of this object? Remember your answer should look like this: _ _ _ . _ _