4B class assignment

Please work with a partner on a 40 question jlab.org practice test.

here is the link:
http://education.jlab.org/solquiz/index.html

Please select SCIENCE GRADE 8 on the first screen. Select MORE OPTIONS on the bottom of the first screen. The next screen will ask you what years you would like...select ALL YEARS. Hit MORE OPTIONS on the bottom of that screen. On the next screen select the following learning strands FORCE, MOTION, ENERGY and MATTER; EARTH/SPACE SYSTEMS and CYCLES and EARTH/SPACE SYSTEMS.

Once you complete this quiz with an 80 or better than you can play any games on JLAB.org or work on an assignment for Ms. Spiwak.

Final Project and End of Course Exam

Our Final Project is creating and filming a Paper Slide Video. You have already chosen a partner (if you wanted to work with one) and have been assigned a topic. Your project will be due on the following days:
A Day Tuesday May 22
B Day Monday May 21

The project is worth 100 points and will be counted as a final exam grade. You will be given a total of three days in class to complete the project. If you are focused and come in prepared to work each day, you will have plenty of time to complete the project in school.

If you would like to view the "Helpful Hints" video please use the following link.

http://www.fi.ncsu.edu/project/fizz/pd/differentiationresources/fineprint

We will be viewing and answering the assessment questions for each video on the day that it is due, so the project must be completed IN FULL on that date.

This final Project and the viewing of them was designed to help review for the Science E.O.C. You are also responsible for studying/reviewing your vocab charts from all past units (Matter, Space, and Cycling of Matter) to study for E.O.C.

The E.O.C. is a very important exam designed for you to be able to demonstrate how much you have LEARNED throughout the year in 8th grade science. The grade will appear on your report card and is factored into your final grade for science class. Please maintain your focus through the End Of Course Exam, we have worked so hard this year....let's really let it show!

Dates for E.O.C.
A day classes May 24
B Day classes May 25

Current Event Analysis

The first two parts (My Article & My Friends' Articles) of your current event analysis journal are due:
A Day Monday May 14
B Day Weds May 9

You were allotted two class periods to read, analyze, summarize and create questions for our Current Events discussion. Anything that you did not complete in class please complete for homework. Remember the completed journal will be a quiz grade!!!

The analysis questions are listed below in case you need them.


1. Before starting to read the article, read this form so you will know what to look for as you begin to review the article.

2. You must complete #3 and #4 below before reading the article.
Read the title of the article, all headings and sub-titles, and look at all the pictures, reading every caption.


3. In the space below, write a sentence or two explaining the theme (major idea) of the article. (What is the article about?)

4. Now, write down 3-5 curious questions that come to your mind as you as you look over the article and were preparing your theme sentences in #3.


5. Read the entire article! As you read, write down 3 key points and supporting details/facts for each.


6. Summarize what you learned from your reading that you didn’t know before reading the article. Write more than one sentence. This will be important to your closing paragraph in the summary that you will write on the back of this sheet.



7. Would you recommend that a friend read this article? Y/N
Explain your response.


8. Write a 2-3 paragraph summary of the article in your own words making sure to include your main points listed in #5 and #6 above. Make sure you have “voice” in your writing. Your summary paragraphs must clearly tell what the article is about.
Assume that the reader of your summary has not read the article. Give lots of detail—the Summary should restate the Key Ideas and give a clear detailed description of each key idea. The summary should also include your evaluation of the article, including why you picked the article to read and what you think about the author’s conclusions.
(Underline or circle the facts that you listed in #5 and used in your paragraphs. Most of your information from #5 should be in this summary.)

Don’t forget: Good writing has a beginning, middle, and end!

Vocab Chart

Due A Day Monday May 14
B Day Friday May 10


Please complete the vocab Chart for our "mini-unit" on Space exploration
The terms are:

-Artificial Satellite
-Geostationary Satellite
-Low Earth Orbit
-rover
-orbiter
-flyby
-probe
-informed decision
-remote sensing
-sample collection
-data collection

Space Technology Vocab Chart

Due A Day Monday May 14
B Day Friday May 11

The words to be included on your vocab chart are:
-artificial satellite
-Geostationary Orbit
-Low Earth Orbit
-Rover
-Probe
-Flyby
-Orbiter
-Informed Decision
-Remote Sensing
-Sample Collection
-Data Collection

Most of these will need to be looked up on the internet, you might try the NASA website.

NASA Spinoffs game

Explore the NASA spinoffs website to see the amazing technologies and products we have developed through Space Exploration...

http://spinoff.nasa.gov/



...and then play the Spinoff Game.

http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/Spinoffs-web/index.html