Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Science:  Bring earbuds / headphones to class tomorrow if you have them. 

1. Finish your Bacteria Lab Report. Use the Bacteria Lab Report Guide as you analyze your results and draw conclusions.  Use the Class Data. Write in complete sentences and be sure your lab report has the following sections:  Purpose, Predictions, Procedure, Results (for Day 2 and Day 3), and Conclusions (at least 3 paragraphs addressing the questions in the Bacteria Lab Report Guide). Be sure to use terms from the Bacteria Morphology charts in your Results sections to describe the bacteria growth you observed.  
2. Finish the Bacteria Basics handout from Monday if you have not already finished it yet. 

Core Connections: 

Please complete the following review of Zacki Murphy's presentation 

*Reminder:  Wear or bring athletic shoes tomorrow (Wednesday, 3/1).  All 8th graders should report to the gym tomorrow at the beginning of your first elective.  You will do a heart rate lesson as part of your Nutrition Project.  

SS: Notes on 10.1 and 10.2 due Thursday

Language Arts: Book Trailer Presentations on Wednesday, March 1st. Students will have a chance to earn extra points towards their project grade by presenting the fiction and nonfiction trailers to their class mates.
Requirements: Present both trailers, brief explanation of why you chose your books (2-3 sentences) spoken or written, read a short portion of the text that you find most interesting, show video to class and be able to answer questions about the text.