8th Grade Science
September 9th-13th

South Dakota Science Standard(s) Covered:
 8.P.1.1. Students are able to classify matter as elements, compounds, or mixtures.
8.P.1.2. Students are able to use the Periodic Table to compare and contrast families of
             elements and to classify elements as metals, metalloids, or non-metals.
 8.P.1.3. Students are able to compare properties of matter resulting from physical and chemical
             changes.

Monday

  Rachel's Challenge
Tuesday
bulletIncrease understanding and retention of vocabulary words.

Assignment:  Review metric stations.  Orange word wall words (9, 10, 11, & 12) due Friday.

Wednesday

Remembering 9-11
Thursday
bulletRecord prior knowledge of atoms.
bulletDescribe the arrangement of the elements in the periodic table.

Assignment:  Periodic Table of Elements title page (14).  Atom brainstorming (15).  Color periodic table of elements (16) - metals, metalloids, nonmetals. Observations of the Periodic Table of Elements (17).

Friday
bulletIdentify the chemical symbols of elements.
bulletUnderstand how elements in the periodic table are arranged.

Assignment:  Orange Words due.  Orange Words Quiz (13).  Review project proposal.

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