My name is Jeremy Morgan, I am one of the two 8th grade science teachers for Sanford Middle School. This is my tenth year teaching at Sanford. I am very excited and look forward to a great year!
Density is an abstract concept that takes 8th graders a few labs to wrap their heads around. I spend three weeks on the concept to ensure students understand it on a deep level. The reason for this focus is because we will be reffering back to density in every other unit.
The other topics we will learn about are the following:
-The Earth's Interior and what causes tectonic plates to move
-Mississippi River and water pollution
-Relative Age of Rocks
-Glacier formation
-The Rock cycle
-Weather and why we have wind and storms
-Factors that affect weather on our planet
-The Water Cycle
-The Sun, Earth and Moon system
-The Solar System and beyond
-Orbital and Surface gravity
-Moon Phases
Dark matter and energy
We have three units in 8th grade science. Each unit culminates with a benchmark assessment and a project. Below is a list of the projects for each unit.
Unit 1- Weather and Water
Project- Mississippi River Project- Research one of 12 pollutants found in our river and create a poster about your research which will be presented in a gallery walk.
Unit 2- Changing Earth
Project- Writing a children's story taking a pebble through the entire rock cycle.
Unit 3- Earth in Space
Project- Planetary Research Project, research the habitability of a planet or moon in our solar system and present a powerpoint presentation to the class.
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