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8th Grade Science!
Teacher: Mrs. Desselle
Conference: 12:55 PM - 1:25 PM
Telephone: (281) 357 - 3000 Ext. 4455
E-Mail: jodesselle@tomballisd.net
Important Dates
Tuesday January 16 - Test Tutorial 2:30 - 3:30
Thursday January 18 - Earth, Moon, Sun Test
Week at a Glance
December 4 - 8
Monday - Reading Weather Maps Stations, Create a Weather Map,
Weather and Oceans Review Sheet (due Wednesday)
Tuesday - Check Weather Map Stations, Finish Create a Weather Map,
Create a Cane Activity
Wednesday - Check Review Sheet, Create a Cane, Hurricane Formation
Sequencing Cards,
Thursday - Weather and Oceans Test
Friday - School Levels - Earth, Moon, Sun Relationships
November 27 - December 1
Monday - Land and Sea Breezes 1/2 sheet review, Pressure Systems
Engage, Air Pressure Video, Contrasting High and Low
Pressure Systems
Tuesday - High and Low Pressure 1/2 Sheet, Air Mass Patterns, Types of
Fronts Interactive, Weather Front Squares
Wednesday - If Weather Fronts Could Talk 1/2 Sheet, Measuring Weather
Video and Guide,
Thursday - Winds and Isobars Activity, Reading Weather Maps Video, Friday - Weather Maps 1/2 Sheet, Jet Stream Reading Squares
November 20 - 24 - Thanksgiving Holidays
November 13 - 17
Monday - Crushing the Test Analysis, Reteach / Extension
Tuesday - Science Fall Benchmark
Wednesday - Science Fall Benchmark
Thursday -Land and Water Lab, Critical Write - Describe the sun's
difference in heating land and water
Friday - Coastal Breezes Simulation and Analysis
November 6 - 10
Monday - Quiz, Texas Cards, Review Sheet
Tuesday - Looking Down on the World
Wednesday - Check Review, Finish Looking Down on the World
Thursday - Changing Earth's Surface Test
Friday - Color Code Ocean Currents, Critical Write - Describe the role
of the sun in creating ocean currents
October 30 - November 3
Monday - Crushing the Test Analysis, KWLQ - Changing Earth's Surface,
Critical Write - How are the views similar and different and what
might they be best used for?
Tuesday - Play-do Mountains,
Wednesday - Topographic Maps Rules Interactive Notes, Map A & B
Practice, Critical Write - What is wrong with this map?
Topographic Map Reading Sheet
Thursday - Elevating Layers
Friday - Topographic Quiz, Topographic Maps vs. Satellite Views, WED
Interactive Notes, Critical Write - Compare and contrast
weathering, erosion, and deposition
October 23 - 27
Monday - Review, Frosted Boundaries
Tuesday - Plate Tectonic Test
Wednesday - Landforms Video and sheet
Thursday - View Comparison, Play-do Mountains
Friday - Plate Tectonics Reteach and Extension
October 16 - 20
Monday - Earth Layers, Milky Way Tectonics, Critical Write -
Describe the role of convection currents in plate tectonics
Tuesday - Plate Boundary Research
Wednesday - Go over Plate Boundary Research, Critical Write - Write an
advertisement for a trip to see the features of a plate
boundary, Boundary Card Talk,
Thursday - What's the Difference?, ABC Plate Boundary, Identifying Plate
Boundaries
Friday - Frosted Boundaries, Review Sheet
October 9 - 13
Monday - Staff Development Day
Tuesday - Force and Motion Crush the Test, Plate Tectonics KWLQ
Wednesday - 1st Nine Weeks Open Note Test, Historical Evidence Stations
Thursday - Historical Evidence Stations, Critical Write - Your thoughts on
the evidence for Continental Drift
Friday - Seafloor Spreading Demonstration and SPGTalk, Seafloor
Spreading Diagram, Plate Tectonic Song Video
October 2 - 6
Monday - Newton's Second Law - Calculations
Tuesday - Newton's Third Law - Balloon Rocket Lab, Critical Write - How
does the 3rd law affect a rocket launch at NASA?
Wednesday - Complete KWLQ, Review
Thursday - Force and MotionTest
Friday - 1/2 Day - Finish Force and MotionTest
September 25 - 29
Monday - Types of Forces, Changing Velocity Lab
Tuesday - Balanced and Unbalanced Forces, Calculating Net Force
Wednesday - Animal Forces, Critical Write - How do forces change the
motion of an object?
Thursday - Newton's First Law - Station Lab
Friday - Newton's Second Law - Cart Races, Critical Write - How does
Newton's Second Law affect a race between a dump truck and
a Mini Cooper?
September 18 - 22
Monday - Graphing Notes, Table Talk Graphs,
Tuesday - Graphing Circuit
Wednesday - Graphing Circuit
Thursday - Motion Graph Matching, Story Graphs
Friday - Story Graphs
September 11 - 15
Monday - Speed, Velocity, and Acceleration Circle Sort and
Chart; Define Speed, Velocity, Acceleration
Tuesday - Speed, Velocity, Acceleration Poster; Example Cards
Wednesday - Speed Limit Comparison; Calculating Speed
Notes; Speed and Velocity Problems; Quick Write:
Why do we use speed limit signs and not velocity
limit signs?
Thursday - Speed Olympics Lab
Friday - Speed / Velocity Quiz; PSG Talk - slope, gradual, steep,
constant; Define words
September 4 - 8
Monday - Labor Day Holiday
Tuesday - Go over Lab Safety Rules, Lab Safety I Spy Activity
Wednesday - Purposeful Talk Safety Scenarios, Set up INB
Thursday - Lab Safety Test, Set up INB
Friday - Motion KWLQ Chart, Set up Motion Vocab, Formula Chart,
PSG (Purposeful Small Group) Talk - Motion,
Define motion, distance, placement
August 28 - September 1
Monday - Weather Day
Tuesday - Weather Day
Wednesday - Weather Day
Thursday - Weather Day
Friday - Weather Day
August 21 - 25
Monday - Last day of summer!
Tuesday - Introductions, Class Expectations and Procedures
Wednesday - On the Grid Activity, Class Expectations and Procedures
Thursday - Finish On the Grid Activity, Lab Safety Tour, Compare and Contrast Lab and Class Rooms
Friday - Weather Day
Mrs. Desselle's Schedule
1st - 7:20 - 8:09 - 8th Science
2nd - 8:13 - 9:06 - 8th Science
3rd - 9:10 - 9:59 - 8th Science
4th - 10:03 - 10:52 - 8th Science
5th - 10:56 - 11:45 - 8th Science
B Lunch - 11:49 - 12:10
6th - 12:14 - 12:44 - Advisory
7th - 12:48 - 1:37 - Conference
8th - 1:41 - 2:30 - 8th Science