We began this week in science reviewing how to identify elements, compounds, mixtures. We also practiced how to use the equation for density to solve word problems. By the middle of the week we viewed online simulations and discussed how the movement of molecules and their arrangement changes as they change from solid to liquid to gas. Next, students created their own working definitions for physical and chemical properties of matter. We finished the week with a "challenge" in which students were asked to create rules for reading the periodic table as well as for how to create atomic drawings. Interims went home today.
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AuthorMr. Jones is the 8th grade science teacher on the GOLD Team. Archives
February 2016
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