Last updated on 05/12/2008
"Learning without thought is labor lost." - Confucius
"The great tragedy of science -- the
slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact."
-Thomas Huxley
Current Topic:
Matter -- Chemistry!!
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Upcoming Projects, Tests, and Quizzes
Thursday, May 8: Quiz: Elements/Symbols, Electron Configuration, Balancing Equations, Protons, Neutrons, Electrons, Types of Reactions.
Friday, May 9: Gas Laws
Monday, May 12: Lab -- Homework: Gas Laws Practice Problems.
Tuesday, May 13: Lab
Wednesday, May 14: Quiz: Gas Laws, Types of Bonds, Valence Electrons, Lewis Dot Diagrams, Binary Compounds, Balancing Equations
Thursday, May 15: Internet Scavenger Hunt due before homeroom. You may turn it in earlier!. 8th Grade Field Day
Friday, May 16: 8th Grade Picnic
Monday, May 19: Lab
Tuesday, May 20: Review for Final Exam
Wednesday, May 21: Final Exam
Thursday, May 22: Chemistry and Cooking Brochures due. Food samples are optional, but you'll get extra credit if you bring in food to share with your class.
Friday, May 23: Cool Science Demos
EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY:
If a certain spacecraft were able to travel at the speed of light, about how many hours would it take this spacecraft to reach a planet that is 5,364,921,600 miles from the Earth?
E-mail your correct answer to Ms. Baker by 8:30 a.m. on Friday, 4/25, for 2 extra points on the Book Project.
Science Fair Updates:
Science Fair Links:
| Discovery Channel Science Fair Information |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Official Website |
| Abstract Form - Official Form -- You must fill in this form on-line and then print copies. Information you enter will not be able to be saved. |
| Other Science Fair Forms -- You must type in your information on-line using these forms. |
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