June 8, 2023

  • Final day of school - dismissal at 12:25

June 7, 2023

  • Game Day #2

June 6, 2023

  • Game Day #1​

June 5, 2023

  • Discovery Kingdom with 8th graders
  • 8th graders present but not going to 6 Flags, will go to wellness center

June 2, 2023

  • Sub Day -  Work on Constellation Poster

June 1, 2023

  • Show Open House iMovie video (not 4th or 6th)
  • Assign Constellation Poster​
  • ​Continue Big Hero 6

May 31, 2023

  • Finish Big Hero 6

may 30, 2023

  • Share what you did this weekend
  • continue Big Hero 6

may 26, 2023

  • Quiz on Waves
  • Begin Big Hero Six

may 25, 2023

  • Last day for CAST testing
  • hand back slinky lab
  • finish thank you cards

may 24, 2024

may 23, 2023

  • CAASPP test day 2

May 22, 2023

  • CAASPP testing begins

May 19, 2023

may 18, 2023

  • Launch Day

may 17, 2023

  • Finish Slinky Lab
  • Practice Science Cast Test - 20 minutes

may 16, 2023

  • Postponing Launch day too hot today.
  • We will launch on Tuesday
  • ​Take a few more notes on Waves
  • Slinky lab - begin (table group)

May 15, 2023

  • Last day to work on rockets
  • finish working on rocket
  • Find the mass of your rocket
  • You must take all measurements for your scaled drawing today 
  • Complete cover and Newtons laws portion of brochure (it can be on right page of inside or back side of brochure)
  • take home materials, leave only your rocket on counter at end of class

May 12, 2023

  • Finish building rockets. 
  • If you finish, begin measuring your rocket - all of it. 
  • Measure: nose cone height/width, rocket body height/width, fin dimensions as well.

may 11, 2023

  • Continue building rockets

may 10, 2023

  • Add mass and attach nose cone to Rocket today
  • add fins if you have them ready

may 9, 2023

  • Begin working on Rocket Brochure
  • ​Work on fin design today

May 8, 2023

  • Measure Me Lab

may 5, 2023

  • Create rocket groups - pick who is bringing what next week
  • Begin Notes on Waves

may 4, 2023

  • Finish "The Martian"
  • Pick partner or group of 3 for rockets
  • Work together and figure out who will bring what next week
  • Materials must be kept in a bag or a box with your name on it.

May 3, 2023

  • New Seats
  • Continue watching "The Martian"

may 2, 2023

  • Continue with The Martian

May 1, 2023

  • Explain Rockets again - show samples
  • Begin watching "The Martian"

april 28, 2023

  • No Daily Dose - only at end of class if time permits
  • Come to you seats and take out your lab book and chromebook
  • Physics Test - open note/bring a charged chromebook
  • 37 questions/ 75 points​​

april 27, 2023

  • finish part 3 of Newton's Law - 20 minutes max
  • stamp for completion
  • assign rockets
  • Review lab book for test (test is tomorrow)

april 26, 2023

  • Newton's First Law Lab part 1 and part 2
  • I will allow first 20 minutes of class tomorrow to finish part 3.
  • If you do not finish, you will not receive all points possible

april 25, 2023

  • Finish Surface Board Lab
  • ​Hi-lite Lab book

April 24, 2023

  • Hand back papers
  • Surface Board lab

april 21, 2023

  • Fix your lab book if you need it for next week's test
  • Movie Day

april 20, 2023

  • Stamp Nature of Force 1/2 sheet for completion
  • Finish Science Friction Lab
  • Kahoot on physics for a little review

april 19, 2023

  • Science Friction - measure the friction of your shoes

April 18, 2023

  • Finish back of Seesaw Lab - turn in
  • Forces 1/2 worksheet - complete, stamp when finished - go over 
  • Drawing Net Forces
  • Final test on Physics - in a couple weeks…. Make sure your lab book is ready - biggest test of the year. 

april 17, 2023

  • SeeSaw Lab (Balanced Forces)

april 14, 2023

  • Graph Trend Quiz (5 pts)
  • Turn in Fan Cart physics if you haven't yet
  • Movie Day
  • Seesaw Lab on Monday

April 13, 2023

  • Fan Cart Physics - finish in 20 minutes or it's homework
  • Go over Speed Graphs on Page 90
  • Add more notes for Acceleration Graphs
  • Kahoot on Graphs
  • quiz tomorrow to be able to draw graph trends

april 12, 2023

april 11, 2023

  • Finish Physics Vocab #2​

April 10, 2023

  • Share Spring Break
  • Physics Notes (part 2)

March 31, 2023

  • Hello students! It’s Ms Toal and I’m sending you a message from NZ. I hope you have a wonderful Spring Break. I hope you’ve had a good week with Ms Won. I think she’s awesome. Enjoy your break - you deserve it! I’ll share pics when we get back from break. I do miss you - that’s why I’m leaving this message!!
    Take roll while watching Daily Dose: Pipe explodes under ski lift www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6OKXvMRQJg&list=PLlUZ3i-FUgHqk9-C-Fw_C6YsvTyx2c8nc&index=122
  • Finish October Sky

March 30, 2023

march 29, 2023

March 28, 2023 

March 27, 2023

march 24, 2023

march 23, 2023

  • Last Day of Balloon Car Project
  • Work on Slides - slides are due March 31. If you already shared slide deck with me, that's all you need to do. You do not need to submit into Schoology.
  • Outside to race for farthest distance traveled

march 22, 2023

  • Work on Slides and Race your car today (race day #2)
  • Newtons laws (2nd and 3rd)
  • ​New seats on Friday 

​mar 21, 2023

  • Race Day #1
  • Measuring distance and time
  • 3 trials for your data

mar 20, 2023

  • Work on Balloon Car
  • add photos to slide deck
  • We can start racing tomorrow for those that are ready

Mar 17, 2023

  • When is sunrise and sunset in Livermore?
  • Attach Balloon - does it go 3 meters?
  • Complete Slide #2
  • Take pics of car if you haven't yet

mar 16,2023

  • Begin Balloon Car
  • Take picture of Materials first
  • Start building axles

mar 15, 2023

  • Turn in Momentum Lab if not yet turned in
  • Set up for Balloon Car tomorrow
  • Materials due tomorrow or you will be assigned book work
  • Start Slide Deck and share with me today

Mar 14, 2023

  • Work on Momentum Lab
  • Postpone Balloon Car Project Start date by one day.
  • We will begin cars on Thursday
  • Bring materials!!

mar 13, 2023

  • Momentum Lab -time to roll
  • Finish Bill Nye Momentum video??
  • Bring Materials for Balloon Car in a bag or box

mar 10, 2023

Mar 9, 2023

  • Finish Physics Notes (Energy)
  • ​Finish Bill Nye

mar 8, 2023

  • Missing Variable worksheet
  • Speed Graph worksheet
  • ​Bill Nye Motion

mar 7, 2023

  • Finish Domino Derby Lab
  • Assign Balloon Car and benchmark dates

Mar 6, 2023

  • Domino Derby Lab

mar 3, 2023

  • Finish Wall-e
  • Speed worksheet
  • Last day to turn in work
The physics of things falling - is it dangerous to drop a penny off the empire state building 
​www.youtube.com/watch?v=16Ci_2bN_zc

mar 2, 2023

mar 1, 2023

feb 28, 2023

feb 27, 2023

12 days of evolution
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_jyHp3bmEw
  • Guess Alien Location - due today

feb 24, 2023

  • Finish Wall-e

feb 23, 2023

  • Substitute today
  • No Daily Dose today
  • Wall-e movie : begin
  • ​No Phones out during movie

feb 22, 2023

  • Final Day on Aliens
  • Fill out notecard with 4 sentences (from yellow paper) - these are the clues. you can say planet, moon or dwarf planet, but not the actual name
  • Write your first name on Alien (underneath)
  • Bring Alien to me, with notecard and bring bowl too
  • Sub tomorrow

feb 21, 2023

  • Day two for Aliens - see if you can give your alien a background?

feb 17, 2023

  • Day 1 of Alien Project

Feb 16, 2022

  • Finish Notes on Moons
  • Pick a partner and pick a Moon/Planet

feb 15, 2023

  • Notes on 2 more moons
  • Review with Blooket game 

feb 14, 2023

feb 13, 2023

  • New Seats
  • Finish Scaled Drawing of Solar System
  • Due tomorrow at beginning of class

feb 10, 2023

feb 9, 2023

feb 8, 2023

feb 7, 2023

  • Outer Planet Notes

feb 6, 2023

feb 3, 2023

Feb 2, 2023

  • No time to waste - chromebooks out and lab books out
  • Earth, Moon, Sun Test today
  • 40 questions, 40 minutes

Feb 1, 2023

  • Million vs a Billion.... ​
  • Highlight lab book
  • kahoot #2 today
  • 80 point test tomorrow - open note, use Chromebook

jan 31, 2023

  • What is an Annular Eclipse
  • When will the next eclipse occur?​
  • Review for test - hand out study guide
  • ​Kahoot #1

Jan 30, 2023

  • GEA and FFA visit

jan 27, 2023

jan 26, 2023

  • Begin Sun Notes​​

jan 25, 2023

  • Finish Apollo 13
  • Teach you about Space Shuttle - no notes

Jan 24, 2023

  • Apollo 13 - day 3

jan 23, 2023

  • Continue Apollo 13 day 2

jan 20, 2023

  • begin Apollo 13

Jan 19, 2023

  • Finish EMS book - due at end of class​

jan 18, 2023

  • work on EMS book
  • Complete pages 3 and 4​​

Jan 17, 2023

  • Work on EMS booklet -
  • Title should have been done last Friday.
  • Today: complete page 1 and 2
  • If you need to take it home to finish page 1 and 2, then do so
  • due Thursday at end of class

jan 13, 2023

  • Begin Earth Moon Sun Book - I will save this for open house in May
  • Once we get started, you can listen to music
  • Finish Title of book

jan 12, 2023

  • Phases and Eclipses worksheet - both sides due today
  • Use your notes if you need to :)

jan 11, 2022

  • Bill Nye "The Moon"

jan 10, 2022

  • Phases of the Moon and Tides/Eclipses illustrations
  • Kahoot​

jan 9, 2023

  • Happy New Year!
  • ​New Seats
  • Share "hi-lo" of your winter break with microphone
  • Moon Notes - begin

dec 22, 2022

  • Sit where you choose today, but do NOT move the seats - thx
  • Minimum Day - and assembly schedule​ 
  • Periods 1 2 3 5 4 6
  • 35 min classes :)
  • IronMan or Shrek

dec 21, 2022

dec 20, 2022

  • To The Moon day 3 

dec 19, 2022

  • To the Moon Video - day 2

dec 16, 2022

  • Begin To The Moon Video (and worksheet)

dec 15, 2022

  • Pass back papers
  • Seasons gizmo

Dec 14, 2022

  • Finish Earth Notes
  • Explain the tilt of Earth as it revolves throughout 12 months 

Dec 13, 2022

  • Space Address
  • Begin Earth Notes

dec 12, 2022

  • Test on Evolution and Natural Selection - open note / labbook
  • Start Astronomy Unit tomorrow

Dec 9, 2022

  • Highlight lab book for test on Monday
  • Review with Kahoot
  • Continue Ironman

Dec 8, 2022

Dec 7, 2022

  • Gizmo Human Skull - if not finished today, then it is homework.

Dec 6, 2022

  • Finish yesterday's video
  • Human Evolution Webquest - last one for the year!

dec 5, 2022

dec 2, 2022

dec 1, 2022

nov 30, 2022

nov 29, 2022

nov 28, 2022

  • Share what we did over break
  • Begin Inner Fish Video - wroksheet 

nov 18, 2022

  • Pass back papers, update lab book
  • Fossil Reveal - cut cup, return clay, recycle cup

nov 17, 2022

  • Fossil Day

nov 16, 2022

Nov 15, 2022

  • Grade book for Trimester 1 closes today
  • Continue working on timeline - work in your ASSIGNED seats today.

nov 14, 2022

  • LAST DAY TO TURN IN ANY MISSING WORK IS TOMORROW
  • Work on Geologic Time line - day 2. Neatness and Spelling count. 80 point project

nov 10, 2022

  • Work on Geologic time line (due Wed 11/16)
  • LAST DAY TO TURN IN MISSING WORK IS TUESDAY 11/15

Nov 9, 2022

Nov 8, 2022

  • Index Fossil worksheet
  • Geology Crossword

nov 7, 2022

  • "Finding Clues in Rock Layers" worksheet

nov 4, 2022

  • Assemble T-rex
  • Fossil Puzzle Part 2 

nov 3, 2022

  • Color Pop Up T-rex
  • You can move around a little bit but do not move chairs around
  • Music Day :)

nov 2, 2022

Nov 1, 2022

  • No School

oct 31, 2022

  • Continue Ice Age Movie - keep working on your assignments (due by end of class today)
  • Please no candy wrappers on the floor - be responsible and put it in the garbage. 

oct 28, 2022

  • Ice Age Movie - in the meantime, finish the assignments for the week 
  • Fossil Jostle (blue sheet) and Fossil Directed Reading (green textbook) 
  • We will continue this also on Monday (movie and work on assignments) 
  • All work due by end of class Monday

oct 27, 2022

  • Quiz on Rock Cycle
  • Fossil Directed Reading - green textbook 
  • Finish/turn in any assignments from this week

oct 26, 2022

  • How to become a fossil
  • ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-fossilize-yourself-phoebe-a-cohen
  • You should have turned in Rock Classification worksheet
  • Fossil Puzzle - page 43 in lab book
  • Fossil Jostle - blue sheet: go to Clever for Discovery Ed assignment
  • If all of this is completed then begin the following:
  • Fossil Directed Reading
  • The assignments listed above is the work for the week.
  • ​Quiz tomorrow

oct 25, 2022

  • Finish and turn in Rock Classification Gizmo
  • Fossil Puzzle - cut, color, glue in order from oldest to youngest
  • Show me your lab book when its done 
  • Fossil Jostle - chromebook / Discovery Ed (Clever) if you get that far

oct 24, 2022

  • Turn in webquest
  • Rock Classification Gizmo - begin today - finish in class tomorrow
  • Quiz on Thursday - open notebook pages 33 - 38

oct 21, 2022

  • Geologic Time Scale - hand out
  • Webquest - finish as HW if not finished in class​

oct 20, 2022

  • Suicide Prevention Guest Speaker

oct 19, 2022

  • Finish Rock Puzzle
  • These are the asteroids that we need to worry about (20 min)
  • ​youtu.be/4Wrc4fHSCpw
  • Kahoot to review

oct 18, 2022

oct 17, 2022

oct 14, 2022

  • The Day the Mesozoic Died Video and worksheet
  • Turn in lab books with Vocab completed (and colored)

oct 13, 2022

  • Finish Geology Vocab
  • Review vocab with a Powerpoint

oct 12, 2022

oct 11, 2022

oct 10, 2022

  • New Seats
  • Buoyancy Puzzler Activity

oct 7, 2022

  • Grade Level Assessment

Oct 6, 2022

  • Practice Measurement Assessment ​
  • Go over Measurement Test 

oct 5, 2022

  • Finish Metric Review worksheet
  • Bill Nye Buoyancy

oct 4, 2022

  • Sub Day - Gizmo on Archimedes Principle/Buoyancy

oct 3, 2022

  • Buoyancy bookwork

sept 30, 2022

  • Open Notebook Test covering everything from Day 1/Page 1
  • Bring your Chromebook charged and ready :)

sept 29, 2022

  • Review for BIG test tomorrow 
  • 50 points/25 questions - open notebook with your Chromebook

sept 28, 2022

  • Review for Unit Test on Friday 9/30

sept 27, 2022

  • Floating Grape Lab
  • 8th grade Assessment Test on Thursday 10/6

sept 26, 2022

  • Pass back papers
  • Finish the Metric Olympics lab write up
  • establish winners, get stickers!!
  • Finish Video - “Make Stuff Safer”

sept 23, 2022

  • Metric Olympics Lab - begin 

sept 22, 2022

sept 21, 2022

  • Finish Density Gizmo
  • Kahoot review / Quizlet live review

Sept 20, 2022

sept 19, 2022

  • Finish Mass and Volume Lab
  • Make a Density Bar Graph

sept 16, 2022

  • New Seats
  • Mass and Volume Lab 

sept 15, 2022

  • Sign into Gizmo
  • Notes on Triple Beam Balance and Graduated Cylinder
  • ​TBB Gizmo - due today

sept 14, 2022

  • Turn in signed Blue Lab Safety Sheet
  • Quiz 
  • Work on Poster
  • Poster is due tomorrow at beginning of class

sept 13, 2022

  • Quiz tomorrow: open notebook, 30 points, Chromebook
  • Lab Safety Rules

Sept 12, 2022

  • Measure Me Lab
  • 30 point Quiz on Wednesday - pages 4 - 12 in lab book (open notebook bring a chromebook for quiz)

Sept 9, 2022

  • Warm up on page 13
  • Set up Measure Me lab
  • Finish Video

Sept 8, 2022

sept 7, 2022

  • Stamp Notes
  • Go over assessment
  • Metric Staircase

sept 6, 2022

Sept 2, 2022

  • Scavenger Hunt - front side only​​

Sept 1, 2022

  • What is Science Video
  • ​​​Box Activity - using Scientific Method
    Mythbusters - goldfish     ​

Aug 31, 2022

Aug 30, 2022

  • Table of Contents taped in today
  • Number first 30 pages - ODD numbers on the left pages
  • Add in ABCDE and ABCDE Quiz
  • On page ___ in your lab book: title "Scientific Method"
  • Complete the definitions in Cornell Format.
  • Use Blue textbook: Define the following terms page 6 - 15: 
  • 1) Observing 2) Inferring 3) Predicting 4) hypothesis 5) Data              6) Conclusion  7) Draw the diagram on page 11 in blue book​
  • Stamp when completed. 

aug 29, 2022

  • Make sure you are ready to clear tape your cover for your lab book.
  • Any print out or artwork should have been done over the weekend​
  • Make sure you have your "first and last name", and "science/grade level" clearly written on the front cover
  • Table of Contents taped in today
  • Number first 30 pages - ODD numbers on the left pages 

Aug 26, 2022

  • ​Red Solo Cup activity​
  • Any more parent signature for ABCDE rules?
  • PBIS slides for all classes
  • ​ 1) Review expectation (respectful) and definition.;
    2) Share the “What” and “Why”; 
  • Every Period: Slides 1-4
    Period 1: Slides 5 and 6
    Period 2: Slides 7 and 8
    Period 3: Slides 9 and 10
    Period 4: Slides 11 and 12
    Period 5: Slides 13 and 14
    Period 6: Slides 15 and 16

Aug 25, 2022

  • Show Schoology
  • ABCDE Quiz
  • "+" Bonds activity
  • Finish "+" Bonds and take group photos
  • Draw and you group will come up and share your bond on big screen
  • HW: make sure you have a lab book - clear taping the cover in class on Monday

Aug 24, 2022

Welcome to 8th grade science
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Aug 23, 2022

  • Open Seating today
  • Take Roll
  • Hand out ABCDE rules (orange)
  • Intro to Science slide deck​​
  • HOMEWORK:
    • 1) Parent SIgnature on orange sheet,
    • 2) have a lab book (clear tape the cover on Monday)
    • 3) ABCDE quiz on Thursday (class average of at least 80% or entire class retakes quiz Friday)