8th grade students are continuing to explore force and motion.  Students will design an investigation using paper airplanes and identify forces acting on flight.  Students will take it a step further and incorporate variables to their investigation.

 

Field Trip Tuesday.

Students are studying Newton's Laws of Motion.  We will be preparing for an upcoming lab and students may be looking around the house for things to contribute to their plan.  I welcome parents/guardians to inquire with students about what they are learning in science.  Ask them about the different laws.  The more they communicate and think about science concepts, the more they will retain the knowledge.  Continue to check IC for grades updates.

Mrs. Haupt

Hello Westgate Families,

This week students will complete their waves PPT project that was started prior to leaving for break and then students will begin the Forces and Motion Unit.

 

I hope all students had a wonderful fall break.

 

Refer to the Advocacy October post for information regarding our upcoming field trip.

Mrs. Haupt

WEEKLY SCIENCE UPDATE

This week 8th grade students are continuing to study the energy of waves.  They willl begin a project to connect s waves to seismic activity.  Students will explore earthquakes and engage in a hands on simulation in which they test to see if their structure can withstand a simulated earthquake.

 

Be on the lookout; you will receive an email Monday at 4:00PM with conference details.  All missing work is due Wednesday.

 

Mrs. Haupt

We are continuing to work through the Energy standards this week, wrapping up with understanding the relationships among energy transfered, the type of matter, the mass, and the change in the average kinetic energy measured by the temperature of the sample.  Students will engage in lab activities to help them form explanations of phenomena they observe. 

Final assessment for the Energy Unit will be conducted in the following week.

 

Students are continuing to explore ptential, kinetic and thermal energy transfer and how different variables will effect temperature.  

 

Students will complete an assessment this week to measure their proficiency in understanding kinetic and potential energy.

This week in science we are reviewing the Science and Engineering Process and exploring Potential and Kinetic Energy.  Students conducted a lab last week and they are practicing data analysis and looking for patterns in data so connections can be made.  Students are also completing an interactive potential and kinetic energy stations lab (PPT).