Welcome to Mrs.Qualls 8th Grade Science Class!!!

  • Steps to Amplify Science:

    1. Click Launchpad on CPSB webpage

    2. Login with username and password if asked.

    3. Select the orange Amplify button

    4. Select Louisiana Science

    5. Select the Natural Selection Unit

    6. Select Chapter the student would like to review

    7. Select Lesson the student would like to review

    Note: Check the Digital Resources section for notes, articles, and flowcharts as well as the Digital Tools tab for models and simulations.

    New Email: hannah.qualls@cpsb.org

    2nd Nine Weeks Grades

    1. Layers of Earth Comprehension

    2. Unit 2 Vocabulary and Key Concepts

    3. Unit 2 Workbook Check

    4. Unit 2 Test

    5. Mid-Unit 3 Test

    6. Unit 3 - Vocabulary and Key Concepts

    7. Unit 3 Test 

  • Week of 12-4-23

    Monday 12/4: Lesson 1.5 - Adaptive Traits

    Tuesday 12/5: Lesson 1.6 - Explaining Changes in Trait Distribution

    Wednesday 12/6: Chapter 2 - Natural Selection and Reproduction, Lesson 2.1 - Reproduction and Traits

    Thursday 12/7: Lesson 2.2 - Survival and Reproduction

    Friday 12/8: Flocabulary Adaptation 

    Comments (-1)
  • Week of 11-27-23

    Monday 11/27: Deer Heart Lab Activity

    Tuesday 11/28: Students will begin Unit 4 - Natural Selection and complete Lesson 1.2: The Mystery of the Poisonous Newts

    Wednesday 11/29: Lesson 1.3 - Exploring Variation and Distribution in Populations

    Thursday 11/30: Lesson 1.4 - Investigating Changes in Trait Distribution 

    Friday 12/1: Natural Selection Gizmo

    Comments (-1)
  • Week of 11-13-23

    Monday 11/13: Lesson 3.2 - Moving Rock Formations

    Tuesday 11/14: Lesson 3.3 - Plate Motion and Rock Formations 

    Wednesday 11/15: Review for Unit 3 Test

    Thursday 11/16: Lesson 3.4 - Preparing the Final Report

    Friday 11/17: Unit 3 Test on Edulastic

     

    Comments (-1)
  • Week of 11-6-23

    Monday 11/6: Lesson 2.4 - Explaining How Energy Affects Rocks

    Tuesday 11/7: Lesson 2.5 - Mid Unit Assessment

    Wednesday 11/8: Lesson 2.6 - Investigating Hawaiian Rocks

    Thursday 11/9: Rock Transformations Vocabulary and Key Concepts Test. Chapter 3 - Movement of Rock Formations, Lesson 3.1: "The Oldest Rock Formations on Earth"

    Friday 11/10: No School - Veteran's Day

    Comments (-1)
  • Week of 10-30-23

    Monday 10/30: Unit 3 - Rock Transformations, Lesson 1.4 - Modeling How Rocks Are Formed

    Tuesday 10/31: Lesson 1.5 - Examining Evidence About Rocks

    Wednesday 11/1: Chapter 2 - Sediment and Magma, Lesson 2.1 - Exploring How Magma and Sediment Form

    Thursday 11/2: Lesson 2.2 - "Devil's Tower"

    Friday 11/3: Lesson 2.3 - Energy's Role in Forming Rocks

    Comments (-1)
  • Week of 10-23-23

    Monday 10/23: Lesson 4.2

    Tuesday 10/24: Lesson 4.3 and Review for Plate Motion Unit Test

    Wednesday 10/25: Plate Motion Unit Test and Unit 3 - Rock Transformations Pre-Test Lesson 1.1

    Thursday 10/26: Lesson 1.2 - Studying Rock Formations and Samples

    Friday 10/27: Lesson 1.3 - Investigating How Rocks Are Formed

    Comments (-1)
  • Week of 10-16-23

    Monday 10/16: Lesson 3.2 - "A Continental Puzzle"

    Tuesday 10/17: Lesson 3.3 - Reconstructing Gondwanaland and Building Pangaea

    Wednesday 10/18: Lesson 3.4 - Writing About Mesosaurus 

    Thursday 10/19: Lesson 4.1 - Plate Motion near Jalisco, Mexico

    Friday 10/20: Lesson 4.2 - Science Seminar

     

    Comments (-1)
  • Week of 10-9-23

    Monday 10/9: Teacher In-service 

    Tuesday 10/10: Lesson 2.5 and Mid-Unit Review

    Wednesday 10/11: Plate Motion Mid-Unit Test 

    Thursday 10/12: Lesson 2.7

    Friday 10/13: Lesson 3.1

    Comments (-1)
  • Week of 10-2-23

    Monday 10/2: Lesson 2.2 - Listening to the Earth

    Tuesday 10/3: Lesson 2.3 and Flocabulary

    Wednesday 10/4: Lesson 2.4

    Thursday 10/5: FALL BREAK

    Friday 10/6: FALL BREAK 

    Comments (-1)
  • Week of 9-25-23

    Monday 9/25: Students begin Unit 2 - Plate Motion. They will begin Chapter 1 - Introducing Earth's Outer Layer and complete Lesson 1.2: Using Fossils to Understand Earth

    Tuesday 9/26: Lesson 1.3 - Exploring Earth's Plates

    Wednesday 9/27: Lesson 1.4 - Analyzing Patterns at Plate Boundaries 

    Thursday 9/28: Chapter 2 - Understanding Plate Boundaries Lesson 2.1: Considering What's Underneath Earth's Plates

    Friday 9/29: Lesson 2.2 - "Listening to Earth"

    Comments (-1)
  • Week of 9-18-23

    Monday 9/18: Lesson 4.1

    Tuesday 9/19: Lesson 4.2

    Wednesday 9/20: Lesson 4.3

    Thursday 9/21: Thermal Energy Review

    Friday 9/22: Thermal Energy Unit Test

    Comments (-1)
  • Week of 9-11-23

    Monday 9/11: 1) Finish WebQuest Assignment 2) Lesson 2.7 - Revisiting Energy and Molecules 

    Tuesday 9/12: Chapter 3 - Changes in Temperature Lesson 3.1: "Thermal Energy Is NOT Temperature"

    Wednesday 9/13: Lesson 3.2 - Thermal Energy and Temperature Change

    Thursday 9/14: Lesson 3.3 - Temperature Change and Equilibrium 

    Friday 9/15: Lesson 3.4 - Reccomending a Heating System 

    Comments (-1)
  • Week of 9-4-23

    Monday 9/4: Labor Day 

    Tuesday 9/5: Lesson 2.3 - Analyzing Evidence and Evaluating Claims

    Wednesday 9/7: Lesson 2.4 - Investigating Energy Transfer 

    Thursday 9/8: Lesson 2.5 - Explaining Changes in Temperature 

    Friday 9/9: Lesson 2.6 Mid-Unit Assessment and Web Quest Assignment 

    Comments (-1)
  • Week of 8-28-23

    Monday 8/28: 1) Complete Pre-Tests for Thermal Energy and Plate Motion if absent last Friday 2) Amplify Scavenger Hunt 3) Punns Worksheet using laptops 4) Thermal Energy will be distributed

    Tuesday 8/29: Students will complete Lesson 1.2 - Investigating Hot and Cold of Unit 1: Thermal Energy

    Wednesday 8/30: Lesson 1.3: Temperature and Motion 

    Thursday 8/31: Lesson 1.4: Molecules and Temperature

    Friday 9/1: Students will begin Chapter 2: Temperature and Energy and complete Lesson 2.1 - Visualizing Motion Energy and Lesson 2.2 - How Air Conditioners Make Cities Hotter

    Comments (-1)
  • Week of 8-21-23

    Monday 8/21: 1) Finish Periodic Table Activity 2) Fill in the blank Atoms and Molecules Notes using textbook pg.842

    Tuesday 8/22: 1) Finish Atoms and Molecules Notes 2) Go over notes as a class once all students are finished 

    Wednesday 8/23: Phet Lab - Build an Atom

    Thursday 8/24: Digital Citizenship - modified schedule. Students will take their Pre-Tests for Thermal Energy and Plate Motion.

    Friday 8/25: Students will begin Unit 1: Thermal Energy and complete Lesson 1.2.

    Comments (-1)
  • Week of 8-14-23

    Monday 8/14: 1) Room 808 Questionnaire 2) Lab Coat Activity 3) Back to School Wordsearch 4) Students show signed syllabus

    Tuesday 8/15: 1) Finish Lab Coat Activity 2) Record Scientific Method Vocabulary 3) Scientific Method Notes 4) Mythbusters Worksheet 

    Wednesday 8/16: Sugar Cube Lab

    Thursday 8/17: 1) Finish graphing and conclusion of Sugar Cube Lab 2) Study for Scientific Method quiz

    Friday 8/18: 1) Scientific Method Quiz, 2) Periodic Table Activity 3) Punn Worksheet

    Comments (-1)
  • Week of 8-7-23

    Monday 8/7: Teacher In-Service

    Tuesday 8/8: Teacher In-Service

    Wednesday 8/9: Teacher In-Service

    Thursday 8/10: Teacher In-Service

    Friday 8/11: 1st Day of School - Introduction and Lab Coat Activity 

     

     

     

    Comments (-1)