Scenario Description - Dorchester School District Two



8th Grade Science Distance Learning PacketAll science students will complete the following distance learning packet. This packet is available in hard copy form and is also available on teacher webpages and Microsoft Teams. Your science teacher can be reached by email (Mr. Stock rstock@dorchester2.k12.sc.us and Mrs. Bloom mbloom@dorchester2.k12.sc.us) and will be responding to emails during virtual office hours from 10am – 11am and 2pm - 3pm. Work submission: Students can do one of the following to submit assignments for grading. Assignments that are turned in online will be graded within a few days of them turning it in. Hard copy grades will not be entered until after the whole hard copy packet in turned in. Upload or complete assignment in Unified ClassroomUpload or complete assignment in Microsoft TeamsTake a picture with a phone/camera of the assignment and email it Mr. Stock or Mrs. BloomComplete hard copies in the packet and turn in once face-to-face school resumesMicrosoft Teams:Student needs to log into their Clever Account () using Microsoft Active Directory (add @dorchester2.k12.sc.us to the end of their username)Click on the O365 linkClick on the Microsoft Teams linkFind your class, click on your classExplore Learning Gizmos:You can either log in through or go to and use the username and password of bloomstudentProject: The Animal Project due date will be postponed until April 8. You can also work on this project during Distance Learning Days. If your student does not have a hard copy of the rubric it can be found in Teams and on the teacher webpage. Day 1: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 Choice 1: Use the following list of lab safety rules to draw two pictures of classroom scenarios where one picture is a lab safety rule being following and one is a lab safety rule not being followed. Never run, push, or engage in horseplay or practical jokes of any kind in the lab.Never eat, drink or chew gum in a lab.Never sit on the lab tables.Wear protective eye goggles and aprons when performing experiments or instructed by your teacher.Dress appropriately wear pants, wear closed-toed shoes, long sleeves, pull back hair and remove jewelry.Keep your desk area clean and place personal belongings away from the lab.Keep chemicals and glassware away from the edge of the table.Never touch equipment, chemicals or other materials without permission.Keep your hands away from your face, eyes, mouth and body during experiments and wash them before your leave the lab.Choice 2: Complete lab safety scenario worksheet below. Describe how each scenario could have been prevented (precautions) and how you could respond to minimize accidents (response). Scenario DescriptionPrecautionsResponseA student is working hard on a chemistry lab experiment that uses a strong acid. Halfway through the lab, the student gets hungry and starts eating a bag of chips. When the student licks their fingers, they start to have a severe reaction.During a chemistry experiment, a student carefully pours and unknown solution from a test tube into a beaker. Another student sneaks up behind them and surprises their friend. The student accidentally drops the beaker on the floor, and pieces of glass land on their sandaled feet.A student with long hair (or loose clothing) is heating a solution over a Bunsen burner. As the student leans over the burner to reach for something, their hair (or clothing) catches fire.A student is excitedly telling their friend their plans for the weekend, and is not listening to the teacher’s lab instructions. During the lab, the student mixes two of the wrong chemicals together and an uncontrolled chemical reaction occurs.Day 2: Thursday, March 19, 2020 Use the graphing notes about “TAILS” to complete one of the graphing activities below. 34486851905000Choice 1: Graphing Gizmo – download in Unified Classroom, Teams or Teacher WebpageChoice 2: Create a tally chart of the letters in the following sentence. After creating the tally chart, please graph the data on a bar graph. “Science is cool.” 32385068072000Create a line graph using the following data from Washington’s(DC) weather for March 16-March 20. Graph the high temperatures for the week. Day 3: Friday, March 20, 2020Complete the graphing and conclusion practice worksheet on sprouts. center18200center218827Day 4: Tuesday, March 24, 2020In the “Processing the Foaming Soda” Scenario, read the experiment pages 7-9 to define the following terms below for the experiment. Theory _________________________________________________________________________________Scientific Method _________________________________________________________________________Manipulated Variable ______________________________________________________________________Responding Variable _______________________________________________________________________Controlled Variable ________________________________________________________________________Hypothesis _______________________________________________________________________________Qualitative Observation ____________________________________________________________________Quantitative Observation ___________________________________________________________________Conclusion _______________________________________________________________________________Inference ________________________________________________________________________________Day 5: Wednesday, March 25, 2020Reference the Scientific Method Notes, your answers from Monday, and the “Processing the Foaming Soda” text pages 7-9 in the packet to complete the following questions.How does a theory different from an inference? ________________________________________________________________________________________Why do we control some variables in an experiment? ________________________________________________________________________________________Why can we have only one manipulated variable in an experiment? ________________________________________________________________________________________How is the responding variable related to the manipulated variable? ________________________________________________________________________________________Why did Laura perform her experiment three times? ________________________________________________________________________________________How do the types of observations we can make differ? ________________________________________________________________________________________How did Laura know that the salt was the only substance that completely dissolved? ________________________________________________________________________________________How does a conclusion differ from an inference? ________________________________________________________________________________________How could Laura prove that her inference was correct? ________________________________________________________________________________________Explain why we say the scientific method is a never-ending cycle. ________________________________________________________________________________________Day 6: Thursday, March 26, 20207683523685500Complete “It Definitely Applies” and graphing sheet below about the “Processing the Foaming Soda”. A graph communicates 277499155200the responding and manipulated variables tested and measured during and experiment. The manipulated variable is identified and labeled along the x, or horizontal, axis, and the responding variable is identified along the y, or vertical, axis. Graph the data Laura collected during her experiment in the empty graph provided. Number the y-axis by 20’s and label it “Average Time Soda Bubbled”. Write the substances tested under every other space along the x-axis, and then label it “Substance Tested” Use a bar graph since you are comparing times. Title the graph “Bubbling Time of Sodas with Granular Substances”. Day 7: Friday, March 27, 2020Choose one of the following activities to complete. ONLINE: Complete the Study Island topics for “Earth’s History & Fossils.”Using what you know about Natural Selection- Create a comic strip about a new species. Be sure to include it’s adaptations, how the adaptations have helped it survived, and why other variations of the species have gone extinct.Create a quiz on Geologic Time. It must include at least 10 questions. Try to include a variety of questions as you create the quiz. Make sure to include an answer key!Day 8: Monday, March 30, 2020Choose one of the following activities to complete. ONLINE: Complete the study island assignments for “Natural Selection, Diversity & Extinction.”Create a post card for a friend about a new species. Make sure to include the name, where it is found, adaptations it has and how those adaptations help it survive, and genetic variations within the speciesONLINE:Complete the Rainfall and Bird Beaks Gizmo available online through Unified Classroom, Teams or Teacher Webpage. Day 9: Tuesday, March 31 Natural Selection WorksheetDarwin’s Natural Selection WorksheetName ___________________________________Read the following situations below and identify points of Darwin’s natural selection.5603875120650001)There are 2 types of worms: worms that eat at night (nocturnal) and worms that eat during the day (diurnal). The birds eat during the day and seem to be eating ONLY the diurnal worms. The nocturnal worms are in their burrows during this time. Each spring when the worms reproduce, they have about 500 babies but only 100 of these 500 ever become old enough to reproduce.Identify a type of variation in the worms. ______________________________________________________Which variation is most favorable? _______________________________________________________In 50 years, what will natural selection have most likely done for the worms? _________________________________________________________________________________What adaptations might occur in the birds in 100 years? ______________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________518160060960002) There are 3 types of polar bears: ones with thick coats, ones with thin coats and ones with medium coats. It is fall, soon to be winter. The temperatures are dropping rapidly and the bears must be kept warm, or they will freeze to death. Many of the bears have had ~2 cubs each but due to the extreme temperatures, many mothers only have one cub left.Identify a type of variation in the polar bears ______________________________________________________Which variation is most favorable? _______________________________________________________In 50 years, what will natural selection have most likely done to the polar bears? _________________________________________________________________________________15240018415003) In ostriches, there are 2 types: ones that run fast and those that run slowly. The fast birds can reach up to 40 miles an hour. Jackals love to eat ostrich, and they can reach speeds of up to 35-40 miles per hour. A flock of ostrich will lay ~ 10 eggs (each mother only lays 1), but many rodents break into the eggs and eat the fetus before they hatch.Identify a type of variation in the ostriches ______________________________________________________Which variation is most favorable? _______________________________________________________In 50 years, what will natural selection have most likely done to the ostriches? _________________________________________________________________________________#4: A population of insects is sprayed with a new insecticide. Most of the insects are killed but a few survive. In the next generation, many more of the insects are unaffected by the insecticide. Which of the following BEST explains these results?The insecticide caused a mutation in the species.A few insects in the first population were immune and passed this trait to their offspring.The insecticide caused a side effect of immunity that was passed on to the next generation of insects.The insects learned to fight off the insecticide.What adaptation might occur in the jackals in 100 years? ______________________________________________________4924425-222885005) There are two types of rabbits: those that strictly eat grass and those that strictly eat berries and flowers. A drought occurs one year, and the plants have difficulty producing any extras (flowers, berries, etc.).They can only try and keep themselves green. The rabbits have had babies all year long but many are eaten by foxes or hawks Due to the drought, many have starved to death.Identify a type of variation in the rabbits. ______________________________________________________Which variation is most favorable? _______________________________________________________In 50 years, what will natural selection have most likely done to the rabbits? ________________________________________________________________________________6)Describe how natural selection is occuring in the image above. Be sure to use the word adapt and variation: __________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________7. The table below describes four types of female mice that live in a beach area with mostly tan sand and scattered plants. Which of the four mice types would be considered most favorable for natural selection? Explain: _______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________Color of furAge at Death# of mice produced by each femaleRunning speedBlack2 months08 cm/secTan7 months116 cm/secTan-Black mix8 months37 cm/secCream2 months05 cm/secDue to natural selection, what could you expect to occur to the mice on this beach over several years? _________________________________________________________________________________________________8)Snowy owls are beautiful white owls that live in the arctic. They are able to withstand the frigid temps of the arctic. They usually migrate south to southern Canada during the middle of the arctic winter, but soon return far north. Explain how the population would respond in the following scenario:a)The snowy owls environment is warming up very quickly and going from very frigid temperatures to very warm. This change is happening so quickly that the snowy owls are too visible to their prey since there is less snow. They have started having a hard time finding food and many are starving. The warmth has also messed up their migration/breeding patterns. _______________________________________________________________________________119255512400Day 10: Bird Beak Lab903951350323800 ................
................

In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.

Google Online Preview   Download