I’ve emailed you the Electromagnetism Study Guide in preparation for our huge test next Friday (April 23)!

Here’s a link to the Study Guide.

Also, heres a link to that YouTube vid on Magnetic Domains we started watching in class today:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-arJTDUIo0

Have a great weekend!

Our Test on Sound is Friday.

Here’s our study guide.

Enjoy and let me know if you have questions!

Sound Test Study Guide

I’ve finished grading the Pressure Tests we took on Thursday and will have those grades up on MyGradeBook.com for your viewing pleasure this evening.

Check back by 5pm for those.

If you’d like some extra credit, make a triangle bigger than yourself out of some material (has to be 3D not a drawing, etc), take a picture/video of your creation (and you so we’ll know you’re not cheating) and post it in the links below or in the wall over on the side. The triangle must be able to stand up (not just lay on the floor or ground).

Worth 3 points and due by 2/16/10 at 8:00am EST

Tomorrow, we’ll be having our test on fluid pressure.

The key points will be:

Archimedes’ Principle
Pascal’s Principle
Bernoulli’s Principle

Please review those sections of your book and notes.

Also make sure you’ve got the steps to the scientific method that we discussed in class today (Wednesday).

Any questions?

On Thursday, we’ll be taking our test on Fluid Pressure.

Here’s your chance to suggest or vote on questions to appear on the test…

Under Pressure – Google Moderator

(Sign in with your SDS Mail account to vote or suggest).

Suggesting and voting ends Wednesday at 11:00pm.

Be creative!

The 8th Grade Exam Schedule is now official and I’ve just posted it over on the MS Blog site:

Friday December 11, 2009 (REGULAR DISMISSAL): Math

Monday December 14, 2009 (REGULAR DISMISSAL): A.M. Science; P.M. History

Tuesday December 15, 2009 (NOON DISMISSAL EXCEPT for 8th TAKING MFL): A.M. English; P.M. MFL

Wednesday December 16, 2009 (11 A.M. DISMISSAL): Latin

Thursday December 17, 2009: Humanitas Activities 8-11:15; Celebration of the Season, 11:30

EXAM SCHEDULE! (Middle School)

Start preparing now by gathering your notes and materials from the semester!

Here is the Pop-Review Quiz we did in class today (click).

Remember, our 50 POINT test on Chapter 7 is tomorrow!

QUESTION 1
Which is not a type of mixture?
Solution
Colloid
Acid
Suspension

QUESTION 2
Sugar water is an example of a:
suspension
solution
solute
colloid

QUESTION 3
Ammonia is an example of a(n):
acid
base
salt
antacid

QUESTION 4
Acids produce __________ in water.
hydroxide ions
pH scale
solute
hydrogen ions

QUESTION 5
HCl is a common ________.
acid
base
salt
solution

QUESTION 6
Milk is a good example of which type of mixture?
acid
solution
base
colloid
suspension

QUESTION 7
A base produces ____________ in water.
hydroxide ions
salts
hydrogen
hydrogen ions

QUESTION 8
The names of acids normally end in _______.
-ide
-ice
-ixe
-ic

QUESTION 9
When acids react with magnesium, zinc and iron, _________ is produced.
salt
hydrogen gas
hydrogen ions
hydroxide ions

QUESTION 10
Salt is any compound that is made from the __________ of an acid with a base.
solubility
solution
reaction
neutralization
precipitation

I’ve just finished grading Test 1.

You can see your results on http://www.mygradebook.com.

If your dog/cat/squirrel ate your password or (for some reason!) you have forgotten/lost your password, send me an email/Facebook message/IM/txt and ask.

For the most part, the grades you see will be your final grades for the semester.

Let me just say I’m am SO proud of you all… thank you for being fantastic students.

Mr. H

Today in class we took the Test 1 Review to help prepare for this quarter’s only major test (worth 12 points).

Here is the link to the Test 1 Review.

Use the review to help you study and prepare your notes for Test 1 (Thurs-Fri this week) since many of the questions will strongly resemble these questions and the topics they cover. The formatting will also be the same.

We’ll go over the answers in class.

Tomorrow in class we’ll have the laptops and take a practice test online!

I’ll have the practice quiz online here first thing in the morning and it will be online afterwards to help you study and prepare for Test 1 (Thursday-Friday).

Start reviewing your notes now!