Welcome – get ready to learn more about planet Earth

Science 8 Q4 Class Expectations

IN THIS CLASS, WE …

• Are open-minded to new people, things and experiences
• Create a safe space that is free of discrimination and bullying
• Respect each other’s ideas, time, work, learning & space
• Own our learning, including absences, due dates, materials & preparation
• Treat each other fairly
• Work together cooperatively and resolve conflict when it arises
• Help each other
• Are curious about the world around us
• Are actively engaged in our learning
• Try our best, even in the face of adversity

Unit 4:  Earth Science

Q4:  Welcome Science 8

Welcome to Science 10:

You have been sent an invitation to join your Q2 Science 10 learning management program CANVAS.  Click the accept button to get started.

You have been sent an invite to join your Science 10 class.  Many of you have congratulations.

The canvas log in screen looks like this:

This is what the canvas log in looks like. Your password is the same as the computer login for school computers.

You will have to log in using your user name and password (see the information from our school’s web page.  You will note that the login steps are the same as how you log into your Microsoft account (same username and same password). 

Please use the following learning guides to get to know canvas better:

Hi Space heads:  Enjoy (so amazing)

Three space travelers launched to the International Space Station aboard a Soyuz spacecraft.🚀

Astronaut Chris Cassidy of NASA and cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of the Russian space agency Roscosmos lifted off at 4:05 a.m. EDT on a four-orbit, six-hour journey to our orbiting laboratory.

This is the third spaceflight for both Cassidy and Ivanishin and the first for Vagner. During their mission on the station, they’ll welcome NASA’s Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon, which is currently targeted to launch no earlier than mid-to-late May.

Welcome:  Watch the following videos and take notes about forms of energy.

Learn more about the conservation of Energy:

Review how radioactive decay and virus spread follow a similar pattern: Exploratorium Activity

Learn more about how to stay safe and engineer a slow pandemic:

Link to our world in data

The history-making solar images were taken with a solar telescope:

The images of the sun are the highest resolution to date: