Middle School Office Hours

Middle School Office Hours
Reminder: Parents must send an email to the teacher before the student attends office hours. This allows the teacher to prepare for the student's visit and clarifies that the parents are aware of the student's attendance at office hours.

Language Arts - Wednesdays and Thursdays 7:45-8:15 a.m.

Math - Tuesdays and Wednesdays 3:30-4:00 p.m.

Science - Thursdays 7:15-8:15 a.m.

Social Studies - Tuesdays and Thursdays 3:30-4:00 p.m.

Art - Wednesdays 3:30-4:30 p.m.

Music - Tuesdays and Thursdays 3:30-4:00 p.m.

PE - Wednesdays and Thursdays 3:30-4:00 p.m.

Spanish - Tuesdays and Thursdays 3:30-4:00 p.m.

Drama - Day 2 before or after school

Library - Mondays and Thursdays 3:30-4:00 p.m.


Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Week 23: 8th Grade

Week: 23

Topic: Life With Carbon

Students will be able to: 

List four main classes of organic compounds in living things.
Explain how the organic compounds in living things differ from one another.  

Essential Question:

What does food look like at the molecular level?

This week: The 8th graders will use their understanding of carbon and build organic compounds.  They will see how carbon builds simple sugars (glucose) and how each food group (carbohydrates, fats, and proteins) become more complex both in size and shape. 

Key Terms:

carbohydrate
glucose
complex carbohydrates
starch 
protein
amino acid
lipid
fatty acid
hydroxyl & carboxyl group
isomer

Differentiated Instruction:

developing hypotheses
inferring
interpreting
creating models 
classifying

Upcoming:

Our digestive system





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