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=8th Grade Science Virtual School Dillon- Newmyer=

Welcome to Virtual School!
This is the place for you to check for your Science work if you are not in school in Cairo. This is only for our **//Virtual students!//** If you are temporarily attending another school we do not expect you to do the CAC work. Focus on the work for the school you are in. We will welcome you back when you can get back.

Instructions

 * Please read the directions carefully for each assignment. If you don't understand them, read the instructions again. Then try reading them out loud. We can do this!
 * Submit your assignments on Google Docs unless you are told to do otherwise.
 * Name your file like this- Block, your name, assignment name. For example, E Block, 15bnye, Bacteria Assignment.
 * Make sure that you put your name on the document somewhere.

1st Assignment
February 8- Bacteria Investigation Read the directions carefully to complete this assignment. If you are having trouble understanding them, reread them and read them out loud before you ask for help. You can do this! Before we left, we were conducting an investigation into Which cleaning product is the most effective in killing microbes on a desk? You cleaned desks with different products like anti-bacterial soap, hand sanitizer, alcohol free wipes and clorox. The you swabbed the desk and used the swab on a petri dish.

There is the data table with the results from the agar petri dishes. [|DT Cleaning Prod by Bac mold colonies.doc]

Use the data to make a graph and write a conclusion for the investigation. Here is a site to make and save a graph if you are not sure how to do it.

[|Kids Zone Make a Graph]

Look at the rubric and compare it to the conclusion that you wrote to make sure you have included all the essential parts. If you are not at school, please share your assignment on Google docs. Please label your file with your Block, Last Name and assignment to me. An example, Block G, 15pNewmyer, Bacteria Investigation. Make sure that there is a heading on the document.

=== 2nd Assignment due February 27. This is a long term assignment for your final project in Infectious Diseases. === Final Infectious Disease Project

You have 2 options. 1. Do a report on an infectious disease Report on Infectious Disease, 2. Do a book talk. Book Talk for Infectious Diseases or 3. Your idea! Do you have some particular topic or project that you would like to pursue? Write a proposal describing your idea and submit it to your teacher for approval by February 14. (Happy Valentines Day!)

3rd Assignment! due by February 21. Turn in a practice assignment using Turnitin.
Sign into Turnitin.com again. You should have an account from earlier in the year. Sign in using the email you used to create the account. You can get a new password if you forgot it.

If you are new, create an account and register your email. Sign in as a new student and make a user profile. Below is the information you need to start a new account.

E Block- Class Id- 3585592- Password- science8 G Block- Class Id- 3585581- Password- science8 H Block- Class Id- 3585583- Password- science8
 * Ms. Newmyer's class info.**


 * Mrs. Dillon Class Info.**
 * E Block - ID - 3834414 - password- science8**
 * G Block - ID - 3834415 - password science8**
 * H Block - ID - 3834416 - password science 8**
 * Please change your password once you have signed in for the first time.**

4th ASSIGNMENT: //Pick any word processing file to send in as an assignment. This is just a practice for you to use Turnitin BEFORE your assignment is due.// //Upload the assignment as "Practice for Turnitin."//

==// If you have shared assignments on Google docs, go back and check the comments. The bacteria assessment was a formative one. We will have a summative assessment next week. Use the comments to improve your work. //== // The biggest room for improvement in most submitted assignments was in writing the scientific explanation of the investigation. Why did the Clorox kill more colonies of bacteria and mold than the other products? You could consider what ingredients are in Clorox, or what Clorox is used for compared to the other products to write an explanation. //

===// 5th Assignment- Assessment- Writing a conclusion. Open the Bacteria Quiz document and read about the bacteria investigation Darren did. Write a conclusion for the investigation on a document then share it with your teacher in Google docs. Please separate the paragraphs in your conclusion and use the rubric to check for completeness. This is due by Wednesday. //===





= If you chose to do a report on infectious diseases, it is due tomorrow. __Check the originality report__ after you have turned it in to see the rating. The originality report takes a few minutes to register. You will have to redo the report and will lose points if it is plagiarized!!! =

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