The Scientific Method and the Curious Case of Pellagra

Information for the week of Aug. 29 - Sep. 2

Dr. Joseph Goldberger was a physician in the early part of the 1900's.  He is credited with discovering the cause of pellagra, a curious disease which struck many people in the Southern U.S.  This week we will be examining the methods Dr. Goldberger used to solve the problem.  In doing so, we will identify the characteristics of a reliable scientific investigation.

Homework: HW #1 is available on Moodle (see link under "Important Links).  HW #1 is due on Wednesday (9/7).  For credit, HW #1 must be signed by a parent.  Please print the assignment from Moodle, complete, get parent/guardian signature, and bring to class on Wednesday, Sep. 7th.

Quizzes/Tests:  Unit A Quiz #1 FRIDAY, SEP. 2nd. 

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Welcome to 8th Grade Life Science Class!

Welcome to science class. This BLOG site will serve as your weekly source of information for Life Science. If you want to know what's going on in class each week this is the place to find out! You can expect to see:

• Assignments and Due Dates
• Homework, Quiz, and Test Dates
• Weekly Summary of topics to be covered
• Essential Questions that you must answer

Aug 24-26

• Have all materials by 29 August for notebook set up
• ACT Explore Pre-test 26 Aug bring a pencil, eat breakfast
• This week we will learn several strategies to solve problems and begin learning how to think like a scientist.  We will also begin using some tools like Moodle and Blogger to enhance what we do using technology.
• ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS (EQ)
• How do scientists solve problems or describe unknowns?
• What is an EBOOF?