Basic Information

Contact: nradke@petk12.org

Wednesday, December 15, 2021

December 15/16/17, 2021

  • You need:
    • Your paper car
    • Instruction sheet
    • Your Google Slides opened on your Chromebook
  • Final test of paper cars
  • Complete slides
No homework

Monday, December 13, 2021

December 13/14, 2021

Homework: Missing assignments due Tues night

Thursday, December 9, 2021

Monday, December 6, 2021

December 7/8, 2021

  • Study time for quiz
  • Turn in notebooks for notebook check
  • Lesson 10/11 Quiz (Google Classroom)
  • Brain Games
  • Paper Car Crash project
    • Choose partners, or Radke pairs you if you don't care
    • Create shared presentation with names, share with Radke
    • Car groups GDoc
Homework: Missing work due by Tuesday December 15th

Friday, December 3, 2021

December 3/6, 2021

Homework: have notebook ready and study for quiz

Wednesday, December 1, 2021

December 1/2, 2021

HW: Finish Lesson Game

Thursday, November 18, 2021

Monday, November 8, 2021

November 9/10, 2021

Homework: Use Quizlet above to study your vocab - 10 min/day!

Friday, November 5, 2021

November 5/8, 2021

Homework: Color and finish your constellation

Wednesday, November 3, 2021

Monday, November 1, 2021

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

October 26/27, 2021

  • Study time!
  • Waves Quiz
  • Brain Games
Homework: Bring headphones/earbuds, missing assignments

Tuesday, October 12, 2021

October 12/13, 2021

Homework: Read and highlight TCI Lesson 4 Sections Intro and 1

Friday, October 8, 2021

Wednesday, October 6, 2021

October 6/7, 2021

  • Check/review study guide
  • Update notebook/return assignments
  • Newton's first law video
  • Edpuzzle Newton's Laws (Google Classroom)
  • Quizlet LIVE
Homework: Study for test next class

Monday, October 4, 2021

October 4/5, 2021

Homework: TCI Lesson 3 Sections 2, 4, 5 reading and highlighting (at least 4 highlights per section)
Complete study guide - due next class

Thursday, September 30, 2021

September 30/October 1, 2021

  • Collect Newton's Laws Poster
  • Update notebook
  • Finish notes (vocab in TCI)
  • Car acceleration lab
  • 2nd Law worksheet
Homework: 2nd Law WS, start study guide, start practicing vocab quizlet

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

September 22/23, 2021

Homework: Read and highlight TCI lesson 2, sections 2 and 3

Monday, September 20, 2021

September 20/21, 2021

Homework: Late/missing assignments (grading period ends Thursday)

Thursday, September 16, 2021

September 16/17, 2021

  • Turn in Acceleration Comic and Science Notebook
  • Video
  • Study guide for quiz next class
  • Review notes and Quizlet vocab
  • Quizlet Live
  • TCI Lesson Game
Homework: Study for quiz, finish lesson game if not done.

Tuesday, September 14, 2021

September 14/15, 2021

  • Sign-out sheet at front now required for bathroom
  • Notebook review - notebook check next class
  • NFL acceleration video
  • Acceleration slide examples
  • Quizlet for vocab words - shared with you, sign in using Google account
  • Comic for acceleration - instructions on Classroom
Homework: Finish comic, notebook ready for notebook check

Friday, September 10, 2021

September 10/13, 2021

Homework: Check Aeries, do missing work. (Grading period ends 9/23)

Tuesday, September 7, 2021

September 8/9, 2021

  • Notebook update
  • Finish metric Olympics
  • Turning in reading highlights
  • TCI scavenger hunt
  • Chromebook shortcuts
  • Relative motion and reference frames
Homework: Read and highlight Lesson 1: Sections 2 and 3 - turn in screenshots on Google Classroom

Wednesday, September 1, 2021

Monday, August 30, 2021

August 30/31, 2021

  • Notebook and pencil out
  • Tape in warm-up sheet
  • Metric staircase
  • Finish TBB notes
  • TBB/Graduated cylinder lab
  • Taping notebook covers on
Homework: Find two items that have metric measurements on them, take pictures, attach to Google Classroom assignment.

Thursday, August 26, 2021

August 26/27, 2021

  •  Set up notebooks
    • Assignments passed back to put in
  • Metric system notes
  • Start notebook cover
  • Cup activity redux
  • Four corners
Homework: Finish notebook cover

Tuesday, August 24, 2021

August 24/25, 2021

  • AP/Counselor talk today
  • Materials Check
  • Triple beam balance notes (parts ABC)
  • TBB practice sim
  • Triple beam balance lab
  • Rubber band and cups activity
Homework: Have composition notebook for next class

Friday, August 20, 2021

August 20/23, 2021

  • HAVE OUT signed lab safety rules and name tag
  • Class bingo
  • Beginning of year review
  • Ruler review 
  • Measure me lab
Homework: Class materials due next class

Wednesday, August 18, 2021

August 18/19, 2021

  • Have out name sheet and pink class rules
  • Collect signed pink sheet hw, do name sheet
  • Wellness activity
  • Classroom scavenger hunt
  • Lab safety rules
  • Chromebooks - class website
Homework:
  • Lab safety rules signed
  • Class materials due next Tuesday (A) or Wednesday (B)

Tuesday, August 17, 2021

August 17th, 2021

  • Welcome to 8th grade science!
  • Intro to Mr. Radke, intro to science
  • Class rules and procedures - first homework
  • Ice Breaker
Homework:
  • Class rules and procedures signed by next class
  • Class materials due next week (24th/25th)

Tuesday, June 1, 2021

Thursday, May 27, 2021

May 27 and 28, 2021

  • Planet Presentations
    • Mercury, Venus, Earth
    • Everyone fills in the "What I Learned" document during presentations
  • Space Race: Space Shuttle Disasters
  • Correct and turn in Space Timeline
Homework: Turn in Space Timeline and missing work due Friday May 28 3PM

Wednesday, May 26, 2021

May 26, 2021

  • Planet Project Rehearsal Day
    • Slides should be finished - your own words is best
    • Long paragraphs not good for presentations - few short sentences or bullet points
    • Practice verbally reading your slide to your group in order
    • Group leader will share screen and handle slides during presenting
  • Presentation days:
    • Mercury, Venus, Earth: Thurs/Fri this week
    • Mars, Jupiter: Tuesday June 1
    • Saturn, Uranus, Neptune: Finals day (June 2-4)
Homework: Planet Project slide needs to be ready and practiced to present

Monday, May 24, 2021

May 24 and 25, 2021

  • Celestial Coordinates (Constellation Map)
  • YOU NEED:
    • Map
    • Ruler
    • Pencil + colored pencils/markers
    • Have "Celestial Coordinates" Google doc (from Classroom) open
Homework: Complete constellation map, put photo in Google doc assignment, turn in

Thursday, May 20, 2021

May 20 and 21, 2021

^^^ Petaluma Vaccination Clinic! ^^^
  • Space Monkeys! (1959)
  • Space Timeline - When do you think it happened? (GC)
  • 2021 Space Race: Note paper
  • Apollo History and TMG Glove
  • Correct Space Timeline Slide 1
HW: Space Exploration Responses (Google Classroom)

Wednesday, May 19, 2021

May 19, 2021

  • Batten down the hatches for Whirlwind Wednesday!
  • Work day for Planet Projects
    • Always ask yourself: does this belong on my slide, or is it for another slide?
    • As you use a website for information, don't wait to put it on your Sources slide!
    • NASA's website has good starter information if you click on a planet and then click "More" at the bottom of the screen.
    • Edit your slide for grammar, punctuation, etc. and make it look good.
Homework: Complete slide BEFORE next Wednesday (rehearsal day)
Pick up or print out Constellation Map by Friday
LATE WORK DEADLINE: Next Friday, May 28th by 3:00PM

Monday, May 17, 2021

May 17 and 18, 2021

  •  Astronomy 1 Presentation (paper and pencil for notes)
  • Edpuzzle: The Sun
  • Solar System Scope: Take time to explore the solar system
Homework: Planet Organizer

Thursday, May 13, 2021

May 13 and 14, 2021

  • Explore the PhET Energy Skate Park!
  • Energy Skate Park Doc
  • Reading: TCI Lesson 28 Section 4 - Conservation of Energy
  • KE/PE Video
  • Demo: Conservation of Energy in the loop and with balls
Homework: Flipgrid response about Kinetic and Potential Energy - Google Classroom
                    Print out or pick up Constellation Map from school office

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

May 12, 2021

  • Whirlwind Wednesdays continue!
  • Open House Portfolio is your main objective today
    • Take a screenshot of your finished Science class slide and attach it to the "Open House Portfolio Screenshot" assignment for your participation credit
  • Finished?  Work on your Planet Project (find it by searching your Google Drive)
Homework: Turn in your Open House Portfolio Screenshot
                    Come pick up or print out the Constellation Map!                                 (ParentSquare message has link for printing)

Monday, May 10, 2021

May 10 and 11, 2021

  •  Lesson 28 Notebook
    • Slide 6 Vocabulary
    • Slide 7 Roller Coasters
  • Loop Track Demo Slide 8
    • How do we get the marbles to the end?
  • Potential/Kinetic Energy Slide 9
    • All parts
Homework: Complete Slide 9, check Lesson 28 notebook for completion and turn in

Thursday, May 6, 2021

May 6 and 7, 2021

  • Star Charts passed out - Distance Learning come to office to pick up next week.
  • Planet projects - groups, set up your group's presentation, decide who is doing what.
  • Lesson 28 Notebook
    • Slide 3
    • Demo Slide 4
  • Intro video
  • How to Feed your Dog
Homework: Notebook Slide 5 - one photo or video each for KE and PE at home.

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

May 5, 2021

  • 25 Coolest Ways Animals Adapt to their Environment
  • Introducing the Planet Project
  • Group Requests?  Email Mr. Radke by 3:00 today with your requested partners.
    • If you are requesting partners, you can also request a planet (Pluto not included)
Homework: Missing assignments

Monday, May 3, 2021

May 3 and 4, 2021

Homework: Finish and turn in Evolutionary Evidence Three-Fold

Thursday, April 29, 2021

April 29 and 30, 2021

Homework: Read and highlight TCI Lesson 27 section 4 and 5

Wednesday, April 28, 2021

April 28, 2021

  • Lightning Round Wednesday!
  • Your Sunset Project or Sunset Project Alternative is due today by 10PM
    • Project in Google Classroom
    • Alternative needs to be shared with Radke
  • Finished?
Homework: Missing Assignments

Monday, April 26, 2021

April 26 and 27, 2021

  • Evolutionary Trees/Branching Diagrams
  • Edpuzzle: NOVA - Evolution 101
  • Evolution Lab: NOVA Labs
    • Mission 1 Video - answer questions
  • Science Notebook slide 5
  • Build a Tree - Evolution 101 Mission 1
Homework: Finish Mission 1 doc

Thursday, April 22, 2021

April 22 and 23, 2021

  • ScienceWorld: Horned Lizard
  • Rattlesnake still rattling?
  • Lesson 27A Notebook start
  • Introduction: Evolutionary Relationships
  • Notebook slide 4
  • Read/Highlight Lesson 27 Intro and Section 1
  • Notebook slide 6+7 Vocabulary
Homework: Read Lesson 27 Section 2 and 3 - Submit Intro, 1, 2, 3

Wednesday, April 21, 2021

April 24, 2021 (Weds)

  •  Sunset Project Portfolio
    • Now at top of Google Classroom
    • Insert all pictures you took
    • Enter day, date, time for each
    • Move and scale pictures to the right side of the slides so you can "flip" between them to see the sun move.
Homework: Complete Sunset Portfolio - due after class April 28 (next Weds)
Missing work for this grading period due by Friday evening

Monday, April 19, 2021

April 19 and 20, 2021

Homework: Complete all slides, turn in notebook

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

April 13 and 14, 2021

Homework: Read + Highlight Lesson 26 Section 2, 3.  Turn in ALL highlights.
Sunset Journal Work Day: Next Wednesday, April 21st

Friday, March 26, 2021

March 26 and April 12, 2021

Homework: Final Sunset Photo, missing work (April 23 end of grading period)

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

March 24 and 25, 2021

  • Kahoot Review
  • Quiz:
    • Part 1 is a Google Form
    • Part 2 is the "2 Adaptations" slide
Homework: Finish 2 Adaptations slide during Academic Time today
Take FINAL Sunset Photo between now and the end of Spring Break

Monday, March 22, 2021

March 22 and 23, 2021

  • Homework Review: Coevolution
  • Notebook slides 9 and 10
  • Turn in Lesson 24/25 Notebook
  • Assignment: My Coevolution Example
Homework: Turn in Notebook, open note quiz next class

Thursday, March 18, 2021

March 18 and 19, 2021

  • Cicadas and the 17-year cycle 
  • ScienceWorld: Bad for Bees
    • On Google Classroom, read article, answer questions in form
  • Guppy Experiment (Google Classroom)
  • Read and highlight Lesson 25 Section 5
    • If extra time, start researching an example of coevolution
Homework: Turn in section 5 highlights

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

March 16 and 17, 2021

  • Wacky Adaptations
  • Lesson 24/25 Notebook: Slides 5-8
  • Teacher slides: Peppered Moths
  • Guppy Experiment
Homework: Read Lesson 25 Section 4, highlight and turn in highlights

Friday, March 12, 2021

March 12 and 15, 2021

Homework: Read Lesson 25 Section 3 and highlight.  Turn in all highlights for Intro, 1, 2, 3

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

March 10 and 11, 2021

  • Final day of CAST testing
  • If you finish or have finished, work on assignments for any class
  • If you do not finish, there will be makeup time during office hours Thursday/Friday
No homework

Thursday, March 4, 2021

March 4 and 5, 2021

  • Interested in tutoring from a Casa Grande student?  Ask or email Mr. Radke!
  • SN 10 Landing?
  • Testing Continues
Homework: Come to Mr. Radke's office hours if you want help or just a place to work!

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

March 2 and 3, 2021

  • CAST Test Day 1
    • After meeting in Zoom, log in to the test
    • With 10 minutes left, look at all previous questions you didn't finish.
    • Hit SAVE, log out and you're done for the day
  • Use PAUSE for bathroom breaks
  • Use SAVE when stopping for the day
No homework

Friday, February 26, 2021

February 26 and March 1, 2021

  •  CAST Practice Day 2
    • Tools in the test
    • Assignment: join practice test, practice questions, try camera/chat with teacher
    • Rejoin zoom in last 5 minutes of class
Homework: Take Sunset photo, put in your portfolio

Wednesday, February 24, 2021

February 24 and 25, 2021

  •  CAST Practice Day
    • How to take the test video
    • How to look up your SSID
    • Signing in and out of the Secure Browser
    • Chat and video with teacher during test
  • Chromebook required
    • Have charging cable handy
  • Extra time: Work on missing work for Science or any other class
Homework: Take next Sunset photo between now and the end of this weekend.
Complete missing work.  End of Grading Period is This Friday

Monday, February 22, 2021

February 22 and 23, 2021

    Build a bird for any habitat.  Once your survival rate is 50% or more, screenshot and submit that picture.

Thursday, February 18, 2021

February 18 and 19, 2021

  • Perseverance rover landed on Mars 2/18
  • New Lesson 24: Darwin and Evolution
    • Introduction to Charles Darwin Edpuzzle (Classroom)
  • Modeling Natural Selection with Tools
  • Text with Notes Lesson 24 Sections 4 and 5: highlight and turn in
  • Lesson 24 Vocabulary Notes 6 terms and 2 questions (Google Slides)
Homework: Complete Lesson 24 Vocab notes and turn in.

Tuesday, February 16, 2021

February 16 and 17, 2021

  • Fossils and the History of Life Assessment 1 pager 
    • Divide paper into 6 boxes 
      • First box Name, Per, Fossils and the History of Life
      • Top left of all other boxes number 1-5, corresponding to the Text Sections
      • Each box has at least 1 labeled illustration and at least 1 sentences in your own words summarizing the section 
      • Must use color or shading
      • Rubric on Google Classroom
Homework: Complete 1 pager

Thursday, February 11, 2021

February 11 and 12, 2021

  • Reading: TCI Lesson 23 Section 5
  • Did Dinosaurs Really go Extinct? (Edpuzzle through GC)
  • Science Notebook Slide 13 - complete using TCI Section 5
  • Whale videos
  • Science Notebook Slide 14 - whale pictures
  • CAST Practice
Homework: Turn in Lesson 23 (Fossils and the History of Life) Notebook

Tuesday, February 9, 2021

February 9 and 10, 2021

Homework: Edpuzzle through Google Classroom

Wednesday, February 3, 2021

February 3 and 4, 2021

Homework: Dress up a T-rex - submit screenshot
    Work on missing work

Monday, February 1, 2021

February 1 and 2, 2021

  •  Smithsonian Natural History Museum: Ocean Hall Virtual Tour
  • Lesson 23 Notebook
    • Slide 1: add name, period, background
    • Slide 3: Vocab from TCI
    • Slide 4: Body vs. Trace fossils
    • Slide 5: Steps of fossilization
    • Slider 6: Steps of fossilization images
  • CAST Practice: Practice questions on binder paper.  Paper will eventually be turned in, so keep it safe.
Homework: Read TCI Lesson 23, Section 2 and highlight

Thursday, January 28, 2021

January 28 and 29, 2021

  • New Lesson 23: Fossils and the History of Life
  • Teacher slides: Fossils
  • Assignment: Analyzing Skeletons
Homework: Read TCI Lesson 23, Section 1.  Turn in highlights.

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

January 26 and 27, 2021

  • Lesson 22 Lesson Game
  • Kahoot review
  • Quiz: Lesson 22 Quiz
    • When finished work on missing work
Homework: Missing work or get ahead in another subject

Friday, January 22, 2021

January 22 and 25, 2021

  • Review Geologic Time Scale
    • Example: your school life time scale
    • Practice reading the Geologic Time Scale
  • Earth History Science Notebook review
  • Kahoot
  • Rock Puzzle practice
Homework: Quiz next class.  Study for quiz and complete missing work.
Take 6th Sunset Photo this weekend

Wednesday, January 20, 2021

January 20 and 21, 2021

  •  Work on Geologic Time Scale Research Project
Homework:  Take next Sunset Photo this weekend
                Complete Geologic Time Scale Research Project

Friday, January 15, 2021

January 15 and 19, 2021

Homework: One slide or one third of the research project should be done

Wednesday, January 13, 2021

January 13 and 14, 2021

Homework: Read Lesson 22 Section 6 + highlight
                    Turn in highlights of Sections 5 + 6

Monday, January 11, 2021

January 11 and 12, 2021

Homework:
Lesson 22 Section 4 reading/highlighting

Thursday, January 7, 2021

January 7 and 8, 2021

  • Review homework
  • TCI Text with Notes Lesson 22 Section 2 + Highlights
  • Earth History Notebook Slide 5-9
  • TCI Slides: Index Fossils
  • Notebook slide 10
Homework:
Read Text with Notes - Lesson 22 Section 3
Submit highlights for section 2 and 3

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

January 5 and 6, 2021

  • Science News Review
  • Intro to new unit: Earth's History
  • Video: Layers of the Grand Canyon
  • Start Earth's History notebook
    • Personalize Title Slide
    • Vocab slide
    • Read Lesson 22 Section 1, Check for understanding
    • Complete slide 4
Homework:  On Google Classroom.  Look at the provided picture and answer the questions.