1.  Which part of the body is most vulnerable to injury in science class?

2.  What do you need to do to protect your answer from #1?

3.  Where should broken glass go?

4.  How should a SMALL chemical spill be handled?

5.  How should a larger chemical spill be handled?

1.  What is the proper way to enter warmups in your notebook?

2.  What two subjects will we study this year?

3.  What is the most important concern in class this year?

4.  Why?

5.  How often will you change lab partners?

Welcome back to everyone!  I must confess that I'm not quite ready -- mostly because I haven't had enough time to get the new room settled in my head.  Still, we should have a great year together.

We will begin the year with Physics, and then about February, we will begin Chemistry.  These topics are a lot of fun, but they do entail some abstract material that some students will find more difficult.  Stick with it; please let me know when things are hard.  The labs should be fun and you will remember some of them for years.

There will be more data on NJHS and Yearbook later.

Please note your first HW assignment, due September 4.  You and your parents must download and sign the Science Safety Agreement and the Class Policies.  Please let me know if you can't access the forms.  They are in pdf form on my web blog.

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Don't forget the test on Monday. 

You should have 26 warmups, if my count is correct.  I will grade you on 25.

1.  How many variables should be tested at one time in an experiment?

2.  What are the two major types of weather fronts?

3.  How are winds named? (Direction)

4.  What are the three kinds of rocks?

5.  Briefly describe the rock cycle.

Reminder:  All books are due back.  If you have a book checked out to you after Friday I won't release your yearbook to you!!  Or you may not get your report card.

1.  Which two systems control the body?

2.  What are characteristics of animals?

3.  How are primary and secondary succession different?

4.  What is the penalty for horseplay or eating/drinking during a lab?

1.  Main organ of the nervous system.

2.  What do you do with broken glass?

3.  Why are most of the forests in the mountains dying?

4.  What are rocks made of?

Reminders:  Warmups will be checked on Monday!  I can collect them on Friday if you're done with them.

Exam next Monday.  You pick the three systems that you want.

Reminder:  Behavior of a violent or agressive nature will be sent home or given in school suspensions.  PLEASE WATCH YOUR BEHAVIOR!!  BE CIVILIZED AND KIND TO OTHERS!!  SHUT YOUR MOUTHS AND LISTEN TO YOUR TEACHERS AND TO OTHERS!!!

1.  Main purpose of the circulatory system.

2.  Main purpose of the respiratory system.

3.  Waste produced by cells.

4.  Name of system that gets rid of waste.

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1.  What is relative humidity?

2.  Name some types of clouds.

3.  Why is there more energy at the equator than at the poles?

4.  What happens to air as it cools?

Reminders:
Yearbook party after school today.
NJHS party after school on Tuesday.

1.  All cells have this to control what goes in and out.

2.  Only some cells have this supporting structure.

3.  This type of rock forms from cooling magma.

4.  Large crystal sizes indicate _____________ cooling times.

Reminder:  Test corrections are due tomorrow.