Mrs. Bulloch's Physical Science Class: How Have You Been Changed

Mrs. Bulloch's Physical Science Class: How Have You Been Changed:                  How have I been changed? Being an eighth grade student at Gardner Newman comes with major responsibilities but there is ne...

How Have You Been Changed

                How have I been changed? Being an eighth grade student at Gardner Newman comes with major responsibilities but there is never a doubt that you are loved by your teachers. I have learned many things this year from everyone around me. All of the administrators including the teachers have high expectations. 

   The expectations and responsibilities are simple, be prepared for class, be respectful, and be ready to learn because they will teach you. My favorite thing that we have done in science this year was tye dye. We did this when we were learning about waves. Everybody got to be creative and add their own style while learning. 

  Next year we will go to high school. While being nervous about starting at a new school I am very excited. I am ready to be in a larger environment, participate in high school sports, and be involved in clubs and activities. This year I have found one of my best friends. I have made many memories that I will remember for a lifetime.         

      

     

Mrs. Bulloch's Physical Science Class: Mrs. Bulloch's Physical Science Class: Teachers ma...

Mrs. Bulloch's Physical Science Class: Mrs. Bulloch's Physical Science Class: Teachers ma...: Mrs. Bulloch's Physical Science Class: Teachers may not always be the best when it comes ... : Teachers may not always be the best when ...

Mentos Lab

 This is Mrs. Bulloch's student speaking. We did a good ole coke and mentos lab on Friday. We had seven different types of sodas. My fellow classmate held three yardsticks taped together. We had Diet Coke, Sprite, cherry Dr. Pepper, Dr. Pepper, Pepsi, and Fanta. Surprisingly, Sprite went the highest at 18 feet. The whole experience brought back memories of science class in elementary school. It was a blast. Don't forget the scientific part though. Every time the mentos drops, a chemical change occurs. Clues of chemical changes are bubbles and fizzing. A chemical change can not be turned back to it's original form. This is Mrs. Bulloch's student, signing off.

Mrs. Bulloch's Physical Science Class: Teachers may not always be the best when it comes ...

Mrs. Bulloch's Physical Science Class: Teachers may not always be the best when it comes ...: Teachers may not always be the best when it comes to reviewing, but for my Physical Science class, it's a different story. We spend the ...

Teachers may not always be the best when it comes to reviewing, but for my Physical Science class, it's a different story. We spend the days or weeks before a major test to review as much as we need. For example, the past two weeks before the Georgia Milestones, we have been reviewing all of the information we have learned throughout the year.

We started reviewing by doing a project based on what we needed the most help on using GoAnimate. GoAnimate let us create cartoon videos by showing us different characters, voices, movements, etc. All we had to do for the most part was type in the dialogue. If may not have been everyone's favorite thing, but when we all presented our videos, we had a good time while taking in the year's information. Some videos were funny, some mainly informative. The voices could sound strange at times. One group even made their video using presidential candidates and political jokes, while still presenting their information. It was a unique and useful way to review.

The next week we got packets to work on with various questions that stretched across the whole year.  We didn't have to do all of it, mostly just what you needed.  It was a good refresher for things that some people probably had forgotten over time. It definitely helped me remember topics that were a little bit challenging before that I had chosen to forget about. It wasn't as different, but it still helped.

We all hate reviewing for the biggest tests of the year, but it is something we have to do so that we do well and pass on to the next grade. Reviewing helps us show all that we've got. Some teachers are better at helping us review, and I know that my Physical Science teacher is one of them.

Tie Dye Party!

Hi my name is Bethany! I'm an eighth grade student in Mrs. Bulloch's third block, and recently the whole eight grade had a tie dye party. In class we've been learning about light waves and their properties. We learned that every color is just a different light wave and every wave has it's own wave length. We also  studied the color wheel and how the colors mix together. The properties we studied were amplitude, wavelength, crest, trough, rarefaction, and compression, along with the primary and secondary colors. To cap off the subject we all took t-shirts, socks, shorts, or really any kind of clothing that was 100% cotton, and went to work! First, we dipped our clothing in Borax water and wrung it out so that the dye would be easily absorbed(very important step!!!). Next, we tied our clothes off to get whatever pattern we desired. After that we smothered our clothes in dye! I was dying Mrs. Bulloch's son's shirt as well as my own, and after I finished mine I started his. However it became a funny situation because I forgot to dip it in Borax water so I used my hands to push the dye into the cotton... my hands were PURPLE for a week! So trust me if you ever tie dye- always dip your shirt or use gloves. In the end everyone's shirts were very unique. Some ended up better than others but the following Tuesday everyone was decked out in every color imaginable. This was definitely my favorite project of the year!