8th Grade Life Science Labs

1st Semester

1. Mirror Writing/Mnemonics: Memory Helpers

2. Eye Exam/ Diagram of the eye

3. Exploring Lenses/Light through a lens

4. Using the Angle Finder for Field of Vision/Field of Vision Angles

5. Color Box Analysis/Blind Spot Challenges

6. What's in a letterhead/ Letterhead Layout Sheet

7. EEG Color Map

8. Making and Using The Reaction Timer/ Response Sheet: Sending a Message

2nd Semester

9. What is Life?/ Five Materials Observation

10. Is Anything Alive in Here?/ Life in Different Environments

11. Living or Non living/ Microscope Care and Use

12. Microscope Images/Field of View and Magnification

13.Brine Shrimp Alive / Focal Plane

14. Looking at Elodea/Paramecia

15. Feeding Time/ Response Sheet- Microscopic Life

16. Amoebae/ Euglenas

17. Flagellates/ Mini Pond Safari

18.  Testing/Observing Bacteria

19. One Million Dots/ Exponential Growth of Bacteria

20. Shapes of Bacteria

21. Testing/Observing Fungi

22. Cheek Investigation

3rd Semester

23. Diffusion/ Osmosis

24. Easter Egg Genetics

25. Seed Dissection/ Roots and Shoots

26.Milkweed Bug Observations/ Mini-ecosystem Needs

27. Milkweed Bug Changes

28. Aquatic Organisms Observations/ Terrestrial Organisms Observations

29. Ecosystem Card- Sort Results/ Analysis of Mono Lake Data

30. Larkey Genetics Mat/ Larkey Breeding Steps

31. Larkey Breeding Results/ Punnett Squares

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(25. Microscope Views of Roots/Stem and Leaf Observations (Celery Investigation Plan)

26. Flower Dissection

27. Response Sheet: Plant Reproduction/ Seed Hunt Card)

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29. Milkweed Bug Reproductive Potential/ Milkweed Bugs Limited

30. Milkweed Bugs Hatching Analysis

31. Walking Stick Predation/ Larkey Breeding Record

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