8th Grade Science Bell Ringers
Author: LaSina M. Jackson
Process Skills
Graphs For All
1. The enrollment department at Texas Christian
University wishes to show what percentage of
students are freshman, sophomores, juniors, and
seniors. What type of graph should they use?
2. A student wants to compare her GPA for each
semester she was enrolled as an art major at Dallas
Baptist University. What type of graph should she
use?
3. A basketball player from the University of Texas at
Arlington’s basketball team wants to see his trend of
3-point shots made over the last five games. What
type of graph should he use?
Author: LaSina M. Jackson
Matter and Energy
Name That Element
The science lab at Southern Methodist University needs
help
identifying atoms. Use a periodic table to decide which
elements are pictured below.
1.
P=4
N=5
2.
P = 10
N = 10
3.
P=1
N=0
4. Now place the previous elements in order by
increasing reactivity.
Author: LaSina M. Jackson
Earth and Space
And Then What…
Students from astronomy classes from Mountain
View College are trying to predict the moon
phases that will occur. Help them by naming the
moon phase that would occur after the
following.
1.
2.
3.
Author: LaSina M. Jackson
Force, Motion, and Energy
Newton’s Laws Are Everywhere
• A professor at Brookhaven College took physics students to an amusement
park to demonstrate some science concepts. They were able to find
examples of all 3 of Newton’s Laws of Motion while riding a roller coaster.
Fill in the picture below with the law that explains that part of the ride.
2. Safety harnesses
are used to keep
people in the car.
Author: LaSina M. Jackson
1. When the car
goes down the hill,
gravity causes it to
go faster.
3. The ramp has lots
of support beams
which can hold the
weight of the car on
the track.
Organisms and Environment
The Food Chain Gang
The ecology students at the University of North Texas went to
observe organisms in their natural habitat. They observed the
relationship shown below. Which statement is most likely true
about the relationship shown?
Frog 
Snake  Hawk
A.
If the frog population increases, the hawk population will
decrease.
B. If the snake population decreases, the frog population will
increase.
C. If the frog population decreases, the snake population will
increase.
D. If the hawk population decreases, the snake population will
decrease.
Author: LaSina M. Jackson