States of Matter - Phet
Endangered Animal Project - Ms. Allan
The IUCN Red List - You must search for your animal.
Animal Diversity Web - from the University of Michigan
Sea World Animal Info - In depth information about a variety of animals
World Wildlife Fund - Wildlife advocacy group
ARKive - Lots of photos and videos!
Kids Planet Especies Fact Sheets
Science Articles
Tap Water is Better than Bottled Water for Nature and People
Click HERE for the quiz.
Sea World, Critics debate if park tanks or sea pens are best for orcas
Natural Selection Glogs - Mr. Johnson
Context: All life has developed different ways to survive in their environment. How does this happen?
Task : Research Natural Selection and create a Glog to demonstrate your learning.
Requirements for the Glog:
Use words , pictures , and links to explain the following terms:
1. Define Natural Selection - What is it?
2. Define Traits - What are they?
3. Who is Charles Darwin ? What is his connection to Natural Selection?
4. Define the 4 phases of the Natural Selection Process :
- Overproduction
- Inherited Variations
- Struggle to Survive
- Successful Reproduction
5. Define Adaption - What is it?
6. Define Species - What is it?
Click HERE to get to Glogster. The code you need in order to sign up is: 923AA9
Start your research HERE .
Animal Adaptation Game
Mrs. Hanson
"Getting smartphones to create 3-D indoor maps on the go" Article - Click
HERE
Smartphones Questions - Click
HERE
8th Grade
Food Dye and Hyperactivity Article - Click HERE
Food Dye Quiz - Click HERE
States of Matter
Build an Atom
Build an Atom
Resources for Mr. Johnson's Science 7 Glogster Project
Genotype and Phenotype - click
HERE .
Gregor Mendel - click HERE
Heredity Tour - click HERE
Heterozygous and Homozygous - click HERE
Heredity Games (Passing of traits) - click HERE
Punnett Square Game - click HERE
Density
Geologic Time Scale Research Project - Mrs. Nowak
Purpose :
To understand that the development and evolution of the earth as it is
today was a process that took hundreds of millions of years and many
different steps
Task : You will
research all four major eras and fill out the Geologic Time Scale
Research Matrix. You will then be using your notes to complete a class
project. The notes are due on Monday after your time in the Apollo lab.
Remember that all of the links below are available to you at home, too.
- Precambrian
- Paleozoic
- Mesozoic
- Cenozoic
Resources
All Eras:
1. Earth's Timeline - site by MSNBC
2. Tour Through Time - interactive site by Fields Museum
3. Earth Floor - educational site about Geologic Time.
4. Geologic Time Chart - site by Britannica Kids
5. Geologic Timeline - site by San Diego Natural History Museum
6. Geologic Timeline - site by Enchanted Learning
7. Plant Evolution Timeline - site by a Plant Scientist from Australia
8. Plant Timeline - site by Britannica
9. Britannica School Online - login = rutter, password = rutter
10. Mass Extinctions - site by BBC
11. Geologic Time Scale Song
End of the Era:
12. Causes of the Permian Extinction - website about the end of the Paleozoic Era
13. End of the Precambrian Eon - website by National Geographic
14. End of the Paleozoic Era - website by University of California Museum of Paleontology
Video Links for Ms. Walker's 1st Period
How does the heart work?
How does the immune system work?
