Dr. Gayden's Science Zone

Earth and Space students: click the link below to find the Discovery site where this lab is located. Be sure to read carefully as you complete the activity.

Sign in with your name. You must use your first name and last name with a space between them.

http://assignments.discoveryeducation.com/?cdPasscode=TA299-49AF

If you are reviewing mixtures and solutions, click the link below. Then, enter your name.

All Mixed Up
http://assignments.discoveryeducation.com/?cdPasscode=T6BF2-462B

If you are reviewing the states of matter, click the link below. Then, enter your name.

Changes of States
http://assignments.discoveryeducation.com/?cdPasscode=T2D26-4E39

If you are reviewing chemical reactions, click the link below. Then, enter your name.

Fizz, Foam, and Flames
http://assignments.discoveryeducation.com/?cdPasscode=TD081-430A

Eighth Graders: Once you complete Activity A from the GIZMO Phase Changes, complete the Glencoe lab below:

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/E03/E03.html

Earth And Space Honors Students: Once you complete Activity C from the GIZMO Weather Maps, complete the EdHead activity below. Be sure to do all three levels on both activities.

http://www.edheads.org/activities/weather

8th Grade students, click the links below to access the virtual activities on mixtures and solutions.

Mixtures
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/mixture/mixture.html

Solutions
http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/sugar-and-salt-solutions

All 8th Grade Science Students, click the link below to access the Discovery Education activity on acids and bases:

http://assignments.discoveryeducation.com/?cdPasscode=TF4DB-4B0A

Earth and Space Students, click the link below to access the Discovery Education activity on the atmosphere:

http://assignments.discoveryeducation.com/?cdPasscode=T564F-4DA4

Students, explore the GIZMO for a few minutes. Then, click the link below to complete the lab.

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/E20/E20.html

EIghth Graders:

Click the link below to access the Periodic Table Lab.

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/E19/E19.html

Earth and Space students:

Click the link below to access the carbon cycle lab. Once you click the link, click the blue link (Carbon Lab). Once on THIS page, click the open simulator at the top of the page.

http://www.learner.org/courses/envsci/interactives

Click the link below to access the lab. Be sure to complete all the portions prior to beginning the lab (Description and Lab Assignment).

http://uccpbank.k12hsn.org/courses/APEnvironmentalScience/course%20files/assignments/chapter1lab.html#

Eighth Graders:

Click the links below to complete the Matter Webquest:

Hard Centimeters
http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/meas.cgi?A1=s&A2=1&A3=2

Task #1
http://www.quia.com/custom/2202gate.html

Task #2
http://www.vtaide.com/png/matter.htm

Task #3
http://www.chem4kids.com/files/matter_states.html

Task #4
http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/sci/A0859535.html

Task #5
http://www.chem.purdue.edu/gchelp/atoms/states.html

Task #6
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/states_of_matter/index.html

Task #7
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/hotplate/index.html

Task #8
http://nobel.scas.bcit.ca/chem0010/unit2/2.3_changes.htm#

Task # 9
http://www.quia.com/quiz/303980.html

8th graders:

Click the link below to access the acitvity.

http://vital.cs.ohiou.edu/steamwebsite/downloads/ChangeLab.swf

Earth Space students, click the link below to learn about elements.

http://assignments.discoveryeducation.com/?cdPasscode=T51E3-4703

Eighth graders:

Click the link below to find out your weigh on different planets!

http://www.solarviews.com/eng/edu/weight.htm

Click the link below to access the Glencoe Activity on Punnett Squares

http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/dl/free/0078695104/383934/BL_05.html

Click the link below to help the Melonheads match their baby.

http://www.nature.ca/genome/04/041/0414_e.cfm

Finally, mix those genes to see what types of babies you'd create. Click the link below and then click the play button for Mix those genes.

http://www.nature.ca/genome/04/041/041_e.cfm

Seventh Graders:

Click the link below to mutate your name.

http://www.nature.ca/genome/04/0413_e.cfm

Click the link below to determine the correct clone for the cat.

http://www.nature.ca/genome/04/041/0415_e.cfm

Click the link below to help the Melonheads match their baby.

http://www.nature.ca/genome/04/041/0414_e.cfm

Finally, mix those genes to see what types of babies you'd create. Click the link below and then click the play button for Mix those genes.

http://www.nature.ca/genome/04/041/041_e.cfm

Visit the sites below to learn more about how we can help preserve our earth!

http://www.epa.gov/recyclecity/mainmap.htm

http://www.ringleader.com/quest/intro.html

http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/RecycleRex/Activities/CanIt.swf

http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/Vermi/Game/default.html

http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/education/kids/games/bingame2/index.html

http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/education/kids/space/landing.htm

http://www.epa.gov/watersense/quiz/game_kids.html

http://www.loseyourexcuse.gov/index.html#/energyhouse

Sixth Graders: Find the right amount of thrust and angle to cause gravity to launch the space ship a round the Earth to reach its goal. Click the link below to access.

http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/interactives/gravity.html

Check the links below for your grade and activity...

Sixth Graders use the following link to learn more about converting energy....
http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/energy-skate-park

Seventh Graders use the following link to learn more about rocks.
http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/ES04/ES04.html

Eighth Graders use the following link to learn more about plate tectonics.
http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078778115/student_view0/unit3/chapter7/virtual_lab.html

Click the links below to learn about Newton's Laws of Motion

First Law of Motion
http://www.wisc-online.com/Objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=tp1202

Second Law of Motion
http://www.ic.arizona.edu/~nats101/n2.html

Third Law of Motion
http://www.chumby.com/guide/widget/Newton%27s%20Cradle

Click the link below to learn about Plate Tectonics

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/21c/earth_and_space/continentaldriftact.shtml

Click the link below to access the virtual lab. Be sure to record your data in table form. Also, use complete sentences to answer the questions from the journal.

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/E06/E06.html

Click the link below to begin the Rock Cycle activity. Click start. Be sure to take notes and draw the cycle after you play each animation! Take the quiz, also and report your score to Dr. Gayden

http://www.phschool.com/webcodes10/index.cfm?wcprefix=cfp&wcsuffix=1056&fuseaction=home.gotoWebCode&x=16&y=15

Click the sites below to review reflection and refraction. Then, take the online quiz.

http://library.thinkquest.org/28160/english/index.html

Click the links below to test your reaction time.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/sleep/sheep/reaction_version5.swf

http://getyourwebsitehere.com/jswb/rttest01.html

http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/interactives/zap.html

http://mindbluff.com/reaction.htm

Click the link below to access the site to learn more about light and color.

http://www.opticalres.com/optics_for_kids/kidoptx_p1.html

Click the link below to make graphs.

http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/

Eighth graders, click the link below to access the virtual lab on the periodic table:

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/E19/E19.html

Click the link below to find the virtual lab waves on a string

http://phet.colorado.edu/sims/wave-on-a-string/wave-on-a-string_en.html

Sixth Graders, click the link below to access a weather activity.

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/ES15/ES15.html

Use the link below to access the lab:

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/E20/E20.html

Click the link below to access the virtual lab.

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/CT05/CT05.html

Eighth Graders, use the sites below to learn about atomic structure.

First, read the information from the link below.
http://education.jlab.org/atomtour/

Then, practice the math of the atom at the link below. Choose 20 questions, all particlese EXCEPT nucleons, and round off the atomic weight. If you get the answer wrong...READ AND FIND OUT WHY BEFORE GOING TO THE NEXT QUESTION!!!!!!!

http://education.jlab.org/elementmath/index.html

Seventh Graders, learn about waves here!

If you prefer to read, visit the link below.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/aqa/radiation/anintroductiontowavesrev1.shtml

If you'd rather watch the video, visit the link below.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/aqa/radiation/anintroductiontowavesact.shtml

Seventh Graders: If you need to review the information on potential and kinetic energy, click the link below:

http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/wcee/keep/Mod1/Whatis/energyforms.htm

Now, take the quiz and report your score to Dr. Gayden

http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078693896/student_view0/unit2/chapter6/section1/section_review_quiz.html

Sixth Graders, click the links below to access your work....
Do now/bell ringer:

http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/investigations/es0103/es0103page02.cfm?chapter_no=investigation

1. Looking at the image, what are the major parts of our planet that can interact as a system?

If you need to review Heat and Heat Energy, see the two links below!!!!!
If directed to do so, click the link below and review the information. Then, take the quiz and report your score to Dr. Gayden

Review the information.
http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=ELE706

Then, take the quiz. Let Dr. Gayden know your percentage score

http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/007877828x/student_view0/chapter1/chapter_review_quizzes-eng_.html

Now, review the atmosphere at the link below

http://www.scribd.com/doc/7768327/Atmosphere-Layers

Take the quiz at the link below:

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=layers--atmosphere_1

Click the link below to explore energy transformations.

http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/dl/free/007869387x/280092/E04.html

Eighth graders, click the link below to find your mass on other heavenly bodies.

http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/weight/

Now, click the following links to practice some density problems. Work as a team!

http://www.algebralab.com/practice/practice.aspx?file=Word_Density.xml

http://www.edinformatics.com/math_science/mvd_quiz.htm

Seventh graders, click below to explore the Conservation of Energy at the Skate Park

You will have to wait until the Java applelet loads. Click run now and waits until the activity loads.

http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/energy-skate-park

Now, click the link below to explore the Pendulum activity

http://phet.colorado.edu/sims/pendulum-lab/pendulum-lab_en.html

Sixth Graders....Click the link below to access the activity.

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/ES14/ES14.html

Seventh Graders...Click the link below to access the activity.

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/E03/E03.html

Play Dunk-A-Duck, but make sure the level is hard!

http://www.wordduck.com/hangman.php?user_id=1700

First, learn about cell structure by clicking the link below. Do both the plant and animal cell, and be sure to view EACH organelle.

http://www.cellsalive.com/cells/cell_model.htm

Next, go through the virtual cell and try to label all the cell parts.

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/E08/E08.html

Finally, read about classification at the link below.

http://www.kidsbiology.com/biology_basics/classification/classification1.php

Then, complete the lab sheet from the following virtual lab link. Be sure to do two from each kingdom.

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/E07/E07.html

Click the link below to do the lab.

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/E09/E09.html

If you have time, try out the following link to learn more about passing on genes to offspring!

http://www2.edc.org/weblabs/BabyBoom/babyBoom.html

Learn about the ecosystem at ylearn.

Access codes are: SCG134 SCG235 Gayden-cycles

http://www.ylearn.co.uk

Now, try these sites....

http://www.tgfl.org.uk/tgfl/custom/resources_ftp/netmedia_ll/ks1/science/hamshall/food_chains/index.htm

http://www.gould.edu.au/foodwebs/africa.htm

Finally, complete the lab sheet

http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/007869387x/student_view0/unit3/chapter7/virtual_labs.html

Click the link to begin the lab.

Click the link to do a virtual pig dissection.

http://www.whitman.edu/biology/vpd/main.html

First, let's learn about homeostasis in humans. Click the site, use your username and password, and launch the GIZMO Human Homeostasis. Be sure to complete the handout AND take the five question assessment at the end.

http://www.explorelearning.com/

Now, here's a demo to the lab we will be doing on the frog. Go though each point. Pay attention, because we will dissect the frog today. Click demo and then begin!

http://dissect.froguts.com/welcome.html

What time is it? It's anatomy time? First, let's learn some biology via virtual dissections. Click the links below to virtually dissect each animal.

Clam
http://biog-101-104.bio.cornell.edu/bioG101_104/tutorials/animals/clam.html

Crayfish
http://biog-101-104.bio.cornell.edu/bioG101_104/tutorials/animals/crayfish.html

Earthworm - pay attention to this one, you're doing it in real life!
http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/genbio/virtual_labs/BL_14/BL_14.html

Grasshopper - you MAY be doing this one!
http://wwwbio200.nsm.buffalo.edu/labs/tutor/Grasshopper/

Fish
http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/00548/DissectionGame.html

Click the site below and then visit What is a Fossil and all its pages.

http://www.oum.ox.ac.uk/thezone/fossils/index.htm

Return to the site and visit all the pages for The History of Life.

Then, do a virtual dig for practice. Do all three digs.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/seamonsters/virtualdig/index.html

Finally, do the lab activity at the link below. Be sure to complete the table and the entire handout.
http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/genbio/virtual_labs/BL_17/BL_17.html

Click the link below to do the mineral activity.

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com:8100/legacy/college/keller/0471704113/animation/mineralogy/mineralogy.htm

Click the link below to find the lab activity for erosion.

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/ES08/ES08.html

Click the link below for an activity on erosion.

http://www.kineticcity.com/mindgames/warper/

Now, do the weathering activity and complete the handout.

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/E06/E06.html

Click the links below to find the Glencoe activities for today.

Forms of Energy

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/E04/E04.html

Newton's Second Law of Motiion

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/E25/E25.html

Distance, Speed, and Time

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/E12/E12.html

Click the link to get to the virtual lab.

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/E01/E01.html

Click the link below to access the page for the virtual activity. Then scroll down and click the link How Does YOur Garden Grow Virtual Lab (Flash). Be sure to read and complete the handout as you do the activity.

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/sciencefaircentral/Science-Fair-Projects/Practice-Investigation-with-Virtual-Labs.html

Click on the link below to find the link to the virtual lab.

http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/007877800x/student_view0/unit2/chapter11/virtual_lab.html

Complete the lab handout.

Use the link below to access the virtual lab activity for Lab 14: How are living things classified into groups?

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/E07/E07.html

Want to watch the videos on HIV/AIDS again?

To see The Monster, click the link below.
http://www.scenariosusa.org/watchfilms/films/2006/08/the_monster.html

To see Nightmare on AIDS Street, click the link below.
http://www.scenariosusa.org/watchfilms/films/2006/08/nightmare_on_aids_street.html

Visit the link below to complete Lab 13.

http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/007877814x/student_view0/chapter1/virtual_lab.html

Play Cellular Pursuit with your team! Player with the highest score win!

Click the link below. Then click the link that says Cellular Pursuit. Read the directions.

http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078759864/student_view0/unit2/chapter7/virtual_labs.html#

Learn about human impact on the environment!

How can we conserve water? http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/ES20/ES20.html

How much land space can be saved each year by recycling? http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/ES19/ES19.html

If you were absent today, and need to make up Lab 12: pH, please read the following:

First, visit this link to print out the handouts: http://www.fifeschools.com/cjh/staff/pmoseley/documents/alienjuicebar.pdf

Next, visit the site to perform the activity, being sure to use pencil to complete the handouts:
http://scienceview.berkeley.edu/showcase/flash/juicebar.html

Be sure to print your name on the handout prior to turning it in.

Learn about the cycles in nature:

Water Cycle - http://education.jlab.org/reading/water_cycle.html

Carbon Cycle - http://www.windows.ucar.edu/earth/climate/carbon_cycle.html

NItrogen Cycle - http://www.classzone.com/books/ml_science_share/vis_sim/em05_pg20_nitrogen/em05_pg20_nitrogen.html

Be sure to have drawings and definitions in your notes!

Well, we're coming down to the wire, now! This is the LAST Saturday tutoring session before FCAT. Remember, the science FCAT is on Tuesday, March 16. Make sure you watch all the BrainPops from the list I gave you last Saturday. Also, go through all the sections again from the Saturday posts. Today, let's play some vocabulary games! Visit the sites below to refresh your memory on science vocabulary.

Try Hangman
http://www.wordduck.com/hangman.php?user_id=1700

Same words, but in word search form
http://www.wordduck.com/wordsearch.php?user_id=1700

Vocabulary from fossils in the form of video game.
http://jellyfishfun.com/flash_games/dogonews_flash_games/rp_Dogonews_Game.html

Now, visit the YLearn site to review some concepts

http://ylearn.co.uk

Title----------------------------- Access Code
Rock Formation --------------------Gayden-rocks
Matter ---------------------------Gayden-matter
Balanced and Unbalanced Forces -------Forces-Gayden
Energy ---------------------------Gayden-energy
Atoms---------------------------Gayden-atom
Ecosystems------------------------SCG235
The Individual and the Population-------Gayden-Population
Energy Flow and Circulation of Matter----Geyden-energyflow
Effect of Human Activiy on Ecosystems---Gayden-ecosystems
Organisms and Populations------------SCG134

Learn well and prosper!

Play word search to familiarize yourself with the vocabulary for the week!

http://www.wordduck.com/wordsearch.php?user_id=1700

Want to get in some FCAT practice? Try the link below to take an FCAT test.

http://fcat.fldoe.org/pdf/releasepdf/07/FL07_G8S_TB_Rel_WT_C001.pdf

Now, check your answers!

http://fcat.fldoe.org/pdf/releasepdf/07/FL07_G8S_AK_Rel_WT_C001.pdf

Try the activity below to gain understanding about the phases of the moon.

Phases of the Moon: http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/007869387x/student_view0/unit7/chapter22/fcat_practice.html

Now, answer these questions. Aim at getting 80% or higher!

The Moon, Planets, and Star: http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/007869387x/student_view0/unit7/chapter21/fcat_practice.html

Exploring Space: http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/007869387x/student_view0/unit7/chapter22/fcat_practice.html

Earth's Place In Space: http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078693896/student_view0/unit3/chapter10/fcat_practice.html

The Solar System: http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078693918/student_view0/unit4/chapter11/fcat_practice.html

Stars and Galaxies: http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078693918/student_view0/unit4/chapter12/fcat_practice.html

Lab 10 on Half-Life of Radioactive Substances can be found by clicking the link blow.

http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078617650/student_view0/chapter1/virtual_lab.html

Use the link below to practice vocabulary for strands SC.D..3.4 and SC.E.1.3.1.

Play my 'Factory Polluter' Game!

This week, the topic is processes that shape the earth. Click the links below to learn more.

Try the virtual erosion lab below:
http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/ES08/ES08.html

Then, check to see what you know about processes that shape the earth.

Weathering and Soil: http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/007869387x/student_view0/unit4/chapter11/fcat_practice.html
Water Erosion and Deposition: http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/007869387x/student_view0/unit4/chapter12/fcat_practice.html
Plate Tectonics: http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/007869387x/student_view0/unit4/chapter13/fcat_practice.html

Rocks and Minerals: http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078693896/student_view0/unit3/chapter8/fcat_practice.html
Clues' To Earth's Past: http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078693896/student_view0/unit3/chapter9/fcat_practice.html

Forces Shaping the Earth: http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078693918/student_view0/unit1/chapter2/fcat_practice.html
Weathering and Erosion: http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078693918/student_view0/unit1/chapter3/fcat_practice.html

Try learning more about weathering of earth materials. Go through each scene in the virtual lab. Try identifying the mechanical and chemical weathering events in each scene.

http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078778026/student_view0/unit2/chapter7/virtual_lab.html

Use the link below to learn more about identifying rocks by their properties.
http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/ES04/ES04.html

Learn about balanced and unbalanced forces at the following sites:

http://www.ylearn.co.uk/student.php/assignments/login_frame
Access code is Forces-Gayden

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/physical_processes/forces_action/play.shtml

Click the links below to find other activities on rocks:

http://vital.cs.ohiou.edu/taterman.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/materials/rocks_soils/read1.shtml

http://www.amnh.org/education/resources/card_frame.php?rid=267&rurlid=144

Try the activities below to learn about force and motion.

http://puzzling.caret.cam.ac.uk/pregame.php?game=13&PHPSESSID=65f1b591e2a1548e0f52d556373966ce

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/E25/E25.html

Now, see how many questions you can get right!

Motion, Force, and Simple Machines
http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/007869387x/student_view0/unit6/chapter17/fcat_practice.html

Forces and Changes in Motion
http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078693896/student_view0/unit2/chapter4/fcat_practice.html

Work and Simple Machines
http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078693896/student_view0/unit2/chapter5/fcat_practice.html

Motion and Momentum
http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078693918/student_view0/unit3/chapter7/fcat_practice.html

Force and Newton's Laws
http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078693918/student_view0/unit3/chapter8/fcat_practice.html

Learn more about energy by clicking the links below.

Energy Virtual Labs:
How is Energy Converted From One Form To Another?
http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/E04/E04.html

What is the electromagnetic spectrum?
http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/CT05/CT05.html

Now, try to answer the FCAT type questions. Aim for 80% or higher!

Energy http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/007869387x/student_view0/unit6/chapter18/fcat_practice.html

Waves http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/007869387x/student_view0/unit6/chapter20/fcat_practice.html

Electromagnetic waves:
http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078693918/student_view0/unit3/chapter9/fcat_practice.html

Thermal energy - http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078693918/student_view0/unit3/chapter10/fcat_practice.html

Try the virtual lab at the link below to test what you've learned about minerals! Copy the table and try to identify the unknown minerals.

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/ES03/ES03.html

Ready to learn about Interactions of Matter? Click the links below to see what you know!

Chapter 4: The Periodic Table
http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078693918/student_view0/unit2/chapter4/chapter_review_quiz.html

Chapter 5: Atomic Structure and Chemical Bonds
http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078693918/student_view0/unit2/chapter5/chapter_review_quiz.html

Chapter 6: Atomic Structure and Chemical Bonds
http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078693918/student_view0/unit2/chapter6/fcat_practice.html
and
http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078693918/student_view0/unit2/chapter6/chapter_review_quiz.html

Want some more practice with elements? Join the Jefferson lab and review the atom and atomic structure.
http://education.jlab.org/elementmath/index.html

Today's lab will be on electromagnetic waves. Click the link below to visit the lab. Complete the lab handout. The handout can be found at http://drgcdms.blogspot.com and be sure to click the link for Thursday, 14 January, 2010.

Link to the Glencoe online lab:
http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/CT05/CT05.html

Use the link below to access the online lab seven: Work, Force, and Distance. You can find the handout for the lab at Dr. Gayden's Science Class (http://drgcdms.blogspot.com) listed under Wednesday, 13 January, 2010.

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/E13/E13.html

For Saturday school students:

Click the following links and answer all questions. Be sure to confirm your final scores with me!

http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078693918/student_view0/unit1/chapter1/section1/section_review_quiz.html

http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078693918/student_view0/unit1/chapter1/section2/section_review_quiz.html

http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078693918/student_view0/unit1/chapter1/section3/section_review_quiz.html

http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078693918/student_view0/unit1/chapter1/section4/section_review_quiz.html

http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078693918/student_view0/unit1/chapter1/chapter_review_quiz.html

http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078693918/student_view0/unit1/chapter1/fcat_practice.html

http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078693918/student_view0/unit1/chapter1/math_practice.html

Click the link below for an overview about waves.

http://seacoos.org/Community%20and%20Classroom/WavesClassroom/seacoos_wave_poster.pdf

Next, learn more and interact with the website below?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/edexcel/waves/anintroductiontowavesrev1.shtml

Today, in preparation of the District assessment next week, we will learn about simple and compound machines. Click the links below to learn about machines.

First, learn about the types of simple machines at the links below:

http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/WebLessons/SimpleMachines/machines004.htm

http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/InventorsToolbox.html

Now, test your knowledge at the links below.

http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/GadgetAnatomy.html

http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/

If you finish the simple machines, do the compound machines!

http://www.edheads.org/activities/odd_machine/

To access the make-up lab, click the link below. You will find all handouts on the Dr. Gayden's Science Class website:
http://drgcdms.blogspot.com listed under Friday, 4 December, 2009.

Be sure to complete the lab (data section) in pencil.

Link to lab:

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/E24/E24.html

Click the link for the site below to practice inferring the velocity of a moving object.

http://puzzling.caret.cam.ac.uk/game.php?game=13&age=1&PHPSESSID=65f1b591e2a1548e0f52d556373966ce

Click the link below to practice determining speed and distance of moving objects.

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/E12/E12.html

We will continue to learn about energy. Click the link below. Place your first name and the first name of your partner in the box marked your name. The access code is:
Gayden-energy.
Click start class assignment. Be sure to view each slide, slideshow, and screen. Do all the activities for each screen.

http://www.ylearn.co.uk/student.php/assignments/login_frame

Use the link below to learn about energy transformations. Be sure to copy the table and answer the journal questions.

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/E04/E04.html

Climate Project Instructions

Use the link below to find your data. Type in the location (city name). For Date, place October 28, 2008 and click submit. Once the page loads, click the monthly tab. Record your data IN PENCIL for:

Max Temperature Avg.

Dew Point Avg.

Precipitation Avg.

Remember, you must do Homestead, FL, but you may choose ANY ONE of the following cities as your city of comparison:

Kathmandu, Nepal
Okinawa, Japan
Monterrey, Mexico
Doha, Qatar
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Havana, Cuba
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Antofagasta, Chile
Asuncion, Paraguay
Maputo, Mozambique
Johannesburg, South Africa
San Miguel de Tucuman, Argentina
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Here's the link to Weather Underground:
http://www.wunderground.com/history/

Click the link below to learn more about the atom. While you can go through the entire presentation at your leisure, it is important that you do the section on radioactivity. In your notes, write about the discovery of radioactivity and the uses of radioactivity. You will find this information on slides 17-34. You don't need to do the math problems!

Click on the link below. Use the first names of BOTH people assigned to the computer in the box your name. For the access code, type in Gayden-atom. Click start class assignment and begin!

http://www.ylearn.co.uk/student.php/assignments/login_frame

Learn about atomic structure by doing the activity at the link below. Be sure to choose all available questions, tested on protons, neutrons, and protons.and round off he atomic weight.

Here is the linkhttp://education.jlab.org/elementmath/index.html

Use your knowledge (and our calculator) to learn about subatomic particles.

Click the links below to learn about the history of the atom.

http://library.thinkquest.org/28582/history/index.htm

http://www.cerritos.edu/ladkins/a106/A%20Brief%20History%20of%20the%20Atom.htm

Click the link below to find the Glencoe lab on physical and chemical change. Be sure to use the pages supplied on Dr. Gayden's Science Site Website (drgcdms.blogspot.com).

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/E03/E03.html

Learn about physical and chemical changes by visiting the links below:

Read about reversible and irreversible changes (and take notes) at the link below:

From your Reading Essentials Text:
Click the link below and then scroll down to pages 26-30 to complete the handout.
http://www.glencoe.com/sites/florida/student/science/assets/pdfs/s7flre2.pdf

Now, have fun learning about physical and chemical change!

http://steam.cs.ohiou.edu/~mleitch/ChangeLab.swf

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/materials/reversible_irreversible_changes/read1.shtml

Now, try your hand at identifying changes at the link below:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/materials/reversible_irreversible_changes/play.shtml

Want to learn more about pH? Try visiting the GEMS Alien Juice Bar. Take all three challenges to see what you know about pH, acids and bases!

http://sv.berkeley.edu/showcase/flash/juicebar.html

Below, you will find many links to help you plan and carry our your science fair project. Also, help is available after school on Thursdays.

Planning Your Project

http://www.elmers.com/sciencefair/projectplanning.aspx

http://www.hbwbiology.net/sciencefair/index.html

http://www.super-science-fair-projects.com/middle-school-science-fair-projects.html

Science Fair Ideas

http://www.all-science-fair-projects.com/category0.html

http://chemistry.about.com/od/sciencefairprojects/a/scipromiddle.htm

http://www.juliantrubin.com/topicprojects/interdisciplinarytopics.html

http://www.juliantrubin.com/sciencefairprojectsaz.html

http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/pages/sciencefairzone/topics.asp

http://www.cool-science-projects.com/science-fair-topic.html

http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas.shtml?From=Tab

http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/sciencefairs/intermed.html

Finished with your research for your scientist? Click the links below to learn about metals, acids and bases, and the pH scale.

Metals -click the link and scroll down to Metals.
http://lgfl.skoool.co.uk/keystage3.aspx?id=64

Properties of Acids and Alkalis - click the link below and scroll down to Acids and Alkalis.
http://lgfl.skoool.co.uk/keystage3.aspx?id=64

pH - click the link and scroll down to pH Scale.
http://lgfl.skoool.co.uk/keystage3.aspx?id=64

Remember to take notes!

If you were absent from class on both Monday and Tuesday, you need to do the make-up lab. Go to drgcdms.blogspot.com and download the handouts. Then use them to complete the activity at the link below. Be sure to fill in the table correctly. You must compose a title, problem question, and a hypothesis. Complete the data table in pencil, and then answer all conclusion questions. Turn the handouts in on Wednesday.

This is the link for the lab:
http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/BL01/BL01.html

Read the procedures on the left and follow them. Complete the data table. The only thing required is for you to find the mass and volume of 5 objects. Then, calculate the density of the objects, determine the name of each substance, and rank them, from least dense to most dense (question 3).

Now that you've got the scientific method down pact, try this lab by yourself. Complete the handout by clicking the link below to visit the lab.

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/E16/E16.html

As we continue to learn about the scientific process, visit the link on Glencoe to do the virtual lab.

First, write a hypothesis, using the if, then form.

Next, list your independent and dependent variables, your controls and constants.

Be sure to copy the table into your interactive notebook.

Access the lab at the link below:
http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/LS01/LS01.html

Copy and complete the data table.

Finally, write your conclusions.

Listen to the latest installment of your classmates reading the novel Julie Of The Wolves.

Use the links below to research information for the background of your project My Growth and Development.

Fertilization of the egg by sperm
http://www.scienceray.com/Biology/Human-Biology/How-Sperm-Meets-an-Egg-to-Fertilize-a-Fetus-in-the-Mothers-Womb.116244

http://www.howstuffworks.com/human-reproduction.htm

Growth of the baby in the uterus
http://www.ehow.com/about_4623051_baby-development-womb.html

http://www.biology-online.org/7/2_embryo.htm

http://www.visembryo.com/baby/

Birth of baby
http://www.webmd.com/baby/labor-delivery

http://www.biology-online.org/7/3_birth.htm

Genetics and Heredity
http://www.medhelp.org/medical-information/show/1217/Genetics

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/traits/tour_heredity.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/ocr_gateway/ourselves/7_who_am_i1.shtml

How Traits Are Inherited
http://www.bioweb.uncc.edu/1110Lab/notes/notes1/lab7.htm

http://science.howstuffworks.com/heredity-info.htm

Sex-linked Traits

http://www.animalgenome.org/edu/genetics/sexlim.html

http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/genbio/virtual_labs/BL_15/BL_15.html

Use the sites below to find information for Lab 21: Flower Dissection. You can find more information on the lab at Dr. Gayden's Science Class: http://drgcdms.blogspot.com

For dissected flower, click the link below:
http://curriculum.qca.org.uk/uploads/Sc-2213_tcm8-8747.JPG

For a picture of a whole flower, click the link below:
http://www.wfplants.co.uk/als-Freedom2-big.jpg

This week, we will learn about plants.

Visit the yLearn website. Use your name and the following access codes:

For flowering plants: scf132
For plant movements scf131

http://www.ylearn.co.uk/student.php/assignments/login_frame

If you have time, click on the site below. Go through each slide, do the activity, and then take the quiz.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/revision_bites/life_cycles.shtml

The topic for today is classification.

The link below is for the do now:

http://www.moabbeacon.net/MIDSCHOOL/7Science/Handouts/Trimester%203/WhatAStrangeGroup.pdf

Next, click the link below to learn about classification. Take notes!

http://www.kidsbiology.com/biology_basics/classification/classification1.php

Use the link below to continue learning about classification.

http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/forkids/critters/critters.html

Finally, do the activity at the link below. Copy the table into your notes and complete it as you do the activity.

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/E07/E07.html

We will continue to learn about cells. Make a chart in your notebook. (Set up Cornell Notes page for the first page, but make your chart on a regular page.)

On the Cornell Notes page, draw an animal and a plant cell. Be sure to label each.

The link for the animal cell is:

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/animals/cell

The link for the plant cell is:

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/plants/cell

Record information about each organelle. Use the information from the site below. You must click on cells. If asked to register, click maybe later to proceed.

As you write the functions, think about how that organelle is similar to a school. Write the likeness in the third column of your notes. In the fourth column, give your reasoning for your choice.

Also look through the microscope to see virtual cell slides.

http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=Science%20Lab

Lab 20 compares animal and plant cells. Complete the handout, using pencil for all data. The link for the lab is below:

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/E08/E08.html

Listen to the next installment, read by your classmates and colleagues.

Julie of the Wolves. By Jean Craighead George.
Listen to the first pages of the book.

Classification of Living Things

Monera (Eubacteria) Kingdom

Escherichia
Classification
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escherichia_coli
Number of cells
http://www.disknet.com/indiana_biolab/b003.htm
How they obtain food
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterotrophic_nutrition
Where they live
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacterium
How they reproduce
http://faculty.clintoncc.suny.edu/faculty/michael.gregory/files/bio%20102/bio%20102%20lectures/Prokaryotes/prokaryo.htm
Drawing/Picture
http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/NR/rdonlyres/49477C30-0513-47BE-88FC-17974CB1F952/0/e_coli.jpg

Streptococcus
Classification
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streptococcus_mutans
Number of cells
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streptococcus
How they obtain food
http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2007/allmann_ambe/nutrition.htm
Where they live
http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2007/allmann_ambe/habitat_and_geography.htm
How they reproduce
http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2007/allmann_ambe/life_history_reproduction.htm
Drawing/Picture
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Streptococcus_mutans_01.jpg

Protista Kingdom

Ameba
Classification
http://biocab.org/Amoeba_Class.html
Number of cells
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/protists/amoeba.shtml
How they obtain food
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/protists/amoeba.shtml
Where they live
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/protists/amoeba.shtml
How they reproduce
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/protists/amoeba.shtml
Drawing/Picture
http://fukada-j.hp.infoseek.co.jp/ameba.jpg

Paramecium
Classification
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramecium
Number of cells
http://www.bio.umass.edu/biology/conn.river/parameci.html
How they obtain food
http://www.mcwdn.org/Animals/Paramecium.html
Where they live
http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/paramecium.htm
How they reproduce
http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/paramecium.htm
Drawing/Picture
http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/paramecium.htm

Euglena
Classification-***NOTE-species is gracillis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euglena
Number of cells
http://www.biologycorner.com/worksheets/euglenacolor.htm
How they obtain food
http://www.mcwdn.org/Animals/Euglena.html
Where they live
http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/Biology/botsyl01/microalg/euglenaf/euglena.html
How they reproduce
http://library.thinkquest.org/27819/ch7_4.shtml
Drawing/Picture
http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/euglena.htm

Fungi Kingdom

Penicillium
Classification
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penicillium_chrysogenum
Number of cells
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molds
How they obtain food-scroll down to cell structure and metabolism
http://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Penicillium
Where they live
http://www.immunocapinvitrosight.com/dia_templates/ImmunoCAP/Allergen____28166.aspx
How they reproduce
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penicillium_chrysogenum
Drawing/Picture
http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/images/pen1.jpg

Saccharomyces
Classification
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saccharomyces_cerevisiae
Number of cells-see picture
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saccharomyces
How they obtain food-Scroll down to cell structure and metabolism, the 4th paragraph
http://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Saccharomyces
Where they live
http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2007/nelson_andr/
How they reproduce
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saccharomyces_cerevisiae
Drawing/Picture
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:S_cerevisiae_under_DIC_microscopy.jpg

Plantae Kingdom

Pine
Classification- ****NOTE-division means phylum for plants
http://plants.usda.gov/java/ClassificationServlet?source=profile&symbol=PIELD&display=31
Number of cells
http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=BIO804
How they obtain food
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plants
Where they live-scroll down to habitat
http://www.sms.si.edu/IRLspec/Pinus_elliot.htm
How they reproduce-scroll down to reproduction
http://www.sms.si.edu/IRLspec/Pinus_elliot.htm
Drawing/Picture
http://www.arborday.org/trees/whattree/graphics/E13A.jpg
or
http://www.fairchildgarden.org/uploads/images/Living_Collections_and_Garden_Landscapes/Plant_Sales/pinuselliotii1.jpg

Palm
Classification- ****NOTE-division means phylum for plants
http://plants.usda.gov/java/ClassificationServlet?source=profile&symbol=CONU&display=31
Number of cells
http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=BIO804
How they obtain food
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plants
Where they live
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coconut
How they reproduce
http://creationwiki.org/Coconut
Drawing/Picture
http://plants.usda.gov/java/largeImage?imageID=conu_001_ahp.tif

Orange - ****NOTE-division means phylum for plants
Classification
http://plants.usda.gov/java/ClassificationServlet?source=profile&symbol=CISI3&display=31
Number of cells
http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=BIO804
How they obtain food
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plants
Where they live-scroll down to production
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_(fruit)
How they reproduce-scroll down to flowers and pollen
http://www.biology4kids.com/files/plants_reproduction.html
Drawing/Picture
http://plants.usda.gov/java/largeImage?imageID=cisi_002_ahp.tif
or
http://www.addo-goodhope.co.za/pics/big/orangetree.jpg

Animalia Kingdom

Earthworm
Classification
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumbricus_terrestris
Number of cells
http://www.mun.ca/biology/ahicks/4.Animalia-text.pdf
How they obtain food
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/invertebrates/earthworm/Earthwormcoloring.shtml
Where they live
http://www.allaboutworms.com/where-do-earthworms-live
How they reproduce-scroll down to reproduction
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/invertebrates/earthworm/Earthwormcoloring.shtml
Drawing/Picture
http://www.ync.ca/bronze%20level%20guide/earthworm.jpg

Grasshopper
Classification
http://bugguide.net/node/view/2807#classification
Number of cells
http://www.mun.ca/biology/ahicks/4.Animalia-text.pdf
How they obtain food
http://www.tutorvista.com/content/biology/biology-ii/nutrition/grasshopper-nutrition.php
Where they live
http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/ORN/lubber.htm
How they reproduce-scroll down to reproduction
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grasshopper
Drawing/Picture
http://bugguide.net/images/raw/5KWKQKUKZKVKMKVK5KNK8Q2KEQA06QB08QT08Q108QV0ZKVK5KAKXKCK0KEKSKUKGQ305KOK5KCK8K.jpg

Frog
Classification
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/path/Rana_pipiens.html#Rana%20pipiens
Number of cells
http://www.mun.ca/biology/ahicks/4.Animalia-text.pdf
How they obtain food
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Rana_pipiens.html
Where they live
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Rana_pipiens.html
How they reproduce
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Rana_pipiens.html
Drawing/Picture
http://www.werc.usgs.gov/fieldguide/images/rapi1.jpg

Use the link below to access Lab 19: How much landfill space can be saved in a year by recycling?

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/ES19/ES19.html

You can find the lab paper at Dr. Gayden's Science Class, Friday, 24 April, 2009
http://drgcdms.blogspot.com

Use the links below to help with your written report on classification.

http://www.geocities.com/drgcdms/writtenreport.html?1082937484736

http://www.geocities.com/drgcdms/webquestclassification.html?1083398536431

Energy Pyramids and Trophic Levels

Click the sites below to learn more. Take notes!

Learn about food chains, by clicking the link below. Be sure to read all pages, do the activity, and take the short quiz.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/revision_bites/food_chains.shtml

Next, practice making more food webs. There are four in this activity to complete!

http://www.gould.edu.au/foodwebs/kids_web.htm

Practice identifying different trophic levels at this site:

http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/genbio/virtual_labs/BL_03/BL_03.html

Now, learn about energy pyramids. Click the words energy pyramid beneath the drawing and complete the activity.

http://www.vtaide.com/png/foodchains.htm

Now, watch the interactive movie to summerize what you've learned.

http://www.kidsknowit.com/interactive-educational-movies/free-online-movies.php?movie=Food%20Chains

We are currently working in the strand: How Living Things Interact With Their Environment.

First, visit the GIZMO site (www.explorelearning.com) and use your assigned username and password to log in. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and launch the Water Cycle GIZMO. Go through the activity a few times. Be sure to do the assessment at the bottom, it will serve as Quiz 1.

Next, click the link below. Use the link to complete the handout for Lab 18.

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/CT06/CT06.html

Today, we will learn about how the moon affects the Earth's waters. Click the link below to learn about tides. Be sure to take notes on tides, both the definition and the cause, and the definitions of spring and neap tides.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/moon/Tides.shtml

Then, visit GIZMO (www.explorelearning.com), sign in and do the Ocean Tides activity. Record all answers in your notebook.

Use the site below to read about and take notes on the phases of the moon.

http://science.howstuffworks.com/moon4.htm

Nw, visit GIZMO and do the activity on the moon's phases. Take notes!

http://www.explorelearning.com

Use today to catch up on notes. Be sure to have notes on fossils and fossil formation. Also, include notes on the geologic time scale.

When finished, visit the links below to learn more about fossils on these interactive sites.

http://paleobiology.si.edu/dinosaurs/interactives/dig/main.html

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/seamonsters/virtualdig/index.html

http://nature.ca/discover/exf/dnsntm/index_e.cfm

You can begin gathering information for your written report by checking out the following sites:

http://paleobiology.si.edu/geotime/main/

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/past/geologic_time.html

Now that we've learned about fossils and how they formed, let's spend some time learning about the geologic times during which they formed.

Click on the link below to visit an interactive site about the Earth's geologic past. You don't need to take notes, but read through each presentation.

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/geotime/gtiframe.html

Next, visit the site below to learn about the development of the earth and life on it.

http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/prehistoric-world/prehistoric-time-line.html

Today, we will learn about fossilization. Take notes and record how the different types of fossils form. Use the sites listed below.

http://www.scsc.k12.ar.us/TuttS/fossil_formation.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/prehistoric_life/dinosaurs/burying_bodies/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/prehistoric_life/dinosaurs/making_fossils/

Now that you've learned about fossil formation, go on a dig and find various fossils.

http://dsc.discovery.com/ads/att/dinos/attexpo.html/

Today, we will do the virtual lab on How are rocks classified? Use the link below to access the lab. Follow the directions written on your handout. Use pencil to record all data.

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/ES04/ES04.html

Let's continue our learning about processes that shape the earth by learning about the classes of rocks and how they formed. Use the link below to log-in, using your name (both first names of the two people working together) or your own first/last name if working at home) and the access code rocks. Be sure to go through EACH screen, and answer ALL the questions. TAKE NOTES!!!!!

http://www.ylearn.co.uk/student.php/assignments/login_frame

We're beginning a new strand: Processes That Shape The Earth

Spend some time reading and taking notes on the earth's interior. Be sure to include drawings!

For the site below, read and take notes before clicking on the progressive list to the left. Be sure to read through the topic Earth's Inner Core.

http://www.kidsgeo.com/geology-for-kids/0019-inside-of-earth.php

Use the site below to learn more. Be sure to click the buttons.

http://scign.jpl.nasa.gov/learn/plate1.htm

Now, go through the following site to learn about the earth's interior. Click the next buttons to access the information.

http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/education/vwlessons/lessons/Earths_layers/Earths_layers1.html

Spend the day learning about how Newton's Laws affect things like Bungee jumping, roller coasters, and parachute jumps. Click the sites below to access these virtual activities.

Virtual Roller Coasters-use Newton's second and third laws

http://kids.discovery.com/games/rollercoasters/buildacoaster.html

http://www.funderstanding.com/coaster

http://puzzling.caret.cam.ac.uk/game.php?game=roller

http://www.mhhe.com/physsci/physical/giambattista/roller/roller_coaster.html

http://gameserpent.com/playgame/1789/Rollercoaster-Rush

http://gameserpent.com/playgame/2247/Ghost-Train-Ride

Use Newton's first and second laws to help Dan

http://puzzling.caret.cam.ac.uk/pregame.php?game=9&PHPSESSID=65f1b591e2a1548e0f52d556373966ce

Use Newton's second and third laws to help the bungee jumper.

http://puzzling.caret.cam.ac.uk/game.php?game=21&age=1

Now, go to FCAT explorer and do the physical science section.

Learn more about simple machines by visiting the links below.

Use this link to complete a 3 column notes:
Type of Simple Machine------Description----------Example or Illustration

http://www.mikids.com/Smachines.htm

Use the link below to identify simple machines. Find them before you identify them!

http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines

For those that were absent today, click the link below to do the make-up lab. It must be submitted when you enter class WITH AN ADMIT on your FIRST day back! Be sure to go to Dr. Gayden's Science Class (http://drgcdms.blogspot.com) for Tuesday, 27 January and print out the lab sheets found on that date. Then, click the link below and do the lab. Be sure to copy the table into the data and observation section. Use pencil to complete the table.

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/E12/E12.html

Ready to put what you've learned about speed, velocity and vectors, and accelaration to the test? Click on the links below to see if you truly understand the concepts.

Click the link below to practice calculating speed. Be sure to answer each question before you proceed. Do only the distance/time graph section.

http://www.ccp2002.com/distanceT/dis_T.html

Now, try your hand at velocity and vectors. Try to track the car, using your knowledge of speed and direction, but be careful, it's harder than you think!

http://puzzling.caret.cam.ac.uk/game.php?game=13&age=1&PHPSESSID=65f1b591e2a1548e0f52d556373966ce

Ready to put what you've learned about velocity and vectors to the test? Click on the link below to see if you truly understand about velocity. Try to track the car, using your knowledge of speed and direction, but be careful, it's harder than you think!

http://puzzling.caret.cam.ac.uk/game.php?game=13&age=1&PHPSESSID=65f1b591e2a1548e0f52d556373966ce

Ready to learn about Newton's Second Law of Motion? Click the link below to find the online activity. Complete the handout as you go through the activity.

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/E25/E25.html

Today's lab on is sound. We will calculate frequency and find the pitch of an instrument. Click on the link below to access the lab activity.

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/PS18/PS18.html

If you were absent from lab today, first visit the links below to print out the generic lab sheets...

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6Oo6sj3xSrM/SUhIqexAIDI/AAAAAAAABY4/uR8K9XwGGSI/s1600-h/00-Generic+Lab-1.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6Oo6sj3xSrM/SUhIgPaNyNI/AAAAAAAABYw/nTI5Pa1LDpI/s1600-h/00-Generic+Lab-2.jpg

Then, visit the GIZMO website:
http://www.explorelearning.com

Sign in using the following:
Username testt885
Password ant888

Then, scroll down to the bottom of the page until you find the GIZMO Laser Reflection. Launch the GIZMO. Do the activity, recording the data on the lab sheet. Answer all conclusion and analysis questions prior to submitting.

Let's continue our learning about energy by learning about light.

Visit the sight listed below by clicking on the link. Be sure to take notes on:
reflection (define and draw the diagram)
scattering
refraction (define and draw the diagram)
dispersion
do the color fun activity
do the try test activity, aiming for at least 8 correct out of 12.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/science/physics/light_intro.shtml

Today, learn about clouds from the following sites:

Click on the site below to see pictures of different types of clouds:
When the site loads, type in cloud types in the search box.
Next, scroll down and search for cloud types.
Click the link to see the clouds.
http://www.windows.ucar.edu

Take the quiz at the link below to see what you've learned about clouds. If the link doesn't work, copy it and paste it directly into the URL address window.
http://archive.globe.gov/sda-bin/m2h?gl/clouds.men,,,Q

Click the link below to play a memory game about clouds.
http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/concentration/concen2.html

Take a short quiz to show what you know about clouds.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/ACTIVITIES/wwatch/observe_step3.htm

Use the link below to find weather data to do the Paper Weather Activity

http://www.findlocalweather.com/forecast.php?config=&forecast=pass&pass=currentwx&usecountry=us&region=&useplace=&usestate=&plot=temp&dpp=0&usemetric=

You may also use the following ink
http://www.local10.com/wxmap/3978505/detail.html

If you missed the lab on collision course, click on the link below to do the make-up lab. Use the link to print out the lab sheet and complete it while doing the lab.

Lab sheets
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6Oo6sj3xSrM/SPIYzB5HxjI/AAAAAAAAA8o/Nihb5KFWN0Q/s1600-h/00-Generic+Lab-1.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6Oo6sj3xSrM/SPIYzfE7HVI/AAAAAAAAA8w/s_ANe9ACKq4/s1600-h/00-Generic+Lab-2.jpg

Here is the link for the lab:
http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/E24/E24.html

Use the link below to explore the relationship between distance, average speed, and time. Be sure to copy the table into your notes for today. Complete it as you do the activity. Then, answer the journal questions. http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/E12/E12.html

Use the link below to determine how velocity affects position.
http://puzzling.caret.cam.ac.uk/game.php?game=13&age=1&PHPSESSID=65f1b591e2a1548e0f52d556373966ce

Use the link below to explore the relationship between distance, average speed, and time. Be sure to copy the table into your notes for today. Complete it as you do the activity. Then, answer the journal questions.

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/E12/E12.html

Click on the links to learn more about sound. Please take notes.

Definitions and important terms to know:
http://lgfl.skoool.co.uk/examcentre.aspx?id=781#anchor5

More on sound waves...
Loudness and amplitude:
http://lgfl.skoool.co.uk/examcentre.aspx?id=777#anchor1

Pitch and frequency:
http://lgfl.skoool.co.uk/examcentre.aspx?id=777#anchor2

More on sound:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/revision_bites/changing_sounds.shtml

Now, see what you've learned!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/tests/changing_sounds.shtml

If time remains, do the activity.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/activities/changing_sounds.shtml

Now, learn about the Doppler effect. Use the Doppler Buzzer Ball and the Doppler Train to learn more about the Doppler effect. It pays to have earphones for this one!
http://www.seed.slb.com/en/scictr/lab/doppler/index.htm

Let's learn more about waves!

Click the link below to learn more about waves and wave properties. Take notes. Do the test bite at the end to see how much you've learned.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/aqa/radiation/anintroductiontowavesrev1.shtml

Change the wave height, wavelength, and wave period to see how waves transmit energy through water. Notice what happens to the boat!
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/volvooceanrace/interactives/waves/index.html

Learn about longitudinal (compressional) waves here.
http://www.surendranath.org/Applets/Waves/Lwave01/Lwave01Applet.html

Learn about transverse waves here.
http://www.surendranath.org/Applets/Waves/Twave01/Twave01Applet.html

Today, we will explore energy transformations with the online lab:
How is energy converted from one form to another? Click on the link below to access the laboratory.

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/E04/E04.html

Those students absent from class on Wednesday should do the make-up lab. First, print out the lab sheets from the links below:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6Oo6sj3xSrM/SOqRR8BOk3I/AAAAAAAAA7Y/H38bsOaakaw/s1600-h/Generic+Lab-1.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6Oo6sj3xSrM/SOqQ0Z-skUI/AAAAAAAAA7Q/uGgjv0ZGN4M/s1600-h/Generic+Lab-2.jpg

Next, click the link below to access the online lab: What are the relationships between kinetic energy and potential energy?

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/PS05/PS05.html

Read the information from the left column and use it to write a title, problem and hypothesis.

Continue reading and write out the materials and procedures for the lab.

Click on the icon for the table. Copy the chart into the data section. Complete the chart.

Answer the questions from the conclusions and analysis section.

Use the questions found in the journal (click the clipboard icon):

The lab is due in class on Thursday.

Use the links below to search for your science fair project ideas.

http://www.all-science-fair-projects.com/category0.html

http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas.shtml

http://www.juliantrubin.com/branchesofsciencefair.html

http://www.juliantrubin.com/sciencefairprojectsaz.html

http://othello.mech.northwestern.edu/~peshkin/scifair/chias_ideas.html

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/sciencefaircentral/scifairstudio/ideas.html

http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/pages/sciencefairzone/topics.asp

Use the link below to find information about your element.

http://education.jlab.org/qa/discover_ele.html

Use the site below for a picture of the element's use AND for explanations of the element's use.

http://elements.wlonk.com/Elements_Pics+Words_11x8.5.pdf

To find the lab for Saturday School, visit the link below. Fill in the lab paper with the appropriate information.

http://puzzling.caret.cam.ac.uk/game.php?game=13&age=1&PHPSESSID=65f1b591e2a1548e0f52d556373966ce

If you finish this activity, visit the Roller Coaster actiivity link below to find out how Newton's laws apply to Roller Coasters.

http://puzzling.caret.cam.ac.uk/game.php?game=10&age=1&PHPSESSID=65f1b591e2a1548e0f52d556373966ce

Click the link below. Use the first 10 elements to complete the Periodic Table Data.

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/E19/E19.html

Click the link below to log in to the GIZMO site. Then, click and launch the GIZMO Element Builder, listed under The Nature of Matter. Be sure to complete the table Electron Dot Diagrams using the first ten elements. Use the names of the elements from the Periodic Table Data to complete the electron dot diagrams, group, and period for each element. Each element should be drawn in its stable, non-ionized atomic state (the charge is zero).

You must have your username and password.

http://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?method=cUser.dspLoginJoin

Once you have completed the lab, have some fun testing your knowledge. Click the site below to find out how much you have learned about the parts of the atom and about elements.

http://education.jlab.org/elementmath/index.html

Today, we learn about atoms. Please take notes in your interactive notebook.

Click on the site below. Then, scroll down to 5. Atoms and The Periodic Table.
Click on the lesson and read the slides 1-12 (on the right). Be sure to copy slide #5 into your notes. Also, answer the questions on slides 8 and 12.

http://lgfl.skoool.co.uk/keystage4.aspx?id=316#1_1

Next, click on the link below and go through the activity. Be sure to write the definitions into your notes.

http://www.college-cram.com/study/chemistry/presentations/509#sectop2

If you missed Lab 5 on Density, go to Dr. Gayden's Science Class and print out the lab sheets:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6Oo6sj3xSrM/SPIYzB5HxjI/AAAAAAAAA8o/Nihb5KFWN0Q/s1600-h/00-Generic+Lab-1.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6Oo6sj3xSrM/SPIYzfE7HVI/AAAAAAAAA8w/s_ANe9ACKq4/s1600-h/00-Generic+Lab-2.jpg

Now, click the link below to go to the sign in page for GIZMO. If you don't have or don't remember your user name and password, you must email me for the information.

http://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?method=cUser.dspLoginJoin

Once you sign in, go to the activity under The Nature of Matter, entitled Density Lab and lauch the GIZMO. You only need to do the first seven objects. Find the mass, volume, and density. Then rank them in order from least to greatest density. Set up a table for your data like this:
Object # Mass, g Volume, mL Density, g/mL
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

Rank the object's density (place the number of the object in the correct space)

_____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
Least dense Most dense

Answer the conclusion and analysis questions. Lab must be submitted on Tuesday.

Find the links needed for the Florida Climate and Temperature Project below:

Definition of climate
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/climate

Factors that affect climate
http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/topics/climatezones.html#factor

Typical Homestead FL climate
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead,_Florida (scroll down to geography and climate)

Definition of hurricane
http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=hurricane

Factors important in hurricane formation.
http://www.met.tamu.edu/class/atmo151/tut/hurricane/hurr3a.html

Data
http://fawn.ifas.ufl.edu/data/reports/?res1223427541044
If the charts don't appear, gather the data yourself at:
http://fawn.ifas.ufl.edu/data/reports/, being sure to check Homestead and Marianna under location; Monthly averages under report type; date range, specific dates Jan 2008 through Sept 2008 ; and finally Measurements:
Temperature (60 cm), Relative Humidity, and Rainfall.

Plot the data on the graphs provided. Be sure to place them with your paper before submitting the paper on Monday, 13 October.

If you missed class today, you can do the make-up lab online. Go to the Dr. Gayden's Science Class website (drgcdms.blogspot.com), and print out the lab sheets. Click the link below to enter the lab. Read ALL directions, copy the chart and complete the data. Then, use the information to complete the lab sheet. The lab sheet is due in class tomorrow.

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/E03/E03.html

Use the links below to write your energy report. Be sure to include the URL addresses AND the dates in your reference section.

ENERGY
What is energy? What are some examples of energy?
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/whatsenergy.html

SOLAR ENERGY
What is solar energy? What are examples of solar energy? How do we use solar energy? What are the pros and cons of using solar energy?
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/renewable/solar.html#fromthesun
http://www.solarenergy.org/resources/youngkids.html
http://www.clean-energy-ideas.com/articles/pros_and_cons_of_solar_energy.html

Solar energy usage in Florida-How much of Florida's energy comes from solar energy?
http://www.fplenergy.com/portfolio/solar/facts.shtml#glance

NUCLEAR ENERGY
What is nuclear energy? How do we get nuclear energy for our use?
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/non-renewable/nuclear.html

Where are the locations of Florida's nuclear energy plants?
http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/nuclear/page/at_a_glance/states/statesfl.html

How much of Florida's energy comes from nuclear energy? How do nuclear energy plants work?
http://www.fpl.com/environment/nuclear/nuclear_power_serves_you.shtml

What are the pros and cons of nuclear energy?
http://timeforchange.org/pros-and-cons-of-nuclear-power-and-sustainability

FOSSIL FUEL ENERGY
What is fossil fuel energy and where does it come from?
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/chapter08.html

How do we use fossil fuels?
http://www.fplenergy.com/portfolio/gas/fossil_plant.shtml

How much of Florida's energy is from fossil fuels?
http://www.fpl.com/environment/plant/power_plant_projects.shtml

What are the pros and cons of fossil fuel usage?
http://www.sei.ie/index.asp?locID=417&docID=-1
http://energysources0.tripod.com/id8.html

Students absent for the dissection of the fetal pig can go to the http://drgcdms.blogspot.com site to print out the handouts (Tuesday, 27 May and Wednesday, 28 May, 2008).

Then visit either of the links below to find the answers. Remember to write all data in pencil and all conclusions and analysis in blue or black ink.

For the link below, click through the study guides to find information about the fetal pig.
http://www.whitman.edu/biology/vpd/main.html

For the link below, click the link Fetal Pig Dissection Guide*
http://bcs.wiley.com/he-bcs/Books?action=resource&bcsId=2223&itemId=047126458X&resourceId=4776

In order to complete Lab 23 on Frog Dissection, found at Dr. Gayden's Science Class (http://drgcdms.blogspot.com), print out the 3 lab sheets found at that site. Then, click the links below to fill in the blanks on figures 2,3,4 and 5. Use pencil. Use pen to complete the conclusions and analysis. You must click next page, at the bottom of each page, to progress to the next page of information and photos.

http://www.aa.psu.edu/biology/frog/extanat.htm

You might also want to try virtual froggy disection at the link below.
http://froggy.lbl.gov/cgi-bin/dissect?engl

http://www.froguts.com/flash_content/index.html

http://www.froguts.com/flash_content/demo/frog.html

Missed out on the invertebrate lab? Click the links below to find the make-up lab.

First, click this link for the external dorsal surface of the worm. On your lab sheet (found at http://drgcdms.blogspot.com for Monday, 12 May and Tuesday, 13 May, 2008), use PENCIL to record the names for items 1 and 2.
http://biog-101-104.bio.cornell.edu/BIOG101_104/tutorials/animals/worm_stuff/worm_dorsal.html

Next, click the link for the internal morphology overview and identify the nine items.
http://biog-101-104.bio.cornell.edu/BIOG101_104/tutorials/animals/worm_stuff/worm_wet.html

Next, label the external anatomy of the grasshopper by clicking on the link below. Record your answers on your lab sheet.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/insects/orthoptera/labelgrasshopper/index.shtml

Finally, use the following website to label the internal anatomy of the grasshopper.

http://www.masteryoung.de/6thgradefiles/science/Chapter_6/grasshoperlab.pdf

Be sure to answer the conclusion and analysis questions in pen!

Today, we examine plant and animal cells. For the plant, we will use virtual cells. Click on the links below to find cells from the water plant Elodea. Draw ONE cell in the correct place on your lab sheet. Label the visible cell organelles. Then, click the second link to view cytoplasmic streaming in these living cells.

Click the link below to see Elodea cells. Draw and label one.
http://www.biologycorner.com/resources/Elodea_Leaf_Cells_400x.jpg

Click the link below to see cytoplasmic streaming.
http://www.sinauer.com/cooper/4e/videos0103.html

Here are human epithelial cheek cells under low magnification (40x)
http://www3.moe.edu.sg/edumall/tl/digital_resources/biology/images/img_Bio_00261.jpg

These also also human epithelial cells, at higher magnification (100x).
http://www3.moe.edu.sg/edumall/tl/digital_resources/biology/images/img_Bio_00258.jpg

It's time to learn about the cycles in nature. Visit the link to learn about ecology. While you should listen to (and read) the entire presentation, you only need to take notes on :
-water cycle (slide 17-draw the picture into your notes)
-carbon cycle (slides 23/24-draw the picture into your notes)
-nitrogen cycle (slides 26-28-draw the picture into your notes)

Here is the link. Click on Ecology (7) to begin the presentation. Also, do the questions embedded in the presentation.
http://lgfl.skoool.co.uk/keystage4.aspx?id=315

Today, we will examine how the environment is organized. Click on the link below to see the units. Please do them in the following order:
66-Population Size
65-Competition for Resources
60-Interdependence
61-Habitats
Once you view the presentation, click the test and take the short quiz. Begin at the link below.

http://lgfl.skoool.co.uk/keystage3.aspx?id=63#59_68

Once you complete this activity, visit the Gizmo website, sign in use your student id for user name AND password, do NOT use an e-mail address, and complete the forest ecosystem activity.

http://www.explorelearning.com

We're starting a new strand today. For the next few weeks, we'll be studying Earth and Space. Let's begin by studying the layers of the earth. After you've read from the Sciencesaurus (and taken notes), make a bar graph of the elements found in the earth's crust. Visit the link below to make your graph:
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx

Next, review concepts about the earth's layers at the following links:
Layers of the Earth-http://www.purposegames.com/game/1364
A Slice of Earth-http://www.purposegames.com/game/1476
This Onion Earth-http://www.purposegames.com/game/1241

Today, we have two labs to complete; both are virtual labs found on the internet. Lab 11 can be found at the site listed below. Click the link to assess the activity. Fill in your lab sheet as directed.

Lab 11: http://sunshine.chpc.utah.edu/javalabs/java12/machine/act1/lab2.htm

Lab 12 can be found at the site listed below. Click the link to assess the activity. Fill in your lab sheet as directed.

Lab 12: http://sunshine.chpc.utah.edu/javalabs/java12/machine/act2/lab1.htm

Complete both lab sheets and submit. Be sure to order your data so that the numbers increase sequentially (from small distances to larger distances for lab 11 and from shorter to longer ramps for lab 12).

Learn about simple machines by clicking on the links below. Be sure to take notes, using 3 columns. Record the type of simple machine, the definition, and at least 3 examples of each.

http://sln.fi.edu/qa97/spotlight3/spotlight3.html
http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/InventorsToolbox.html
http://www.mikids.com/Smachines.htm

Now that you've learned about simple machines, visit the site at the link listed below to test your knowledge.

http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/index.htm
http://www.edheads.org/activities/odd_machine/index.htm

Finally, learn more about Rube Goldberg at the following link.

http://www.rubegoldberg.com/

When finished with these activities, use the remainder of your time to research the machine you've chosen for your written report.

Today, you will have a final chance to prepare your Science Fair plan. Use the links from Wednesday/Thursday, 24/25 October, 2007 to find links to many project ideas.

We will also use this time to continue learning about energy, as well as review information presented earlier this year.

You have a handout. Read and answer the questions. Use the link below to complete the activity. Be sure to record all answers into your notes for today.

http://jersey.uoregon.edu/vlab/PotentialEnergy/index.html

Click the link below to assess your textbook online. Do each of the chapter reviews that are listed. Write down the Chapter and subject in your notebook. Keep a record of the scores you received. You can find your score when you are finished by clicking the button that reads Check Answers. Be sure to read the hints, if necessary. Do Chapter Six, the current chapter first. Then, go through and do the rest.

Chapter Six-Energy and Energy Resources
http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078693896/student_view0/unit2/chapter6/chapter_review_quiz.html

Chapter One-The Nature of Science and Technology
http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078693896/student_view0/unit1/chapter1/chapter_review_quiz.html

Chapter Two-Properties and Changes of Matter
http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078693896/student_view0/unit1/chapter2/chapter_review_quiz.html

Chapter Three-Inside the Atom
http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078693896/student_view0/unit1/chapter3/chapter_review_quiz.html

The science fair is in 33 days! It's time to get those science fair plans completed and the projects started. Use the sites listed to get ideas. Remember, you can stay for science fair help on Tuesdays after school.

http://science.dadeschools.net/scifair/pdf/elementary/inventionsNprojectIdeas.pdf
The ideas are at the bottom of the list!

http://all-science-fair-projects.com/science_fair_projects.php?s_terms=biology+or+chemistry+or+physics+or+earth+science&type=3&s_difficulty=2&hidden=1&s_category=
Scroll down to see the projects!

http://scienceclub.org/proj/kidprojb.html
More ideas.

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/sciencefaircentral/scifairstudio/ideas.html
Still more ideas.

http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/pages/sciencefairzone/topics.asp
More topic ideas. Just develop them into a great project!

http://www.homeworkspot.com/sciencefair/
Another starting point to getting good ideas.

http://www.cool-science-projects.com/Science-Fair-Project-Ideas.html
Cool ideas from cool science.

http://www.qacps.k12.md.us/cms/sci/fair/IDEASFR.HTM#ENVIR
More topic ideas.

Are you one of those people who has no idea of what interests you and don't know where to begin? Click the link below to take a survey. The results will be taylored to your interests. Perhaps you can find a good project!

http://www.sciencebuddies.org/mentoring/tsw_start.shtml

I could list dozens of other sites, but you get the pictue. Find something you like to do or would like to know and develop it into a project.

Remember, no volcanoes!

Need to learn a little more about atoms? Spend about 20 minutes at these sites. Click the links below and do the activities:

1. http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/investigations/es0501/es0501page04.cfm
2. http://education.jlab.org/elementmath/index.html

Now, let's get on with the REAL science! Do some research for your project by clicking the sites listed below. Be sure to write down the URL addressess; you'll need them for your references...and you must have 5 of them!

Climate links
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/climate.htm
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/climate.htm
http://www.livescience.com/climate/
http://www.ecn.ac.uk/Education/factors_affecting_climate.htm
http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/topics/climatezones.html
http://goflorida.about.com/od/floridaweather/ss/weather.htm
http://www.floridasmart.com/sciencenature/weather/climatology.htm

Hurrican Links
http://www.fema.gov/kids/hurr.htm
http://hurricanes.noaa.gov
http://skydiary.com/kids/hurricanes.html
http://www.comet.ucar.edu/nsflab/web/hurricane/311.htm
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/hurricane1.htm
http://www.hurricaneville.com/factors.html
http://www.e-missions.net/om/2weeks/howHurricanesWork.aspx
http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/goes/hurricanes/index.shtml

Now....for the data
http://fawn.ifas.ufl.edu/scripts/reportrequest.asp

Don't forget to convert those inches to centimeters! Here's a site that will help you...
http://www.calculateme.com/Length/Inches/ToCentimeters.htm

To graph your data...
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx

Be sure to check for how to write up your report. Include all the componets, done correctly.

If you lost your directions, find them at the sites listed below:

http://bp1.blogger.com/_6Oo6sj3xSrM/RvCGy70EfwI/AAAAAAAAAUM/RQhiorTOfqY/s1600-h/P1-1.jpg

http://bp2.blogger.com/_6Oo6sj3xSrM/RvCIAL0EfyI/AAAAAAAAAUc/pMXLQdqov2A/s1600-h/P1-2.jpg

For those students absent from class on these days, you may do a make-up online lab by following these directions:
-find and record the mass, in g to the nearest tenth of the paper clip, the block, the book, and the unknown (?) by visiting this site: http://www.touchspin.com/chem/DisplayTBB.html
You must click the triple beam balance to activate it.
-visit the following site: http://fs.sdsu.edu/pisces/WeatherKit/Lesson05.php
record the temperature of all five thermometers. Be sure to label each.
-visit the following web site: http://homepages.ius.edu/DSPURLOC/c121/week3A.htm
scroll down and find the volume in both graduated cylinders and record your answer.
-using a metric ruler, measure the length and the width of a sheet of notebook paper and record your results.

Turn in your paper, labeled with last name, first name, ID number, and Lab 3.

Let's get ready to slide....metric slide, that is! Today, we will elarn how to use the metric ladder to convert units in the metric system.

Looking for information on the Cornell notes sytem? Confused as to how to set up the notes page? Doubtful about what even goes on the page? Use the link to find out more about Cornell notes.

http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/Departments/enreadtp/Cornell.html

Welcome back, Wildcats! Classes were short today, since we ran a straight schedule. We also discussed the topics that will be taught during the school year. We will study chemistry, physical science, earth science, and life science. We will use the scientific process to solve problems. You received a list of required supplies. Please bring them to class each time we meet. By the next class, you should have your composition notebook, since we will begin construction of our interactive notebooks. Each day, you can find the objectives, handouts and home leanings by visiting the following site:
http://drgcdms.blogspot.com.

You can also e-mail me with concerns and questions at DrGCDMS@dadeschools.net.

Check sites daily, especially if you are absent, for the work presented on that day. Remember to bring a note from home if you are absent. Unexcused absences will result in a failing grade issued for assignments done on all days you were not in attendance.

Let’s make this school year a wonderful journey through the Science Zone!

This podcast deals with using safety in the science laboratory.

No lab fees? Visit the following sites for virtual dissection of the frog.

http://froggy.lbl.gov/virtual/
http://www.froguts.com/flash_content/index.html
http://frog.edschool.virginia.edu//
http://www.ofsd.k12.wi.us/science/frogdiss.htm

For those students who did not pay their lab fees, visit these virtual lab links for dissection of the earthwork and the grasshopper. You must still complete the questions on the handout for lab credit.

Virtual Earthworm Links
http://www.naturewatch.ca/english/wormwatch/virtual_worm/index.html
http://www.flushing.k12.mi.us/srhigh/tippettl/biology/lum/
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/worms/history/index.html
http://yucky.discovery.com/noflash/worm/pg000102.html

Virtual Grasshopper Links
http://wwwbio200.nsm.buffalo.edu/labs/tutor/Grasshopper/
http://www.ent.iastate.edu/ref/anatomy/ihop/
http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/zoolab/Table_of_Contents/Lab-7b/Grasshopper_Model_1/grasshopper_model_1.htm

Click on the following sites to view the Elodea cells.
http://www.csun.edu/scied/7-microscopy/elodea_plasmolysis/index.htm
http://science.exeter.edu/jekstrom/WEB/CELLS/Elodea/Elodea.html

Click the following site to view the Human Epithelial cells.
http://dept.kent.edu/projects/cell/f99/if99.htm

Visit the online Glencoe lab to learn how abiotic factors affect living things. Be sure to copy the chart into your notes. Complete the chart as you do the lab. Copy and answer the journal questions. Then, visit the Kids Graph site and make a graph of the data!

The online lab:
http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/CT08/CT08.html

Create a graph link:
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph

Visit the links below. Go to each and perform the virtual lab. Be sure to take notes on what you discover!

Build Your Own Star at the following site:
http://www.seed.slb.com/en/scictr/lab/byo_star/byostar.htm

Slo - A spaceship is searching for intelligent life in the galaxy. Help us in the search and uncover a great mystery.
http://portal1.lacaixa.es/Docs/Chan/99/3-99-10-00000219.html

How does the chemical composition of stars determine their compositions?
http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/grade8/ES24/ES24.html

What are the dimensions of the solar system?
http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/E28/E28.html

How do Earth and the moon interact to cause the moon's phases?
http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/ES22/ES22.html

How does an artificial satellite stay in orbit?
http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/ES21/ES21.html

For those absent for lab 16 on the flame test, do the alternate lab found at the following link:
http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/grade8/ES24/ES24.html
Be sure to go to the geocities.com/DrGCDMS site to prink out the individual investigation sheets. Complete the lab using the sheets.

Alternately, students can visit the site:
http://www.dvaction.org/parentdetail.php?id=146
to see a virtual flame test. Click on the quicktime movie (download). Students must still do the lab listed above, but can at least see the type of experiment done in class.

Find the diagram and chart you need to complete on the website link below. Copy both the diagram and chart into your notes

http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/earth_inside.PDF

All of the information you need to complete the diagram and chart can be found in the following webistes. You may have to look through more than one site to find all the answers.

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/nature/9903/earth.layers/frameset.exclude.html

http://geology.com/nsta/earth-internal-structure.shtml

http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/inside.html

http://visearth.ucsd.edu/VisE_Int/platetectonics/earthlayers.html

http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/earth.html

http://www.moorlandschool.co.uk/earth/earths_structure.htm

http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/10h.html

When you visit the website below, click Layers of the Earth (Chapter 4) and then click the layers of the earth information page link on the left to find information.

http://wwwf.countryday.net/facstf/ms/schniebec/

Use the following website to find out lots about the earth's interior! Click the next button to progress through the slides.

http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/lessons/Earths_layers/Earths_layers1.html

Scroll to the bottom of this website to find some of the information you need to complete the table.

http://www.utm.edu/departments/cece/old_site/eighth/8I1.shtml

Now, quiz yourself. Chick the website link below. Then enter Geo-Globe. Then click the Geo-layers link. Click play. You can close the Think-Quest windows by clicking on the xs. Use the information you've just learned, and have written in your diagram and chart to answer the questions. Try to get them all correct!

http://library.thinkquest.org/10157/

Today, we have two labs to complete; both are virtual labs found on the internet. Lab 11 can be found at the site listed below. Click the link to assess the activity. Fill in your lab sheet as directed.

Lab 11: http://sunshine.chpc.utah.edu/javalabs/java12/machine/act1/lab2.htm

Lab 12 can be found at the site listed below. Click the link to assess the activity. Fill in your lab sheet as directed.

Lab 12: http://sunshine.chpc.utah.edu/javalabs/java12/machine/act2/lab1.htm

Complete both lab sheets and submit. Be sure to order your data so that the numbers increase sequentially (from small distances to larger distances for lab 11 and from shorter to longer ramps for lab 12).

We did the slide today...that is, the metric slide. Or rather, the metric ladder. Students learned to use the metric ladder to convert metric units to larger or smaller units. Look to the website:
http://drgcdms.blogspot.com to find the ladder and the notes that accompany the class discussion.
Students may want to check out http://www.cosmeo.com
Type in metric sytem in the search box to find videos and other information on the metric system.
Also view the Data Collection and Graphing segment title Math Monsters: Computers. Yes, it is a bit simplified, but you can learn how problems can be solved using data collection and graphing.

Also, check out http://www.explorelearning.com for more practice using graphing. Check the Gizmo catelog for mathematics. Then lauch the two Gizmos dealing with histograms to get more practice using graphs and data.

Don't forget your Little Mille Metrics home learning!

You're travelling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind; a journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. That's the signpost up ahead - your next stop, the Science Zone!

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