Hello Sevies! Within this page you'll find the unit plan for the school year, weekly assignments, and reminders to help keep you on top of things at HL :)
School Year Unit Plan:
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Assignments for the Week:
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Reminders and Announcements:
THANK YOU to all parents/students who have donated supplies to our classroom! If you'd like to donate something, please check out the class "Wish List" under the "Science Class General" link at the top, we'll take supplies/materials all year long!
WEBSITES USED IN THE COMPUTER LAB:
Wednesday, April 2nd ~ Biome Project RESERACH DAY: PART 1
Use the following websites to research your biome for each section, you may also conduct a GOOGLE search on your own.
BIOMES OF THE WORLD: Find your biome name and continue to research each section
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/world_biomes.htm
http://www.worldbiomes.com/
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/biomes/
http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/
http://www.teachersdomain.org/assets/wgbh/tdc02/tdc02_doc_biomesummary/tdc02_doc_biomesummary.pdf
http://kids.nceas.ucsb.edu/biomes/
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Monday, March 24th ~ Ecosystem Introduction
Use this link for ALL of the websites you need to answer each question:
hhttp://teachers.oregon.k12.wi.us/sundstrom/Environmental%20Science/Outcome%203/Ecosystem%20Energy%20WebQuest.pdf
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Thursday, March 6th ~ YOU HAVE 2 TASKS TODAY:
1. PAGE 1 - Earth's Motion Simulator http://www.sepuplhs.org/students/iaes/simulations/SEPUP_Seasons_Interactive.swf
2. FInish the ECLIPSE & TIDES questions from your last webquest using this websites:
Lunar Eclipse website:
http://www.mreclipse.com/Special/LEprimer.html
Solar Eclipse website
http://www.mreclipse.com/Special/SEprimer.html
Tides websites:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/moon/Tides.shtml
http://home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/moon/moontides/
http://www.mmscrusaders.com/newscirocks/tides/tideanim.htm
WHEN YOU'RE DONE: Play the Space GAME :)
http://www.earthsunmoon.co.uk/
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Tuesday, Feb. 4th ~ Moon Phases, Eclipses, and Tides
Moon Phases, Eclipses, Tides WEBQUEST:
LINK 1: http://www.astrosociety.org/education/publications/tnl/12/12.html
LINK 2: http://www.moonconnection.com/moon_phases.phtml
LINK 3: http://timbeauchamp.tripod.com/moon/mooninfo.htm
LINK 4: http://www.paulcarlisle.net/mooncalendar/
LINK 5: http://astro.unl.edu/naap/lps/animations/lps.swf
***IF YOU FINISH, YOU MAY...
Play with these Simulators:
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/interactives/moon/moon_challenge/moon_challenge.html
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/animations/content/moonphase.html
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/moon_phases/
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Monday, Jan. 27th ~ Constellation Research Day!
Use the following websites to guide your research - check ALL of them out, not just one!
http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/constellation_list.html
http://www.cosmobrain.com/cosmobrain/res/constellations.html
http://www.windows2universe.org/the_universe/Constellations/constnavi.html
http://stardate.org/nightsky/constellations
http://domeofthesky.com/clicks/constlist.html
Practice Quiz: http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/science.cgi?A1=s&A13=%5B..%2Fconstellation%2F%5D%5Bconstellation%5D&A15=2&A2=1&A3=1&submit=Play+Space+Hopper
Interactive Sky: http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/constellationjavalist.html
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Tuesday, Jan. 14th ~ Famous Astronomers Research:
***Use the following questions to help guide your research:
Copernicus--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
What is the difference between “helio-centric” and “geo-centric”?
*Draw a picture to illustrate the difference between them
What did people believe BEFORE he came up with his theory?
Why was this idea controversial?
Who opposed his idea?
- How did he come up with this idea?
- What did he observe?
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/copernicus/
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/136591/Nicolaus-Copernicus
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- What two planets did he research?
- What did he believe was found on Mars?
- Was this hypothesis ever proved or disproved? Explain
- Who was William Pickering?
- What was built in Flagstaff? Why there?
- When and what was Planet “X” named?
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/349831/Percival-Lowell
http://www.anb.org/articles/13/13-01024.html
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- Why was he put on trial?
- What was his first discovery?
- What did he do on the Leaning Tower of Pisa?
- What did Venus have to do with his invention?
- Draw a simple picture of a telescope
Websites:
http://www.notablebiographies.com/Fi-Gi/Galileo.html
http://www.biography.com/articles/Galileo-9305220
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- What space shuttle was it first placed on?
- What is a light-year equal to?
- What is “nebulae”?
- How did he judge the size of a galaxy using the telescope?
- What was Palomar?
- What is the status of the Hubble telescope today?
http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Hubble.html
http://www.edwinhubble.com/hubble_bio_001.htm
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Tuesday, Plate Boundaries Webquest:
(# 1 - 5 Overall Recommended Links:)
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/understanding.html
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/plates1.html
http://www.earth-sci.com/webquestonPlateTec.txt
(# 6 Recommended link): "Seafloor spreading and recycling of oceanic crust"
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/developing.html
(# 7 - 9 Recommended links): http://library.thinkquest.org/17457/platetectonics/4.php
http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/glossary/s_u/sea_flr_spread.html
(#10-20 ) Use this link:
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/plates1.html
scroll down to PRACTICE QUIZ:
http://www.glencoe.com/qe/science.php?qi=278
http://www.geography4kids.com/extras/quiz_earthtecton/
GAMES:
http://www.purposegames.com/game/1806
http://www.learner.org/interactives/dynamicearth/plate2.html
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Monday, Dec. 2nd ~ Continental Drift & Plate Tectonics
PART A: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/glossary/Contdrift.shtml
http://library.thinkquest.org/17701/high/pangaea/
PART B: http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/education/vwlessons/lessons/Earths_layers/Earths_layers7.html
PART C: http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/dynamic.html
“ILLUSTRATION OF THE MAIN TYPES OF PLATE BOUNDARIES” http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/Vigil.html
“MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE”: http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/ridge.html
PART E: (SCROLL DOWN AFTER YOU CLICK ON THIS LINK…)
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/understanding.html#anchor5567033
“RING OF FIRE”: http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/fire.html
“SAN ANDREAS FAULT”: http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/San_Andreas.html
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Thursday, Nov. 21st: Earth's Layers Webquest
PART 1:
Site #1: http://library.thinkquest.org/17457/platetectonics/1.php
Site #2: http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/education/vwlessons/lessons/Earths_layers/Earths_layers1.html
PART #2:
Site #1: http://www.mansfieldct.org/schools/mms/staff/hand/convcondrad.htm
Site #2: http://www.school-for-champions.com/science/heat_transfer.htm
Site #3: http://www.indiana.edu/~geol105/images/gaia_chapter_3/mantle_convection.htm
Earth's Layer Animation: http://www.learner.org/interactives/dynamicearth/structure.html
BONUS SITE:
http://scign.jpl.nasa.gov/learn/plate1.htm
Practice Quiz:
http://www.myschoolhouse.com/courses/O/1/69.asp
Earth's Layers Game:
http://www.quia.com/rr/38064.html
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Wednesday, Oct. 30th: YOU HAVE 3 TASKS TODAY :)
TASK #1: Take the Gallup Poll Survey:
https://my.gallupstudentpoll.com/GMT60YX29
TASK #2: Weathering Webquest:
*Site 1: Weathering
http://www.kidsgeo.com/geology-for-kids/0060-weathering.php
*Site 2: Mechanical Weathering
http://www.kidsgeo.com/geology-for-kids/0066-mechanical-weathering.php
*Site 3: Chemical Weathering
http://www.kidsgeo.com/geology-for-kids/0067-chemical-weathering.php
*Site 4: Weathering Animation
http://www.geography.ndo.co.uk/animationsweathering.htm#
*Site 5: Agents of Weathering and Erosion
http://amazingworld.5u.com/photo5.html
*Site 6: Biological Weathering
http://facstaff.gpc.edu/~pgore/geology/geo101/weather.htm
TASK #3: Websites to visit when you are finished!
http://www.quia.com/cc/975102.html
http://www.quia.com/mc/914884.html
http://www.quia.com/ba/96631.html
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Log onto the portal: https://myportal.dvusd.org/
Take your Q1 Final
Monday, Oct 21 ~ Rock Cycle Review
Complete the webquest:
* "Interactives Rock Cycle" http://www.learner.org/interactives/rockcycle/index.html
* "How Rocks Change" http://www.learner.org/interactives/rockcycle/change.html
TASK #1 - Watch this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NygkD8uATng
TASK #2 - Slide Show: SKIP THIS
TASK #3 - Complete the review-quiz:
http://facstaff.uww.edu/bhattacj/review_4_2.html
TASK #4 - Matching Game:
http://www.purposegames.com/game/sedimentary-rocks-quiz
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Monday, Oct. 7th ~ Rock Cycle Webquest
Rock Cycle
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/rock.html
Volcanoes
http://www.learner.org/interactives/rockcycle/
Igneous Rocks
http://www.scienceviews.com/geology/igneous.html
Mystery Rocks
http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/geology/sed_intro.html
Sedimentary Rock
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/geology/sed_intro.html
Metamorphic Rocks
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002289/meta.html
Rock Cycle Simulation:Complete the back side of your video questions worksheet from Friday (page 39A)
http://www.learner.org/interactives/rockcycle/diagram2.html
Rock Cycle Drag-N-Drop: http://www.kscience.co.uk/animations/rock_cycle.htm
More Rock Cycle Games:
http://www.oum.ox.ac.uk/thezone/rocks/games/
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Why was this idea controversial?