Evolution

March 28, 2011

Evolution of Human Skulls  Click on the small names at the very top of the screen.  What changes do you notice in the skulls over time?

Evolution of Human Skulls Drawings  These drawings were made based on the skulls we looked at before.

Human Evolution  This site is by PBS.  You can click on different articles. 

Information on Early Human Evolution

The Evolution of Man  This site is by the BBC.  The pictures are all actors made-up to look like what scientists think Human ancestors looked.

Evolution Overview from the BBC Read the information.  Complete the handout.  Then click on the “Test Bite” at the bottom of the page.  Check your answers.


Fossils

March 25, 2011

Video – Read the four sentences about the video and watch the video.

Video - Click on the picture.  Click the different question marks and click “next” to watch and read about different fossils. 

Information - Read about how fossils form.  Permineralization, at the bottom of the page, is the most common way that fossils were formed.


Waves

March 10, 2011

Use the following websites, or others that you find on the Internet, to answer the questions on your worksheet.

pitch and wavelength This activity is noisy. Please put on headphone.

Frequency and Pitch

wave index

sound quiz

light colors



Stonehenge

February 21, 2011

Click on the link to watch a video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K7q20VzwVs&feature=related


Simple Machines

February 20, 2011

Use the links to answer the questions on your worksheet. You do not need to use all of the links. Please turn in your work when you are finished. If there is extra class time after you turn in your work, there are links at the end that you can look at.

http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/WebLessons/SimpleMachines/machines002.htm

http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/science/sciber00/8th/machines/sciber/intro.htm

http://www.fi.edu/qa97/spotlight3/spotlight3.html

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

If you have turned in your work and have extra time…

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ECOdiT-yS8w what simple machines do you see?

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/machines/simple_machines.htm This is a game where you identify different simple machines.

http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/ This is a very silly game, but it involves identifying different simple machines.


Chemistry

January 31, 2011

Compounds and mixtures – video activity

ChemBalancer – balance the chemical equations.

Bill Nye  YouTube Clip


Chemestry – States of Matter and Changes

January 20, 2011

  • States of Matter Demonstration. Click on solid, liquid, or gas. Watch how the molecules change.
  • Changing State Try the activity then click on the quiz.
  • Gases, Liquids, and Solids
  • Reversible and Irreversible Changes
  • Solids and Liquids
  • States of Matter Millionaire Quiz Click “Play this Game!”

  • Atoms

    December 17, 2010

    Bille Nye

    BBC Atoms and Elements  Read the pages.  Click on “Activity” at the bottom to play a game.  Click on “Quiz” at the bottom to take a quiz.


    Global Warming Websites

    December 10, 2010

    Pictures   Evidence of ice melting. 

    Breathing Earth  This site shows emissions on Earth, as well as births and deaths.

    Changes in the environment   BBC information, activity, and quiz. 

    Information and videos

    Sierra Club Information  Alternative energy.

    Slide Show  Click the arrow near the bottom of the screen.  


    Algebra!!!!!

    December 8, 2010

    Set-It-Up with real numbers

    Set-It-Up Algebra

    Solve for a Variable

    Guess the Weight Game