Albin's 8th Science
Previous Days if absent click to see what we did, what you need to make up
Makeup work
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Monday - Friday  Jan 3 - 7
Monday Evidence vs Inference:   Disappearing Dinosaurs pp 208-216
  1. get heading on paper for this Connections
  2. define on your paper: 
    evidence
    inference
  3. now figure out what they mean
  4. make a T-chart
     
    Evidence Inferences
     

     

     

     

     

  5. read thru the Connections, we will be doing this together as a class
Tuesday finish Evidence vs Inference, get started on:
bulletread Explanation #1 pp 210-212
bulletas you read fill in  T-chart you made yesterday with evidence and inferences you find in the reading
Wednesday

What Do You Already Know about Energy?  pp 271-274

bulletget ready (heading in notebook)
bulletread the investigation SILENTLY
bulletI will get you started for step B-1
bulletdo step B-2
bulletgo to normal assigned lab station and:
bulletdo steps B3  - B5
bulletreturn to computer seat
bulletstart on WrapUp while you wait for us to do step B6
bulletfinish WrapUp

 

Thursday

on paper:     Thinking More About Energy pp 277-283
bulletanswer the Stop & Think questions by picking the best answer from the list Mr A gives you (link or handout)
bulletjust write the letter of the best answer for each question

check the work in class

 

Friday  

Quiz on Evidence vs Inference (or Energy)

SSR
http://birds.cornell.edu/programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Cedar_Waxwing.html

http://birds.cornell.edu/programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide

http://birds.cornell.edu/programs/AllAboutBirds

   
  in PowerPoint make a six slide show of a Food Pyramid for a pond ecosystem
bulletslide one:  Title slide :  use your code names
bulletSave the ppt in My Documents / your folder
name it:as:  codename codename Pond
bulletslide two:  draw a better version of this pyramid, and show/label somehow that each level eats the one before it. 
bulleteach successive slide will be one level of the pyramid, starting at the bottom, what do you think is the important information to put on them?  What will you title each slide?   Should you have any pictures at each level?
bullet 

 

food webs & food chains

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

pond plankton - producers and consumers

What are plankton, anyway?  click

pond life forms click

continue PPT food pyramid for pond ecosystem
Be sure the slides include:

bullethow energy is flowing (where their energy comes from, where it goes next)
bullettype energy used
bullettrophic levels
bulletseveral examples of organisms from each trophic level
bullet 
SPACE LINKS

check these out in your spare time

http://www.npr.org/display_pages/features/feature_1470480.html

NASA: Earth From Space

More NASA Photos of the Sun

NASA: Solar System Exploration Images

NASA: Mercury Photo Gallery

SolarViews.com: Photos of Mercury

NASA: Index of Images from Space Missions

Spaceref.com: Jupiter Photo Gallery

CosmicLight: Mars Images

 

http://birds.cornell.edu/programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Cedar_Waxwing.html

http://birds.cornell.edu/programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide

http://library.thinkquest.org/03oct/01253/flashsite.html#top

http://library.thinkquest.org/03oct/01253/flashsite.html

http://www.thinkquest.org/

 

 

 




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