Albin's  Science
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Monday - Friday     Jan 28 - Feb 1     8th Science 

Monday

Reading:  Systems that Change Across Time pp 171 - 175

bulletread
bulletanswer Stop & Think
bulletdiscuss

 

Tuesday

Read and follow instructions (on Froguts) carefully.  You CAN figure it out.  Enjoy this activity and notice the heart and circulatory system as you go.

click the "Demos" button in upper right corner to get started
Do the frog first, then owl pellet

Froguts.com virtual frog dissection

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

on paper:  write the steps you take to perform this dissection

include:  each cut, pin, and organ removed

you write:
   1.  pin frog - all 4 feet
   2.  slice - lengthwise throat to belly
                   crosswise throat
                   crosswise belly
and so on ...

more dissections to  explore:

http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/frog/Frog2/

worm dissection:  http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/zoolab/Table_of_Contents/Lab-6b/Earthworm_Model_1/earthworm_model_1.htm

http://sps.k12.ar.us/massengale/earthworm_dissection.htm

 

Wednesday

GET BUSY ON:
bulletModern Evidence for Evolution pp177-179
bulletComparing circulatory systems worksheet
bulletlabel the parts, use your book
bulletturn in at end of period, done or not
bulletanswer wrapup questions on this worksheet

Evolving Earth, pp 180-181

bulletread
bulletanswer questions ON PAPER

 

 

Thursday

GET BUSY ON:
bulletModern Evidence for Evolution pp177-179
bulletComparing circulatory systems worksheet
bulletlabel the parts, use your book
bulletturn in at end of period, done or not
bulletanswer wrapup questions on this worksheet

Evolving Earth, pp 180-181

bulletread
bulletanswer questions ON PAPER

 

 

Friday

  1. Quiz:
  2. Google Rock Cycle

    bulletbuild a ppt about the Rock Cycle
    bulletinclude:
    bulletsteps in the rock cycle
    bullettypes of rocks
    bullethow they get formed
    bulletbe sure to discuss/explain:
    bulletigneous
    bulletmetamorphic
    bulletsedimentary
    bullethow they change over time
    bulletother important information you find
  3. RSF

    3. Have a great weekend ! GO PATRIOTS!!!!!!

 

 

coming soon

 

http://www.smithsonianeducation.org
games

http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energy_fungames/index.html

 NEW http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/games/

NEW http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/

NEW http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/websites/11_16/site/science.shtml

newer  http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/games/

newer  http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/puzzle.shtml

newer  http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/quizzes/index.shtml

 

Whoa!

look at these

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7037366.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7011738.stm needles

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/default.stm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/mammals/tv/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/lifeintheundergrowth/video.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/programmes/tv/blueplanet/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/programmes/tv/lifeonair/archive.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/mammals/tv/#winning_design

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/mammals/challenges/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/mammals/quiz_more/

 
current science news http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4780876.stm  

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4815230.stm

bullet http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7009798.stm
bullet http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6105500.stm
bullet http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1304796.stm
bullet http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7016079.stm

 

musuems
http://vlmp.museophile.com/

http://www.museumca.org/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/museumca/usa_search.cgi?star
 

current
        websites
WASL expectations:    What You Should Know
  1. Changes in Systems
  2. Properties of Systems
  3. Structure of Systems

 

Translate
http://babelfish.altavista.com/tr
               or
http://translate.google.com/translate_t
 
current  
           science

 

Science/Nature various
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/default.stm

 

current
           birds

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

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

 

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