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Parents:Please visit www.adoptaclassroom.org and be a donor for your child's science class!!! Thanks for your help in advance!!
The following is a sample of what we will be doing in class. I will update this site frequently, but work will be subject to change.
Upon entering the classroom, it is your responsibility to copy the complete daily agenda.
Please e-mail me if you have any questions. I will answer you promptly.
Every student needs to bring in 1 package of copy paper.
INTERNET ASSIGNMENTS ARE FOR THE GIFTED CLASSES ONLY!!
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Work for week of Feb.8-12,2010
Mon.- Collect your quizzes. Work on projects. Internet #2 due Fri. Ch. 16 quiz on next Tues.
Tues.- FCAT writes; Finish work on projects.
Wed.- Group 1,2,3 presentations; Ch. 16 note taking handout.
Thurs.- Collect note taking handout. 2nd round of egg drop competition. Video on Water Cycle #234.
Fri.- Collect internet #2. Do reinforcement and Rain Shadow Effect handouts.
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Internet #2 week of 2/8-2/12
Click on the link labeled Cycles. Answer the following questions:
1. Name the three biogeochemical cycles.
2. What does biogeochemical mean?
3. Name the 3 ways that carbon and carbon dioxide are released into the air in the carbon cycle.
4. What is the most common gas in the Earth's atmosphere?
5. What organisms "fix" and convert nitrogen for other organism to use?
6. What organisms are the key to keeping the oxygen cycle going?
7. What happens to water during evaporation?
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Internet #1 for week of 2/1-2/5
Click on the Energy Story link. Scroll down to the table of contents.
www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/index.html
For each of the following energy sources write THREE important facts (include what the source of energy actually is and how it provides energy).
Biomass energy; geothermal energy; hydro power; nuclear energy; ocean energy; solar energy; and wind energy.
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Internet # 6 for week of 1/4-8, 2010
Click on Geologic Time. Read from Geologic Time through How Old is that Rock? Answer the following questions:
Geologic Time
1. What does the top step and bottom step of the stairwell represent?
Cenozoic Era
2. Why is the Cenozoic Era called the Age of Mammals?
3. Name the 2 periods in the Cenozoic Time frame.
4. When did humanity appear?
Mesozoic Era
5. Name the 3 time periods in the Mesozoic Era.
6. What formed from a collision during this time?
7. What is the most dominant life form? Which is the most common?
8. Name 4 other life forms that appeared during this time.
Paleozoic Era
9. Name what makes up the composition of the air.
10. List the most abundant life forms.
11. What caused the mass dying?
Precambrian Era
12. Name the 3 eras.
13. Describe the Earth during the Hadean Era.
14. What cooled to form the ocean floor?
15. What was the only life form?
16. About how long ago did single-celled organisms with a nucleus form?
Names on the Staircase of Time
17. What do groups of fossils show?
18. How were the time periods named?
How Old is that Rock
19. Where are younger rocks found?
20. Define absolute age and how it is measured.
21. The older a rock, the _____ the number of ____ elements and the ______ the number of ______ elements are found in the rock.
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Internet #5 for the week of Dec. 11-18
Click on the rocks and minerals link. Under research/informational sites click on Hardness of Rocks and Minerals. Answer the following questions:
1. How is hardness described?
2. What is being tested?
3. What do hammer blows test?
4. What is the name of the hardness scale?
5. What else does the hardness of rocks and minerals depend upon?
Click on Mineral Matters - How to Identify Minerals; Introduction
Answer:
6. What does a field guide show you?
Click on color:
7. Is color by itself enough to identify a mineral? Why or why not?
Click on streak:
8. What is an unglazed piece of tile called?
Click on transparency:
9. Whiat is transparency? Name and describe the 3 degrees of transparency.
Click on luster:
10. What is luster?
Click on hardness:
11. List the common objects used to test for hardness and their values.
Click on clevage:
12. When is clevage considered perfect?
Click on fracture:
13. Describe fracture.
Click on specific gravity:
14. What is specific gravity?
Click on crystal form:
15. List the 6 crystal systems and tell how they are usually shaped.
Go back to Mineral Matters and click on Mine Games.
Do 1-10 on Sedimentary My Dear Watson and 1-10 on Knowledge Nuggets.
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Internet #4 for week of 12/7-11
Click on rocks and minerals link. Under research/informational sites category click on fast facts about rocks and minerals. Copy and answer questions 1-3. Next, click on the rock cycle and explain how it works. Under online activities, click on rocks and minerals word search. Do the search. Last, under offline activities, click on geology crossword puzzle and do that.
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Internet #3 - week of 11/30-12/4
Click on favorite line Waves. Read Chapter 8 and do the chapter test at the end. Do the same thing for chapters 9 and 10. Number the questions, write down your answers and your scores for each test.
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Internet #2- week of 11/16-11/20
Click on favorite link Dirtmeister's Home. Click on the six simple machines on the right side of the screen to answer the following questions. Then do 2,3,4 on the left side of the screen.
1. What is another name for the inclined plane?
2. How does a ramp work?
3. How did Egyptians get heavy stones up to the top of their pyramids?
4. What is a wedge used for?
5. Which is the most commom simple machine?
6. What is a fulcrulm?
7. Discuss 2 different ways that the wheel and axle work.
8. Why does a pulley make work seem easier?
9. What results from using 3 pulleys?
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Internet #1 for week of 11/9-13
Find the names of 15 different science careers and tell what you would do if you worked in each of these jobs.
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Internet # 6 week of 10-12-16/09
Go to the atomic structure link. Read about isotopes and radioactivity; beta decay; half-life; and meaning of half-life. Write 3 facts using complete sentences, from each of the sections for a total of 12 facts.
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Internet #5 week of 10/5-9/09
Click on the link labeled Atomic Structure. Scroll down to the Periodic Table. Click on the periodic table and read all of it. You will write a total of 16 important facts from the following topics that are listed: atomic weight; atomic mass units; weight and mass; atomic number; atomic structure and properties; evidence of structure of atoms; evidence of the nucleus; and evidence of neutrons.
Research a Hispanic Scientist and write a paragraph telling me what their contribution to science was.
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Inernet #4 for 9/21-25
Click on the favorite link labelled "Hurricanes" (listed at the top of the page). Go to the home page. To the bottom right of the screen, click on hurricanes. Scroll down to the bottom and click on "Learn about Hurricanes". View all categories. Last, click on see complete list of hurricane names. On the next screen (left side) click on glossary under Hurricane Awareness. Either copy the questions or use complete sentences for your answers.
1. Over which water areas do hurricanes form?
2. When is hurricane season?
3. What is the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale an estimate of?
4. How are hurricanes named?
5. When were men's names added?
6. What is the difference between the eye and the eyewall?
7. Where are hurricanes called typhoons? cyclones?
8. What is the difference bewteen a hurricane watch and hurricane warning?
9. Describe the difference between a tropical depression, tropical storm and a hurricane.
10. State 3 facts about hurricanes not previously mentioned.
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Internet #3 week of 9/14-18
When graphing remember that the manipulated variable(independent) is graphed on the x-axis (horizonatally across the bottom) and the responding variable (dependent) is graphed on the y-axis (along the left side vertically up and down.
Click on the link labelled graphing and do your best even if you can't get them all right (you do not need to copy the questions): #2a-f#3a,b,c;#4a.c.e;#5a;#6a,c,d;#7a-e;#8a-d.
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Internet #2 week of 8/31-9/4
Click on the favorite link labeled Metric System (listed at the top of this page). Read and answer following questions:
1. What is the metric system based on?
2. Copy under "large numbers" the chart listing name, symbol and factor.
3. Copy under "small numbers" the name, symbol and factor.
4. What is the formula for square area?
5. What is the formula for cubic meter (volume)?
6. 1m3= ____ liters
7. What does 1 m/s stand for?
8. Define acceleration.
9. Where and what year did the metric system develop?
10. What does SI stand for?
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Internet #1 for week of 8/24-28
Copy and paste the link below to answer the following questions. You do not need to copy out the questions.
1. Which is the most common flask in the chemistry lab?
2. What is the disadvantage of the Florence flask?
3. What is the most important difference between a beaker and a graduated cylinder, other than shape or size?
4. Where should the bumper ring be placed on the graduated cylinder and why?
5. In what direction does the meniscus curve in most liquids in a graduated cylinder? How does it differ for mercury?
6. Where is the meniscus read?
7. As the diameter of the cylinder increases, what happens to the curve of the meniscus?
8. What happens when you put an item on an electronic balance and press the zero button? Why does this save time?
9. What two things must you do before placing objects on the electronic balance?
10. As you face the triple beam balance what "step" division is the back beam? middle beam? front beam?
11. Where must the tares be placed for the 100 grams and 10 grams beam?
12. What is a fume hood and when is it used?
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Internet #6 week of 5/11-15
Click on the alcohol link. Click on drugs and alcohol. Click on alcohol and ones listed under it and answer the following questions:
1. What is fermentation?
2. What happens and how does drinking alcohol afffect people?
3. What does drinking alter in people?
4. Define alcohol poisioning.
5. List 7 symptoms of alcohol poisioning.
6. List 4 reasons why teens drink.
7. List at least 5 specific consequences of drinking.
8. Who is less likely to become problem drinkers?
9. Who can you turn to for help if you have a drinking problem?
10. True of False- Alcoholism is an illness.
Binge Drinking
11. Define binge drinking.
12. What is the definition of binge drinking today in the US?
13. List 3 negative effects of excessive drinking.
14. What are 7 signs that someone may have alcohol poisioning?
15. How many calories does a can of beer have?
Coping with an Alcoholic Parent
16. What 6 things might a teen with alcoholic parents feel?
17. Are teenage children of alcoholic parents more or less likely to become alcoholics themselves?
18. What organization is available to help teens cope with alcoholism?
I Think I have a Drinking Problem
19. List 8 early warning signs that someone may have a substance abuse problem.
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Internet #5 for week of May 4-8
Click on drugs, alcohol and smoking.
Click on teens and then alcohol and drugs.
Click on all the sites with drugs in its title. Write 2 facts from each section for a total of 20 facts. Number the facts.
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Internet #4 for week of April 27-may 1
Click on the Sexual Health Link
If you are a female: pick 2 different topics listed under "Your Changing Body" and write 2 facts from each topic. Then pick 5 different topics listed under " For Girls" and write 2 facts that you learned from each topic. You will have 14 important statements in all.
If you are a boy, pick 2 different topics listed under "Your Changing Body" and write 2 facts from each topic. Then pick 5 different topics listed under "For Boys" and write 2 facts that you learned from each topic. You will have 14 important statements in all.
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Internet #3 for the week of April 13-17
Click on the butterfly link and asnwer the following questions.
1. What makes up the butterfly anatomy?
2. What are the only insects with scaly wings?
3. What is the purpose of the veins?
4. What must the body temperature be for the butterfly to fly?
5. Between what speeds do butterflies fly?
6. Name the stages of the life cycle of a butterfly. Is it complete or incomplete metamorphosos?
7. What is the proboscis?
8. Why do butterflies migrate?
9. What group (order) do butterflies belong to? What does this term mean?
10. When are the earliest butterfly fossils from?
11. What kind of rays can butterflies see that humans cannot?
12. How do butterflies feel their environment?
13. What do the butterfly's feet have and what does this enable?
14. How do butterflies hear?
15. What is the importance of the Johnston's organs?
16. How does camouflage help protect the butterfly?
17. Are any butterflies poisonous? How does this help protect them?
18. How does mimicry help protect the butterfly?
19. Name the largest butterfly and how big is it?
20. Name the smallest butterfly and how big is it?
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Internet #2 for week of 3/30-4/3/09
Click on the site about Birds. Read and list 2 interesting facts from each of the following sections: What Makes a Bird a Bird?; Feathers;Beaks and Feet; Internal Structures of a Bird; Internal Power System; The Mechanics of Flight in Birds; Gliding Flight; Take Off and Landing; Variety in Flight.
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Internet #1 for week 3/23-3/26
Read the article, "Plain, Simple, Primitive? Not the Jellyfish", by clicking on the link "jellyfish" and then on the article in the upper right hand corner of the web page. Then go back and in the activities/procedures section answer a-r.
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Internet #6 for week of 3/9-3/13
Click on the link labeled Lightning and Thunder to answer the following questions. There are several pages to this link.
1. Despite their small size, what do protons and electrons carry?
2. What happens when like charges come together? Unlike charges?
3. How do objects get a negative charge?
4. Since your body gets a negative charge from electrons, what happens when you touch a metal doorknob and why?
5. What is the main difference between static electricity and lightning?
6. In a storm cloud, what happens to the positive particles? Negative particles? Why?
7. What happens when the power of attraction between protons and electrons becomes too great?
8. What are leaders? Streamers? Return strokes?
9. How do you estimate your distance from a lightning strike ( in miles)?
10. What causes thunder?
11. About how many lightning strikes are there around the world daily? How many per second each day?
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Internet #5 for the week of 3/3-3/7
Us the NY Times site. Read the article "A Common Parasite Reveals its Strongest Asset: Stelth". Click on lesson plans in the top right hand side. Scroll down to Activities/Procedures. Answer #2 a-t.
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Internet #4 for week of 2/23-2/27
Click on the House link. On the left-hand side of the page, click on the different areas of the house picture. Click on "Best Ways to Save and Drought Tips". From this list and the different sections of the house, list at least 2 facts from each of the rooms. You need to have 20 facts in all.
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Internet #3 for week of 2/16-20
Click on the Recycle City link. There are 4 sections in the city (northwest,southwest,northeast and southeast). For each area (section) list 5 things that are being done to improve the environment. Total of 20 facts.
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Internet #1 week of 2/2-2/6
Click on the link labeled Cycles. Answer the following questions:
1. Name the three biogeochemical cycles.
2. What does biogeochemical mean?
3. Name the 3 ways that carbon and carbon dioxide are released into the air in the carbon cycle.
4. What is the most common gas in the Earth's atmosphere?
5. What organisms "fix" and convert nitrogen for other organism to use?
6. What organisms are the key to keeping the oxygen cycle going?
7. What happens to water during evaporation?
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Internet #2 week of 2/9-2/13
Click on the Energy Story link. Scroll down to the table of contents.
www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/index.html
For each of the following energy sources write THREE important facts (include what the source of energy actually is and how it provide energy).
Biomass energy; geothermal energy; hydro power; nuclear energy; ocean energy; solar energy; and wind energy.
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Internet # week of
Click on the Energy Story link. Scroll down to the table of contents.
www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/index.html
For each of the following energy sources write THREE important facts (include what the source of energy actually is and how it provide energy).
Biomass energy; geothermal energy; hydro power; nuclear energy; ocean energy; solar energy; and wind energy.
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Internet # 6 for week of 1/5-9, 2009
Click on Geologic Time. Read from Geologic Time through How Old is that Rock? Answer the following questions:
Geologic Time
1. What does the top step and bottom step of the stairwell represent?
Cenozoic Era
2. Why is the Cenozoic Era called the Age of Mammals?
3. Name the 2 periods in the Cenozoic Time frame.
4. When did humanity appear?
Mesozoic Era
5. Name the 3 time periods in the Mesozoic Era.
6. What formed from a collision during this time?
7. What is the most dominant life form? Which is the most common?
8. Name 4 other life forms that appeared during this time.
Paleozoic Era
9. Name what makes up the composition of the air.
10. List the most abundant life forms.
11. What caused the mass dying?
Precambrian Era
12. Name the 3 eras.
13. Describe the Earth during the Hadean Era.
14. What cooled to form the ocean floor?
15. What was the only life form?
16. About how long ago did single-celled organisms with a nucleus form?
Names on the Staircase of Time
17. What do groups of fossils show?
18. How were the time periods named?
How Old is that Rock
19. Where are younger rocks found?
20. Define absolute age and how it is measured.
21. The older a rock, the _____ the number of ____ elements and the ______ the number of ______ elements are found in the rock.
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Internet #4 - wwek of 12/7-11
Click on rocks and minerals link. Under research/informational sites category click on fast facts about rocks and minerals. Copy and answer questions 1-3. Next, click on the rock cycle and explain how it works. Under online activities, click on rocks and minerals word search. Do the search. Last, under offline activities, click on geology crossword puzzle and do that.
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Internet #3 - week of 11/17-21
Click on favorite line Waves. Read Chapter 8 and do the chapter test at the end. Do the same thing for chapters 9 and 10. Number the questions, write down your answers and your scores for each test.
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Internet #2- week of 11/3-11/7
Click on favorite link Dirtmeister's Home. Click on the six simple machines on the right side of the screen to answer the following questions. Then do 2,3,4 on the left side of the screen.
1. What is another name for the inclined plane?
2. How does a ramp work?
3. How did Egyptians get heavy stones up to the top of their pyramids?
4. What is a wedge used for?
5. Which is the most commom simple machine?
6. What is a fulcrulm?
7. Discuss 2 different ways that the wheel and axle work.
8. Why does a pulley make work seem easier?
9. What results from using 3 pulleys?
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Internet #1- week of 10/6-10
Go to the atomic structure link. Read about isotopes and radioactivity; beta decay; half-life; and meaning of half-life. Write 3 facts using complete sentences, from each of the sections for a total of 12 facts.
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Internet #6 week of 9/29-10/3
Click on the link labeled atomic structure. Scroll down to the Periodic Table. Click on periodic properties, chemcial reactions, transistion metals, and lathanides and actinides. Write 3 important facts from each of these sections for a total of 12 facts.
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Internet #5 week of 9/22-26
Click on the link labeled Atomic Structure. Scroll down to the Periodic Table. Click on the periodic table and read all of it. You will write a total of 16 important facts from the following topics that are listed: atomic weight; atomic mass units; weight and mass; atomic number; atomic structure and properties; evidence of structure of atoms; evidence of the nucleus; and evidence of neutrons.
Research a Hispanic Scientist and write a paragraph telling me what his contribution to science was.
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Internet #4
Find the names of 15 different science careers and tell what you would do if you worked in each of these jobs.
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Internet #3
Click on the link for metric system.
http://ts.nist.gov/WeightsAndMeasures/Metric/lc1136k.cfm
The link does not always work so you may have to type in the address yourself.
Go to commonly asked questions. Write 1 important fact from each question. Number these facts. Then go to everything you need to know about metrics. Read this and give 5 examples listed in this section.
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Internet #2
Click on the link for the week of 8/25-29 labeled hurricanes. Look in the bottom right cornor and click on hurricanes. Scroll all the way to the bottom and click on each of the links. Either copy the questions and answer them or use complete sentences.
1. State 3 facts about hurricanes.
2. When is the hurricane season?
3. What is the difference between the eye and the eyewall?
4. Describe the difference between a tropical depression, tropical storm and a hurricane.
5. Where are hurricanes called typhoons? cyclones?
6. Over which areas do hurricanes form?
7. What is the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale an estimate of?
8. What is the difference between a hurricane watch and a hurricne warning?
9. What does the acronym FEMA stand for?
10. What tropical storm and hurricanes have occurred so far this season?
11. What named Category IV and V hurricanes hit Florida this century?
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Internet #1
Click on Favorite Links for the week of 8/18-22. Copy and answer the following questions:
1. Which is the most common flask in the chemistry lab?
2. What is the disadvantage of the Florence flask?
3. What is the most important difference between a beaker and a graduated cyclinder, other than shape or size?
4. Where should the bumper ring be placed on the graduated cylinder and why?
5. In what direction does the meniscus curve in most liquids in a graduated cylinder? How does it differ for mercury?
6. Where is the meniscus read?
7. As the diameter of the cylinder increases, what happens to the curve of the meniscus?
8. What happens when you put an item on an electronic balance and press the zero button? Why does this save time?
9. What 2 things must you do before placing objects on the electronic balance?
10. As you face the triple beam balance, what "step" division is the back beam? middle beam? front beam?
11. Where must the tares be placed for the 100 grams and 10 grams beam?
12. What is a fume hood and when is it used?
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Click on the mammal link. Click on each link as they appear and answer the questions that go with it. Sections I through XI.
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Work for the week of : May 5-
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Internet #5 week of 5/12-16
Click on the alcohol link and answer the following questions:
1. What is fermentation?
2. What happens and how does drinking alcohol afffect people?
3. What does drinking alter in people?
4. Define alcohol poisioning.
5. List 7 symptoms of alcohol poisioning.
6. List 4 reasons why teens drink.
7. List at least 5 specific consequences of drinking.
8. Who is less likely to become problem drinkers?
9. Who can you turn to for help if you have a drinking problem?
10. True of False- Alcoholism is an illness.
Binge Drinking
11. Define binge drinking.
12. What is the definition of binge drinking today in the US?
13. List 3 negative effects of excessive drinking.
14. What are 7 signs that someone may have alcohol poisioning?
15. How many calories does a can of beer have?
Coping with an Alcoholic Parent
16. What 6 things might a teen with alcoholic parents feel?
17. Are teenage children of alcoholic parents more or less likely to become alcoholics themselves?
18. What organization is available to help teens cope with alcoholism?
I Think I have a Drinking Problem
19. List 8 early warning signs that someone may have a substance abuse problem.
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Internet #4 week of 5/5-5/9
Click on drugs, alcohol and smoking.
Click on all the sites with drugs in its title. Write 2 facts from each section for a total of 20 facts. Number the facts.
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Internet #3 week of 4/28-5/2
Click on the Sexual Health Link
If you are a female: pick 2 different topics listed under "Your Changing Body" and write 2 facts from each topic. Then pick 5 different topics listed under " For Girls" and write 2 facts that you learned from each topic. You will have 14 important statements in all.
If you are a boy, pick 2 different topics listed under "Your Changing Body" and write 2 facts from each topic. Then pick 5 different topics listed under "For Boys" and write 2 facts that you learned from each topic. You will have 14 important statements in all.
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Internet #2 week of 3/30-4/3/09
Click on the site about Birds. Read and list 2 interesting facts from each of the following sections: What Makes a Bird a Bird?; Feathers;Beaks and Feet; Internal Structures of a Bird; Internal Power System; The Mechanics of Flight in Birds; Gliding Flight; Take Off and Landing; Variety in Flight.
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Internet #1
Read the article, "Plain, Simple, Primitive? Not the Jellyfish", by clicking on the link "jellyfish" and then on the article in the upper right hand corner of the web page. Then go back and in the activities/procedures section answer a-r.
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Internet #6 for the week of 3/10-14
Us the NY Times site. Read the article "A Common Parasite Reveals its Strongest Asset: Stelth". Click on lesson plans in the top right hand side. Scroll down to Activities/Procedures. Answer #2 a-t.
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Internet #5 for the week of 3/3
Click on the House link. On the left-hand side of the page, click on the different areas of the house picture. Click on "Best Ways to Save and Drought Tips". From this list and the different sections of the house, list at least 2 facts from each of the rooms. You need to have 20 facts in all.
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Internet #4 week of 2/25
Click on the Recycle City link. There are 4 sections in the city (northwest,southwest,northeast and southeast). For each area (section) list 5 things that are being done to improve the environment. Total of 20 facts.
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Internet #3 week of 2/18
Click on the link labeled Cycles. Answer the following questions:
1. Name the three biogeochemical cycles.
2. What does biogeochemical mean?
3. Name the 3 ways that carbon and carbon dioxide are released into the air in the carbon cycle.
4. What is the most common gas in the Earth's atmosphere?
5. What organisms "fix" and convert nitrogen for other organism to use?
6. What organisms are the key to keeping the oxygen cycle going?
7. What happens to water during evaporation?
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Internet #2 week of 2/11
Click on the link labeled Lightning and Thunder to answer the following questions. There are several pages to this link.
1. Despite their small size, what do protons and electrons carry?
2. What happens when like charges come together? Unlike charges?
3. How do objects get a negative charge?
4. Since your body gets a negative charge from electrons, what happens when you touch a metal doorknob and why?
5. What is the main difference between static electricity and lightning?
6. In a storm cloud, what happens to the positive particles? Negative particles? Why?
7. What happens when the power of attraction between protons and electrons becomes too great?
8. What are leaders? Streamers? Return strokes?
9. How do you estimate your distance from a lightning strike ( in miles)?
10. What causes thunder?
11. About how many lightning strikes are there around the world daily? How many per second each day?
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Internet #1 week of 2/4
Click on the Energy Story link. Scroll down to the table of contents.
www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/index.html
For each of the following energy sources write THREE important facts (include what the source of energy actually is and how it provide energy).
Biomass energy; geothermal energy; hydro power; nuclear energy; ocean energy; solar energy; and wind energy.
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Internet #6 for the week of Dec. 10-14
Click on Geologic Time. Read from Geologic Time through How Old is that Rock? Answer the following questions:
Geologic Time
1. What does the top step and bottom step of the stairwell represent?
Cenozoic Era
2. Why is the Cenozoic Era called the Age of Mammals?
3. Name the 2 periods in the Cenozoic Time frame.
4. When did humanity appear?
Mesozoic Era
5. Name the 3 time periods in the Mesozoic Era.
6. What formed from a collision during this time?
7. What is the most dominant life form? Which is the most common?
8. Name 4 other life forms that appeared during this time.
Paleozoic Era
9. Name what makes up the composition of the air.
10. List the most abundant life forms.
11. What caused the mass dying?
Precambrian Era
12. Name the 3 eras.
13. Describe the Earth during the Hadean Era.
14. What cooled to form the ocean floor?
15. What was the only life form?
16. About how long ago did single-celled organisms with a nucleus form?
Names on the Staircase of Time
17. What do groups of fossils show?
18. How were the time periods named?
How Old is that Rock
19. Where are younger rocks found?
20. Define absolute age and how it is measured.
21. The older a rock, the _____ the number of ____ elements and the ______ the number of ______ elements are found in the rock.
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Internet #5 for the week of Dec. 8-12
Click on the rocks and minerals link. Under research/informational sites click on Hardness of Rocks and Minerals. Answer the following questions:
1. How is hardness described?
2. What is being tested?
3. What do hammer blows test?
4. What is the name of the hardness scale?
5. What else does the hardness of rocks and minerals depend upon?
Click on Mineral Matters - How to Identify Minerals; Introduction
Answer:
6. What does a field guide show you?
Click on color:
7. Is color by itself enough to identify a mineral? Why or why not?
Click on streak:
8. What is an unglazed piece of tile called?
Click on transparency:
9. Whiat is transparency? Name and describe the 3 degrees of transparency.
Click on luster:
10. What is luster?
Click on hardness:
11. List the common objects used to test for hardness and their values.
Click on clevage:
12. When is clevage considered perfect?
Click on fracture:
13. Describe fracture.
Click on specific gravity:
14. What is specific gravity?
Click on crystal form:
15. List the 6 crystal systems and tell how they are usually shaped.
Go back to Mineral Matters and click on Mine Games.
Do 1-10 on Sedimentary My Dear Watson and 1-10 on Knowledge Nuggets.
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Internet #3 for week of Nov. 16
Click on favorite link waves. Click on physics tutorial. Click on waves and lesson 1. Read part 1- Wave and Wavelike Motion. Do part 2-What is a Wave #1-3; Do part 3- Categories of Waves #1-8; Lesson #2- Part 1- Anatomy of a Wave # 1-3; Part 2- Frequency #1-3; Part 3- Speed of a Wave #1-3; Lesson #3- Reflection, refraction and diffiraction # 1-4; Click on Sound Waves and Music- Interfence- Lesson 3-#1-4; Click on Light Waves and Color- Do lesson 2-Light, Absorption,reflection and transmission # 1-4.
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Internet #2 for week of Nov. 5-9
Internet #1 for week of Oct.8-12
Go to atomic structure link; Read about isotopes and radioactivity; beta decay; half-life; and meaning of half-life. Write 3 facts from each section for a total of 12 facts.
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Internet #6
Click on the link labeled Atomic Structure, scroll down to the Periodic Table. Click on periodic properties, chemical reactions, transition metals, and lanthanides and actinides. Write 3 important facts from each of these sections for a total of 12 facts.
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Internet #5
Click on the link labeled Atomic Structure and then scroll down to the Periodic Table and click on it. You will write a TOTAL of 16 important facts from the following topics that are listed: atomic weight; atomic mass units; weight and mass; atomic number;atomic structure and properties; evidence of structure of atoms, nucleus and neutrons (3 different topics).
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Internet #4
Find the names of 15 different science careers and tell what you would do if you worked in each of these jobs.
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Internet#3
Click on the favorite link labelled "Hurricanes" (listed at the top of the page). Go to the home page. To the bottom right of the screen, click on hurricanes. Scroll down to the bottom and click on "Learn about Hurricanes". View all categories. Last, click on see complete list of hurricane names. On the next screen (left side) click on glossary under Hurricane Awareness. Either copy the questions or use complete sentences for your answers.
1. Over which water areas do hurricanes form?
2. When is hurricane season?
3. What is the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale an estimate of?
4. How are hurricanes named?
5. When were men's names added?
6. What is the difference between the eye and the eyewall?
7. Where are hurricanes called typhoons? cyclones?
8. What is the difference bewteen a hurricane watch and hurricane warning?
9. Describe the difference between a tropical depression, tropical storm and a hurricane.
10. State 3 facts about hurricanes not previously mentioned.
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Internet #2
Click on the favorite link labeled Metric System (listed at the top of this page). Copy each question up until you reach part two. Answer each question. You will use the links on the site to help you find the answers.
1. Which is the most common flask in the chemistry lab?
2. What is the disadvantage of the Florence flask?
3. What is the most important difference between a beaker and a graduated cylinder, other than shape or size?
4. Where should the bumper ring be placed on the graduated cylinder and why?
5. In what direction does the meniscus curve in most liquids in a graduated cylinder? How does it differ for mercury?
6. Where is the meniscus read?
7. As the diameter of the cylinder increases, what happens to the curve of the meniscus?
8. What happens when you put an item on an electronic balance and press the zero button? Why does this save time?
9. What two things must you do before placing objects on the electronic balance?
10. As you face the triple beam balance what "step" division is the back beam? middle beam? front beam?
11. Where must the tares be placed for the 100 grams and 10 grams beam?
12. What is a fume hood and when is it used?
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