Showing posts with label Science. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Science. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Earth Science


DO NOT START THIS PAGE UNTIL I HAVE CHECKED THAT YOU ARE COMPLETELY DONE WITH PHYSICAL SCIENCE!!!!

Welcome to EARTH SCIENCE.  
If you haven't already - Make the next blank page into a New Chapter page with EARTH Science.
something like this page.  Make it your own!

Please have the Day, Title, Date on EACH page of your NB!!
If you don't understand something, see me first!!!

Day 1 Plate Tectonics

  1. Watch this video about the Earth's Crust.
  2. Find the Bill Nye Earth's Crust worksheet and complete it.  Glue it into your NB.  Remember: Day, Title, Date on EACH page of your NB
  3. Find your Plate Tectonics Project and look through it, if you have questions, please come see me.  Keep it in your Science NB folder, you will work on it everyday.
  4. Find the OUTLINE worksheet and fill it out.  Take your time and write good, complete sentences.
Day 2 Plate Tectonics
  1. Find the plate tectonics cycle worksheet - follow the directions and glue it in your NB.
  2. Find the 2 Research Handouts - look around the web for information to fill out the worksheet.  Draw an illustration and glue it into your NB.
Day 3 Plate Tectonics
  1. Find the Plate Tectonics foldables, glue them into your NB and write the definitions under each flap.
  2. After you have finished the foldables in #1, then write your BIO poem.  Title it with the name of the landform you chose.  You will need to do some research on some of the items, if you want to make your notes on a separate paper and then just add your FINAL poem to your NB when you are done, keep your notes and put into your front folder.
Day 4 Plate Tectonics
  1. Find the Longer Plate Tectonics foldable and fill out the answers and glue into your NB.
  2. Find the Biosphere foldable and glue it into your NB.


Day 5 Fossils
Watch this video on Fossils
Find the Bill Nye Fossils worksheet and complete it.  Glue it into your NB.

Day 6Erosion
Watch this video on Erosion
Find the Bill Nye Erosion worksheet and complete it.  Glue it into your NB.

Day 7 Earthquakes
Watch this video on Earthquakes
Find the Bill Nye Earthquakes worksheet and complete it.  Glue it into your NB.

Day 8 Rocks and Soil
Watch this video on rocks and soil
Find the Bill Nye Rocks and Soil worksheet and complete it.  Glue it into your NB.

Day 9 Forests
Watch this video on forests
Find the Bill Nye Forests worksheet and complete it.  Glue it into your NB.

Day 10 Volcanoes
Watch this video on volcanoes
Find the Bill Nye Volcanoes worksheet and complete it.  Glue it into your NB.

Day 11 Oceanography
Watch this video on Oceanography
Find the Bill Nye Oceanology worksheet and complete it.  Glue it into your NB.

Day 12 Ocean Exploration
Watch this video on Earthquakes
Find the Bill Nye Ocean Exploration worksheet and complete it.  Glue it into your NB.

Day 13 The Sun
Watch this video on Earthquakes
Find the Bill Nye The Sun worksheet and complete it.  Glue it into your NB.

Day 14 The Moon
Watch this video on Earthquakes
Find the Bill Nye The Moon worksheet and complete it.  Glue it into your NB.

Day 15 Planets
Watch this video on Earthquakes
Find the Bill Nye Planets worksheet and complete it.  Glue it into your NB.

Day 16 Seasons
Watch this video on Earthquakes
Find the Bill Nye Seasons worksheet and complete it.  Glue it into your NB.

Day 17 Water Cycle
Watch this video on Earthquakes
Find the Bill Nye Water Cycle worksheet and complete it.  Glue it into your NB.

Day 18 Wind
Watch this video on Earthquakes
Find the Bill Nye Wind worksheet and complete it.  Glue it into your NB.

Day 19 Storms
Watch this video on Earthquakes
Find the Bill Nye Storms worksheet and complete it.  Glue it into your NB.

Day 20 Space Exploration
Watch this video on Earthquakes
Find the Bill Nye Space Exploration worksheet and complete it.  Glue it into your NB.

Day 21 Outer Space
Watch this video on Earthquakes
Find the Bill Nye Outer Space worksheet and complete it.  Glue it into your NB.

Day 22 - 24 - Find a Colored Piece of paper for EACH of the following lessons.  Fold it in half and add it to your Science NB.

Deserts

  1. Back to earth. Now you are going to learn these desert terms: arroyo, desert varnish, detritus, dune, dromedary, semiarid.
  2. Read about the desert. Date your colored piece of paper and title it Deserts
  3. Write the definitions of these Desert Terms on your colored paper (date the page). 
  4. Draw a line across your page below the Desert Terms and write the different types of deserts under the line.  
Rain Forests
  1. Learn about rain forests. Date your 2nd colored piece of paper and title it Rain Forests.
  2. See how much rain the rain forests get each year. How does that compare to deserts - write the question and answer on your colored piece of paper?
  3. Explore the rain forest some more - write down 10 interesting facts on your colored piece of paper - using complete sentences.
  4. Journey into Amazonia. Use the links on the right. If you want to play the game, you may, but use the other links first!
Earth Structure

  1. Read this page about the structure of the earth. Date your 3rd colored piece of paper and title it Earth Structure.
  2. Roll your mouse over the image to see the information on this page.
  3. Read about what’s really going on with the earth’s crust underneath our feet. (Make sure to watch the 4 minute video at the bottom of the page.)
  4. Write down 10 interesting facts you learned on your colored piece of paper.
  5. Draw the Earth Structure on your colored piece of paper and label the areas from the image on the site. You can use the back if you don't have any more room.
You are now ready to start LIFE Science.


Life Science

Genetic Worksheets

Welcome to LIFE Science!!

Day 1 Characteristics of Living Organisms

 Read this page - watch the video links (let me know if any of the videos are gone).
In your NB - Add the Date and then answer these questions - restating the question in the answer!!

 Remember to Restate the Question!!
1. Define organism.
2. Describe three characteristics of living things.
3. Identify three ways organisms can get the energy they require.
4. What is a cell?
5. Think about fire. Can fire be considered a living thing? Why or why not?
6. Why must organisms reproduce?
7. How is growth in a unicellular organism different from growth in a multicellular organism?
Give me your NB when finished, so I can check your answers.

Day 2 Human Body - Skin (date it) All answers need to be written your noted - restate the question!!
1.We’ll learn about cells later, but you should remember that everything in your body is made up of cells. Each cell is about 70% water so what atoms do you know are present in your cells? (answer: hydrogen and oxygen –H20)
2.Read about skin. Before you can use this site, you will need to use Google to log in. 
3.Make sure you tell the site to remember you.
4. Answer these questions: Restate the Questions!!
  1. What is the integumentary system?
  2. Outline how the epidermis is constantly being renewed.
  3. Identify three functions of the skin.
  4. How do sebaceous glands and sweat glands help maintain homeostasis?
  5. Why does it usually hurt to cut the skin but not the hair or nails?
  6. Compare and contrast the epidermis and dermis.
  7. Explain the role of melanocytes in the skin.
Give me your NB when finished, so I can check your answers.

 Day 3 Human Body - Skin (date it) 
1.Watch this skin lesson.
2.What makes skin an organ? Answer in your NB - restate the quetion!
3.Look at these images of skin and make observations.
4.Write down 5 interesting facts or things you observed.
5. Print this skin diagram. Label the skin.  Here’s an image to help.
Give me your NB when finished, so I can check your answers.

 Day 4 Muscular System (date it) 
1. Go to this page and read The Muscular System.
2. Answer review questions 1-6. Restate the Questions in your answers!!!
Give me your NB when finished, so I can check your answers.

Day 5 Muscular System - (date it)
  1. Play poke a muscle. Click on scan to begin. Read the names of the muscles. Click on begin. Use the scanner to find the muscle named; it will be a different color. Click on it. Ask for help if you don't understand the game. Repeat until you can click on ALL of the muscles. Take a screenshot when you are finished to show you did the entire game.
  2. Do the jigsaw puzzle.
  3. In your NB, write down 5 muscle names and where they are located on the body. In complete sentences!!!!
Day 6 Skeletal System (date it)
  1. Read about the Skeletal System.
  2. Answer the review questions 1-7. Restating the questions in your answers!!!
Give me your NB when finished, so I can check your answers.

Day 7 Skeletal System (date it) 
  1. Take a tour of the skeletal system. Click on the skeleton and then click on each name.
  2. Write down the name of each bone on the diagram, and where it is located on the body.
  3. Then you can click on the box and use the skeleton picture to help you build your own.
  4. Take a screenshot when you finish.  Print it out.
Day 8 Skeletal System (date it) Read the whole lesson before beginning!!!
  1. Watch this video on bone structure. Then take the quiz.  Write the answers to the following 7 questions from the quiz, in your notebook....
  2. How many bones there are in the human body? Write it in your NB - restating the question.
  3. Write in your NB - Where red blood are cells manufactured? - did you restate the question?
  4. What is the periosteum?  Write the answer in your NB -restating the question.
  5. How many bones did you have when you were born?  Write the answer in your NB - oh, yeah, restate the question.
  6. What is a compact bone? - Write it in your NB...do I really have to say it..ok, restate the question...
  7. Fill in the blanks "Bones grow by __________ just like ________."
  8. What makes bones move?  Write it in your NB....
  9. Print and label this skeleton. - You can ook at this skeleton for help.  Put it in your NB.
Day 9 Skeletal System (date it) Read the whole lesson before beginning!!!
  1. Play Concentration using skeletal terms.
  2. Write down 5 of the vocabulary terms you find.
  3. Take this test! Print out the results after you submit your answers.
  4. One more test! Print out the results after you submit your answers.
  5. Perform knee surgery. Login with USER easypeasy and PASSWORD allin1homeschool  After you are done with surgery, write down the types of patients you saw as a virtual doctor.  Write down 5 interesting facts you learned. (remember to use complete sentences)
Day 10 Digestive System (date it) Read the whole lesson before beginning!!!
  1. Read the Food and Nutrients chapter.
  2. Answer the 7 review questions in your NB - restating the questions.
Give me your NB when finished, so I can check your answers.
Day 11 Digestive System (date it) 
  1. Read the Digestive System chapter.
  2. Answer the review questions in your NB - restating the questions.

Give me your NB when finished, so I can check your answers.
Day 12 Digestive System (date it) 
  1. Print out the digestive system. Label it and date it.
  2. Fill out the crossword puzzle? Screenshot and print out when finished.
Day 13 Digestive System (date it) 
  1. Take a nutrition quiz. Print out the results after you submit your answers.
  2. Take a digestion quiz. Print out the results after you submit your answers.
Day 14 Digestive System (date it) 
  1. Take a test. Print out the results after you submit your answers.
  2. One more! Question number 2 should read “the organ labeled A,” not C. Print out the results after you submit your answers.
Day 15 Digestive System (date it) 
  1. Write the story of a doughnut being eaten and digested. You can write it as the doughnut speaking. OR, draw a diagram of its route and add labels telling what happens at each point.(Stories need complete sentences!!!)
Day 16 Digestive System (date it) READ the WHOLE Lesson FIRST!!!
  1. Write down EACH question on the quiz and the Correct answer - in your NB.
  2. Watch the video and take the quiz.
  3. Write down all the FACTS also!!!
Day 17 Digestive System (date it)
  1. Take the Skin Quiz. Print out the results after you submit your answers.
  2. Do the skin word find. Print it out when you are finished.
Day 18 Muscular System 

  1. Muscular System Quiz Print out the results after you submit your answers.
  2. Fill in the muscles. And print it out when finished.
Give me your NB when finished, so I can check your answers.

 Day 19 Circulatory System (easypeasy Day21)

Physical Science

Science Notebook
Day 1 Volume of cylinders
  1. Watch this video, and then this video and this video.
  2. Complete the Water Displacement worksheets in your NB.
  3. Watch this video, then this video.
  4. Then watch this video.
Watch this video on the history of matter.  Take NOTES. 

Day 2 More Matter...
  1. Read this page about Matter.
  2. Watch this video.  Do the matching game, then the quiz.
  3. Look in your NB for this page.  Complete it & put in your next NB page.
  4. Watch this video.
  5. Print out & complete this worksheet.
  6. Watch this video on the history of matter, again.  Take NOTES. 
  7. Take Science test #1 (covering everything we have done so far.)

Day 3 Atoms, Molecules and Elements
  1. Go to this site and look at lesson 1 & 2 - watch All the presentations, remember to zoom in.
  2. Watch this video.
  3. Print this worksheet
  4. Watch the Elements game powerpoint (see me first).
  5. Copy the Element-Compound-Mixture information to the right - into your NB.
Day 4 Compounds and Mixtures
  1. Print and complete this worksheet.
  2. Print and complete this worksheet.
  3. Watch this video.
  4. Go to this site and do the Lego Activity - you will use this worksheet.
*BONUS: Listen to the Element song.

Day 5 Chemical Reactions
  1. Watch this video.
  2. Watch this video.
  3. Print and complete this worksheet.
  4. Print this worksheet BEFORE watching Bill Nye, complete it as you watch. (date it)
  5. Watch Bill Nye Chemical Reactions video.
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Day 6 atoms and the Periodic Table
  1. Print the“Atoms Family” Math sheet and complete.
  2. Watch this video. 
  3. Take a look at how small atoms are. (Move the slider to the right and left) 
  4. Watch this video
  5. Play the Periodic Table game.
  6. Coloring the Periodic Table Notes (pdf) Look in the Science Binder before you print it out.  There is a Powerpoint to show you how it needs to be colored.
Day 7  Periodic Table Wrap up and Catch up day!!
  1. If you need to review the video on Atoms - here it is.
  2. Complete and glue the Bill Nye Atoms worksheet into your NB. 
  3. Glue this worksheet into your NB.  If you can't find it, reprint it.
  4. Glue this worksheet into your NB.  If you can't find it, reprint it.
  5. Complete the“Atoms Family” Math sheet and glue it into your NB.
  6. Glue Bill Nye Chemical Reactions worksheet into your NB.  If you can't find it, reprint it.    If you need to review the video - here it is.
  7. Look at this video - click on any element and learn more about it.  Use the information to complete your worksheets.
  8. If your science folder is all caught up and you want to make a molecule - I need to check your NB before continuing.
  9. With the information you have learned about molecules. atoms, and elements.  You will make a molecule with our molecule kit.  Decide which ones you will make before getting started.  Make sure you have all the information you need to build it.  Name, mass, group, elements, etc.
  10. When you are all done, we will take a photo and glue it into your NB.
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Day 8 Gold 
  1. Copy this page into your NB. date it
  2. Read about gold.
  3. Watch a video about gold.
  4. Find your element foldable - fill out the element tabs and add a picture to remind you what each one represents. 
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Day 9 Silver
  1. Copy this page into your NB. date it
  2. Read about silver.
  3. Watch a video about silver.
  4. Watch this video and this video about mining silver.
  5. Finish your element foldable.
Day 10 Energy
  1. Energy is what enables us to do our work. A roller coaster needs a certain amount of energy to do its work of pulling the weight of the cars from the beginning to the end.  It uses mechanical energy.
  2. Read about energy.  There are 2 types of energy STORED and WORKING.
  3. Look in your NB for Bill Nye ENERGY worksheet, then watch this video about energy.  
  4. Now find the Types of Energy Foldable,  me for instructions, before you put the worksheet in the NB.
  5. There are many forms of energy.  We are going to focus on only 7 of them.  Complete the foldable and glue it into your NB.
  6. Play this roller coaster game.
Day 11 Kinetic Energy
  1. There is potential energy and kinetic energy. From what you already read, it was explained as energy stored and energy working.
  2. Look at the picture toward the top of this page (guy with an arrow) and read the caption under him about the ball and arrow.
  3. Kinetic energy is the energy of an object in motion–the ball swinging or the arrowing flying through the air.
  4. There is a formula to figure out the kinetic energy of an object. Physicists use this to figure out if their roller coaster will work. The formula is Kinetic Energy equals One Half of the Mass of the object times its Speed Squared. The equation looks likes this.  KE = 1/2 mv^2   (OR .5 X mass X speed X speed)
  5. Go to this page and try the problems 1 and 2 at the bottom. You can use a calculator.
  6. Find the ENERGY worksheet in your NB.  Fill in the blanks and glue it into your NB.
  7. Find the Energy foldable sheets and put them in your NB.  See me if you need help with it.

Day 12 and 13 Force and Motion (day 107)
  1. Watch this video about Force, and then this video and then this video.
  2. Find your FORCE & MOTION foldable worksheet and glue it in your NB.
  3. Watch this video.
  4. Find your Bill Nye worksheet and THEN watch Bill Nye Motion, fill out the worksheet as you watch.
  5. Ask for the Force & Motion Unit Test when you ready.

Day 14 Friction 
  1. Play this forces in action game.
  2. Read and fill in the last three pages of this forces worksheet.  The answer to number 1 is 4n right. You can do this. It’s a diagram of your two hands pushing against each other. Your left hand pushes and your right hand pushes more. Which way do your hands move? Do they move more when you push harder? Yes. That’s all these diagrams are showing.
  3. Print this worksheet on Friction.  Answer the questions as you watch the video.
  4. Watch this video on Friction.
  5. Play this game about Friction.
Day 15 Velocity
  1. Read about velocity.
  2. Fill in these definition grids.
  3. Play launch ball.
Day 16
  1. Read about momentum.
  2. Take the quiz.  Print out this worksheet, answer the questions as you watch the videos.
  3. Watch this video then watch this video.  
  4. If you want to try building a momentum machine here are the instructions.
  5. Play Puck Chuck!

Day 17 Laws of Motion review - Show what you know.
  1. Build a marble maze and demonstrate the three laws of motion. Demonstrate to your parents and show them each of the three laws of motion in action.
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Day 18 and 19 Simple Machines
  1. Print out this sheet.
  2. Watch this video.
  3. Watch this experiment and try it at home.  Write up your experiment results on this Experiment Worksheet.
  4. Where are some inclined planes in your world? Here’s one example.  List them in your NB with explanations, page number, date and title on your page.
  5. *Draw a picture of an inclined plane or write examples of inclined planes on this graphic organizer, then glue it into your NB.
Day 20 Simple Machines
The next simple machine we are going to learn about is the wedge.
  1. Scroll down and read the definition of wedge. Copy this definition into your NB.  (Title and date with a page number.)
  2. Then copy the information below after the definition you just wrote. 

  • A wedge is like an inclined plane. It is slanted and comes to a point. The difference is that an inclined plane stays where it is put. 
  • The wedge does the moving. It is used to split things apart. 
  • How is a nail a wedge? Do you ever use your fingernail as a wedge?
4. Where else can you find wedges in your world?  List some places in your NB.  You can find wedges in these pictures.  
5. Find 10 examples of wedges and write them in your NB.
6. Draw a wedge or list examples of wedges on your simple machines graphic organizer.

 Day 21
The next simple machine we are going to learn about is the lever.
  1. Title and date your page about levers in your NB
  2. Write the definition of a lever in your NB. It is listed below:

noun

1.
Mechanics. a rigid bar that pivots about one point and that is used tomove an object at a second point by a force applied at a third.
Compare machine (def 4b).
  1. Draw a picture of a lever under the definition.
  2. Watch this video about levers.
Day 22
The next simple machine we are going to learn about is the screw.
  1. Title and date your page about screws in your NB
  2. Scroll down and read the definition of a screw and write it in your NB.
  3. Turn an inclined plane into a screw.
  4. Examples of screws
  5. Draw a picture of a screw under the definition.
  6. Watch this video showing how a screw can help move things. 
Day 23
The next simple machine is the wheel and axel.
  1. Watch this video on wheel and axel.
  2. Title and date your page about wheel and axel in your NB.
  3. Write down your own definition of what a wheel and axel is.
  4. Look at how a doorknob works.
  5. Make a conveyor belt of pencils. Draw a picture of it in your NB when you're done. -- The pencils are your wheels. Choose something heavy to push. (Because books are usually smooth, choose a really heavy one or a stack of a few.) Write down how different is it pushing something heavy across a rug and pushing something across your pencil conveyor belt?
  6. How does your conveyor belt make your work (your work of pushing your heavy object) easier? Explain this in your NB.
  7. If you take one of those pencils and poke it through two bottle caps, you have created an axel.
  8. Look at these examples of wheels and axels.
  9. Draw a picture of a wheel and axel at the bottom of your NB page.
Day 24
The next simple machine is the pulley
  1. Title and date your page about pulleys.
  2. Write down your definition of what a pulley does.
  3. Draw a picture of a pulley in your NB.
  4. Watch this video on pulleys.
  5. See examples of pulleys.
  6. Make a pulley system. Here’s an example with a milk jug, rope and a broom, but you can do any way you like.
Day 25
The last simple machine is a gear.
  1. Title and date your page about gears.
  2. Watch this video on gears.
  3. Write down your definition of what a gear does.
  4. Draw a picture of a gear in your NB.
  5. Find a gear in your house to look at –a bike, an egg beater, a toy car, etc…
  6. Gears have teeth that interlock. The big gear turns a smaller gear. You turn the big gear around once, and it turns the little wheel lots of times. Like the inclined plane, pulley and others, it spreads out your effort to do your work.
  7. Read about gears.
Day 26 - Simple machine wrap up.
  1. Watch these videos on simple machines.  Part 1  Part 2
  2. Take these simple machine quizzes.  Quiz 1  Quiz 2
  3. Print out the page with each quiz scores and glue into your NB.
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