Upcoming Events:

Earth Science Project Resources

Geology Project Due Dates:

Rough Draft: May 31

Final Product: June 5

Homework Week of May 21, 2012

*Homework should not take more than 30 minutes each night

Monday - Chatfield Hollow Reading-Read Actively and answer questions

Tuesday - Read pages 32-41 in "Earth's Changing Surface" and use notes worksheet to write down most important points about weathering

Wednesday - Read pages 60-71 in "Earth's Changing Surface" and use notes worksheet to write down most important points about erosion on shoreline

Thursday - Read pages 72-81 in "Earth's Changing Surface" and answer questions about glaciers

Friday - No homework-Rough draft of project due on Thursday.

Have a great weekend!

Rubric for Simple Machines Poster

*How to write a lab report

*Guidelines for Quiz Corrections

Lab Report Template

Earth Science Vocabulary

Extra Help Sessions

Extra help is available during study halls, and daily from 2:40 until 3:00

Help is also available on Mondays from 3-4:00

Upcoming Tests/Quizzes:

Earth Science Project

Rough Draft due: Thursday May 31

Final Draft due: Tuesday June 5

New! Textbook Online

Click here

user name: team724

password: science

The textbook is:

Interactive Websites:

Food Safety Unit

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OA/foodsafetymobile/mobilegame.swf

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/food_safety_education/for_kids_&_teens/index.asp

Cell Unit

http://library.thinkquest.org/C004535/cell_membranes.html

Inside a Cell: http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/cells/insideacell/

Cells Alive! http://www.cellsalive.com/cells/3dcell.htm

Structure Animations: http://www.wiley.com/legacy/college/boyer/0470003790/animations/cell_structure/cell_structure.htm

Biology For Kids: http://www.biology4kids.com/files/cell_main.html

http://www.nsf.gov/news/overviews/biology/interactive.jsp

http://www.exploratorium.edu/traits/cell_explorer.html

Simple Machines

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

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

Earth Science

http://ees.as.uky.edu/sites/default/files/elearning/module07swf.swf

http://ees.as.uky.edu/sites/default/files/elearning/module13swf.swf

http://ees.as.uky.edu/sites/default/files/elearning/module05swf.swf

http://www.learner.org/interactives/rockcycle/change3.html

Practice Worksheets:

Energy

Helpful Notes from Class:

Variables/Hypothesis

Go Green Tip of the Week:

Use lunch bags instead of a paper bag or plastic bag

Active Study Skills:

Students are encouraged to review science material daily to help reinforce the new information, and also to help create new questions for the next day :)

-studying should be done in a quiet room free of distractions including TV, cell phone, and computer

-rewrite your notes

-use old quizzes or homework assignments to see what you understand well, and what you can study more

-get extra help

-teach the new material to someone else