The Nature of Science

aeling on Apr 15th 2009

7th Grade Online Assignment

1. Open the following link: The Cell
2. Read the Welcome message.
3. Click on the Explore Cell tab.
4. Explore plant and animal cells to identify the function of the cell parts listed on your worksheet.
5. Click on the Challenge tab and open “Build a Cell.”
6. When you have successfully built an animal cell, sketch your results on your worksheet. Make sure you color and label the appropriate cell parts.
7. Hand in when done.

online-activity-the-cell.doc

DUE WEDNESDAY APRIL 22, 2009.

aeling on Apr 15th 2009

8th Grade Online Assignment

1. Open the following link: Plate Tectonics
2. Click “enter.”
3. Follow the directions to complete the online lesson and worksheet.
4. Hand in when done.

online-assignment-plate-tectonics.doc

DUE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 2009.

aeling on Mar 19th 2009

7th Grade Online Assignment

1. Open the following file: living-things.asf
2. Watch the video and answer the questions on the Living Things worksheet.
3. Hand in when done.

DUE FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 2009

living-things.doc

aeling on Mar 17th 2009

8th Grade Online Assignment

PART I

1. Click on the following link: Groundwater Modeling
2. Read the Overview.
3. Use the information found in the Background tab to answer the questions on the Groundwater Modeling worksheet.
4. When you have completed the worksheet turn it in and pick up your packet for PART II.

DUE FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 2009.
PART II

1. Click on the following link: Groundwater Modeling
2. Open the Investigate tab.
3. Select the Groundwater Problem that matches your packet. Either Chesapeake County or Madison County.
4. Select “How to put the models together” and follow the directions.
5. Once you have assembled your models correctly, use them to solve your Groundwater Problem.
6. When you are finished, hand in your Groundwater Problem answer sheet and all of your models.

DUE FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 2009.

online-assignment-groundwater-modeling.doc

aeling on Mar 13th 2009

Last month, I celebrated my first birthday! Did you know that in classical Roman culture, ‘cakes’ were served at special birthdays. However, these cakes did not resemble contemporary cakes in the least. They were simply flat rounds made with flour containing nuts, leavened with yeast, and sweetened with honey. In early Europe, the words for cake and bread were virtually interchangeable; the only difference being that cakes were sweet while bread was not.

aeling on Mar 2nd 2009

8th Grade Online Assignment

1. Click on the following link:  Soil Safari

2. Click on the “Get In” icon.

3. Follow the onscreen guide to complete the Soil Safari Data Log.

4. Hand in worksheet when done.

DUE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2009.

soil-safari-data-log.doc

aeling on Jan 6th 2009

Last week I celebrated my first Christmas. Did you know that the term Charlie Brown Christmas tree is used in the United States and Canada to describe any poor-looking or malformed little tree? Some tree buyers intentionally adopt such trees, feeling sympathetic to their plights. The term comes from the appearance of Charlie Brown’s Christmas tree in the TV special A Charlie Brown Christmas.

aeling on Jan 6th 2009

8th Grade Online Assignment:

1. Open the following link: Fossil Fuels Eco-Stat

2. Click start

3. Use the eco-stat to answer questions about fossil fuels on the “Coal, Oil or Natural Gas?” worksheet.

4. Take the Energy Quiz.

5. Hand in your worksheet when you are done.

DUE JANUARY 14, 2009

aeling on Dec 8th 2008

This weekend we got about 15″ of snow at my house. Did you know that there is an annual sled dog race in Alaska called the Iditarod, where mushers and teams of typically 16 dogs cover 1,161 miles (1868 km) in eight to fifteen days? The trail runs through the U.S. state of Alaska, and teams frequently race through blizzards, causing whiteout conditions, sub-zero weather, and gale-force winds which can cause the wind chill to reach −100 °F.

aeling on Dec 2nd 2008

Last week I celebrated my first Thanksgiving by eating too much turkey. Did you know that the date and location of the first Thanksgiving celebration is actually a topic of modest debate? Though the earliest attested Thanksgiving celebration was on September 8, 1565 in what is now Saint Augustine, Florida, the traditional “first Thanksgiving” is venerated as having occurred at the site of Plymouth Plantation, in 1621.