Online simulations
1. http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/balancing-chemical-equations
Balancing equations
Write and draw out a balanced equation
2. http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/forces-and-motion-basics
Balanced and unbalanced forces
Click on sum an value on the top left… put all the red and blue men on the rope.
Experiment with taking away different men.
Make the force balanced… draw and explain
Make the force unbalanced … draw and explain
3. http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/plate-tectonics
Plate tectonics… click on plate motion tab… run the simulation for the three types of plate boundaries… draw, label and explain your results
Convergent – Continental/ continental
Convergent – oceanic / continental
Divergent
Continental/ continental
Oceanic/ oceanic
Transform
Continental /continental
4. http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/build-an-atom
Atoms … go to game mode…play game
Draw and label a neutral atom
Include the charge of each subatomic part
5. http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/energy-skate-park
Set simulation for kinetic and potential energy bar graph… draw, label and explain the results
6. http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/maze-game
Play game with velocity and acceleration.
Define:
Acceleration:
Velocity:
7. http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/natural-selection
Run the simulation… experiment with the different variables
Explain natural selection… give a example from the simulation
8. http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/legacy/density
Click on Mystery – figure out the Density of the blocks and the mystery substance
Earth Review
http://www.learner.org/interactives/dynamicearth/slip2.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics/intro.html
What are the 3 types of boundaries? What might occur at theses boundaries? ( draw and explain)
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How are hurricanes formed? (draw and explain)
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/sevweath/swhoware.html
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/hurr/stages.rxml
What are global wind patterns? Draw and explain
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-wind.htm
Explain convection
http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/lsps07_int_heattransfer/
What are some examples of convection currents?
Draw and explain air masses, fronts high and low pressure systems
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/synoptic/airmass.htm
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-forecasting.htm
Draw and label the moon phases
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/moon_phases/
What causes day and night? (Draw and explain)
http://www.qldscienceteachers.com/junior-science/astronomy/tides-eclipses-day-night-seasons
What causes the seasons? (Draw and explain)
What causes the tides (draws and explains) …label neap and spring tides
Hr Diagrams (complete the two activities)
http://aspire.cosmic-ray.org/Labs/StarLife/hr_interactive.html
What is an HR diagram?
Electromagnetic spectrum (draw and label spectrum)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/physics/electromagnetic-spectrum.html
Draw wavelength for each part of the spectrum
Explain what each part of the spectrum is used for…
Topographic map
http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/investigations/es0307/es0307page01.cfm
Explain how to read a topographic map