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