Studying for the Unit 6 summative on waves

Here is a Quizlet set that you should use to help you prepare for the Unit 6 Summative on waves, tomorrow.

Also, go over your review packet.

Here is the key to the review packet. 

Electromagnetism Notes key - link below

Here is the Electromagnetism Notes key

Thursday, 6/1/17 Wave lesson

After you have finished drawing the 4 waves on the Anatomy of a Wave handout, watch the 2 video's below.

Video 1: Bill Nye on Waves

Video 2: Sound and Light Travel in Waves

On the next blank page in your journal copy and answer the following questions:

1. What does Bill say is happening to sound waves when you hear an echo?

2. What do you think is another word for a light echo?

Finally,

Visit this on-line  wave simulation and experiment with it.

Try each combination of manual, oscillate and pulse with  fixed, loose and no end.
What do you observe

Next up: Unit 6...Waves

To get you thinking about the subject of the next unit on waves, here are a couple videos to kick things off.

Here is a video showing what the strings of a guitar look like from inside the guitar when they are played - it shows how the wavelength of the string vibration is different depending on the pitch of the note.

And here is Bill Nye's take on waves.

Here is  a video on Ocean Waves created by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Here is a video showing a tsunami wave in 2011 in Japan  following an earthquake.
Here is another video showing the Japanese 2011 Tsunami.

Carbon Cycle Review

Here is a link to a Quizlet set for the Carbon Cycle

Here is the Key for the Unit 5 Review
To review for the summative, here are some suggestions:
Quiz yourself using the review packet.

Look over the unit activities in your Journal, which should include:
2 pages for Do Now’s (look over your Do Now's for the unit)
U5Act1: Carbon Cycle Overview with Tim and Moby
U5Act2: Dinosaur Breath
U5Act3: Photosynthesis and Respiration
U5Act4: Intro to Ocean Acidification
U5Act5: Dinosaur Breath Part II
U5Act6: Ocean Acidification in a Cup

How to measure acidity

Here is a link to a page that tells about pH, the scale used to measure acidity that you should use to answer some of the Pre-lab questions in your journal on page 87.

Here is a picture showing the different colors that go along with the different acidity (pH) levels.

Rocket videos

Here is video showing a stomp launch type rocket setup.

Here is a video showing how to make match head rockets.

and here is a compressed air type  rocket

The Carbon Cycle Game [link below]

Here is the link to The Carbon Cycle Game online.

Dinosaur Breath reading below

Here is the link to open the Dinosaur Breath story. 

Dinosaur Breath Questions KEY below

Here is the Key for The question sheet that went along with the Dinosaur Breath reading that we did on Tuesday in class.

Bill Nye Chemical Reactions link below

Bill Nye Chemical Reactions link

Ocean Acidification video link below

Here is the link for the The Acid Test; the Global Challenge of Ocean Acidification

Bill Nye Plants video link below

If you missed any of the questions on the guidesheet, here is the  Bill Nye Plants video link  for you to go back and get the missing information.

Lemonade Stand link Below

Here is the Lemonade Stand Link

WIN Rotation Links below

For the remaining three weeks of the rotation, you can either work on making a radio  or work on creating a Rube Goldberg device.  Here are some videos so you can get an idea or what is involved in each
BE SURE TO READ THE INFO BELOW BEFORE WATCHING THE VIDEOS.

Rube Goldberg Devices
A Rube Goldberg device is a contraption that is over-engineered on purpose to achieve a very simple task through a chain reaction.  Rube Goldberg machines  contain lots of important science ideas.

The next two videos are very complicated, professionally done Rube Goldbergs - yours need only be 4 to 6 steps.  The end result is a simple task such as turning on a light switch, working a stapler, clicking a pen, etc.  I have dominoes and some foam chutes for you to experiement with as you develop your Device.

Here's a video of a Honda Commercial featuring a Rube Goldberg machine.
Here's a video showing a complicated Rube Goldberg made by the band OK Go and engineers from Syyn Labs, a Log Angeles based arts and technology collective..

Here's a video of the Rube-Goldberg based Game Mousetrap.

The Challenge:  Can you design and build a Rube Goldberg machine that completes a simple task?

A foxhole radio
In World War II, soldiers would make a simple radio out of odds and ends that they were able to find, called a foxhole radio.  Here is a link to a video that shows how to make a foxhole radio. 
Let me know if you want to do this - I will have to order the earphone. 

Voting link Below

Here is the voting link for the Enterprise City Trip

Carbon Cycle overvierw video link below

Here is a short video overview of the Carbon Cycle with Tim and Moby.

Simple Circuits link below

Click on THIS LINK for the simple circuits short webquest information.  When you are done, show me and you can get a bin of parts to start experimenting.  Make a simple circuit with a switch that will light a lightbulb.

Volcanoes and Prince Ea video

To get us warmed up for our volcanic eruptions today, here is an introduction to volcanoes video.

Here is a Prince Ea video that ties in with what we've been learning about in class.

Link Below for Club signup.

Here is the LINK FOR CLUB SIGNUP.

Age of the Earth Review KEY

Here is the KEY for the Unit 4 Review on Age of the Earth

Geologic Time quizlet set

Here is a Geologic Time Quizlet set for you to practice with.

Webquest link and KEY below

Here is the LINK FOR THE GEOLOGIC TIME  WEBQUEST

And HERE IS THE KEY for the Webquest worksheet.

Journal Checklist

Here is what you should have in your journal, for the journal check:

Unit 4 Title page , includes: Title (“Unit 4 - Age of the Earth”), (   )  three drawings related to the unit topic (   ) shaded in color top to bottom. (   )

Connections pages

Table of Contents (TOC) taped to page following Unit 4 title page & updated to include: Title page (   ) TOC (   ) U4Act1: Bill Nye Rocks, (   ) U4Act2: Evolution 101 part I (   ) and II (   ),  U4Act3: Rock Layer Disturbances (   ), U4Act4: Fossils (   )

U4Act1: Bill Nye Rocks completed  (   ), taped in (   ) checked (   )

U4Act2: Evolution 101 part I completed (   ) and taped in (   ) and checked  (   )

U4Act2: Evolution 101 part II completed (   ) and taped in (   ) and checked (   )

U4Act3: Rock Layer Disturbances notes copied (   ) 4 diagrams properly drawn (   )

U4Act4: Fossils completed, (   ) taped in  (   ) and checked (   ) U4Act5: Kinds of Fossils (with at least one fossil sketch)   Completed, (   ) taped in  (   )

_______/_______“Do Now’s” attempted Questions copied (   ) dated (   )  responses written (   )

NOVA Now Mass extinction video

Here is a link to the NOVA Now Mass Extinction Video that we watched in class  on Wednesday 3/22.

Fossil human ancestors readings

Click on the inks below and complete the reading on our fossil human ancestors from pages 188-193, and on your journal pages from last Friday, 3/17/17  for U4Act6: Fossil Humans,  finish defining the terms primates, hominids, Australopithecus and Neanderthals.

Pages 188-189
Pages 190-191
Pages 192-193

Evolution 101 part II link

Here is the Evolution 101 part II link

How can the rock layers be disturbed?

Today, using the play-dough we made in class, you are going to model ways that the rock layers can be disturbed.

The Principle of Superpostion: Geologists assume that the layers of rock are formed in order, with the oldest rocks on the bottom, and younger  layers on top. 

Superposition is an important idea when looking at the rock evidence to try to figure out when major events such as meteor strikes, mass extinctions (lots of fossils in a particular layer), etc., happened.

Forces within the earth, due to the movement of the Earth's tectonic plates can cause the layers of rock to be disturbed.

Using the four different colors of your play-dough, make a four layer "sedimentary rock" and   model the following types of disturbances and draw them in your journal.

 For folding and tilting, use arrows to show how you had to push on your model to cause the disturbance.

Folding: 















Tilting: 

 

Fault

Intrusion

 

 

March 2 Do Now: Types of Rock

Use THIS WEBSITE TO FIND TYPES OF ROCKS for today's Do Now (March 2).

Introduction to Evolution video link.

Click HERE for the first part of the Evolution 101 video.

Moving into Earth Science

After February break we will be leaving behind Life science for awhile and will move into an Earth Science topic - the age of the Earth.

Here is a Bill Nye Video on Rocks.

Here are a couple of videos to watch after you've finished with the Bill Nye Rocks video.
Video 1
Video 2

Review for Genetics Summative

Here is the Key for the Review for the Genetics Summative Test.
Here's a Punnett square video for review. 
Here's a general genetics on-line quiz you can try.
Here's a quick on-line quiz you can try.

Survey for today

https://goo.gl/forms/OxJtBp2I3ZBA2GEg2

Asexual reproduction

Here is a short clip showing the Hydra - a creature that reproduces asexually by a process called BUDDING.

Here is a short clip of Bacteria  (are they prokaryotes or eukaryotes?) reproducing asexually in a process called BINARY FISSION.

Asexual reproduction is efficient, but there is no variety in the offspring, since they are exact copies of the parent (DNA is the same),  and there is no mixing of the DNA as in sexual reproduction. 

Protein from DNA (and mutations)

Click on This Link for a simulation on how proteins are formed from DNA and what happens with
 mutations.

Mutations can be harmful, helpful, or neutral.

The "Blue People of Kentucky" is one example of a mutation.  Click HERE to find out more about them.

Survey link

Here is a link to a survey that Mr. Keenan would like to have all students take:

Survey link