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Chemistry- Matter and Energy
5(A) describe the structure of atoms, including the masses, electrical charges, and locations, of protons and neutrons in the nucleus and electrons in the electron cloud;
Atomic Structure: http://bookbuilder.cast.org/view.php?op=view%20&book=32382http://pss.scdsb.on.ca/Departments/Science/lsps07_int_theatom.swf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qs72dIH2wdE&feature=youtu.be
BP: Atomic Model, atoms
Element/atoms quiz game http://www.scienceunleashed.ie/Games/Build%20an%20atom.swf
5(B) identify that protons determine an element's identity and valence electrons determine its chemical properties, including reactivity;
Parts of an atom and bonding: http://periodic.lanl.gov/chem.shtml
5(C) interpret the arrangement of the Periodic Table, including groups and periods, to explain how properties are used to classify elements;
periodic table https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-zptfGLJ04&feature=youtu.be
BP: Periodic table of elements.
Periodic table: http://bookbuilder.cast.org/view.php?op=view&book=25339&http://mrnussbaum.com/setting-the-periodic-table/
http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/pt.cgi
Interactive periodic table: http://www.webelements.com/
Different groups: https://www.khanacademy.org/science/chemistry/periodic-table-trends-bonding/v/groups-of-the-periodic-table s
5(D) recognize that chemical formulas are used to identify substances and determine the number of atoms of each element in chemical formulas containing subscripts;
Coefficients and subscripts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQamMsq79F0
http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=153980
elements, compounts: http://annotary.com/bookmarks/39576/atoms-elements-compounds-mixtures-jeopardy-template
5(E) investigate how evidence of chemical reactions indicate that new substances with different properties are formed; and
BP: Chemical Bonds, Chemical Equations, compounds and mixtures, Property changes.properties of matter http://www.kidsknowit.com/interactive-educational-movies/free-educational-video-podcast-online.php?video-podcast=Properties%20of%20Matter
chemical/physical changes http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities/reversiblechanges.html
http://www.quia.com/quiz/303980.html
http://www.edinformatics.com/math_science/a_p_chem.htm
5(F) recognize whether a chemical equation containing coefficients is balanced or not and how that relates to the law of conservation of mass.
Counting atoms: http://reviewgamezone.com/games/superpong/index.php?6082&title=Counting%20Atoms%20And%20Elements%201&id=6082
BP: Law of conservation of mass
http://www.iun.edu/~cpanhd/C101webnotes/matter-and-energy/masscons.html
Balanced equations: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGf60kq_ZDI&feature=youtu.be
http://education.jlab.org/elementbalancing/
http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=259344
Physics- Force, Motion, and Energy
6(A) demonstrate and calculate how unbalanced forces change the speed or direction of an object's motion;
BP: Force
Unbalanced force and acceleration: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrP4oeUB38U
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/6_7/forces_movement.shtml
http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=58727Friction http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities/friction.html
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities/detectivescience/friction.html
http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/motion-games/friction-ramp.html
6(B) differentiate between speed, velocity, and acceleration; and
BP: Acceleration
Acceleration: http://www.kidsknowit.com/interactive-educational-movies/free-online-movies.php?movie=Acceleration
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/newton/index.html
Speed vs. Velocity: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRb5PSxJerMSpeed: http://www.cimt.plymouth.ac.uk/projects/mepres/book8/bk8i18/bk8_18i2.htm
6(C) Investigate and describe applications of Newton's law of inertia, law of force and acceleration, and law of action-reaction such as in vehicle restraints, sports activities, amusement park rides, Earth's tectonic activities, and rocket launches.
BP: Isaac Newton, distance rate and time, Gravity, Newton’s Laws of motion.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/10_11/forces_action_fs.shtml
Amusement park physics: http://www.learner.org/interactives/parkphysics/
Inertia http://www.kidsknowit.com/interactive-educational-movies/free-educational-video-podcast-online.php?video-podcast=Inertia
Earth and Space. (Earth, sun, moon)
The student knows the effects resulting from cyclical movements of the Sun, Earth, and Moon.
7(A) model and illustrate how the tilted Earth rotates on its axis, causing day and night, and revolves around the Sun causing changes in seasons;
Seasons: http://bookbuilder.cast.org/view.php?op=view&book=41528&seasons: http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-for-kids/0019-the-revolution-of-the-earth.php
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities/earthsunmoon.html
7(B) demonstrate and predict the sequence of events in the lunar cycle; and
Moon phases: http://bookbuilder.cast.org/view.php?op=view&book=20939&page=1
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/moon_phases/index.html
Eclipses
http://www.kidsknowit.com/interactive-educational-movies/free-online-movies.php?movie=Eclipse
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level2/javascript/moonlight.html
7(C) relate the position of the Moon and Sun to their effect on ocean tides.
Tides: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfehEHwys2o
Explaining tides!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTQ6ciHENgI
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/ocean/Tides.shtml
Universe- Earth and space.
The student knows characteristics of the universe
8(A) describe components of the universe, including stars, nebulae, and galaxies, and use models such as the Herztsprung-Russell diagram for classification;
HR diagram, life cycle of stars: http://bookbuilder.cast.org/view.php?op=view&book=14081&
Blackholes: http://www.kidsastronomy.com/black_hole.htmour sun: http://www.kidsastronomy.com/our_sun.htm
8(B) recognize that the Sun is a medium-sized star near the edge of a disc-shaped galaxy of stars and that the Sun is many thousands of times closer to Earth than any other star;
The sun: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ijxEsarKkU
The sun and us: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMMqbfQvU6w
http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=7639
8(C) explore how different wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum such as light and radio waves are used to gain information about distances and properties of components in the universe;
Explore wavelengths: http://concave.stc.arizona.edu/thepoint/Optrium/museum.swf
And
http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/light/measure_measuring.html
8(D) model and describe how light years are used to measure distances and sizes in the universe; and
Light years: http://www.iknowthat.com/ScienceIllustrations/solarsystem/tour.swf
Zooming with light years: http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es2808/flash/es2808_galaxy_g.swf
How well do you know light years activity: http://session.masteringastronomy.com/problemAsset/1016312/11/Exercises.swf
8(E) research how scientific data are used as evidence to develop scientific theories to describe the origin of the universe.
Different types of theories: http://media.orvsd.org/FLVS/MASTER_w_images_backup-chemistry-20120216-1404/course_files/flvs/educator_chemistry_v10_gs/module01/mod_flash/01_03b_theory_law.swf
Geology (Plate Tectonics)
The student knows that natural events can impact Earth systems.
9(A) describe the historical development of evidence that supports plate tectonic theory;
Pangaea:
http://bookbuilder.cast.org/view.php?op=view&book=41434&
http://www.coolschool.ca/samples/pangaea.swf http://portaldoprofessor.mec.gov.br/storage/recursos/17324/lsps07_int_biogeography/lsps07_int_biogeography.swf
http://www.bioygeo.info/Animaciones/Pangaea.swf
plate tectonic intro: http://bookbuilder.cast.org/view.php?op=view&book=41375&
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/tectonics.html
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/plates1.html
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/Vigil.html
PT and convection currents: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9Hr7V1S0pI&feature=player_embeddedEarths Layers: http://www.kidsgeo.com/geology-for-kids/0037-the-earth-earth-inside-out.php
Subduction: http://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/subduction.html
9(B) relate plate tectonics to the formation of crustal features; and
PT and crustal features: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlFueumy74Q&feature=youtu.be
Earthquakes http://kidsgeo.com/geology-for-kids/0044B-earthquakes.php
Volcanos http://www.kidsknowit.com/interactive-educational-movies/free-online-movies.php?movie=Tornadoes
9(C) interpret topographic maps and satellite views to identify land and erosional features and predict how these features may be reshaped by weathering.
Topographic maps: http://bookbuilder.cast.org/view.php?op=view&book=41523&
Weathering and erosion: http://www.geolor.com/geoteach/WE/Is_It_Weathering_or_Erosion-Earth_Science_Assignment-geoteach.htm
Weathering: http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=230304
http://www.softschools.com/matching_games/science/weathering/994/
W, E, D: http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=279656
Meterology (Weather)
The student knows that climatic interactions exist among Earth, ocean, and weather systems.
10(A) recognize that the Sun provides the energy that drives convection within the atmosphere and oceans, producing winds and ocean currents;
Suns convection: http://www.ehow.com/info_8419173_causes-convection-currents-winds.htmlHurricanes http://www.kidsknowit.com/interactive-educational-movies/free-online-movies.php?movie=Huricanes
Tornados http://www.kidsknowit.com/interactive-educational-movies/free-online-movies.php?movie=Tornadoes
Atmospheric pressure http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-for-kids/0081-atmospheric-pressure.php
10(B) identify how global patterns of atmospheric movement influence local weather using weather maps that show high and low pressures and fronts; and
Weather tools: http://bookbuilder.cast.org/view.php?op=view&book=73779&page=1
Weather!: http://bookbuilder.cast.org/view.php?op=view&book=73884&page=1
10(C) identify the role of the oceans in the formation of weather systems such as hurricanes.
How hurricanes are formed: http://environment.about.com/od/globalwarming/a/hurricanecauses.htm
Create a hurricane: http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/pd/oceans_weather_climate/media/create_hurricane.swf
Ecology- Organisms
The student knows that interdependence occurs among living systems and the environment and that human activities can affect these systems
11(A) describe producer/consumer, predator/prey, and parasite/host relationships as they occur in food webs within marine, freshwater, and terrestrial ecosystems;
Food chains/webs:
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2science.html#
http://bookbuilder.cast.org/view.php?op=view&book=47348&page=1
http://www.kidsknowit.com/interactive-educational-movies/free-online-movies.php?movie=Food%20Chains
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities/foodchains.html
http://www.zephyrus.co.uk/foodpuzzlechain.html
http://puzzling.caret.cam.ac.uk/game.php?game=foodchain
symbiosis: http://bookbuilder.cast.org/view.php?op=view&book=12710&page=1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taBpEnFBUHE&feature=youtu.be
Biomes:
http://www.kidsknowit.com/interactive-educational-movies/free-online-movies.php?movie=Biomes
be a mosquito http://www.nobelprize.org/educational/medicine/malaria/mosquito.html
http://www.arkive.org/education/games/design-a-habitat
11(B) investigate how organisms and populations in an ecosystem depend on and may compete for biotic and abiotic factors such as quantity of light, water, range of temperatures, or soil composition;
Interactive biotic abiotic: http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/lsps07_int_ecosystem/
And
http://bookbuilder.cast.org/view.php?op=view&book=32038&
http://www.arkive.org/education/games/animal-survival
competition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k76E8qHd984&feature=youtu.be
ecosystem, communities, populations bio/abil:
http://bookbuilder.cast.org/view.php?op=view&book=41699&
11(C) explore how short- and long-term environmental changes affect organisms and traits in subsequent populations; and
Prezi: http://prezi.com/qphpq4l0dn7l/short-term-and-long-term-environmental-changes/
Envi change: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEStXJAG3dI&feature=youtu.be
11(D) recognize human dependence on ocean systems and explain how human activities such as runoff, artificial reefs, or use of resources have modified these systems.
Prezi: http://watchdocumentary.org/watch/strange-days-on-planet-earth-episode-4-troubled-waters-video_f807ad2a8.html
How we depend on oceans: https://sites.google.com/site/enph210/human-dependence-on-oceans
Runoff, artificial reef: http://prezi.com/q8qsui1svabr/human-impact-on-oceans/?utm_source=website&utm_medium=prezi_landing_related&utm_campaign=prezi_landing_related_author
humans need ocean: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=371dFl0aDwY&feature=youtu.be
6th and 7th grade stuff...
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7.5C -diagram the flow of energy through living
systems, including food chains, food webs, and
energy pyramids BP: food webs
7.6A -identify that organic compounds contain
carbon and other elements such as hydrogen,
oxygen, phosphorus, nitrogen, or sulfur
7.6B -distinguish between physical and chemical
changes in matter in the digestive system
BP: property changes
6.5C -differentiate between elements and
compounds on the most basic level
BP: compounds and mixtures
6.6A -compare metals, nonmetals, and metalloids
using physical properties such as luster,
conductivity, or malleability BP: periodic table of elements
6.6B -calculate density to identify an unknown
substance
BP: Buoyancy
7.7A -contrast situations where work is done with
different amounts of force to situations where
no work is done such as moving a box with a
ramp and without a ramp, or standing still
BP: Work
6.8A -compare and contrast potential and kinetic
energy
BP: Potential energy
BP: Kinetic energy
6.8C -calculate average speed using distance and time
measurements
BP: Distance rate and time
6.8D -measure and graph changes in motion
6.9C -demonstrate energy transformations such as
energy in a flashlight battery changes from
chemical energy to electrical energy to light
energy
BP: forms of energy
7.8C -model the effects of human activity on
groundwater and surface water in a watershed
BP: Ground Water
BP: Water Pollution
6.11B -understand that gravity is the force that
governs the motion of our solar system
BP: Gravity
7.10B -describe how biodiversity contributes to the
sustainability of an ecosystem
BP: Tropical forest
7.10C -observe, record, and describe the role of
ecological succession such as in a
microhabitat of a garden with weeds.
BP: Ecosystem
7.11A -examine organisms or their structures such
as insects or leaves and use dichotomous
keys for identification
BP: Classification
7.11C -identify some changes in genetic traits that
have occurred over several generations
through natural selection and selective
breeding such as the Galapagos Medium
Ground Finch (Geospiza fortis) or domestic
animals
BP: Natural Selection
7.12B -identify the main functions of the systems
of the human organism, including the
circulatory, respiratory, skeletal, muscular,
digestive, excretory, reproductive,
integumentary, nervous, and endocrine
systems
BP: Human Body
BP: Respitory system
BP: Reproductive system
BP: Lymphatic system
BP: Endocrine system
BP: Urinary System
BP: Circulatory system
BP: Nervous system
BP: Digestive System
7.12D -differentiate between structure and function
in plant and animal cell organelles, including
cell membrane, cell wall, nucleus,
cytoplasm, mitochondrion, chloroplast, and
vacuole
7.12F -recognize that according to cell theory all
organisms are composed of cells and cells
carry on similar functions such as extracting
energy from food to sustain life
7.14B -compare the results of uniform or diverse
offspring from sexual reproduction or
asexual reproduction
7.14C -recognize that inherited traits of individuals
are governed in the genetic material found
in the genes within chromosomes in the
nucleus
6.12D -identify the basic characteristics of
organisms, including prokaryotic or
eukaryotic, unicellular or multicellular,
autotrophic or heterotrophic, and mode of
reproduction, that further classify them in
the currently recognized Kingdoms
Microscope
Human Body
how skeleton and muscles interact
Cell Cycle
The immune system
flow of energy