Online Graph Program
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createAgraph/

Mastery Learning with Ms. Case

Follow these instructions for each question you did not answer correctly:

1. Write the correct and complete answer (show all work if appropriate).
2. Explain what was missing from and/or wrong about your original answer.

EARTH SCIENCE INFORMATION & LINKS

Earth Science animations of all kinds are listed alphabetically at http://geography.cst.cmich.edu/Franc1M/Animations/animation_list_posted.htm

ATMOSPHERE LINKS

Information about heat, temperature, and heat transfer: http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/light_lessons/thermal/index.html

Heat Transfer: Radiation, Conduction, Convection: http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/SCE304/SCE304.swf

Windows to the Universe Website (astronomy and meteorology): http://www.windows.ucar.edu/

National Weather Service Jetstream: Online School for Weather (Awesome!) Atmosphere pages: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/atmos/atmos_intro.htm

Exploring Earth: Variations in Temperature Activity: http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/investigations/es1706/es1706page01.cfm

Why is the sky dark at night? (Not an answer to Nat's question, but interesting nonetheless): http://www.arachnoid.com/sky/index.html

ASTRONOMY LINKS

Star Webquest
http://www.can-do.com/uci/ssi2003/starlife.html
Do task 1 only, not necessarily on construction paper.

Solar System Links
Windows to the Universe (click on Our Solar System): http://www.windows.ucar.edu/
Exploratorium Observatory: http://www.exploratorium.edu/observatory/index.html
Nine Planets (yes, they know there are only 8): http://www.nineplanets.org/

Earth - Sun - Moon
Your favorite website (the one just above) has great animations for these topics. Also, more can be found at http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072482621/student_view0/interactives.html#

CLASSWORK 3/6 (PARTS A & B LISTED BELOW ARE THE LESSON PLAN FOR A & B BLOCK FRIDAY)

A) Finish Solar System Information Hunt as needed
Search the internet to complete these tasks. Type your answers in a word document or e-mail (to ecase@hatfieldps.net) and copy the URLs of your sources after each answer.

1. List the planets in order from closest to the Sun to furthest.
2. List the planets from smallest to biggest.
3. List the number of moons each planet has.
4. Find the warmest and coolest planets.
5. Make a table of day and year length on each planet.
6. Where is the asteroid belt?
7. What are three factors that affect the surface temperature of a planet?
8. Where in the solar system, besides on Earth, are there active volcanoes?
9. Where in the solar system, besides on Earth, is there water?
10. What is the best picture or animation you found in your search?
11. What is the best website you found?

B) History and Kepler's Laws

1. Find three websites that explain the history of humankind's understanding of the Solar System. These explanations should include at least some of the historical figures from your book (Ptolemy, Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, etc,)
2. In an e-mail or a Word document, write one paragraph in your own words that summarizes what you learned and lists the URLS of the websites you found. Also tell me which site was the best in your opinion.
3. Find explanations, diagrams, and/or animations of Kepler's Laws. In an e-mail or a Word document, summarize Kepler's Laws in your own words (and in plain English). Include the URLs of sites you used and which one(s) were best.

Topographic Maps
Mt. Union College Geology Department
http://raider.muc.edu/~mcnaugma/Topographic%20Maps/topomapindexpage.htm#Menu

Advanced Earthquake Quiz
Study basic information from previous quiz and book, review Virtual Earthquake Lab (below), and visit this tutorial: http://www.uky.edu/AS/Geology/howell/goodies/elearning/module06swf.swf

Virtual Volcanoes: In-class assignment Friday 12/5 (B block)
Visit each of the sites listed below and carefully read the information about volcanoes. Then, use the interactive tools to perform your own experiments to investigate the effects of silica content and/or gas pressure on volcanic eruptions. Create a data table like the one below in document saved to your network folder to record your results.

Silica content	Gas pressure	Volcanic eruption (describe and/or name)	Type of volcano

When you have completed several experiments (try to find all the major types of volcanic eruptions and volcanoes), write a brief summary of the effects of silica and gas pressure (explain each one separately) on volcanic eruptions. Save your data table and your explanation in your network folder.

Virtual volcano sites:
http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/pompeii/interactive/interactive.html
http://www.alaskamuseum.org/features/volcano/

Virtual Earthquake Lab
http://www.sciencecourseware.com/eec/Earthquake/
Complete S & P Lag Time Tutorial first
Complete Latitude and Longitude Tutorial as needed.
Under Main Activities, complete both Travel Time and Epicenter and Magnitude.
Class Code (needed to submit results once completed) = 1272910

Greenhouse Effect Information (just FYI, related to A block quiz question): http://www.ucar.edu/learn/1_3_1.htm

Earth's Layers
The radio show I mentioned in class, where they talked about Earth's magnetic field and other topics related to our current unit is WAMC's Vox Pop, Science Forum from 10/23. You can hear the podcast at: http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wamc/.jukebox?action=viewPodcast&podcastId=299. (10/24's show is an interesting comparison of McCain and Obama's differences in policy. Neither has an opinion about when Earth's magnetic field will flip next, but both pledge to help Joe the plumber in the event that the magnetic field flipping hurts his business.)

Earth Layers Information:http://www.ig.uit.no/webgeology/english/earthsinterior.html

Earth Layers Quiz: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com:8100/legacy/college/skinner/0471152285/drag_dropacts/ch01/fig_1_13_fixed_size.htm


Geologic Time: Useful websites
University of California Museum of Paleontology: Tour of Geologic Time
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/geologictime.php

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History: Geologic Time: The Story of a Changing Earth
http://paleobiology.si.edu/geotime/main/index.html

Paleomap project (Christopher R. Scotese)
http://www.scotese.com/Default.htm

United States Geologic Survey: Our Changing Continent (John S. Schlee)
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/continents/


Relative Dating
Animations and explanations of relative dating & stratigraphy: http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/investigations/es2903/es2903page01.cfm?chapter_no=investigation

Relative Dating Exercises
http://facstaff.gpc.edu/~pgore/geology/historical_lab/reldat_exercises.html
http://www.athro.com/geo/seframe.html

Useful Evolution Sites:
Lines of Evidence: The Science of Evolution website (University of California Berkeley)
http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/lines/index.shtml

http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/similarity_hs_01

http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/0_0_0/lines_01


LIFE SCIENCE INFORMATION & LINKS

General Biology Animations
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/animations/biology.html
Check out Mitosis and Meiosis tutorials, for a preview of our genetics unit, try Independent Assortment of Alleles

Meiosis
Mitosis v. Meiosis: Animation and Explanation: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/baby/divide.html

Mitosis

• The Cell Cycle and Mitosis Tutorial: http://www.biology.arizona.edu/Cell_Bio/tutorials/cell_cycle/main.html
• Read each page carefully; use the next button to move ahead.
• The Cell Cycle information is pretty advanced -- you only need to understand the basic stages, not each protein involved.
• When you get to the mitosis page, at the end, view the animation.
• Only problems 6, 8, 10, and 11 are about information you should know. #7 may be useful to know, too. You can do the others if you're interested or planning to go for an advanced mastery level.
• On the last page ("The End"), follow the link to Online Onion Root Tips (http://www.biology.arizona.edu/Cell_bio/activities/cell_cycle/cell_cycle.html), and work through this activity, again carefully reading the information on each page and using the next button to move on.
• Complete the assignment, including copying the data table and collecting data about the cells you will see in each phase of mitosis.

DNA
DNA replication game
http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/medicine/dna_double_helix/

DNA replication and protein synthesis animations
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/dna/#

DNA and Genetics Information
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/

DNA Interactive
http://www.dnai.org/a/index.html

The Meselson and Stahl Experiment (in detail)
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/animations/content/meselson.html

Diffusion and Osmosis Sites

• Biology Corner: http://www.biologycorner.com/bio1/diffusion.html
• An animation similar to the open response question we looked at in class: http://zoology.okstate.edu/zoo_lrc/biol1114/tutorials/Flash/Osmosis_Animation.htm
• Passive and Active Transport Tutorial: http://www.northland.cc.mn.us/biology/Biology1111/animations/transport1.html

Photosynthesis and Respiration Sites
http://www.nclark.net/PhotoRespiration (see list of links and choose what you need to review)

Photosynthesis:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/methuselah/photosynthesis.html

Advanced:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/science/biology/green_plants_intro.shtml
http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz2199831930210.html

Super-Advanced:
http://www.johnkyrk.com/index.html

In-class Cell Review, Tuesday 1/20
Quiz: http://www.bcscience.com/bc8/pgs/quiz_section1.2.htm
Note: Ignore number 6 on this quiz, about the aphids and the leaf. The rest of the questions are right on target.

Another Quiz: http://www.glencoe.com/qe/science.php?qi=258
Note: A few questions about about topics we didn't cover, or didn't cover in detail, but questions about cell types, parts, functions, and tissues/organs are on target.

Label cell parts: http://media.pearsoncmg.com/bc/bc_marieb_ehap_8/activities/chapter3/Act3A.html
Note: Cytosol means cytoplasm. Centrioles are parts we didn't study (yet). Rough endoplasmic reticulum is ER that has ribosomes on it.

More cell parts to label: http://www.tvdsb.on.ca/westmin/science/sbi3a1/Cells/cellquiz.htm
Note: Turgor pressure is water pressure that presses against the cell wall and keeps plant cells from wilting. The nucleolus is a special structure within the nucleus that makes ribosomes. You don't need to know these terms for an "A" on the test Wed., but they'll help with this website.

Advanced (If you're going for the A+ mastery): Prokaryotes, Eukaryotes, and Virus tutorial.
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/tutorials/pev/main.html

Advanced cell parts labels (you won't need to know all these parts, even for the A+, but if you want an extra challenge, go for it): http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objid=AP11403


Good CELL websites:
Cells Alive!
http://www.cellsalive.com/cells/3dcell.htm

National Science Foundation: A Tour of the Cell
http://www.nsf.gov/news/overviews/biology/interactive.jsp

University of Utah Genetics Science Learning Center: Inside a Cell
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/cells/insideacell/

ECOLOGY RESOURCES
Interaction Information and Online Quiz (a great review for your Ch. 2 assessment)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/ocr_gateway/environment/2_compete_or_die1.shtml


SYMBIOSIS WEBSITES:

The Microbe Zoo:http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/dlc-me/zoo/index.html. This site is not specifically about symbiosis, but it includes a number of symbioses: protists and bacteria that live in cows' guts, bacteria/human symbioses, protists that live in termites, plant/bacteria and plant/fungus symbioses, and more. There's something here for everyone, plus it's written for kids instead of professional scientists.

Bacteria/Animal Symbioses: http://web.uconn.edu/mcbstaff/graf/Sym.html. This is a university lab that studies symbioses between bacteria and animals. Some of the descriptions and language are somewhat technical.
Symbioses involving insects: http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent591k/symbiosis.html#example
General info & examples: http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/S/symbiosis.html
Coral (an animal/protist symbiosis): http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/kits/corals/
Lichens (a fungus/protist OR fungus/bacteria symbiosis): http://www.lichen.com/


CYCLES

Water: An interactive website from the United States Geological Survey:
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/mearth.html

EPA Kid’s site: Carbon Cycle
http://epa.gov/climatechange/kids/carbon_cycle_version2.html

Nitrogen Cycle slide show and interactive website: www.ext.vt.edu/resources/4h/virtualfarm/flash_mov/nitrogencycleintro.swf

WEBSITE FOR MORE CARBON CYCLE INFORMATION: http://www.calacademy.org/teachers/resources/lessons/carbon-cycle-demonstration/
Click on demonstration cards on the right for information about how carbon moves around the ecosystem.