Chemistry Links!

Here are some sites you may use for your research project

http://chem4kids.com/files/elem_intro.html

http://www.webelements.com/

http://education.jlab.org/itselemental/

http://periodictable.com/

https://www.ptable.com/

Here's the site for periodic table game for when your work on the project is done.

https://education.jlab.org/elementmath/

Introducing Atoms

Click on the image below to go to an atom building simulator. Make sure to pay attention to the charges and masses of protons, neutrons and electrons as you build atoms. 

Read the following "cartoons" and discuss with your table partners what you learn about these elements.

Timelapse satellite images

Use the link below to see a series of images that show changes

https://earthengine.google.com/timelapse/

Plate Boundary Activities

Click on the image below to complete the Plate Boundaries Interactive Activity. 

When you are done, go to Brain Pop for the assignments listed. 

Quiz link

Click on the picture below to record your answers for the quiz. 

Competition check for Understanding

Click the Picture Link below for the exit ticket/check for understanding

Click here => 

Welcome Back! 8th Grade Science Introduction

Click the image below to take the Learning Style Survey

Pro-Con Debate on Climate change

http://climatechange.procon.org/

Climate change importance articles

5 things more important than climate change.
http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/climate-weather/stories/5-things-that-are-worse-than-global-warming

Population crisis bigger issue than climate change
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/dec/04/climate-change-population-crisis-paris-summit

Global Issues: Climate change
http://www.globalissues.org/issue/178/climate-change-and-global-warming

The Most Important Environmental Issues
http://inhabitat.com/why-we-need-earth-day-7-most-pressing-environmental-problems-we-need-to-solve/

10 Reasons why climate change is the biggest issue
https://www.earthhour.org/content/10-reasons-why-climate-change-issue-year

Climate change is not the Most important issue
http://bigthink.com/experts-corner/climate-change-is-not-the-worlds-biggest-problem

Sea Level Rise Resources

Alaskan Village facing relocation
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/aug/18/alaska-shishmaref-vote-move-coastal-erosion-rising-sea-levels

Strategies for Managing Sea Level Rise
http://www.spur.org/publications/urbanist-article/2009-11-01/strategies-managing-sea-level-rise

We're already in the worst case scenario for Sea Level Rise
https://thinkprogress.org/study-were-already-in-the-worst-case-scenario-for-sea-level-rise-a62883b6bc84

Sea Level Rise may affect your city
http://time.com/4257194/sea-level-rise-climate-change-miami/

Debate.org Sea Level Rise
http://www.debate.org/opinions/should-sea-level-rise-be-cause-for-concern

Rising Seas or rising hysteria
https://www.imarest.org/policy-news/newsroom-press/item/2010-climate-change-debate-rising-seas-or-rising-hysteria

Two cities, Two responses to sea level rise
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/two-cities-two-different-responses-rising-sea-levels/

Building Levees in New York.
http://science.time.com/2012/11/02/manhattan-goes-dutch-building-levees-in-gotham/

Protecting Rotterdam in Netherlands
https://www.wired.com/2008/12/ff-dutch-delta/

Click on the picture of the Ecosystem for the Exit ticket

Geology Exit ticket

Click on the image of the Earth below to take an exit ticket over plate tectonics and topographic maps.

 

Periodic Table Review

Click the picture of the periodic table to take the quick assessment.

STAAR Review Day 1

Click on the picture of the atom below for the exit ticket on April 24th.

Astronomy Unit Test

Click on the picture below to take your Astronomy Unit Test.



USER NAME IS YOUR ID NUMBER
PASSWORD IS panthers

Moon Phases Quiz

When you're done, check out these links

1. http://sciencenetlinks.com/interactives/moon/moon_challenge/moon_challenge.html
2. https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/gravity-and-orbits/latest/gravity-and-orbits_en.html
3. https://www.quia.com/cb/895987.html?AP_rand=365289081&playHTML=1

Final Day on Seasons

Quiz: 


Practice

Rotation of the Earth and Seasons

This is a good demonstration of the rotation of the Earth. Click on the image below to launch the application (it may not work on tablets or smartphones).

Quick assessment over rotation vs. revolution.

Cause of Day and Night

What Causes Day and Night?

Click the image for a discussion:

4th Period

6th Period

7th Period

8th Period

Video Explanation 

Exit ticket

Dependency, Competition and Biotic/Abiotic Factors

These are activities to sort Biotic and Abiotic Factors

http://www.kubbu.com/student/?i=1&a=45900_abiotic_vs_biotic

Ecosystems Practice

Create your own food web:

http://www.blue-iceberg.net/rutgersfoodweb/frameset.html


Preview Dependency and Competition for next week.

https://authoring.concord.org/activities/1054/single_page/18671cd2-01dd-4edf-a1a5-1589a243dc90

Preview for next week, comparing predators and prey populations.

http://www.phschool.com/atschool/phbio/active_art/predator_prey_simulation/

Ecosystems Quiz 1

Click the link below and be sure to select Mr. Laws as your teacher to complete the quiz.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd3Uv2CVpZmhRzeRt_mXCV6LDWAXU7hVww4ZjY8uxkiPoYuqw/viewform

Ecology Computer work

Complete the following activities over food webs

https://www.texasgateway.org/resource/organisms-and-environments-organisms-interactions

After you read as a refresher, go to these links for practice. Complete at least 2 examples of each type of model

Food chains:
 http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/games/foodchaingame.htm

Energy Pyramid

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/science_up_close/314/deploy/interface.swf

Food Web
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/explorer/ecosystems/be_an_explorer/map/line_experiment14.swf