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General Information:
We are using the textbook Science: A Closer Look. There are links for review on this page. We have lab every other Friday. The lab grade is based on if the student: listens, participates, follows directions, cooperates in groups, and doesn't fool around.
Study Tips:
Lab:
The students have lab with Mrs. Plock every other week. They are graded on following directions and behavior. If students
fool around, don't pay attention, misbehave, or don't follow directions, the lab grade for that class will be lowered.
It is very important for the students to learn to follow directions.
Science Links:
Unit A: Diversity of Life
Ch. 1 Review: Classifying Living Things
(we do sections 1 and 4)
Ch. 2 Review: Cells
(we do sections 1 and 2)
Unit C: Earth and Its Resources
Ch. 5 Review: Changes Over Time (we do
sections 1, 2, and 3)
Ch. 6 Review (we do section 1)
Ch. 8 Review: Astronomy
(we do sections 1, 2, and 3)
Unit E: Matter
Ch. 9 Review (we do sections 1 and 2)
Ch. 10 Review (we do sections 1 and 2)
Your Body:
Foss Body System
Continental Drift:
Essentials of Geology: Animations (continental
drift, seafloor spreading, plate tectonics, etc.)
Earthquakes and Tsunamis:
Seismic Maps: maps that show seismic activity around the world
Volcanoes:
Discovery Channel: Volcano Videos
Other Earth Science Topics:
Discovery Channel: Planet Earth Guide
Astronomy:
Alphabetical Listing of Constellations
Extra Credit:
In science, students can earn extra credit periodically. Every day in class, we will go over the extra credit (listed
below).
We do this as a class, but the students can choose to take the quiz when it is offered. It is extra credit, so it doesn't
hurt to try the quiz. Their grades cannot be hurt by taking the quiz. The students will take the quizzes at the beginning
of their study hall, on whatever day it is scheduled. (Spelling doesn't count, but I have to be able to figure out what is
meant. It should sound like the word.)
The students must get a 90% or above in order to get extra credit.
The reason for this is because each extra credit quiz will cause the grade to increase by one point. Since it makes such a
significant difference (as there can be a few quizzes during one quarter), the students need to really earn that.
Regarding Edline for extra credit, in order for extra credit to be factored in, the total possible points are zero. After
each extra credit quiz, I will enter it on Edline with a footnote of "e" but no points (this is explained in the key
for the class on Edline). Extra credit doesn't get factored in until the end of the quarter, otherwise it can actually end
up hurting the grade. Once it is factored in, I put in a score which will increase the overall average by one point.
Therefore, you may see 10, 20, 30, 40, etc. entered in for the extra credit quiz. This does not mean your child got a 10%
on that quiz, it just means that's the amount needed to increase the overall average.
Extra Credit Links/Images:
Periodic Table of the Elements:
Periodic Table of the Elements
The Elements Song (for the Periodic Table; YouTube)
Biology:
Animal Cell (tested with plant cell)
Circulatory System: The Heart (tested with arteries)
Circulatory System: Arteries (tested with circulatory system)
Digestive System (tested with respiratory system)
Nervous System: The Brain (tested with neurons)
Nervous System: Neurons (tested with the brain)
Plant Cell (tested with animal cell)
Respiratory System (tested with digestive system)
Skeleton (tested with Skin)
Teeth (tested with tooth)
Tooth (tested with teeth)
© Miss Crachi 
I always give out a review packet to the students for each chapter in science. Some of
it will be done in class, some will be done as homework. We go over all of it before each section quiz or test.
I strongly recommend knowing these sheets, along with the notes very well.
Here are some ways to study for science tests: (many ideas are from the students)
Unit D: Weather and Space
Molly Marshmallow's Adventure Through the Digestive System (YouTube)
Your Gross and Cool Body (for fun)
Earth's Continental Plates
Pangaea Animation
Pangaea Animation
Pangaea Animation
Seismic Monitor: earthquakes around the world almost in real-time
Tsunami: the before and after pictures
Mount St. Helens 25th Anniversary: includes pictures
Savage Earth: Restless Planet
Volcanoes Online
Volcanoes: Poster
Volcano Research Center
Extreme Storms: footage of hurricanes, waterspouts, and extreme weather
Groundwater Animations
Herkimer Diamond Mines
Hurricane Video Stock Footage
Mineral Gallery: Hardness
Mud Slide at La Conchita: January 10, 2005
Amazing Space
Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn and Titan
Discovery Channel: Space
Google Moon: pictures of the moon
Hubble Telescope Site
Human Space Flight: NASA
Kids Astronomy
Mars Exploration Rover Mission
NASA
NASA Human Space Flight
NASA Kids
NASA Solar System Exploration: planets, asteroids, the Sun, etc.
NASA Sun Earth Media Viewer
The Nine (Eight) Planets
Schenectady Planetarium
Science and Art Gallery: Astronomy Pictures
Sky View Cafe: interactive planetarium
Sun's Magnetic Field, Prominences, and Solar Wind
Windows to the Universe
Animal Cell: Blank
Circulatory System: The Heart: Blank
Arteries: Blank
Digestive System: Blank
The Brain: Blank
Neurons: Blank
Plant Cell: Blank
Respiratory System: Blank
Skeleton: Blank
Skin (tested with skeleton)
Skin: Blank
Teeth: Blank
Tooth: Blank
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