Rock Cycle Review-March 28 and 29

Today you will be utilizing the website "Interactives:Rock Cycle" to help you review!

Please copy and paste the following link into your browser
www.learner.org/interactives/rockcycle/index.html

1. Read information in Types of Rocks
-complete the Start your Collection interactive
-after you make your rock collection choose Identify Rock Types to challenge yourself on the three different types of rocks

2. Read information in How Rocks Change
-Play at least two of the animations within this section
-Complete the Transform the Rock challenge


3. Read information in Rock Cycle Diagram
-complete the Cycle activity

4. Complete the Final Chapter Challenge
-Write down your score as well as any questions that you got wrong and where you made your mistake
-Write a 3-2-1 reflection on that portion of the website. (3 things you remembered learning last year; 2 new things that you learned from the site and 1 Question)

HOMEWORK:
-Create a diagram of the rock cycle (use the website to help you!)

-include the following words on the cycle diagram:
metamorphic
magma
igneous
sediment
sedimentary

-Show how each of these rocks changes to another.

-include the definition of each of these words.

-include three characteristics of each of the following (sedimentary; igneous; and metamorphic rock)

-include the ways that each will change into another form by using arrows and words.

Oobleck Homework--Writing about Physical Properties

A Day due on Thurs March 29
B Day due on Weds March 28

Writing About Physical Properties -Remember when you observed the properties of Oobleck.

Write about your favorite food. Try to describe your favorite food to someone, without telling them what it is! Be sure to use words that appeal to the senses (sight, touch, hearing, smell and taste) so that you will be describing the physical properties of your favorite food. Think about and be sure to explain why this is your favorite food.

You should write a one to two paragraph descriptive paragraph answering this prompt. Please think about scientific physical properties that you observed in class.



RECIPE for Oobleck!!! (This will give you the amount of Oobleck we made in class)


A Ziploc sandwich bag
A tablespoon
A teaspoon
30 milliliters (2 tablespoons) of a glue-water solution
10 milliliters (2 teaspoons) of a borax-water solution
2 drops of food coloring

To make the solutions: (this will make more than necessary for one baggie of Oobleck)

The Glue-Water Solution
1. Empty a bottle of Elmer's School Glue into a small container.
2. Add an equal volume of water.
3. Mix thoroughly.

The Borax-Water Solution (borax can be found in the detergent section of the grocery store)
1. Place 1 liter of water in a small container.
2. Add 60 milliliters of dry Borax powder to the water.
3. Mix thoroughly.

YOU MUST ASK AN ADULT BEFORE YOU MAKE THIS...ASK THEM TO SUPERVISE YOU!!!!!

EXTRA CREDIT on JLAB

Details for extra credit:

Copy and paste the link to jlab into your browser. You will create a 40 question quiz utilizing all strands of questions. Complete the quiz and score an 80% or better, print it out, and have a parent or guardian sign it and turn it in to me.
You will receive 10 points extra credit on your homework grade. You may do more than one test! But remember no two tests are the same:)

http://education.jlab.org/solquiz/index.html

Spring Break Review Packet and Vocabulary Chart

Review Packet
Due A Day March 27
Due B Day March 26

Packet is due complete on the day listed above.

Please note:
-The color of the text book is written at the bottom of the paper, next to that you will find the name of the chapter that the info can be found in.
-Use the Online Text books to help you. Username and passwords are listed on side tool bar of blog.
-you do not have to do the crossword or word search portions of the vocab. sheets, you DO need to complete the vocab questions.
-You MAY work with someone, talk about the questions with your friends!

Review Vocabulary Chart

In class we have created a new vocabulary chart that will hold all of your review vocab. The sections should be the following--Word; Book Definition; Your own definition; Connections; symbol and topic.

The words that we have added already are:

allele
genotype
phenotype
heterozygous
homozygous

***If you can not find the word in the glossary of the text book, look in other places and use other resources!***

Vocabulary Chart and Quiz

Quiz on Unit 3--Cycling of Matter on Earth
Please study your notes;Vocabulary Chart;in class activities and homework for the following learning targets:
Cells
Photosynthesis and Respiration
The Carbon Cycle.

Your Vocabulary Chart is Due on the Day of the Quiz as well. The Vocabulary words that you should have on your quiz are as follows:
-Cell
-Nucleus
-Organelle
-Organ
-Organ System
-Tissue
-Complex
-Photosynthesis
-Respiration
-Reactant
-Product
-ATP
-Carbon Cycle
-Carbon Source
-Carbon Sink
-Combustion

Quiz and Vocab Chart Due on:
A Day Friday March 16
B Day Thursday March 15

Carbon Cycle websites

http://eo.ucar.edu/kids/green/cycles6.htm
www.windows2universe.org/earth/Water/co2_cycle.html
www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/9r.html


Use these for more information on Carbon Sinks and Sources!

Alien Mission Lab Report

B DAY Students-Your Mission Report from our lab today is Due on Tues March 13.
Please use the rubric that I provided in class to assist you while writing your report. Remember this lab is worth 40 points. Please make sure it is neat and fulfills all requirements. Be sure to pay special attention to the Conclusion. You should be using FRIES here to ensure that you are providing all of the evidence and support that a good conclusion needs to have.
You may consider the following questions while writing your report:

-What color does the bromothymol blue solution turn in the presence of carbonated
water?
-What color does the bromothymol blue solution turn after you exhale into it for
approximately two minutes?
-What do you think would happen if you put the aquatic plant into the
bromothymol blue solution?
-What gas (or gases) can bromothymol blue serve as an indicator for?
-What gas do you exhale?
-What gas do plants give off?
-How long (in seconds) did you have to exhale into the bromothymol blue solution
to elicit a color change?
-How many breaths did it take?
-Could you produce a graph that illustrates a relationship between number of
breaths exhaled into the bromothymol blue solution and the time it took for the
solution to change color?
-Compare the reactants of the photosynthesis equation to the products of the
equation for respiration. What do you notice?
-Compare the reactants of the respiration equation to the products of the
photosynthesis equation. What do you notice?

Extra Credit Opportunity!

Below are the directions for the Extra Credit Opportunity that we discussed in class this week. Please note: I originally said that you must complete a 25 question test, but the program will only allow for 20 questions. 20 QUESTIONS FOR EACH QUIZ WILL BE SUFFICIENT.

Please go to the link on the Blog side bar for FCAT QUIZLET.
Familiarize yourself with the FCAT vocabulary words by clicking through the deck of virtual flashcards. After you have familiarized yourself click on the blue button that is marked 'TEST.' Set the quiz so that all of the question choices are enabled. You must receive an 80% or better on the quiz to qualify for the extra credit. Print out the quiz, have it signed by your parent or guardian and turn it in to me by Friday March 16. For each quiz that you turn in you will receive 5 extra credit points added to your science project grade. REMEMBER: "quizlet is like a snowflake, there are no two tests that are the same." When your parent signs the quiz they are verifying that it is your work and that is an original quiz generated by you on quizlet.

Happy Quizlet-ing!!!

jlab Practice Tests

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