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Cluster One: Overall Skills and Attitude
These skills and attitudes will be practiced all year long, interspersed within the following four units.
Cluster Two: Interactions Within Ecosystems
Chapter 1: "The Big Picture: Levels of Life" [Individual-Biosphere]
Powerpoints
We may not have watched these videos, but this page might be a good way to review the subject of biomes and the levels of life.
Chapter 2: "How Organisms Interact" (Food Webs, Energy Flow)
Powerpoints
In class, we follow Powerpoints that are an amalgam of the following Powerpoint presentations, prepared especially for our curriculum.
Videos We Viewed
Chapter 3: Ecosystem Cycles
Powerpoints
Videos We Viewed
Powerpoints
- We did not have any Powerpoint presentations in Chapter 1.
- Biomes and Adaptations: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFp5Sa8kUbk
- Jane Poynter's TED talk about Biosphere 2 (just the first half of the talk is directly relevant to what we talked about in class): http://www.ted.com/talks/jane_poynter_life_in_biosphere_2.html
We may not have watched these videos, but this page might be a good way to review the subject of biomes and the levels of life.
Chapter 2: "How Organisms Interact" (Food Webs, Energy Flow)
Powerpoints
In class, we follow Powerpoints that are an amalgam of the following Powerpoint presentations, prepared especially for our curriculum.
- http://jc-schools.net/write/sci/foodwebs.ppt
- This is the bright, colourful powerpoint that I used for the main definitions.
- This Powerpoint is the most succinct, basic summary of the terms for this chapter section.
- I also used a couple slides from this Powerpoint
- This Powerpoint best summarizes the roles of decomposers and scavengers.
- This Powerpoint best describes the nature of Symbiosis.
Videos We Viewed
- For a basic overview or review, Bill Nye the Science Guy's "Food Web" episode is OK, albeit a little bit shallow and spastic.
- For a review of Decomposers and Scavengers, see this video.
- For a review of Symbiosis, see this video: Brightstorm's video on Symbiosis.
- For a review of Pyramids of Numbers, see this video: Brightstorm's video on Pyramids of numbers.
Chapter 3: Ecosystem Cycles
Powerpoints
- This Powerpoint describes Bioaccumulation.
- This Powerpoint describes Photosynthesis and Cellular respiration.
Videos We Viewed
Cluster Three: Particle Theory of Matter
Chapter 4: Mixtures and Pure Substances
Powerpoints
Videos We've Viewed
It's more like a question that's been put through a lot of tests
And when a theory emerges consistent with the facts
The proof is with science
Podcasts
Chapters 5-6: Dissolving and Separating Substances.
Powerpoints
Videos We've Viewed
Powerpoints
- I used portions of this Powerpoint in our class.
Videos We've Viewed
- This oddly-formatted video from Britain does an excellent job at explaining the differences between mixtures and pure substances.
- Here's a video and summary that explains properties of matter.
- When we discussed the nature of a scientific theory, we watched this They Might Be Giants video titled "Science Is Real!" The verse goes like this:
It's more like a question that's been put through a lot of tests
And when a theory emerges consistent with the facts
The proof is with science
Podcasts
- We also listened to this wonderful episode of the award-winning Skeptoid show, in regards to the need for evidence in Scientific theories.
Chapters 5-6: Dissolving and Separating Substances.
Powerpoints
- See below for the Powerpoint we used in class.
Videos We've Viewed
- Here's the Eureka! video that explains the differences between temperature and heat.
- Here's a video that shows how factories recycle steel.
- Here's the video that does a good job of showing how molecules vibrate and move in different states (see section 2)
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Chapter 9: Energy Transfer Systems
Powerpoints
Videos we viewed.
Powerpoints
- We used this Powerpoint in class to describe conduction, convection, radiation, and insulation.
Videos we viewed.
Cluster Four: Forces and Structures
Chapters 13-15 in SciencePower 7
Powerpoints
Websites we visited
Videos watched in class:
Powerpoints
- We used a slightly adapted version of this Powerpoint for different types of structures.
- We also used a slightly adapted version of this Powerpoint called "Form and function."
Websites we visited
- We visited this PBS site when we studied the ways different forces exert themselves on structures.
- We used this worksheet for the site above.
Videos watched in class:
- This video shows the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, which collapsed due to torsion in 1940.
- This video shows the advantages to a mass/solid structure, using the walls of Constantinople as an example.
- We watched the Big, Bigger, Biggest episode, "Bridges," as we looked at the shapes and materials needed for our project.
- We also watched this little video about arches, which has some simple examples students might be able to use.
Cluster Five: Earth's Crust
The Rock Cycle and Weathering and Erosion
Powerpoints
Websites we visited:
Videos we watched in class:
Powerpoints
- We used this powerpoint for Weathering and Erosion.
- We used this powerpoint for The Rock Cycle from the UK. It features some excellent animations that only newer editions of Powerpoint can handle, but the powerpoint is an excellent overview of the rock cycle.
- We used this powerpoint to summarize plate tectonics, volcanoes, earthquakes, and the structure of the Earth. This is an excellent overview, but students are still encouraged to read their textbooks and answer the questions.
Websites we visited:
- We visited this site which summarizes the rock cycle.
- Students filled in the blanks on a chart using this website.
- Students reminded themselves about the rock cycle using this online quiz.
Videos we watched in class:
- When discussing erosion, we watched this video about how dunes are created, both naturally and unnaturally.
- We watched "Colliding Continents" to visually gain an understanding of plate tectonics and continental drift.