Hi students,
for those of you that might be able to drag yourselves out of bed by 9 over the weekend, there are some good discussions happening on the origins of the world and man. Here is the link to the Fes world sacred music festival with the program. The discussions are supposed to take place in French with an English translation.
These discussions are from 9 AM to 1 PM at the Musee Batha and cost about 100 Dirhams to get in. There is one on Saturday and one on Sunday.
(Definite bonus points to anybody who attends one of the sessions, and can provide proof.)
Friday 29 May 2009
8th Grade Nutrition Test
Here it is! Just like our friend Morgan Spurlock your job will be to "eat" a whole days worth of McDonald's food. UNLIKE Morgan, your job will be to get NO MORE than 2250 calories (I'm taking it easy on the girls to be fair.) You also need to get all of the carbohydrates and protein, without getting more than your recommended amount of fat. You can get more than you need of protein and carbohydrates, but not more than 2250 calories.
Rules:
MAXIMUM - 2250 calories
MAXIMUM - 87.5 grams of fat
MINIMUM - 253 grams of carbohydrates
MINIMUM - 56 grams of protein
3 meals - breakfast has to be breakfast foods.
You must have 1 soda.
You must have a main dish and a side (ex. burger and fries)
Bonus: Get enough Vitamin A 9 milligrams
Enjoy!
Rules:
MAXIMUM - 2250 calories
MAXIMUM - 87.5 grams of fat
MINIMUM - 253 grams of carbohydrates
MINIMUM - 56 grams of protein
3 meals - breakfast has to be breakfast foods.
You must have 1 soda.
You must have a main dish and a side (ex. burger and fries)
Bonus: Get enough Vitamin A 9 milligrams
Enjoy!
Thursday 28 May 2009
7th Grade: Excretory System! - 24.3
You always wanted to know how peepee worked, right?
Ok, it's too gross to think about. But I'm going to make you, for a grade. Ha!
Your urinary system, briefly
Your urinary system, the way your doctor thinks about it
Urinary system anatomy, big size
Kidney and nephron
Nephron, up close
Bladder!
Urine... ewwww....
Ok, it's too gross to think about. But I'm going to make you, for a grade. Ha!
Your urinary system, briefly
Your urinary system, the way your doctor thinks about it
Urinary system anatomy, big size
Kidney and nephron
Nephron, up close
Bladder!
Urine... ewwww....
7th Grade: Respriratory System!
You knew that talking about lungs was fun... and pretending to do mouth-to-mouth on your classmates is not an option at school. So, what to do? Look at somebody's vocal cords through a tube going down their nose! Fly through the bronchi! Animate your alveoli! See your cilia! Look at your lungs!
Oh, the joys of YouTube
Bugs Bunny's Creator - Vocal cords, LIVE!
Flying through the bronchi
Animated alveoli
Motion of Cilia
Lungs of a smoker
Oh, the joys of YouTube
Bugs Bunny's Creator - Vocal cords, LIVE!
Flying through the bronchi
Animated alveoli
Motion of Cilia
Lungs of a smoker
Wednesday 27 May 2009
Tuesday 26 May 2009
General Science: Harvard's Multimedia Page
COOOOOOOOOL videos! Ok, they're college-oriented, but if you're a nerd like me - or you just like to pretend you are - go to this page full of extremely cool animations and videos. I bet even Mr. Mills and Mr. Rice's replacement would like them.
Harvard's Molecular and Cell Biology Multimedia Page
Harvard's Molecular and Cell Biology Multimedia Page
Monday 25 May 2009
7th Grade: Resources for Activity 23-2, page 642-643
Use the links in this article to answer the following questions.
Pictures of Human Blood, Bird Blood, and Frog Blood. Red blood cells are called erythrocytes, white blood cells are called lymphocytes, and platelets are called thrombocytes.
You can also see this human lymphocyte with special stain under a microscope, and scanning electron microscope (SEM) pictures of an individual human lymphocyte and human blood. From these pictures, and the three microscope slides of different bloods, answer the questions below.
In your classwork notebook, answer the Analyze and Apply questions as well as you can. Observe carefully.
Pictures of Human Blood, Bird Blood, and Frog Blood. Red blood cells are called erythrocytes, white blood cells are called lymphocytes, and platelets are called thrombocytes.
You can also see this human lymphocyte with special stain under a microscope, and scanning electron microscope (SEM) pictures of an individual human lymphocyte and human blood. From these pictures, and the three microscope slides of different bloods, answer the questions below.
In your classwork notebook, answer the Analyze and Apply questions as well as you can. Observe carefully.
Friday 22 May 2009
6th Grade: Links for Unconformities
These links should help with any confusion on the pictures of unconformities.
Diagrams:
Making a disconformity
Making an angular disconformity
A page on all the topics
Here are some decent pictures of unconformities
Grand Canyon
Angular Unconformity 1
Angular Unconformity 2
Disconformation
A gallery of pictures
Diagrams:
Making a disconformity
Making an angular disconformity
A page on all the topics
Here are some decent pictures of unconformities
Grand Canyon
Angular Unconformity 1
Angular Unconformity 2
Disconformation
A gallery of pictures
5th Grade: Biome Diagram Questions
Biome Diagram:
Go here and answer the questions below for Monday, 24/5. Answer these questions in your HW notebook.
1. As far as you can tell, which two biomes take up the largest areas on this diagram?
2. As far as you can tell, which two diagrams take up the smallest areas on the map?
3. Which biome has the widest range of average temperatures?
4. What kind of biome do you have if the annual precipitation is 100 cm and the average temperature is 0 degrees Celsius?
5. What is the minimum precipitation a savanna needs to receive each year, with average temperature 25 degrees, to not turn into a subtropical desert?
Go here and answer the questions below for Monday, 24/5. Answer these questions in your HW notebook.
1. As far as you can tell, which two biomes take up the largest areas on this diagram?
2. As far as you can tell, which two diagrams take up the smallest areas on the map?
3. Which biome has the widest range of average temperatures?
4. What kind of biome do you have if the annual precipitation is 100 cm and the average temperature is 0 degrees Celsius?
5. What is the minimum precipitation a savanna needs to receive each year, with average temperature 25 degrees, to not turn into a subtropical desert?
5th Grade: Biome Links
Here are some useful links to make the ides of the book easier to understand. They can also help you for your Chapter 5 Poster Project.
A useful site on ecosystems and biomes:
Ecosystems of our World
Biome Maps: Each of these is a little different. Why do you think this is?
Blue Planet Biomes
United States Bioregion Map <-- This is pretty complicated, because ecosystems come in as many varieties as places on earth. Interactive Biome Map: The Wild Classroom: Biome Map
The main Wild Classroom site can be reached at Wild Classroom Home
Now, here are links about food chains, food webs, and energy pyramids:
Food Chains and Food Webs
Two examples of food chains
An example of a food web
Also, here are links about the different kinds of cycles that happen in different biomes:
Here is a video describing the water cycle. This animation might also be useful.
Here is a picture of the water cycle. You can see the rest of web site at The Blue Planet.
Biogeochemical cycles talks about all the cycles, including, the water cycle, the carbon dioxide cycle, and the nitrogen cycle.
A useful site on ecosystems and biomes:
Ecosystems of our World
Biome Maps: Each of these is a little different. Why do you think this is?
Blue Planet Biomes
United States Bioregion Map <-- This is pretty complicated, because ecosystems come in as many varieties as places on earth. Interactive Biome Map: The Wild Classroom: Biome Map
The main Wild Classroom site can be reached at Wild Classroom Home
Now, here are links about food chains, food webs, and energy pyramids:
Food Chains and Food Webs
Two examples of food chains
An example of a food web
Also, here are links about the different kinds of cycles that happen in different biomes:
Here is a video describing the water cycle. This animation might also be useful.
Here is a picture of the water cycle. You can see the rest of web site at The Blue Planet.
Biogeochemical cycles talks about all the cycles, including, the water cycle, the carbon dioxide cycle, and the nitrogen cycle.
Thursday 21 May 2009
7th Grade: Circulatory System - 23.1
After you've tried the explore activity on p. 625 of your textbook, check out some of these links that can
You can use the first two links to locate the circulatory system and then figure out how blood moves inside of it.
Gross Anatomy : Use the section on cardiovascular system
Blood Cells
Smaples of oxygenated and de-oxygenated blood
These animations go along with the pictures in section 23.1
Simple Animation of Heart Pumping
Systemic Cirulation
Blood cells moving through capillaries
When they open your heart for surgery, they have to use one of these.
A heart-lung machine
You can use the first two links to locate the circulatory system and then figure out how blood moves inside of it.
Gross Anatomy : Use the section on cardiovascular system
Blood Cells
Smaples of oxygenated and de-oxygenated blood
These animations go along with the pictures in section 23.1
Simple Animation of Heart Pumping
Systemic Cirulation
Blood cells moving through capillaries
When they open your heart for surgery, they have to use one of these.
A heart-lung machine
Tuesday 19 May 2009
7th Grade: Human Body Systems
Here are a whole bunch of good links you cna use to get started in your quest for independent learning! That means: you go do the work outside of class! Yay!
Ok, joking aside, I hope these are good tools to help you out in learning about your own body and possibly even learning something that can help others.
Of course, you can always search around for yourself on Google and YouTube. I probably spend more time than I should myself, but the stuff just fascinates me.
Enjoy,
- Mr. Rice
Human Gross Anatomy :This one is a little intense on names, but very detailed.
Human Body Systems : This one is more for middle school students.
Kids Konnect - Human Body : Ok, this site really just takes a whole lot of other links and sends you to them, but the pictures are fun and help you understand what you're going to find.
My own video and image picks:
Torso with labeled organs
Detailed Muscular System
Human body 101
Human Body Systems Revealed
Ok, joking aside, I hope these are good tools to help you out in learning about your own body and possibly even learning something that can help others.
Of course, you can always search around for yourself on Google and YouTube. I probably spend more time than I should myself, but the stuff just fascinates me.
Enjoy,
- Mr. Rice
Human Gross Anatomy :This one is a little intense on names, but very detailed.
Human Body Systems : This one is more for middle school students.
Kids Konnect - Human Body : Ok, this site really just takes a whole lot of other links and sends you to them, but the pictures are fun and help you understand what you're going to find.
My own video and image picks:
Torso with labeled organs
Detailed Muscular System
Human body 101
Human Body Systems Revealed
Monday 18 May 2009
Article Summaries 9th Grade 6th Grading Period
Hey students,
Sorry that I did not get this up earlier. The assignment is the same as last time.
To review:
Post 4 article summaries as comments in the appropriate grade level, with your opinion about each one.
- DO NOT copy and paste the article, it will not count.
- DO include the link to the article.
Post 1 response to another student's summary with your opinion.
Please do not include any other languages (unless mentioned by the article).
Please do not include other student's names except for the original poster.
Again, this should be an easy 25 points.
Sorry that I did not get this up earlier. The assignment is the same as last time.
To review:
Post 4 article summaries as comments in the appropriate grade level, with your opinion about each one.
- DO NOT copy and paste the article, it will not count.
- DO include the link to the article.
Post 1 response to another student's summary with your opinion.
Please do not include any other languages (unless mentioned by the article).
Please do not include other student's names except for the original poster.
Again, this should be an easy 25 points.
Article Summaries 8th Grade 6th Grading Period
Hey students,
Sorry that I did not get this up earlier. The assignment is the same as last time.
To review:
Post 4 article summaries as comments in the appropriate grade level, with your opinion about each one.
- DO NOT copy and paste the article, it will not count.
- DO include the link to the article.
Post 1 response to another student's summary with your opinion.
Please do not include any other languages (unless mentioned by the article).
Please do not include other student's names except for the original poster.
Again, this should be an easy 25 points.
Sorry that I did not get this up earlier. The assignment is the same as last time.
To review:
Post 4 article summaries as comments in the appropriate grade level, with your opinion about each one.
- DO NOT copy and paste the article, it will not count.
- DO include the link to the article.
Post 1 response to another student's summary with your opinion.
Please do not include any other languages (unless mentioned by the article).
Please do not include other student's names except for the original poster.
Again, this should be an easy 25 points.
Article Summaries 11th Grade 6th Grading Period
Hey students,
Sorry that I did not get this up earlier. The assignment is the same as last time.
To review:
Post 4 article summaries as comments in the appropriate grade level, with your opinion about each one.
- DO NOT copy and paste the article, it will not count.
- DO include the link to the article.
Post 1 response to another student's summary with your opinion.
Please do not include any other languages (unless mentioned by the article).
Please do not include other student's names except for the original poster.
Again, this should be an easy 25 points.
Sorry that I did not get this up earlier. The assignment is the same as last time.
To review:
Post 4 article summaries as comments in the appropriate grade level, with your opinion about each one.
- DO NOT copy and paste the article, it will not count.
- DO include the link to the article.
Post 1 response to another student's summary with your opinion.
Please do not include any other languages (unless mentioned by the article).
Please do not include other student's names except for the original poster.
Again, this should be an easy 25 points.
Thursday 14 May 2009
6th Grade: Fossils!
Making plaster casts... for babies...
Making fossils
Ancient footprints?
Index Fossil Chart
A great page of visualizations to help you understand the concepts of geologic time.
Making fossils
Ancient footprints?
Index Fossil Chart
A great page of visualizations to help you understand the concepts of geologic time.
Nutrition - Part 1
You know you want to be healthy. What does nutrition have to do with it? You'll find out in chapter 22.
Here are some links to help you out!
Plain old nutrition facts.
What IS a macromolecule, you may ask. Find out here
And, of course, what happens when you eat too much vitamin A
Here are some links to help you out!
Plain old nutrition facts.
What IS a macromolecule, you may ask. Find out here
And, of course, what happens when you eat too much vitamin A
Tuesday 12 May 2009
5th Grade Seed Germination: Guided Inquiry
Materials:
3 paper towels
1 clear cup (plastic or glass)
water
4 beans
1. Fold a paper towel in half. Fold it in half again, lengthwise. use it to line the inside of the cup.
2. Stuff wads of paper in towels in the center of the cup. Pour water on the towels to make them wet.
3. Poke the seeds down between the lining and the cup.
Put the seeds at equal distances around the cup (see your notes from class).
Arrange the seeds in the positions indicated from class (also see your notes from class).
4. Place the cup in a warm place. Observe the seeds daily for one week. Keep the towels moist.
5. Draw and describe how the roots grew in your notebook using the instructions from class.
Explain your results:
1. What direction did the roots grow.
2. Interpret Data: What might you conclude about the effect of gravity on the growth of roots?
3 paper towels
1 clear cup (plastic or glass)
water
4 beans
1. Fold a paper towel in half. Fold it in half again, lengthwise. use it to line the inside of the cup.
2. Stuff wads of paper in towels in the center of the cup. Pour water on the towels to make them wet.
3. Poke the seeds down between the lining and the cup.
Put the seeds at equal distances around the cup (see your notes from class).
Arrange the seeds in the positions indicated from class (also see your notes from class).
4. Place the cup in a warm place. Observe the seeds daily for one week. Keep the towels moist.
5. Draw and describe how the roots grew in your notebook using the instructions from class.
Explain your results:
1. What direction did the roots grow.
2. Interpret Data: What might you conclude about the effect of gravity on the growth of roots?
Bones and Muscle
So, here are a few links to help you make sense of today's class:
First, go to this other post I made for 5th Grade originally (it was hard for them) here
Then, try these links:
Smooth Muscle
Muscle Video
Smooth and Skeletal Muscle
Cardiac Muscle
First, go to this other post I made for 5th Grade originally (it was hard for them) here
Then, try these links:
Smooth Muscle
Muscle Video
Smooth and Skeletal Muscle
Cardiac Muscle
Saturday 9 May 2009
The most awesome mitosis video ever
It's done without any computer-enhanced effects (they say) except for some optical tricks. And it's supposed to happen in real time. I don't know about that, but it really is just about the coolest thing I've ever seen. THIS is how plants grow... and you too.
Real-time mitosis
Real-time mitosis
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