Tuesday, March 10
According to the cladogram, which organism is most closely related to the chimp?
Wednesday, March 11
According to the cladogram, which two organisms do not have lungs?
Friday, March 13
Get a homologous structure worksheet from my desk at the front of the room. You and your partner will share 6 different colored pencils. Color in the worksheet so that the bones match in each of the organisms. For example, all humerus bones should be one color, all ulna bones another color, etc. When finished, glue the paper in your comp book. I am low on glue. Make sure you return it to the front when you are finished. You have 10 minutes from bell time to complete this assignment.
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Friday, March 13
According to the cladogram, what traits do a hamster and chimpanzee have in common?
Monday, March 2
The following pictures show vestigial structures. Based on what you see, what are vestigial structures?
Wednesday, March 4
Based on what we've studied this year, describe this diagram.
Thursday, March 5
Explain the following graphic.
Friday, March 6
Share your thoughts about this info-graph.
Monday, February 24
Explain what is happening in this video.
Tuesday, February 25
What evidence exists to support common ancestry?
Wednesday, February 26
Describe this graphic.
Thursday, February 27
What patterns do you see in the following images?
Friday, February 28
Below there are pictures of 8 different embryos from 8 different organisms. The organisms include a cat, a rabbit, a salamander, a fish, a tortoise, a chick, a hog, a human, and a cat. Number from 1-8 and name the kind of organisms.
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Monday, February 3
According to the following info-graphic, how is petroleum formed?
Tuesday, February 4
According to the diagram, what layer contains groundwater? How did it get there?
Wednesday, February 5
Looking at the map below that shows where copper is deposited throughout the world, what mechanism can you infer created copper?
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Monday, January 13
There are three kinds of rocks, igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary. What kind of rock is this? How is it formed?
Tuesday, January 14
What is the only kind of rock that has fossils? Why will there never be fossils found in the other two kinds of rocks?
Wednesday, January 15
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Friday, January 17
NO BELL WORK - You will get started immediately on your project.
Tuesday, January 7, 2020
For the next quarter, I want you to focus on magical things. Name three things from today that are magical.
Wednesday, January 8, 2020
Explain what is happening in the following image. What causes the changes?
Thursday, January 9, 2020
There are three kinds of rocks, igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary. What kind is this rock? What do you suppose happened that caused the lines to appear at different levels?
Friday, January 10, 2020
There are three kinds of rocks, igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary. What kind is the following? Hint: It is formed very deep in the earth through a lot of heat and pressure.
Monday, December 16
Which one of Newton's three laws is demonstrated in the gif below?
Tuesday, December 17
Which of Newton's three laws of motion is demonstrated in the gif below?
Monday, December 9
This morning there was a volcanic eruption in New Zealand. What kind of plate boundary caused this eruption?
Tuesday, December 10
Explain what you know about this image.
Wednesday, December 11
This is a gif of Old Faithful erupting. What do you suppose is happening in Wyoming that creates this geyser? Old Faithful is not located near a plate boundary.
Thursday, December 12
This gif is showing where an earthquake could occur in LA, California. This is the famous San Andreas Fault Zone. What kind of plate boundary occurs at the San Andreas Fault?
Friday, December 13
On your desk is a strip of paper. You are to write, draw, or doodle the science content we have studied over the semester. You are responsible for your sheet. You will have 10 minutes to work on this. The next kid who sits in your seat will continue where you left off. Do not fill the page. In many places there could be 6 kids adding to the content.
Be neat. Be respectful. You may use your notes.
Be neat. Be respectful. You may use your notes.
Monday, December 2
Explain what happened in Vesuvius.
Tuesday, December 3
This picture shows a place on Earth where the Mid-Atlantic Ridge is on land. This photo was taken in Iceland. What kind of plate boundary exists in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge? Does that mean the plates are colliding, dividing, or sliding?
Wednesday, December 4
What kind of plate boundary creates folded mountains?
Throw Back Thursday, December 5
One of my Facebook friends took this picture last week. Below the photo is an explanation of what causes the northern lights. Explain in your words what made this phenomenon happen.
The Northern Lights are actually the result of collisions between gaseous particles in the Earth's atmosphere with charged particles released from the sun's atmosphere. ... Blown towards the earth by the solar wind, the charged particles are largely deflected by the earth's magnetic field.
Friday, December 6
What is going on here?
monday, November 25
Last week you took notes on three different kinds of plate boundaries. What kind of plate boundary exists in the following illustration?
Tuesday, November 26
Explain what happens along a continental-continental convergent plate boundary.
Monday, NOvember 18
Describe what is going on in the following gif.
Tuesday, November 19
Explain the Continental Drift Theory.
Wednesday, November 20
Explain convection currents.
Monday, November 11
There are three scientific pieces of evidence that support the Big Bang Theory. On Wednesday and Friday we discussed two. The following image represents the third piece of evidence. What is that piece of evidence?
Tuesday, November 12
We use radio telescopes to study naturally occurring radio light from stars, galaxies, black holes, and other astronomical objects.
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Wednesday, November 13
Explain how the Hubble Telescope works. Where is it? How come the images that come from it are clearer than the images from telescopes taken on Earth? How do we get the pictures Hubble takes?
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Thursday, NOvember 14
Explain how a spectroscope works.
Friday, November 15
What is the difference between a satellite and a space probe?
Monday, NOvember 4
It's the beginning of a new unit. That means it's time to write down three things for which you are grateful. Try to come up with something different from what you previously wrote.
Tuesday, November 5
Explain what this image represents.
Wednesday, November 6
The following image is one of the three pieces of scientific evidence that supports the Big Bang Theory. What does this image represent and what are the other two pieces of evidence that supports the Big Bang Theory?
Friday, NOvember 8
There are three pieces of scientific evidence that support the Big Bang Theory. On Wednesday, bell work gave you one. Another piece of evidence is represented in the image below. What does this image represent?
Monday, October 26
Maglev trains are the fastest trains in the world. How do they work?
Tuesday, October 29
Watch the following gif. What is causing the plant to 'float'? Where could we use this phenomenon in every day life?
Wednesday, October 30
Knowing what you do about magnetic field lines and the colors that represent the poles, what does this visual represent?
Thursday, October 31
What's going on here?
Friday, November 1
Describe what is happening in the following image.
Tuesday, October 20
Check out this gif. How come the astronauts are able to flip around so easily?
Wednesday, October 21
What's happening in the following video?