Units+Not+in+Use

Units Not in Use Currently:

7th Grade Units Force and Motion [|Force and Motion Web Links] [|Coaster Crafter]
 * [|Amusement Park Physics Interactive]**
 * [|Event Based Science-Thrill Ride Activity]**


 * [|NBC Learn Sports Science]**


 * [|Force and Motion (Discovery Science]**
 * Simulation Activities and Practice: **
 * [|Force and Motion Simulations]**
 * [|Forces in Action-Truck Ramp/Wts Simulation]**
 * [|Friction Simulation]**


 * [|Balanced and Unbalanced Forces]**


 * [|Force and Motion Labs and Activities]**
 * [|Game Quarium Force and Motion Game]**
 * [|Vocab Review Games & Flashcards]**


 * [|Newton's First Law Rev Quiz]**
 * [|Newton's Second Law Rev Quiz]**
 * [|Newton's Third Law Rev Quiz]**
 * [|Force and Motion Rev Quiz]**


 * Rube Goldberg Assignment:**
 * [|Rube Goldberg Machine Videos]**
 * EdHead Activities: **
 * [|Simple Machines]**
 * [|Compound Machines/Rube Goldberg]**

[|Explorations Through Time]
 * Geologic Time! **
 * Geologic Time Activities **
 * Geologic Time Mini Book **
 * [|Details]
 * [[file:bighornmsscience/Geologic Time Mini Book.docx|Download]]
 * 12 KB
 * Geologic Time Power Point **
 * [|Details]
 * [[file:bighornmsscience/Ch 3 Geology & Time.ppt|Download]]
 * 3 MB

Notes: [|Geologic Time Jeopardy]
 * [|Details]
 * [[file:bighornmsscience/Ch 3 Geology & Time - Notes.doc|Download]]
 * 37 KB


 * Ecology, Geology, History **
 * [|Avalanche Ecology] **


 * [|Details]
 * [[file:bighornmsscience/Forest Service National Avalanche Center Website Activity.doc|Download]]
 * 22 KB

Rocks & Minerals Video and Simulation Sites: [|Dinosaur Discovery Channel Videos]
 * [|Windows Into Wonderland: To Eat or Be Eaten] **
 * [|Windows Into Wonderland Activities] **
 * [|Survival Games] **


 * [|Copper Mining Video]**
 * [|Radioactive Dating Game]**
 * [|Crash Course Video: History of Life on Earth]**
 * [|Mineral ID Key]**

[|How Caves Form] [|PBS - Caves] [|Virtual Cave Activity]

Ecosystems [|Biomes]
 * Dichotomous Keys: **
 * [|Tree Key Activity]**
 * Postcard Activity: **
 * Check the links below for information about biomes and an example of the postcard activity. **

Astronomy and Matter


 * [|Hurricane on Saturns N Pole Article]**
 * [|9 Biggest Mysteries in the Universe]**
 * Let's go on a WebQuest! **
 * [|7 Astronomers You Should Know!]**


 * [|Astronomer Webquest]**
 * [|Astronomy Detective-Scale Model of the Universe!]**


 * PAWS PREP: **
 * [|PAWS prep link] **

Energy** Energy Weblinks: [|Japan Machine: Changes Plastic to Oil]

[|Energy Information Administration]

[|BP Forms of Energy Website] 8th Grade Units

Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes, and Volcanoes

= Text Book Resource: =

[|Plate Tectonics cK12 Book Resource]

[|HippoCampus.org Site]

Plate Tectonics

[|National Geographic Colliding Continents Video]

= [|Plate Tectonics PhET Simulation] =



[|Earthquakes for Kids Activities (USGS)]

[|Teaching Plate Tectonics]

[|Plate Tectonics Simulation (Green)]

[|Inside the Earth Webquest]

Complete one of the 3 project options: making a board game, making a Layers of Earth model or a Plate Tectonics model

Follow the guidelines in the webquest for details on the projects

Use the webquest information to give you ideas for your project of choice.

Projects due:


 * Note: You may have a partner for the board game, but the other 2 projects must be completed individually!

World Wide  Volcano & Earthquake Events

[|USGS Active Volcanoes]

[|USGS Active Earthquakes]

[|Volcano Discovery Map]

[|Top 10 Earthquakes since 1900]

[|Top 10 Biggest Earthquakes in History]

[|Top 10 Volcanic Eruptions in History]

[|World Wide Earthquakes (last 24 hours)]



Volcanoes

[|Volcanoes Song]

[|Magma Rising Up Song]

=[|Volcanoes Simulation (Blue)] =

Earthquakes

[|Earthquake Song-Katie Perry Spoof]

[|Ring of Fire Song]

[|Earthquakes-Rocks Move Aside]

[|Aftershocks Song]

[|Find the epicenter of an earthquake!]

PowerPoint Notes for Class:









[|Volcanoes and Earthquakes Review Vocabulary Matching Games]

[|Survival Games]

Expedition Yellowstone!

[|Yellowstone National Park Simulations]

[|Purpose Games]