8th+Science

=Welcome to 8th Grade Science! = I would like to welcome you to the 8th grade science wiki page! You will find lots of resources here that we will use in class and information that will help you stay on track  in science. Check out  the purple headings for the topics we will be covering this year...it's going to be alot of fun! I can't wait to get to hear how your summer went and get the year started! Mrs. Melin

Chalk Up Website: [|Chalk Up Login Page] [|YouDraw App] Get Moving! [|GoNoodle] [|Cool Science Videos] Evolution Evolution Resources [|Nova Evolution Lab Missions] Evolution Music:

[|Fossils]
[|Evolution] [|Adaptations] [|Cell Division]

Stickleback Fish Simulation Information
[|Stickleback Fish Simulation] Green Group Blue Group Natural Selection Rabbit Simulation Resources: [|Natural Selection Simulations] Natural Selection Rabbits Enrichment Simulation Wkst

[|Natural Selection Bird Activity - SEPUP] Evolution Videos: [|Extinctions] [|Explorations Through Time] [|Crash Course: Speciation-Of Ligers and Men] [|Crash Course Video: Evolution-It's a Thing!] Sorting Shells Phylogeny Activity: [|Phillipines Biodiversity Video] [|Cone Snails Feeding Behavior]

[|Classification Practice] [|HHMI's Classroom Activities and Videos] [|The Making of the Fittest Videos] [|The Day the Mesozoic Died Video]

PBS Evolution Videos Activity: ==== Watch the following videos related to the topic of how things change over time. As an alternate activity, you could also read chap 5 in the green Cells textbook to find this information. When you finish the videos or reading chap 5, choose one of the assignments below to show what you have learned. ==== [| Isn't Evolution Just a Theory?] [|Who was Charles Darwin?] [|How Do We Know Evolution Happens?] [|How Does Evolution Really Work?] [|Did Humans Evolve?] [|Why Does Evolution Matter Now?] [|Why Is Evolution Controversial Anyway?] Click on the following link for the word list and activity information corresponding to the PBS videos:

[|Galapagos Beyond Darwin Video] [|Darwin: The Man that Changed the World] [|6 Craziest Extinctions Ever] ASAP Science Video Evolution Jeopardy Click on the following link for a jeopardy review game you can play with your friends or family! (Check the notes on each slide to find the answers; need to be in slide mode to see answers, not game mode) Final Assessment Matter and the Periodic Table Periodic Table Resources [|Elements 4D app]

[|Gooru Learning: Periodic Table-Metals, Non-Metals, Metalloids] [|Gooru Learning: Families of Elements-Alkali Metals and Alkaline Earth Metals] [|Gooru Learning: Families of Elements-Halogens and Noble Gases] [|Gooru Learning: Families of Elements-Transition Elements] [|Family of Elements: Actinides Video] [|Families of Elements: Lanthanides Video] Notes over the Periodic Table:

Try Out Your Own Electron Configurations for Atoms:

Balancing Chemical Equations :

[|Uses of the Elements Book] [|Interactive Periodic Table for Research on the Elements] [|Videos of the Elements in the Periodic Table] Electricity and Magnetism [|Khan Academy: Electricity and Magnetism] [|Power Point: Charges, Electricity and Magnetism] [|Physics 4 Kids: Charges, Electric and Magnetic Fields, AC/DC Power, Resistance] Electricity [|Learning.com Electricity Assignments] [|Crash Course- Tessla] [|Crash Course Electromagnetism] [|Bitesize: Circuit Symbols Practice] [|Ohms Law Practice Problems] [|Wisconsin Science Webgames] [|PhET Electric Circuit Construction & Calculation of Charges] Magnetism [|Learning.com Magnetism Assignments] Engineering: Iterative Testing & Designing New Solutions [|Info About Engineering, Careers in Engineering, Contests] [|"What's This Stuff?" Competition] [|Engineering Overview]

Flight Videos and Information: [|Flight Introduction] [|The Science of Flight (Paper Airplanes)] [|The Science of Flight (Redesigning your Airplane)] [|The Aerodynamics of Flight] [|The Challenge of Flight (PBS Learning Media)] [|Discus Launch Glider] [|Purpose Games]

Force and Motion [|Force and Motion Web Links] [|Invisible Force Challenge] [|Tension and Compression Forces - PBS Learning Media Interactive] Jason Coaster Creator Activity [|Coaster Creator Simulation] [|Calculating Momentum]
 * [|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]**

Genetics and Heredity <span style="color: #ff1400; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 32px; line-height: 1.5;">Genetics Resources
 * Rube Goldberg Assignment:**
 * [|Rube Goldberg Machine Videos]**

<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5;">[|YouTube Video of Mendelian Genetics]
<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5;">[|Visually Video on DNA] [|Trading Card Maker] [|Genetics Activities] Using the links at the top of the flashcards, you can play a variety of games to help you learn the terms quickly! [|Genetics Flashcard Practice] [|Heredity-Crash Course Science Video] [|Genetic Mutations YouTube Video (Green)] [|Genetic Mutations and Their Results (Blue)]

<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5;">[|Genes and Diseases]
<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5;">[|Human Genome Website] <span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5;">[|Human Genome Research Institute on Cloning] <span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5;">[|National Institute of Health-Stem Cell Research] <span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5;">[|Article on Cellular Respiration] <span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5;">[|DNA Structure and Replication Crash Course Video] <span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5;">[|DNA Transcription and Translation Video]

<span style="color: #ff0700; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 120%; line-height: 1.5;">Genetic Mutations and Modifications:
<span style="color: #ff0700; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 120%; line-height: 1.5;">Video Resources: <span style="color: #ff0700; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 120%; line-height: 1.5;">[|NOVA-Cracking Your Genetic Code Video] [|Could We Rid the World of Mosquitoes? (Video)] <span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5;">[|CSI Website] <span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5;">[|Dog Breeding] <span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5;">[|Human Adaptations Video]

<span style="color: #ff0700; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 120%; line-height: 1.5;">Genetics Songs:
<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5;">[|Mutations] <span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5;">[|DNA]

[|DNA Fingerprinting (PBS)]
[|DNA Extraction At Home] [|DNA Extraction Virtual Lab] <span class="i34e709j85" style="color: #ff1400; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 32px;">Cell Cycle <span style="color: #ff1400; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 32px; line-height: 1.5;"> and Cell Energy Resources <span style="color: #ff0700; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 120%; line-height: 1.5;">Video Resources: <span style="color: #ff0700; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; line-height: 1.5;">[|Diffusion and Osmosis Video] <span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5;">[|Mitosis Video] <span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5;">[|Meiosis Video] <span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5;">[|Cancer Cell vs Normal Cell Division] <span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5;">[|Cells Alive Interactive] [|The Wonder of All Types of Cells Video Clip] <span style="color: #ff0700; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 120%; line-height: 1.5;">Vocab Practice: <span style="color: #ff0700; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 120%; line-height: 1.5;">[|Diffusion Quiz] <span style="color: #ff0700; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 120%; line-height: 1.5;">Cell Division Songs: <span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5;">[|Meiosis Square Dance] <span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5;">[|Mitosis & Meiosis Cell Division Phases]