In order to supplement students' knowledge of oceans, today we started a station activity where students traveled to 8 different stations reading and exploring different interactives. The stations included information about:
1. Deep Ocean Exploration 2. Marine Life Forms 3. Ocean/Marine Food Webs 4. Oceans as a Living Resource 5-8. Zones of the Ocean We will continue these stations tomorrow and then we will be off for SPRING BREAK!! You can find links to all the materials for today and tomorrow's activity below. Have a WONDERFUL and RESTFUL Spring Break and I will see you back here on the 13th! Info for Stations 1-4 Link Used for Station 3 Infographic for Station 4 (also see below) Info for Stations 5-8 Student Booklet for Station Activity (All files courtesy of https://sciencewithmsbarton.wordpress.com/) ****Click picture to make it bigger.****
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Today students took notes on 8.E.1.2. This part of the unit explores the oceans, marine ecosystems, and estuaries. We used this POWERPOINT to take notes on this GRAPHIC ORGANIZER. Students glued these notes into their notebooks so they can study them at home.
Remember to stay ahead of your new vocab words. If you get them done this week you won't have anything to do over the break for science class! Take a look at the diagrams below to learn more about what today's lesson was on. Today in class students received their new set of vocab words (see below). These words will be due on the Monday we come back from Spring Break so make sure you are getting those words done and studying them! We also began working on a couple different reading assignments. The first assignment was on ESTUARIES. Students were required to read and answer the questions at the end of the reading. The second assignment was all about OCEAN ZONES AND MARINE FOOD WEBS. This assignment required students to read and then create 5 of their own questions based on the text. There is a possibility I will use some of these questions on their test at the end of this unit. This picture will also help students understand the ocean zones better. They should know details about the shore, the open ocean, and the deep ocean. Have a great evening and don't forget about that vocab!!
VOCAB DUE 4/13/15 Estuaries Marine ecosystems Upwelling Photosynthesis Chemosynthesis Hydrothermal vent Salinity Nekton Benthos Plankton Today, students took these NOTES (click to download student notes for notebooks) on the distribution of water. We used this PREZI to take notes from that has some great videos built in that gave us a closer look at the hydrosphere right here in North Carolina! I think students began to have that "eye opening" experience when it came to our water resources and how they need to be protected.
Tomorrow we will be working on a lab about water properties. Have a great evening!! Today students worked on putting together their own "notes study guide". This resource will be a great way to study for the benchmark and EOG for this unit. You can find the passages used HERE.
The following worksheets were used to go along with the passage: Water on Earth Surface Water Wetland Environments Water Underground Students were expected to complete the assignment using the passage and turn it in for a grade. It will be returned at a later date and put into their notebooks to be used to study. Today, students were introduced to the Hydrosphere unit with a Discovery Streaming video called "The Endless Voyage: It's in the Water". Students were required to take down notes as they listened to the video. We also completed a literacy assignment called Watersheds, Aquifers, & Groundwater. Students were required to answer the 7 questions after the reading in COMPLETE sentences on the same page as the notes from the video.
We also received the new set of vocab words (see below for the list). These words will be due on Monday the 30th. Be sure to study because there will be a quiz on these words on the 30th as well!!! VOCAB WORDS DUE 3/30/15 river basin watershed surface water groundwater aquifer transpiration infiltration cohesion adhesion surface tension density (of water) specific heat (of water) |
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