This page is a work in progress, I will be adding to it over the year.....
2023 Intro lessons:
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2017
After watching these wee salmon grow from eggs to little fish it was time to say goodbye |
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We should all be scientists ...
The 5 Science Capabilities... here
An exercise about interpreting images.... here
TDC river data
What about this... here
Some work about UV... here
Sunscreen (homemade) article... here
https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/1305-uses-for-uv
The 5 Science Capabilities... here
An exercise about interpreting images.... here
TDC river data
What about this... here
Some work about UV... here
Sunscreen (homemade) article... here
https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/1305-uses-for-uv
Reflex testing:
https://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/java/redgreen.html
https://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/java/redgreen.html
Fun with UV beads
Assessment… a team effort for your group
This assessment has 3 parts.... in your OneNote section
1. Manufacture some sunblock to be judged on texture, appearance and scent
2. Produce an information pamphlet (or video documentary) that explains:
3. Answer these questions (about the couple pictured)
Do this part in your OneNote page:
She is from Oslo, he is from Addis Ababa.
(a) They go to her place for xmas, what happens to them both,
in terms of sunburn and Vit D?
(does anyone get sunburnt, does everyone get enough Vit D)
(b) They go to his place for Easter, what happens to them both,
in terms of sunburn and Vit D?
(does anyone get sunburnt, does everyone get enough Vit D)
(c) Explain your answers
Worksheet link
https://www.scienceinschool.org/content/how-effective-your-sunscreen?fbclid=IwAR2hL3YNN10kxuFOBO0FWJ-L2pVcb01lJDjK04WIzIK_bw8pG4Xu6n9t5TE
This assessment has 3 parts.... in your OneNote section
1. Manufacture some sunblock to be judged on texture, appearance and scent
2. Produce an information pamphlet (or video documentary) that explains:
- what UV is
- why we need UV
- what happens if too much UV
- how we can detect UV (with the beads)
- what we found out using the beads (effect of light on them, in water, with commercial sunblock)
- how we made our own sunblock and how we know whether it works
- what changes we made (if any) to our second batch of sunblock
- any other interesting questions we came up with
- any other interesting facts about this topic
- are there any other things we came up with?
3. Answer these questions (about the couple pictured)
Do this part in your OneNote page:
She is from Oslo, he is from Addis Ababa.
(a) They go to her place for xmas, what happens to them both,
in terms of sunburn and Vit D?
(does anyone get sunburnt, does everyone get enough Vit D)
(b) They go to his place for Easter, what happens to them both,
in terms of sunburn and Vit D?
(does anyone get sunburnt, does everyone get enough Vit D)
(c) Explain your answers
Worksheet link
https://www.scienceinschool.org/content/how-effective-your-sunscreen?fbclid=IwAR2hL3YNN10kxuFOBO0FWJ-L2pVcb01lJDjK04WIzIK_bw8pG4Xu6n9t5TE
Rail Gun
Arrrrrr..... Gabriel and his "interesting" questions another lesson gone.... or at least changed How the heck does this work? Could the military weaponise this technology... you bet they can YouTube clip |
Rocket Man
Work on this together but complete your own OneNote work
Those folk at SpaceX have got pretty clever, they can send a rocket into space and then land it on a tiny wee barge 300 Km away in the middle of the ocean, I guess that involved a bit of Physics...
Your task:
Carry out an investigation to fly your Rocket Man.
Do the investigation in two parts
Firstly find out how the force on the Rocket Man affects the distance traveled
You will need to use the graph from your previous work to know how far to stretch the rubber band each time... no Newton meters allowed this time!
Maybe take a phot of your work and insert it here too
Complete a table that goes like this...
Force (N)
Distance traveled (m)
2
4
6
8
10
What do you have to keep the same so you are doing a fair test?
1
2
3
Graph your results and write a conclusion
(insert those here)
Secondly find out how changing the angle (by measuring height of the ruler) affects your Rocket Man
You choose the sensible angles to use , what will you keep the same?
Graph and conclusion...
(insert those here)
Now use your findings to calculate a desired force and trajectory so that you can be clever like SpaceX and land Rocket Man in a bucket exactly 5 meters away from a launch site. Explain your calculations and lets find out which team are the best aeronautical engineers .
Extra for experts: why do rockets fly in an arc to deploy a satellite rather than go straight up?
Those folk at SpaceX have got pretty clever, they can send a rocket into space and then land it on a tiny wee barge 300 Km away in the middle of the ocean, I guess that involved a bit of Physics...
Your task:
Carry out an investigation to fly your Rocket Man.
Do the investigation in two parts
Firstly find out how the force on the Rocket Man affects the distance traveled
You will need to use the graph from your previous work to know how far to stretch the rubber band each time... no Newton meters allowed this time!
Maybe take a phot of your work and insert it here too
Complete a table that goes like this...
Force (N)
Distance traveled (m)
2
4
6
8
10
What do you have to keep the same so you are doing a fair test?
1
2
3
Graph your results and write a conclusion
(insert those here)
Secondly find out how changing the angle (by measuring height of the ruler) affects your Rocket Man
You choose the sensible angles to use , what will you keep the same?
Graph and conclusion...
(insert those here)
Now use your findings to calculate a desired force and trajectory so that you can be clever like SpaceX and land Rocket Man in a bucket exactly 5 meters away from a launch site. Explain your calculations and lets find out which team are the best aeronautical engineers .
Extra for experts: why do rockets fly in an arc to deploy a satellite rather than go straight up?
Chemistry
My old website link here
Periodic Table animation and info about the elements
Have a go... Elements Quizlet...
Have a go... Atom structure Quizlet...
Chemical Reactions:
Lets make some smurf snot....
Copper sulfate + sodium hydroxide = ?
+ =
Lets make some smurf snot....
Copper sulfate + sodium hydroxide = ?
+ =
Well done us, got lots of different pHs here....
- What is pH again?
- What is the stuff called that can tell us about pH?
- What does a pH of 1 mean (in terms of ions present)?
- What does a pH of 7 mean (in terms of ions present)?
- What does a pH of 14 mean (in terms of ions present)?
Chemistry practice test (Part A: Atoms & Ions) HERE
Now lets make some teddy bear snot....
Iron (III)nitrate + sodium hydroxide = ? (can you figure this one out)
+ =
Iron (III)nitrate + sodium hydroxide = ? (can you figure this one out)
+ =
Now lets make some teddy bear blood....
Iron nitrate(III) + Potassium thiocyanate = ? (surly you can figure this one out)
+ =
Geology
Worksheet 1 (What caused this...) Worksheet 2 (rocks) Worksheet 3 guide and student w/s (volcanoes) Worksheet: summary task- rocks & words Ring of Fire Video (link) Ring of Fire Questions Student Workbook or as a PDF BBC Bitesize: The Earth Rocks |
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A mighty good video of why we are so shakey and boomy
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Boulder Bank Trip May 25, 2017
Our questions:
Internal Processes....
Internal Processes....
- where were the rocks made
- how did they end up on the bluff
- how did the rocks get off the bluff
- how was the Boulder bank formed
Here we are (10E) out there investigating the geological processes that formed this rather unique Boulder Bank
First lot of pics courtesy of Sam, second lot thanks to Liv
First lot of pics courtesy of Sam, second lot thanks to Liv
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Link to L2 EMS page
A slight change in direction for a lesson, we may need a little more guidance on what we mean about Adaptations:
Go to this website for the info to help with the worksheet Pacific NthWest octopus
Go to this website for the info to help with the worksheet Pacific NthWest octopus
Evolution... True or False
Adaptation... BBC Bitesize
Species... BBC Bitesize
Have a quick look over this.... NZ native species
Now choose a NZ plant or animal, eg moa, kiwi, kea, kaka, takehe, hebe plants, giant snails, tuatara, Hectors dolphins, or ?
We have all done this... right?
Find images and use your own words (in a Word doc) to help explain:
Adaptation... BBC Bitesize
Species... BBC Bitesize
Have a quick look over this.... NZ native species
Now choose a NZ plant or animal, eg moa, kiwi, kea, kaka, takehe, hebe plants, giant snails, tuatara, Hectors dolphins, or ?
We have all done this... right?
Find images and use your own words (in a Word doc) to help explain:
- What it looks like
- Why its special
- How did it get here
- What were its ancestors like
- What adaptations has it now got that help
- How do its adaptations allow it to survive
Once that is done have a look at this clip on Galapagos Finches. As you watch it think about adaptations and how certain adaptations may be better than others
Worksheet on Galapagos Finches |
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Lamarck v Darwin worksheet
Natural selection worksheet
Speciation exercise
The "pukeko" article here
Mid Year test
click on each link for the questions (BBC Bitesize)
Atoms PT Acids pH Metals DNA Variation Genetics choose one of your own
Some online revision exercises from BBC Bitesize
Each topic has a revision section-go thru (a blue book symbol) maybe a clip to view, & a test (blue circle with a Q)
Atoms, Elements and the P.T.... link here
Acids and Bases ... link here
Metals ... link here
DNA ... link here
Variation... link here
Genetics (quite tricky) ... link here
& some extra ones
Living thing... link here
Forces... link here
The Earth... link here
or choose your own
There will be a mid year 'Exam" on this stuff soon (tomorrow!)
Each topic has a revision section-go thru (a blue book symbol) maybe a clip to view, & a test (blue circle with a Q)
Atoms, Elements and the P.T.... link here
Acids and Bases ... link here
Metals ... link here
DNA ... link here
Variation... link here
Genetics (quite tricky) ... link here
& some extra ones
Living thing... link here
Forces... link here
The Earth... link here
or choose your own
There will be a mid year 'Exam" on this stuff soon (tomorrow!)
Really !!! ......do we think this seems likely? Article link here
and as a Word Doc
Here is a task for us
and as a Word Doc
Here is a task for us
- The VW, sitting around a few years
- The old car in the desert, sitting around for decades
- The Titanic sinking around since... (when was it)
Questions....
What is needed for rusting to happen?
What is the overall equation?
How can we stop iron rusting?
Topic 2 Genetics
My old site stuff... now only on OneDrive
Chromosomes, DNA & Mendel worksheet
Whanau or fashion????
This variation idea might be important
This variation idea might be important
If identical twins hooked up with identical twins would their kids be identical?
- Sequencing all babies? New Scientist article
- What is DNA (ear enlargement thing)
- Decoding DNA worksheet and webpage
- More DNA in the news (NZ research)
People genetics (below) worksheet
In budgies yellow is dominant to blue
What can we know for sure about these 2?
What do we not know for sure?
They had 3 chicks, one was blue
Does this clarify things?
http://kmbreeding.weebly.com/budgie-mutations.html
What can we know for sure about these 2?
What do we not know for sure?
They had 3 chicks, one was blue
Does this clarify things?
http://kmbreeding.weebly.com/budgie-mutations.html
From: http://www.slideshare.net/mrglosterscience/pedigrees-lesson link here
To illustrate this point....my one in a million student
For experts.... black white and belgian blue
A Kahoot on Genetics
practice test
Ethics worksheet
Cloning worksheet
Things..
iron + sulfur expt....
copper oxide + carbon expt....
Dunn mt / mineral belt link here
9V battery fire danger link here
7 sharp battery show link here