Assignments

• - Complete Getting to Know You 2023
• - Day 1 Science 8 Quiz
• - Review the K to7 Science Curriculum
• - Go to page 21 (29th page of the pdf) of Principles and big ideas of science education and read about the 14 big ideas in science.
• - Check out a few Science Brain Teasers
• - Complete the STEM Careers Lesson
• - Watch the video The Brilliant Life of Ada Lovelace
• - Complete the Career Decisions Quiz.
• - Complete the Nature of Science Assignment using the Lumen Learning website The Nature of Science
• - Using Independent vs. Dependent Variables | Definition & Examples complete The Independent and Dependent Variable Assignment and
• - Read Formatting a testable hypothesis
• - Scientific Method For Kids With Examples
• - 8 Cool Scientific Method Experiments for Middle Schoolers to Try
• - 7 Easy Scientific Method Experiments
• - New Supercomputer Simulation Sheds Light on Moon’s Origin (MODELLING)
• - Inside The Navy's Indoor Ocean (MODELLING)
• - Water. The Sacred Relationship
• - Go to 3 What does the future look like and how do we know? in the COVID19_Student Journal (ALL cycles) and complete. (MODELLING)
• - Invisible Trenches: the New Global Security Landscape
• - Artificial intelligence and its impact on everyday life
• - Design and test a parachute
• - Observe an unsafe lab.
• - Can you identify what is unsafe about each of the numbered parts of this unsafe lab? WhatNotToDoLaboratory
• - Make a Safety Poster to be displayed in the science classroom using the guidelines on page xxi of your textbook. Click HERE and HERE for examples:
• - Word Search Topic 1.1: Characteristics of Living Things
• - Yeast Alive! Watch Yeast Live and Breathe
• - Read Putting vampire bats on treadmills revealed an energy-burning quirk
• - Go to Genome British Columbia and Create a DNA model you can eat!
• - Hand out Unit 1 Summary (BLM 1-1) and Unit 1 Key Terms (BLM1-2) and go over.
• - Classroom Explorations: Characteristics of Living Things
• - 8 Senses That Animals Possess but Humans Don’t
• - Living Things Depend On One Another
• - Artificial wombs could soon be a reality. What will this mean for women?
• - Build a model of a virus Ex. CLICK HERE
• - Read the article How much do viruses change over time?
• - Read the article Which chickens are better at fighting off a virus, and why?
• - Read the article DNA particles that mimic viruses hold promise as vaccines and summarize it in one or two sentences.
• - Read the article Bioactive Molecules Derived from Snake Venoms with Therapeutic Potential for the Treatment of Thrombo-Cardiovascular Disorders Associated with COVID-19
• - Word Search Topic 1.3: Two Cell Types based on Nucleus
• - The Different Types of Cells Simple vs Complex
• - Color a Typical Prokaryote Cell
• - Advanced Bacteria Cell Coloring Sheet
• - Part 2: Photo Spread. Each student needs to create a spread of 9 squares, BUT I include some extra stipulations here. First, everyone’s central photo needs to be a 6 word memoir.
• - Bacteria Personified Assignment and RUBRIC
• - How to Write a Short Story: The Short Story Checklist
• - Complete the Prokaryote vs Eukaryote Worksheet
• - Go to page 3 of science.gc.ca Activity Book 7 and complete What’s Up, Doc? Understanding Good Health.
• - Color a Plant Cell and Identify Functions
• - Animal Cell Coloring
• - Human Cell Coloring
• - Read the article Cells driving gecko's ability to re-grow its tail identified on Science Daily.
• - Read the article A new way to see the activity inside a living cell
• - Cell Theory: A Core Principle of Biology and the major cell processes and cell types
• - Play CellCraft an online game that will teach you about the parts of the cell and what they do.
• - Cell Size and Scale
• - This Quiz On Cells Is Only For Geniuses at ProProfs Quizzes
• - Reading: Study proves 'muscle memory' exists at a DNA level
• - Complete AT Issue How does Carbon Dioxide affect plants on Page 32 of the textbook.
• - Go to Science Games for Kids and check out Microorganisms
• - Listen to What are Germs? on KidsHealth.
• - Go to The MicrobeScope webpage and hover over the diseases then scroll down to stories.
• - Why health officials are telling consumers to stop washing chicken
• - Read the article The tell-tale bacteria
• - Mystery microbes of the sea
• - Giant cave crystals may be home to 50,000-year-old microbes
• - Living long beneath the sea
• - Read the article How the 'Cellular' Phone Got Its Name
• - Go Gizmos to look at cell structures under a virtual microscope.
• - Read the article Recycling the dead which discusses how micro-organisms are key to nutrient recycling in ecosystems as they act as decomposers
• - Read the article Microbes could help reduce the need for chemical fertilizers
• - Metal-eating bacteria: Aboard the Titanic
• - Microbes in Medicine
• - Indigenous clam farming technology is as old as Egyptian pyramids
• - Anatomy and Physiology of Poultry - PDF
• - All Systems Go In this activity, Arnold is missing organs from four major body systems. It's your job to put them back.
• - The Human Body: 14 StudyJams!
• - innerbody Your Interactive Guide To The Human Body
• - Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)
• Learn about the views of farmers, scientists, biotechnology critics, federal regulators and the food industry, all caught up in the intensifying debate over genetically modified food by clicking here GMO Interviews.
• Answer the 20 questions on GM foods in your own words by using this WHO link.
• Complete the Should We Grow GM Foods? assignment.
• Compare the traditional method of selective breeding with one of the latest transgenic methods by engineering a crop
• Try to Guess What's Coming to Dinner?
• Go to Genetically Engineered and Grown in BC? What percentage of processed foods likely contain genetically engineered ingredients? What are the four genetically engineered crops that can be grown legally in Canada at this time? What are the two main reasons that corn is genetically engineered? How are the genetically engineered salmon produced by AquaBounty different from conventional salmon? What were the two sources of genetic material in developing the Enviropig™?
• - Cracker on tongue, swallow upside down, move cooked oatmeal through pantyhose, digested bread in towel
• - Go Gizmos to look at Digestive System Simulation
• - Digestive System Experiment
• - Build a pulse detector using modelling clay and a toothpick. Count the movements of the toothpick for 15 seconds and multiply by four to get your heart rate.
• - Complete the Activity: Modelling the Heart on Page 83 of the textbook
• - Make A model of blood
• - Build a model lung (Fake Lung)
• - Go To Smarter Than Smoking to learn more about the short term and long term effects of smoking on your health.
• - Concerns explode over new health risks of vaping
• - The Immune System - Study Jam
• - Blood: The body's vital defense force
• - Why do measles survivors get sicker?
• - NEW!!!HIV Simulation - Simulating the Spread of HIV
• - Disease Spread Simulation (Gizmos)
• - Read THE IMPACT OF SMALLPOX ON FIRST NATIONS ON THE WEST COAST
• - Read The Spirit of Pestilence
• - Go to Facts on immunity - ImmunizeBC. Why do we immunize? How do vaccines work?
• - Antibiotics
• - Read the article Researchers identify a new class of antibiotic candidates
• - Epidemic Diseases and their Effects on History
• - Watch the movie Outbreak
• - Deadliest infectious diseases in the world, ranked
• - The Ripple Effects of Pandemics on Modern Society
• - How to Survive the Next Catastrophic Pandemic
• - Play the board game Pandemic
• - Read FIRST NATIONS TRADITIONAL PLANTS AND USES
• - Complete Eating up Idioms
• - If Food Idioms Were Illustrated
• - Food idioms interactive game
• - 81 Examples of Food Idioms Explained
• - Watch Vsauce: Why Don't We All Have Cancer? and be able to explain in your own words the "selection shadow".
• - Sickle Cell DNA on edheads
• - Molecules Matter
• - Molecules in Motion
• - The Ups and Downs of Thermometers
• - Moving Molecules in a Solid
• - Air, It's Really There
• - Heat, Temperature, and Conduction
• - Changing State: Evaporation
• - Changing State: Condensation
• - Changing State: Freezing How to Know When Ice is Safe
• - Changing State: Melting
• - Study Jams - Properties of Matter
• - Study Jams - Physical & Chemical Changes of Matter
• - Physical Properties of Matter Hands-On Lab
• - Investigating Matter Through Inquiry - Inquiry in Action (Solubility) Mysterious M & M's
• - The Many Colors of Light - Inkless Tales
• - Color Mixing
• - Light - Study Jam
• - Light Absorption, Reflection, & Refraction- Study Jam
• - Physics-Interactives: Reflection-and-Mirrors
• - Physics-Interactives: Refraction-and-Lenses
• - Thermal Imaging Goggles simulation
• - Activity with Mirrors
• - Fill in the Blanks Chapter 5 Notes: Mirrors and Lenses
• - The Senses: Seeing - Study Jam
• - Human cells form the basis of this artificial eye
• - Hands-on Activity: 20/20 Vision
• - Read Smart Glasses Help the Blind See and tell me what you think of these glasses.
• - Amazing electronic glasses help the legally blind see, but they are costly
• - Plate Tectonics - PBS Learning Media
• - Plate Tectonics Puzzle
• - Plate Tectonics - BBC
• - Graham Cracker Tectonics
• - Extension activity 2: Earth movements
• - Snack Tectonics
• - How does a seismograph record motion?
• - Go to Science Journal for Kids and pick an article that interests you.
• - Read the short article Australia Is Drifting So Fast GPS Can't Keep Up at nationalgeographic.com
• DEVELOPING A SENSE OF PLACE
• - DISCOVERING YOUR SENSE OF PLACE
• Complete Speed Worksheet (Lesson 1) Page 12
• Complete Determining Speed Worksheet Page 13
• - Science and Technology Assignment
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• - Clouds, A Teaching Box
• - Manufacturing Technician on edheads.org
• - Nano Start Up on edheads.org (Science and Business)
• - Trauma on edheads.org
• - BOUNCING BALL POLYMER
• - Shadow Puppets
• - Observe the Wetlands Fact Sheet. Know the five types of wetlands.
• - Complete a science quiz at SoftSchools.com
• - Complete the Human Body Quiz at Science Kids.
• - Human Table Trick
• - Static Flyer - The Flying Bag
• - Force and Motion -- Marshmallow Shooters!
• - Hands-on Activity: Air - Is It Really There?
• - Floating Ping Pong Ball
• - Huff and Puff Challenge