RSS file for Mark Hanson : 8th Grade Science http://blogs.canby.k12.or.us/hansonm/blog/8th%20grade%20science Wed, 09 May 2012 16:19:55 PDT hansonm@canby.k12.or.us http://blogs.canby.k12.or.us/hansonm/view/entry/43081 Wed, 09 May 2012 16:19:55 PDT Below is a copy of the vocabulary for the states of matter unit.<a href="http://blogs.canby.k12.or.us/uploads/hansonm/States of Matter vocabulary.pdf">States of matter vocabulary</a> ... http://blogs.canby.k12.or.us/hansonm/view/entry/43013 Thu, 03 May 2012 12:02:57 PDT And one more. We'll be covering energy in a few weeks.<div style="position: relative; width: 300px; height: 226px;"><a href="http://phet.colorado.edu/sims/energy-skate-park/energy-skate-park-basics_en.jnlp" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="http://phet.colorado.edu/sims/energy-skate-park/energy-skate-park-basics-screenshot.png" alt="Energy Skate Park: Basics" style="border: none;" width ... http://blogs.canby.k12.or.us/hansonm/view/entry/43012 Thu, 03 May 2012 11:59:55 PDT Another simulation just for fun.<div style="position: relative; width: 300px; height: 198px;"><a href="http://phet.colorado.edu/sims/lunar-lander/lunar-lander_en.html" style="text-decoration: none;" rel="external"><img src="http://phet.colorado.edu/sims/lunar-lander/lunar-lander-screenshot.png" alt="Lunar Lander" style="border: none;" width="300" height="198"/><div style="position: absolute; w ... http://blogs.canby.k12.or.us/hansonm/view/entry/43001 Wed, 02 May 2012 12:45:02 PDT Below is a simulation for our next unit on states of matter.<div style="position: relative; width: 300px; height: 225px;"><a href="http://phet.colorado.edu/sims/states-of-matter/states-of-matter-basics_en.jnlp" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="http://phet.colorado.edu/sims/states-of-matter/states-of-matter-basics-screenshot.png" alt="States of Matter: Basics" style="border: none;" widt ... http://blogs.canby.k12.or.us/hansonm/view/entry/42855 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:10:58 PDT <div style="position: relative; width: 300px; height: 211px;"><a href="http://phet.colorado.edu/sims/build-a-molecule/build-a-molecule_en.jnlp" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="http://phet.colorado.edu/sims/build-a-molecule/build-a-molecule-screenshot.png" alt="Build a Molecule" style="border: none;" width="300" height="211"/><div style="position: absolute; width: 200px; height: 80px; left ... http://blogs.canby.k12.or.us/hansonm/view/entry/42693 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:04:29 PDT Below is the link for the quiz over species change.<a href="http://www.biologycorner.com/quiz/qz_evolution.html">Quiz</a> ... http://blogs.canby.k12.or.us/hansonm/view/entry/42688 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:50:00 PDT Below is the link to the bunny natural selection simulation.<a href="http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/natural-selection">Bunny natural selection simulation</a> ... http://blogs.canby.k12.or.us/hansonm/view/entry/41955 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:39:40 PST Below are links to use with the cell structure packet. The quiz over cell structures and function will be on Wednesday.<a href="http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/tutorials/pev/page3.html">The biology project</a><a href="http://www.life.illinois.edu/plantbio/cell/">Virtual cell</a><a href="http://www.cellsalive.com/cells/cell_model.htm">Cells alive</a> ... http://blogs.canby.k12.or.us/hansonm/view/entry/41503 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:16:02 PST Over the next couple of weeks, students will be working to design and build a bridge. Below are links for researching the different types of bridges.Types of Bridges:<a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/bridge/basics.html">Bridge Basics</a><a href="http://library.thinkquest.org/J002223/types/types.html">Types of Bridges</a><a href="http://www.teachengineering.org/view_activity.ph ... http://blogs.canby.k12.or.us/hansonm/view/entry/40038 Wed, 28 Sep 2011 07:57:11 PDT Below is the diagram to help with the plate boundaries drawing assignment (minus the transform boundary).<img src="http://blogs.canby.k12.or.us/uploads/hansonm/Plates.jpg" alt='[Plate boundaries diagram]'> ... http://blogs.canby.k12.or.us/hansonm/view/entry/39951 Fri, 23 Sep 2011 11:08:51 PDT Below is the vocabulary list for the plate tectonics unit.<a href="http://blogs.canby.k12.or.us/uploads/hansonm/Plate tectonics vocabulary.pdf">Plate tectonics vocabulary</a> ... http://blogs.canby.k12.or.us/hansonm/view/entry/39937 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:38:18 PDT Currently we are studying about plate tectonics. Students have received vocabulary words for this unit and they should be studying these in preparation for a quiz next Friday (9/30). We will also be taking some notes over plate tectonics working on several activities over the next week. Students have two assignments due on Friday (9/23). The first is vocabulary drawings for each of the vocabulary ...