Capture the Flag
Maths Games Research
Science and Volcano Safety
If you finish research with extra time, check this out and be ready to share an idea or observation at the Volcano Expo!
Matching Game
What's in the Bag?
Volcano Presentation Scoring Guide
Photos for Class
Either use photos for class OR cite all your sources in your presentation.
Using StoryboardThat
Adopt-A-Volcano
This is a link to the assignment sheet you got in class. All of the research links are live.
Dirt Jumping Angles
Use this link to look at some rotations right before you do an on-demand task this week.
Estimating Angles Challenge
Play this game on your own or with a friend to test your ability to estimate angles.
Olympic Turns
Use this website to explore the role precise angles play in sports.
Dirt Jumping Angles
Use this link to look at some rotations right before you do an on-demand task this week.
Shopping Basket
Here are some clues for the very challenging dessert, Shopping Basket.
Rock Cycle
Watch and listen to this interactive lecture to find out why we never run out of rocks.
Stream Table Videos and Grand Canyon Flood Video
You will need to log in and scroll down to the three stream table videos. If the videos do not play, try a different browser.
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Password: sciencerocks
Rock Tumbling
Learn all about it here
If you finish your station early, follow these directions and link to learn more.
Sand Type Comparison
Log in and use this app to be a geology detective! See if you can figure out the origin of Earth Materials A, B, C, D and E.
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Air Nets
Check out this 3D dessert - - - or is it 2D.
You also need the handout available in class.
Grand Canyon: River at Risk
Watch this 45-minute movie to see the Grand Canyon close up and from the river.
Colorado River Trip!
Use this interactive map to learn more about Earth's History and visit locations in the grandest canyon on Earth.
History of Earth Textbook
Curious about the rocks on the windowsill? Each of them carries part of the story of the history of our planet. Read this book to learn more!
Grand Canyon Flyover
Check out this amazing video of the Grand Canyon.
Matching Fractions, Decimals and Percents
This is dessert for the current seventh grade menu.
Connect Three
Follow this link for some delicious mathematical dessert that will help you understand the weired but logical things that happen when you add and subtract negative numbers.
Disease Presentation Template and Directions
You have followed your curiosity. Now it is time to get other people curious about the disease you learned about.
Dice
Don't have dice? Want to play Roll Zero? Use this app. Just select dice and click play to generate the rolls you need to play.
0 - 9 Number Spinner
This applet will give you a 0 - 9 spinner so you can play Nice or Nasty. You will need to select a "10 spinner" and edit the numbers so that you have 0 -9 instead of 1 -10 (you can just change the 10 to a zero.) Spin the spinner by clicking on "play."
Connect 3
Challenge yourself against the computer or challenge your friends to this fun game that will make you better at thinking about negative numbers.
Who is the Best Guesser?
Use this powerpoint to play this silly game that leads to some important concepts in how negative numbers are the same and different from positive numbers.
Curvy Parallelogram
This little program will help you see and understand why the formula for the area of a circle makes sense. (If you understand why it makes sense, you are more likely to remember it so you can use it for problem-solving.
Scale of the Universe
Play around with this to see how small (or big!) you really are.
If you have fallen in love with life, check this out. It will also help you catch up on a reading assignment if you were absent or fell behind.
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Password: sciencerocks
User name: jmsrocks
Password: sciencerocks
Which tire will wear out fastest, the front or the back?
Use this site for up-to-date information about your disease.
This website is full of fun math dessert.