Computer Lab Webquest

Hello, students!

Today we’ll be studying the different types of clouds within our unit on weather and the Water Cycle. Please go through the following websites in order to conduct your research. Once you are finished, please scroll down to the e-document at the bottom of the page to record your findings.

The five types of clouds we’ll be studying today are: Cumulus, Cirrus, Stratus, Cumulonimbus, and Fog.

Happy cloud hunting!

• Click here to learn about the different types of clouds: low-clouds, mid-level clouds, and high clouds
• Click here to listen to a cool song about clouds
• Click here to learn about how fog is formed
• Click here to learn all about clouds and how they form
• Click here to read details about the different types of clouds
• Click here to learn how clouds form, how they cause chaos, and impact our lives
• Click here to play cloud games
• Click here to take a quiz on clouds
• Download the PPT here and read slides 1-20

Watch the following Youtube videos on the different types of clouds:

Water Cycle Webquest

Use the following link to access the Water Cycle Webquest:

http://edtech2.boisestate.edu/mitchemh/502/webquest/intro.html

Make sure to answer the following questions at the bottom of the blog in the Google Form:

• Explain how the Water Cycle works.

• Define evaporation.

• What are the three process that occur to form clouds?

• What is condensation?

• List 3 forms of precipitation.

• Why is the Water Cycle important to life on earth?

Here are more fun websites that will help you to find more information about the Water Cycle:

1. http://www-k12.atmos.washington.edu/k12/pilot/water_cycle/grabber2.html
2. http://www.mbgnet.net/fresh/cycle/concepts.htm
3. http://www.kidzone.ws/water/
4.http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/ecosystems/water-cycle.htm
5. http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/weather/thewatercycle.html
6. http://www.mbgnet.net/fresh/
7. http://wwwk12.atmos.washington.edu/k12/pilot/water_cycle/index.html

The Cardiovascular System

Hello students,

In Science we are learning about the Cardiovascular System. The following website has awesome games and exciting activities to help you in becoming more familiar with your heart!

Heart Games & Activities

Social Studies Test & EC Opportunity

Dear students,

If you wish to gain extra credit in Social Studies, please complete the Chapter 3 Review on pages 118-119 and turn it in by this Friday, October 18th.

Your Chapter 3 Test will be on Friday, Please study all of the lesson review questions throughout the chapter.

Here is the link to the fun blood activity we did in class:
Blood Content Activity

For extra credit, get ready to memorize and perform the following rap song to your class!
Or you can just use it for review :-)

Circulatory Rap Song

The Circulatory System

Hello students!

We have now learned about the Digestive System, Respiratory System, and Excretory System! Next stop on our body systems adventure is the Circulatory System! Today you'll be completing a web quest wherein you research specific information about the Circulatory System in order to better familiarize yourself with its processes.

Using the questions that have been given to you in class, refer to the following websites to hunt down your answers!!

Circulatory System Web quest
Red Arteries and Blue Veins Video
What's blood made up of?
Circulatory System Video
Heart & Circulation Activity
http://www.kidsbiology.com/human_biology/circulatory-system.php
http://kids.discovery.com/tell-me/science/body-systems/your-cardiovascular-system
http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/heart.html

Your Cool Kidneys

Hi students,

Look at the following websites that we reviewed in class to get a better understanding of the role your urinary/excretory system plays in your body:

http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/kidneys.html#
http://kidshealth.org/kid/interactive/kidneys_it.html?tracking=K_RelatedArticle
http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/USquiz.html?tracking=K_RelatedArticle
http://www.e-learningforkids.org/Courses/Liquid_Animation/Body_Parts/Kidneys/


Enjoy!

"Wear your Insides on the Outside" Project