Science
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8th Grade OFFLINE Activities : 1 activity per week
Make a drawing that shows an object with unbalanced forces acting on the object. Draw arrows to label all of the forces you can identify acting on that object.
Go outside and observe what phase of the moon is currently visible. Name the phase and draw the orientation of the Earth, Sun and Moon to each other in that phase.
Help cook! During your time in the kitchen, identify physical and chemical changes that are occuring. For the chemical changes, explain the evidence that helped you know.
Mark out a set distance to run or walk. Have someone time how quickly you travel that distance. Calculate and graph your average speed on a distance/time graph and a speed/time graph.
Design a model you can use to teach someone else about what features are created by plate tectonic movement. (Subduction, Convergence, Divergence)
Some modeling ideas:
Play-doh, Drawings, Graham crackers, snickers, etc.
Identify energy transformations occuring in an object in your home. For example, a toaster might be converting electrical energy into thermal energy.
Find examples of Newton’s 3 Laws around your house.
1st Law (Inertia) - Object in motion stays in motion, Object at rest stays at rest unless acted upon by an outside force
2nd Law (F=ma) - The acceleration of an object is impacted by the force applied and the mass of the object.
3rd Law (Force Pairs) - When two objects interact, each applies an equal and opposite force to the other object.
Identify examples of kinetic, potential, chemical, and thermal energy around your house. Justify each example.
6th Grade OFFLINE Activities: 1 activity per week
Mark out a set distance to run or walk. Have someone time how quickly you travel that distance. Calculate and graph your speed on a distance/time graph.
Make a 3 column chart and title them Conduction, Convection, and Radiation. Identify examples of each around your house.
Help cook! During your time in the kitchen, identify physical and chemical changes that are occurring. For the chemical changes, explain the evidence that helped you know.
If you have a scale or kitchen scale, you can find the density of several objects around the house and predict whether they will sink or float in water. Test your prediction.
(Remember that water has a density of 1 g/mL).
The formula for Density is Density = Mass/Volume.
Identify energy transformations occurring in an object in your home. For example, a toaster might be converting electrical energy into thermal energy.
Identify examples of kinetic, potential, chemical, and thermal energy around your house.
7th Grade OFFLINE Activities: 1 activity per week
Watch a scientific documentary on Netflix (or another service). Write about what you learned.
What does it mean for something to be alive? Make a list of traits that living organisms have that non-living organisms do not have. Then, look over your list of traits and see if you can find any exceptions to those rules.
Draw a picture of an animal (such as one of your pets) and identify the adaptations that the animal has that help it in its environment.
Write a paragraph explaining why biodiversity is important to an ecosystem. Provide examples of what biodiversity is and what happens if we only have one or two species in each trophic level.
Observe your outdoor space. Draw a foodweb that shows all of the organisms living in the area.
Draw a diagram that shows succession in a forest after a forest fire. Describe how it would look different if there had been a volcanic eruption instead.
Observe your outdoor space. Draw an energy pyramid that represents the flow of energy in your ecosystem.
Choose 3 body systems. Identify 3 major organs in the body system, write 1 - 2 functions of each body system and explain how those body systems might interact with each other.
8th Grade OFFLINE Activities : 1 activity per week
Make a drawing that shows an object with unbalanced forces acting on the object. Draw arrows to label all of the forces you can identify acting on that object.
Go outside and observe what phase of the moon is currently visible. Name the phase and draw the orientation of the Earth, Sun and Moon to each other in that phase.
Help cook! During your time in the kitchen, identify physical and chemical changes that are occuring. For the chemical changes, explain the evidence that helped you know.
Mark out a set distance to run or walk. Have someone time how quickly you travel that distance. Calculate and graph your average speed on a distance/time graph and a speed/time graph.
Design a model you can use to teach someone else about what features are created by plate tectonic movement. (Subduction, Convergence, Divergence)
Some modeling ideas:
Play-doh, Drawings, Graham crackers, snickers, etc.
Identify energy transformations occuring in an object in your home. For example, a toaster might be converting electrical energy into thermal energy.
Find examples of Newton’s 3 Laws around your house.
1st Law (Inertia) - Object in motion stays in motion, Object at rest stays at rest unless acted upon by an outside force
2nd Law (F=ma) - The acceleration of an object is impacted by the force applied and the mass of the object.
3rd Law (Force Pairs) - When two objects interact, each applies an equal and opposite force to the other object.
Identify examples of kinetic, potential, chemical, and thermal energy around your house. Justify each example.
Biology - 2 activities
Watch a scientific documentary on Netflix (or another service). Write about what you learned.
What does it mean for something to be alive? Make a list of traits that living organisms have that non-living organisms do not have. Then, look over your list of traits and see if you can find any exceptions to those rules.
Choose 3 body systems. Identify 3 major organs in the body system, write 2 functions of each body system and explain how those body systems might interact with each other.
Observe your outdoor space. Draw an energy pyramid that represents the flow of energy in your ecosystem. Pretend the producers start with 10,000 J of energy and label the amount of energy lost at each level.
Draw a diagram that shows succession in a forest after a forest fire. Describe how it would look different if there had been a volcanic eruption instead. Explain the difference between primary and secondary succession.
Explain the process of protein synthesis to a family member. Include the DNA, nucleus, RNA, ribosomes, and amino acids in your description.
Come up with a way to model one form of cell transport using household items or natural materials.
Use your gathered materials to explain a form of cell transport to a member of your household.
You might model osmosis, diffusion, endocytosis, exocytosis, or a form of active transport
Observe your outdoor space. Draw a food web that shows all of the organisms living in the area. Select an organism near the “top” of the food web to eliminate and describe what would happen to the populations of other organisms. Select an organism near the “bottom” of the food web to eliminate and describe what would happen to the populations of the other organisms.
IPC : 2 activity per week
Watch a scientific documentary on Netflix (or another service). Write about what you learned.
Think about when your parents go to get grocery. Create a timeline showing how fast the car is going and when it stops (you can estimate speed). Make two line graphs. The first graph should show the distance the car has travelled. The second graph should show the speed of the car and how it changes over time.
Cook a meal! During your time in the kitchen, identify physical and chemical changes that are occuring. For the chemical changes, explain the evidence that helped you know.
Go on a periodic table family scavenger hunt! See how many elements from each group you can find in your home.
Explain to a family member how to check a chemical equation to see if it is balanced. If it is not balanced, show them how you balance it.
Here are a few equations you can use:
a) Fe + O2 → Fe2O3
b) H2 + Cl2 → HCl
c) Ag + H2S → Ag2S + H2
Identify examples of kinetic, potential, chemical, and thermal energy around your house. Justify each example.
Identify energy transformations occuring in an object in your home. For example, a toaster might be converting electrical energy into thermal energy.
Look around your environment for these items.
Battery
Lightbulb
Power adapter (e.g., laptop charger)
Study the labels on these items. Can you identify numbers and units (specifications) that correspond to current, voltage, power and resistance? Create a table in your journal with the numbers (and units!) you identify from these labels.
Collect information from another, different example of each item (for instance, a different kind of battery).
Chemistry : 2 activity per week
Watch a scientific documentary on Netflix (or another service). Write about what you learned.
If you have a balloon, blow it up, measure it, and then put it in the freezer. Measure it again when it comes out. Explain what you think happened to the balloon in terms of volume and temperature.
Cook a meal! During your time in the kitchen, identify physical and chemical changes that are occuring. For the chemical changes, explain the evidence that helped you know.
Go on a periodic table family scavenger hunt! See how many elements from each group you can find in your home.
Explain to a family member how to check a chemical equation to see if it is balanced. If it is not balanced, show them how you balance it.
Here are a few equations you can use:
a) Fe + O2 → Fe2O3
b) H2 + Cl2 → HCl
c) Ag + H2S → Ag2S + H2
Identify examples of kinetic, potential, chemical, and thermal energy around your house. Justify each example.
Find a recipe. Rewrite the recipe as if it were a chemical equation. Explain how the recipe is similar to a chemical equation.
Physics : 2 activity per week
Watch a scientific documentary on Netflix (or another service). Write about what you learned.
Think about when the trip your parents take when they go to buy groceries. Create a timeline showing how fast the car is going and when it stops (you can estimate speed). Make three line graphs. The first graph should show the distance the car has travelled. The second graph should show the speed of the car and how it changes over time. The third graph should show how the acceleration of the car has changed over time.
Identify energy transformations occuring in an object in your home. For example, a toaster might be converting electrical energy into thermal energy.
Build a zipline that can carry a small object across your room. Determine what forces are opposing the motion of the object and design a solution to make the zip line run as smoothly as possible.
Draw a free body diagram for 3 objects in your house.
Solve this projectile motion equation: A soccer ball is kicked horizontally off a 22.0-meter high hill and lands a distance of 35.0 meters from the edge of the hill. Determine the initial horizontal velocity of the soccer ball. Write your own motion word problem and explain how to solve it.
Look around your environment for these items.
Battery
Lightbulb
Power adapter (e.g., laptop charger)
Study the labels on these items. Can you identify numbers and units (specifications) that correspond to current, voltage, power and resistance? Create a table in your journal with the numbers (and units!) you identify from these labels.
Collect information from another, different example of each item (for instance, a different kind of battery).
Chemistry : 2 activity per week
Watch a scientific documentary on Netflix (or another service). Write about what you learned.
Make a diagram showing at least 7 different parts of the environment and how they interact with each other.
Observe your outdoor space. Draw a food web that shows all of the organisms living in the area. Select an organism near the “top” of the food web to eliminate and describe what would happen to the populations of other organisms. Select an organism near the “bottom” of the food web to eliminate and describe what would happen to the populations of the other organisms.
Find out what kind of energy sources power your home. Are they renewable, nonrenewable, or a combination? Do you have options in how you get your energy?
Choose an invasive species and explain to a family member how the invasive species effects the ecosystem it has invaded.
Pick an abiotic cycle (rock, hydrologic, carbon, or nitrogen) and draw a diagram that represents all of the components of that cycle. Do as much as you can from your memory, then look it up to see what you missed!
Figure out the flow rate of your shower and sinks (you can put a container that holds a gallon in the sink and measure how long it takes to fill. Then you’ll have gallons/unit of time). Record the amount of water you use in 1 day. Make a list of things you might do to conserve water.
Aquatic Science : 2 activity per week
Watch a scientific documentary on Netflix (or another service). Write about what you learned.
Make a diagram of the water cycle, showing at least 5 major reservoirs of water.
Using resources available around your house, build your own water filter. Write down the materials that you used in your filter and determine a way to test your filter.
Build a model of a watershed. Model how rainwater causes water to flow through the watershed. Describe how and where that water might enter the ground.
Choose an aquatic system (wetlands, ocean, river, etc) and explain 3 effects of human population growth on that system. Draw a diagram to help reinforce your explanation
Choose one aquatic organism. Draw it in its natural environment. What adaptations does the organism have that make it well suited to its environment?
Other Science: 2 activity per week
Watch a scientific documentary on Netflix (or another service). Write about what you learned.
Find something happening in your everyday life related to your science class. Write down an explanation of how they are connected.
Choose a concept that you learned about in science class this year and explain it to a family member. Journal about this experience. What parts of the concept did they know already? What parts of the concept were hardest to explain?
Design a scientific experiment related to your science class this year. Write out a detailed description of what you would test and why.
Brainstorm ways to modify this project to be able to run the experiment at home. Collect data and write about your results.
Write down a list of 15 vocabulary terms from your science class. Draw a concept map to show how these vocabulary terms are connected to each other. Draw lines showing which terms are related to each other and label each line
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