Study Resources

Class Documents:

One of our goals is to limit the number of documents we print/copy at school. This is beneficial to our environment and reduces expenses.  The documents below are kept in the classroom reference folders at each science table and on this website so that you have ready access to them. If you would like to create a reference section in your notebook, feel free to print these, but I ask you to think before you print.

Gerneral Class Documents:

• Classroom Rules
• Safety Contract

Reference Material:

• FCAT Science Equations Reference Sheet
• Periodic Table
• Math Reference Sheet
• SI Units
• Temperature Units

Lab Guides:

• Student Roles
• Lab Write-up Reference
• Lab Rubric
• Lab Example

Class Rubric:

• Science Class Rubric

Benchmarks:

• State Benchmarks
• Honors Benchmarks

Notebooks:

• Reflective Writing Guide

Resources By Order of Instruction

First Quarter

The Nature of Science:

Learning Objectives:
The Big Ideas #1-3 be sure to also review the specific benchmarks associated with these Ideas.

• Prentice Hall Earth Science: Online Textbook
  Science Skills pages 728-742 (User id: windyridge  Password: Science)
• Classroom Presentation on Inquiry
• How Science Really Works
• Earth Science Literacy #1

 

Earth Systems

Learning Objectives:
Aspects of the Big Ideas # 7 be sure to also review each of the benchmarks associated with this Idea.

• Prentice Hall Earth Science: Online Textbook
  Chapter 1 pages 1-31 (User id: windyridge  Password: Science)
• Overvew Earth Systems Science .pdf version of class power point
• Earth Systems Science This is the documemt used in class. Defines Earth’s spheres and interactions
• Earth Systems Video Short video shown in class — interaction of Earth’s spheres
• Earth Science Literacy #3

Science and Society

Learning Objectives:
The Big Ideas #4 be sure to review the specific benchmarks associated with this Idea.

• Why Science Matters
• Why Earth Science

Hydrosphere

Learning Objectives:
Aspects of the Big Ideas #7 be sure to review the specific benchmarks associated with this Idea.

The Water Cycle

• Prentice Hall Earth Science: Online Textbook
  Chapter 6 pages158-163 and 171-177 (User id: windyridge  Password: Science)
• Class Web Quest
• Water Science
  (great resource from USGS, all you ever wanted to know — maybe)
• Hydrologic Cycle (from the people who train meteorologists)

River Systems

• Prentice Hall Earth Science: Online Textbook
  Chapter 5, 6 (User id: windyridge  Password: Science)

Oceans

• Prentice Hall Earth Science: Online Textbook
  Chapters 14, 15, 16 (User id: windyridge  Password: Science)
• Oceanography
  (class presentation)
• Oceans Alive
  (excellent resource on oceans)
• Espere
  (another great resource on oceans)
• Ocean Circulation
  (class powerpoint)
• Ocean Currents
  (This is for those who want to learn more)

El Nino

• El Nino
  (class powerpoint)
• NASA El Nino Page
  (Good information from NASA)
• NOAA El Nino Page
  (great resource from NOAA)
• El Nino and Central Florida
  (class powerpoint)

Second Quarter

Geosphere

Learning Objectives:
The Big Ideas #6 be sure to review the specific benchmarks associated with this Idea.

Plate Tectonics

• Prentice Hall Earth Science: Online Textbook
  Chapters 8, 9, 10 (User id: windyridge  Password: Science)
• 23rd Annual Consortium of Geologists Classroom inquiry activity
• Plate Tectonics
  (A short online book about plate tectonics, pages typically load slowly, be patient)
• Earthquakes for kids
  (Comprehensive site contains a wealth of information and activities for students as well as ideas for teaching about earthquakes)
• Windy Ridge Earthquake Center
• Virtual Earthquake
• Volcanoes
• Sample Tests (If you want to see which answers were correct or incorrect, write your email address on the line provided. I will email your results back to you)
  • Tectonics
  • Earthquakes
  • Volcanoes

Astronomy

Learning Objectives:
The Big Ideas #5 be sure to review the specific benchmarks associated with this Idea.

• Prentice Hall Earth Science: Chapters 22, 23, 24, 25 (User id: windyridge  Password: Science)
• Windows to the Universe (Here for Spanish Version)
• Nine8Planets.org
• NASA
• The Sun Video
• International Year of Astronomy

Third Quarter

Geosphere

Learning Objectives:
The Big Ideas #6 be sure to review the specific benchmarks associated with this Idea.

Rock Cycle

• Prentice Hall Earth Science: Online Textbook
  Chapters 2, 3, 5, 6 (User id: windyridge  Password: Science)
• Rock Cycle
• Short tutorials on rocks
• Roch Cycle Lab
• Interactive Rock Cycle
• Rock Foldable
• Rock Identification Lab

Energy Resources

• Prentice Hall Earth Science: Online Textbook
  Chapter 4 (User id: windyridge  Password: Science)
• Department of Energy Kids Page
• Energy Quest
• Forms Of Energy
• Renewable & Nonrenewable
• Planet Energy
• Florida Energy Plan
• Work, Energy, Power

Fourth Quarter

Learning Objectives:
Aspects of the Big Ideas #7 be sure to review the specific benchmarks associated with this Idea.

Atmosphere

• Prentice Hall Earth Science: Online Textbook
  Chapters 17, 18, 19, 20 (User id: windyridge  Password: Science)
• Lower Atmosphere
• Upper Atmosphere
• Atmospheric Circulation
• Weather and Fronts
• Clouds
• Atmospheric Literacy

Earth Systems Climate

• Prentice Hall Earth Science: Online Textbook
  Chapter 21 (User id: windyridge  Password: Science)
• IPCC Report
• The EPA Climate change for kids
• Woods Hole
• Climate Science
• Climate in Cities
• Oceans
• Food and Climate
• People and Climate

Honor’s Study Guide

• First Semester Exam Study Guide
• Second Semester Study Guide

FCAT Resources

• FCAT Explorer(Sign-in name all caps usually first letter of first name and last name. Password date of birth mmddyyyy.)
• Biology 4 Kids
• Physics 4 Kids
• Chemistry 4 Kids
• Earth Science 4 Kids
• Astronomy 4 Kids
• What Do I Need To Know
• FCAT Rubric
• Sample Science Questions ’04
• Sample Science Answers ’04
• Sample Science Questions ’06
• Sample Science Answers ’06
• 2007 FCAT Test
• 2007 FCAT Answers
• FCAT Vocab Grade 6
• FCAT Vocab Grade 7
• FCAT Vocab Grade 8

General Study Resources

• Science Terms
  A good place to start — look up terms used in class
• EarthComm Textbook Link
• Prentice Hall Earth Science Online Textbook
  This is the online version of the textbook you have at home and in class. There are some “extras” available online. (User id: windyridge  Password: Science)
• Wikipedia Science Portal or Spanish Version
  Good science information but written at a higher level, occasional hackers may compromise quality
• Homework Center
  Helpful for any class
• Britannica Digital Learning Resources
  User name: ocps    password: orange    Spanish Version
• Scholastic Homework Help
  Tools to study better
• Ask Search Engine
  Use more than just Google to search. Maybe try Bing and let me know what you think. Also try different keyword searches to find more information about science.
• Nettrekker
  School approved search engine, but many fewer results
• Orange County Library
  Use the public library, actually check out a book or video
• Creat A Graph
  Easy to use graph maker

Science in the News:

• Planet Diary
• EurekAlert!
• NASA
• Nature News
• NOAA News
• PhysLink
• Science A GoGo
• Science in Africa
• Science News For Kids
• Science Now