Science 7-8A

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Unit 1 - Cells, Genes and Invertebrates                    1    2    3    4    5
Unit 2 - The Great Sabotage                                       6    7    8    9    10    11
Unit 3 - Forces and Motion                                         12    13    14    15    
Unit 4 - Astronomy                                                      16    17    18    19    20

Unit I - Cells, Genes and Invertebrates 

Chapter 1 - The Work of Science

    Metric System & Unit Conversion
    Exploring Graphs & Their Uses
    Here are some ideas for science experiments

Chapter 2 - Living Cells

    Cell Models
    Mitosis Animation        Meiosis Animation

Chapter 3 - Heredity

    Is tongue rolling hereditary?

Chapter 4 - Viruses

Virus Images

Chapter 5 - Monera, Protista, and Fungi

A Mushroom Information site
Fungi Information
Morel Mushroom site
Mushroom Identification

Chapter 6 - Sponges, Cnidarians, and Worms

Sponges
Cnidaria
Worms

Chapter 7 - Mollusks and Echinoderms

 
Live Sea Shells from around the world
Echinoderms
Instruction for dissection

Chapter 8 Arthropods

    Collecting Insects

Unit II - The Great Sabotage

Chapter 9 - What Happened to the Plan?

Chapter 10 - Why Wait?

Chapter 11 - Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Chapter 12 - A Deadly Virus

Information on AIDS

Unit III - Forces and Motion

 
Toothpick Bridge - Unit Project

Needed to run some of following activities.

Chapter 13 - Force

 
Gravity and a dropping ball
Set the air density to zero and vary the mass to see how the velocity changes.
Center of Gravity
See how center of gravity changes as you put blocks on a table.

Chapter 14 - Motion

Unbalanced Forces & Motion
Balance the weights on a see-saw
Frictionless Motion
Investigate motion on an air track
The Science of Hockey

Chapter 15 - Energy and Work

How much energy in a peanut? - an experiment
Using water to produce power - an experiment
Boil water - a simulation
Energy page

Chapter 16 - Machines

How some machines work
Simple machines explained
Leonardo's Mysterious Machines

Unit IV - Astronomy

Teacher Page

Chapter 17 - Learning About the Universe

A Gallery of Astronomy Information

Chapter 18 - The Solar System

SOLAR SYSTEM LIVE including free software for sky maps, etc.
An excellent site on the solar system
See if you can make the planets orbit - Shockwave needed
Order of the planets activities          Facts on the planets

Chapter 19 - Stars and Galaxies

The Hubble space telescope
Nebulae

Chapter 20 - Questions About Origins

Teacher Page
Complete Creation Science Site