Ms. Adams' Web Page

Today, go to the Quiz Time link (above) and take the end of the year quiz. Let's see what you remember!
Then take the survey for the end of the year.
Finish your voicethread, if you have not done it yet.
Go on to the Whipperwill, into your folder. Please organize all your work by doing the following:
- Put all of your work in the correct folders. (You should not have anything outside of your 6th and 7th grade folders.)
- Rename some of your work so you will know what the content is and add your initials and/or first name in the name of the document.
- Create an 8th grade folder with folders inside for your classes.
Finish any parts of the roadkill project that still need to be finished.
Go to the roadkill web page and listen to your voicethreads. Please use the headphones.
See one of your teachers for the next step.

April 16, 2008

Once you have finished the quiz, please complete the following:

- Remember your homework paper is due Friday. Put this in your agenda.

- Finish a script that explains your Belize graph and save it to your 7th grade folder. Save your Belize graph to your folder and to the 7th share folder in the BELIZE folder. Name it with your name and BELIZE together.

Try to answer these questions as if the audience didn't know what the question was.

What did you notice about the Rye students? How many Rye students were surveyed?

What did you notice about the Belizean students? How many were surveyed?

What did you notice about all the 7th graders together?

- Rehearse your script.

- When done, you will go over to record this on the computer. Mr. Van Dorn will show you what to do. Remember to speak clearly and slowly. Pretend you are talking to your best friend.

I would like all of the recordings done before vacation, if not today.

- Next, finish your avatar if you have not already done so.

- See me for further directions. :)

March 28, 2008

You'll need headphones or keep the volume low. Use the one that goes with your computer number.
Get your computer.
Go to http://nanokids.rice.edu/explore.cfm
Scroll down and click on 'Atoms & Molecules are our World.' Read the objectives first. Then proceed.
Go back to the menu and then click on 'What are single molecules?' Read through the pictures.
Go back to the menu and click on 'Bonding is about electrons, huh?' Read the objectives first.
Now go back and answer the questions on the worksheet. The answers are in the lessons, so you may have to go through them again.
Hand in your paper when done.
Listen to the Roadkill story.
Check earthquakes, etc.
Finish script for Belize graph.
create your own molecule or nanokid with paint on the computer.

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March 19, 2008

Check your quiz grades at quia.com. Investigate what you got correct and incorrect.
Take the survey on the quiz time page. Secret word is orange
Set a new goal for yourself and write it in your agenda above the April calendar.
Finish the graph you were making with the information of our students and the Belizean students. Create a graph (excel calls it a chart) that shows the data. Create a stacked graph with different colors for the two schools. Save this to your folder and then save it again to the Belize folder in the 7th grade share folder.
You may skip down to #6 or with a headset that matches your computer, you may listen to the the rest of the story; roadkill story, or the energy podcasts. [All the links are above.]
Create a new background for your desktop. You may create our own design, but not download images from the internet. If you are not sure what to do, create a roadkill scene.
We will use the last few minutes of class to share our new desktops.
Check out earthquakes, storms, NASA.gov.

Check back soon to view the air podcasts!

Introduction to Quia and your teachers:

http://www.quia.com/quiz/1096362.html

Feb. 20 -

1. Lunar eclipse tonight. Check it out at spaceweather.com

2. Find the answers to your review sheet and correct your paper using the document in the 2013 folder > 7th grade share folder > science folder. Called weather reviewans.

3. Find the topic sentences for pages 81 - 85. Create a word document and type these sentences.Save this to your folder. Call it weathertopic and your initials.

4. See if you can view the videos about weather instruments at http://www.mountwashington.org/weather/instruments

5. Get a weather map for Jan. 27, 2005. Look at the wind patterns, draw them in if you want. Determine where you think the high and low pressure areas are located, by placing H and L in those spots.

6. Go to Weatherbug Achieve (http://achieve.weatherbug.com) and log in. Try making a weather map with different fronts in the map gallery. Go to Tools > Map Gallery > Open Map Tools. Save this map in your own folder.

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Constellation Assignment

Click here for a story about Draco. Here is what the constellation looks like:

Draco [http://starryskies.com/The_sky/constellations/draco02.jpg]

Your task:
1. Open a new Word document. Do a Save As to your own folder and call it: constellation. Make sure you save it to your folder on the Whipperwill.

2. Create a header for this document first. Click on View > Header and Footer > Type your name and Science class on the top. Click on Close when done.

3. Go to the top menus and click on View > Toolbars >Make sure Drawing has a check beside it.

4. Draw a small box. Within the box, draw or type several random stars.

5. Connect the stars to make a constellation.

6. Now write a story to go with your constellation. Your story should contain a problem, a change that happens to get to a solution and the solution.

7. Make sure you save every 5 minutes or so.

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Last updated: June 16, 2008