Radicals

Simplifying Radicals
Estimating Square Roots
Simplifying Radicals Expressions
Practice for little dawgs & big dawgs
Radicals Quiz
Simplifying Radicals Quiz
Pythagorean Theorem Lesson
Pythagorean Theorem Practice Problems
Pythagorean Theorem Quiz

Jeopardy: Radicals

Chapter 9: Factoring Polynomials

GCF Notes
GCF Video Lesson
GCF Practice
Factoring Perfect Squares Notes
Perfect Squares Video Lesson
Factoring Perfect Squares Practice
Trinomials with a = 1   and Factoring by Grouping a = 1
 Factoring Video Lesson
a = 1 Practice
Factoring Completely
Factoring Practice Completely
Applications of Factoring Practice

GCF Quiz
Factoring Perfect Squares Quiz

Chapter 9 Factoring Review Start here in computer lab 7.

Study Island is here!

Try out study island. You can find the link under "helpful links" on left. Use your firstnamelastname@tshs for your username and tshs for your password. Sign on and change your password to something only you'll know. The link to study island is at the top of the list of helpful links on the left. You can use this to enter for any course using study island.

Chapter 8: Exponents and Polynomials

This time I grouped video tutorials by topic and put a self quiz at the end of each grouping.
Mulitplying Monomials
Powers with the same base
Powers in an algebraic expression
Power to a power
Raising a product to a power

Multiplying Monomials Quiz
Power to Power Quiz

Zero exponents
Dividing Powers
Raising a Fraction to a Power
Evaluating Exponential Expressions

Dividing Powers Quiz
Negative exponents quiz
Division Quiz

Classifying Polynomials
Adding Polynomials
Subtracting Polynomials
Adding Subtracting Quiz

Simplifying Polynomials Expressions
Quiz: Multiplying by a monomial

Mulitplying using the distributive property
Multiplying using FOIL
Applying Polynomials
Multiplying Trinomials
Quiz: Multiplying Polynomials

Squaring Binomials
Difference of Squares
Quiz: Special Products

Chapter 7: System of Equations

In class we said you can solve systems of equations by several methods. The following are links for explaining each method:
By Graphing
Consistent/Inconsistent
Interpreting Real World Systems
Practice with Graphing   This link requires you to use pencil and paper.
Using TI-84's for graphing

Solving Systems by Substitution
Solving Systems by Elimination
Solving Systems Algebraically This link requires pencil and paper.
Solving by mult/add method
Mult/add powerpoint: worth seeing
Partner's Practice 

Ask me for the partner's worksheet, it's your in-class on paper assignment and is due before you leave class.

Elimination Quiz   These quizzes should be printed after they are scored. Turn in supporting work with it.
Systems Quiz
Mult/add Quiz
Substitution Quiz

Solving Systems of Inequalities
Writing Systems of Inequalities
Using Systems of Inequalities
Practice with Systems of Inequalities
Inequalities Systems Quiz
If you're done early try the game "Hoop Shots" in the brain puzzles. :)

More help with Ch. 6

This link gives great step by step directions for solving absolute value inequalities and has practice so you can try on your own. how-to-solve-absolute-value-inequalities

Here's a  jeopardy game for solving inequalities: Quia

Chapter 6: Inequalities

Words to Inequalities

How to solve inequalities

You have to scroll down to find the practice  problems and you need some paper to work them.

One-Step Inequalities

Variables on Both Sides

Now for inequalities with two variables (linear inequalities): Solving-Linear-Inequalities

Absolute-Values Inequalities

Need An Example?

The following link is really cool. You can choose the topic you need help with and get an animated example of how to do it.
algebra basics   or  Hippo Algebra

Chapter 5: Linear Equations

Hippo Math

slope-of-a-line

LineGraphingActivity

Chapter 3 Solving Equations

Combining Like Terms

Collecting Like Terms Game

Preview of chapter 4, graphing. Graphing Lines and
mathsisfun: graphing a straight line

Chapter Two Practice

Absolute Value Practice

Absolute Value Lesson & Practice

Addition of integers 1

Addition of Integers 2

Subtraction of Integers 1      Subtraction Practice

Adding/mult. Integers

Quiz Yourself

Solving One Step Equations   

Balancing an Equation

Distributive Property Practice

Solving Equations

Designing a Fractal Tree

The National Science Foundation has a some cool math activities.
NSF and mathematics
This one is about fractal geometry. Interactive Fractal Geometry

virtual fish tank

spaceplace at NASA

Space the final frontier....

space puzzlers

Apollo landings

Click on this short video

Is ET phoning home?

What would ET think if he met us?

Kidnapped by UFO's?

Earth Science

It seems only fitting that we should learn a little more about hurricanes since June 1 was the start of hurricane season for us. The first tropical storm of the season landed in Ecuador today so all this is timely.

Aim a hurricane game Learn about the dynamics of a hurricane system.

Saffir-Simpson Scale for hurricane strength Explains how the strength of these massive storms is scaled.

National Geographic Rainbow BrainBop Lesson and quiz---Yea!!!! You'll like this animation, it's pretty funny.

NASA's wild weather adventure NASA strikes again with another learning game.

Hurricane House Game This game wants you to click on things that will pose a problem when a hurricane strikes. Gotta love the dog at the end!

weather hangman For those of you who prefer weather word fun-----well here it is!

This game takes place in the solar system Explore the solar system

:)

Anatomy & Physiology: Senior Final Case Study

The case study can be located until Project Links in the side bar to the right. Please type your answer and turn in to me no later than 3pm Tuesday, June 1, 2010. Please nothing longer than 1 ½ pages.

Congratulations about to be graduates!

The name of the John Travolta movie we talked about in class is "Whiteman's Burden (1995)".

Senior Case Study removed as of 7:56 pm Tuesday, June 1.

Anatomy & Physiology

The Human Subjects Case Study can be found in the side bar ---->>

Think about the six guiding questions in relation to the case study for Friday's discussion.:)

The case study was removed as of 9:23am, Friday.

Earth Science

Astronomy

Milky Way Galaxy: Start here

National Geographic:solar-system

Make a solar system

Amazing Space: Gravity This one is cool but when you are done with each party of the game you have to go back to the originial page to try the next action.

Galaxy hunt

jpl.nasa.gov/videos/phoenix/ Have you ever heard of SETI (search for extra terrestrial life)? It starts with this.

planetquest:AlienSafari

flight simulator

planetquest.multimedia This link has a mix of virtual tours, short movies and games.

Planet_Finder

/maya-rise-fall/maya-quiz-interactive

 fractal space

Anatomy & Physiology

Ethics
These are the guiding questions for the case studies we're using:

1.Who are the affected parties(individuals, institutions, a field, society) in this situation?

2. What interests (material, financial, ethical, other) does each party have in the situation? Which interests are in conflict?

3. Were the actions taken by each of the affected parties acceptable (ethical, legal, moral, or common sense)?

4. Were other courses of action are open to each of the affected parties? What is likely to be the outcome of each course of action?

5.For each party involved, what course of action would you take, and why?

6. What actions could have been taken to avoid the conflict?
You can cut and paste these into a word document to print it out. :)

Earth Science

Gotta love NASA! They have all sorts of great activties. This one is a cool weather adventure game. Spaceplace by NASA

Cloud Language

weatherhangman Weather terminology.

hurricane name game Do you share your name with a hurricane?

Weather Dog Terminology practice.

Can you read a weather map?

Earth Science: Planetary Weather Systems

 Class activities. Students check 1st and third links.
activities weather

teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwatch/

http://weather.about.com/od/meteorologyandsociety/tp/weathergames.htm

http://www.powertolearn.com/games/index.shtml

http://weather.about.com/od/hurricanes/ss/hurricaneprep_4.htm

http://teachertech.rice.edu/Participants/louviere/hurricanes/activities.html

http://www.marine-ed.org/bridge/physical.html

http://geology.com/physical-geology.shtml

http://42explore.com/hurricane.htm

Earth Science

waves

wave motion

power of wind

power of waves

wave motion and surf

Earth Science Shoe Activity

This is Tuesday's class activity. You will need both the map and the activity.

Map of North Pacific Ocean

Nike Shoe Activity

Graphic Organizer

ocean motion crossword

sciencemadesimple: metric conversion site

Earth Science: Dynamic Ocean

Waves & Currents Introduction

Deep and Surface Currents

Currents: What are they?

Ocean Circulation

Wind and Weather Currents

Waves and Tides and Jeopardy Review

http://www.science-class.net/Oceanography/waves_currents_tides.htm

cardiovascular post

Cardiovascular

cardiovascular models

student website

Earth Science in Computer Lab #7

You have a choice to play either of  the two JASON games (or both). You must sign in through the Jason Mission Center first. I use the sign in to give you credit for the activities. (If you wander off the site after the game is downloaded you will get a zero quiz grade.)

JASON: EcoDefenders

JASON: Resilient Planet You get to drive the JASON submarine on this one.

Try this while you're waiting on Resilient planet. NASA funsite: magnetic games

Anatomy & Physiology

Pig Anatomical References
Sexing your pig
Digestive System
Excretory System
Circulatory System
Reproductive System
Respiratory System
Nervous System

Earth Science

Planet Earth

Friday Assignments

Earth Science
Click on this link for your opener. Oceanic food chain
Today's assignment to be done on your own paper and turned in at the end of the period is to create a food web (pictires of species with arrows are fine) for the video you should've seen yesterday. If you didn't get to finish it here it is again:Where the bay becomes the sea.
Turn in your assignment to the substitute. See you Monday!

Anatomy & Physiology
I had  tough choice for this assignment, muscle physiology or a cat dissection. You got lucky, the cat dissection was pretty unpleasant --at least on film! Sooo.....Today's lesson is on -----> the
Physiology of Muscle Tissue.
Please click on each of the tutorials in this section. I like this one because if you hold the button on the tutorial, you see it as a movie and for this reason you should be able  to get through all the tutorials in one class period. Don't forget the reviews so you do well on the muscle quiz on Monday. It will only take five minutes if you completed the tutorial.

I still have only two links to put on the website for next week. If your group is scheduled to present next week, get the link in to me Friday. See you on Monday!

Thursday Assignments

Earth Science:
Download adobe shockwave  This will need to be done just once for the day. Please download shockwave to make the second activity interactive. Thanks.
Arctic Food Activity  This warm up activty is short and should be done as a whole class using the smart board.
Before you start this next activity, get out a sheet of paper. Put your name, date, and period on it. You will need to answer the following questions about the Pond food web.
1. Which animals are involved in this food web?
2. Which are producers? consumers? decomposers?
3. Explain what happens in the food web to the other animals when the number of blue herons is increased.
    (This should be several complete sentences.)
4. Explain the effects of increasing the algae on the food web.
5. How does lowering the population of inverts change the populations of each of the other species in the food web?
Turn your paper into your substitute.

Watch the following video. You'll need information from it for tomorrow.Where the Bay Becomes the Sea

Anatomy & Physiology
I thought you might enjoy a little deja vu experience: We need a celebrity from the audience to act as our person who touches the smartboard. Someone volunteer--come on don't be shy! So go ahead , touch the link and start the fun. Flashback: Heart

Now for Thursday's body system du jour: the nervous system.
Work your way through the Nervous System Tutorial. No short cuts. Then at after the last tutorial click on the review. When finished take the quiz as a class.
Nervous System Quiz 1
Okay so there are two quizzes---you have a second chance to redeem yourself by taking a quiz on another part of the nervous system.Nervous System: Cells Quiz Good luck! Please ask the substitute to add to the note on how your class did. Gracias!

Finally,  I have only one group besides the group that already presented who has sent me a link for their presentation next week. I'll be posting them this weekend so get them in to me by Friday if your group is presenting next week. Great!

Wednesday Assignments

Earth Science:

Hopefully you acquired a sense of what goes into a food chain and how those food chains can form food webs.

Food chain cartoon: This is a quick review of the elements of a food web.

Food Chain Interactive Quiz: This quiz is not for a grade unless your sub decides to give it to you as a graded exercise. Keep this in mind you will have a quiz on food webs when I return on Monday.

Antarctic Ocean Chain This next activity requires you to take notes. You can get information by moving the cursor over the pictures.

Create an antarctic food web: There are several food webs you can attempt to make on this site. Please complete as many as you have time for. I would suggest a boys vs. girls competition. Winner gets a bonus on the quiz next week. If you want the bonus points, have your substitute leave a note about who was most successful building the web.

Have fun!

Anatomy & Physics

This link will give you a brief tutorial on the urinary system. Urinary System Tutorial Click on the blue highlighted terms on each of the three pages. Then do the review.
Do the sections 1-6 using this next link. In depth: the urinary system When you're finished, complete the self evaluation. Only take one guess at each quiz question. Please ask your substitute to record how you did as a class. Thanks.Evaluation.

Anatomy & Physiology This Week

  This link should take you to two choices. I would like you as groups within each class to use the smart board to interact with the content. Then go online later and comment on the activity. I would like to see more interactive media in the presentations and these looked like fun.

Interactive Activity  (There are two in this one)

interactive skeleton

Another cool skeletal interactivity

Heart Crossword

Touch screen word search

My suggestion is to be exact in your google searches as you look for multimedia. When you find something email me at cindytaylor@ccs.k12.nc.us and I will load it onto our page for your presentation. I'll check this everyday this week to help if I can. Have a great week!

Earth Science This Week

Your focus this week is on marine food webs. By the end of the week you'll be expected to create one to turn in.

Tuesday:You must know the key terms the substitute writes on the board. Some of them were defined before break but write the definition again to remind yourself. Others you will find in these links.
Food Webs & Food Chains
The next link explains energy pyramids and is also located within the first link.
Energy Pyramids
Once you have all the definitions, go to this page and try this interactive learning aide.
Food Web Game

Anatomy & Physiology

Heart Attack Symptoms in Women
heart disease slideshow
Mayo Clinic: Women and Heart Disease

Too much fun to pass up! Interactive Cardiovascular Word Search
                                       Heart Crossword Puzzle
                                       Matching

Earth Science: Jason Mission 4

JASON Mission Center Sign On You will need to sign on and then go to classrooms on the tool bar. Click join classroom and put in the code posted on the board. I will then accept you and your work on Mission 4 will earn credit. 
After you're added to the "classroom" go to Resilient Planet: Mission 4 Paradise Found. To the right you'll find a link to Jason that will give you printable directions for the assignment.
Have fun!

If you need a fun activty while waiting for Resilient Planet Game to load, try this link to NASA.NASA magnetic games

Anatomy & Physics

This is the heart video from class. For the quiz you will have to be able to identify the parts of the heart and their function.
Mayo Clinic- Heart

This takes you to a page with several powerpoints. Use the one called "You Gotta Have Heart". The presentation actually starts several slides in and gives information on the heart's chambers, blood flow, and the vessels used for circulating the blood.
You Gotta Have Heart


Cool heart stuff

Need practice labeling the parts of your heart, try this interactive heart game.Awesome label heart game!

National Geographic:Discovering the Oceans

*Vehicles used for deep ocean research
*Jason vs. The Volcano
*Meet Hercules
*Underwater volcanos
Meet a marine science student
How an observation station works
Battle of the Atlantic
USS Monitor North Carolina
Monitor History
Oceans: Tipping Point?
*Where are hydrothermal vents?