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THE WAYBACK MACHINE
Older Units from the 2018-2019 and 2017-2018 School Years.
I'll be super honest. If I could figure out a way to hide these somewhere without losing the content, I totally would.
CELLS
S.7.LS.1 Students will conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells, either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.
S.7.LS.2 Students will develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways parts of cells contribute to the function.
Videos
Cells - Amoeba Sisters video
Phage video - Kurzgesagt
Cells - Bill Nye the Science Guy
The Inner Life of a Cell - computer animation
The Wacky History of Cell Theory - TEDed
Cell Vs. Virus - TEDed
7TH GRADE SEPTEMBER
Rubrics
All Rubrics for this Unit
Videos
Project Subtitle
Cells Cells - Parts of the Cell Rap
on Youtube Cringy rap about organelles
The Wacky History of Cell Theory
on Youtube by TED-Ed
Introduction to Cells on Youtube
By the Amoeba Sisters (**see handout)
Cells - Bill Nye on Youtube
The whole episode is about cells!
This is the best website I’ve found so far.
7TH GRADE NOVEMBER
Kinetic and Potential Energy
Overview & Rubrics
Kinetic & Potential Energy (November)
Websites & Resources
Great example of the exchange of KE and PE on a half-pipe.
You will need to register, but there are a lot of good activities.
Similar to the PhET Skatepark.
Videos
Check Out This Awesome Crash Test (Wired)
This includes an article about the calculations for acceleration. “It turns out that acceleration provides a great indicator of human damage.”
Mythbusters “Newton’s Crane Cradle”, Season 11, Episode 2. Available on Hulu, will be watched in class on Monday 10/30.
Pretty much any Mythbusters episode.
DECEMBER - THERMAL ENERGY
THE HUMAN BODY
Best of the Best
Major Projects
Websites & Videos
You need to log in with an email, but it can be a made-up email.
Kurzgesagt - Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)
Amoeba Sisters - Human Body Systems
