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= Day 6: Day at Cal State Fullerton =


 * General Information**
 * Day 6 Agenda [[file:CEMSS_PD_Day_6_-_Agenda_(donnelly_d_v1).doc]]
 * Physical Science/8th Grade Handouts (Scroll down for Density and Buoyancy Websites)**
 * [[file:NSFCEMSSAgenda081908.doc]] Agenda
 * [[file:NSFCEMSS_Workshop081908.ppt]] Chemical Reactions Presentation
 * [[file:Observing_Chemical_Reactions_Equations.doc]] NEW: Chemical Reactions
 * [[file:DoCHEM005ObservingReactions.doc]] Observing Reactions Activity
 * [[file:DataTableObserveReactions.doc]] Data Table for Observing Reactions Activit
 * [[file:InquiryPhysSciDensityActivities.pdf]] Activity on Inquiry in Physical Science: Density
 * [[file:CEMSSWorkshopOct2008_Multimedia.doc]] Chemistry Multimedia Resources
 * [|Gizmo Simulations]
 * [|Treefrog Animations]
 * [|Iowa State Chemistry Simulations]
 * [|Chemistry Animations]


 * Life Science/7th Grade Handouts (Scroll down for Natural Selection Websites)**
 * [[file:TreasureHunt1.pdf]] [[file:TreasureHunt2.pdf]] [[file:TreasureHunt3.pdf]][[file:TreasureHunt4.pdf]][[file:TreasureHunt5.pdf]][[file:TreasureHunt6.pdf]][[file:TreasureHunt6-2.pdf]] Treasure Hunt
 * [[file:Intro Packet.pdf]] Set 1**:** Introductory Materials, Arboretum Zones, Binocular Basics, Plant Taxonomy and Classification
 * [[file:Plants Packet 3A.pdf]] [[file:PalntTaxonomy.pdf]] Set 2: Plants, Vegetative Parts, Flower Parts, Identifying Plant Characteristics
 * [[file:Dichotomus Keys Packet 3B.pdf]] Set 3: Dichotomus Keys, Concepts and Misconceptions, Cladograms and Phylogenies, Natural Selection (Birds)
 * [[file:Natural Selection.pdf]] Set 4: Natural Selection (Bugs)
 * [[file:Natural Selection 2.pdf]] Set 5: Natural Selection (Predator/Prey)


 * Density** **and Buoyancy**
 * [|**Got Gas?**] In this physical science unit, students engage in several investigations related to the density of liquids, solids, and gases. They apply new understanding about density to the design and construction of hot air balloons. They make informed predictions about the variables that may affect the launch of their homemade hot air balloons and test them. The finale is the “Got Gas?” rally where students display their balloons and use multimedia presentations to demonstrate the principles of density used in the construction of their hot air balloons. (Intel Education)
 * [|**Float That Boat!**]: This is a upper elementary unit that can be adapted for 8th grade physical science. We B Toys just completed their annual customer satisfaction reviews of their toy boat line. They have learned that customers have complained that their boats tend to sink. They are looking for new toy boats and are offering to purchase $1 million worth of merchandise to the company that produces the best boat. Student teams design new boats that will float and prepare proposals to market their boats. (Intel Education)
 * [|Hypoxia: The Oxygen Blues:] Students create observable layers in water that represents a separation based upon density differences. Students will model density boundaries using differences in temperature and salinity. See additional resources at [|Enviro-Taklebox]. (Louisiana Public Broadcasting)
 * [|Underwater Dream Machine:] Students prepare a diving tank and a submarine and make the submarine neutrally buoyant in the tank. (NOVA)
 * [|Sinking and Floating Interactive Game] (NOVA Online)
 * [|Water Density Activity and Discussion Posting] Students conduct an experiment on density and submit their results to be posted online. ZOOM/PBS Kids)
 * [|PBS Teachers: Density, 6-8]


 * Natural Selection**
 * [|Mammoth Discovery] - Principia College students present progress on their research and provide information on the wooly mammoth and his habitat. For the past 17,000 years, a woolly mammoth, nicknamed “Benny," has been hiding six feet below ground nestled between Rackham Court and Gehner, two Principia College campus dormitories. Benny’s presence was detected in 1999 when a backhoe uncovered one of his teeth. Now this location, once the site of many Easties’ mud fights, has been transformed into a modern paleontological dig.  Find out what life was like at Principia during the Ice Age!
 * [|The Rise and Fall of the Mammoths] - This lesson, from Science NetLinks, is designed to help students develop an understanding of the evolution of species. Specifically, students use Web resources to explore the evolution and extinction of the wooly mammoth.
 * [|From Wolf to Woof]- This lesson, from Xpeditions, introduces students to the process of dog domestication, from wild wolves to modern-day Cocker Spaniels and other familiar breeds. Students act out two scenarios to see how dogs may have become domesticated, research dog breeds on the Internet, and write essays tracing a dog breed's evolution from its wolf origins.
 * [|Nowhere to Hide] - Through the use of an interactive activity, this Science NetLinks lesson focuses on the concept of natural selection and the meaning of "survival of the fittest." Students look for ways in which organisms in one habitat differ from those in another and consider how some of those differences are helpful to their survival.
 * [|Evolution Lab]- This page, from Biology in Motion, features the introduction to an interactive biology activity. Using a simulation, students examine how natural selection works. Biology in Motion features a collection of biology activities and exhibits for students and teachers.