Mr. Kevin Crump

MORTON MIDDLE SCHOOL

7th Grade Science Teacher 

Assistant Football Coach

Phone:381-3533    Ext:2211

HOMEWORK

E-mail kevin.crump@fayette.kyschools.us

 

Moon Online Investigation

 

 

 

 

SCIENCE  SHORT  STORY

 

 

1

Select a topic from below and write a short story about that topic.

 

 

 

2

RESEARCH YOUR TOPIC! Use the internet or any source of information available to take notes on

 

 

your topic. These research notes need to be well organized and on your own sheet of notebook

 

 

paper. This will be collected and count as part of your grade.

 

 

 

3

The story must be believable and include real events that would happen.

 

 

4

You will need to use your research so you know your story could be real and is believable.

 

5

The story must be written by you in your own words and not copied from a book or movie.

 

6

The story must be a minimum of 5 hand written pages or 3 typed pages.

 

 

7

You must have a rough draft with corrections and a final draft.

 

 

 

8

The story must include how changes occur to the weather patterns, climate and environment.

 

9

The story must include how life (plants, animals and humans) will be effected.

 

 

10

The story must include how the Earth's surface will change including land and bodies of water.

 

11

The story must include real science and real situations that would develop if this was a true story!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Select from the following topics to write your Science Short Story:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A

The Sun has grown in size and the amount of energy we receive from the Sun has increased by 50%.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B

The Earth's orbit has shifted and we are now farther away from the Sun. The energy we receive

 

from the Sun is now almost half of what it used to be.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C

A large asteroid the size of the state of Texas has made impact on the Earth.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D

A large Comet has passed between the Earth and The Moon causing gravitational forces to make

 

 the Earth unstable. This has caused more than 300 volcanoes to erupt around the world within

 

 the same one week period.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E

A large Comet has passed between the Earth and Moon causing the Earth's axis to change

 

from a 23.5 degree tilt to a 40 degree tilt.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IMMEX LOG IN PAGE:

http://www.immex.ucla.eduiWeb/Agencies/2101860/default.aspx

Second Hour IPS Students:

User Name  ips2crump____ ____         password crump2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Solar System Internet Activity

APOD

  ANSWER KEY       The Solar System Packet        
                         
  Part A       Page 2       Crossword      
  TRUE 1   1 meteorite     DOWN     ACROSS  
  comet 2   2 Venus   1 Mars   3 Mercury  
  Mercury 3   3 Pluto   2 Sun   6 Uranus  
  Earth 4   4 Great Red Spot   4 ear   7 Earth  
  TRUE 5   5 comet   5 revolution   9 Asteroids  
  Jupiter 6   6 Mercury   6 universe   11 corona  
  asteroids 7   7 asteroid   8 atom   13 solar system  
  Uranus 8   8 solar system   9 axis   15 comet  
  Meteoroids 9   9 Neptune   10 core   16 ton  
  TRUE 10   10 Saturn   12 Pluto*   17 moon  
  TRUE 11   11 Earth   13 star   20 rotate  
  Venus 12   12 Jupiter   14 Saturn   22 turn  
  TRUE 13   13 Mars   15 car   23 planetoids  
  meteorite 14   14 meteor   18 galaxy   25 Venus  
  Mars 15   15 Uranus   19 Jupiter   26 sunspot  
  TRUE 16         21 seasons   28 energy  
  Great Red Spot 17    
Third page 
  23 phases   29 Planet  
  inner 18     is below   24 Neptune        
  TRUE - remove "Usually" 19         27 outer*        
  outer - remove "Pluto" 20                    
                         

Introduction to Astronomy (ANSWER KEY)

Astronomy is the __study_____ of outer space. Outer space is anything outside of the Earth’s ____atmosphere_____. The Universe is composed of  billions and billions of ___galaxies__ and each galaxy is composed of billion and billions of ____stars_____. Our Sun is one of the ___average____ sized stars within the Milky Way Galaxy. The distance between stars is so great scientists do not use ___miles___ they use a unit called __light-years___. A light-year is the distance light can __travel___ in one year and it is almost _six_ trillion miles.

 

Our solar system is the sun and everything that ____orbits____ around it. There are 8 planets (nine if you include Pluto) __surrounding___ the Sun and each one has a different orbit. Surrounding some of the planets there are __moons__. Located between Mars and Jupiter is the __asteroid___ belt. Comets have a very long orbit and have a tail as they approach the Sun. __Meteoroids__ are small fragments that drift throughout the solar system.

 

Each planet ____rotates__ on its axis as it ___revolves__ around the sun. The inner planets are much ___different___ from the outer planets. The largest planet is __Jupiter___ . Earth is the largest of the ___inner___ planets.

 

  Answer KEY      
  Chapter 7 Questions     Applying Concepts
         
1 Pluto   1 c
2 Neptune   2 e
3 Uranus   3 i
4 Saturn   4 f
5 Jupiter   5 d
6 Mars   6 h
7 Earth   7 g
8 Venus   8 b
9 Mercury   9 a
10 Sun   10 Me, V, E, Ma
11 TRUE   11 J, S, U, N
12 False - "sun" replaces "moon"   12 Earth
13 "iron oxide in the soil" replace "atmosphere"   13 Uranus is tilted on its side
14 False - remove "but one"   14 Jupiter - he discovered them in 1609
15 False - Saturn      
16 "away from" replaces "toward"      

 

 

Newton's Laws practice Quizzes:

http://www.quia.com/jq/19675.html

http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/science/newtons_laws/quiz384.html

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=Newtons-Laws-Quiz

 

 

Newton's Laws Internet Activity Part 1

Newton's Laws Internet Activity Part 2

 

Second Hour - Internet Problem Solving

NATION PARK LINK:  http://www.us-national-parks.net/

IMMEX:

IMMEX Problem Set Directory Directory - http://www.immex.ucla.edu/docs/problemsetinfo/index.htm

EXAMPLE OF FIREWORKS:

 

                                             Picture 1                                                           Picture 2                                                      Picture 3

                

 

All Three Pictures Joined together with Fireworks:

 

  

 

FIREWORKS:

Before                                                       After

  

 

 

ICE STORM 2009 BEFORE AND AFTER:

  

The Planets link - http://www.dustbunny.com/afk/planets/

The Constellations link - http://www.dustbunny.com/afk/constellations/

 

The COASTAL PROCESSES IMAGE: for question #8 is below:

 

The American Meteorological Society - Education DataStreme Project:

WES Homepage - http://www.ametsoc.org/amsedu/WES/home.html

Ocean Homepage - http://www.ametsoc.org/amsedu/ds-ocean/home.html

 

Important Links:

Directory - http://www.immex.ucla.edu/docs/problemsetinfo/index.htm

 

Fayette IMMEX sets - http://teach.fcps.net/immex/preview/

 

WES - http://www.ametsoc.org/amsedu/WES/home.html

 

Ocean - http://www.ametsoc.org/amsedu/ds-ocean/home.html

 

IMMEX – www.immex.ucla.edu

 

DATASTREME

DataStreme OCEAN - week 2 DataStreme WES - week 2
DataStreme/OCEAN/2. DataStreme Ocean Investigation 2A.htm

DataStreme/OCEAN/2. inv a image 1.gif

 DataStreme/WES/2. WES Investigation 2A.htm

DataStreme/WES/2. wes_inva_image1.gif
DataStreme/OCEAN/2. DataStreme Ocean Investigation 2B.htm

DataStreme/OCEAN/2. inv b image 1.gif

 DataStreme/WES/2. WES Investigation 2B.htm

DataStreme/WES/2. wes_invb_image1.gif
DataStreme/OCEAN/2. won.htm

DataStreme/OCEAN/2. supl.htm

 DataStreme/WES/2. wwn.htm

DataStreme/WES/2. supl.htm

 

 

 

 

Final Exam Web Quest - Each student will select the letter that is on their paper:

A B C

 

 

Satellite Images from unit 8 assignment 6

Image 1

 

 

Image 2

 

 

Image 3

 

 

Image 4

 

 

Image 5

 

 

Image 6

 

 

Geology Internet Research Project

When you have finished the Earth Day Internet Questions please take the following on-line quizzes. Make sure you take each quiz as many times as needed to earn a 100%.

SPACE 1 http://www.prongo.com/space/index.html

ENERGY http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/energy/quiz/index.cfm

SPACE 2 http://www.abc.net.au/science/games/quizzes/solarsystem/

EARTHQUAKES  http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/earthquakes_quiz.htm

VOLCANOES  http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/volcanoes_quiz.htm

EARTH  http://www.funtrivia.com/quizzes/sci__tech/earth_science.html

WEATHER 1 http://school.discoveryeducation.com/quizzes20/curriculumcenter/CC_Weather.html

WEATHER 2  http://uk.encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/quiz/Quiz.aspx?QuizID=199

 

          Earth Day Internet Questions Parts 1 and 2. Check your work by clicking here.

                      

 

http://www.immex.ucla.eduiWeb/Agencies/2101860/default.aspx

 

MOON PHASE, ECLIPSE AND TIDES INVESTIGATION

 

Astronomy Project

Solar System Internet Activity

Morton Mustangs Football Home Page

Earthquake Internet Project

Volcano Research Project

Rock Cycle Quizzes

NATION PARK LINK:  http://www.us-national-parks.net/