Welcome to Skiology!

 

Ms. Czuprynski's Webpage

Windsor Locks Middle School

 

Image Source: http://ljhs.sandi.net/faculty/SBrammer/biology.html

 

UPCOMING EXTRA HELP DAY: 

Wednesday 2/25/15

 

 

Email: JCzuprynski@wlps.org

Phone: (860) 292-5012

 

The Windsor Locks Public Schools will create and sustain a community of life-long learners where all students are engaged, empowered, and expected to achieve at the highest levels and to become responsible, contributing citizens in an ever-changing, global society. Achieving at rates never before imagined…

 

I am here to make you as successful as possible!

 

 

On this website you will find:

1. Copies of class handouts, notes and worksheets 
2. Links to help you study 
3. Weekly breakdowns and reminders about upcoming deadlines
4. Tips on organizing your notebook

 

 

Grade 7 Science

Class folder: Grade 7 Science

 

Weekly Breakdown: ***Subject to change

 

Monday 2/23 Day 3	Tuesday 2/24 Day 4	Wednesday 2/25 Day 5	Thursday 2/26 Day 6	Friday 2/27 Day 1
Homework	Homework	Homework	Homework	Homework

 

1.) Learning Targets

I can.......

• Investigate and explain in writing the basic structure and function of the human skeletal system.
• Demonstrate how muscles, tendons, ligaments and bones interact to support the human body and allow movement.
• Differentiate between the structures and range of motion associated with ball & socket and hinge joints and relate human joints to simple  

 

2.) Labs, Activities & Projects:

Chicken Wing Dissection Lab Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OusR-Xx3XEQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqLXLXFGhhI

 

3.) Useful Links:

Derby the Dog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRmoowIN8aY

 

Muscles & Joints:

http://kidshealth.org/teen/interactive/muscles_it.html

http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/your_body/body_basics/bones_muscles_joints.html

 

Skeletal System:

Study BONE NAMES: http://quizlet.com/60979410/bones-scientific-names-flash-card

Study the bone names - Interactive! http://www.abcya.com/skeletal_system.htm

Skeletal System Information: http://hes.ucfsd.org/gclaypo/skelweb/skel01.html

Health Line: Facts and interactive labeling! http://www.healthline.com/human-body-maps/skeletal-system

Biology For Kids: Skeletal System http://www.biology4kids.com/files/systems_skeletal.html

 

Muscular System

Muscle Quiz: http://kidshealth.org/kid/quizzes/MSquiz.html

Muscle Identification Game: http://www.anatomyarcade.com/games/PAM/PAM.html

http://www.teachpe.com/cloze/label_the_muscle.htm

http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetailsKids.aspx?p=335&np=152&id=2457

Biology For Kids - Muscular System http://www.biology4kids.com/files/systems_muscular.html

 

VOCABULARY:

***Study BODY ORGANIZATION: http://quizlet.com/59672610/gr-7-body-organization-flash-cards

 

4.) Awesome videos to help you learn!

• Skeletal System Rap
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRXv3qOl8-4
• Skeletal System Dance with Quiz
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUP-D4dKp14
• Bone Song:
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0E5Nckxu5g
• Muscular System:
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6u0u_59UDc
• http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/MSmovie.html 

 

 

 

Grade 8 Science

Class folder: Grade 8 Science

 

Weekly Breakdown: ***Subject to change

 

Monday 2/23 Day 3	Tuesday 2/24 Day 4	Wednesday 2/25 Day 5	Thursday 2/26 Day 6	Friday 2/27 Day 1
Dependent & Independent Variables	Shipping & Sliding Proposal			DUE: Lab & Shipping & Sliding Proposal   Self Evaluate & Peer Edit
Homework	Homework	Homework	Homework	Homework

 

VOCABULARY

Speed, Velocity, Momentum, Inertia, Instantaneous Speed, Average Speed, Constant Speed, Magnitude, Centripetal force, Acceleration, Point of Reference, Motion, Constant, Independent Variable, Dependent Variable, Balanced Force, Unbalanced Force, Net Force, Slope, Gravity, Friction

 

Learning Targets 

I can....... 

• Design and conduct an experiment to determine how friction will affect an object.
• Illustrate how the circular motion of an object is caused by a center seeking force (centripetal force) resulting in the object’s constant acceleration. 
• Describe the forces acting on an object moving in a circular path.

 

3.) Labs, Activities & Projects:

 

 

4.) Useful Links:

The Physics Class: Inertia and Mass

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/newtlaws/Lesson-1/Inertia-and-Mass

 

The Science Monster - Gravity & Inertia

http://www.sciencemonster.com/physical-science/gravity_inertia.html

 

5.) Awesome videos to help you learn!

Gravity & Inertia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ncn2LH9yYms

 

Newton's Laws of Motion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYVMlmL0BPQ

 

Bugatti Veyropn vs Euro Fighter: Top Gear - BBC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NZ9X9A2efA

  

 

Suggestions for organizing your science notebook 

Organization is a very important skill in science as well as in your daily life.  In order to further develop and reinforce this skill, I recommend you purchase a one inch three-ringed binder for this class.  This notebook is to be brought to class everyday.  

 

Suggestions for organizing your science notebook:

• Date your notes, handouts, homework, labs, tests, etc.
• Number the pages of your notes
• Underline or highlight major points, definitions, etc.
• Keep all the information in your notebook neat and in proper order by date. 
• Suggested Sections:
1. Question of The Day (Q.O.D.)
2. Labs
3. Test / Quiz
4. Homework
5. Classwork 

 

 

Something to make you laugh

http://blog.petflow.com/a-baby-was-left-alone-with-a-dog-for-one-minute-and-this-happened/

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjXi6X-moxE

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YBheuHma8I

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FvTVWjLiHM

 

 

Interesting Links

AMAZING! Just published research on creation of universe since Big Bang

http://youtu.be/SY0bKE10ZDM

 

Our entire Milky Way galaxy is just a dot in this supercluster 

http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/05/milky-way-galaxy-laniakea-supercluster/

 

 

 

General Useful Links:

• Using Google Docs:
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBh8bMC7XEU
• http://www.google.com/google-d-s/college/  
• http://www.slideshare.net/kris.kenny0824/how-to-use-google-docs 

 

• Create A Graph
• http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/

 

 

 

FREE DOWNLOADS

1.) Open Office - Free and Open Productivity Suite

http://www.openoffice.org

"OpenOffice.org components include word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, drawings, data charting, formula editing, a database, and file conversion facilities (including those for Microsoft Office formats)"

 

2.) Technology Links: Microsoft Viewers

If you do not have Microsoft Word or PowerPoint and would like to open the above files, you can download a free "viewer" directly from the Microsoft web site.  Links are included below  

 

PowerPoint Viewer	http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=048dc840-14e1-467d-8dca-19d2a8fd7485&DisplayLang=en
Word Viewer	http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3657ce88-7cfa-457a-9aec-f4f827f20cac&DisplayLang=en
Adobe	http://get.adobe.com/reader/otherversions/
Other Viewers	http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/results.aspx?pocId=&freetext=free%20viewer&DisplayLang=en

    

3.) Audicity

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/

"Audacity is a free, easy-to-use and multilingual audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux and other operating systems. You can use Audacity to:

• Record live audio.
• Convert tapes and records into digital recordings or CDs.
• Edit Ogg Vorbis, MP3, WAV or AIFF sound files.
• Cut, copy, splice or mix sounds together.
• Change the speed or pitch of a recording."

 

4.) Windows Movie Maker

NOTE: BEFORE YOU BEGIN DOWNLOAD - Look in "Accessories" or "Programs" folders on your computer, you may already have this software.

http://explore.live.com/windows-live-movie-maker?os=other

"With Windows Live Movie Maker, you can quickly turn your photos and videos into polished movies. Add special effects, transitions, sound, and captions to help tell your story. And sharing with friends and family is easy—whether on the web, a computer, TV, mobile device, or a DVD."

Revised Movie Project Directions(1).doc

 

 

5.) I Movie

YouTube tutorial for Beginners

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfX0ptAA10Q

 

Directions from Apple

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2479

 

Tutorial Worksheet with Pictures

https://www.msu.edu/course/tc/243/iMovie%20Tutorial.pdf

 

How to Use I Movie Wiki - 35 Steps

http://www.wikihow.com/Use-iMovie