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7th Grade Life Science
Current Plan 
Year-long curriculum map
Assignment Resources:
Current packet (notes, etc.)
Science in the News rubric
Science in the News- How to


7th Grade Homework website

8th Grade Physical Science
Current Lesson Plans
Year-long curriculum map
Assignment Resources:
Current Packet
Forces Game
Energy, Work and Power PowerPoint

8th Grade Homework website

For Parents
Teen Brain Research Summary
Family Forum Blog (NEW!)

References

Check out this cool page about Tesla

Cool game: Famous Scientist Hangman

Need a challenge?  Try this brain teaser or propose a Stretch project.  Or you can choose a project by going to www.gifted.uconn.edu look under "SEM resources" and the enrichment clusters database. Sample stretch project.
Another site of possible challenge courses.

A bit of humor.

Citation Guide

Fun website that allows you to track your energy use.

Search the school library resources.

Check out this great site with lab simulations.  Especially look at John Travoltage- a humorous take on what we'll study in electricity (8th grade).

Here's a cool site where you can go through the steps of Mitosis.

Here is an interesting blog by Cheryl Rofer about Polonium (the radioactive material that poisoned former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko).  

Curious about nuclear weapons?  Here is a website put up by The Los Alamos Committee on Arms Control and International Security.  Check it out, and send in any questions that you have.

Please e-mail Mrs. Steiner with other ideas or links.