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7th Grade Science Skills
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(6th Grade) 7th Grade Science Skills (8th Grade)
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Page last edited 2/27/2009
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( based on Tennessee Benchmarks ) Internet Resources
- Animal Cell Functions - a fill-in-the-blank quiz
- Animal Cell Parts - a fill-in-the-blank quiz
- Cell Organelles Quiz - a matching quiz at Quia
- Cell Structure - an index of five interactive learning modules
- Cell Structure - a 48 slide ppt show
- Cell Structure and Function - a 76 slide ppt show
- Cell Structure and Function - a 69 slide ppt show with many great images
- Cell Structure and Function Quiz
- Cells and Organelles - includes an interactive drawing that identifies organelles upon mouseover
- Inside the Cell - from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences
- Owner's Guide to the Cell - includes specifics regarding organelles
- Make a Model of a Cell - The purpose of this lab is to make a 3D model of a cell in order to better understand the parts and workings of a cell.
- Major Eukaroytic Cell Organelles - subcell parts with special catalytic functions [ includes links to many great pictures ]
- Organelle - from Wikipedia
- Organelle Function Page - posted by the Utah State Office of Education
- Review cell structure and function (plant and animal)
- Structure and Function of Cell s - a 33 slide ppt show
- Tour of the Cell - this 92 slide show has many great images
- Virtual Cell - roll your cursor over the cell drawing
- Virtual Plant Cell - Have a safe journey and beware of flying chloroplasts!
- What is a Cell - from the National Center for Biotechnology Information [ 27 pages if printed ]
- Animal Cell Anatomy - a good clean drawing from Enchanted Learning
- Animal and Plant Cells - first select Similarities and then select Differences from the index on the left at this page.
- Animal Cells - from Kimball's Online Biology Pages
- Cell Organelles - select Plant or Animal (from Cells Alive)
- The Cell Page - Click on the label for any plant or animal cell organelle to find out more about it. ( great drawings )
- Cell Parts - simple ppt show comaring organelles of plantg and animal cells
- Comparing plant and animal cells - Teachnology has a worksheet to help your students distinguish between the cells
- Comparison Of Plant & Animal Cells
- Compairson of Plant and Animal Cells - 26 slides including a Venn diagram for comparing
- Focusing on the Cell - a lesson plan from the Children's Museum of Indianapolis
- Plant and Animal Cell - a sheet to print with side by side labeled cells
- Plant and Animal Cells - This real-time 3D model allows the user to inspect the structures of both plant and animal cells. The student is able to explore the entire cell from any angle as well as drill down to individual organelles of the cell for more information and a better view.
- Plant Cell Anatomy - a fill-in-the-blank quiz
- Plant Cell Functions - a fill-in-the-blank quiz
- The Plant Cell - from Kimball's Online Biology Pages
- Cell Cycle Quiz - [ advanced level ] Correct each error by clicking on the incorrect word or phrase. Correct picks will result in the insertion of the correct word or phrase above the error.
- A diagram comparing and contrasting mitosis and meiosis
- E-LAB-Mitosis and Meiosis
- Events In Mitosis - from Kimball's Online Biology Pages
- Inside the Cell - from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences
- Multiplication by Division - includes specifics regarding mitosis
- Mitosis and Meiosis - from the Lab Bench at Prentice Hall - several chapters, each with excellent animations
- Mitosis - explanation followed by a quiz (46 slides)
- Mitosis - excellent images (17 slides)
- Online Onion Root Tips - images are displayed, students select the phase in which the image belongs
- Basic Anatomy - Tissues & Organs
- Body Organs Systems and Function - 12 flashcards
- Inside the Cell - from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences
- Cellular Specialties - includes specifics about cells in specific systems
- Organ System Review - text only page listing components, function and features
- Organ Systems - from Merck
- Organ Systems of the Human Body - [ advanced level ] Challenge your knowledge with this Quia quiz
- Vertebrate Organ Systems - functions and components
- Virtual Body - select English of Spanish and explore body systems
- Your Body's Systems - from Fact Monster
- Cell Membrane - good illustrations for each section
- Cell Membrane: Osmosis and Diffusion - a 21 slide ppt show
- Diffusion - from Hyperphysics
- Diffusion - from Wikipedia
- Diffusion and Osmosis - a 16 slide ppt show
- Diffusion and Osmosis - click on a topic and then click in the box to see an animation [ leave the cursor inside the animation to see it continue ]
- Diffusion and Osmosis - from the Lab Bench at Prentice Hall - several chapters, each with excellent animations
- Diffusion Tutorial - in the form of a slide show
- Homeostasis and Transport - a 43 slide ppt show
- Osmosis - from Hyperphysics
- Osmosis - from Wikipedia
- Osmosis Tutorial - in the form of a slide show
- The Plasma Membrane: Transport Across the Membrane - a 29 slide ppt show
- Principles of Diffusion and Osmosis - 16 pages if printed
- Transport Across Cell Membranes - from Kimball's Online Biology Pages
- Transport In and Out of Cells - seven topics
- All About Plants - a ThinkQuest site which tells how plants make food, subtitled "Ms. Plant Makes Breakfast"
- Making Food - what plants need to make their own food
- Plant Needs - a lesson plan with an experiment
- Plants: Complete the Puzzle - a crossword puzzle from EdHelper
- Why do Plants Need Fertilizer? - (from How Stuff Works)
- Corn and Photosynthesis - efficient photosynthetic system and a long period of seasonal growth allow corn to produce high yields ( reading level is a bit high, but this is short and succinct )
- Illuminating Photosynthesis - from NOVA Online
- Introducing Photosynthesis
- First Look - overview
- Advanced Look - in-depth
- Movie
- Introduction to Photosynthesis and Its Applications - from Arizona State University
- Photosynthesis - a BioCoach activity
- Photosynthesis - a one slide ppt show which uses animation effectively
- Photosynthesis - a 38 slide ppt show
- Photosynthesis - an explanation of the four parts from Biology4Kids
- Photosynthesis - an excellent Flash animation
- Photosynthesis - a Thinkquest entry
- Photosynthesis - from Wikipedia
- Photosynthesis - the process by which plants use energy from sunlight to produce sugar ( high reading level, but a large number of really good illustrations )
- Photosynthesis animation
- Photosynthesis animation - this Shockwave animation has variables students can change
- Photosynthesis animation - students are required to click on areas to keep the animation going
- Photosynthesis: How do plants make food? - a Teacher's Guide to show number 907 in the Newton’s Apple series.
- Photosynthesis and Respiration - a quiz from the Quia site
- Photosynthesis and Respiration - links to activities, labs and other web pages
- Photosynthesis: Don't "Leaf" Out Fall's Most Valuable Lesson! – (a lesson planning article from Education World) They have raked up a pile of activities for you to "leaf" through.
- Photosynthesis: Life's Basic Rx - a 52 slide ppt show with many great images
- Photosynthesis: Light Reactions - an excellent Flash animation
- Photosynthesis quiz - decide after the quiz if you really know this material
- Photosynthesis Study Guide - good review questions to test your knowledge [ no answers ]
- Photosynthetic Electron Transport and ATP Synthesis [advanced level]
- Plant Physiology: Photosynthesis - a 41 slide ppt show
- Quiz on Photosynthesis - seven questions
- Transpiration - transfer of water from plants to the atmosphere
- Virtual Photosynthesis Experiments - on-line virtual experiments with Dr. Gene Splicer which show some of the ways scientists study photosynthesis
- What Happens in a Typical Leaf - excellent illustrations in this photosynthesis tutorial
- What is Photosynthesis - from Arizona State University's Center for Bioenergy & Photosynthesis
- Why Do Leaves Change Color in the Fall? - To answer that question, you first have to understand what leaves are and what they do.
- All Living Things Need Oxygen
- Animals Which Breathe Through Their Skin -
- Breathing Underwater - Animals which live underwater have no problem in expelling carbon dioxide because it dissolves very easily in water. Their problem is how to obtain enough oxygen.
- How Do Animals Live in Water - only a part of this article is about how animals breathe
- How Do Fish Obtain Oxygen While Underwater - from Yahoo Answers
- Respiratory Systems - many good images of gas transfer devices
- Why Do We Breathe and Why Do We Need Lungs to Do It? - from NMSI, a family of museums
- An index of cellular respiration animations
- Aerobic and Anaerobic Respiration - an interactive, animated exploration of cellular respiration
- Cell Respiration - from the Lab Bench at Prentice Hall - several chapters, each with excellent animations
- Breathing Victory - an Cable in the Classroom lesson plan
- Aerobic respiration is by far the most efficient method
- Glycolysis - an overview of aerobic and anaerobic respiration in the form of a Battleship game
- Carbon Cycle - includes concept maps of the aquatic cycle and the terrestrial cycle
- Carbon Cycle - includes several good photo illustrations
- Carbon Cycle - Wikipedia encyclopedia entry
- Carbon Cycle - one image [.gif] to use in a ppt show
- Carbon Cycle - great images, good questions in this 62 slide show
- The Carbon Cycle and Earth's Climate - four good illustrations which you might want to incorporate into a ppt show
- Cycles - from the Utah Education Network, also includes the nitgrogen cycle
- Oxygen Cycle - Wikipedia encyclopedia entry
- The Oxygen Cycle - a 32 slide ppt show
- Oxygen-Carbon Dioxide Cycle - a one page student information sheet
- Oxygen-Carbon Dioxide Cycle - a one page student worksheet
- Oxygen Cycling - from Geography4Kids
- What is the Carbon Cycle? - a ThinkQuest site
- Aerobic Respiration - a review of the elements in a balanced equation describing respiration
- Cell Respiration - a BioCoach activity
- Cellular Respiration - an animation that shows how cellular respiration works
- Cellular Respiration - from Kimball's Online Biology Pages
- Energy Flow: Respiration - lecture notes with several good illustrations
- Investigating Photosynthesis and Respiration through Kinesthetics and Inquiry - eight page lesson plan including a student worksheet
- Photosynthesis animation
- Photosynthesis - a large document with lots of good illustrations
- Photosynthesis and Respiration - an illustration with explanation
- Photosynthesis and Respiration - a vocabulary list to use for making flashcards [ back to activity button does not work ]
- Photosynthesis/Cell Respiration Jeopardy - no category headings, seven categories with six questions each, answers on the last slide which students do not see
- Photosynthesis Study Guide - No answers, but good review questions to test your knowledge.
- Plant Respiration quiz - decide after the quiz if you really know this material
- Transpiration - transfer of water from plants to the atmosphere
- Cell Organelles: The Chloroplast
- Metabolism - from Kimball's Online Biology Pages
- Plant Pigments and Photosynthesis - from the Lab Bench at Prentice Hall - several chapters, each with excellent animations
- Carbon Cycle - includes concept maps of the aquatic cycle and the terrestrial cycle
- Carbon Cycle - includes several good photo illustrations
- Carbon Cycle - Wikipedia encyclopedia entry
- Carbon Cycle - one image [.gif] to use in a ppt show
- The Carbon Cycle and Earth's Climate - four good illustrations which you might want to incorporate into a ppt show
- Cycles - from the Utah Education Network, also includes the nitgrogen cycle
- Diagram of the Carbon Dioxide Oxygen cycle
- Oxygen Cycle - Wikipedia encyclopedia entry
- The Oxygen Cycle - a 32 slide ppt show
- Oxygen-Carbon Dioxide Cycle - a one page student information sheet
- Oxygen-Carbon Dioxide Cycle - a one page student worksheet
- Oxygen Cycling - from Geography4Kids
- What is the Carbon Cycle? - a ThinkQuest site
- Flower Anatomy - a sheet to print from Enchanted Learning
- Flower Parts from the Great Plant Escape
- Flower Parts and Function - a Wikipedia article
- Flowering Plant Function - flower structure
- Flowers - many good images accompany this explanation of flower part functions
- Parts of a Flower
- Plant Parts and Function - from the Arizona Master Gardener manual
- What Are the Parts of a Flower? - a quiz from the Great Plant Escape
- Asexual Reproduction from the New York Regents Test prep site
- Assembling the Stages of Meiosis I - drag the correct images into place
- Assembling the Stages of Meiosis II - drag the correct images into place
- An index of Mitosis/Meiosis animations
- Meiosis - Illustration of the process by which a single parent diploid cell divides to produce four daughter haploids cells
- Meiosis tutorial - This exercise is designed to help you understand the events that occur in process of meiosis, which takes place to produce our gametes.
- Sexual Reproduction from the New York Regents Test prep site
- Stages of Meiosis - images presented as a slide show
- Plant Reproduction - a methods of pollination video posted on YouTube
- Pollination - Encarta article
- Pollination - a Wikipedia article
- Pollination - a 27 slide ppt show [ the first and last slides are specific to a class assignment, you might consider removing those slides before using ]
- Pollination Methods
- Structure and Function of the Flower - a 17 slide show ppt show
- Condensation - the conversion of water from a gas into a liquid
- Eurerka: Evaporation and Condensation - a YouTube video
- Evaporation - the conversion of water from a liquid into a gas
- Evaporation and Condensation - analysis of the part these processes play in the water cycle
- Evaporation and Condensation - from USA Today weather
- Evaporation and Condensation - a water cycle in a mayonnaise jar
- Factors Affecting the Rate of Evaporation - a Wikipedia article
- Molecular Motion Determines Water's State - from USA Today weather
- Water Cycle: Condensation - from Water Science at the USGS site
- Water Cycle: Evaporation - from Water Science at the USGS site
- Create a model of the water cycle - lesson plan from Oceans Alive
- Droplet and the Water Cycle - Avoid pitfalls and predators while you navigate a Droplet through several challenging levels of the hydrological cycle.
- Follow a drop through the water cycle
- How You Can Make a Model of the Water Cycle - print this to give to your students
- The Hydrologic Cycle - Enchanted Learning's lesson plans and diagrams.
- Ideas for teaching about the water cycle - from Pro Teacher
- Introduction to the Water Cycle - index page for three other pages listed on the left side of the page
- Jumbled Water Cycle - click and drag components to their proper place
- Making a Water Cycle Model - three different ways to model the water cycle
- The State of Water in Air, Land and Sea - This page provides information about three phases of water as well as links to resources, lesson plans and games. [Alyssa, tell your class we said Thanks!]
- Study Jams: Water Cycle Video - a video from Scholastic.com does a good job of explaining the cycle [the quiz does not work properly]
- Water Cycle
- The Water Cycle - US Geological Survey's Water Cycle - one of the most complete explanation of the cycle
- Water Cycle Animation - Observe a raindrop traveling through various paths of the water cycle. In this visualization, the blue raindrop shows where water is. The red arrows show the processes that could move it to another place.
- Water Cycle Animation - from BBC
- Water Cycle Animation - make changes to the image by selecting buttons on the left - from EarthGuide
- The Water Cycle - US Geological Survey's Water Cycle - one of the most complete explanation of the cycle
- The Water Cycle: Background Information for Teachers - this 24 page .pdf document has lots of good lesson plan ideas and printable resources for students
- The Water Cycle Lesson Plan - five activities in one [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
- Water Cycle Lesson Plan - from Planet H2O
- Water Cycle Player - interactive animation from Discovery Education
- Water Science - US Geological Survey's (USGS) Water Science for Schools web site! They offer information on many aspects of water, along with pictures, data, maps, and an interactive center where you can give opinions and test your water knowledge.
- Water Cycle - a slide show by Soo Park, Alex Reynolds, Kate Schmidt, Connie Woo, and Christine Zackrison
- Water Cycle Lesson Plan - from Planet H2O
- Water Cycle WebQuest - [designed for 5th grade]
- Water Cycle WebQuest
- Water Wizard quizzes - Do you have a fountain of knowledge when it comes to water? Well, dive right in and test your knowledge of water with these Water Wizard quizzes.
- The Watershed Game - Many things happen in a watershed that affect the quality of the water we rely upon . Examine the issues in each area of the watershed, then see the impacts of your choices.
- Real-time data sources to use in weather forecasting projects
- Conditions for the last 24 hours reported by the National Weather Service - Select State from the pull down menu, then select City
- Intellicast Radar Loop of the last 6 hours covering the contiguous United States. This Doppler radar site indicates clouds, rain and snow with different colors, and refreshes 4 times per hour. They now offer a 12 hour java loop . More importantly, this loop allows you to step forward, or backward, one image at a time.
- National Forecast Maps from NOAA
- Weather Underground - look up any city in the US and most cities around the world
- Compare and contrast warm and cold fronts - excellent animations of each type of front
- Create a New Hawaiian Island - read the page then click on the link at the bottom of the page to experiment with these local effects on climate by creating a new Hawaiian island!
- Meteorology Online: Weather Forecasting - a ThinkQuest entry
- Tips for Forecasting the Weather - step-by-step process including links to real time weather data
- Weather Activities - three levels of practice reporting weather followed by three levels of predicting the weather
- Weather Forecasting - from Wikipedia
- Weather Instruments - this 36 slide ppt show has excellent views of weather instruments used to collect data
- Weather Watch - a student activity from Scholastic - links to six types of weatrher instruments and a link to a data sheet to use
- Weather Watchers - a lesson plan from Illuminations
- Analyzing Weather Maps - lesson plan
- Daily Weather Maps from NOAA - Click on the Surface Weather Map to see a larger map with plotted station observations.
- How to interpret a weather map
- How to Read Weather Maps - This 36 slide shows how to read the various symbols associated with a station. The final slide acts as a quiz, testing understanding.
- Reading and Creating a Weather Map - lesson plan with printable maps integrated
- Reading Weather Maps - In the sections that follow, students will examine features to look for on weather maps to make a forecasts, general methods of preparing a forecast, and more specific tips for specific scenarios.
- Satellite Movies of Air Masses Moving across North America
- Surface Weather Analysis - complete listing of weather map symbols
- Tips for Forecasting the Weather - step-by-step process including links to real time weather data
- Virtual Weather Map Room - provided by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- Weather Forecasting Using the Internet - suggestions for incorporating weather into your curriculum
- Weather Fronts on a Weather Map - a 17 slide ppt show
- Beakman Explains Gas Density - video from YouTube
- Buoyancy and Density - a 12 minute video from YouTube
- Calculate the density of two blocks and then identify the material that the blocks are made of
- Density Challenge
- Density Quiz
- Dr. Reich Density Lab - a video from YouTube [ turn off the sound and ask students to collect data & calculate density ]
- Dunkin' for Density - lesson plan to print and use as a lab activity
- Eureka: Volume and Density - video from YouTube
- Float or Sink: You Find Out - interactive lab which allows students to calculate density
- Mass Volume Density Quiz (Level 1)
- Mass Volume Density Quiz (level 2)
- Matter - from Vision Learning
- Volume and Density Lab - nine page document
- Volume, Mass and Density - a supplementary activity for students
- BBC Science: Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures eight sections
- Atoms and elements | Chemical symbols / the periodic table | Compounds | Atoms and molecules | Chemical formulae | Mixtures | Checkpoint | Separating mixtures
- Test on Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures
- Compound Basics - from Chem4Kids
- Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures
- Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures - a 27 page unit plan to print and use in your classroom
- Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures - from Doc Brown's Chemistry Clinic
- Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures - posted by Purdue University
- Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures - posted by NYU
- Elements and Compounds Printables - from Teachnology
- Elements, Mixtures and Compounds - a quiz with pull down choices
- How Do You Know if it's a Mixture - presentation in the form of a slide show
- Making Mayonnaise-An Edible Emulsion - a text only lesson plan
- Matter and it's Changes - a ThinkQuest entry
- Mixture Basics - from Chem4Kids
- Mixture, Elements, and Compounds - a matching quiz at Quia
- Mixtures: an Interactive Lesson - author - Laura Maki
- Mixtures, Elements, and Compounds - a Rags to Riches Quia quiz
- Molecular structure animation of four common substances
- Nature of Matter: Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures - from Tutor Vista
- Compounds - includes tables of examples
- Element, Compound, and Mixture - a quiz from Quia
- Element, Compound, or Mixture - a ten question quiz
- Element Formulas - From the name of an element , determine the formula (if different from the symbol)
- Element or Compound - from the name of a chemical , determine whether it is an element or compound
- Element or Compound - a 58 slide ppt show with good images, questions, and assignments
- Is a Diamond Element or Compound - answer to the question from Ask A Scientist
- Network or Molecular Compounds - from the name of a compound , determine whether it is network or molecular
- Gases, Liquids, and Solids - includes a good animated image of three phases
- Matter and Energy - includes a very good animation of three phases of matter
- Phases of Matter: Solid, Liquid, Gas - good drawing showing molecule arrangement of the three phases
- Solid, Liquid, Gas Demo - simulate states of matter using petri dishes and BB's
- Solids, Liquids & Gases - a ThinkQuest entry
- Solids, liquids and gases - their molecular structure
- Solid, Liquid & Gas Fact activity - from BBC [ includes a quiz ] &
- States of Matter - from Chem4Kids - links on the left relate to each of the physical states
- States of Matter - interactive site from Harcourt School Publishers
- States of Matter - from a NASA site with K-12 resources
- States of Matter - followed by a short quiz
- States of Matter: Solid, Liquid, Gas, and Plasma - includes a five question quiz at the end
- States of Water: Solid, Liquid, Gas - from a weather site posted by the University of Illinois
- Testing Time - click and drag household items to the right box
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- Council on Competiveness presents a truly rigorous exam - select 7th Grade and then Science [timed exam]
- Interactive Sample Tests - released sample items from the Illinois State Board of Education
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