Georgia Perimeter College
	Integrated Science Life/Earth Science

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Common Course Outline - Objectives for the Course
Teaching in the Schools Project     General Tasks Template     Rubric for Task Assessment
Georgia Performance   Standards (GPS) for Science- Georgia Department of Education
GPS Frameworks and Tasks for K-12 - Georgia Department of Education
Georgia Infant to 3-year-old Education Standards      Pre-K Education Content Standards
Gwinnett County - Science Academic Knowledge and Skills (AKS) 2009-2010
Helpful web resources for all topics in Science

Background Reading	Activities, Assignments and Quizzes	More Information - Related Web Sites and Elementary Education websites
Template Attitude Assessment Self Assessment GPS Self Assessment CCO		Online Biology Book by Michael Farrabee Fun Science Gallery - Environmental Education and Biology PowerPoint Games (Jeopardy, etc.) CRCT Content Descriptions Based on the GPS (Science Grades 3-8) NASA Kids Science News Network MUSE - Modeling for Understanding in Science Education
Tools of Science
Metric System Science and Measurement		Measurement Assignment and Animations National Institute for Standards and Technology page on International System of Units (SI) Metric converter Metric information Chem Tutor - units and measures Metric conversion calculator Science made simple online metric convertor Conversion of units All you need to know about metric for everyday life Metric chocolate chip cookies NIST Metric Pyramid (copy master)
Scientific Method Scientific Method - Seedlings Scientific Method handout Mystery Bags		A New Model for Inquiry - Is the Scientific Method Dead? What is Science? Bruce Railsback, UGA PB&J Assignment. Another PB&J Still another PB&J
Nature of Science   Sequencing activity - Little Red Riding Hood and the Tree Little Pigs cartoon activity		Ordeal by Check: An introductory activity about the Nature of Science Logic cubes with names 1 Logic Cubes Sequencing Events - Cartoon Activity - see Student Handouts
Earth Science
1.  Atmosphere
Basic introduction to weather	Weather assignment Clouds and Weather Data activity	Cloud tutorial - NASA S'cool Clouds NASA S'Cool online cloud chart GLOBE cloud exploration NASA S'Cool materials for teachers NASA CERES S'Cool Project - students cloud observations online Observing, Describing, and Identifying Clouds Estimating Cloud Cover Observing Visibility and Sky Color Hands-on Minds-on Meterology (U. Ill. Urbana-Champlaign) Cycles of the Earth and atmosphere Georgia Automated Environmental Monitoring Network Intellicast weather - see forcast and radar for your zip code Weather Channel Weatherbug American Meteorological Society DataStreme Atmosphere, Realtime weather data and maps for K-12 teachers Online Meteorology Guide Air masses and fronts Penn State virtual reality weather site Meteorological Dictionary
Weather Maps	Outline map of U.S. states  for students to fill in; project on board Contouring weather data (temperatures, etc. on map of US)	Reading Weather Maps- U. Illinois (Zulu time, surface observation symbols, reading maps - click arrows at bottom of page) Temperature Maps Pressure Maps Pressure and Infrared Satellite Maps Observation Maps Wind Speed Maps Weather Projects and Activities Contouring weather data using the computer Contour real data or here key See also this site Weather forecasting Weather Map 1 Weather Map Symbols Weather Maps
Wind and Global wind systems Thunderstorms, tornadoes, & hurricanes	Weather Assignment - Hurricanes	Differences between weather and climate GLOBE Atmosphere Chapter (Protocols and Learning Activities) Making a Sundial Calculating Relative Air Mass Studying the Instrument Shelter Building a Thermometer Cloud Watch Constructing a Model of Surface Ozone GLOBE tutorials: How to access, display, and compare GLOBE data using maps, graphs, and tables Investigating Earth System using GLOBE data and visualization tools
Weather instruments and measurements	Optional:  collect weather data during the semester	Make your own weather station! Make your own hygrometer Make your own weather station Make your own weather vane Make your own compass Make your own hygrometer Make your own rain gauge Measuring Relative Humidity - teacher sheet Measuring Relative Humidity - student sheet Printer-friendly sheet
Climate	Weather, Water and Earth Systems Quiz	NOAA Paleoclimatology NOAA Paleoclimate Modeling Climate data visualizations Climate system Exploring Weather & Climate Change Through the Powers of 10 Global Atlas of Paleovegetation Since the Last Glacial Maximum Global land environments since the last interglacial North America During the Last 150,000 Years
2. Earth Systems
Earth's Surface Features - Size, shape, topography, distribution of oceans and continents, sea floor topography The Earth Systems -  Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, Geosphere, Biosphere	Earth Systems Activity - Visualizing Earth	Earth Observation Day Introduction to the Earth Assignment Discover Our Earth Earth's Cycles Sea Surface Temperature Visualizations Earth Systems in a Bottle - NSTA Place soil, plants, and insects inside a soda bottle to model biosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere and open and closed systems. GLOBE Earth System Resources Earth System Science Activity Guide. Earth Science Learning Activities GLOBE Earth Systems Poster Interactive GLOBE Earth Systems Poster GLOBE animations (solar energy, temp, precip, etc.) GLOBE Earth as a System Seasons and Effects of Environmental Change on Plants Geoscience Images (title provided or enhanced by cataloger) Earthweek Online Alphabetized Earth Science Animations Exploring Earth K-4 Earth Science Modules
3. Hydrosphere
Water	Water Cycle Activity	Make a model of the water cycle Follow a raindrop through the water cycle EPA - Groundwater and drinking water Water For Kids - Links to What you can do, Environmental Kids Sites, etc. USGS Real time hydrologic data Water Conditions in Georgia Water use in the US American waterworks association The groundwater foundation Drinking water and health World Bank access to safe water Water conservation in GA GA water issues USGS Groundwater USGS Water science for schools USGS Water science for schools - Earth's Water Water science for schools - groundwater US Drought Monitor EPA Superfund list - pollution (click on GA) National priority list superfund sites in GA GLOBE Hydrology Chapter GLOBE Hydrology Protocols Protocols Introduction Instrument Construction, Site Selection, Documenting Your Hydrology Site, Sampling Procedures Water Transparency Protocol Water Temperature Protocol Dissolved Oxygen Protocol Electrical Conductivity Protocol Salinity Protocol pH Protocol Alkalinity Protocol Nitrate Protocol Freshwater Macroinvertebrates Optional Salinity Titration   GLOBE Learning Activities Introduction Water Walk Model a Catchment Basin Practicing Your Protocols Water Detectives The pH Game Model Your Water Balance Observing the Water Cycle (K-1)
4. Exosphere (Astronomy)
Motion of objects in the sky Seasons	Patterns in the day and night sky - length of day and night Sun angle and sundial activity Calculating Earth's Circumference	Sky and Telescope Almanac sunrise, sunset, moon rise and moon set times Sunrise and sunset times for Georgia US Naval Observatory Astronomical Data Duration of daylight/darkness table Angle of the Sun What's your slant? (Sun angles) Universe in the Classroom - To Every Season There is a Reason Make a Sundial Analemma Where is the Sun? (sheet of paper and stick to measure shadow length - Berkeley) Shadow Casters - teacher sheets Shadow Casters - student sheets Printer-friendly version Bad Astronomy website (movies, TV, misconceptions, etc.) Get a straight answer - Answers to your Astronomy questions
Moon Phases of the Moon Eclipses	Moon Journal and Phases of the Moon exercise	Moon journal activities Tune into the Moon -Annenberg Moon phase calculator Virtual Reality Moon Phase Pictures What the moon looks like today Keeping A Moon Journal - teacher sheet Keeping A Moon Journal - student sheet Printer-friendly version Making and using a clinometer and celestial measurements (GA Tech) Making a clinometer (NASA Explores) Making a simple astrolabe (Berkeley) Using a simple astrolabe (Berkeley) Lunar Eclipse August 28, 2007 Finding the size of the Sun and Moon (Berkeley) Animation of Earth and Moon orbiting Sun
Introduction to Astronomy The Planets Comets, Asteroids,Meteors	Solar System Activities	Scale model of the solar system using toilet paper (Berkeley) Build a scale model of the solar system (automatically calculates sizes and distances for the planets for whatever size Sun you specify) The order of the Planets (Berkeley) Lockheed Martin Space Day activities Venus Express Lesson Plans (British National Space Centre)- Solar System to scale Voyage of Discovery - A Scale Model of the Solar System Activity A walking tour of the solar system in Gainesville, GA An article on the solar system walk in Gainesville, with map The Nine8 Planets - A multimedia tour of the solar system Lunar and Planetary Science, Planet Fact Sheets, NASA Your weight on other worlds Exploring Meteorite Mysteries - Lesson plans from NASA Meteorite slide set from NASA Destination Mars - Lesson plans from NASA - includes soil, making and mapping a volcano, geologic sequence of craters and river channels, It's Alive - is there life in Martian soils? Photos of globes of the planets Field trip to Fernbank Science Center Planetarium  (page 1) (page 2 - schedule) Thursday or Friday night 8 pm, or The Sky Tonight on Saturday at 11 am.  Observatory with 36" telescope on clear Thursdays and Fridays from dark to 10:30 pm
The sky and star charts	Field trip to planetarium and/or telescope Astronomy Quiz	***Online Astronomy Quiz ***Solar system trading cards quiz game Tonight's Sky  - animation Sky Watch Podcasts Explore the night sky with Google Earth   Astronomy.com Sky and Telescope Space.com Heavens Above Interactive sky chart Space Weather - meteor shower info This week's sky at a glance Sun and moon rise and set data Analemma Space calendar Online telescope that you can control Paper plate astronomy activities Teaching about constellations Identifying Constellations - Orion, etc. 85 slides
5.  Lithosphere (Geology)
Minerals	Ward's Know your Minerals Lab (from Ward's Natural Science)	Dr.Gore's handy-dandy guide to minerals Mineralogy 4 Kids Minerals: Building Blocks of Rocks (Tarbuck and Lutgens) The Mineral Gallery Physical Characteristics of Minerals Minerals, Magmas, and Volcanic Rocks. Includes good diagrams of silicate tetrahedra. Gems and Precious Stones Internet Course Common objects made of minerals
Rock cycle Igneous Rocks	How Are Minerals Used to Help Identify Rocks? - GPS Framework activity Ward's Know your Rocks Lab (from Ward's Natural Science) Activity - Describing candy bars using rock terms Rocks and Technology - Show Rockman Video, RockMan's Rockin' Tune (Infinity Multimedia) and ask students how technology is used, and how rocks are used as shown in video	Rock activities for students, NYC NYC Performance Stds Interactive rock cycle experiments Rock cycle Rock Cycle Game If You Bit a Rock lesson from GSA - Candy Bar descriptions Exploring Meteorite Mysteries - Edible Rocks   Ancient lava flows and plutons Minerals, Magmas, and Volcanic Rocks Atlas of Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks, Minerals, and Textures
Sedimentary Rocks		Sedimentary Rocks - GPC Sedimentary Rocks Laboratory - GPC Animation of sedimentary rock forming How sediments are deposited Animation of coal formation Transport of sediment by flowing water
Metamorphic Rocks		Metamorphic rocks GPC Metamorphic Rock Pictures USGS Metamorphic rocks Animation - How metamorphic rocks are formed Metamorphic rocks Metamorphic rock tour RockDoctor presents metamorphic rocks
Constructive and Destructive Processes Rock Weathering	Examine granite and granite saprolite   Examine sand samples with the microscope	Weathering of rocks and formation of sediment Weathering of Rocks and Minerals Acid rain and our Nation's Capital Weathering & Soil - John Butler Kaolin geology in middle Georgia Kaolin mining photos Why is the ocean salty? Weathering mantles and the age of the Earth Effects of mechanical weathering
Soil	Soil activities Collect soil samples.  Examine soil samples and potting soil with the microscope Examine two simulated Martian soils, both of which exhibit a reaction when water is added (see p. 40-41 in NASA It's Alive website)	Dirt - Secrets in the Soil *** It's Alive - Looking for Life in Martian Soils (from NASA) GLOBE Soil Chapter GLOBE Soil Protocols Introduction Soil Site Selection and Exposure Soil Characterization Soil Temperature Gravimetric Soil Moisture Bulk Density Soil Particle Density Soil Particle Size Distribution Soil pH Soil Fertility Digital Multi-Day Max/Min/Current Air and Soil Temperature Protocol Digital Multi-Day Soil Temperatures Protocol Automated Soil and Air Temperature Monitoring Protocol Soil Moisture Sensor Protocol Infiltration Protocol Davis Soil Moisture and Temperature Station Protocol GLOBE Soil Learning Activities Introduction Why Do We Study Soil? Just Passing Through - Beginners Just Passing Through From Mud Pies to Bricks Soil and My Backyard A Field View of Soil Soils as Sponges Soil: The Great Decomposer The Data Game 3rd grade soil resources - Cobb Co. Elementary Science
6.  Lithosphere (Geology) - Part 2 - Remains of Life and Earth Processes
Fossils and Geologic Time	Fossil activities PowerPoint presentation of Fossils of GA and the SE, discuss physiographic provinces Making fossil casts with plaster of Paris and rubber molds (available from Carolina Biological) Picking fossils and finding sharks teeth in sediment available from PCS Phosphate Mine, Aurora, NC. Contact cormond@pcsphosphate.com Fossil identification with book	Sequencing Events - Three Little Pigs Cartoon activity - Learning to think like an evolutionary biologist Student Handouts Uncovering Florida's Fossil Past - Determining Fossil Ages Worksheet with fossil horses and stratigraphy Assembling fossil skeleton Skeleton sheet Another skeleton of Scaphognathus crassirostris NSTA Reconstructing Scaphognathus crassirostris Still another version NSTA Adventures in Paleontology book Adventures at Dry Creek Radioactive dating simulation - Answers Getting into the fossil record Stories from the fossil record - paleoecology, geologic time, etc. Univ. of Calif. Berkeley Paleontology Museum Understanding evolution Explorations through time Learning from the fossil record Life has a history Fossil resources for K-12 teachers Our changing continent - USGS The paleontology portal Paleo Ring - a collection of web sites Fossils on the Internet Invertebrate Macrofossils Lab Fossil preservation lab Evolution of the vertebrates lab Discovering dinosaurs classroom activities Dinosaur extinctions
Fossil Fuels, Energy Resources		Virtual Oil Well Game Georgia Gas Prices - click on your nearest city, see graphs showing gas prices over time, and comparing gas prices in other areas Gasoline, other fuels and you Adventures in energy Energy teaching tools U.S. Petroleum Exploration & Production Gasoline company imports - which gasoline companies import from which countries. See large Excel file. Energy Information Administration Kids Energy Page Natural Gas Tidal power - energy from the sea The World of Oil Human activities in the world around us - deforestation and energy use Energy Resources
Constructive and Destructive Processes that shape the Earth Erosion Deposition Background geologic information Earthquakes Volcanoes Earth's Interior Plate Tectonics	Map of five physiographic provinces of GA Relief map of GA Show 30 min video Georgia Outdoors "Beginners Guide to Georgia", ask students to take notes of places shown and plot each on a map of GA.  Then describe the constructive and destructive processes at each. Label Georgia rivers on a map.	Relief Map of GA Georgia Rivers Map (handout master) Georgia state outline map (handout master) Georgia Physiographic Regions Map (handout master) Georgia county map - no names (handout master) Georgia county map with names (handout master) Beginners Guide to Georgia (Georgia Outdoors video) Geologic History of Georgia: Overview (New GA Encyclopedia) Geologic Regions of Georgia (New GA Encyclopedia) New Georgia Encyclopedia - Earth Sciences Georgia Maps Human Impact on Erosion at Providence Canyon - GPS Framework Activity Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes, Volcanism and Tsunami Lab Plate Tectonics - GPS Framework Activity  Learn About the Environment in a Walk Across Georgia - Mountains to the Sea (Habitat website from the Garden Club
Life Science
1. Characteristics of Life
Characteristics of Life   Living vs Nonliving		Earth System Cards - Living Things vs. Land, Air and Water - an online game Biotic or Abiotic - teacher sheet Biotic or Abiotic - student sheet Printer-friendly version
Observation of Pond Micro-organisms (Pond Scum Lab)		A Virtual Pond Dip Pond Life (with identification chart) Pond Life 2 (with identification chart) Pondering Protozoa
2. Biodiversity
Classification cards Classification of Invertebrates      Study various ecosystems and microhabitats		Cladistics - Reconstructing Evolutionary History Understanding Cladistics Understanding Florida's Past: Classifying with Cladistics - Coins Cladistics Worksheet 2 - Classifying Organisms Diagram for Worksheet 2 - Animal cladogram with key Organism picture cards for classification Shoe classification Another shoe classification Hydroponic gardening
Hay infusion		Hay! Isn't That a Protozoan? Making a hay infusion Hay infusion video Microbes: Invisible Invaders...Amazing Allies (An activity guide for protozoans, yeast, fungus, and other microbes)
Fast plants		Fast Plants Growing Instructions Growth and Development Growth, Development, and Flowering
Leaf collection Insect identification		GLOBE Leaf Classification
3. Interdependence of Life/Ecology
Lab ecology activities Uncovering Florida's Fossil Past - Naturally Selecting Insects Naturally Selecting Insects Worksheet		This Old Habitat Interactive Game Kids do science - predator-prey game Kids do science - predator-prey interactions Web of predators and prey Food web activity Evolution simulation - predator-prey Evolution simulation predator-prey lab Evolution lessons MACROEVOLUTION: Patterns, Trends, and Rates of Change (Snail Lab) Glossary of Ecological Terms
Pond/wetland ecology study Nature Preserve Handout		Georgia Adopt-A-Lake Secchi dip-in - volunteer lake water monitoring Water sampling procedures - secchi dip-in A Virtual Pond Dip Water quality analysis Aquatic organism identification Dissolved oxygen test Biochemical oxygen demand (light and dark bottles) Phosphate test Nitrates test pH test Temperature test Turbidity test Fecal colliform test Water quality index Clyde Shepherd Nature Preserve Decatur, GA - pond, wetlands, etc. Map1, Map 2, Aerial photo Hands on experiments to test for acid mine drainage Mercury in Schools and in the Community - A National Issue
4. The Cell
Cells Microscopic observation of cells		Winogradsky Tube experiments Investigating Bacteria with the Winogradsky Column Microbial Life - Winogradksy tube Winogradsky tube - NASA Bacteria That's Not Afraid of the Dark - teacher sheets - allow 6 weeks Bacteria That's Not Afraid of the Dark - student sheets Printer-friendly version Gram stain for bacteria Cell structure - an animated lesson Studying cells Tutorial Microorganisms in the Macrocosm
Cell division DNA See short video about cell division Examine prepared slides for stages of cell division		Online onion root tips - p. 1 Online onion root tips - p. 2 description Online onion root tips - p. 3 determining time spent in different phases of the cell cycle Mitosis and Meiosis interactive tutorial Cells Alive Online Service for Cell Biology BiologyMad.com   Microorganisms in the Macrocosm
Inheritance		Heredity - A link to your past
5. Energy Flow
Cellular respiration experiments with yeast		Biology lab calorimetry The respiration process Cellular Respiration (yeast in flask with balloon) - teacher sheet Cellular Respiration (yeast in flask with balloon) - student sheet Printer-friendly version Yeast food (determining conditions for yeast to grow) - teacher sheet Yeast food (determining conditions for yeast to grow) - student sheet Printer-friendly version Yeast Blow-up
Calorimeter exercise - burning of food
Photosynthesis lab activities		Chromatography   GLOBE Beginning Look at Photosynthesis GLOBE Investigating Leaf Pigments Global Patterns in Green-up and Green-down Temperature and Precipitation as Limiting Factors in Ecosystems
6. Biosphere
		NASA Mission Biomes
Semester Summary (last day activity)
U.S. Math & Science students news article summary	Discussion of news articles and worksheet  and summarize on the board	U.S. teens trail the pack in math, science ratings Science courses nearly extinct in elementary grades, study finds Science, Math Not a Priority, Say Parents, Students It’s Important… But Not for Me (Press release) It’s Important… But Not for Me (full report)

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