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Survival Lesson 7: Energy Sources

alicemercer — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 15:35:12 +0000

After watching a video on different energy sources, compare and contrast two energy sources. Tell something that is the same about them, and something that is different. Here is a sentence frame to help you:

Both ___________ and ______________ are ________________, but _____________ is _____________ and _____________ is _____________.

Survival Lesson 6b: Contrasting Natural Disasters

alicemercer — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:22:47 +0000

Today, pick two natural disasters and contrast, or tell what is different about each of them. You should have two sentences in your comment. When you are done, do the Survival links at the right.

Survival Lesson 6: Comparing Natural Disasters

alicemercer — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 06:01:53 +0000

After watching the video on natural disasters, pick two types of disasters and share something that is the same about them in a comment below. After you are done, go to one of the survival activities.

Photo Credit: Volcán Chaitén on Flickr

Survival Lesson Five: What do we do?

alicemercer — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:13:36 +0000

This week we will answer the following questions:

What helps living creatures survive?
Why is the survival of other living things important for humans?
What can we do to help the environment?

Survival Lesson Three: Global Warming

alicemercer — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:19:44 +0000

We will be learning about global warming this week and continue to learn about how humans can change or affect the environment.

Day One: After watching a video on the greenhouse effect, do this activity:

Global Climate Change: Research Explorer- The Exploratorium

Day Two: After watching a video on Global Warming, answer these questions:

What is global warming?
How does the greenhouse effect cause global warming?
How do humans cause global warming?

Survival Lesson Three: Ecosystems

alicemercer — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:29:27 +0000

This week we will be learning about how living creatures depend on each other, and make up what are called ecosystems:

Go to this site on Ecosystems. Do some Science in Motion and Game activities or one of the Review with Quiz activities (those are longer) until the timer rings;
Then write about what you have learned about how humans can affect the environment.

Photo Credit: mobile bottom on Flickr Photosharing

Survival Lesson Two: Natural Disasters

alicemercer — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 01:53:40 +0000

Today we will focus on natural disasters. After watching we are done with our video, do this activity:

Stop Disasters Game

Then, send me a comment about what you learned about natural disasters.

Photo credit: Tornado and Lightening on Flickr Photosharing

Lesson 1b: Biodiversity

alicemercer — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:27:20 +0000

Do one or both of these two activities until the timer rings:

Then look at what you and others wrote last time, and add anything new you learned today in a complete sentence.

Survival Lesson One: Natural Selection and Biodiversity

alicemercer — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 02:07:35 +0000

We are starting a new unit on survival. The goals for that unit are above.

This week we will be learning about natural selection, which affects all living creatures. After watching the video on this subject, what does natural selection mean to you? Please write two sentences or more in a comment here.