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8th Grade

Internet Links for Computer Labs - 8

Waves - Part 2

Light and Color

Colors Underwater Video 

Light and Color in the Deep Sea

Seismic Waves Viewer

Analog vs. Digital

Analog vs. Digital Sampling

Code to Picture

Waves - Part 1

Wave Motion

Wave on a String

Transverse, Longitudinal, and Periodic Waves

Periodic Longitudinal Wave

Sound Wave Experiments 

 

GMO Project

General Info (some specific example sprinkled in)

WHO info

AquAdvantage Salmon

     NYTimes.com

     NYT in PDF form

     Scientific American.com

     Nature.com

Center for Food Safety

 

Bt Corn

     bt.ucsd.edu

     Nature.com

     FAS.org

     USDA Bt and Monarchs

     Bt crops and Human Health

     UCBiotech

 

Frost-Resistant Strawberries 

     Science Daily

     Nature.com     

     Samplius

Golden Rice

      Goldenrice.org 

      Nature.com 

      Genetic Literacy Project

      Golden Rice Project

      International Rice Resource Institute – Golden Rice

       Report on Golden Rice by VIB, a life sciences research institute in Belgium

      Genetically Modified Organisms: The “Golden Rice” Debate NYU Langone Medical Center

       Good as Gold: Can Golden Rice and Other Biofortified Crops Prevent Malnutrition? Mary Gearing, Harvard University

Recombinant Bovine Somatotropin (rBST)

      Cornell.edu

      Cancer.org 

      Nature.com     

      FDA.gov

Roundup Ready Soybeans

      Beyondpesticides.org 

      Nature.com

      Sourcewatch.org 

      Harvard.edu

The Flavr SavrTM Tomato

      Calag.ucanr.edu 

      Nature.com

      NYtimes.com

      NYT pdf

      Flavr Savr NYT video

Virus-Resistant Squash

      ncbi.nlm.nih.gov 

      ucbiotech.org 

      Health Canada

      Effects on Pollinators

      Redesigning Nature - NYT

 

Space Systems  

Space Systems Computer Lab

Inner Planets

Outer Planets

Modeling Gravity

Galaxy Types

Eclipses

Questions about Black Holes

 

Zodiac Constellation Project

Zodiac Constellations

Images of Zodiac Constellations

Star Date - Constellations

 

Seasons

Seasons

 

Physics

Space Probe Project

Solar System Exploration (NASA)

NASA Missions A-Z

Solar System Missions (NASA)

Solar System Probes

Planet Information

Asteroids and Comets

Moons

Sun

Waves - Part 2

Light and Color

Seismic Waves Viewer

Analog vs. Digital

Analog vs. Digital Sampling

 

Waves - Part 1

Wave Motion

Wave on a String

Transverse, Longitudinal, and Periodic Waves

Periodic Longitudinal Wave

Sound Wave Experiments 

 

Noncontact Forces

Charges and Fields

Balloons and Static Electricity

Magnet

Using Earth's Magnetic Field

Gravity

Gravity and Orbits

Projectile Motion

 

New Roller Coaster Lab

Amusement Park Physics

Roller Coaster

Action/Reaction Pairs

Funderstanding Roller Coaster

Projectile Motion

 

 

Crashes and Collisions

PHET Simulation

 

Natural Selection

Explorations Through Time 

Which Finch?

Darwin's Evolution Game 

 

Planet Research

Planet Information

Space Systems

 

Inner Planets

Outer Planets 

My Solar System

Lunar Lander

Moon Animation

Moon Phases

Eclipses

Amazing Space

 

 

Tondi Computer Lab 12/10/19

Wave Motion

Wave on a String

Transverse, Longitudinal, and Periodic Waves

Periodic Longitudinal Wave

Sound Wave Experiments

Digitized Images

Analog vs. Digital Sampling

 

 

Gravity 

Gravity Force Lab

 

 

 

 

 

Practice CAASPP site

Practice site

ADI - Water Policy Project

Phoenix Water Sim Site

 

 

GFP mice

      ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

      sciencedirect.com 

 

Constellation Project

Space.com - search for your Star

Star Date - Constellations

Space.com - Constellations

IAU Constellations - images

 

Space Systems

Amazing Space

Moon Animation

Moon Phases

Eclipses

Inner Planets

Outer Planets 

My Solar System

Lunar Lander

 

 

Waves

Wave Motion

Wave on a String

Light and Color

Analog vs. Digital

 

 

Astronomy

Sun Facts

Hubble Site - Black Holes

Sizing Up the Universe

 

Light and Color Computer Lab

Addition of Color

Color Mixing

Concave Mirrors

Convex Mirrors

Fun House Mirrors

Lenses

Color Vision

Infrared Zoo

Sizzling Hot Skyscraper

Light Mixer

Optical Illusions

Refraction Game

Genetics Computer Lab

How Characteristics are Inherited

Tasting PTC

Make a Karyotype

Geniverse

Pigeonetics

 

 

Geologic Time

 

CAST: Science Practice Tests

 

Simple Machines

Simple Machines Project

Edhead Simple Machines Website #4

username: jmscienceL1 or jmscienceL2 or jmscienceL3 or jmscienceL4 or jmscienceL5

all with password: student123

Once logged in - go to Games -> Member Games -> Simple Machines

Rube Goldberg Web Site

Rube Goldberg Machine Examples

Birdhouse planning - first find a bird that lives in the Bay Area

Chicago Museum of Science and Industry (just for fun)