Computers PowerPoint project

This is a small "project" that I created and could talk about... it has the basic information and you should be able to understand what you are being graded on and your main focus of this project.

Farming PowerPoint Example

PowerPoint

Winter Solstice

December 21st is the winter Solstice in the northern hemisphere and that means we will experience they day with the shortest amount of daylight.  During this day, the sun is shining directly on the Tropic of Capricorn (which is located at 23.5 degrees South Latitude).
Read-up and enjoy!

7th Grade Chapter 6 Test

Practice for the 7th Grade Chapter 6 Test
10 Question Section 1 Quiz
4 Question Section 2 Quiz
13 Question Section 3 Quiz
20 question chapter review quiz

We spent a decent amount of class time discussing why seasons occur.  One interesting fact is that during the Northern Hemisphere winter, the Earth is at its closest distance to the Sun (5 million miles closer to the Sun compared to the distance during summer).

8th Grade Chapter 6 Test

Practice for the 8th Grade Chapter 6 Test
3 question Section 1 quiz (Succession)
9 question Section 2 quiz (Biomes)
11 question Section 3 quiz (Aquatic Ecosystems)
10 question standardized test practice
20 question chapter review quiz

Chapter 5 test practice (7th and 8th Grades)

8th grade test practice-The Nonliving Environment

Ch. 5 practice problems

Here is 1 link to study for the chapter 5 test.  You can access the Section 1 Self-Check quiz- Section 3 Self-Check quiz, Chapter review quiz, Standardized test practice, and there are also websites that can be visited (in the Web links section) that talks about Photosynthesis (and cellular respiration) .... and Extreme environments found on earth.

The test will have the same format as the Ch. 2-4 tests.  True/false questions, Multiple choice, vocabulary matching, and an essay question.

7th grade test practice-Weather

7th Grade Chapter 5 practice problems

American Education Week 2010

What does an Elkhart Lake Education mean to me?

Extreme weather (Hurricanes and Tornadoes)

National Geographic Hurricane and Tornado information 

Watch the damage from each category of hurricane intensity
Follow the path of a real hurricane
UW-Madison website