Back to School Parent Night
C.T. English Middle School Science;
7th Grade Life Science; 8th Grade Physical Science; 6th/7th Grade Project-Based Learning (PBL)
Wayne Thompson
email: w.thompson@loma.k12.ca.us
Phone; 831-535-8545
Office hours; M-F 7:45am-8:00am and 2:45pm-3:15pm except Wed; and by appointment. Test make up day; Thursday; 2:45pm
Weekly class schedule:
Mondays; Grade homework from prior week, review for Tuesday Test
Tuesdays; Test day, Introduction of next topic
Wednesday; Slide show, movie, lecture notes and/or desk work
Thursday; Practical and/or Lab
Friday; Lab and/or Practical
Class websites:
8th Grade Physical Science: http://ctemsscience.wikispaces.com/8th%20Grade%20Science
7th Grade Life Science: http://ctemsscience.wikispaces.com/8th%20Grade%20Science
7th Grade PBL: http://ctemsscience.wikispaces.com/Problem-Based%20Learning%3B%207th%20Grade
Online Science Quizes; (http://www.proprofs.com// ); (8th grade password; “physical”; 7th grade password; “life”)
Media Fire (https://www.mediafire.com/login.php) Turn in science assignments for class online (at teacher’s direction)
Online textbook; http://www.pearsonsuccessnet.com Textbook reader activities such as worksheets, videos, & assessments; id & pw.
Prentiss Hall School; http://www.phschool.com Planet diary; type in web code from text, Success Tracker; online assessment as
assigned; Active Art; type in web code from text
SciLinks; http://www.scilinks.org/ type in web code from text to retrieve website links on specific topics
Discovery Channel http://www.discoverychannel.com Video Field Trips linked to the student textbok
Flashcard Program; https://sourceforge.net/projects/mnemosyne-proj/ Vocabulary is on the first page of each chapter
Thompson Science Blogg; http://adventuresintime-wthompson.blogspot.com/
MyEdZone; http://edzone.sccoe.org/
HippoCampus; http://www.hippocampus.org/
Parent Involvement:
a. Technology support
b. Set up/break down labs
c. Research
d. Preparing lessons
e. Guest teacher; solo
f. Guest teacher; aid
Student supply list; pen(cil); metric ruler; scissors; protractor; (calculator; 8 th gr only); colored pencils; mini 3-hole punch helpful.
Science supplies needed; If you are making a run to the Goodwill, think of our science program first…
Expectations; Discussion; see “Expectation Guide”
Student-directed parent-teacher meetings; Discussion
More Fun Science Web Support
General:
Science Fair Assistance; (http://www.sciencebuddies.org/ ); Help with developing science fair ideas.
Webspiration (http://www.webspiration.com ); Online concept mapping
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Google Aardvark; (http://vark.com/ ) Ask a question and Google finds the perfect person to answer the question.
Writing Assistance; iWrite; (http://www.greatsource.com/iwrite/ )
Gizmos at Explore Learning: Web-based science applets explaining various concepts
Create a Graph (http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createAgraph/ (Super simple easy great graph-creating site)
Bibliography Building Site; (http://www.citationmachine.net/); (Create accurate bibliographies in seconds!)
Wikipedia Mind Map (http://wikimindmap.com/ ); wikipedia searches laid out in concept map format. choose en.wikipedia
Wordle; (http://www.wordle.net/)Word Cloud generator
Visuwords; (http://www.visuwords.com/?word=cognition ); Like Google WonderWheel…
Middle School Science; (www.middleschoolscience.com)
Science Method Tututor (with biology); (http://www.dwm.ks.edu.tw/bio/activelearner/01/ch1intro.html )
Nobel Prize Online Games (http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/medicine/ )
How-To-Science Toons (http://www.howtoons.com/ ); a science DIY lab site in cartoon format! Very cool.
Khan Science Videos (http://www.khanacademy.org/#Biology ); prolific collection of science videos.
Evernote; ( https://www.evernote.com ); Remember everything.
StumbleUpon (http://www.stumbleupon.com/ ); Awesome web crawler
Edublog; (http://edublogs.org/ ); Teacher and student blogs
All Things Google
Google Labs new search engines (http://www.googlelabs.com/ )
Create a Custom Search Engine (http://www.google.com/cse/ )
Wonder Wheel; (http://www.googlewonderwheel.com/ ); after a google search in the “View options” menu choose “Wonder Wheel”
Google Squared (http://www.google.com/squared )
Google backwards, http://elgoog.rb-hosting.de/index.cgi
Google Fudd, http://www.google.com/intl/xx-elmer/
Student Presentation Sites
Picasa School; (http://picasaweb.google.com/wthompsonctems) Students can create slide shows to present in class
Phrasr; (http://www.pimpampum.net/phrasr/ ) Start w/phrase; ties to photos in Flickr. Go to the site and search for the following…
 Ch 12 8th grade Mr. Thompson
 7th grade Ch 13 Mr Thompson
Bubblr; (http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/ ) Same as Phrasr but with caption bubbles
Bookr; (http://www.pimpampum.net/bookr/) Same as phrasr and bubblr but in book form (use with vocab)
ShowBeyond Presentation Site (www.showbeyond.com )
DigitalStoryTeller (http://www.digitalstoryteller.org/ ); use still graphics, video and personal narration to tell a digital story.
Screencasting; http://www.screencast.com ; Easily create screencasts for presentations.