UPDATE: for all assignments over the "break", please login on to Google Classroom. You should already be invited to the classroom, based on homeroom, for both SS and Science! If not, please find the class codes below and click on "Classrooms", "Join a Class" and type in the code that matches your homeroom and the subject.
Maher Science: ce6ns47
Maher Social Studies: upyizdh
Graham/Faseun Science: 5jvut25
Graham/Faseun Social Studies: 3zo52tl
Joyce Science: 6kqydkt
Joyce Social Studies: lhq3vpn
Please log on to "Google Classroom," and click on the SS and Science classrooms for your homeroom. The assignments on there will be linked to the assignment here, but work should be turned in on the Google Classroom!
If you have any questions about assignments, I will be checking my email daily. You can reach out to me by clicking on the "Home" page of my website and filling out the "Contact me" section! Stay safe and healthy!
If you were at school on Friday, and were given a copy of the new science textbook, please start at the beginning of the book and read one section each day. After reading the section, please answer the questions at the end of that section. If you did not receive a science textbook, then look through the science resources below for work that can be done instead/in addition!
Social Studies Resources: Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece Articles:
Click on the articles below to read about an element of Ancient Greece. Then follow the directions next to each item number to get credit for the activity of the day! All answers can be recorded on paper, a notebook, or a google doc to receive credit!
Ancient Greece Videos:
For all videos, please complete one of the following on loose leaf, in a notebook, or on a google doc:
Ancient Greece Webquests:
Ancient Greece Interactives/Games:
These are extra activities to do on top of the articles, videos, and web quests! No work needs to be done while experiencing them, but because there is no work, you will not get credit, its just extra fun in addition relating to the content!
Click on the articles below to read about an element of Ancient Greece. Then follow the directions next to each item number to get credit for the activity of the day! All answers can be recorded on paper, a notebook, or a google doc to receive credit!
- The Geography of Ancient Greece - answer all of essential questions, per section
- The Beliefs and Customs - answer all of essential questions, per section
- The City State and Democracy - answer all of essential questions, per section
- Sparta and Athens - answer all of essential questions, per section
- Ancient Greece for kids - answer the quiz questions under the "Activities" section after the article
- Drama and Theater - answer the quiz questions under the "Activities" section after the article
- Ducksters: Olympics - answer the quiz questions under the "Activities" section after the article
- Typical Greek City - answer the quiz questions under the "Activities" section after the article
- Greek Mythology - after reading this page, either
- re-write a Greek myth
- make a poster of 5 different gods with their name, powers, what they are the gods/goddess of. 5 fun facts, a visual
- add a different ending to one of the Greek myths
- create your own myth using at least 2 of the Greek gods/goddesses
- Monsters and Creatures of Greek Mythology - create a "Wanted" poster for a monster/creature with a picture, the name of the beast, and what that beast did in connection to Greek history
Ancient Greece Videos:
For all videos, please complete one of the following on loose leaf, in a notebook, or on a google doc:
- make a brochure (fold your paper into 3rds and write information about different topics in each section )
- write down at least ten facts
- make an ABC book with the important vocab from Ancient Greece
- make a google slide with at least ten facts about Greece
- make a Venn Diagram comparing Greece to our culture or another culture we've discussed this far
- All About Ancient Greece
- Ancient Greece Educational Videos for Kids
- Ancient Greece 101
- A Day in the Life of an Athenian
- Ancient Greek Facts for Kids
- Ancient Greece for Kids
- Classical Greece Plays
- Democracy in Athens
- Origins of the Olympics
- This is Sparta
Ancient Greece Webquests:
- Mythology Teacher Greece Webquest - answers can be written on loose leaf, in notebook, or on a google doc
- Resources: click here
- Question Sheet: click here
- Greece People and Theater- answers can be written on loose leaf, in notebook, or on a google doc
Ancient Greece Interactives/Games:
These are extra activities to do on top of the articles, videos, and web quests! No work needs to be done while experiencing them, but because there is no work, you will not get credit, its just extra fun in addition relating to the content!
- Grepolis
- Ancient Greek Games
- Ancient Greek Games for Kids
- Ancient Greece Games and Interactives
- Interactives of Ancient Greece
Science Resources: Geology
Geology Articles
Click on the articles below to read about an element of Earth's Geology-Earth Spheres. Then follow the directions next to each item number to get credit for the activity of the day! All answers can be recorded on paper, a notebook, or a google doc to receive credit!
Geology Webquests
Geology Interactives/Games
These are extra activities to do on top of the articles, videos, and web quests! No work needs to be done while experiencing them, but because there is no work, you will not get credit, its just extra fun in addition relating to the content!
Click on the articles below to read about an element of Earth's Geology-Earth Spheres. Then follow the directions next to each item number to get credit for the activity of the day! All answers can be recorded on paper, a notebook, or a google doc to receive credit!
- Generations Genius: Earth's Spheres - answer the discussion questions at the bottom of the page
- What is Earth's System? - go for a walk outside (staying away from others) and write a list of everything you see, then categorize those items into the different spheres (example wind can go into the atmosphere category)
- What is Earth System Thinking? - write a list of things you could do to protect the different spheres
- Hydrosphere - identify what the sphere is, how the sphere helps us, how we can protect that sphere, and two fun facts
- Geosphere - identify what the sphere is, how the sphere helps us, how we can protect that sphere, and two fun facts
- Biosphere - identify what the sphere is, how the sphere helps us, how we can protect that sphere, and two fun facts
- Atmosphere - identify what the sphere is, how the sphere helps us, how we can protect that sphere, and two fun facts
- Interaction - create a visual to show how the different spheres interact with each other
- Crash Course: 4 Spheres Part 1
- Crash Course: 4 Spheres Part 2
- Generation Genius 4 Spheres
- Crash Course: What on Earth
- Earth's 4 Spheres for Kids
- 4 Spheres of the Earth
Geology Webquests
- Spheres Webquest - answers can be written on loose leaf, in notebook, or on a google doc
- Earth's Spheres Webquest - answers can be written on loose leaf, in notebook, or on a google doc
Geology Interactives/Games
These are extra activities to do on top of the articles, videos, and web quests! No work needs to be done while experiencing them, but because there is no work, you will not get credit, its just extra fun in addition relating to the content!
- Make a Recycled Car - you can use the materials listed, or grab things in your home that are similar and experiment!
- Earth's Spheres Matching Game
- Monkey Energy Bubble
- Battle of Wits
- Matter Cycling and Energy Flowing
- Its All in Your Head
- Cycling
- Changes of Earth
- The Balance of Earth
- Earthquest
- Bottles
- Loop
- States Slider
- Escape the Dark
- Thermonsters
Flying Classroom Experiences
During this break from instruction, the Flying Classroom is offering free access to some of their learning experiences! We have met Captain Barrington himself, and participated in some of these adventures, like the Bionic Chef, in class. Feel free to look through the challenges and resources to see if something jumps out and interests you! I can't wait to see what you come up with!
Click on the link, here, to look through the Flying Classroom Expeditions. The attached resources below can help you complete different sections of the paper airplane expedition.
Click on the link, here, to look through the Flying Classroom Expeditions. The attached resources below can help you complete different sections of the paper airplane expedition.
Next Gen Science Videos and Connected Experiments
Click on the topic below about concepts that we covered in class/were currently on. Watch the video of the science behind the concept and then try the "DIY Activity Guide" to experiment with the concept in real time using house hold objects. Record or send an email with your observations, finish project, or thoughts about the concept! If you want to know more about the material, click on the vocab link and reading materials under each video page!
1. Human Body Systems
2. Waves
3. Light and Vision
4. Earth's Spheres
5. Natural Disasters
6. Weathering
7. Tectonic Plates
1. Human Body Systems
2. Waves
3. Light and Vision
4. Earth's Spheres
5. Natural Disasters
6. Weathering
7. Tectonic Plates
Social Studies Additional Practice:
- Take a Virtual Tour of the British Museum right from your comfy couch! Click on the timeline to look at the interactions of countries throughout time and see if you can identify the enduring issues (Impact of: Scarcity, Trade, Cultural Diffusion, Technology, Human Environment Interactions, and Conflict). Start at the earliest parts of the timeline and work your way up to see an hear about artifacts found in Ancient Times!
- Read ebooks about either Ancient Civilizations or Examining Primary Sources! Feel free to make some type of visual, play, comic strip, talking visual, poster, or model to demonstrate what you know!
- Go on to Brain Pop and explore S.S. concepts (and science too!). Watch the videos, try the games, test yourself on the quizzes, and so much more!
- Be civically aware and look at important current and past events globally by clicking on , like the ones on there currently about toilet paper and COVID-19.