VALLEY OAKS CHARTER SCHOOL Tehachapi 9-12

Chemistry

Mrs. Thornburg
email: nethornburg@kern.org
Please feel free to contact me by email and I will try to get back to you as soon as possible.

Welcome to the 2011-12 School Year!

Please Note: No Make Up/ Late work will be accepted after Thursday, May 17th, 2012

Cornell Notes Lined Template Word / Cornell Notes Lined Template PDF file

Cornell Notes Blank Template Word / Cornell Notes Blank Template PDF file

Vocabulary Grid Template Word / Vocabulary Grid Template PDF file

Science Lab Report Format

Earth Science G

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Earth Science CST Online Review

Earth Science Syllabus 2011-2012

Earth Science Released Questions

Spring Semester

Week 11 HW Packet / Answer Key

Week 12 HW Packet / Answer Key

Week 13 HW Packet / Answer Key

Week 14 HW Packet ( Please download Earth Science Released Questions and Answer Key from link above as well)

Week 15 & 16 HW Packet / Answer Key

Week 17 HW Packet / Answer Key

Week 18 & 19 HW Packet (No answer key for this packet)

Earth Science P

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Snow Capped Volcanoes, Four Mountains in Alaska's Aleutian Island Chain.

Earth Science Syllabus 2011-2012

Earth Science Released Questions

Spring Semester

Week 11 HW Packet / Answer Key

Week 12 HW Packet / Answer Key

Week 13 HW Packet / Answer Key

Week 14 HW Packet ( Please download Earth Science Released Questions and Answer Key from link above as well)

Week 15 & 16 HW Packet / Answer Key

Week 17 HW Packet / Answer Key

Week 18 & 19 HW Packet (No answer key for this packet)

Biology G

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Please Note: No Make Up/ Late work will be accepted after Thursday, May 17th, 2012

Biology Final Review Flash Card & Game: #1
Biology Final Review Flash Card & Game #2
Biology Final Review Flash Card & Game #3
Biology Final Review Flash Card & Game #4

Biology G Syllabus 2011-2012

Biology Released Questions
Science 10 Released Questions

Spring Semester

Week 11 HW Packet / Answer Key

Week 12 HW Packet / Answer Key

Week 13 HW Packet / Answer Key

Week 14 HW Packet ( Please download Biology Released Questions and Answer Key from link above as well)

Week 15 & 16 HW Packet / Answer Key

Week 17 HW Packet / Answer Key

Week 18 & 19 HW Packet (No answer key for this packet)

Biology P

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Please Note: No Make Up/ Late work will be accepted after Thursday, May 17th, 2012

Biology P Syllabus 2011-2012

Biology Released Questions
Science 10 Released Questions

Spring Semester

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Chem Game

Chem Final Review (must use Internet Explore)

Chemistry Syllabus 2011-2012

Chemistry Released Questions

Spring Semester

Week 5 HW Packet / Week 4 Make up Lab

Week 6 HW Packet

Week 7 HW Packet / Week 6 Take Home Lab links: Boyle's, Charles'

Week 8 HW Packet

Week 9 HW Packet, Ch13 notes (converted PowerPoint to outline), Ch. 14 notes, Review Sheet

Week 10 HW Packet

Week 11 HW Packet

Week 12 HW Packet

Week 13 HW Packet, Review Sheet

Week 14 HW Packet ( Please download Chemistry Released Questions and Answer Key from link above as well)

Week 15 & 16 HW Packet / Week 15 Lab Make Up

Week 17 HW Packet

Week 18 & 19 HW Packet

Resources and Websites

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On-line source for streaming videos in all subjects, including Earth Science, Biology, and Chemistry:
http://www.unitedstreaming.com Use the following passcode: 99A9-3DE1. Once you've entered this passcode, you can create a username and password for all subsequent use.

Earth Science

Unit 1 Review Websites

Rocks

Info on the Rock Cycle http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear82/7.asp

Rock PowerPoint http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/Esheet.cfm?DocID=81

How Rocks are Formed-Rock Hounds http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow1/oct98/create/

Rock Hounds-all kinds of info about rocks http://www.fi.edu/fellows/payton/rocks/index2.html

Detailed Information about Rocks from the University of Kentucky http://www.uky.edu/KGS/rocksmn/

Rocks http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/lessons/Rocks/Rocks1.html

Metamorphic Rocks http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/lessons/Metrocks/Metrocks1.html

Igneous Rocks http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/lessons/Igrocks/Igrocks1.html

Sedimentary Rocks http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/lessons/Sedrocks/Sedrocks1.html

Rocks and Minerals

Geo Mysteries and Rex the Dino Detective http://www.childrensmuseum.org/geomysteries/mysteries.html

Mineral Matters http://www.sdnhm.org/kids/minerals/index.html

Ask A Geologist http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/ask-a-geologist/

Rock and Mineral Webquest http://www.isb.bj.edu.cn/class/les/rocks.html

Rocks and Minerals http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jmresources/rocks/links.html

Rock and Mineral PPT http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/lessons/Slideshow/Slideindex.html

This Planet Really Rocks http://library.thinkquest.org/J002289/index.html?tqskip1=1&tqtime=1016

Erupt the Volcano Crossword Activity http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/kids/fun/crossword/crossword.html

Rock and Mineral Identification http://www.rocksforkids.com/RFK/identification.html

Games

http://www.quia.com/mc/65531.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/J002744/adlm-games.html

http://www.quia.com/jg/65531.html

Hangman http://www.quia.com/hm/81745.html

Famous Rock Scavenger Hunt http://library.thinkquest.org/J002289/hunt.html

Name that Rock http://library.thinkquest.org/J002289/name.html

Mineral Games http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/K12/games.html

Adventures of Dry Creek http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/reslab/newdc/index.html

Visit the famous San Francisco Exploritorium:   http://www.exploratorium.edu/

All things Natural about Kern County:  http://www.natureali.org/

Digital Library for Earth System Education:  http://www.dlese.org/dds/index.jsp

National Science Digital Library: http://nsdl.org/

Excellent visual learning modules on Earth Science topic: http://www.visionlearning.com/library/

List of numerous useful links for students: http://homeschoolfreestuff.wordpress.com/science/earth-science/

Biology

Extensive On-Line Biology Book with excellent graphics and narratives: http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookTOC.html

On-line version of the textbook: Glencoe Biology, 2007User Name: GLNBIOCA07 Password: Pr0AXI9K

Great shots of microscope life at Cells Alive: http://www.cellsalive.com/

More great shots of microscopic life:  http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/full_menu.html

Fantastic photos of all flora and fauna: http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/photos/

Visit the famous San Francisco Exploritorium: http://www.exploratorium.edu/

All things Natural about Kern County: http://www.natureali.org/

Great information about Natural Resources: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/

National Science Digital Library: http://nsdl.org

Discovery:  http://www.discoveryschool.com/

National Geographic:  http://www.nationalgeographic.com

Gross stuff about the human body and science:  http://www.yucky.com

Monterey Bay Aquarium:  http://mbayaq.org/lc/

Chemistry

Chemistry tutoring online:

http://

www.chemistrycoach.com

All the chemistry reviews for Glencoe's Chemistry: Concepts and Applications (2000) are on http://www.quia.com/ and linked to this page.

"Creative Chemistry" has many games, puzzles, and activties for chemistry students. http://www.creative-chemistry.org.uk/index.htm

Short videos from Khans Academy that explains various topics in Chemistry: http://www.khanacademy.org/#chemistry

To help review topics in chemistry, play the online "Who wants to be a millionaire?" science game from Jefferson labs:
http://education.jlab.org/million/index.html
Try some of these "Chemistry Demonstrations" from About Chemistry. http://chemistry.about.com/od/chemistrydemonstrations/Chemistry_Demonstrations.htm?nl=1

Great chemistry animations: http://www.chem.iastate.edu/group/Greenbowe/...

Chemistry resources from Flinn Scientific, Inc: http://www.flinnsci.com/Sections/Chemistry/chemistry.asp

"The World of Chemsitry" video series (free sign-up) using Windows Media Player: http://www.learner.org/resources/series61.html#program_descriptions

The American Chemical Society's "Chemistry Club" site: http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs.
Molecular Workbench has many interactive models for chemistry. Click on "Showcase" and choose "Chemistry": http://mw.concord.org/modeler/index.html

My Chemistry Tutor is a free chemistry homework help forum: http://www.mychemistrytutor.com/forums/

For answers to all your chemistry questions try WolframAlpha: http://www.wolframalpha.com/examples/Chemistry.html and for an explanation of how it works:

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?input/?i=how+many+moles+are+in+5+grams+of+iron%3F.

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