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This is called Pumice. It is formed when magma reaches the surface, and reduced pressure lets gas bubbles escape. When it cools, it has so many trapped air bubbles that it will actually float in water. What kind of rock is it?.
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Igneous
Yes! Igneous rocks formed from magma or lava. This is an igneous rock. -
Sedimentary
No. Sedimentary rocks are deposited by wind, water, ice, or gravity, and they often contain fossils. This is not a sedimentary rock. -
Metamorphic
No. Metamorphic rocks have been changed by heat and pressure from a different kind of rock. Instead of being changed, this got hot enough to completely melt, so it is not metamorphic. -
Pumice is not a rock.
No. Pumice is a naturally occurring solid that forms large layers in the Earth. Pumice is a rock.
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Florida
SC.4.E.6.1 Identify the three categories of rocks: igneous, (formed from molten rock); sedimentary (pieces of other rocks and fossilized organisms); and metamorphic (formed from heat and pressure).
Igneous Rocks and Bubbles | video, free, learnalong, Updated |
Sedimentary Rocks | video, learnalong |
What is a Rock? | video, learnalong, checked |
Bioclastics: Rocks With No Minerals | video |
Evaporites | video, learnalong, checked |
Homemade Fossil Dig | text page |
Foliated and Unfoliated Rocks | text page, learnalong |
Identifying Igneous Rocks | text page, learnalong |
Intrusive and Extrusive Igneous Rocks | text page, learnalong |
Light and Dark Minerals | text page, learnalong |
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SC.7.E.6.2 Identify the patterns within the rock cycle and relate them to surface events (weathering and erosion) and sub-surface events (plate tectonics and mountain building).
Evaporites | video, learnalong, checked |
What is a Rock? | video, learnalong, checked |
The Rock Cycle | video, learnalong |
Change: Fast and Slow | video |
Erosion | video, checked |
Continuous Change | video, checked |
Bioclastics: Rocks With No Minerals | video |
Weathering and Erosion | video, learnalong, checked |
Review Rocks-6 | practice |
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Review Rocks-10 | practice |
Review Rocks-10 | practice |
Review Rocks-1 | practice |
Review Erosion-1 | practice |
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Review Rocks-4 | practice |
Review Rocks-5 | practice |
Utah
UT.4.III.1.a Describe the differences between minerals and rocks.
Bioclastics: Rocks With No Minerals | video |
Definition of a Mineral | video, checked |
What is a Mineral? | video, checked |
Identifying Minerals | video, learnalong |
What is a Rock? | video, learnalong, checked |
Review Rocks-1 | practice |
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NGSS
4-ESS1-1 Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.
Igneous Rocks and Bubbles | video, free, learnalong, Updated |
Sedimentary Rocks | video, learnalong |
Reading the Rocks: Law of Superposition | video |
Reading the Rocks: Law of Crosscutting | video |
What is a Rock? | video, learnalong, checked |
Reading the Rocks: The Present is the Key to the Past | video, ClosedCaptions |
Paleo Cookies | video |
Evaporites | video, learnalong, checked |
Homemade Fossil Dig | text page |
Review Rocks-1 | practice |
Review Geologic Time-1 | practice |
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Review Geologic Time-2 | practice |
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Review Geologic Time-3 | practice |
MS-ESS2-1 Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth’s materials and the flow of energy that drives this process.
Igneous Rocks and Bubbles | video, free, learnalong, Updated |
What is a Mineral? | video, checked |
Identifying Minerals | video, learnalong |
Sedimentary Rocks | video, learnalong |
What is a Rock? | video, learnalong, checked |
The Rock Cycle | video, learnalong |
Bioclastics: Rocks With No Minerals | video |
Evaporites | video, learnalong, checked |
Definition of a Mineral | video, checked |
Light and Dark Minerals | text page, learnalong |
Review Rocks-1 | practice |
Review Rocks-2 | practice |
Review Rocks-3 | practice |
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When you break the mineral calcite, it breaks into shapes with flat, smooth sides. This is an example of:
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Cleavage
Yes! A mineral has cleavage when it breaks to form flat, smooth surfaces. -
Fracture
No. There are different kinds of fractures, but none of them form flat, smooth surfaces. -
Conchoidal
No. A conchoidal fracture is the shell-shaped break that is commonly seen when glass breaks. A conchoidal fracture is not flat.
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Hardness
No. Hardness tells us how easily a mineral can be scratched, not how it breaks.
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Florida
SC.4.E.6.2 Identify the physical properties of common earth-forming minerals, including hardness, color, luster, cleavage, and streak color, and recognize the role of minerals in the formation of rocks.
Definition of a Mineral | video, checked |
What is a Mineral? | video, checked |
Identifying Minerals | video, learnalong |
Minerals Around You | text page, learnalong, checked |
Review Minerals-2 | practice |
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Utah
UT.4.III.1.b Observe rocks using a magnifying glass and draw shapes and colors of the minerals.
Definition of a Mineral | video, checked |
What is a Mineral? | video, checked |
Identifying Minerals | video, learnalong |
What is a Rock? | video, learnalong, checked |
Review Minerals-3 | practice |
Review Minerals-4 | practice |
Review Minerals-5 | practice |
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UT.8.III.1.b Observe and describe the minerals found in rocks (e.g., shape, color, luster, texture, hardness).
Definition of a Mineral | video, checked |
What is a Mineral? | video, checked |
Identifying Minerals | video, learnalong |
What is a Rock? | video, learnalong, checked |
Review Minerals-1 | practice |
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NGSS
5-PS1-3 Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Fireworks Colors | video |
Iron Cereal | video, ClosedCaptions, checked |
Density: Ice, Oil, and Water | video, checked |
Wax and Wood, part 1 | video, checked |
Wax and Wood, part 2 | video, checked |
What is a Mineral? | video, checked |
Identifying Minerals | video, learnalong |
Raw Egg or Boiled? | video, checked |
Making Turmeric Paper | video, checked |
Testing for Tannic Acid | video |
Definition of a Mineral | video, checked |
Floating Bubbles | video, checked |
Finding Fat in Foods | video, ClosedCaptions, checked |
A Cool Change | text page |
Acid Hunt | text page |
Review Minerals-2 | practice |
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Which organ produces bile to digest the fat in this bacon?
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Liver
Yes! The liver produces bile, which digests fats. -
Gall Bladder
No. The gall bladder stores the bile, but does not produce it. -
Pancreas
No. The pancreas produces insulin to digest sugar. -
Thyroid
No. The thyroid produces several hormones which control growth and metabolism, but it does not produce bile.
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Florida
SC.2.L.14.1 Distinguish human body parts (brain, heart, lungs, stomach, muscles, and skeleton) and their basic functions.
Bird Bones | video, free |
Bendable Bones | video, checked |
Reading a Skeleton | video, free, checked |
Review Anatomy-1 | practice |
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SC.5.L.14.1 Identify the organs in the human body and describe their functions, including the skin, brain, heart, lungs, stomach, liver, intestines, pancreas, muscles and skeleton, reproductive organs, kidneys, bladder, and sensory organs.
Bird Bones | video, free |
Kneesy, Earsy, Nosey | video, checked |
Bendable Bones | video, checked |
Just a Suggestion | video |
Reaction Time | video |
Reading a Skeleton | video, free, checked |
Muscles Don't Push | text page |
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SC.6.L.14.5 Identify and investigate the general functions of the major systems of the human body (digestive, respiratory, circulatory, reproductive, excretory, immune, nervous, and musculoskeletal) and describe ways these systems interact with each other to maintain homeostasis.
Bird Bones | video, free |
Bendable Bones | video, checked |
Reaction Time | video |
Reading a Skeleton | video, free, checked |
Muscles Don't Push | text page |
Review Anatomy-1 | practice |
Review Anatomy-2 | practice |
Review Anatomy-3 | practice |
Utah
UT.7.III.2.c Relate the structure of an organ to its component parts and the larger system of which it is a part.
Reaction Time | video |
Reading a Skeleton | video, free, checked |
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Review Anatomy-3 | practice |
NGSS
MS-LS1-3 Use argument supported by evidence for how the body is a system of interacting subsystems composed of groups of cells.
Bird Bones | video, free |
Bendable Bones | video, checked |
Reaction Time | video |
Reading a Skeleton | video, free, checked |
Review Anatomy-1 | practice |
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Review Anatomy-3 | practice |
These cells DO NOT have a cell wall. What does that tell us?
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These are young cells.
No. Even new cells can have a cell wall. -
These are NOT plant cells.
Yes! Plant cells are surrounded by a cell wall, which provides structure and protection. -
These are NOT animal cells.
No. Animal cells do not have a cell wall. -
These are dead cells.
No. Being alive or dead does not change whether a cell has a cell wall or not.
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Florida
SC.6.L.14.4 Compare and contrast the structure and function of major organelles of plant and animal cells, including cell wall, cell membrane, nucleus, cytoplasm, chloroplasts, mitochondria, and vacuoles.
Osmosis | video, checked |
Review Cells-2 | practice |
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Utah
UT.7.III.1.c Differentiate between plant and animal cells based on cell wall and cell membrane.
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NGSS
MS-LS1-2 Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways parts of cells contribute to the function.
Osmosis | video, checked |
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Review Cells-1 | practice |
Which organ produces insulin to control blood sugar levels?
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Liver
No. The liver produces bile, which digests fats. -
Gall Bladder
No. The gall bladder stores the bile produced by the liver. -
Pancreas
Yes! The pancreas produces insulin. -
Thyroid
No. The thyroid produces several hormones which control growth and metabolism, but it does not produce insulin.
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Florida
SC.2.L.14.1 Distinguish human body parts (brain, heart, lungs, stomach, muscles, and skeleton) and their basic functions.
Bird Bones | video, free |
Bendable Bones | video, checked |
Reading a Skeleton | video, free, checked |
Review Anatomy-1 | practice |
Review Anatomy-2 | practice |
Review Anatomy-3 | practice |
SC.5.L.14.1 Identify the organs in the human body and describe their functions, including the skin, brain, heart, lungs, stomach, liver, intestines, pancreas, muscles and skeleton, reproductive organs, kidneys, bladder, and sensory organs.
Bird Bones | video, free |
Kneesy, Earsy, Nosey | video, checked |
Bendable Bones | video, checked |
Just a Suggestion | video |
Reaction Time | video |
Reading a Skeleton | video, free, checked |
Muscles Don't Push | text page |
Review Anatomy-2 | practice |
Review Anatomy-3 | practice |
Review Anatomy-1 | practice |
SC.6.L.14.5 Identify and investigate the general functions of the major systems of the human body (digestive, respiratory, circulatory, reproductive, excretory, immune, nervous, and musculoskeletal) and describe ways these systems interact with each other to maintain homeostasis.
Bird Bones | video, free |
Bendable Bones | video, checked |
Reaction Time | video |
Reading a Skeleton | video, free, checked |
Muscles Don't Push | text page |
Review Anatomy-1 | practice |
Review Anatomy-2 | practice |
Review Anatomy-3 | practice |
Utah
UT.7.III.2.c Relate the structure of an organ to its component parts and the larger system of which it is a part.
Reaction Time | video |
Reading a Skeleton | video, free, checked |
Review Anatomy-1 | practice |
Review Anatomy-2 | practice |
Review Anatomy-3 | practice |
NGSS
MS-LS1-3 Use argument supported by evidence for how the body is a system of interacting subsystems composed of groups of cells.
Bird Bones | video, free |
Bendable Bones | video, checked |
Reaction Time | video |
Reading a Skeleton | video, free, checked |
Review Anatomy-1 | practice |
Review Anatomy-2 | practice |
Review Anatomy-3 | practice |
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