Inside an Animal Cell

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/basics/cell/

http://www.cellsalive.com/cells/plntcell.htm

6th Grade Explorers

Rice, Tulane, Kansas, Michigan State,
Below is the link for today's lesson. Keep up the great work, 6th Graders.

Take care,
VKV

Math Transformations

Body Systems

Explorers!
Below are links for the body systems we'll be investigating over the next two days. Remember, your top priority is to research the function of your assigned body system, as well as the specific functions of the organs of your body system.

Circulatory System

Digestive System

Respiratory System

Muscular System

Nervous System

Skeletal സിസ്റ്റം

Urinary System

Skin

Take care,
VKV

I Heart EE Explorers!

Explorers,
Please look up the following link on the circulatory system, also known as the cardiovascular system.
http://www.imcpl.org/kids/guides/health/circulatorysystem.html

Happy V-Day,
VKV

Food Webs and Energy Pyramids

http://www.gould.edu.au/foodwebs/australia.htm

Biomes of the World

#1: Tundra (Barrow, Alaska)

http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/tundra/index.htm

http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/businesstraveler/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USAK0025?from=search

 

#2: Grassland (Iowa City, Iowa)

http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/grasslnd/index.htm

http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/businesstraveler/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USIA0414?from=search

 

#3: Temperate Deciduous Forest (Montpelier, Vermont)

http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/temp/index.htm

http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/businesstraveler/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USVT0147?from=search

 

#4: Desert (Las Vegas, Nevada)

http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/desert/index.htm

http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/businesstraveler/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USNV0049?from=search

 

#5: Tropical Rainforest (Trivandrum, India)

http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/rforest/index.htm

http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/businesstraveler/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/BRXX0043?from=search

 

#6: Temperate Rainforest (Olympia, Washington)

http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/rforest/index.htm

http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/businesstraveler/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USWA0318?from=search

 

#7: Temperate grasslands (Denver, Colorado)

http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/grasslnd/index.htm

http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/businesstraveler/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USCO0105?from=search

 

#8: Tundra (Barrow, Alaska)

http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/tundra/index.htm

http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/businesstraveler/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USAK0025?from=search

 

Physical and Chemical Changes

Apple

1. What is the atomic number and atomic symbol of Oxygen? What is the atomic number and symbol of Iron (This one is a little trickier. Study the periodic table closely.)?
   

   
    

2. Look up the apple link on the website. Why do cut apples turn brown?
   

   
    

3. What other chemical reaction, which occurs on bikes and gates, is similar to what happened to the apple?
   

   
    

Eggshell

1. Please click on the eggshell link. What is eggshell made of?
   

   
    

2. Look at the chemical formula on the webpage. What is produced when the eggshell combines with the acetic acid (vinegar)?
   

   
    

3. Soda also has acetic acid. Hypothesize, why do dentists worry about people drinking too much soda?
   

   
    

   
    

Hand Warmer

1. Please read the 2 paragraphs in this advertisement. What is inside the warmer pouch, or bag?
   

   
    

2. What causes the bag to warm up? In addition to heat, what is produced when the bag warms up?
   

   
    

   
    

   
    

   
    

Ice

1. Please draw and describe the atoms of a solid, as shown under the microscope on the website.
   
2. Draw the differences between atoms of solids, liquids, and gases.