Upper School Science

Student Resources

Throughout the year, I will use this space for announcements, updated copies of my syllabi and science resources such as online practice quizzes/tutorials, homework tips, study sheets, links to videos, etc.

Please use the following hotlinks to navigate to your class' information.

Life Science | Earth Science | Physical Science | Biology | Chemistry

 PLEASE NOTE: All the links below will open in a new tab or window.

LIFE SCIENCE | Video Links

• Overview: Chapter List, Grading Breakdown, etc. (UPDATED VERSION COMING SOON)

• Unit 1 Vocabulary Lists: Ch 1A - 5A (pdf)

• Visit Classzone.com for content review, practice tests, audio readings, science links, science news, and other resources that are keyed to your textbook.

  • Requires Internet Explorer or Safari; not compatible with Firefox or Opera browsers.

  • Use the following to log-in:

    • Username: manorscience

    • Password: mslashley

• Visit SciLinks.org for content review, practice tests, and other resources that are keyed to your textbook.

• Use the following to log-in:

  • Please use this formula to create your username your first name + the first initial of your last name + lashley, but do not include spaces or plus signs.

    • Example: A student named Jane Doe would have the username: janedlashley

  • Password: lifescience

• Video Links:
  • Cells: http://youtu.be/a6boqEbcJWI

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EARTH SCIENCE |

• Overview: Chapter List, Grading Breakdown, etc. (UPDATED VERSION COMING SOON)

• Unit 1 Vocabulary Lists: Ch 1-5 (pdf)

• Unit 2 Vocabulary Lists: Ch 6-10 (pdf)

• Visit Classzone.com for content review, practice tests, audio readings, science links, science news, and other resources that are keyed to your textbook.

  • Requires Internet Explorer or Safari; not compatible with Firefox or Opera browsers.

  • Use the following to log-in:

    • Username: manorscience

    • Password: mslashley

• Visit SciLinks.org for content review, practice tests, and other resources that are keyed to your textbook.

• Use the following to log-in:

  • Please use this formula to create your username your first name + the first initial of your last name + lashley, but do not include spaces or plus signs.

    • Example: A student named Jane Doe would have the username: janedlashley

  • Password: earthscience

• Mouse Party:  this animation depicts how drugs of abuse alter the brain's pathways.

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PHYSICAL SCIENCE | Scientific Notation | Sig. Figs. |

• Overview: Chapter List, Grading Breakdown, etc. (UPDATED VERSION COMING SOON)

• Visit SciLinks.org for resources that are keyed to your textbook.

• Use the following to log-in:

  • Please use this formula to create your username your first name + the first initial of your last name + lashley, but do not include spaces or plus signs.

    • Example: A student named Jane Doe would have the username: janedlashley

  • Password: physicalscience

• Look for the SCILINK boxes in your textbook and use the codes they provide to access more information about key topics.

• Mouse Party:  this animation depicts how drugs of abuse alter the brain's pathways.

• Scientific Notation Practice (all links will open in a new window)

  • Rules

  • http://janus.astro.umd.edu/astro/scinote/

  • http://proton.csudh.edu/lecture_help/scinot.html

  • http://www.edinformatics.com/math_science/scinot_mult_div.htm (multiplication/division practice)

  • http://library.thinkquest.org/20991/textonly/quizzes/alg/q11/test.html

  • http://www.mccc.edu/~kelld/scientific/scientific.htm

  • http://www.mcwdn.org/Algebra/SciNotQuiz.html

  • Scientific Notation Quiz

  • King Kong Scientific Notation Game

• Significant Figures Practice (all links will open in a new window)

  • Rules

  • Identifying Significant Figures

    • This page explains the rules for identifying the number of significant figures with a practice problem for each rule.

    • http://science.widener.edu/svb/tutorial/sigfigures.html

    • http://chemistry.csudh.edu/lechelpcs/sigfigurescsn7.html

  • Calculations with Significant Figures

    • This page explains the rules for multiplication/division, addition/subtraction, and rounding with significant figures with a practice problem for each rule.

    • http://www.sciencegeek.net/Chemistry/taters/Unit0Sigfigs.htm

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BIOLOGY | Video Links | Coral Reef & Marine Fish Links

• Overview: Chapter List, Grading Breakdown, etc. (UPDATED VERSION COMING SOON)

• Unit 1 Vocabulary Lists: Ch 1-4 (pdf)

• Chapter 5 Vocabulary List (pdf)

• Visit SciLinks.org for science resources.

• Use the following to log-in:

  • Please use this formula to create your username your first name + the first initial of your last name + lashley, but do not include spaces or plus signs.

    • Example: A student named Jane Doe would have the username: janedlashley

  • Password: biology

• Visit Classzone.com for content review, practice tests, audio readings, science links, science news, and other resources. Although the information at Classzone is not keyed to your textbook, it is still a valuable tool you can use.

  • Requires Internet Explorer or Safari; not compatible with Firefox or Opera browsers.

  • Use the following to log-in:

    • Username: manorscience

    • Password: mslashley

• Mouse Party:  this animation depicts how drugs of abuse alter the brain's pathways.

• Video Links:
  • Cells: http://youtu.be/a6boqEbcJWI
  • Epidermis: http://youtu.be/c_IGuPYLsFI
  • Human Digestive System: http://youtu.be/Z7xKYNz9AS0
  • Human Respiratory System: http://youtu.be/HiT621PrrO0

• Coral Reef and Marine Fish Links:

  • www.coralreefs.noaa.gov

  • Coral Reef Biology

  • ReefED

  • What Are Corals?

  • The Science of Coral Reef Adventure:

    • Ichthyology: The study of fish

    • Virtual Reef

  • List of Marine Aquarium Fish Species

  • General Reef Fish Photo Thumbnails

  • Aquarius Reef Base - the world's only undersea research station

  • Ichtyology at the Florida Museum of Natural History:

    • Fish Groups

    • Biological Profiles

    • Image Gallery

  • Otolith Research Laboratory:

  • How to Remove Otoliths

  • Using Otoliths to Determine Age

  • Fish Dissection:

    • Dissection of a Blue Mackerel

  • Habitats of Juvenile Coral Reef Fish:

  • National Geographic: Mangroves

  • US EPA: Mangrove Swamps

  • Mangrove Action Project

  • Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce: Seagrass Habitats

  • Florida EPA: Seagrasses

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CHEMISTRY | Scientific Notation | Periodic Tables |

Chemistry is now being taught by Mr. Mattera; however, here are some links that have been helpful in the past.

• Visit SciLinks.org for science resources.

• Use the following to log-in:

  • Please use this formula to create your username your first name + the first initial of your last name + lashley, but do not include spaces or plus signs.

    • Example: A student named Jane Doe would have the username: janedlashley

  • Password: chemistry

• Visit Classzone.com for content review, practice tests, audio readings, science links, science news, and other resources. Although the information at Classzone is not keyed to your textbook, it is still a valuable tool you can use.

  • Requires Internet Explorer or Safari; not compatible with Firefox or Opera browsers.

  • Use the following to log-in:

    • Username: manorscience

    • Password: mslashley

• Mouse Party:  this animation depicts how drugs of abuse alter the brain's pathways.

• Balancing Equation Practice (all links will open in a new window)

  • http://education.jlab.org/elementbalancing/index.html

  • Classic Chembalancer

  • Review Chembalancer

  • http://chemistry.csudh.edu/lechelpcs/rxnbalancingcsn7.html

  • Science Geek: Balancing Chemical Equations

  • http://www.files.chem.vt.edu/RVGS/ACT/notes/scripts/bal_eq1.html

• Scientific Notation Practice (all links will open in a new window)

  • Rules

  • http://janus.astro.umd.edu/astro/scinote/

  • http://proton.csudh.edu/lecture_help/scinot.html

  • http://www.edinformatics.com/math_science/scinot_mult_div.htm (multiplication/division practice)

  • http://library.thinkquest.org/20991/textonly/quizzes/alg/q11/test.html

  • http://www.mccc.edu/~kelld/scientific/scientific.htm

  • http://www.mcwdn.org/Algebra/SciNotQuiz.html

  • Scientific Notation Quiz

  • King Kong Scientific Notation Game

• Periodic Tables (all links will open in a new window)

  • The Photographic Periodic Table of Elements

  • The Wooden Periodic Table Table

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