INTRODUCTION TO ELEMENTS

Let's spell your "word" for the year with elements' chemical symbols!  We'll be referring back to these elements ALL YEAR, so it's a great way to get acquainted with the Periodic Table!  Click here to access the "Your Word" assignment.  

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THE WATER CYCLE

Click here to open the Water Cycle Puzzle (pictured below) in Google Drawings. Make a copy to save it to your own Google Drive.  Read the directions carefully, ask if you have questions, and good luck!  :)

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TECTONIC PLATES

• Click here to read through some questions that I'll want you answer during and after you read the passage linked below.  
• Click here to read the passage.  It reviews what we've learned about tectonic plates and Pangea.
• Answer the questions in complete sentences​ and to the best of your ability!    

ENERGY

Helpful websites:

• General sites:
  • ​alternativeenergy.procon.org/ - This site has different pros and cons about many different methods of generating energy!  
• Coal:
  • "Is There Still a Role for Coal?" - Butler County REC  (August 2016)
• Natural gas: 
  • https://www.environmentalscience.org/natural-gas
    
• Nuclear:
  • "Is Nuclear Power an Overlooked Source?" - Butler County REC (Nov. 2016)