Which type of human will have a harder time trying to adapt - the first Paleolithic human surviving on earth or the first modern human surviving on Mars? Research Links & ResourcesArticle #1: How Can We Live on Mars Article #2: What Would it be like to Live on Mars? Article #3: Almost Everything we need to Live on Mars is Already There Article #4: Elon Musk: A Million Humans Could Live on Mars by 2060s Article #5: Mars vs Earth Infographic Article #6: 10 Reasons Not to Live on Mars Article #7: Wikipedia: Colonizing Mars Article #8: The Speed of Human Knowledge Doubling Article #9: Mars Space Suit Article #10: 10 Things You Need to Know in order to Visit Mars Article #11: Could Humans Actually Live on Mars? Article #12: 6 Technologies that will Help Us Live on Mars Article #24: Can plants grow on Mars? Article #25: Radiation on Mars Comparison Article #26: Building a Mars Colony will Take a Team Article #27: Colonizing Mars might Require Humans to Alter their Minds and Bodies Article #28: Testing the Potato Article #29: Using 3D Printers on Mars Start Video at 7:45Below are the directions and rubrics for the Human Migration Project.
The following maps and resources will help students with their Human Migration Project. A larger version of the Human Migration Map can be found on the National Geographic website. Here is an extra interactive map showing how humans migrated across the world. Here is a short video clip about how humans migrated across the world. Video #1 The Earliest Humans Video #2: Introduction to Stone Age
Video #3: Introduction to Stone Age Part II
Video #4 Fire Video #5: Domesticating the Dog Video #6: Making A Stone Age Weapon Video #7: The Great Human Migration
Video #8 Stone Age Weapons (Optional. Watch Only After All Videos) Once a term all students will be required to give a book talk to their classmates. We require that students create a PowerPoint for their book talk. The PowerPoint must automatically change slides while students make their presentation. Last week students were shown two examples of books talks and were given a rubric that describes the requirements of the assignment. On Friday students will be given time in class to work on their first book talk. The video below is an example of a book talk that is given by Ms. Nicks. Below the video is the rubric explaining how students will be graded. After introducing ourselves to the class, we gave students a partner and a cup of Legos. The groups were challenged to create a dragon. The activity gave students a chance to meet another student while collectively building Lake Orion's favorite mascot. Some of the results turned out really cool! Here are some samples... The following resources might help you with your Egyptian Mythology Research
http://www.egyptianmyths.net/ http://www.godchecker.com/pantheon/egyptian-mythology.php http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/gods/explore/main.html http://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/religion/index.html http://www.ancient.eu/Egyptian_Mythology/ http://egyptianmythology.org/ http://www.rickriordan.com/books/kane-chronicles/resources/meet-the-egyptian-gods You may also want to try a simple Google Search of the name in question... Use the maps below to help you think about empires and the questions that Mr. Abeel assigns you.
Want to know more? Here are some excellent history resources...
Mr. Donn's Website This is a great site for exploring many aspects of early humans and the ancient world. National Geographic This site has amazing articles and video clips. The content is searchable. Type in a topic you want to know more about and this site should help your learning begin. History Channel This site has amazing articles and video clips. The content is searchable. Type in a topic you want to know more about and this site should help your learning begin. Eyewitness to History You will find great primary sources on this site. Each source comes with an introduction that provides the historical context surrounding the primary source. Big History Project The new way to think about history is Big. The Big History project will show history in a way that mixes science, math, language arts, and social studies. There are great resources here. Ancient Primary Sources You will find numerous primary sources on this site. This site has a higher reader level than Eyewitness to History. But it is still a solid site. Each source comes with an introduction that provides the historical context surrounding the primary source. The following videos should help to provide more information about the climate and vegetation of specific areas of the world. Use the following link to gather more information about the vegetation and climates in each place. Use the chart below to help you decide which biomes you need to learn more about. Brazil Area = Rain forest Alaska (USA) Area = Tundra, Taiga, Siberia Area = Tundra, Taiga Australia Area = Desert Scrub France Area = Deciduous Forest, Alpine Ethiopia = Savanna, Desert Scrub Yemen = Desert Brazil AreaAlaska AreaSiberia (Russia) AreaAustralia AreaFrance AreaEthiopia AreaYemen Area |
TeachersMs. Nicks and Mr. Abeel have been teaching their respective subjects for over ten years. This is our fifth year teaching a combined class and we have had great success with it thus far. We are excited to get a new group of students to share ideas with and to try new things. We hope you will enjoy your time on Team 7B this year! Categories |