Time Zones

Use the following link to learn about time zones. The second link will take you to the handout about time zones in Canada.

http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=SOC3702

http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/auth/english/maps/reference/anniversary_maps/timezones/map.pdf

Inventors and Inventions

Use these links to help you complete your Grade 7 PowerPoint project about inventors:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_inventors
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions
http://www.famouswhy.com/List/30_Famous_Inventors_and_their_Inventions/40.html

Latitudes and Longitudes

Use the following link to complete the classroom activity.

http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/k9mod/Mapskill/mod3fl5.swf

Internet Scavanger Hunt

Use the links below to accomplish the tasks and answer the questions. Feel free to linger at these sites if you wish!

Digital Caricature (Make an avatar for yourself)
http://digibody.com/avatar-maker/index.php

When did the Columbus Laboratory arrive at the International Space Station?
http://i.usatoday.net/tech/graphics/iss_timeline/flash.htm

What is the passcode for Level 7 of Bloxorz?
http://www.miniclip.com/games/bloxorz/en/

How does your name rank?
http://www2.mooresvilletribune.com/p/content/last-names-database/

What colour is the tractor driving by the Dalmahoy Golf and Country Club on the A71 near Edinburgh, Scotland. Use the street level feature.
http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&tab=wl

What colour is the car entering Saint Mary’s University at 903 Robie Street in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&tab=wl


What does “loquacious” mean?
http://dictionary.reference.com/

Would you survive? What is your score?
http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/survival/wilderness/survival-skills-quiz.htm

What is “Rokan” doing? How old is he?
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/GreatCats/default.cfm?cam=LI

Design a cell phone
http://www.edheads.org/activities/eng_cell/

Move the blue block…
http://incredibots.com/

At this site, click on “How a Jet Engine Works,” test fly a jet engine and put the throttle of the jet engine at 11 000lbs. What is the Fan Speed?
http://www.geae.com/education/engines101/

What is at the end of the Fly Guy’s journey?
http://www.trevorvanmeter.com/flyguy/

What is the name for the solar year on the Aztec calendar for the date February 17, 1968?
http://www.azteccalendar.com/calendar-calculator.html

Make the chicken turn!
http://www.bk.com/en/us/campaigns/subservient-chicken.html

Spell "Hello."
http://lunchtimers.com/

Figure out Samarost.
http://amanita-design.net/samorost-1/

Create a beat...
http://www.incredibox.fr/

Feel the blues...
http://www.thebluesmaker.com

Space Station Flash Animation

Check out this link to see the international space station come together.

http://i.usatoday.net/tech/graphics/iss_timeline/flash.htm

KWL Tobacco/Alcohol/Drugs

Use the links below to help you complete your chart.

Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco

http://www.freevibe.com/
http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/alcohol-abuse/tc/teen-alcohol-and-drug-abuse-topic-overview
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/closetohome/home.html
http://www.acde.org/youth/Research.htm

Overboard
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/closetohome/overboard/menu.html

Tobacco
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hl-vs/tobac-tabac/quit-cesser/index-eng.php
http://www.nationalantidrugstrategy.gc.ca/parents/parents.html
http://www.stop-smoking-updates.com/quitsmoking/stop-smoking-tools/resources/teen-anti-smoking-campaign.htm
http://stupid.ca/
http://www.inforesearchlab.com/smokingdeaths.chtml

Tobacco and the Media
http://www.jointogether.org/news/research/summaries/2001/teen-smokers-influenced-by.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/C007413/english/main.php3?id=4_1
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/life/2008-08/22/content_6962062.htm
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2144036520080821
http://www.artofsmoking.com/celebritysmoke1.html

Alcohol
http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/games/alcohol_quiz/index.cfm

Microsoft Excel Assignment

Use this link to download the file you will need for this assignment. Create three pie charts and answer the two questions found in the file.

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=e183632f2b7279c5d2db6fb9a8902bda