Science: Layers of the Atmosphere - use these approved research links
- Geography for Kids: Atmospheric Composition
- UCAR Center for Science Education
- NASA - Earth's Atmospheric Layers
- Thought Co. - Layers of the Atmosphere
- Space.com - Earth's Atmosphere: Composition, Climate & Weather
- National Weather Service - Layers of the Atmosphere
- Eartheclipse.com - Five Different Atmospheric Layers
- Windows to the Universe - Layers of the Earth's Atmosphere
- Softschools.com - Exosphere Facts
As always, make sure you have permission from a responsible adult before visiting any websites and never give out any personal information over the Internet.
Topic 1: Using Ratios
How do you find a scale factor? (video link)
Find a side length by using a scale factor (video link)
TOPICS 2 - 4: Ratios, Rates, Proportional Relationships, and Percentages
Click HERE to link to Khan Academy's site. Choose from the listed topics to watch a lesson. Follow along with your own pencil and paper, pausing and rewinding as much as you need. Bring your questions back to class!
How do you find a scale factor? (video link)
Find a side length by using a scale factor (video link)
TOPICS 2 - 4: Ratios, Rates, Proportional Relationships, and Percentages
Click HERE to link to Khan Academy's site. Choose from the listed topics to watch a lesson. Follow along with your own pencil and paper, pausing and rewinding as much as you need. Bring your questions back to class!
TOPIC 5: ADDING and SUBTRACTING INTEGERS
Want another way to think about adding and subtracting? Try this video!
All caught up in class? Need extra practice with integer addition and subtraction?
Grab a deck of cards and play Integer War with a partner.
PRACTICE adding and subtracting integers
Orbit Integers: "Fuel the intergalactic space racers with math power!"
TOPIC 6: MULTIPLYING and DIVIDING INTEGERS
Need a RULES REVIEW or another way of explaining? Watch THIS video! It is super great. :)
All caught up in class? Need extra practice with integer multiplication and division?
Grab a deck of cards and play Integer War with a partner.
Integer Warp: "Blast through the galaxy multiplying integers as you go!"
PRACTICE Division of Integers using this interactive site
Test your Integer Multiplication and Division Skills
TOPIC 7: RATIONAL NUMBER OPERATIONS
All caught up in class? Need extra practice with integer operations?
Order of Operations Dice Game
Watch this video explaining Evaluating Exponents
Negative Integers with Exponents practice
Scroll to the bottom of this page (after reviewing the rules, of course) for online practice
WORKING WITH FRACTIONS
Review multiplication and division of fractions and decimals (5.NF.4, 6.NS.1):
TOPIC 8: EQUATIONS & INEQUALITIES
Homework got you down? Check out these handy videos!
Distributive Property Demystified
Combining Like Terms with Distribution
How to Solve Two-Step Equations
ONLINE practice problems
TOPIC 12: ANGLES & TRIANGLES
Those angles got you perplexed? Check out these informative videos!
Vertical angles
Complementary angles
Supplementary angles
How to use complementary angles to find a missing angle?
How to use supplementary angles to find a missing angle?
How to calculate missing angles in a triangle?
How to find missing angles in a triangle with variables?
Triangle Inequality Conjecture (or Theorem)
ONLINE PRACTICE problems - do a few practice problems each day without signing up
Want another way to think about adding and subtracting? Try this video!
All caught up in class? Need extra practice with integer addition and subtraction?
Grab a deck of cards and play Integer War with a partner.
PRACTICE adding and subtracting integers
Orbit Integers: "Fuel the intergalactic space racers with math power!"
TOPIC 6: MULTIPLYING and DIVIDING INTEGERS
Need a RULES REVIEW or another way of explaining? Watch THIS video! It is super great. :)
All caught up in class? Need extra practice with integer multiplication and division?
Grab a deck of cards and play Integer War with a partner.
Integer Warp: "Blast through the galaxy multiplying integers as you go!"
PRACTICE Division of Integers using this interactive site
Test your Integer Multiplication and Division Skills
TOPIC 7: RATIONAL NUMBER OPERATIONS
All caught up in class? Need extra practice with integer operations?
Order of Operations Dice Game
Watch this video explaining Evaluating Exponents
Negative Integers with Exponents practice
Scroll to the bottom of this page (after reviewing the rules, of course) for online practice
WORKING WITH FRACTIONS
Review multiplication and division of fractions and decimals (5.NF.4, 6.NS.1):
- How to multiply fractions
- How to multiply whole numbers by fractions
- How to multiply decimals
- What's the reciprocal rule of division?
- How to divide fraction
- How to divide decimals
TOPIC 8: EQUATIONS & INEQUALITIES
Homework got you down? Check out these handy videos!
Distributive Property Demystified
Combining Like Terms with Distribution
How to Solve Two-Step Equations
ONLINE practice problems
TOPIC 12: ANGLES & TRIANGLES
Those angles got you perplexed? Check out these informative videos!
Vertical angles
Complementary angles
Supplementary angles
How to use complementary angles to find a missing angle?
How to use supplementary angles to find a missing angle?
How to calculate missing angles in a triangle?
How to find missing angles in a triangle with variables?
Triangle Inequality Conjecture (or Theorem)
ONLINE PRACTICE problems - do a few practice problems each day without signing up
Topic 8: Equalities & Inequalities
Distributive Property |
Combining Like Terms |
Solving Two-Step Equations |
Solving Equations Using the Distributive Property |
TOPIC 9 Probability
Simple Probability |
Sample Spaces for Compound Probability |
Compound Probability Independent Events |
Compound Probability Dependent Events |
TOPIC 13: PROBLEMS INVOLVING 2-D SHAPES
Wondering how to find area of Triangles, Quadrilaterals, Circles, Composite Figures? Check out these short videos from our friends at Virtual Nerd! Most videos are around 4 minutes long and jam-packed with info.
Wondering how to find area of Triangles, Quadrilaterals, Circles, Composite Figures? Check out these short videos from our friends at Virtual Nerd! Most videos are around 4 minutes long and jam-packed with info.
Triangles |
Quadrilaterals |
Circles |
Composite Figures |
TOPIC 14: PROBLEMS INVOLVING 3-D SOLIDS
Wondering about volume and surface area of 3-D solids? Check out these short videos from our friends at Virtual Nerd and LearnZillion. Most videos are around 4 minutes long and jam-packed with info.
Wondering about volume and surface area of 3-D solids? Check out these short videos from our friends at Virtual Nerd and LearnZillion. Most videos are around 4 minutes long and jam-packed with info.
What Are Solids? |
Cross Sections |
Volume |
Surface Area |
EXTRAS/FUN STUFF
- Blaine Public Library: Live homework help available 1pm to 10pm, 7 days a week. Grades 1 through college.
- Khan Academy: Requires students to sign up for a FREE account before being able to make use of an extensive library of content, including interactive challenges, assessments, and videos from any computer with access to the web.
- Multiplication.com: A fun system to help students of all ages learn multiplication facts quickly and easily. May require students to sign up for a FREE account.
- Fun fraction games: A simple game giving four fractions, three of which are equivalent to one another. Choose the one that isn’t.
- Bingo math games: Interactive math activities to help students improve their math skills.