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 * Describe the types of variation you see in the illustrations of Darwin's finches.
 * Why do you think each species' variation makes it well adapted to its physical environment?
 * Why do you think each species' variation makes it well adapted for its food supply?

More Natural Selection:

http://www.techapps.net/interactives/pepperMoths.sw

How do we know evolution happened?

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/11/2/quicktime/e_s_3_56.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/10/3/quicktime/l_103_03_56.html

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February 21, 2013 Today we will be exploring the wonderful world of ELECTRIC CIRCUITS!!! Try your hand at the websites below. Be prepared to discuss the differences between Series and Parallel circuits. Take notes as you navigate through the activities. In class tomorrow, we will diagram the different types of circuits.

Active Art Circuits Activity

Ohm Zone

Try this Discovery SIM and design your own generator by selecting the correct materials.

Build a Generator

Bitesize Circuits and Voltage

Electric Circuits Information

Lightning Facts Kids Science Static Electricity

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Field Lines

Chemical elements <span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Chemicool

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<span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Video: How Elements Form Compounds

<span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">The Elements: Forged In Stars

Video The Periodic Table

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<span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">The Element Song

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<span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">LIfe Cycle of an Angiosperm

<span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Scientific Methods BrainPOP movie

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<span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Today you will investigate a scenario that involves a mix up at the maternity ward of a hospital. It is your job to determine the parents of three different babies. Use the tutorial if you need. Complete the handout. Be sure to double check your work. Tutorial: Genetics Tutorial Activity: "Who's Your Daddy?"

<span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Genes and Heredity Simulation

<span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Hello students. Sorry I could not be at school today. <span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">PLEASE BE ON YOUR BEST BEHAVIOR FOR MY SUBSTITUTE!!! <span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">I have left you with several websites about Genetics and Punnett Squares to explore. Choose one of the sites and complete the tutorial. Write a summary on a separate sheet of paper and give it to the substitute when you finish. We will put into your science notebook later.

If you don't have a computer, you will need to read and answer checkpoint and section assessment questions for **Chapter 3, Section 2** in **BOOK C** of the big green book. The section starts on page 84 and ends on page 89. The title of the section is //**Probability and Heredity**//

<span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Mendel's Lab

<span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Mendel's Punnett Squares

<span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Bunny Traits

<span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Punnett Square Lab

<span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Dichotomous KEY ANIMATION

DNA from the BEGINNING

Gel Electrophoresis Virtual Lab

KARYOTYPE DRAG AND DROP

<span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">The study of how traits are passed down from parent to offspring is called GENETICS!!! <span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Today we will begin discussing genes,DNA and heredity. Follow the link below to explore the basics of genes and DNA. <span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Tour of the Basics

Interactive DNA

DNA Game

Mendel's Interactive Lab

Dragon Genetics

<span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Today we are starting a new unit...BIOLOGY. This is my favorite part of science. We should have a lot of fun learning about LIFE SCIENCE. <span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Go to the following website to label the organelles of an animal cell. <span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Inside a Cell <span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Cell Organelles Diagram <span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Today you will learn about the anatomy of a cow's eye. Go to the following link and navigate through each section. There are 13 total.For each section, write the title of the section and at least one fact about it on the OUTPUT side of your notebook. If time permits, draw and label the cow eye on the INPUT side of your notebook. virtual cow eye dissection

Directions: Read the information about light and color from the website listed below. On your "OUTPUT" side, create 10 test questions from the reading passage. Don't try to make them impossible to answer; just create questions from the information. Your questions can be different types, such as multiple choice, true/false, or fill in the blank. Be sure to also provide the answer to your questions. <span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Color Interactive

Interactive COLOR WHEEL

<span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Go the following website and navigate through the tutorial. In your science notebook, paste the copy of the ear diagram. Label it and explain why sound travels in longitudinal waves, rather than transverse. <span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Sounds Amazing

<span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Reflection and Mirrors <span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Waves BrainPOP <span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Wave Graph

<span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Sounds Amazing

<span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">media type="custom" key="12693402" <span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Try this Discovery SIM and design your own generator by selecting the correct materials. <span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Build a Generator

<span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Try the electromagnet. What are variables that affect the strength of the magnet? <span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Junkyard Magnet

<span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Today we will learn about the variables that affect the strength of an electromagnet. Go to the following website. Virtual Electromagnet

<span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Go to the following website and explore with magnetic field lines. Illustrate magnetic field lines on the output side of your interactive notebook...be sure you do this on the opposite side of where you copied your objective from Thursday. Have fun and have a great weekend. I'll take my birthday presents one day late since you all won't see me on Sunday. <span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Magnetic Field Lines

<span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;"><span class="wiki_link_ext">The following interactive explores magnetic poles. <span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">The Attraction is Mutual

<span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Cool Chemistry Website <span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Try this: <span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Balancing Chemical Equations

<span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Today you will practice chemical bonding. First, we will review ionic bonding. Next we will explore covalent bonds. <span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Check out the following interactive about ionic bonds. <span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">Ionic Bonds

<span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">BELL WORK: SEE IF YOU CAN COMPLETE THE BONDS BELOW. Use a sheet of notebook paper.

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 * <span style="color: #16641f; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">Draw the Lewis structures for each atom, then show the transfer of electrons and charge for each ion.
 * <span style="color: #16641f; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">Write the chemical formula for each compound.

<span style="color: #16641f; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">(1) Mg + Br

<span style="color: #16641f; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">(2) Pb + S

<span style="color: #16641f; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">(3) Al + Cl

Covalent Bonding Interactive

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<span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">January 26th: <span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Today we will practice Lewis Dot structures to help us understand atomic bonding. Later, we will actually balance chemical equations. FUN!!!! Follow the link below to help you complete the Lewis Dot Structure handout.

Lewis Diagrams for Compound Formation

<span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Today we will practice with Bohr Models of atoms. Follow the link below to build your own atomic model. Build an Atom

Good morning!!! Here are some websites for you to explore today. I hope they all work on your computers. Interactive Fireworks Create Your Own Fireworks Show The Art of the Explosion: Create your Own home

Atom Builder

Atom Video clip <span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Build an Atom

<span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Atoms and Elements Bitesize

<span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Today we will introduce atoms and the periodic table. Go to the following website to conduct an Atomic Tutorial. Test your skills at the end by taking the quiz. There are 39 quiz questions.

<span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Atoms and Elements Introduction Periodic Table Video

<span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">January 13th: TGIF <span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Follow the link below to see how much you weigh on distant planets. <span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Great Gravity!!! <span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">We will also be exploring gravity as we jump for joy. I will need one volunteer to do the jumping.

<span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">January 11th: <span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Today you will create a foldable to describe the different types of telescopes. Make a hotdog fold with six tabs. Your labels should be as follows: <span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">1. Optical <span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">2. Radio <span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">3. Infrared <span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">4. Ultra-violet <span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">5. X-Ray <span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">6. Gamma Ray <span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Use information from the following website to complete this task. Cosmic Colors: NASA's Space Place

<span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">January 10th: <span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Today you will explore different types of telescopes. Check out the following website to view how images change with different types of telescopes. Read the background essay and answer the discussion questions. Types of Telescopes <span class="wiki_link_ext"> <span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Happy New Year!!!

<span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">January 5th: <span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Use the following website to complete the handout provided by your teacher.Follow the directions carefully. When you finish, you may play the Galaxy Hunter Game. <span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Pictures from the Hubble

Galaxy Hunter

December 15th: Today you will learn about the different types of galaxies. Make a three column chart with the following headings:
Provide a description, an illustration and an example for each galaxy type. When you finish, you may explore the Galaxies Galore website.
 * SPIRAL
 * ELLIPTICAL
 * IRREGULAR

Galaxy Match

Milky Way Interactive
December 16th: Today you will take a virtual tour of the International Space Station. Follow the link below. International Space Station Virtual Tour

=<span style="color: #ff7500; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">What can you do now that your work is finished? = <span style="color: #1c6a06; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Listed below are several "CONNER APPROVED" websites you may visit provided you have completed all of your daily assignments.

<span style="color: #1c6a06; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Interactive Composting

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Brain POP movies

Science Spot Kid's Zone

Science 4 Kids

Nobel Prize Education

National Geographic for Kids

Ed Heads

Virtual Heart Surgery Game

Learn Genetics

Virtual Body

Kids Zone Sciencespot

Fun Brain

Forces of Nature Interactive

Bitesize Science

Immune System

Digestive System

Newton's Laws of Motion

FMA live

Virtual Electromagnet

Sea Floor Spreading Interactive

Cells Alive

Genetics Interactive

Flower Anatomy

Ask NASA

Review Game Zone Fun Games <span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">October 26th: <span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">You will demonstrate your understanding of the law of superposition. First we will read an article and then you will complete a handout provided by your teacher. Follow the link below to read the article. <span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Stratigraphy PDF

<span style="color: #0003ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">7th Grade: <span style="color: #0003ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">When you finish your project.

<span style="color: #0003ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Respiratory System Exploration

<span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">October 25th:

Be sure you finish with your definitions of the following words:

1. Law of Superposition

2. Uniformitarianism

3. Unconformity

Follow the instructions of the Active Art Simulation. When you finish, write a reflection in your science notebook. <span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Index Fossil Activity

<span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">8th grade October 21st: //<span style="color: #7600ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Why is Soil Important? //

<span style="color: #7600ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Follow the link below to fill in the blanks on your handout. //**When you are finished,**// you may play the Soil Safari Game. Be sure to follow the instructions to have success in playing the game. <span style="color: #7600ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Down and Dirty

8th grade October 25th:
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<span style="color: #dd1d1d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">7th Grade October 21st <span style="color: #620d87; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Follow the link below to learn about the anatomy and reproduction of plants. Take notes in your science journal. <span style="color: #620d87; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">When you finish, you may work on your discussion questions about sexual and asexual reproduction. Flowering Plants

Click below to play a mean, median, and mode game.

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El Nino

Plant Nutrients <span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">December 9th: <span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">The Case of the Warming Planet

<span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Global Warming
<span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">December 7th: <span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Today you will learn about climate change and global warming. Follow the link below to conduct research on global warming. I will give you a handout to use as you navigate through the website. Be sure to go on the virtual field trips to gather more information. Climate Change Web Guide

<span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">December 6th: <span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Today you will learn about plant nutrition. You will create a poster to compare and contrast the importance of micro-nutrients and macro-nutrients. Follow the link below to gather information. Plant Nutrition

<span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">November 30th: <span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Today you will learn about spring and neap tides. Click on the link below to see how the moon effects Earth's ocean levels. After you complete the exploration, complete the handout provided by your teacher and paste it into your science notebook. <span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Tides Exploration

<span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">November 29th: <span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Today you will explore ocean currents. You will trace the warm and cold currents on the map provided by your teacher. Use a blue color for cold currents and a red color for warm currents. When you finish, paste the picture in your science notebook. Go to the following websites to determine cold and warm currents. You will also use these to answer the discussion questions.

Ocean Currents Animation Ocean Currents Information Ocean Currents Interactive

November 16, 2011

<span style="color: #096f15; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">November 15, 2011: What happens to the ground during an earthquake? Find out by creating your own earthquake using this interactive 3D simulation. An actual earthquake will always create Primary, Secondary, and Surface waves, using this 3D simulation students can isolate waves to understand the different types of seismic activity.

<span style="color: #22d21c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Follow the directions to complete the investigation. When you finish, take the quiz and check your answers. <span style="color: #22d21c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">After you take the quiz, complete the "fortune teller" graphic organizer.

===<span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Seismic Waves Activity ===

<span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">When we close today we will be looking at another simulation. If you finish with your foldable, you may look ahead at this simulation to prepare yourself for the closing. <span style="color: #ac3030; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Seismology thru the Layers

<span style="color: #096f15; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">November 9, 2011: <span style="color: #096f15; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Today you will discover different types of volcanoes. Please use the following resource to complete the handout provided by your teacher. You will need to read through the entire tutorial in order to complete the work. When you finish, you may take the quiz at the end of the section. <span style="color: #096f15; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Volcanoes and volcanic eruptions

<span style="color: #096f15; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">November 8, 2011: <span style="color: #096f15; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Today you will learn more about the causes and effects of earthquakes. Follow the link below to fill in the blanks of the handout provided by your teacher. When you finish, take a look at the case studies. Create a timeline in your science notebook that outlines the times and events. <span style="color: #096f15; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Forces of Nature

<span style="color: #096f15; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">November 1, 2011: 8th Grade- Today you will read through the interactive and then take an online quiz. There are 30 questions on the quiz, so use your time wisely. Save the quiz as a Microsoft Document on your desktop. You may also email it to me as an attachment to __ chiefscience@techie.com __. Earth's History Interactive

Dance of the Plates

<span style="color: #0a5c89; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">November 2, 2011 <span style="color: #0d3e85; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Students will label the layers of the Earth and discover each layer’s properties. Complete the student guide handout, hamburger fold it and paste it into your science notebook. On the outside, illustrate and label the layers of the Earth.

<span style="color: #0a5c89; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Earth's Interior Interactive

Seventh Grade: Body Systems. You will create a foldable of the human body systems. You may need to take this home as homework because it is time for us to move on to our next unit. I will provide information for you to assist in completing your foldable.

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