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Internet Investigation for Wednesday & Thursday, May 20 and 21, 2009

ES1706: How Does the Temperature at One Location Change Over a Year?

ES2101: What Factors Control Your Local Climate?

Internet Investigation for Wednesday/Thursday, April 29 and 30, 2009

Links to Help you Complete Part 1 of the worksheet Galaxies and the Expanding Universe

Hubble Space Telescope: Galaxy images

Galaxy Classification: from University of Alabama

More Information on Galaxy Classification: from PBS

Hubble’s Galaxy Classification Scheme: Go here to fill in #7.

Perspectives: See our Milky Way Galaxy at different scales.

Classifying Galaxies: Go here to learn the difference between E3 and Sb.

Hubble Tuning Fork Diagram: Why it’s somewhat wrong

Google Sky Tour: Open Google Sky (inside Google Earth). Change to Google Sky. Go to the layers section on the lower left hand side. Maximize “Education Center” and then double click on “User’s Guide to Galaxies.” Click on “User’s Guide to Galaxies Introduction” and then go through steps 1 through 11. Write down on a separate sheet of paper what it is that you see in each step and how it relates to the Hubble Tuning Fork classification scheme. In other words: Summarize the “What am I Looking at?” part. Staple this separate sheet to your worksheet entitled Galaxies and the Expanding Universe.

 

Internet Investigation for Tuesday, March 31, 2009

ES2605: How Does the Sunspot Cycle Affect Earth? Do this first!

ES2603: Why Does the Size of the Sun Appear to Change?

Old Solar Cycle Returns: A NASA story dated 3/28/08 explains that the sunspots we’re seeing now are due to the old solar cycle and not the new one.

SOHO Images: Go here for Solar and Heliospheric Observatory Images of the Sun.

Spaceweather: Go here for a current picture of the sun.

Solar Minimum Has Arrived: This story explains why the sun is so inactive right now.

Solar Cycles: Go here for a story concerning solar cycles and why the sun’s activity changes.

Solar Cycles Again: Go here for a similar story about solar cycles.

Solar Storm Warning: Go here to find out why the next solar maximum could produce many sunspots and solar flares.

Internet Investigations for Wednesday/Thursday/Friday, February 25/26/27, 2009

ES2506: What if Earth and the Moon Were Hit by Twin Asteroids?

Google Moon: Go here for geologic analysis of the moon.

Apollo Mission Information: Go here for detailed information about the lunar geology explored by Apollo missions.

Far Side of the Moon: Go here and here to see images of what the far side (the side we never see) of the Moon looks like!

Traeger’s Moon PowerPoint®: This will be helpful for some of the questions.

 

Internet Investigations for Homework due Tuesday, January 13, 2009

ES1010: Which Fault Moved in the Northridge Earthquake?

ES1001: How Are Earthquakes Related to Plate Tectonics?

Internet Investigation for Wednesday/Thursday/Friday, January 7/8/9, 2009

ES1102: How do Rocks Respond to Stress?

ES1106: What Forces Created These Geologic Features?

Google Earth Investigation Links for Wednesday/Thursday, December 17/18, 2008

National Geographic Forces of Nature: Go here to get a good overview of the types of volcanoes and where they form.

Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program: Go here for more information about your volcanoes and to download the Holocene volcano files under “Google Earth Placemarks.”

Tectonic Plate Boundaries: Go here to download the KMZ file called “Tectonic Plate Boundaries.”

Extra Credit Internet Investigation for given out on Tuesday, December 16, 2008 due Friday, December 19, 2008

Volcano Eruption Prediction website and USGS Volcano Website. Go here for worksheet.

 

Internet Investigation for Tuesday, December 9, 2008

ES0602: How do Rocks Undergo Change?

ES0603: How do Igneous Rocks Form?

Internet Investigation for Block Day, November 5 and 6, 2008

ES0802: How Old Is The Atlantic Ocean?

ES0810: How Fast Do Plates Move?

This Dynamic Planet: Go here to access a map that tells what direction the plates are moving and where the boundaries are.

 

Mineral Resources Project for Block Day, October 22/23, Friday, October 24, 2008, and Monday, October 27, 2008

Minerals in your World Project Description. You MUST submit your work electronically. Go here for instructions on how to do this.

Suggested project flow chart for the structure of your project.

Minerals in Your World Website

Mineral Information Links (Scroll Down to Minerals and Rocks Links)

How It’s Made TV Show Website: Go here to watch some episodes online to see how some everyday products are made.

How Stuff Works: A good website for learning about how stuff works

National Geographic Article High Tech Trash: about where electronics go when they die and what happens to people and the environment when they do.

LA County Department of Public Works Hazardous Waste Website: Go here to find what you should put in the trash, and what you should not.

Project Ideas: Go here to see some examples of very basic projects that were done by 7th graders in Indiana. It also gives some good PowerPoint hints.

More PowerPoint hints: Some PowerPoint pointers courtesy of Ms. Bozzani.

Noodle Tools: This website is excellent for making sure your works cited page/slide meets MLA standards of excellence. See Mrs. Bozzani for the password.

 

Internet Investigation for Friday, October 10, 2008

Part 1: ES0501: How Many Protons, Neutrons, and Electrons are in Common Elements?

Part 2: ES0506: How Do Crystals Grow?

Internet Investigation for Block Day, September 24/25, 2008

Part 1: ESU101: How Can Getting Farther Away from Earth Help us to See It More Clearly?

Part 2: ES0204: Observe some products of a geographic information system (GIS)

Part 3: Terraserver: Go here to find an aerial photo of the school! This will substitute for Google Earth if it doesn’t work.

Part 4: National Atlas: Go here to make a geologic map of La Cañada!

Internet Investigation for Friday, September 5, 2008

ES0103: How are Earth’s Spheres Interacting?

ES0108: How do Interactions among Earth’s Spheres Vary Regionally?