Earth Science Webquest Internet Investigations Links
Internet Investigation
for Friday, May 28, 2010
Repeat Photography
Project: Use this website to track change in
Extreme Ice Survey: Use this website to analyze images of glaciers and sea ice. Use the My Big Campus Link if you are school! Otherwise, you will not be able to view the videos. Enter your school user name and password to access the site.
NOVA Extreme Ice Website:
Use this website to map sea level rise.
National Snow and Ice Data Center: The
main authority for information about the state of our cryosphere.
What is the
Cryosphere?: Go here to find out.
State of the Cryosphere: How is the Cryosphere an indicator of climate change? Go here to find out.
Internet Investigation
for Wednesday, May 19, 2010
ES1706:
How Does the Temperature at One Location Change Over a Year? Do this first.
ES2101:
What Factors Control Your Local Climate?
Internet Investigation
for Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Links to Help you
Complete Part 1 of the worksheet Galaxies
and the Expanding Universe
Hubble
Space Telescope: Galaxy images
Galaxy Zoo: A website dedicated
to galaxy classification
Galaxy
Classification: from
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 “
Extra Credit Internet
Investigation due Friday, 4/30/10
ES2803:
What Does the Spectrum of a Star Tell Us about Its Temperature?
Internet Investigation for
Wednesday, 3/31/10
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.
Solar Dynamics Observatory: Read up on the newest spacecraft to be launched to study our nearest star!
Einstein and the
Power of Tiny Things
Internet Investigations
for Wednesday, 3/10/10
ES2708: What Processes Shape Planetary Surfaces?
HIRISE:
Images of Surface Processes on Mars. Look at images from at least 4 science
themes. Name the themes you chose and what the images in these themes tell you
about the surface of Mars. Write these down on a separate sheet of paper or
word process it and attach it to your internet investigation.
ES2704:
How Fast Does the Wind Blow on Jupiter?
Journey through the Solar
System Internet Investigation for week of 3/8/10
NASA Solar System
Exploration: Go here to find information about solar system bodies and the
missions that are making discoveries about them.
The Nine Planets: Go here to
access information about the particulars of solar system bodies.
Planets
and Their Moons: Great website for learning more about planets and their
moons.
Planetary
Photojournal: Go here to see the latest images of solar system bodies.
Solar System Simulator: Go here
for images of what each planet looks like as seen from various perspectives.
Solar
System Lithographs: This is a link to the lithographs that we use in class.
Mythological
Name Origins: Go here for the mythological name origins of all the solar
system bodies.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory:
The experts on planetary exploration!
Internet Investigation
for Monday, 2/8/10 and Tuesday, 2/9/10
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
PowerPointŪ: This will be helpful for some of the questions.
NASA’s
Constellation Program Canceled: President Obama just canceled future
missions to the moon. Find out how future lunar exploration will be conducted.
Internet Investigation
for Thursday, 1/21/10
ES1003:
Where Was That Earthquake?
ES1001:
How Are Earthquakes Related to Plate Tectonics?
Internet Investigation
for Monday, January 11, 2010
ES1102:
How do Rocks Respond to Stress?
ES1106:
What Forces Created These Geologic Features? (Extra Credit)
Internet Investigation
for Tuesday, December 8, 2009
ES0602:
How do Rocks Undergo Change?
ES0603:
How do Igneous Rocks Form?
Internet Investigation
for Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Plate
Boundary Map: Use this map to color your plate boundaries
Google Earth
Earthquake and Plate Boundaries File: Click on “M1+ Real Time
Earthquakes Past 7 Days” and then click “Open with Google
Earth.”
Internet Investigation
for Monday, November 30, 2009
ES0801:
What is Earth’s Crust Like?
ES0802:
How Old Is The
Internet Investigation
for Friday, October 16, 2009
Part 1: ES0501:
How Many Protons, Neutrons, and Electrons are in Common Elements? Do this
first.
Part 2: ES0506:
How Do
Internet Investigation
for Friday, September 4, 2009
ES0103:
How are Earth’s Spheres Interacting?
ES0108: How do Interactions among Earth’s Spheres Vary Regionally? Extra Credit if you want to do it.