Geology Webquest Internet Investigations Links
USE INTERNET EXPLORER!
Internet Investigation
for Monday and Tuesday, May 24 and 25, 2010
ES1706:
How Does the Temperature at One Location Change Over a Year?
ES2101:
What Factors Control Your Local Climate?
Internet Investigation
for Friday, May 21, 2010
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.
Repeat
Photography Project: Use this website to track change in
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 12, 2010
ES1708:
How Does the Ozone Layer Change Over Time?
ES1702:
What Can You Learn from a Thermometer on a Rising Balloon?
Internet Investigation
for Wednesday/Thursday, May 5 and 6, 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 or Thursday, 4/1/10
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
Useful Websites for Life
on Other Solar System Bodies Project
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ESU701:
Could Mars Support Life? Internet Investigation |
Astrobiology.com: Looks like
a good site, but be careful to analyze sources carefully |
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Life
on Other Planets?: Good site from UC San Diego |
Astrobiology Magazine: This site
says they are NASA sponsored, so try it out. |
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NASA Astrobiology Page: Good
site for finding out what life is |
Astrobiology at
University of Washington: This looks like a reputable site |
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Natural
History Museum in England: This is a nice resource about astrobiology |
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NOVA Origins: Good
site for finding about water and the Drake Equation |
NASA Solar System
Exploration Site: Excellent Source! |
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TERC Astrobiology Page: a whole
course dedicated to astrobiology |
Noodle Tools Links:
Go here to access links to Noodle Tools |
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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. |
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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. |
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Solar
System Lithographs: This is a link to the lithographs that we use in
class. |
Jet Propulsion Laboratory:
The experts on planetary exploration! |
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What Can the
Ocean Tell Us about Life on Other Planets?: Good site that shows the
parallels between our own oceans and the life forms we might expect to find
elsewhere in the solar system. |
Did
Comets Make Life on Earth Possible?: Go here to find out more about how
comets may have seeded the solar system with the ingredients necessary for
life. |
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A
Comet’s Life: Icy Adventure from Birth to Death: This story details
the evidence found that comets are the origins for life. |
Calculations
Prove Life Began in Comet: More evidence for the origins of life! |
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A Word from the Comet Expert:
Learn more about how amino acids delivered by comets may have seeded our
Earth with life. |
Did
Comets Contain Key Ingredients for Life on Earth?: Science Daily article
highlighting the role of comets in seeding life. |
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Windows to the Universe: Find out more about the solar system and planet Earth! |
Planet Quest
Exoplanet Exploration: Go here for information on the search for
habitable planets and life in other solar systems |
Internet Investigations
for Wednesday/Thursday, 3/10/11/10
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?
My
Solar System animation: Go here to
play with different solar system scenarios.
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 Tuesday, February 16, 2010
ES2506: What if Earth and the Moon Were Hit by Twin Asteroids?
Internet
Investigations for Friday/Monday, February 5/8, 2010
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 Wednesday, January 20, 2010
ES0402:
How do We Know about Layers Deep within Earth?
Internet Investigation for Wednesday/Thursday/Friday, January 6/7/8, 2010
ES1102:
How do Rocks Respond to Stress?
ES1106: What Forces Created These Geologic Features?
Google
Earth Investigation Links for Tuesday, December 15, 2009
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.”
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 Friday, December 11, 2009
Volcano Eruption Prediction website and USGS Volcano Website. Go here for worksheet.
Internet Investigations
for Tuesday, 12/1/09
ES0602:
How do Rocks Undergo Change?
ES0603:
How do Igneous Rocks Form?
Plate Boundaries Exercise
for Tuesday, 11/17/09
Google Earth
Earthquake and Plate Boundaries File: Click on “M1+ Real Time
Earthquakes Past 7 Days” and then click “Open with Google
Earth.”
This Dynamic Planet: Go here
to access an interactive map that tells what direction the plates are moving
and where the boundaries are.
Internet Investigations
for Monday, 11/16/09
ES0802:
How Old Is The
ES0810:
How Fast Do Plates Move?
This Dynamic Planet: Go here to access an interactive map that tells what direction the plates are moving and where the boundaries are.
Internet Investigations
for Monday, October 19, 2009
Part 1: ES0501:
How Many Protons, Neutrons, and Electrons are in Common Elements?
Part 2: ES0506:
How Do
Internet Investigation
for Friday, October 16, 2009
ES0402:
How Do We Know about Layers Deep within the Earth?
Links for Answering the
Questions on the GPS Lab for Friday, September 25, 2009
Garmin: What is GPS? Use
this site to answer all questions on the lab except #6
GPS, The New
Navigation: Use this site to answer question #6 on the lab. Draw the
picture of the radii from the 3 satellites intersecting and explain how your
GPS got these values.
Internet Investigation
for Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, September 16 to 18, 2009
ES0301: How do Map Projections Distort Earth’s Surface?
ESU101: How Can Getting Farther Away from Earth Help us to See It More Clearly?
Internet Investigation
for Friday, September 4, 2009
ES0103:
How are Earth’s Spheres Interacting?
ES0108: How do Interactions among Earth’s Spheres Vary Regionally?