Earth Science Webquest Internet Investigations Links

USE Google Chrome for these Internet Investigations if you are in class.

Extra Credit Internet Investigation Due on the Final Exam Day

Read the article CO₂ levels in the atmosphere have gone over 400 parts per million to re-acquaint yourself with the levels of CO₂ we are now seeing in the atmosphere.

Carbon Calculator Assignment using CoolClimate Carbon Footprint Calculator

Internet Investigation for Friday, May 23, 2014

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

Climographs: Use this site to find climographs of temperature and precipitation in various cities in the US and around the World. Pick at least Three (3) of your favorite cities in the US and/or World and report on the climate of those cities with respect to climate control factors like latitude, elevation, nearby water, ocean currents, topography, prevailing winds, and vegetation. At least one (1) of the cities you pick MUST be in the Southern Hemisphere. Make a short presentation where you and your partner act as travel agents to tell us about the climate of your city.

ES2101: What Factors Control Your Local Climate? (Extra Credit if you want it.)

Electromagnetic Spectrum PowerPoint Project Main Links

Mission Science Electromagnetic Spectrum Site: This is the Main site you will use for the project.

What wavelengths and frequencies go with your Part of the electromagnetic spectrum?: Use this site to find that information.

Additional sites with images and information to make your PowerPoint great:

JPL Space Images

Spitzer Space Telescope Images

Chandra X-ray Observatory

Hubble Site Gallery

Multi-wavelength Astronomy

Helioviewer

Solar Monitor

Planetary Photojournal

Windows to the Universe

Light the Astronomer’s Friend Lab for April 16, 2014

Blackbody Curve: Use this to help answer Part 5, Question #5

Emission Spectra of the Elements: This site will help to identify what elements were in each of the gas tubes that you viewed in class.

Spectra of Gas Discharges: Another site that will help you to identify the elements that you saw in lab.

Periodic Table and Emission Spectra: Another site for help in identifying emission spectra elements.

Emission Spectra of the Elements #2: Another site for help in identifying the emission spectra of elements

KSU Spectroscopy Site: Put different elements in the power supply to see what their emission spectra are.

Make cereal box spectroscopes.

The Electromagnetic Spectrum: Link 1 and Link 2 and an exploded star in multiple wavelengths

What wavelength goes with each color?

Multi-wavelength Astronomy

Energy Levels and Spectrum of the Hydrogen Atom

Light spectra

The Doppler Effect

Stellar Spectra and the Doppler Effect

How Telescopes Work: Site 1 and Site 2 and Site 3

JPL Space Images

Spitzer Space Telescope Images

Chandra X-ray Observatory

Hubble Site Gallery

Multi-wavelength Astronomy

Internet Investigation for Friday, 3/28/14

NOVA Sun Lab: Go here for videos about the Sun and an activity where you can investigate more about the Sun

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

ES2810: What Happens as a Star Runs Out of Hydrogen? Do this second.

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 was inactive in 2008.

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.

Solar Dynamics Observatory Story: Read up on the newest spacecraft to be launched to study our nearest star!

Solar Dynamics Observatory: Go here for breathtaking images of our Sun.

NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory Page: More images from SDO

Einstein and the Power of Tiny Things

Internet Investigation for February 20, 2014

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

Impact: Earth!: Use this site as an additional resource for calculating crater sizes on numbers 2 and 3 of second page of Internet Investigation.

Internet Investigation for Thursday, 1/30/14

ES1003: Where Was That Earthquake?

ES1001: How Are Earthquakes Related to Plate Tectonics?

Internet Investigation for Thursday, January 23, 2014

ES1102: How do Rocks Respond to Stress?

ES1106: What Forces Created These Geologic Features? (Extra Credit)

Relative Geologic Time Dating for Wednesday, January 08, 2014

ES2903: What Stories do Rocks Tell?

Google Earth Investigation Links for Thursday, December 19, 2013

Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program: Go here for more information about your volcanoes and to download the Holocene volcano files. Hover over “Learn” tab and then click “Google Earth Placemarks” and then click on “Download Holocene Volcanoes Network Link.”

Google Earth Earthquake and Plate Boundaries File: Click on appropriate files and then click “Open with Google Earth.”

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

Volcano Resume: You and a partner (or by yourself…..i.e. not more than 3 people) should make a volcano resume for one particular volcano you choose from the database. Do this in Microsoft Word and save it to the studentw folder when you are done.

Internet Investigations for Tuesday, December 3, 2013

ES0602: How do Rocks Undergo Change?

ES0603: How do Igneous Rocks Form?

Internet Investigation for Friday, November 8, 2013

ES0801: What is Earth’s Crust Like?

ES0802: How Old Is The Atlantic Ocean?

Internet Investigations for Wednesday, October 16, 2013

ES0506: How Do Crystals Grow? Write the answers to the questions in blue text in the Internet Investigation on a separate sheet of paper.

Internet Investigations for Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Internet Investigation Worksheet

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

Part 2: NOVA Elements: Scroll down to the last link on the bottom left entitled “NOVA Elements” and click on that. Then click on “Explore the Interactive Periodic Table.” Turn your sound down on your computer to not annoy the people around you. You may be prompted to install Unity Web Player. If you are, please install it. When the animation loads, click on the circle that says “Explore the Interactive Periodic Table.”

Map Maker Interactive Assignment for Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Map Maker Interactive: Make a thematic map of your choosing with a partner, save it to the studentw folder (I will show you how.), and then write a short description telling me what your map shows (also save this description on the studentw folder.)

Geocaching Lab Links to help you finish it for Monday, September 09, 2013

What is GPS?: This link will help you to answer questions 1-7 if you didn’t get them.

GPS: The New Navigation: Use this site to answer question #10. Use the Non-Shockwave animation, as there is no Shockwave loaded as a browser plug-in (yet).

Use your brain to answer the remainder of the questions on the lab and ask me if you need help!

Internet Investigation for Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Class Textbook Website: Log in and try your username and password. Familiarize yourself with the online textbook. Remember that the main link for the textbook is always on the class website.

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.