Earth Science end of year survey Part 1 2009-10
1. Part I of survey
Listed below is the content we explored throughout this year. Refer back to it as you think about your answers to the questions in this survey.
Learning style surveys, introduction toys
Maps & Cartography - making maps, using maps, Mt Everest video & web pages
Constellations - using planetarium to recognize patterns, sky charts
Light - electromagnetic spectrum, different kinds of light, using filters, telescopes manipulating telescope images on computer with software, photoessay
Exo-planets - working with images & software, suing internet to request images, participating in search
Freedom Summer, Einstein's Big Idea
Weather - convection/conduction labs, forecast project, Storm chaser video
Apollo Missions & Spinoffs
Minerals & Rocks - testing, growing crystals, comparing rocks
fossils - types, index fossils
Dating - dating relative rock layers, radioactivity
Plate tectonics - earthquakes (figuring out magnitude & location), using data to identify plates and plate movement
Field trip - Museum of Science and Industry