Mystery Planet Lab

Link to planet naming rules:
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Page/Rules

Use this website to help you with Question # 7 on your "Mystery Planet" Lab Activity Data Sheet

Robotic Exploration of Space--Interactive Timeline activity

Please copy and paste the following link into your browser. Click through the interactive, read the material and work through the analysis questions with your partner(s)

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/timeline/index.html


Analysis Questions:
* What questions do scientists hope to answer through robotic space exploration?
* How has space exploration affected the lives of Americans?
* What impact do you think World War II and the Cold War between the USA and USSR had on space exploration?
* Choose a decade. Describe how science knowledge and development of technologies limited and advanced the development of robotic space exploration.
* Pick an event from a decade that you think is interesting and explain why it captured your interest.
* Explain each type of space craft (probe, orbitor, flyby, rover) give an example of each from the interactive.

Homework--Current Events article

Please research and bring in a current science article from the newspaper or a relevant science magazine. The topic of the article should be "Space exploration and/space technology.

The article can be from a publication as far back as 3 to 5 months ago. Please be sure that the source of the article is reputable, please no blogs, wikipedia, answers.com, etc.

Bring a copy of the article or the article itself. If you choose to bring the actual article please be advised that you might have to highlight or write in the magazine.

Due B Day Friday April 27
A Day Monday April 30

Soda Bottle Rockets websites

Here 2 websites to get you started on your design research. Let me know of any others that you find that are really cool:)

http://www.lnhs.org/hayhurst/rockets/

http://tclauset.org/21_BtlRockets/BTL.html

'Spheres' of the Earth Poem, Rap, Song or Spoken Word

Due on B Day April 10
Due on A Day April 11

You will be performing your song as the bellringer
you will also need to have the lyrics written or typed up neatly to hand in on the day that it is Due.


-Must include all spheres
-Characteristics of each
-How they are connected or work together
(20 points)
- 1 additional point each word used correctly (so I know it's definition)
crust; mantle; core; erosion; conduction; convection;
surface current; deep current; aquifer
(10 points total)

Team Time-Amusement Park Physics

Please go to this website:
http://www.learner.org/interactives/parkphysics/index2.html

Set your paper up like the diagram at the bottom of the introduction page. It should look like a roller coaster, and include the following titles: Roller Coaster, Carousel, Bumper Cars, Free Fall, and Pendulum.
For each section you will read and complete the interactives for that section. After working through each section you will create a 3-2-1 response. (3 things vocab words that you learned; 2 ways that physics plays a part in this ride; and 1 thing you learned about physics from the interactive in that section)
The 3-2-1 will be written underneath or on top of that title on your "roller coaster."

Review Vocabulary Chart

Due A Day on April 10
Due B Day on April 9

Words to include on chart:
allele
genotype
phenotype
heterozygous
homozygous
classification
dichotomous key
taxonomy
domain
element
compound
mixture
physical change
sedimentary rock
metamorphic rock
igneous rock
weathering
erosion
deposition
weather
climate
prevailing wind
surface current

Weather and Climate In-Class Project--Directions

Step One: Choose a city to specialize in from the jar. Find out what country it is in and continent it is on. Example: Continent/North America; Country/ Mexico; City/Mexico City
Step Two: Use the computers and textbook information provided to research and analyze the causes of climate and weather in your chosen country, (questions provided on back of this sheet).
Step three: Research common out door activities that people like to participate in the city of your choosing.
Step Four: Find out what the temperature and weather are for that city today, and the forecast for the upcoming week, (Use weather.com). According to your research on the climate of this area, does the current weather seem to be normal or abnormal for this city at this point in the year?
Step Five: Find or draw images of that city which show what the climate is like there and some of the important geologic features that are influencing the weather/climate. Example: situated in a valley, on the coastline.
Step 6: Put all of your information into a visually pleasing final Travel Guide to be shown to clients. You may choose to create a poster, a power point presentation, a brochure or website.


Guiding Questions for Research

1. City name/Country Name/Continent Name
2. What is the latitude of the city; How does this country’s latitude effect it’s climate?
3. What hemisphere is this city/country in?
4. Does this city experience all four seasons or just one or two? What months correspond to the different seasons?
5. What is the elevation of this city? How will the elevation affect its climate?
6. What is climate? How would you describe the overall climate of the city you are specializing in? Use scientific vocabulary when you can.
7. What important geologic features are in or near your city? Describe how each impacts the weather/climate.
8. Are there any water patterns or air patterns (ex: gulf stream, jet stream, trade winds, Santa Anna winds, etc) that influence the weather in this city? Name them and describe how each impacts the weather.
9. What is the humidity like in this area? Does it change throughout the year? What are the major factors that impact humidity?
10. What is weather? How is it different from climate?