Geosphere
| Site Name | Geological time explained with piano |
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| Site Author | Wimp.com |
| Suggested by | Herb Ritchie |
| Description | “Richard Dawkins uses the piano to explain the vastness of geological time.” |
| Site Name | Earth Learning Idea (Earth Science Demos) |
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| Site Author | PlanetEarth |
| Suggested by | Dave Smith |
| Description | “Innovative, Earth-related teaching ideas.” This is probably the best source for earth science related demos on the web. |
| Site Name | In Love with the Geosciences Photo Collection |
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| Site Author | Tumblr |
| Suggested by | Kent Ratajeski |
| Description | This is one of the most outstanding collections of geoscience images, with many images associated with dinosaurs. These pictures would be a great way to begin a class discussion. |
| Site Name | Crazy Video Of The Ground Shifting and Dewatering During The Japanese Quake |
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| Site Author | Dump.com |
| Suggested by | Mike Breed |
| Description | “THIS truly shows the power of an earthquake - if only on a small scale. I was thinking it was kind of "cool" until the water started.” |
Hydrosphere
| Site Name | Ice Age History Frozen in Time at dig near Snowmass Village |
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| Site Author | Denver Post |
| Suggested by | Don Duggan-Haas |
| Description | Article written on history frozen in time, “very, very cool find.” |
| Site Name | NASA Science Explorer |
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| Site Author | NASA |
| Suggested by | Larry Mascotti |
| Description | “Digital video globes allow users to view and explore dynamic digital images of the Earth, other planets and space. NASA's "Dynamic Planet" exhibit is used extensively to help students and the public understand how NASA satellites contribute to a better understanding of our home planet, solar system, and the universe. A new touch screen interface, called the NASA Science Explorer, drives the spherical display, allowing users full control over the content while learning about a wide range of remote sensing data. It can also be used on a flat screen if you don’t have a spherical display system. NASA Science Explorer is freely available.” |
Atmosphere
| Site Name | Get Acclimatized |
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| Site Author | CIRES, Mark McCaffrey |
| Suggested by | Mike Passow |
| Description | “A tongue-in-cheek look at understanding the difference between weather and climate.” |
| Site Name | Wave Clouds |
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| Site Author | Google |
| Suggested by | Steve Kluge |
| Description | Feast your eyes on the results of this Google image search for "wave clouds" |
Space
| Site Name | What a Year on the Earth Really Looks Like |
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| Site Author | Flixxy |
| Suggested by | Bill Dicks |
| Description | View a nine and a half minute video about the Earth’s orbit. The aphelion and perihelion positions are highly exaggerated. |
| Site Name | Super Full Moon -- 19 March 2011 |
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| Site Author | Tony Phillips |
| Suggested by | Lou Estey |
| Description | On Saturday, 19 March 2011, we get treated to the largest full moon in 18 years -- the full moon occurs less than one hour away from perigee, i.e. when the Moon is at closest approach to the Earth in its orbit. |
| Site Name | The Classroom Astronomer |
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| Site Author | To Teach The Stars Network |
| Suggested by | Larry Mascotti |
| Description | The Classroom Astronomer is a quarterly PDF and printed publication designed as a practitioner journal for classroom teachers of astronomy. While centered at the high school level, it also provides tips, techniques, and informative how-to articles for teachers of grades K-8 and undergraduate college “Astro 101” courses. Subscriptions start at $15 a year. |
General
| Site Name | Earth Science Review Podcasts |
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| Site Author | Hommocks Earth Science Department |
| Suggested by | Hommocks Earth Science Department |
| Description | “My earth science department made 87, 5-9 minute podcasts of every topic that is taught in the earth science curriculum and also a podcast on every chart in the reference table. They are all hosted on Youtube (search Hommocks Earth Science Department) and they will pop up. We invested a ton of time…hope they help you out.” |
Teaching
| Site Name | Earth Science BiLingual Glossaries |
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| Site Author | New York Science Teacher |
| Suggested by | Chris Sheehan |
| Description | “The link above contains Earth Science Bilingual and ESL Glossaries. Hope this helps!” |
| Name | Tips for Cooperative Learning Groups |
| Suggested by | Laura Gerson and Steve Lander |
| Description | “I often have kids work in groups of 4. In our professional development we have been told about assigning roles for the kids during group work. Which is great. But I feel like there are only 3 "real" jobs... 1. recorder - records the info 2. materials - gets the materials (sometimes this can be 2 people, but often not) 3. speaker - presents data to the class The 4th role is always "leader" - who is supposed to keep the group on task. The kids seem to turn this one into a joke. Does anyone have a "real" 4th role they could suggest? Thanks! … The 4th role is the experimenter (who does the activity with the assistance of any of the others) - carries out the procedure and therefore clearly understands the problem and directions. The materials manager also can enlist the aid of others to obtain, distribute and return materials.” |
Computer Tips
| Site Name | Download videos online |
| Site URL | and |
| Site Author | VLC and Keepvid |
| Suggested by | John-Henry Cottrel |
| Description | Use VLC player to play the video (the best media player for videos as it plays absolutely everything and can also be saved and played from on your thumb drive) plus it’s free. Then: 1 - Find your temp cache on your computer for your internet browser (as the video has already been temporarily downloaded on your computer) OR 2 - Use Keepvid to download: http://keepvid.com/ paste in URL and it downloads it (though this has limitations whereas you can keep a lot more things if you can find your temp cache) Play through VLC” |
Demos
| Site Name | Liquefaction Demo |
| Suggested by | Eric Fermann |
| Description | Then: I've done liquefaction as a (spur of the moment) demo before. At the time, I paid no attention about the sand/silt/etc mixture. In fact, I just dumped some soil from the back of the room (it was sitting there for a while and I was sure I wasn't going to need it again) into a beaker, mixed some water until it was "wet, but not runny". I got out one of those pre-fabricated shake tables in one of our closets. I stuck a very short piece of 1/4" rebar on top and a pencil part way in to the wet soil and started "earthquaking". It didn't take much effort at all to have the rebar sink and have the pencil partially sink. Having thought about this now, I suppose I should have considered the make-up of the sand/silt/etc mixture, but it worked just fine with relatively some wet soil. In terms of a student research project... Perhaps a fun experiment would be to create several varieties of "soil" by combining different amounts of sand/silt/etc and quantify the amount of liquefaction based on the amount and ferocity of shaking. Then, go get some "backyard" soil, dry it out, sieve it, and try to determine how bad the liquefaction potential could be for the "backyard" |
Quotes
| Quote | “I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.” - Galileo |
| Suggested by | Pete Saracino |
Humor
| Title | Signs You’re Getting Older |
| Suggested by | Tim Wozniak |
| Description | ~ You got cable for the Weather Channel (sometimes referred to as "Old Folks MTV"). ~ If a young girl looks at you, you check to make sure you remembered to put on your pants. ~ You keep repeating yourself. ~ You discover bifocals are stylish. ~ When you do the "Hokey Pokey" you put your left hip out...and you can't get it back around. ~ Most women you know under 40 put you in the "Friend of my Father" class. ~ Relatives smile benignly rather than interrupt you as you retell the same story for the zillionth time. ~ You run out of breath walking DOWN a flight of stairs. ~ Conversations with people your own age often turn into "dueling ailments." ~ People don't harass you any more when you take an afternoon nap. ~ Your social security number only has three digits. ~ In a hostage situation you are likely to be released first. ~ It's harder and harder for sexual harassment charges to stick. ~ Kidnappers are not very interested in you. ~ No one expects you to run into a burning building. ~ Restaurants stop asking to see your senior discount card. ~ People no longer view you as a hypochondriac. ~ There's nothing left to learn the hard way. ~ Things you buy now won't wear out. ~ You buy a compass for the dash of your car. ~ You can eat dinner at 4:00. ~ You consider coffee one of the most important things in life. ~ You constantly talk about the price of gasoline. ~ You're actually interested in hearing about other people's operations. ~ You get into a heated argument about pension plans and social security. ~ You have a party and the neighbors don't even realize it. ~ You no longer think of speed limits as a challenge. ~ You quit trying to hold your stomach in, no matter who walks into the room. ~ You sing along with the elevator music. ~ You talk about "good grass" and you're referring to someone's lawn. ~ Your eyes won't get much worse. ~ Your investment in health insurance is finally beginning to pay off. ~ Your joints are more accurate than the National Weather Service. ~ Your secrets are safe with your friends because they can't remember them either. ~ Your supply of brain cells is finally down to a manageable size. ~ People begin sending you lists like this and you say, "Man, it is so funny," but can't remember even one line to recite. |
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