Earth Science Final Exam

IF you are using the textbook final exam, and IF you don't mind giving your students the answers in a review.... then I have one typed up that I will share. I don't know how to post things like that on here - so email me and I will send you the Word documents.

bsmith@whiteford.k12.mi.us

NASA videos

NASA has videos on their website, and also on You Tube. The 50th Anniversary video gives a quick overview of some of the major events in space exploration over the last 50 years. There are interviews with some of the astronauts and tech support, as well as, some cool pictures of the planets. http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html. I went to You Tube and added them to my playlist. You can maximize the screen then. I didn't see that option on the NASA site. Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3mI_aT94KA and Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3xGjrUZp6M&feature=related. If the links don't work, just search NASA 50th Video Part 1.

Earth Sci Ch 4 video suggestions

These are what I found on UnitedStreaming to use:

After Section 3
Three segments:
Comparing the inner and outer planets (2:13)
The Terrestrial Planets (6:14)
The Jovian Planets (7:57)

After Section 4
Comets (1:30)
A Spin around the Solar System (15:00)

Ch 3 Streaming Videos

These are two videos I'll use for Ch 3...

Lesson 4 - A Closer Look at the Moon (20:00)

At the end - In the Shadow of the Moon (1:27:46)
Depends on the amount of time I have - may only show parts of this - it has interviews with the astronauts and footage from the first steps on the moon and planting the flag, etc.

Hands-on Earth Science

Here's a site that has some skits, role-playing, and flash cards for some of our earth science topics, like rocks, weather, and astronomy. http://mjksciteachingideas.com/games.html

Links from Science Curriculum Meeting

Here are the links that were mentioned during our science curriculum meeting on April 9th. If you attended, you should have received an e-mail with this info. If you'd rather view it in document form, you can use this link:
http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=dtt2dmv_5d8m4t3d6&hl=en

Science music 24 hours a day seven days a week! Click here!
www.live365.com/stations/trappedinlab

Michigan Science Teacher’s Association
www.msta-mich.org/bap

K12science is dedicated to improving science education in Michigan and the US.
www.k12science.net

Join thousands of teachers worldwide who use Fast Plants® to bring science alive in their classrooms!
www.fastplants.org/

MASSIVE: Math And Science Song Information Viewable Everywhere
www.science-groove.org/MASSIVE/

Science Explosion, David Bydlowski’s band
www.scienceexplosion.com/index.html

Links directly to Science Explosion CD page
www.scienceexplosion.com/cds.htm

Teacher Tube
www.teachertube.com/

Free professional development opportunities, instructional ideas and lesson plans
www.learnport.org

Teacher resources and professional development programming across the curriculum
www.learner.org

Contact David Bydlowski at bydlowd@resa.net

Book mention during the day:
Mapping Inner Space: Learning and Teaching Visual Mapping by Nancy Margulies

Ch 19 Global Warming

I just got an e-mail from National Geographic about a show that is going to be on this coming Sunday called "Six Degrees Could Change the World". It is on Sunday, Feb 10th, 8pm on the National Geographic Channel. If you miss it, or don't have the channel, you can view short 2 minute clips of the video and show them to your students by going to their website: http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/sixdegrees/videos_1.html
There are clips for each degree the temperature increases.