Welcome Back - 9/6

Post date: Sep 6, 2017 7:11:21 AM

Keywords

  1. Engineering

  2. Summary

  3. Air pressure (Old ES pg. 393)

  4. Hypothesis

  5. Convection current (Old ES pg. 399)

  6. Hemisphere

  7. Coriolis effect

  8. Model (Old ES pg. 18)

  9. parallels (Old ES pgs. 37-38)

  10. meridians

  11. coordinates

  12. Distortion

  13. Projection

News

Assignments

  • Must have Science Notebook - 9/11

  • Cyclone Simulator - 9/8

  • How do scientists forecast the weather? WS - 9/15

  • Room Map - 9/20

  • A Google Earth Scavenger Hunt - 9/25

  • Signed Portfolio 9/6 to 9/22 - due 9/25

Warm-ups

9/6 - Describe something you did this summer that relates to science or engineering.

9/7 - How would you prepare for a hurricane like Irma if you lived in Florida?

9/8 - Use the cyclone simulator to answer the questions.

  • Hold and carry the simulator by the connecting piece in the middle.

  • Don't squeeze or dent the bottles.

9/11 - If you were a scientist or engineer, what kind would you be? What specific questions or problems would you be looking at?

9/12 Find 9 safety problems in the on-screen picture.

9/13 Give an example of each of the following: (old ES 18-21)

  • Physical Model

  • Mathematical Model

  • Conceptual Model

9/14 - Meteorologist Ryan Davidson Explains Weather Maps - youtube.com

9/15 - Make a surface weather map from data shown on:

  1. Mark the high-pressure systems with an H.

  2. Mark the low-pressure systems with an L.

  3. Mark each front you see with a line.

  4. Mark lines you think are cold fronts with triangles and warm fronts with half circles in the direction of the wind.

  5. Compare your map with Current US Surface Weather Map - weather.com

9/18 - Same as above

9/19 - What are three different types of map projections? How is each made? (Old ES pgs. 40-42)

9/20 - Make a Venn diagram comparing equator and prime meridian.

-Look at the abbreviation list and pick out 5 abbreviations you could use when taking notes.

- List all the units in the metric system you know for: length, volume, mass and temperature. (Old ES pgs. 22-25)

Objectives

  • Understand class expectations by completing the blanks in the syllabus.

  • Identify different types of scientists.

  • Identify the location of safety equipment in the room on a map.

  • Give an example for each of the three types of scientific models.

  • Locate places on a map using coordinate systems.

  • Use computer-based maps to find geographic information.

Websites

earth.nullschool.net - Amazing atmosphere and weather visualization tool.

US Surface Weather Map - weather.com - Map with isobars, fronts, precipitation type and intensity.

Western US Surface Weather Map - Weather.com

Intellicast Maps - intellicast.com - Local and global weather maps. Some are interactive.

AccuWeather.com - Weather news and video with few advertisements.

Hurricanes

Hurricane 101 - nationalgeographic.com - Video 3 mins.

SciJinks - How does a hurricane form? - jpl.nasa.gov

Storm History - weather.com

Historical Storm Tracker - nbcnews.com - Allows various searches for ‘named’ storms in the Atlantic Ocean going back to 1900.

Wildfires

http://www.oregon.gov/ODF/Fire/pages/FireStats.aspx

https://earth.nullschool.net

Coordinates and Navigation

Google Earth - google.com - Google Earth shows satellite pictures intermixed with a variety of other data.

Terrestrial Coordinate Explorer - astro.unl.edu - Allows you to quickly find a place on the globe using Latitude and Longitude.

Magnet and Compass - phet.colorado.edu - Explore how a magnet works.

Virtual Compass - digitalarena.co.uk - Test your compass skills.

Outdoor Navigation with Map and Compass - whatcom.wsu.edu

Magnetic Declination - ngdc.noaa.gov - Magnetic declination