Welcome Back - 9/6
Post date: Sep 6, 2017 7:11:21 AM
Keywords
Engineering
Summary
Air pressure (Old ES pg. 393)
Hypothesis
Convection current (Old ES pg. 399)
Hemisphere
Coriolis effect
Model (Old ES pg. 18)
parallels (Old ES pgs. 37-38)
meridians
coordinates
Distortion
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:
Mark the high-pressure systems with an H.
Mark the low-pressure systems with an L.
Mark each front you see with a line.
Mark lines you think are cold fronts with triangles and warm fronts with half circles in the direction of the wind.
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
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
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