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Mr. Parra
Mr. Parra Biology CP
Continuous Formative Assessment
Courses
Biology CP
Life Science
Physical Science
CSCS Activities
CSCS - Biology
Atherosclerosis & Diet
Beri-Beri - Using History to teach Science
Research Question
Causes of Disease -3
Causes of Disease - 4
Causes of Disease - 5
Causes of Disease - 6
Causes of Disease - 7
Causes of Disease - 8
Causes of Disease - 9
Biomes & Climographs
Classification
Concept Maps
Mind Maps
CSCS Mitosis
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
mitosis diagrams
Results
Dihybrid Cross
genetics terms
Disease Vectors
Disease Vectors
Enzymes
Teacher Notes
Epidemiology
Flower Anatomy
Food Web
Genetic Traits
Genetics Survey
Genetics - Genotype & Phenotype
Heart Rate & Exercise
Circulatory System
Heart
Local Ecosystems
Oak Woodland
Memory
Serial Position Effect
Nutrition
"Average" Food intake for a day
Food
Organizational Hierarchy
Osmosis & Osmotic Concentration
Reaction Time
Seeds - Germination
Surface area to volume ratio
Temperature & Species Distribution
California
Tobacco & Alcohol
Critical Thinking
Evaluate Alcohol Advertisers Claims
Evaluate Tobacco Advertisements
Procedure
Tree Rings, Climate
Environment
Glossary
Growth characteristics
Growth Rates of Trees
Identification
Petrified Wood
Trees of California
Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia)
Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)
Gray Pine (Pinus sabiniana)
Incense Cedar (Calocedrus decurrens)
Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa)
Red Fir (Abies magnifica)
Yearly rainfall estimates
Vision
CSCS - Chemistry
Air Pollution Chemistry / Patterns
Chemistry of Ozone
Pollutants
Stage 1 Smog Alerts
Air Pressure
Air Pressure - Movies
Atomic Radius - Properties of the Elements
Atoms, Ions, Isotopes
Charles Law - Hot Air Balloons
Composition of Biological Molecules
form - composition of molecules
Molecules
PHOTOS
Diffusion - Olfaction
Endothermic & Exothermic Reactions
Energy Transfer
Faraday's Candle - Developing Scientifically Oriented Questions
Faraday's Candle - Data Sheet
Observations of a burning candle
Submit your word doc
Observations of a Candle
Periodic Table
pH Scale
Significance of Chemistry
CSCS - Env. & Earth/Space Sci
Carbon Footprint
Earthquakes & Volcanoes
1994 CSUN Earthquake
Costliest Earthquakes
Deadliest Earthquakes
Deadliest Volcanoes
Major Earthquakes
Recent Eruptions
Recent Quakes
Student data
Tallest volcanoes on each continent
Environmental Issues
Geotagging
Hurricanes - Tropical Cylcones
Data
Famous Hurricanes
Hurricane videos
Observations - Form
Observations - Hurricanes
Lost on the Moon
The Moon
Determine diameter of Moon
Map Construction - Following Directions
Sands-Arenology
Santa Ana Winds
Sustainability - Initiatives at CSUN
Arbor Grill
Botanic Garden
Campus Recycling Services
Central Plant Thermal Storage
Chaparral Hall
Earthquake Garden
Electric Vehicle Charging Station
Food Garden
Fuel Cell
Matador Bicycle Compounds
Orange Grove
Photovoltaic Project
Photovoltaic Project II
Rainforest Project
Southern California Ecoregion Demonstration Garden
Stream, Pond & Observatory
Student Recreation Center
Transit Station
Valley Performing Arts Center
Weather Station
CSCS - General Science
Analogies - Introducing new concepts
Applying for Science Teaching Positions
Cover Letter
Resume
Careers that requires science
Cloze & Inference
Cognates & Scientific Terms
Collaborative Lab Report
Collaborative Presentations
Dimensional Analysis
Answers
Discovery Cube LA Study Guide
Discovery cube
Engineering Activities
Estimates, Scale, Powers of Ten
Extrapolation
Form & Function
Formative Assessments
Employing Collaborative Online Documents for Continuous Formative Assessment
Getting to know your students
Indirect Measurement
NGSS - Next Generation Science Standards
Observations
Photography - Slow Motion
Photography - Stop Motion
Photography - Time Lapse
Powers of Ten
Research Questions
Research in physical & earth science
Possible Independent & Dependent Variables
Possible Subjects
Research with animals
Possible Dependent Variables
Possible Independent Variables
Possible Subjects
Research with humans
Possible Dependent Variables
Possible Independent Variables
Possible Subjects
Research with plants, protozoa, bacteria, and fungi
Possible Dependent Variables
Possible Independent Variables
Possible Subjects
Scan & Post
Estimating the Distance to the Moon
Determining the distance to the moon
Movies to help with scan & post activities
Scan & Post Technique
Science in the community
Science Reading Skills
Characteristics of Readers
Slide Rules and Approximation
Scientific Notation
Spreadsheet Calculations & Graphing
20.1 Calculations and Computer modeling
20.2 Walking through graphs
20.3 Graphing Stories
20.4 Scatter & Line Graphs
20.5 Column & Bar Graphs
20.6 Pie & Area Graphs
20.7 Combination plots
20.8 Statistics
Student Response Systems / Formative Assessment Tools
Translating Words into Mathematical Symbols
Units; Dimensional Analysis
Straight Line Method
Video Microscopy
Vocabulary of Science - Building a Scientific Vocabulary
Vocabulary of Science - Root Words
Biology Roots
Chemistry Notes
Earth & Space Science Roots
Physics Roots
What in the Universe?
CSCS - Physics
Audio Analysis
Frequencies
Density & Buoyancy - What causes something to sink or float?
Applications of Density to Everyday Life
photos
Research Study on Obesity
Density Columns
Engineering Standards NGSS
Exercise & Motion Analysis 1
GPX files
Wilson Canyon Bench
Exercise & Motion Analysis 2
Power ratings of household appliances (W)
Harmonic Motion - Deriving the Formula for a Pendululm
Analyze Data
Light - Determining the Wavelength of Light
Relevance of Physics - How Physics is Used in Other Fields
Examples
Rockets; Video Analysis
Old Technique
Rockets
Stomp Rockets
Torque - Rotatational Equilibrium
Right hand rule
Engineering
NGSS-Engineering Examples
Teacher Contributions
NGSS
1998 Standards
NGSS - Myths & Facts
Mr. Parra
Famous Hurricanes
1. THE GREAT GALVESTON TEXAS HURRICANE DISASTER
September 8-9, 1900
Galveston, Texas
8,000 deaths (ranges up to 10,000 - 12,000)
category 4 at landfall
pressure 27.64" (936 mb) at landfall
damage $150 million
deadliest U.S. weather disaster on record
2. THE GULF/SOUTH TEXAS HURRICANE OF 1919
September 14, 1919
Just south of Corpus Christi, Texas
category 3 at landfall
Glanced Florida keys on September 9th as category 4
pressure 27.37" (927 mb) near Key West, Florida
pressure 28.05" (950 mb) at landfall
600-900 deaths, many missing
damage $22 million
3. THE GREAT MIAMI HURRICANE
September 18, 1926
Miami, Florida
category 4 at landfall
Second, weaker landfall September 20th near Pensacola, Florida
pressure 27.46" (930 mb) at landfall
damage $105 million
373+ deaths and 6,381 injuries
4. THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE FLORIDA CATASTROPHE
September 16, 1928
landfall near Palm Beach, Florida
Category 4 at landfall
Category 5 landfall in Puerto Rico on September 13th
Hurricane force winds produced 6-9 storm surge on lake Okeechobee!
pressure 27.43" (929 mb) at landfall
2500+ deaths
damage $32 million
5. THE GREAT FLORIDA KEYS LABOR DAY STORM
September 3, 1935
Florida Keys
category 5 at landfall, first time in recorded U.S. history
pressure 26.35" (892 mb) at landfall
damage $6 million
423 deaths
most intense hurricane to strike the U.S. on record
third lowest observed pressure of any recorded Atlantic hurricane
6. THE GREAT LONG ISLAND / NEW ENGLAND HURRICANE
September 21, 1938
Long Island New York/New England
600 deaths
category 3 at landfall
pressure 27.94" (946 mb) at landfall
damage $308 million
7. HURRICANE "CAROL"
August 31, 1954
Long Island New York/New England states
60 deaths
category 3 at landfall
pressure 28.35" (960 mb) at landfall
damage $461 million
8. HURRICANE "EDNA"
September 11, 1954
Extreme eastern New England
deaths ?
category 3 at landfall
pressure 28.17" (954 mb) at landfall
damage ?
9. HURRICANE "HAZEL"
October 15, 1954
South Carolina/North Carolina north to Pennsylvania
95 deaths
category 4 at landfall
pressure 27.70" (938 mb) at landfall
damage $281 million
record three major hurricanes in a row to strike the U.S. in less than two months
10. HURRICANE "DIANE"
August 17, 1955
North Carolina/northeast U.S.
184 deaths
category 2 at landfall
pressure 28.02" (949 mb) at landfall
damage $831 million
most deaths were due to devastating floods in the northeast U.S.
11. HURRICANE "AUDREY"
June 27, 1957
southwest Louisiana
400-500 deaths
category 4 at landfall
pressure 27.91" (945 mb) at landfall
damage $150 million
deadliest hurricane in June on record in the U.S.
12. HURRICANE "DONNA"
September 10, 1960
Florida
50 deaths
category 4 at landfall
pressure 27.46" (930 mb) at landfall
damage $387 million
13. HURRICANE "CARLA"
September 11, 1961
Texas (remnants tracked to near Chicago)
46 deaths
category 4 at landfall
pressure 27.49" (931 mb) at landfall
damage $408 million
dumped about 4 inches of rain at Milwaukee September 12-13
14. HURRICANE "BETSY"
September 8-9, 1965
southeast Florida/southeast Louisiana
75 deaths
category 3 at landfall
pressure 27.99" (948 mb) at landfall
damage $1.4 billion
first hurricane to inflict billion dollar damage
15. HURRICANE "BEULAH"
September 20, 1967
South Texas
15 deaths
category 3 at landfall
pressure 28.05" (950 mb) at landfall
damage $350 million
produced record 118 tornadoes by a hurricane across South Texas (most were weak)
16. HURRICANE "CAMILLE"
August 17-19, 1969
Mississippi/southeast Louisiana northeast to Virginia
256 deaths
category 5 at landfall
pressure 26.84" (909 mb) at landfall
damage $1.4 billion
remnants dumped 27 inches of rain in less than 24 hours in Virginia
the second most intense hurricane on record at landfall
only the second hurricane to reach category 5 at landfall in the U.S.
nearly half the deaths were due to catastrophic flooding in the Appalachians
17. HURRICANE "AGNES"
June 19-22, 1972
Florida panhandle/northeast U.S.
122 deaths
category 1 at landfall
pressure 28.86" (977 mb) at landfall
damage $2.1 billion
most deaths were due to catastrophic flooding in New York / Pennsylvania
18. HURRICANE "HUGO"
September 21, 1989
South Carolina
21 deaths
category 4 at landfall
pressure 27.58" (934 mb) at landfall
damage $7 billion
the third costliest hurricane on record in the U.S.
19. HURRICANE "ANDREW"
August 24-26, 1992
southeast Florida/southern Louisiana
23 deaths
category 5 at landfall
pressure 27.23" (922 mb) at landfall
damage $26.5 billion
the costliest hurricane on record in the U.S.
the third most intense hurricane at landfall to hit the U.S.
20. HURRICANE "FRAN"
September 5-6, 1996
North Carolina / Virginia north to Pennsylvania
27 deaths
category 3 at landfall
pressure 28.32" (954 mb) at landfall
damage $3.2 billion
the fourth costliest hurricane on record in the U.S.
21. HURRICANE "FLOYD"
September 16, 1999
landfall near Cape Fear, North Carolina as category 2 hurricane
56 deaths, most due to flooding
pressure 28.17" (959 mb) at landfall
damage $3-6 billion mainly from flooding
22. HURRICANE "ISABEL"
September 18, 2003
landfall near Cedar Island, North Carolina as category 2 hurricane
pressure 28.45" (963 mb) at landfall
17 deaths
damage $3+ billion
23. HURRICANE "CHARLEY"
August 13, 2004
Entire west coast of Florida
24 deaths
792 injuries
category 4 at landfall
pressure 27.79" (941 mb) at landfall
damage $11.2 billion
the second costliest hurricane on record in the U.S.
24. HURRICANE "FRANCES"
September 5-6, 2004
landfall near Stuart, Florida as a category 2 hurricane
Secondary landfall as tropical storm near Apalachicola
7 deaths
pressure 28.35" (960 mb) at landfall
damage $8.9 billion
25. HURRICANE "IVAN"
September 13-16, 2004
Western Panhandle of Florida and Alabama Gulf Coast
14 deaths
16 injuries
category 3 at landfall
pressure 27.85" (943 mb) at landfall
damage $4.5 billion
One of the most damaging hurricanes to affect the extreme western Florida Panhandle in modern history.
26. HURRICANE "JEANNE"
September 26, 2004
landfall near Stuart, Florida
category 3 at landfall
pressure 28.11" (952 mb) at landfall
damage $6.9 billion
5 deaths
landfall was same location as hurricane Frances just a few weeks earlier, first and only in recorded history
27. HURRICANE "DENNIS"
July 10, 2005
landfall near Navarre Beach, Florida as a category 3 hurricane
pressure 27.94" (946 mb) at landfall
damage $2.23 billion
3 deaths
28. HURRICANE "KATRINA"
August 29, 2005
2nd landfall near Buras, Louisiana as a category 3 hurricane
1st landfall was near Miami, Florida as a category 1 hurricane.
pressure 27.17" (920 mb) at Louisiana landfall
damage $100+ billion
1500+ fatalities
The worst natural disaster in U.S. history from combination of significant loss of property and human life
29. HURRICANE "RITA"
September 24, 2005
landfall near Johnson’s Bayou, Louisiana
category 3 at landfall
pressure 27.67" (937 mb) at landfall
4th lowest pressure observed in an Atlantic hurricane (895 mb)
damage about $10 billion
Prompted one of the largest evacuation events in preparation for landfall
7 deaths
30. HURRICANE "WILMA"
October 24, 2005
landfall near Naples, Florida
category 3 at landfall
pressure 28.23" (956 mb) at landfall
Lowest Atlantic hurricane pressure ever recorded (882 mb over Caribbean)
damage $20.6 billion, 3rd costliest in U.S. history (behind Katrina and Andrew)
6 deaths
31. HURRICANE "IKE"
September 12-13, 2008
landfall near Galveston, Texas
category 2 at landfall
pressure 28.99" (982 mb) at landfall
damage $6.9 billion
20 deaths
continued to produce significant wind damage and flooding in the following days up into the Ohio Valley
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