Chimacum Middle School's Earth Science Website

Earth Science Links: Prentice Hall Science Explorer Earth Science Textbook Our Lab Safety Contract (must be filled out by all middle school students and signed by a parent or guardian) Class Syllabus Earth Science Links Soil Sites

Biomes Journalism Webquest: Start here with two Biome and Weather Activities The Biome Journalism Project The Biome Worksheet Wind Pattern Resources Ocean Currents Team 1 - Tropical Forest Team 6 - Savanna Team 2 - Desert Team 7 - Polar & High Mountain Ice Team 3 - Chaparral Team 8 - Temperate Grassland Team 4 - Temperate Deciduous Forest Team 9 - Coniferous Forest Team 5 - Tundra (Arctic & Alpine) Team 10 - Freshwater & Marine Biome Commercial Rubric Biome Commercial Scoring Grid

Cycle Links

Cycle 1
	Observation vs Inference Handouts
Cycle 2
	Act 1: How do we observe and measure? (Handout) Physical Scales of Observation Handout Act 2: Energy Transfer Diagrams Handout Mechanical Energy Transfer Act 3: Measurement Lab Properties of Materials Lab Density Summarizing Questions Density Lab Glacier Study Heat and Expansion Temperature and Density Act 4: Isostasy Initial Ideas Isostasy Lab Isostasy Simulator Predictions Isostasy Simulator Calculating Density Quiz 3-D Map Initial Ideas Earth Rocks Density Lab Online Resource Activities: Act 1 - Mission Max - An Earth Science Reinforcement Game The League of Scientists - Science Games, which include Earth Science Act 2: The Heat is On! (Conduction, Convection, and Radiation WebQuest!)   Act 3 - Weathering and Erosion Webquest         Act 4: The Density Dilemma (Discover which crown is made of gold.) **(Click here to download the Density Dilemma rubrics.) Floating Crayons Lab and here are the Inquiry Boards to write up the lab. Density and Buoyancy - Sink or Float (Determining whether objects will sink or float.) Sink or Float Quiz
Cycle 3
	Act 1: Earth Movement Project Packet #1 Earth Movement Project World Map w/ boundaries World Map Physical Plate Boundary Maps for 4 Jobs Maps giving examples of boundary types. Packet #2 Job Observations Plate Boundaries Plate Boundary Types Classification Schemes Worldwide Schemes Scientist's Ideas Energy Transfer Diagramming http://www.geophysics.rice.edu/plateboundary/home http://www.geophysics.rice.edu/plateboundary/downloads.html http://serc.carleton.edu/introgeo/cooperative/jigsaw.html http://www.jigsaw.org/ Act 2: http://cddis.nasa.gov/926/slrtecto.html http://jules.unavco.org/VoyagerJr/Earth http://jules.unavco.org/Voyager/Earth http://sideshow.jpl.nasa.gov/mbh/series.html
Cycle 4
	Act 1: http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/investigations/es0402/es0402page09.cfm?chapter_no=investigation http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~gurnis/Movies/Dynamic_Int_EI/movie4f.mov Act 2: http://science.howstuffworks.com/earthquake4.htm http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~braile/edumod/waves/Pwave.gif http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~braile/edumod/waves/Swave.gif http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~braile/edumod/waves/Lwave.gif http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~braile/edumod/waves/Rwave.gif http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/investigations/es0402/es0402page03.cfm http://www.geol.binghamton.edu/faculty/jones/ http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/investigations/es0402/es0402page04.cfm?chapter_no=investigation http://vcourseware3.calstatela.edu/VirtualEarthquake/VQuakeExecute.html Earthquakes Waves Lab (I don't put the earthquake waves activity here because I didn't create it.) Earthquakes (The basics) How to find an epicenter? Make Your Own Quake Stream Table Labs Rocks Rock!
Cycle 5
	Act 1: http://serc.carleton.edu/introgeo/gallerywalk/index.html

Earth Science Links

Rocks and Minerals:   Earth Science (check the Minerals and Rocks section!) Diamonds, Rocks, And Minerals: All About Mineralogy The Rock Cycle and Identifying Rocks How to Identify Rocks Rocks and Minerals Rocks for Kids The Rock Cycle Mineral Definitions and Properties How to Test the Hardness of a Mineral Mineral Gallery - Hardness Hardness of Minerals & Rocks Mineral Hardness Rainbow Obsidian Obsidian USGS - Obsidian Thunder Eggs Thunder Egg Description Devil's Tower National Monument Petrified Wood Homepage Geo Mysteries site Birth Stones Birth Stones, more Weather and Climate Weather and Climate Hot Topics! Weather and Climate Links Weather Activity Weather vs Climate

Volcanoes: Volcano Links from CybraryMan Visit a Volcano - the Cascade Range Volcanoes Volcanoes Online Make your own Volcano A Geological Guidebook to Dante's Peak Volcano How Volcanoes Work Animated Guide: Volcanoes Types of Volcanoes Lava: Silica Level Chart The Virtual Lava Tube Pahoehoe Aa The Three Types of Lava Lava Flows Eruption Styles Ash and Tephra   HOT SPOTS: Hot Spots: Mantle Thermal Plumes   Mt Saint Helens Links: Mt Saint Helens Before, During and After Mt Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument The Many Faces of Mt Saint Helens USGS, Mt Saint Helens Eruptions of Mt Saint Helens Infrared Images of Mt Saint Helens VolcanoCam!   Mt. Rainier Links Mt. Rainier Hazards Report 1998 Electron and Osceola Mudflow Maps Another Map (pdf) PNS Webicorder Displays Mt. Rainier USGS site Mt. Rainier site with seismicity info Mt. Rainier, Decade Volcano Mt. Rainier website with picts Mt. Rainier National Park Mt. Rainier Warning Sirens Repaired One of the next five disasters?

Earthquakes: What Causes Earthquakes? What are Earthquakes? The Earthquake Museum Earthquake Faults Fault Animations Faults and Earthquakes Mountain Formation USGS Earthquake Hazards Program Washington's 2/28/01 earthquake The Asian Tsumani 9.0 Quake Pacific Northwest Earthquake Info Earthquake Hazards Program What is a seismograph? What is a Seismologist?

Basalt and Granite (Read this webpage to understand why oceanic plates subduct under continental plates.) Plate Tectonics Earth's Magnetic Pole Reversal Info Sites   The Polar Regions

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