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Retrieve moon data from the "Tonight's Sky" link.
http://www.earthsky.org
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| | 2)Explore conservation themes: energy
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/earthpulse
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| | 3)Visit all the links to this website to learn more about horseshoecrabs.
Consider what are the problems that face the ecosystem amd more
specifically the horseshoecrab population.
http://www.horseshoecrab.org
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| | 4.to obtain more information about horseshoecrabs, click on any of the links
at this site.
http://www.ocean.udel.edu/horseshoecrab/index.html
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| | 5)Click on the following links to learn more about:
1)Our Solar System
2)How Big is the Universe?
3)
http://www.kidsastronomy.com
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| | 6)For retrieving historical weather data, type in the date you are looking
for and click "go".
Scroll down through data to find a similiar time frame as when you are in
class.
http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=dover%2Cde
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| | 7)a)Click on "Energy Story" and read through the introduction.
b)Click on Chapter 1: Energy- What is It? and read carefully.
c)Click on Chapter 8: Fossil Fuels. . .and read carefully.
d)Click on Chapter 15: Solar Energy and read carefully.
e)Click on Chapter 17: Renewable Energy and read carefully.
f)Click onn Chapter 19: Saving Energy and read carefully.
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/index.html
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| | 8)
http://www.delawareestuary.org/educationandoutreach/kids.asp
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| | 9)The following directions allows your to complete the assignment:
1. On left-hand menu,click on the link to Ecosystems and record 4
characteristics of an ecosystem on your paper.
2. Now explore the categories of ecosystems: click the "Agricultural" link
and record 1 fact about agricultural ecosystems.
3. Read one "Story of Hope" and also record 1 fact.
4. Click on each successive link (Forests, Coastal, Grasslands, Freshwater,
and Urban) and record 1 fact for each type of ecosystem.
5. Don't forget to read a "Story of Hope" at each link and record 1 fact for
that.
http://www.pbs.org/journeytoplanetearth/stateoftheplanet/index.html
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| | 10) Follow these steps:
1. Click on "Kids" (find the menu at left)
2. Click on air quality index for kids
3. Visit all 4 links (located in "clouds")
4. Collect 2 facts for each link (Clean & Dirty Air, What is the AQI?,Air
Pollution & Health, What Can I Do?)
http://www.epa.gov/airnow/
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| | http://www.nsf.gov/news/overviews/earth-environ/index.jsp
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| | 12) We value christmas trees during the holiday but we could also appreciate
ALL the other ways that "conifers" benefit us. To learn more about the huge
variety of this type of tree, follow these steps:
1. Click on "common conifers of the Pacific NW" and record a characteristic
and the common name. Read about one of these: spruce, pines, true firs,
Douglas firs, junipers. Then return to home page.
2. Click on dichotomous key and try to identify the unknown conifer. Record
your answer.
3. Click on Mystery Tree and I.D. the mystery trees #1-4. Record your answers.
http://oregonstate.edu/trees/index.html
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| | 13)
1. Name 5 benefits of trees from this website (homepage).
2. Click on "What You Can Do" to learn more.
http://www.lpb.org/programs/forest/benefits.html
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| | 14) This is the University of Delaware's database where you can use several
different on-line encyclopedias.
http://udlibsearch.lib.udel.edu/middleschools/
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| | 15) This is a "cluster" website that allows you to search for a variety of
links simultaneously.
http://www.vivisimo.com
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| | 16.
1. Try the 5 questions under test your memory.
2 Record 5 facts that you learned while visiting this site.
http://www.miamisci.org/ecolinks/activities/Atmosphere/ouratmosphere
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| | 17. check out the following;
1.The sun's heat powers the weather
2. Understanding air pressure
3. Air masses and their sources
4. Cold fronts
5. Warm fronts
6. Evaporation and condensation
7. How the Greenhouse Effect works
8. Record 5 facts that you learned while visiting this site.
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/basics/wworks0.htm
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| | 18.
1. Click on "our planet"
2. Click on "atmosphere"
3. Click on "introduction to the atmosphere"
4. Record 5 facts that you learned while visiting this site.
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/
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| | 19.
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/anisamples/astronomy/moonphase.html
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| | 20. This is an enrichment site for studying science topics.
http://www.quia.com/shared/astro/
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| | 21. Record 5 facts that you learned after navigating this site.
http://www.pbs4549.org/gravity/index.htm
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| | 22. This website allows us to review the "Particle Model".
http://www.chem.purdue.edu/gchelp/liquids/character.html
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| | 23. Explore the concept called gravity at this website.
http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/orbits2.shtml
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| | 24. This site explains "how stuff works!"
http://science.howstuffworks.com/
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| | 25. This site is a great review of the 3 states of matter.
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/states_of_matter/
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