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Welcome Future Scientists!

ES. 1 Investigation and Discovery

Scientific Method Lecture
Video by Bozeman Science
Archimedes Principle (Density Displacement)
TED Video
The Lab - Exploring Research Integrity
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Lab Safety Video
Can you make a list of rules for the laboratory classroom?
Flinn Lab Safety Video
Can you make a list of rules for the laboratory classroom?
Energy Guide Video
TED Video
Not all scientific studies are treated equally
TED Video
Energy in the universe
TED Video
Why does ice float in water?
TED Video

ES.1b Mapping

Online Atlas
Use this to find your Latitude & Longitude (slow to load)
How to Read a Map
Good Map Review
Map Match
Map Game
Find Hannah (Latitude & Longitude Practice)
Use Your Skills to Find Hannah!
Find Latitude & Longitude
Use this to put in coordinates and show on Google Maps
USGS Quadrangle
Glen Allen Quad - Free Download
Gizmos - Reading Topographic Maps
Requires login
Topographic Map Practice
Reading Topo Maps Practice

ES.4 Minerals

Matter Lecture (Atoms, Molecules & Substances)
Video by Bozeman Science
Jason Project - Mineral ID
Mineral Identification Online Lab
Gizmos - Minerals
Use your login and password to access Gizmos to identify minerals
JMU Mineral Museum
Mineral specimens from JMU
Interactive Mineral Lab
From Glencoe Textbook
Difference between Rocks & Minerals
Online Tutorial
Virtual Mineral Identification Lab
Online

ES.5 Rocks

Interactive Rock Lab
from Leaner.org
Rock Classification Lab
from Glencoe (need sound)
Rock Classification Activity
from Wiley
Virtual Rock Box
Pictures of all of the rocks
How do rock undergo change?
Online activity with animations
Igneous Rock ID Lab
Interactive Online Lab
Metamorphic Rock ID Lab
Interactive Online Lab
Sedimentary Rock ID Lab
Interactive Online Lab
Rock Identification Lab
Practice identifying all rock types

ES.6 Natural Resources

EPA How does electricity affect you?
The buisness logic of sustainability
TED Video
EnviroLiteracy - Fossil Fuels
Renewable Energy
How to reduce your energy use!
Carbon Footprint Calculator
Energy Quest Game
World Electricity Mix
Light Bulb Savings Calculator
Why aren't we using only solar power?
TED Video
Biodiesel; the afterlife of oil
TED Video
Planning for the end of oil
TED Video

ES.7 Plate Tectonics

Plate Tectonics Lecture
Video by Bozeman Science
Earth's Internal Structure
Webquest Location #1
Convergent Boundaries
Webquest Location #2
Divergent Boundaries
Webquest Location #3
Transform Boundaries
Webquest Location #4
Plate Tectonics Map
Webquest Location #5
Dynamic Earth
Interactive activity
Jason Project Game! Landform Detectives
Username: rpschools Password: 4me2use
Pangaea Formation
TED Video
Continental Drift
How Stuff Works Video
Wegener v. The Fixists
Youtube rap

ES. 7b Faults, Earthquakes & Volcanoes

Virtual Earthquake
Plates on the move
What is happening at plate boundaries?
Virtual Seismologist
Good practice with epicenter and graphs
Consequences of Supervolcanoes
TED Video
How tsunamis work
TED Video
Why is Ketchup so hard to pour?
Forces/magma TED Video

ES. 8 Geological Processes

Landform Detectives
by the JASON project
Soil Formation Videos
Soil Simulation
Soil Formation
Where do we get our freshwater?
TED Video
Power of Erosion
How Stuff Works Video
Erosion Control
How Stuff Works Video
Dead stuff: the secret ingredient in our food
TED Video

ES. 9 Geological Time

Part 1: Understanding Geologic Time
Part 2: Life Has a History
Life Preservers
Game about creating an ecosystem
Age of the Earth
TED Video
How to Fossilize Yourself!
TED Video
Evolution Misconceptions
TED Video
Relative Dating Practice
Online Interactive
Law of Superposition Lecture
Video by Bozeman Science
The coelacant: A living fossil
TED Video
The history of our universe in 18 minutes
TED Video

ES.10 Oceanography

Tides Animation
Monterey Institute
Ocean Tides from Gizmos
Gizmos Lesson (need Java)
StudyJams Oceans
StudyJams Ocean Floor
StudyJams Tides
StudyJams Water Cycle
How big is the ocean?
TED Video
Deep Ocean Mysteries
TED Video
Secret Life of Plankton
TED Video
Mystery Cargo Game
Sea Floor Exploration
Nurdles? They're Everywhere!
TED Video
Attack of the killer algae
TED Video
How does the ocean move? Making waves
TED Video

ES.11 and ES.12 Atmosphere & Meteorology

NOAA Forcasting Link
Weather Data
Wunderground Historical Information
StudyJams Weather & Climate
Review Video & Quiz
StudyJams Air Masses and Fronts
Review Video & Quiz
StudyJams Air Pressure and Wind
Review Video & Quiz
Layers of the Earth
Information Site
Earth Animated Map of Wind & Weather
Cool visualization
How does a barometer work?
TED Video
Quantum mechanics explains global warming
TED Video
How heavy is air?
Air pressure TED Video
Climate Change; Earth's Tetris
TED Video
How to track a tornado
TED Video

ES.13 and ES.3 Astronomy

SkyWeek Videos
Videos updated each week with what's going on in the sky!
Chronopticon
BrainPop Game on Moon Sun and Earth relationships
Fly to Mars
Launch a spacecraft!
The Drake Equation
Is there life elsewhere?
What if the Sun Disappeared?
VSauce YouTube Video
Reason for the Seasons
TED Video
How many universes are there?
TED Video
The Moon's Illusion
TED Video
The Space Race
TED Video
What can light tell us about the universe?
TED Video
The Scandalous life of Tycho Brahe
TED Video
What is the universe made of?
TED Video
A 3D atlas of the universe
TED Video
The death of the universe
TED Video

Simulations

pHET
Earth Science Simulations
Gizmos ExploreLearning
Simulations and activities
SHODOR
Online Math & Science tools
Kerbal Space Program
Build a space program!

Earth Science SOL Review

Jefferson Labs
Go to student zone or games and puzzles- check out the review games such as hangman
SOL Pass
Take online 2005 test
Astronomy Games
Meteorology Games
Geology Review
Nature of Science Games
Review Crossword
Hangman
SOL Review
Based on the NY Regents, very similar to the VSOL
Brainpop
Engaging Science
NASA Online Games
Science Kids
Videos and Games
Online Jeopardy
Play as a class, or in partners!
SOL REVIEW PACKET
If you lost your packet and need another one, print from this link!