High School
- E4.p1 Water Cycle (prerequisite)
Water circulates through the crust and atmosphere
and in oceans, rivers, glaciers, and ice caps and
connects all of the Earth systems. Groundwater is
a significant reservoir and source of freshwater on
Earth. The recharge and movement of groundwater depends
on porosity, permeability, and the shape of the water
table. The movement of groundwater occurs over a long
period time. Groundwater and surface water are often
interconnected. (prerequisite)
- Modeling
the Water Cycle New
In this activity, students will build a model
to simulate parts of the water cycle. They will
be able to recognize and explain the essential
elements of the water cycle.
- NOAA's
Learning Demo "The Water Cycle"
Outstanding!
Four short videos complete with outstanding color
diagrams: The Water Cycle, its Global Impact,
Global Warming's effect on the Water Cycle and
Groundwater Use and Overuse.
- Solar
Still New
This site has a video showing how to use a homemade
solar still to mimic this natural process, separating
pure water from a saltwater mixture. It is complete
with a background essay, discussion questions,
and standards.
- The
Hydrologic Cycle: Online Meteorology Guide
The Hydrologic Cycle module has been organized
into the following sections:
Sections: The Earth's Water Budget , Evaporation,
Condensation, Transport, Precipitation, Groundwater,
Transpiration, Runoff, and Summary and Example.
- The
Water Cycle
This
site describes the water cycle beginning with
the various forms that water can take. It provides
a good definition of terms related to the water
cycle. A large color graphic illustrates the water
cycle. This site is concise and to the point.
Excellent site with an "Earth Science Explorer",
that can be used by teachers and students to find
other information.
- USGS
"The Water Cycle"
Detailed Water Cycle diagram and companion summary
available in 64 different languages.
- E4.p2 Weather and the Atmosphere (prerequisite)
The atmosphere is divided into layers defined by temperature.
Clouds are indicators of weather. (prerequisite)
- Clouds
and Precipation
The clouds and precipitation module is organized
into the following sections: Development, Cloud
Types, Precipation, and Acknowledgements. The
activity is arranged in modules that are arranged
in a recommended sequence.
- Convection
Currents
A demonstration
that is simple and visually appealing to show
convection currents in water.
- Franklin’s
Forecast
This site teaches how to build your own weather
station. You then record your data and predict
the upcoming weather.
- Introduction
to Atmospheric Chemistry
This
site, by York University, describes atmospheric
chemistry (what atmosphere is composed of) and
the job of an atmospheric chemist. Topics included
are: What is Atmospheric Chemistry, Photochemical
Smog/Tropospheric Ozone, Global Warming, Stratospheric
Ozone Depletion, Acidic Deposition, and Toxic
Air Pollutants. This site is a place where teachers
will be able to gain knowledge necessary for lessons.
Each topic includes hyperlinks which may be appropriate
for children.
- Meteorology
The Online Meteorology Guide is a collection of
web-based instructional modules that use multimedia
technology and the dynamic capabilities of the
web. These resources incorporate text, colorful
diagrams, animations, computer simulations, audio
and video to introduce fundamental concepts in
the atmospheric sciences. Selected pages
link to (or will soon link to) relevant classroom
activities and current weather products to reinforce
topics discussed in the modules and allow the
user to apply what has been learned to real-time
weather data.
- METEOROLOGY
- DOES WEATHER HAPPEN RANDOMLY?
Outstanding
- An outstanding weather site! Using a current
satellite and radar image students are asked two
basic questions: (1) Does weather happen randomly?
(2) If there are patterns, what are they and how
can we use them? This site has 9 interactive questions.
Use for 8th grade weather unit.
- Relative
Humidity Applet New
This applet simulates what happens inside your
house when the temperature and dew point change
outside. You have control over the outdoor values
by sliding the red colored portion of the two
thermometers.
- Vertical
Structure of the Atmosphere New
In this interactive resource you will learn about
how atmospheric pressure, temperature, and composition
are related to altitude. The site includes an
animation, background information, and discussion
questions.
- Weather
Applets New
This site contains a recently
updated composite infrared image of cloud cover
over the United State. As you move the mouse pointer
over the image, the temperature (degrees C), latitude
and longitude are listed.
- Weather
Applets New
This contains a list of weather related interactive
applets. Some excellent ones include topics such
as hurricanes, tornados, relative humidity, rainbows,
and precipitation.
- E4.p3 Glaciers (prerequisite)
Glaciers are large bodies of ice that move under the
influence of gravity. They form part of both the rock
and water cycles. Glaciers and ice sheets have shaped
the landscape of the Great Lakes region. Areas that
have been occupied by ice sheets are depressed. When
the ice sheet is removed, the region rebounds (see
also climate change). (prerequisite)
- All
About Glaciers
This site contains information, pictures and more
on glaciers.
- DEQ,
Geology in Michigan
Presentations, classroom materials, and maps of
Michigan's geology past and present. Once in this
site make sure to go to the "For students
and Teachers" link which contains games,
lessons, diagrams, pictures, and multimedia.
- Flip
Book All About Glaciers
This site contains material that can be cut out
and made into a flip book illustrating the development
of the Great Lake region.
- Glacial
Lakes Around Michigan
This is a downloadable .pdf file that contains
information on how the Glacial Lakes in the Great
Lakes Basin were formed. A series of diagrams
of the changing surface features in Michigan as
the glaciers changed. The diagrams can be
made into a flip-book to show the changes.
- Natural
Processes in the Great Lakes
This site provides a short concise explanation
of How the Great Lakes Basins were formed by glacial
erosion. When you click on the diagram (Geology
& Mineral Resources) to the left of the explanation,
there is a representative sequence of chronological
diagrams ranging form 13,200 years BP to 10,000
years BP.
- Regents
Prep Earth Science
This site has a variety of Earth Science resources
appropriate for use by students and teachers.
- The
Gateway to Astronaut Photography
This site focuses on the interconnections among
processes taking place in the Earth's atmosphere,
hydrosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere. Many
processes within the Earth System are being observed
and monitored from Earth's orbit. Astronauts have
photograph the Earth on a continuous basis. This
record spans more than 35 years.
- The
Glacial Lakes Around Michigan (background information)
This site is a pdf file/ packet with information,
pictures and more on how glaciers formed and shaped
the Great Lakes.
- USGS
Includes information about volcanoes, earthquakes,
and plate tectonics. Includes activities, models,
and much, much more.
- E4.1 Hydrogeology
Fresh water moves over time between the atmosphere,
hydrosphere (surface water, wetlands, rivers, and
glaciers), and geosphere (groundwater). Water resources
are both critical to and greatly impacted by humans.
Changes in water systems will impact quality, quantity,
and movement of water. Natural surface water processes
shape the landscape everywhere and are affected by
human land use decisions.
- Boulder
Area Sustainability Information Network
Site for the watershed located around Bolder Colorado.
Contains maps of the watershed (new and historic
maps of the site), geography of the site and the
types of pollution found there.
- Ecosystem
Services - Water Purification
The purpose of this activity is to use
the example of natural water purification to show
students that healthy ecosystems provide services
to people that are essential to life as we know
it. The site gives a lot of instructional
information and is loaded with links so students
can apply what they are learning to their regional
watersheds. Students will study the process
of natural purification and the effects
of human interaction. The final assessment
of this project is a river newspaper.
- EPA's
Surf Your Watershed
Can get information about thousands of watersheds
and testing results. From this site there
are hyperlinks to an Index of Watershed indicators,
Adopt Your Watershed, and Surf Your Watershed.
On the "Surf Your Watershed" link, watersheds
in the United States can be found by typing in
your city, river, county or state or by clicking
on a map of the United States. Once at the Watershed
information is given on Science in Your Watershed,
Streamflow, Water use and more.
- Everyone
is Against Water Pollution...but how does it happen
and how can it be prevented?
Excellently written evaluation of water quality,
water testing procedures and water treatment procedures.
This site contains a great deal of information
related to water quality issues.
- Great
Lakes Ecological Protection and Restoration
This site provides information about efforts to
keep the lakes in the Great Lakes Basin clean
for people, animals, and plants that depend on
them. New title: Great Lakes Ecological Protection
and Restoration.
- Hydrologic
Analysis DEQ
Provides information on stream dynamics and the
impacts of streamwater runoff. Includes studies
done on specific streams in western Michigan.
- Long
Island Sound Study
This is a Power Point presentation that can be
viewed on-line in html or downloaded-printed in
.pdf format. It includes a report on pollutants
found in the sound (lead, pathogens etc) along
with graphs showing the pollutants over time.
Also included are restoration and protection efforts.
Part of the presentation shows how the Long Island
Watershed is related to Long Island Sound.
- Pollution
Locator/Search Engine
Pollution found in different watersheds can be
located by typing in the name of the watershed
or the location of the water shed. The site
will give the type and location of the pollution
found in the watershed. THe site also provides
a hyperlink to explain what the human health hazzard
is, how the pollutant is regulated and much more.
- The
Great Lakes Atlas
This site is an online resource book with
tremendous information of the Great Lakes Watershed.
The topics include: natural processes, new directions,
and people of the great lakes.
- The
Great Lakes
This site has numerous links that provides information
about the Great Lakes water shed.
- The
Watershed Game
This is a game where a student logs in with a
name and then picks between two levels, Novice
or Intermediate. They are asked to make
choices along the way about their watershed and
then at the end the student will be given a score
on how their choices affected the watershed.
- United
States EPA - Great Lakes Site
This site contains a wealth of information concerning
the Great Lakes, including general information,
watershed maps, pollution prevention, human health
issues, among others. Links are also provided
to educational programs and other relevant sites.
This site is an excellent starting point for studying
Great Lakes pollution.
- Waterborne
Contaminants in the Great Lakes
This site shows graphics and explains how contaminants
get into the Great Lakes and their impact on it.
- Water's
the Matter
This site focuses on five different measurable
properties of water. Determining the quality of
water involves more than observing it's color
and sensing it's odor. The properties or characteristics
of water in a river or lake can be affected by
man, weather, time, and animals or plants within
the water. Each lesson has six sections: Introduction,
Objectives, Pre-Test, Lesson Presentation, Activity,
Post-Test.
- Water
Science for Schools (USGS)
Outstanding:
This site has many links to information and activities
for students and teachers. There is a index to
chose actiivities with quizzes and information
sheets.
- E4.2 Oceans and Climate
Energy from the Sun and the rotation of the Earth
control global atmospheric circulation. Oceans redistribute
matter and energy around the Earth through currents,
waves, and interaction with other Earth systems. Ocean
currents are controlled by prevailing winds, changes
in water density, ocean topography, and the shape
and location of landmasses. Oceans and large lakes
(e.g., Great Lakes) have a major effect on climate
and weather because they are a source of moisture
and a large reservoir of heat. Interactions between
oceanic circulation and the atmosphere can affect
regional climates throughout the world.
- Climate
Prediction Center
This
is an ineractive weather site with long term precipatation
trends, drought analysis, ozone depletion rate
and weekly weather patterns for North America.
- Climate
Diagnostic Center
This site provides climate data, maps, graphs,
and links to additional climate sites.
- Earth's
Atmosphere
This site takes you through all the levels in
the earth's atmosphere and explores each one.
- Great
Lakes Climate Change Assessment
A report
from the University of Michigan about the changing
climate in the Great Lakes. It is downloadable
by chapters as a .pdf file. It contains
chapters on Climate Change and Lake-Effect Snow,
Climate Change and River Flows, Water Resources,
Water Ecology, Historic Overview and Current Situations.
The report can also be ordered by mail.
- Meteorology
The Online Meteorology Guide is a collection of
web-based instructional modules that use multimedia
technology and the dynamic capabilities of the
web. These resources incorporate text, colorful
diagrams, animations, computer simulations, audio
and video to introduce fundamental concepts in
the atmospheric sciences. Selected pages
link to (or will soon link to) relevant classroom
activities and current weather products to reinforce
topics discussed in the modules and allow the
user to apply what has been learned to real-time
weather data.
- METEOROLOGY
- DOES WEATHER HAPPEN RANDOMLY?
Outstanding
- An outstanding weather site! Using a current
satellite and radar image students are asked two
basic questions: (1) Does weather happen randomly?
(2) If there are patterns, what are they and how
can we use them? This site has 9 interactive questions.
- NOAA
GOES West Data
This is a live site showing the infrared imaging
of the western United States.
- Ocean
World
This site includes a student interactive section
and teacher resourcesw that deal with subjects
like El Nino, ocean effects on weather, waves,
and satellites.
- Surface
Current Investigation New
This is an interactive lesson that teaches concepts
like convection currents and Coriolis force. It
contains excellent diagrams, some of which are
interactive.
- The
Weather World 2010 Project - Meteorology
This site is a great weather resource, including
explanations, animations, student activity sheets,
and teacher answer guides.
- E4.3 Severe Weather
Tornadoes, hurricanes, blizzards, and thunderstorms
are severe weather phenomena that impact society and
ecosystems. Hazards include downbursts (wind shear),
strong winds, hail, lightning, heavy rain, and flooding.
The movement of air in the atmosphere is due to differences
in air density resulting from variations in temperature.
Many weather conditions can be explained by fronts
that occur when air masses meet.
- All
About Derechos New
This site contains information, pictures, historical
maps and articles about the severe weather event
know as derechos.
- Eye
of Hurricane applet New
The user determines the pressure difference between
the environment and the central pressure of the
hurricane, and the radius of the eye-wall. As
you change these parameters, you change the distribution
of the tangential wind and temperature as a function
of the distance from the hurricane eye.
- Franklin’s
Forecast
This site teaches how to build your own weather
station. You then record your data and predict
the upcoming weather.
- Historical
Tornadoes New
This site lists interesting and attention getting
historical facts about tornadoes. It also contains
links to charts, maps, and graphs.
- Hurricane
Applet New
This is a great applet where the user can manipulate
high and low pressure systems possibly creating
a hurricane. It also shows how a high pressure
system can determine the path of the hurricane.
- Hurricanes
and Weather at NOAA
This
site gives extensive information about hurricanes.
You can get current storm information, forecasting,
hurricane history, and general information.
This is a very informative site and a great resource.
- Hurricane
Strike
Outstanding!
This site contains a very good interactive program
that allows students to help a family prepare
for a coming hurricane. Students are expected
to help gather objects for an emergency pack,
shop for needed provisions, and clean up around
the house for safety. The site also provides teacher
resources and lesson plans.
- Meteorology
The Online Meteorology Guide is a collection of
web-based instructional modules that use multimedia
technology and the dynamic capabilities of the
web. These resources incorporate text, colorful
diagrams, animations, computer simulations, audio
and video to introduce fundamental concepts in
the atmospheric sciences. Selected pages
link to (or will soon link to) relevant classroom
activities and current weather products to reinforce
topics discussed in the modules and allow the
user to apply what has been learned to real-time
weather data.
- METEOROLOGY
- DOES WEATHER HAPPEN RANDOMLY?
Outstanding
- An outstanding weather site! Using a current
satellite and radar image students are asked two
basic questions: (1) Does weather happen randomly?
(2) If there are patterns, what are they and how
can we use them? This site has 9 interactive questions.
Use for 8th grade weather unit.
- Nature's
Greatest Storms NOAA
This
site maintains a continuous watch on tropical
cyclones over the Atlantic, Caribbean, Gulf of
Mexico and the Eastern Pacific.
- National
Weather Service -Detroit/Pontiac -Michigan Forecast
Center
This
is an excellent site for the acquisition of weather
and climatic data for Michigan, i.e. -maps, temperatures,
wind speeds, sunrise, sunset, storm warnings,
etc. The Detroit/Pontiac NWS office is the forecast
center for Michigan. You can ask specific questions
via e-mail.
- Rate
Tornado Damage New
In this interactive activity, you will evaluate
scenes of destruction utilizing the most widely
used scale for assessing a tornado's intensity,
the Fujita scale.
- Thunderstorm
Applet New
This is a really cool applet that lets you learn
to determine how far away a thunderstorm is by
counting the seconds between seeing the lightning
and hearing the thunder.
- Tornado
Applet New
This is an applet of a tornado in which the user
determines the tornado's width and pressure. The
resulting tornado then destroys some objects,
and its stregth is revealed.
- USA
TODAY Weather Site
The USA TODAY weather site provides rich content
information about many aspects of weather.
You will see more than 500 weather related topics
explained at this site. From the index you
can visit many relevant websites for help with
their curriculum questions.
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