Earth Science Simulation Activities

Finished building your earthquake proof tower? Tomorrow's volcano worksheet completed? Well then, try out one of the earth science simulations below!

Mrs. Loehe


Tectonic Plate Interactive

Build a Volcano

I don't know where I'm a gonna go...

...WHEN THE VOLCANO BLOWS!

Want to learn more about how lava flows down soft and hot? Well, below are some very helpful and fun links to explore in order to complete your Volcano worksheet for Tuesday, May 19th. You may also use Google to help you on your learning endeavors!

Mrs. Loehe

Volcano Explorer

Volcanic Eruptions

VOLCANOES

Electromagnetism!

It's ELECTRIC (and magnetic)!




Click below to play with Faraday's Electromagnetic virtual lab:

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Triple Beam Balance: Online Practice

Tomorrow, Tuesday, we will begin to look at how to use a triple beam balance when trying to find the mass of your evidence found at your Bayside "crime scenes" in next week's CSI lab! Mass is the amount of matter in an object; the base unit for mass in the metric system is the gram. When using the triple beam balance, you will ALWAYS use grams as your label.

Remember, we can't have naked numbers!

Please click here for an introduction to the triple beam balance, then click here to practice!

Mrs. Loehe

Monday: Earthquake Virtual Lab Links

Earthquake Links:

• Virtual Lab 1
• Virtual Lab 2

Earthquake Challenge Link:

• Virtual Lab Home

Plate Tectonics Simulation (Just for fun and because you asked!):

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Science News Monday and STATIC ELECTRICITY INTRODUCTION!

Where should we start with STATIC ELECTRICITY? Well here, at Jefferson Labs, learning about ATOMS!

For tomorrow, may I introduce you to the virtual balloon and John Travoltage!

CLICK HERE for the first lab or on the picture below...

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OR CLICK HERE to access John Travoltage!

When you finish, feel free to check out the other ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM SIMULATIONS!

Magnetism Virtual Labs: Day Two Challenge Option

For those of you who took the challenge packet yesterday, have completed it, and turned it in, you will need to take the second challenge lab today. Below is a University of Colorado, PhET, Interactive Simulation that allows you to further explore principles we have covered in class, and that you explored in yesterday's lab. Use this simulation to help you complete the second lab challenge.

REMEMBER TO READ DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY!

Mrs. Loehe

Click to Run

Explore Learning Gizmos: MAGNETISM!

Greetings and salutations, Baysiders!

Today, we will be further exploring magnetism on a site called Explore Learning. This site offers virtual "gizmos" to demonstrate some of the things we are doing in our magnetism labs. There are two lab packets that go with these activities. Everyone can do the Student Exploration: Magnetism packet; however, if you would like a challenge, I would like you to do the Magnetic Induction packet instead. 

You will have two days to complete your packet, and if you finish the first, my expectation is that you start the second. These packets will be due on THURSDAY! 

Below are directions for how to get onto the EXPLORE LEARNING website. I will also walk you through it in class.

Happy Learning,
Mrs. Loehe

How to GIZMO!

1. Go to the Explore Learning site.

2. In the upper, right hand corner click on "Enroll in a Class." 

3. Enter your hour's class code: (Copy and paste!)

• Hour 2: R93XBN8FXV
• Hour 4: T6UGHQVWYL
• Hour 6: HBL3FZEZ8A
• Hour 7: QHE69XNCYE

4. Click "continue."

5. Click on the GREEN bar that says "I need to create an Explore Learning account."

6. Type in your first and last name. You DO NOT need an e-mail. Also type in your SCHOOL USERNAME AND PASSWORD!

7. Click "continue."

8. Choose your packet's gizmo and click "Launch Gizmo."

9. Complete your packet and turn into Mrs. Loehe by THURSDAY, 2/27!

Seasons Interactive

More Interactives HERE

QR Scaveger Hunt Links & Questions

Just in case you don't have access to a QR code scanner, below are the links and questions!

Number	Link	Question
1	http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/	What planets are 4th and 7th from the Sun, respectively?
2	http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Asteroids	How are asteroids and planets similar?
3	http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/03/why-does-a-comet-have-a-tail/	What causes a comet to have a tail?
4	http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/space/cometasteroidmeteoroiddifferences.html	How are meteors different from asteroids?
5	http://lasp.colorado.edu/education/outerplanets/moons_galilean.php	In what area might Jupiter’s moon, Europa surpass Earth?
6	http://nineplanets.org/sol.html	What makes the Sun an “ordinary” star?
7	http://nineplanets.org/venus.html	Why is Venus often referred to as Earth’s sister planet?
8	http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/science/orderingplanets.htm	What mnemonic device can help you remember the order of the planets?
9	http://www.kidsastronomy.com/pluto.htm	Why should Pluto not be part of the mnemonic device?
10	http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Mars&Display=OverviewLong	The presence of what mineral on Mars gives it a reddish appearance?
11	http://www.universetoday.com/75803/how-does-the-sun-produce-energy/	How does the Sun generate energy?
12	http://nineplanets.org/comets.html	What is the nickname for a comet, and why?
13	http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/answers/970518a.html	How do the Sun and Earth compare in size?
14	http://curiosity.discovery.com/question/what-asteroids-made-of	What are asteroids made of?
15	http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm=Object=Meteors&Display=OverviewLong	Why don’t really large meteors hit the earth?
16	http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Display=Moons&Object=Jupiter	What are the names of Jupiter’s four largest moons?
17	http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Jupiter	About how many moons does Jupiter have in all?
18	http://pds-rings.seti.org/saturn/	Write an interesting fact about Saturn’s rings.
19	http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Mercury	Why does Mercury’s surface have so many crater impact scars?
20	http://www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm	What amazes you the most about the solar system?

Density and Buoyancy SimuLABtion

For Tuesday, November 5th and Wednesday, November, 6th, you will use the lab simulation below to complete the PhET- Density Activity. You can run the lab below or by clicking this link.This lab will probably take you two days. It is ok if you do not finish. You are being graded on how well read the lab carefully and problem solve on your own.  YOU MUST READ THE LAB CAREFULLY AND LOOK AT THE PICTURES! 
If you complete this lab, you may work on your notecard for the test!

Happy floating...and sinking!

Mrs. Loehe