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Science Education News: HHMI Debuts EarthViewer App for iPad
EarthViewer shows continental arrangements as they shift through time—including Pangea from 215 million years ago.Have you ever wanted to go back in time to see what the Earth looked like 400 million years ago? You can with the EarthViewer, a free, interactive app designed for the iPad, that lets users explore the Earth’s history with the touch of a finger by scrolling through 4.5 billion years of geological evolution. The app, developed by HHMI’s BioInteractive team, tracks the planet’s continental shifts, compares changes in climate as far back as the planet’s origin, and explores the Earth’s biodiversity over the last 540 million years. It combines visual analysis with hard data, and helps students make connections between geological and biological change. Download the HHMI EarthViewer app from the App Store. We're very interested in how the app can be used in formal education. Dennis Liu “We're very interested in how the app can be used in formal education.
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Wegener's Puzzling Evidence Exercise (6th Grade)
Although Alfred Wegener was not the first to suggest that continents have moved about the Earth, his presentation of carefully compiled evidence for continental drift inspired decades of scientific debate. Wegener's evidence, in concert with compelling evidence provided by post World War II technology, eventually led to universal acceptance of the theory of Plate Tectonics in the scientific community. The following files are needed for this exercise and can be downloaded in pdf format (Teacher Overview, (For Teachers) Wegener's Key to Continental Positions for grade 6, Student Puzzle Pieces, Key to Wegener's Evidence sheet, and Student Map of the World Today). If students need additional hints beyond those provided below, there is a Puzzle Outline Hint to be used as a base for the puzzle. Objectives Students will observe and analyze scientific evidence used by Wegener. The Student Puzzle Pieces and Legend To start this activity the teacher will present background information on Wegener.
γεωγραφία
Η γεωγραφία μπορεί να υποστηριχθεί με τα λογισμικά που προτείνει το Παιδαγωγικό Ινστιτούτο και με ιστοσελίδες ή προγράμματα τα οποία προσφέρονται δωρεάν στο διαδίκτυο και διαθέτουν αρκετό εκπαιδευτικό υλικό ή υλικό το οποίο μπορεί να χρησιμοποιηθεί στην τάξη. Στην πρώτη κατηγορία περιλαμβάνονται τα λογισμικά: · ΓΕΩΛΟΓΙΑ ΓΕΩΓΡΑΦΙΑ Α & Β γυμνασίου. Περιλαμβάνει εποπτικό και διαδραστικό υλικό καθώς και φύλλα εργασίας. · ΓΕΩΓΡΑΦΙΑ Α΄ - Β΄ ΓΥΜΝΑΣΙΟΥ. · ΤΑΞΙΔΕΥΟΝΤΑΣ με τους χάρτες στην Ελλάδα και τον κόσμο. Στη δεύτερη κατηγορία θα κατέτασσα τους εξής ιστοτόπους: · Δεν χρειάζεται συστάσεις. · www.cruiser.gr για χάρτες της Ελλάδας. · Για δορυφορικές εικόνες απ'; όλο τον κόσμο. · Για τους πρόσφατους σεισμούς στον Ελλαδικό χώρο. · Για τους πρόσφατους σεισμούς σε παγκόσμιο επίπεδο. Εγκατάσταση λογισμικού Γεωγραφίας.pdf GoogleEarth Γεωγρ.
GSA EarthCache - An Introduction
How to Have Fun & Learn about the Earth at EarthCache™ Sites Visiting an EarthCache site is a great way to learn more about our wonderful world. It can take you to many places that you would not normally visit, and teach you about why those places are special or unique. EarthCache sites can also teach you and your family important skills such as navigation and map reading. What do I need to visit an EarthCache site? You need a Global Positional System Receiver (GPSr or GPS for short). How do I find my first EarthCache? Once you have your GPS unit and have practiced entering latitude and longitude coordinates, just go to the EarthCache listings. Print out that page. Enter the latitude and longitude for the EarthCache site into your GPS. Your GPS should be able to place you within 20 feet of the EarthCache site. Now I have found my EarthCache site, what do I do? When you get back to your computer, go back to the listing for that EarthCache site and click on the button to "log your visit."
Geo-Primary
Assessing Primary Geography Teacher assessment is a complex matter, but here are a few tools to help you with part of the process. Principles and purposes of assessment These are some special assessment tasks devised by teachers in Staffordshire and Derby. Recording pupils' progress These examples of recording grids are useful to help you devise your own. Working on your own moderating pupils' attainment can be very difficult.
Guesthollow.com - Homeschool Curriculum, Printables & Resources
Click here to return to our main notebooking printables page. All printables in this section require free Adobe Acrobat Reader. These lapbooking downloads are our gift to you. You can download them for free! For information about lapbooking and links to more freebies, please visit Jimmie's excellent Squidoo lens! Some of the graphics in this pack were purchased from and © 2008 Jupiter Images, the rest are hand-made by me. ;-)
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Halflife
The applet lists a "halflife" for each radioactive isotope. What does that mean? The halflife is the amount of time it takes for half of the atoms in a sample to decay. The halflife for a given isotope is always the same ; it doesn't depend on how many atoms you have or on how long they've been sitting around. For example, the applet will tell you that the halflife of beryllium 11 is 13.81 seconds. Hmmm...so a lot of decays happen really fast when there are lots of atoms, and then things slow down when there aren't so many. That's exactly right. Notice how the decays are fast and furious at the beginning and slow down over time; you can see this both from the color changes in the top window and from the graph. You'll also notice that the pattern of atoms in the top picture is random-looking, and different each time you run the applet, but the graph below always has the same shape.
