Earth System Science The SOAR-High Project

What is ESS?  The study of the Earth and it’s spheres, and the interactions between the spheres.  Example: What happens when the atmosphere touches the oceans?  The study of the Earth and it’s spheres, and the interactions between the spheres.  Example: What happens when the atmosphere touches the oceans?

Topics for this year  1st Quarter - Parts of the Earth System, Systems thinking, Online Portfolios, GLOBE measurements, What causes the seasons  2nd Quarter - Energy in the system, Greenhouse effect, Global Warming, the Electromagnetic Spectrum, Satellites, Research Project  3rd Quarter - The Atmosphere, structure, Ozone, Bio-Indicators, Climate Change  4th Quarter - The Lithosphere, soils, faults, Sphere Connections, Research Project  1st Quarter - Parts of the Earth System, Systems thinking, Online Portfolios, GLOBE measurements, What causes the seasons  2nd Quarter - Energy in the system, Greenhouse effect, Global Warming, the Electromagnetic Spectrum, Satellites, Research Project  3rd Quarter - The Atmosphere, structure, Ozone, Bio-Indicators, Climate Change  4th Quarter - The Lithosphere, soils, faults, Sphere Connections, Research Project

What is SOAR-High?  Six schools working together  Sharing an online curriculum  Class guided by daily teacher message  Videoconferencing  Collaboration between classrooms  Six schools working together  Sharing an online curriculum  Class guided by daily teacher message  Videoconferencing  Collaboration between classrooms

SOAR-High Schools  Indiana School for the Deaf  Iowa School for the Deaf  North Carolina School for the Deaf  University High School DHHP (Irvine, CA)  Model Secondary School for the Deaf  Indiana School for the Deaf  Iowa School for the Deaf  North Carolina School for the Deaf  University High School DHHP (Irvine, CA)  Model Secondary School for the Deaf

Class Activities  Online Portfolios  Projects  Collecting data (GLOBE Program)  Ozone and ozone damage to plants  Aerosols  Air temperature  Lab activities  Lab reports - data analysis  Online Portfolios  Projects  Collecting data (GLOBE Program)  Ozone and ozone damage to plants  Aerosols  Air temperature  Lab activities  Lab reports - data analysis

Class Activities  Outside readings  Science Articles  Books: Rachel Carson, etc  Fieldtrips  Computer use - daily messages  Student collaboration  Outside readings  Science Articles  Books: Rachel Carson, etc  Fieldtrips  Computer use - daily messages  Student collaboration

How much do you know about the planet Earth?  Earth is the ____ planet from the Sun.  Earth is the ____ planet from the Sun. Sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Pluto

 Vostok, Antarctica is the coldest place on Earth. The lowest temperature measured there was ______ on July 21, degrees F

 The hottest place on Earth in  A. Death Valley, USA  B. El Azizia, Libya  And that temperature was  _______  The hottest place on Earth in  A. Death Valley, USA  B. El Azizia, Libya  And that temperature was  _______ El Azizia, Libya 136 degrees F

 What kind of rocks can float? Pumice, a volcanic rock

 How much dust from outer space falls on Earth each year? About 1,000 tons of material

 What is the longest river in the world? How long is it? Nile River in Africa is 4,160 miles

What state tends to get the most earthquakes?  Alaska has a magnitude 7 quake almost every year!

Which 2 states have the fewest earthquakes?  Florida and North Dakota

Is the atmosphere made mostly of oxygen?  No. Earth's atmosphere is actually made of about 80% nitrogen. About 19% is oxygen.

Is Earth the largest rocky planet in the Solar system?  Yes…but just barely.  Earth's diameter at the equator is 7,926 miles. Venus is 7,521 miles wide.  Yes…but just barely.  Earth's diameter at the equator is 7,926 miles. Venus is 7,521 miles wide.

What percentage of the Earth’s water is in the oceans?  About 97%

What is Earth’s largest ocean?  The Pacific Ocean - it covers 64 million square miles.  It’s more than 2 times the size of the Atlantic!  The Pacific Ocean - it covers 64 million square miles.  It’s more than 2 times the size of the Atlantic!