2. Earth System Science The SOAR-High Project Teacher: Ms. Mary Ellsworth The SOAR-High Project Teacher: Ms. Mary Ellsworth

3. 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?

4. 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

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

6. SOAR-High Schools  Indiana School for the Deaf  Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf  North Carolina School for the Deaf  University High School DHHP (Irvine, CA)  Chinook Middle School (Seattle, WA)  Model Secondary School for the Deaf  Indiana School for the Deaf  Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf  North Carolina School for the Deaf  University High School DHHP (Irvine, CA)  Chinook Middle School (Seattle, WA)  Model Secondary School for the Deaf

7. 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

8. Class Activities  Outside readings  Science Article Summaries (every 2 wks)  Books: Rachel Carson, others Outside readings  Science Article Summaries (every 2 wks)  Books: Rachel Carson, others  Evening fieldtrips  Computer use - daily  Student collaboration (maybe)  Outside readings  Science Article Summaries (every 2 wks)  Books: Rachel Carson, others Outside readings  Science Article Summaries (every 2 wks)  Books: Rachel Carson, others  Evening fieldtrips  Computer use - daily  Student collaboration (maybe)

9. 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, Satuen, Neptune, Pluto

10.  Vostok, Antarctica is the coldest place on Earth. The lowest temperature measured there was ______ on July 21, 1983. 136 degrees F

11.  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

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

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

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

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

16. Which state have the fewest earthquakes?  Florida and North Dakota

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

18. 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.

19. What percentage of the world’s water is in the oceans?  About 97%

20. 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!