Earth & Space Science
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| Earth & Space Science |
| Geology |
| Shake, Rattle, and Roll - Exploring Earthquakes : Use a seismograph to analyze earthquakes generated by the earthquake board. Record your results in a designated laptop to demonstrate the arrival of the various types of waves generated by earthquakes. Shake Rattle and Roll also includes the Student Seismographs and activity manual. |
| Earthquake Resistant Structures: Using the earthquake boards and lincoln logs, this demonstration explores the difference between building a structure on soft soil versus bedrock. |
| Stream
Table: This kit will allow students to investigate
the process of water erosion as it changes the surface of
the earth. It includes a large teacher demonstration stream
table and individual plastic student stream table simulators.
Students will be able to evaluate running water and its
related processes, mass wasting, coastal processes and oceanography,
glaciation, and structural processes as well as best management
practices for slowing the processes and effects of erosion
due to natural and man-made factors. Soil Erosion by Water Stream Erosion |
| StarLab Portable Planetarium for Geology: Use the portable planetarium to support your Earth science curriculum with the following cylinders: Plate tectonics, The Earth |
| Landform Discovery Pack: This activity consists of a set of land forms that fit together like a puzzle. Each lab group can explore a different landform or they can exchange. Kit includes 3D models of the landforms and all supplies necessary. |
| Landform Demonstration Kit: This kit demonstrates types of faulting that might result for tectonic plate interaction. It includes cardboard 3D models to demonstrate faulting. |
| Find your way with Compasses: Kit includes a classroom set of compasses and a book of activities for use with compasses, maps and map cd. |
| Find your way with GPS: This kit includes a classroom set of Gamin GPS units and instruction manual and as well as an activity for using the GPS units |
| Plate
Tectonics with Drift Globes: These globes will
demonstrate the appearance of the Earth from Pangaea to the
present. Includes Drift globes, necessary supplies and activity manual. |
| Rock Id: Learn to identify rocks by their characteristics and by sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous. Kit includes teacher set of labeled rocks, classroom set of unlabeled rocks for student use, Petersons Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals, Key to rocks and Minerals, worksheet. |
| Fossils and a Geological Time Scale: Figures 1-4 Revised 02/14/2008 Teacher Notes: Learn to identify fossils by their characteristics and time period. Kit includes: teacher set of fossils, classroom set of student fossils (the same but unlabeled), rulers, activity guide, geological time scale charts, Petersons guide to Fossils, and worksheet. |
Catastrophic Events (STC curriculum materials): Use any or all of the laboratory assignments or curriculum materials to explore catastrophic events. Chapters of the books and lab activities involve: heating earths surfaces,convection currents in air earthquakes, intro to earthquakes, movement of earthquakes, recording earthquakes, plotting earthquakes, using earthquakes to study earth’s interior, investigating plate movements and faults, convection in the mantle, into to volcanoes, volcanoes and landscape, viscosity and volcano types, igneous rock, magma, volcanic ash, effects of ash fall. Kit includes curriculum materials and all necessary supplies for lab assignments. |
| Oceanography |
| Teach with the Teaching Tanks: These are clear acrylic tanks 12 X 12” and ½ “ wide and can be used for Ocean-related activities. |
| Ocean Activity Model: Visualize causes and effects of ocean currents caused by warm water and cold water causing convection currents. This is one teacher demonstration kit only. It is complete with three activities and worksheets. |
| Bottle Aquarium: The purpose of this activity is to maintain a balanced eco-system with minimal human intervention. |
| Map the Seafloor: Individual boxes allow students to sound the ocean floor of their box for topographical features such as guyots, volcanoes, and plains. Kit includes all supplies necessary for laboratory groups to explore the model ocean floor. |
StarLab Portable Planetarium for Oceanography: Use the portable planetarium to support your Earth science curriculum with the following cylinders: Ocean Currents This lab can be used along with the PowerPoint found Here. |
| Astronomy |
| Gas Emision Spectra : These kits include a project star spectrometer and spectrum tube power supplies with the following spectrum tubes: Br, Cl, He, H, I, Kr, N, O, Xe, Ne, Ar, H20 and CO2. |
| StarLab Astronomy Portable Planetarium: Explore the cosmos and identify stars and constellations. Have a mobile educator provide a presentation about one of the following topics: Our Northern Hemisphere (Milky Way) Starfield, Solar System, Constellations, Greek Mythology, or Native American Mythology. All necessary supplies for the portable planetarium and appropriate handouts are provided. |
| Plan a Star Party: On a Friday evening we can bring our telescope to help your students discover the closeness of the rest of our universe with our Meade LS200 12 inch telescope. Use the telescope to inspect the moon’s surface, study the rings of Saturn, or observe the other celestial objects. This is the largest portable telescope in the area. It has GPS, Autostar (autotracking), and many lenses and adapters for photography. Includes telescope, tripod, various lenses, supply chest of accessories and solar filter. |
Study
the Sun: Solar telescope study the surface of the
sun with the solar telescope. Count the number and the position
of sunspots. Sunspotter Informatiom: Diagram , Specifications |
| Parts of a Telescope: Use the Meade LS200 12 inch telescope as a visual aid to learn the parts of a telescope and teach how a telescope works. Learn the difference in reflecting, refracting, Cassegrain, and Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes. Includes label a telescope. |
| Catastrophic
Events (STC curriculum materials): This is broken down into individual labs by chapter/section. Use any or all of the laboratory assignments or curriculum materials to explore catastrophic events. Chapters of the books and lab activities involve: ocean currents and global climate. Kit includes curriculum materials and all necessary supplies for lab assignments. |
| Meteorology |
| Wireless Weather: Use the wireless weather station to analyze local weather. Weather station monitors temperature, humidity, dew point, precipitation, and wind speed. The weather station should be kept in a protected courtyard or similar location. It is mounted on a tripod and it should be staked firmly to the ground. |
| Is it hot or just humid in here?: Students will calculate the weather of their classroom or outside using sling psychrometers, barometers, anemometer and thermometers. Students will also calculate the heat index of the room. This will work well prior to the wireless weather station lab (above). |
| Why Clouds? Cloud Apparatus: Demonstrate the reasons for the formation of Clouds. This can be used in conjunction with the cloud creation lab for students from Catastrophic Events. All materials necessary for lab groups to create clouds in 2 liter bottles. |
| Air Mass and Convection Kit: Demonstrate what air masses are and the movement of air masses. This kit also helps explain fronts. Kit contains everything necessary for lab groups to complete the laboratory assignment, as well as worksheets. |
Catastrophic
Events (STC curriculum materials): |
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