http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Sat, 25 May 2013 12:51:34 PDT Sat, 25 May 2013 12:51:34 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=86953 News and information site about the sun-earth environment http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=545241 exercise ideas for teaching all grade levels the basics of contouring and topo maps. This seems to be a harder topic for kids to grasp, and this set up allows you to start teaching them much earlier on. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=83995 This is the fourth lesson of four about what maps show us. This web site covers Investigation and Interpretations Standard h of the California Content Standards. Included in the teaching packet are a set of maps of Salt Lake City, Utah, an activity sheet, key points of the lesson, suggestions for teaching the lesson and additional follow up activities. When teaching a lesson about topographic maps it will be necessary to discuss what a topographic map is and what is shows. It will be necessary to go more in depth than what the lesson on the site discusses. The activity sheet starts by showing a simple contour map and how to read it. The activity then shows how a simple map of an area can be represented with a contour map to provide more information. The activity concludes with students examining a real topographic map of Salt Lake City and answering questions about this map. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=76817 Laboratory exercises for use in introduction to physical geology: 1. Rock cycle, 2. Rock-forming minerals - Identification, 3. Classification of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic Rocks, 4. Earthquake location and magnitude, 5. Earthquake intensity analysis, 6. Volcanoes, 7. Landslides, 8. Tsunami. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=86427 Build your own mountain of clay or Play-Doh ®, then make a topo map of it. Then read about the largest structure ever to fly in space and how it made a topo map of the whole world. Teaches how topo maps are made and how to read them. Explains how radar is used from space to make topo maps of Earth. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=85856 Mapping the Surface of a Planet is intended to fit within your existing Earth science curriculum, rather than in addition to it. This Teacher Guide presents tips that you can use to make Mapping the Surface an engaging educational experience for your students. The background information presented on pages 1-6 is intended to be given to each student or student team. The three activities (one using data from each instrument on board Mars Global Surveyor) are best set up as stations through which student teams can rotate, but can also be used as a whole class activity. Each team should have a printed copy of all three activity sheets, but the image itself can be placed at the appropriate station. Of course, if resources permit, each team can be given a complete set of images. If students do have their own copies, it is suggested that you allow the students to circle features they have found in each image, writing notes about their observations directly on the image. Vocabulary words are printed in bold text throughout the background material. Definitions can and should be obtained from the context, ratherthan presented as simply a list of words. In this way the students not only learn the targeted vocabulary, they are also given the opportunity to practice comprehension skills. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=85864 An annotated, topical guide to science fiction novels and stories based on good astronomy and physics ideas. Find the best stories involving black holes, exploring Mars, space travel where Einstein's ideas are used correctly, exploding stars, asteroid impacts, etc. Useful for science teachers and science fiction buffs. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=86578 Volcanoes on Another World: Jupiter's Moon Io is display artwork (Duratrans with velcro) in 7 art pieces, including a 4-foot diameter enlargement of Io, suitable for posting on an 8x10 foot carpeted display. Comparing Io to Earth's size and volcanic activity, it also tells the story of the Galileo spacecraft's daring exploration of Io in late 1999 and early 2000, and highlights the major discoveries. Five pieces of the display have been converted to PDF format for use as teaching content. It can be downloaded from this Directory. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=84193 CA standards for 9th grade Earth Science #5 -Wonderful site that allows you or your students to set a date to find hurricanes. It gives all locational data (longitude, latitude) images, and map for each storm. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=629053 פעילות אינטראקטיבית בעקבות תערוכה בנושא חשמל - צפייה בסרטון על יצירת חשמל , זרם והתחשמלות, לימוד הנושא ומענה על שאלות בעקבות הסרטון .