by Joshua Fernandez
Science for Future Citizens
Planet Science: Weekly Science News |
NASA Earth ObservatoryImages and articles about better understanding Earth from space-based sensors and observation. http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
EarthSky |
Capuchin Monkey Fairness Test |
View the video clip, then have a discussion with Mr. D. and the class and make sense of this experiment.
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Folding Paper to
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Summer Ski Jump + Extra Tires + Scientists = A Fair Test?
Which tire will roll down the ski jump fastest and jump the farthest? A Formula One tire? An enormous bulldozer tire? The smallest tire? And why?
Which variables did they take care to control? Which variables changed with each test? Which changed depending on the change of another?
Roll things down a hill and you're just a kid . . . measure, record, share, and discuss the results (even if you don't put on a lab coat and gloves) and you're a scientist!
Which variables did they take care to control? Which variables changed with each test? Which changed depending on the change of another?
Roll things down a hill and you're just a kid . . . measure, record, share, and discuss the results (even if you don't put on a lab coat and gloves) and you're a scientist!
With Murky Water and Manatee Deaths, Florida Lagoon Languishes
--National Public Radio
Please read the linked article (and listen to the story as well, if the Morning Edition link at the top of the article works in Google Chrome) by clicking the photo, headline, or URL below. Then, come back and look at these discussion questions.
Those of you researching estuaries, barrier islands, marshes, and oceans will find ready connections, but I think the rest of you will also be able to write about limiting factors and unintended consequences human activity creates in your expert ecosystem.
Skim once for ideas, slow down and re-read for details and structure, and skim once more for clues to the author's viewpoint. Then write to me via Google Doc, Science blog, or other communication means (I don't recommend GoAnimate or Prezi for this one, we're looking for a brief sharing)--
What is the main idea?
Where does the author, Greg Allen, use details to support the big idea?
How does he organize the story (tell this now, share this later) so readers sense an introduction, body, and conclusion?
What made this article difficult to read? What do you think you need to find out to understand the report better?
Based on the facts and quotes he includes in the story, how do you think the author feels about this news event?
What do YOU think? Do you have an example of something similar happening in your expert ecosystem?
http://www.npr.org/2013/09/26/223037646/with-murky-water-and-manatee-deaths-lagoon-languishes
Those of you researching estuaries, barrier islands, marshes, and oceans will find ready connections, but I think the rest of you will also be able to write about limiting factors and unintended consequences human activity creates in your expert ecosystem.
Skim once for ideas, slow down and re-read for details and structure, and skim once more for clues to the author's viewpoint. Then write to me via Google Doc, Science blog, or other communication means (I don't recommend GoAnimate or Prezi for this one, we're looking for a brief sharing)--
What is the main idea?
Where does the author, Greg Allen, use details to support the big idea?
How does he organize the story (tell this now, share this later) so readers sense an introduction, body, and conclusion?
What made this article difficult to read? What do you think you need to find out to understand the report better?
Based on the facts and quotes he includes in the story, how do you think the author feels about this news event?
What do YOU think? Do you have an example of something similar happening in your expert ecosystem?
http://www.npr.org/2013/09/26/223037646/with-murky-water-and-manatee-deaths-lagoon-languishes
art by Hugh MacLeod
NASA DLN: Deep Space Communications Network
Three Earth ground stations with several antennas each, near Barstow, California in the United States, Madrid, Spain, and Canberra, Australia, help keep spacecraft and probes under 24-hour observation and radio contact.
Deep Space Probe: Voyager 1Voyager 1: The fastest man-made object in history crosses into interstellar (between-stars) territory.
http://earthsky.org/todays-image/voyager-1-you-are-here Rover Command and ControlSending control signals to planetary rovers will be a big part of space communications networks.
http://earthsky.org/science-wire/station-astronauts-remotely-control-planetary-rover-from-space Depending upon Earth's and Mar's locations in their orbits, it may take as little as 3 minutes or more than 20 minutes for a signal to travel from Earth to Mars. The Curiosity rover has to be able to operate without human directions for long periods of time. http://www.northeastern.edu/news/2012/08/vona-mars/ |
Space Sounds: Voyager RecordingVoyager 1 sends the sights and SOUNDS of interstellar space back home. The messages travel at the speed of light, powered by a 36-year-old computer with about 1/250,000th the processing power of a cell phone. http://earthsky.org/space/voyager-captures-the-sounds-of-interstellar-space
Outer Solar System: Cassini at SaturnCassini, controlled from Earth with messages that take 1 hour and 24 minutes to reach the probe, takes a photo of Earth under the rings of Saturn, July 22 2013. Arrow indicates "You Are Here."
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/newsreleases/newsrelease20130722/ |