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Ice Science

Discover the secret life of ice--what makes it cloudy or clear, why cracks form on ponds? Science Friday visited Queens ice sculptor Shintaro Okamoto in his studio and spoke with ice researcher Erland Schulson, of Dartmouth University, to find out why ice is an interesting subject for artists and scientists. 


Ode to Ice

Solar Flares

How cool is this?  A strong solar flare was erupted from the sun on Friday, January 27.  This was the strongest of week long eruptions.  What are solar flares?  Where on the sun do they originate?  What kind of things do solar flares effect on Earth?  Do these things occur in a cycle?  How long is the cycle?  What do you think about all of this? 
click on the link below, read the article and watch the short video.


Sun Unleashes Solar Flares

What did you learn?

Check out the following link full of information on earthquakes.  Read all of the material and click on the available links.  You may also play the games available on this site.

learn about quakes and get prepared

Earthquake highlights

What is an earthquake?  What causes earthquakes and where do they happen? Why does the earth shake when there is an earthquake?  How do scientists measure earthquakes?  Can they predict earthquakes?  How can scientists tell where an earthquake happened?  Is there earthquake weather and can animals or people tell when an earthquake is about to hit?

Check out the following link and find all these answers and more!

Earthquakes

Earthquakes

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Earthquake info

Click on recent quakes.  Chose a recent quake off of the list M3+ in the US.  What was it's magnitude, where was it located?  What else did you learn about it?
Now chose an earthquake from the M5+ worldwide list.  What was it's magnitude. where was it located?  What else can you tell me about it?

Ohio Earthquakes

Check out the following link.  Tell me about the Earthquake that occured on June 18, 1875.  Where did it occur?  What damage occured?  How about the earthquake on September 19, 1884?  Looking at the seismicity map, where do you see the most Earthquake activity in Ohio?  When was the largest earthquake in Ohio.  Tell me some facts about it.  Look through the rest of the site.  What other facts can you give me about earthquakes in Ohio?


Ohio Earthquakes

Shallow Magma Under Hawaii

Ohio State University researchers have made some new findings about the Hawaiian Islands?  What are they?  Read the article to find out.


Hawaiian Islands

Yellowstone

We have been studying plate movements and how it relates to volcanoes.  How do scientist know that the plates are moving?  What tools do they use to measure the changes at Yellowstone National Park?  What has recently been happening at Yellowstone?  Is this something new or has it been happening before?  How is this linked to the hot springs and geysers?  Read the article and watch the video to find out.  Give us your thoughts based upon the evidence.




Yellowstone Uplift

Mt. St. Helens

Research Mt St Helens.  Tell me what you discover.  (you will need to google it)  
When did it erupt, where is it located, what devastation occured, etc.  Report any information you can find on it.

Moon Quakes: What does this tell us about the moon?

Apollo-era astronauts left a seismic experiment on the moon. New analysis of that 30-year-old data may give new insights into the lunar core.  What can this seismic data tell us about the moon today and in the past?  What else you like to learn about the moon if you were sent on a mission to the moon?


New (old) views of the lunar core

USGS Earthquakes, How often do they occur?

Check out the following link.  Did you realize this many earthquakes occured around the world on a daily basis?  We often don't hear about these, but there are earthquakes daily.  What are your thoughts?


Earthquakes in the last days

Super Volcano

What is under Yellow Stone?  Is Yellow Stone the only super volcano.  What is a 
VIE 8?  What does all of this have to do with Plate Tectonics?  How do you think that the US would be effected if there were a super erruption?
What did you think of the video?


Super Volcano

USGS Shield Volcanoes

Read the following information on shield volcanoes.  What do shield volcanoes look like?  What are shield volcanoes made of?  Where are shield volcanoes located?

Summarize the reading section on plate tectonics and shield volcanoes.


Summarize the section on Hawaiian shield volcanoes.


Shield Volcanoes

Japan Earthquake 2012

Japan had a large earthquake in 2011 and now one to start out 2012.  Why does Japan have so many earthquakes?  What was the magnitude of the one in 2012.  How much damage was there.  Would you want to visit Japan?  What do you think about this earthquake?  Click on the link and read about this earthquake.


Japan Earthquake

Plate Boundaries

Earthquakes tend to happen along plate boundaries.  What are plate boundaries?  What are the different types of boundaries?  Click on the link below read the information and look at the pictures.  Scroll down and try the activity.  Then tell me about what you learned about plate boundaries.    Tell me what the jumbled words were and report your score from the quiz/challenge.


Slip, Slide, and Collide