EarthEnvSci

=Earth Environmental Science Student Resource Page= //short url: http://tinyurl.com/coachgoins-ees// Welcome to the resources page for E/ES at East Gaston High School. The resources on this page are organized by the chapters in you textbook. These resources are not meant to replace the textbook but to supplement it.

Class Textbook: Prentice Hall EARTH SCIENCE [|Online Textbook resources]

Unit 1 - Intro to Earth Science
[|Unit 1 resources] - includes Online Field Trips, Study Guide Summary (Power Point)

Interactive Rock Cycle - Discover rock secrets through these activities

Unit 2 - Minerals and Rocks
Chapter 3 Formation of rocks and the rock cycle. Rock video assignment

=Unit 5 - Geologic Time & the Geologic Time Scale= (Chapters 12 & 13) Relative Dating principles

@http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/Geologictime.html @http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Glossary/geo_time_scale.html @http://www.palaeos.com/Timescale/default.htm @http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/timescale.html @http://www.earthscienceworld.org/timescale/
 * Web sites with information on the Geologic Time Scale:**

=Unit D - Hydrosphere= Water is essential to our existence. Here are resources to help in the examination of water and it's importance. After the Storm video EPA site "What's up with our nations waters?" USGS Science In Your Watershed

=Unit F - Meteorology= [|Remote Sensing and Meteorology]

=Unit G - Exotic Pets project= You will select an animal considered to be an exotic pet. You will collect and compare information from other students and conclude if the animal would or would not make a good pet. (//Use the link below to access the webpage of the activity)// [|Researching Information on Exotic Pets]

=Unit 10 - Biome project= You have been selected to create a promotional travel campaign for an assigned biome. You will create a presentation designed to attract people to the biome.

Below are some websites to assist you. //Be sure to include a reference slide at the end of your presentation listing the sources for your information and images.//

[|Berkeley biome page] [|What's It Like Where You Live?] [|Biomes at Enchanted learning] [|World Biomes] [|Thurston HS student biome webpages]

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