The Perils of Climate Change Opinion

Today, you will be asked to take a look at the issue of climate change.  To do this, you will need to find two print resources and two media resources on each side of the debate.  In addition, you must watch at least ONE clip from Al Gore's Inconvenient Truth and ONE clip from an opponent of global change.  As you do this, you will need to keep track of a) the arguments and b) the quality of the resource being used.  Some of the places below may help you in your search (they are not highlighted as links because I want you to be purposeful in your searching....copy or paste these into the browser, as desired.


Keep track of your URLs as you go

blogs.denverpost.com/eletters/2010/03/24/in-defense-of-climate-science-and-scientists-2-letters
mediamatters.org/research/200911230052
www.chevron.com/globalissues/climatechange/?gclid=COaxn8TH1qACFQwhDQodd1j5ug
www.epa.gov/methane
www.eso.org/sci/libraries/lisa3/beckmanj.html
www.foxnews.com/opinion/2009/11/24/john-lott-climate-change-emails-copenhagen
www.globalwarminghoax.com/news.php
www.gsfc.nasa.gov/topstory/20011207iceage.html
www.pbs.org/now/science/climatedebate.html
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080528140255.htm
www.theatlanticwire.com/features/view/feature/Glenn-Beck-Climate-Change-Believer-821
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_e92-1C2K0

How energy transfer affects weather

Jet Stream

Microclimate

Jet Stream 2


Water effects


Air is matter

Consequences of Plate Tectonics (earthquakes are scary)

Throughout this unit, we are collecting information to write a story that tells kids about the geology of the earth.  As we have seen in the last 6 months, earthquakes can be really scary, although not always deadly.  Your goal today is to find out all you can about plate tectonics, earthquakes, and fault lines.

Learn about the types of faults (we will discuss this on Wednesday, and watch it in class again):



Watch the animations at http://www.wwnorton.com/college/geo/egeo/animations/ch2.htm#3  For each of the 11 animations, write the name of the topic, and a one sentence explanation

 We want to keep track of earthquakes and use seismology tools to measure this.  Look for patterns and find out where earthquakes are happening at http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/qed/

Find particulars at Exploratorium

•   What is seismology?
•   What are P and S waves?
•   How can we build buildings that can withstand an earthquake?
•   What is retrofitting?
•   Why are there so many sites for live eye tracking?

IF YOU DO THIS CORRECTLY, it will take all block.  There's lots to discover, think about, and discuss with a partner.  When you get done, you should have 2-4 pages of notes, sketches, and ideas.  When we get it done, we'll need to go on to our next step:  talking with kids.

Tweet any questions to me; quiz is postponed until Wednesday.

Vegetable Instruments

Willow whistle

Ocarina from the Inside Out

Hand Ocarina

February 1

Run the Double Elimination Tournament on the mousetrap cars. You can print the bracket sheet here

Try to use the Flip Video to capture some of the excitement for me!  When you get done, you need to do the writeups in your blue book.  It should take about a half an hour to write up your project.  Make sure you have a picture of your machine with your name on it on the Kodak camera.

Then, turn the page in your blue book.  Think of your favorite sport.  Where do you find examples of Newton's laws, inertia, balanced force, unbalanced force, friction, and center of balance in your sport?

Twitter Quiz #1

You must answer the following quiz with your Twitter account by Monday night. Time will be provided in class to do this, but some of you are missing a twitter account or have not followed MAPOWELL. You must get a twitter account.

1. Which of the following has no inertia?

A. An object that is at rest
B. An object that is in motion
C. An object that is changing motion because of a force (N1Law)
D. An object with no mass

2. The difference between mass and weight is that:

A. Weight does not include the acceleration of gravity and Mass does
B. Mass does not include the acceleration of gravity and Weight does

3. Why does the force of gravity not suck you to the center of the earth?

A. Because you are balancing the force of gravity
B. Because you are not balancing the force of gravity

4. Which object has the most inertia when it hits a wall (but, of course, recovers immediately)?

A. A sparrow flying
B. A bug flying
C. An ant crawling

5. Which object has the most inertia?

A. A VW Beetle hitting a fence at 10 mph
B. A truck in neutral
C. A bullet shot out of a rifle

Light Show writeup

1. Explain your story, and the point of your video. Were you emphasizing the figures, the shadows, the background, or a combination?

2. What type(s) of electromagnetic radiation did you use in your video? What is the speed of this(these) radiation types?

3. Is the radiation all one wavelength? Explain.

4. Where do you see evidence of an umbra in your video? A penumbra? Compare the two.

5. How did you place the lights in your video? What type of effect were you aiming to achieve?

6. If I want to light a play for a villain, with big red and black colored shadows, draw a diagram of how you woul put the lights. Indicate where they would be on the top, bottom,or sides of the stage.

7. How can I make a colored purple shadow?

8. How can I make a sharp shadow with no penumbra?

9. How do shadows from the sun change throughout the day?

10. Suggest 4 improvements for your light show.