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Earth System Science
The SOAR-High Project
Teacher: Ms. Mary Ellsworth
What is ESS?What is ESS?
The study of the Earth and it’s spheres, and the interactions between the spheres.
Example: What happens when the atmosphere touches the oceans?
The study of the Earth and it’s spheres, and the interactions between the spheres.
Example: What happens when the atmosphere touches the oceans?
Topics for this yearTopics for this year1st Quarter - Parts of the Earth System,
Systems thinking, Online Portfolios, GLOBE measurements, What causes the seasons
2nd Quarter - Energy in the system, Greenhouse effect, Global Warming, the Electromagnetic Spectrum, Satellites, Research Project
3rd Quarter - The Atmosphere, structure, Ozone, Bio-Indicators, Climate Change
4th Quarter - The Lithosphere, soils, faults, Sphere Connections, Research Project
1st Quarter - Parts of the Earth System, Systems thinking, Online Portfolios, GLOBE measurements, What causes the seasons
2nd Quarter - Energy in the system, Greenhouse effect, Global Warming, the Electromagnetic Spectrum, Satellites, Research Project
3rd Quarter - The Atmosphere, structure, Ozone, Bio-Indicators, Climate Change
4th Quarter - The Lithosphere, soils, faults, Sphere Connections, Research Project
What is SOAR-High?What is SOAR-High?
Six schools working togetherSharing an online curriculumClass guided by dailly teacher
messageVideoconferencingCollaboration between classrooms
Six schools working togetherSharing an online curriculumClass guided by dailly teacher
messageVideoconferencingCollaboration between classrooms
SOAR-High SchoolsSOAR-High Schools
Indiana School for the DeafMinnesota State Academy for the
DeafNorth Carolina School for the DeafUniversity High School DHHP (Irvine, CA)
Chinook Middle School (Seattle, WA)
Model Secondary School for the Deaf
Indiana School for the DeafMinnesota State Academy for the
DeafNorth Carolina School for the DeafUniversity High School DHHP (Irvine, CA)
Chinook Middle School (Seattle, WA)
Model Secondary School for the Deaf
Class ActivitiesClass Activities
Online Portfolios Projects Collecting data (GLOBE Program)
Ozone and ozone damage to plantsAerosolsAir temperature
Lab activities Lab reports - data analysis
Online Portfolios Projects Collecting data (GLOBE Program)
Ozone and ozone damage to plantsAerosolsAir temperature
Lab activities Lab reports - data analysis
Class ActivitiesClass Activities
Outside readingsScience Article Summaries (every 2 wks)Books: Rachel Carson, others Outside
readingsScience Article Summaries (every 2 wks)Books: Rachel Carson, others
Evening fieldtrips Computer use - daily Student collaboration (maybe)
Outside readingsScience Article Summaries (every 2 wks)Books: Rachel Carson, others Outside
readingsScience Article Summaries (every 2 wks)Books: Rachel Carson, others
Evening fieldtrips Computer use - daily Student collaboration (maybe)
How much do you know about the planet Earth?How much do you know about the planet Earth?
Earth is the ____ planet from the Sun.
Earth is the ____ planet from the Sun.
Sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Satuen, Neptune, Pluto
Vostok, Antarctica is the coldest place on Earth. The lowest temperature measured there was ______ on July 21, 1983.
Vostok, Antarctica is the coldest place on Earth. The lowest temperature measured there was ______ on July 21, 1983.
136 degrees F
The hottest place on Earth inA. Death Valley, USAB. El Azizia, Libya
And that temperature was_______
The hottest place on Earth inA. Death Valley, USAB. El Azizia, Libya
And that temperature was_______
El Azizia, Libya
136 degrees F
What kind of rocks can float?
What kind of rocks can float?
Pumice, a volcanic rock
How much dust from outer space falls on Earth each year?
How much dust from outer space falls on Earth each year?
About 1,000 tons of material
What is the longest river in the world? How long is it?
What is the longest river in the world? How long is it?
Nile River in Africa is 4,160 miles
What state tends to get the most earthquakes?What state tends to get the most earthquakes?
Alaska has a magnitude 7 quake almost every year!
Alaska has a magnitude 7 quake almost every year!
Which state have the fewest earthquakes?Which state have the fewest earthquakes?
Florida and North Dakota
Florida and North Dakota
Is the atmosphere made mostly of oxygen?
Is the atmosphere made mostly of oxygen?
No. Earth's atmosphere is actually made of about 80% nitrogen. About 19% is oxygen.
No. Earth's atmosphere is actually made of about 80% nitrogen. About 19% is oxygen.
Is Earth the largest rocky planet in the Solar
system?
Is Earth the largest rocky planet in the Solar
system?
Yes…but just barely.
Earth's diameter at the equator is 7,926 miles. Venus is 7,521 miles wide.
Yes…but just barely.
Earth's diameter at the equator is 7,926 miles. Venus is 7,521 miles wide.
What percentage of the world’s water is in the
oceans?
What percentage of the world’s water is in the
oceans?
About 97%About 97%
What is Earth’s largest ocean?
What is Earth’s largest ocean?
The Pacific Ocean - it covers 64 million square miles.
It’s more than 2 times the size of the Atlantic!
The Pacific Ocean - it covers 64 million square miles.
It’s more than 2 times the size of the Atlantic!