SCIENCE RESEARCH - MSU

Mrs. Battaly, Mr. Panko

Great News for our Future:  a CO2 Trap!  
  Local Owls: Northeast

YouthCan:  Alternative Energy

 
   

Assignment in Critical Reading

Towers 2007: 
Testing Efficiency of Design

testing tower - click for video

This is serious fun!

At 13 gms, this tower supported 8,200 gm of sand and bucket before it broke.  That's 630 times its own mass!  Wow!

At 10 gms, this tower broke before expected, at 5000 gm of sand and bucket.  That's 500 times its mass.  But, the joints were weak.  Watch out for next time!

 

Tragedy of the Commons
Summary
Document
Killing the Goose, Daniel Fife

My Low-Carbon DietSeth Zuckerman.  Sierra, Sep. Oct. 2006
Carbon Calculator

 

Pond Life:   Lab 

Microscopy UK

General

ID Kit

Pond ID Key - pdf

Search

It's a Pond's Life

Algae

Bug ID

Protozoa

Aquatic Plant ID

Arthropods

 Pond Animals

Worms

 

 

Flowers
Assignment
Native Wild Flower List
Flower Lab
Springtime Treasure
 
Trees
What Tree is This?  - Ohio Public Library
Forest Biology and Dendrology - Virginia Tech
VT Dendrology Twig Key - images
Twig Key - Southeastern Trees - text only
Ashland HS, Ohio Twigs
Identify That Tree
Twig Key
VT Dendrology Twig Key - images
Twig Key - Southeastern Trees - text only
Ashland HS, Ohio Twigs

 

TOWERS - Getting Started
Design 1:  Dynamics, Scoring
Design 2: Base Considerations
Design 3:  Trigonometry
Construction Tips

Rules

Registration

 

JANUARY THAW
Start:  In the next 5 minutes write a brief essay
describing your experiences with the January thaw.
Does the January thaw exist?
David Shultz:  January Thaw
Penn State January Thaw Exercise and Albany data
excel file
Follow-up Articles:
Gothamist
January Thaw
Maryland Weather

 

Pandemic Influenza

The Origins of Pandemic Influenza

US Government Web Resources

Assignment Questions - due 12/5

Butterflies of the North America

New Orleans Flood

Historical:  2001 Scientific American article
Assignment:  Use to develop a timeline of events.

Hurricane Risk for New Orleans Sep 2002

Hurricane Katrina NOAA maps

Time Magazine (clear images):
Gulf Coast Map
New Orleans under Water

NYT
Satellite Images
of New Orleans

CNN:  New Orleans under water

 

ECOSCI PowerPoint Presentations:    ECOSCI GettingHot     |    Wetlands

Global warming  |  Cool and Creamy Lab

Towers  |  Bird ID 

Nature's Events - January | Bird Song - February | Spring - March
Spring ?'s - April  |  Corn SnakeSeptember - Fall

Tsunami links:  Animations, The Physics of Tsunamis, Welcome to Tsunami!, Classroom

Owl Pellets   (Mrs. Bat's pages)

Labs Pellet Contents
Pellet Worksheet BarnOwlTrust
Lab and Key Skull Key
  Lower Jaw
  AP Food Chains
Lab/Pictures Live Animals
Animal Diversity Web