An Inconvenient Truth

What are some effects of global warming on weather ?
What are some effects on your health ?
What are some effects on wildlife ?
What are the effects on sea levels ?
( use link - More Causes of Global Warming )
What can you/we do to help reduce global warming ?
( use link - An Inconvenient Truth )

Hurricane Ike

What level of hurricane was Ike when it made landfall ?
Why did it weaken after landfall ?
What is the connection between hurricane strength and global warming ?
( return to the weather channel link on the right sidebar for information )

Ike Aftermath:
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Storms this year:

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Greenhouse effect and surface temperature

How did the surface type influence the temperature ?

What was the effect of the plastic wrap ( Greenhouse effect ).

What was your surface of choice ?

How did it compare with the other surfaces ?

What was the hottest surface temperature ?
Why is this surface so hot ?

What was the coolest surface temperature?

Diet Coke/Mentos

Eruption Time

What caused the diet coke and mentos to erupt?


Hypothesis


Materials

Procedure

Results

Conclusion

Prairie samples non-carbonated diet coke!

How did the diet coke or mentos taste after the experiment?

Mythbusters explanation

How is this damsel fly using it's color ?

Darkling beetle/isopod differences/similarities

What is the preferred habitat of each?
What are some similarities between them ?
What are some differences ?
How would you design a terrarium for each organism ?
What is the most important environmental factor to consider ?

Time and place

Where did your place your Isopods to start ?
Where were they after 5 minutes ?
Where were they at 10 minutes ?
Where would you look a day later ?

Dry Soil

What was the Isopod's reaction to the dry soil ?

Moist Soil

What was the isopod's reaction to the moist soil?

Wet Soil

What was the isopods reaction to the wet soil ?

Type of soil preferred by isopods

What are the three types of soil in the runway ?

Predict which type of soil the isopods prefer.

We know where you live!!

Where did you find the isopods?
What was a common environmental factor(s) in the area they were found ?

Alert! Impending Blog-o-rama !!

This blog will soon enable students to post their questions , comments, and responses to current science topics . This will be a student driven effort and hopefully inspire further inquiry into units studied and beyond .

Close Up Observation

What is the actual size of an Isopod
( use millimeters ) ?