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February Facts Internet Hunt |
1. What is the cryosphere?
Watch the Cryosphere Movie from NASA.
a. Who lives in the cryosphere?
b. Even if you do not live in the cryosphere, it matters to you.
Explain why the cryosphere matters to everyone.
2. The other day I drove past a water tower. I wondered ....
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a. Why is it so high?
b. When does it release water?
c. Where do cities put their water towers?
d. Does the water in the tower freeze in a very cold winter?
Research challenge - What is the source of potable water for your community?
3. Go to TerraServer. TerraServer provides free online access to USGS digital aerial photographs.
Select the appropriate links to view the images related to
your State. What are the physical geographic features,
visible in the image, that help
you pinpoint the location of your town? List them.
Example: I live on a mountain near the confluence of the north and west branches of the Susquehanna River.
4. Think about the last time you put ice cubes in a glass and then added water.
What did you observe?
The ice floated to the top of the glass.
Use a search engine to figure out - Why does ice float? After all it is solid water!
5. There is a time in everyone's
life where math comes in pretty handy. That is cooking time.
Here is a measurements equivalents chart. Use it combined with your math know how to solve
the following problems.
a. How many tablespoons in 1 and a half cups of flour?
b. The recipe calls for 5 cups of cream.
Your choices at the grocery store are pint size containers of cream or quart sized containers.
*5 cups is how many pints of milk?
*Five cups is how many quarts of milk?
*What would you buy? Explain why.
c. How many teaspoons are in 1/8th cup of sugar?
d. You are making chicken noodle soup from an 8 fl. oz.
can. The directions say to add 1 cup of water.
You do not have a measuring
cup. What can you do? Explain.
6. Some silly scribblers use alliteration solely to supply
information on a sour subject or serious situation.
What
is alliteration?
7. Watch this geometry video at TeacherTube.
What is the subject of the video?
Give three examples of objects that are this geometric shape.
8. In
February 1881, Mary Walton received a patent for her invention.
How
did her invention improve people's lives?
9. Watch The Laws of Exponents @ Math Dude.
(Read the questions, first. Start and stop the movie as needed to answer the questions.)
When do you add the exponents?
Solve: 
10. There was a total Lunar Eclipse on Feb. 21, 2008. There was a penumbral lunar eclipse on February 9, 2009.
Identify a lunar eclipse that will occur this year.
Will you be able or were you able to view it?
What is a lunar eclipse?
Observe the August 2007 eclipse on this page.
Danjon Scale of Lunar Eclipse Brightness - Where do you rank this eclipse on the Dajon scale?
Think about it - Name another scale that scientists use to rate/rank a natural event.
11. Dessert Challenge - use this to find how much exercise you need to burn off the
calories in a dessert served in the cafeteria today.
Dessert:
Amount of exercise -
BTW - (By the way) Negative calorie foods burn more calories in their digestion, than they offer.
Celery, Oranges, Strawberries, Tangerines, Grapefruit, Carrot, Apricots, Lettuce, Tomatoes
Cucumbers, Watermelon, Cauliflower, Apples, Zucchini.
Helpful Internet surfing hint - Use the Find command to scan the text, rather than read the whole page. To do this: Go Edit ... Find. Enter the search for word. Example: If I was looking for the names of a person's children, I would enter a keyword like: "children" or "son" or "daughter". Click Find. That word or words are then highlighted on the webpage. Go - Edit ... Find again and you will go to the next occurrence or the keyword on the webpage. Spelling is very important. The computer will obey you literally. This means it will look for your exact string of letters. What search word should you use? |
12. Gertrude Belle Elion is a scientist who earned earned a Nobel Prize in medicine. But that did not give her the greatest satisfaction. What gave her the greatest satisfaction?
Extra Efforts:
* Learn CPR in 2 minutes CNN.com
* Watch 3 of the TV Spots from the Foundation for a Better Life.
Rank them regarding how much each one inspired you to act.
Write the titles of the spots you viewed from least inspiring to most inspiring.
* The Wall Street Journal provides an interactive map of the potential
pay outs of the Stimulus Package 2009 H.R.1.
a. How much money will your state receive?
b. The table reports amounts per capita. What does that mean?
c. Consider the Transportation spending. Do you agree with the distribution of the dollars? Explain.
* Watch your representative's speech on the Health Care debate. (If your representative's speech is not posted, select another representative from your state.) Do you concur with or disagree with their argument?
* Keeping Time Across the Ages - listen to the tale. What would you do?
* Explore Science videos at DFTV - check it out and then do a Try It
* Science - Observation skill builders - Complete one
* Watch: Make Rectangles: Solution Part 1 & Make Rectangles: Solution Part 2 -
Write a new problem that would require similar math skills and strategies to solve.
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“I believe life is a series of near misses. A lot of what we ascribe to luck is not luck at all. It's seizing the day and accepting responsibility for your future. It's seeing what other people don't see. And pursuing that vision.” —Howard Schultz |
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Save a tree - use a Digital Answer Sheet: Highlight the text of the questions on this web page, copy them - Edit .. Copy. Open a text document or word processing document. Paste the questions into the blank document. Answer the questions in the word processing document in a contrasting color ( not yellow) or font (avoid fancy fonts like: 
, Symbol, 
or 
. Save frequently as you work. I do not like losing my work. You will not like it either. Put your name and the date in a header. Bad things happen. Retain a copy of your work on your computer. Submit your assignment via a class electronic drop box or email attachment.
Proof your responses. It is funny how speling errors and typeos sneak in to the bets work. 
Make Your Own Printed answer sheet
Tech Tip: Working in a group or in two different places like the library & home? You do not have to be physically together to work together.
Watch Google Docs video TAI - How could you use free, Google Docs to do an assignment?