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Links
Sites to Help you to Succeed
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ESRT
Need a copy of the ESRT? This is your place to go! -
Textbook Supplement
Did you notice your textbook has a website full of visualizations and other information? This link will take you there. -
Castle Learning
This site gives you practice questions to help you review and practice for quizzes, tests and the midterm. Periodically, your teacher may assign work for you to do OR you may just practice on your own. This site is not only for Earth Science!
Weathering, Erosion, Deposition, Landscapes
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Climate 101: Glaciers National Geographic Video
Earth Motions, Shadows, Seasons, Moons
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Moon Phases Challenge
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Moon Phases and Moon Rise/moonset
Site shows great animation relating why we can see certain phases of the moon at certain times of the day. YOU MUST SCROLL DOWN TO Lunar Phases Interactive TO VIEW. -
Seasons Animation
This site has a great day/night animation of the Earth that adds the revolution of the Earth as well. This is an animated version of the spinner you use in class.
Geologic History
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Geological History and Glacial Formation of Finger Lakes
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Fossils of Antarctica WebQuest
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Rock & Fossil Record Lab
You need this site to complete your lab.
Meteorology and Climate
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Hurricane Formation
This link will take you to a YouTube video to watch about Hurricanes. It is approximately 5 minutes long. Please watch and be ready to answer a couple of questions about the video in class. -
Check your weather map reading skills
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Tornadoes: The Why Files
Our Dynamic Earth
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Observing Plate Boundaries-animation
Still having trouble understanding how plates move? This site is for you. -
Plate Tectonics Web Assignment
This link provides you with the opportunity to play with the plates that cause volcanoes and earthquakes. -
Today's Earthquakes
This site gives maps and information about earthquakes that have happened today around the United States and around the world. You will be using this site this year to conduct earthquake investigations. -
P & S Wave animation
This site gives you an animated image of how P and S waves travel through the Earth.
Earth Dimensions
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How far is it?
This site allows you to input cities and find their latitude & longitude, as well as what the distance is between them. Pretty cool--we'll be using this for determining % error later! -
NY Pittsford & Rochester 1895
Rarely seen topographic map from 1895 of our area. Check out Cobbs Hill and other areas of interest.
Energy and Water Cycle
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Is human activity a substantial cause of global climate change?
Please use only this website to do the Venn diagram homework. You should read through all of the arguments and scientific analysis. Check out the short video clips towards the bottom of the page as well. -
FAQ about global warming and the greenhouse effect
Astronomy
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Powers of Ten
This site gives you the ability to think of the vast space around us in a whole new perspective. Size is often difficult to think about and understand so this is a good quick tutorial to help you out. -
Cosmic Background Radiation information
This site gives more info about how CBR is used to prove the Big Bang Theory -
Red Shift visual
This takes you to your online textbook to show a red-shift visual.
Reviewing for the Regents!?!!!?
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Old Regents Exams Online
Here are old Regents Exams (and not only Earth Science) that you can use to help you study. Practice is essential in preparing for the Regents.Answer keys are provided here also as well as copies of the ESRT -
Interactive Regents Exams
Here you can download interactive Regents exams for instant feedback in practicing for the final. It's not that far away!!! -
100 Illustrated Ways to Pass the Earth Science Regents
Review--not to memorize! Remember Earth Science has been a conceptual course, but this site is perfect for the "things to know and understand" general statements--the kind of thing for your pink packet!!! -
101 Things to Know for the Regents Exam
Remember DON'T memorize!! But, please do understand a few things. Here is a list to help you along as a last minute review effort. There are also review sheets and other materials here. Also check out the Illustrated Things to Know link.
