| Chapter 15 - Weather Chapter 16 - Climate Activity 1: Review Weather and Climate. Do all 4 activities and take the practice test for each. 1. Elements of Weather - review 2. World climates and ecosystems - review 3. Depressions (areas of low pressure) - review 4. Weather hazards -review Activity 2: Review what causes the wind at USA Today. Review High and Low Pressure. Review the Jet Stream and how it steers storms Review how mountains cause rain Activity 3: Climate Changes Greenhouse Effect from the EPA Clues to Climate Change Ways that human add to the Greenhouse Effect Take a Global Warming Quiz (be patient, requires time to load) Try the other quizzes Activity 4: Thunderstorms - read and answer questions How do they form? How do clouds form? Read and answer the questions. What are the cloud types? Practice naming the clouds. Play cloud concentration Activity 5: NOAA Worksheet (PDF) Weather Forecasting - fill out questions A to F on your worksheet. Use the links. The worksheet has sections lettered A-F. Find the information on the web sites. A,B,C. Weather Symbols, Cloud Cover, and Storm Structure D,E,F: Links for Isobars, Weather Maps, Weather Systems Activity 6: NOAA Worksheet(PDF) Hurricanes - Find information about Hurricanes to complete your data sheet. Weather forecasting - use the weather maps Severe Weather in Roanoke 1) Flooding in Roanoke - could your home ever get flooded? See the Roanoke City GIS maps.[Click Legends/Layers and check the boxes for floodzones except "500".] 2) Big Roanoke Flood of 1985 - read the story, see Victory Stadium flooded! 3) The Tornado that struck Roanoke near Fleming in 1974, read about it here. |
| Astronomy Review Cosmological Theories Glencoe, Chapter 24, pg. 691-698 Worksheet - use these links to answer the astronomy questions Link 1: How Big is Space? Find out. Link 2: What exactly do you mean by "Universe" - does that include Earth? Link 3: What are the 3 types of galaxies? (pg. 492) Link 4: What kind of galaxy do we live in? Link 5: Do the Chapter 22 Practice Quiz, click here Do these if you finish the above activities Sun-Earth-Moon System, SOL 4.b Chapter 22, pages 614-628 1. Review information about the Solar System. Learn the order of the 9 planets. 2. Put the solar system in order 3. Complete the moon phases worksheet using these links: a. pictures of the moon with names and phases b. Phases of the moon - animation that shows position of the moon with names 4. Moon phases flashcards 5. Why do we have seasons? Take the seasons quiz Can you find Richmond on this map of the USA at night? |
| Geology Review for the Earth Science SOL Exam Activity 1 - Study River systems and erosion - click here Do the test bite - click here - do this one for practice Activity 2 - Study features cut out by rivers - click here Do the test bite on river features. What is a mineral? What is the rock cycle? Take a rock quiz The 3 kinds of rocks igneous sedimentary metamorphic Animation Geologic Time Quiz Vocabulary Flash Cards 1 Vocabulary Flash Cards 2 |
| Earth Science SOL Web Lessons |
Chapter 6 - Weathering and Soil 1)Review the main weathering process at a British web site - click here 2)Practice Plate tectonics and take the "Bite Size" test 3)Rock Cycle quiz - try this 15 question practice quiz 4) Rock Tutorial - Learn to identify simple examples of metamorphic, igneous, and sedimentary rocks and then play the "Name the rocks game" below. 5) Name the rocks game - identify metamorphic, igneous, and sedimentary rocks. |
| Chapters 9, 10, 11 (Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Plate Tectonics) 1) Review Volcanoes at this link - study the diagrams 2) Review Earthquakes at this link - study the pictures 3) Introduction to Plate Tectonics at this Enchanted learning link - good diagram 4) Basic types of Plate Boundaries - detailed diagram to draw and study |
| Chapter 5 - Maps and Landforms 1) Do the Chapter 5 Practice Quiz - click here 2) Study the different types of maps shown on this page - click here 3) Do this "BBC Bitesize Lesson" on basics of Mapping. - click here 4) Find your house on this GIS map of Roanoke, search by street number 5) Practice your graphing skills for the City Exam - click here |
| Chapters 17 -"Ocean Motion" (requires some teacher guidance) 1) Study the names of the oceans then take the quiz. Study this map then check take the ocean quiz " name the oceans" 2) Why is the ocean salty? Study the text and pictures at Enchanted Learnning. 3) What causes Waves? Study the text and pictures at Enchanged Learning. 4) What is a Tsunami and what causes it? See the visual lesson at Enchanted Learning 5) What causes Tides? See the visual lesson at Enchanted Learning. |
| Chapter 17 & 18 Worksheet Activities 1) Exploring Earth - Ocean Currents in the Atlantic or "Why does Ireland have Palm trees?" 2) Exploring Earth - How does Temperature & Salinity Effect Mixing in the Oceans? |
| Chapters 12 and 13 1) Do the activity on the Fossil Record at Exploring Earth. The code is ES3002. There is a worksheet, click on the link. |