Earth System Science

The SOAR-High Project

Teacher: Ms. Mary Ellsworth

What is ESS?What is ESS?

The study of the Earth and it’s spheres, and the interactions between the spheres.

Example: What happens when the atmosphere touches the oceans?

The study of the Earth and it’s spheres, and the interactions between the spheres.

Example: What happens when the atmosphere touches the oceans?

Topics for this yearTopics for this year1st Quarter - Parts of the Earth System,

Systems thinking, Online Portfolios, GLOBE measurements, What causes the seasons

2nd Quarter - Energy in the system, Greenhouse effect, Global Warming, the Electromagnetic Spectrum, Satellites, Research Project

3rd Quarter - The Atmosphere, structure, Ozone, Bio-Indicators, Climate Change

4th Quarter - The Lithosphere, soils, faults, Sphere Connections, Research Project

1st Quarter - Parts of the Earth System, Systems thinking, Online Portfolios, GLOBE measurements, What causes the seasons

2nd Quarter - Energy in the system, Greenhouse effect, Global Warming, the Electromagnetic Spectrum, Satellites, Research Project

3rd Quarter - The Atmosphere, structure, Ozone, Bio-Indicators, Climate Change

4th Quarter - The Lithosphere, soils, faults, Sphere Connections, Research Project

What is SOAR-High?What is SOAR-High?

Six schools working togetherSharing an online curriculumClass guided by dailly teacher

messageVideoconferencingCollaboration between classrooms

Six schools working togetherSharing an online curriculumClass guided by dailly teacher

messageVideoconferencingCollaboration between classrooms

SOAR-High SchoolsSOAR-High Schools

Indiana School for the DeafMinnesota State Academy for the

DeafNorth Carolina School for the DeafUniversity High School DHHP (Irvine, CA)

Chinook Middle School (Seattle, WA)

Model Secondary School for the Deaf

Indiana School for the DeafMinnesota State Academy for the

DeafNorth Carolina School for the DeafUniversity High School DHHP (Irvine, CA)

Chinook Middle School (Seattle, WA)

Model Secondary School for the Deaf

Class ActivitiesClass Activities

Online Portfolios Projects Collecting data (GLOBE Program)

Ozone and ozone damage to plantsAerosolsAir temperature

Lab activities Lab reports - data analysis

Online Portfolios Projects Collecting data (GLOBE Program)

Ozone and ozone damage to plantsAerosolsAir temperature

Lab activities Lab reports - data analysis

Class ActivitiesClass Activities

Outside readingsScience Article Summaries (every 2 wks)Books: Rachel Carson, others Outside

readingsScience Article Summaries (every 2 wks)Books: Rachel Carson, others

Evening fieldtrips Computer use - daily Student collaboration (maybe)

Outside readingsScience Article Summaries (every 2 wks)Books: Rachel Carson, others Outside

readingsScience Article Summaries (every 2 wks)Books: Rachel Carson, others

Evening fieldtrips Computer use - daily Student collaboration (maybe)

How much do you know about the planet Earth?How much do you know about the planet Earth?

Earth is the ____ planet from the Sun.

Earth is the ____ planet from the Sun.

Sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Satuen, Neptune, Pluto

Vostok, Antarctica is the coldest place on Earth. The lowest temperature measured there was ______ on July 21, 1983.

Vostok, Antarctica is the coldest place on Earth. The lowest temperature measured there was ______ on July 21, 1983.

136 degrees F

The hottest place on Earth inA. Death Valley, USAB. El Azizia, Libya

And that temperature was_______

The hottest place on Earth inA. Death Valley, USAB. El Azizia, Libya

And that temperature was_______

El Azizia, Libya

136 degrees F

What kind of rocks can float?

What kind of rocks can float?

Pumice, a volcanic rock

How much dust from outer space falls on Earth each year?

How much dust from outer space falls on Earth each year?

About 1,000 tons of material

What is the longest river in the world? How long is it?

What is the longest river in the world? How long is it?

Nile River in Africa is 4,160 miles

What state tends to get the most earthquakes?What state tends to get the most earthquakes?

Alaska has a magnitude 7 quake almost every year!

Alaska has a magnitude 7 quake almost every year!

Which state have the fewest earthquakes?Which state have the fewest earthquakes?

Florida and North Dakota

Florida and North Dakota

Is the atmosphere made mostly of oxygen?

Is the atmosphere made mostly of oxygen?

No. Earth's atmosphere is actually made of about 80% nitrogen. About 19% is oxygen.

No. Earth's atmosphere is actually made of about 80% nitrogen. About 19% is oxygen.

Is Earth the largest rocky planet in the Solar

system?

Is Earth the largest rocky planet in the Solar

system?

Yes…but just barely.

Earth's diameter at the equator is 7,926 miles. Venus is 7,521 miles wide.

Yes…but just barely.

Earth's diameter at the equator is 7,926 miles. Venus is 7,521 miles wide.

What percentage of the world’s water is in the

oceans?

What percentage of the world’s water is in the

oceans?

About 97%About 97%

What is Earth’s largest ocean?

What is Earth’s largest ocean?

The Pacific Ocean - it covers 64 million square miles.

It’s more than 2 times the size of the Atlantic!

The Pacific Ocean - it covers 64 million square miles.

It’s more than 2 times the size of the Atlantic!