Mission to Mars Design Log

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Earthquake Resources

Click the Seismogram to go to Virtual Earthquake Lab.

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Unit 4 - Resources

LINKS FOR THE WIND TURBINE ENGINEERING PROJECT

Step #1 - Draw a diagram of how a turbine works. 
Hover over the different parts of the turbine to learn how they work. 

Step #2 - Find a place to put your Wind Turbine. 

Wind Prospector Website | Use the Wind Prospector Website to determine where to build your Wind Turbine.

Step # 3 Research Ideas on what you want your turbine to look like.  Suggested search terms:

• Triblade horizontal-axis wind turbine design
• Vertical-axis wind turbines
  
• Or search "Home Wind Turbine" in a store website like Amazon, WalMart or Home Depot.

Wind Turbine Videos

​The Tech That Could Fix One of Wind Power's Biggest Problems

Energy 101: Wind Turbines - 2014 Update

Wind Turbine Timelapse

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CLICK THE IMAGE TO GO TO ELECTRO CITY

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• Environmental Footprint Calculator (DO THIS FIRST)
• ONLINE QUESTIONS TO ANSWER AFTER YOU DO THE CALCULATOR

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Notes and Handouts

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Unit 3 - Minerals - Understanding the Foundations of Rocks and Their Value to Society. 

Notes and Handouts

• States of Matter Notes & Diagrams
• Mineral Characteristics
• Mineral Properties

PowerPoints

• 2.1 States of Matter
• 2.2 Mineral Characteristics
• 2.3 Mineral Properties for Identification. 

Labs & Activities

• Mineral Model Building using paper. 

Online Data and Resources

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Unit 2 - Geologic Principles and Geologic Time
"How to Read the Stories the Rocks Tell"

Notes and Handouts

• Chapter 12.1 - Geologic Priniples and Relative Dating
• Chapter 12.3 Fossil Types and Relative Dating.
• Relative Dating Principles Practice #1

PowerPoints

• Chapter 12.1 - Geologic Priniples and Relative Dating
• Chapter 12.2 - Fossil Types and Relative Dating
• Chapter 12.3 - Absolute Dating
• Fossil Locales used in Lab

Labs and Activities

• Relative Dating Puzzles
• Mr H's Master's Program Relative Dating Puzzles
• Fossil Observations and ID
• Candyum - Absolute Dating Half-Life 
• Putting it All Together - Relative & Absolute Dating Lab

Online Data and Resources

• Geology Visualizer - Make your own 3D relative dating puzzles!

Video Resources

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Unit 1 - Finding Yourself (Intro and Maps) 

Notes and Handouts

• 1.2 -1.3 Guided Notes
  
• Introduction to Maps Notes
• Hollister's Battleships!
• Logos County Topographic Map - Free-Hand
• LOGOS County Topo Map Packet

PowerPoints

• 1.2 - 1.3 = Solar Nebula Theory and Earth's Spheres (How we got here!)
• 1.4 Finding yourself - Introduction to Maps
• Creating Topographic Maps with Play Doh.

Labs

• Magnetosphere Madness (Questions)

• Hurricane's Ike and Hurricane Sandy  Lat /Lon Coordinates.
  Atlantic Ocean Hurricane Tracking Map (to plot the hurricane data)
  Hurricane Ike and Sandy Questions.
• Creating Topographic Maps with Play Doh (Data Sheet).
• Bulldog Fire Command & Fire Map

Online Data and Resources

• Photos of Meteorites from Arizona State University's lab (Hollister touched these!)
• Solar Dynamic Observatory

Video Resources