Earth & Life Under The Microscope

Links to help you with your Internet Mapping Scavenger Hunt: 

• Topographic Map Symbols Interactive Table from textbook (alternative: use p. 56 and 673 from textbook to complete the table on your worksheet)

• Gmap Pedometer (On right corner of map, you can switch between satellite,topographic and hybrid images)

• Internet Search Engines:  Google.com,  Dogpile.com,   and there are many more out there

• Links for Textbook p. 85 Data lab  

Details for Textbok p. 85 Data Lab  - Do Data Analysis #1 and 3.

Links to check out when you're completely done with your Internet Mapping Scavenger Hunt (both sides of paper) 

• Satellite Images of Landslides  in Sichuan Earthquake

• Ch. 1 Interactive Tutor (has some true/false type review questions) 

• Ch. 1 Standards Review (sort of like an online quiz - it will correct your work to give you practice for a real quiz/test, includes hints)

• Ch. 1 Standards Assessment (sort of like an online test - it will correct your work to give you practice for a real quiz/test - do NOT email me the results, the district spam filter wlll not let it through)
• NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day (you can look back at previous photos too)
• Virtual Lab on Identifying Locations by their Climate and Topography (Note: this activity provided by our textbook publisher has some incorrect information, that's why I put it at the bottom of this list.  It's still interesting to see the different types of maps!)

• Get ahead! Check out the Brain Pop movie on Mineral Identification (keep the volume down)