Titan AE

Web Resources

• Strombolian Eruption Simulation

http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/kids/fun/volcano/volcano.html

2. Water Science for Schools

http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/

3. A Science Odyssey:  You try it:  Plate Tectonics

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics/shockwave.html

4. Food Chains and Webs

www.vtaide.com/png/foodchians.htm

5. SimBacteria Free Download Center

www.freedownloadscenter.com/Games/Strategy_Games/SimBacteria.html

6. Botany Lesson Plans

http://education.bjbarton.com/links/Lesson_Plans/Botany_Lesson_Plan/

7. Space Settlements: Spreading life throughout the solar system

     http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Services/Education/SpaceSettlement/

8. PlanetQuest- The search for another Earth

     http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/

9. NASA- Exploring the Universe

     http://ast.star.rl.ac.uk/darwin/Welcome.html

Supplies

Plate Tectonics Lesson

• Silly putty  (1 ball)
• Miniature Milky Way Bars (one for each student)
• Wax paper
• Edible Tectonic Plates Data Sheet (one for each student)
• Plate Boundary overheads  (1 set)
• Clear plastic container  (6Ó x 4Ó x 10Ó)
• Warm water
• Cold water
• Food coloring

Volcanoes and their Resources Lesson

• Computers (one for every three students) with internet access
• 1 Can of soda  (per class)
• 1 Bottle of soda  (per class)
• 2 trash bags
• Strombolian Eruptions Data Sheet  (1 per group)

Energy Transfer Food Chain Lesson

• 3 types of yarn  (20 yards)
• index cards (one per student)
• sandwich bags (one per student)
• a set of poker chips
• kitchen timer
• masking tape

Habitat Lesson

• 5 colors of construction paper (2-3 sheets per color)
• envelopes (one per student)
• blind fold
• 3 index cards
• yarn (20 yards)

Star Types and Lifezones Lesson

• 4 sockets
• extension cords as necessary
• 8-16 meter sticks with centimeter markings
• 4 light bulbs (blue, red, yellow, white)
• overhead projector
• overhead transparency each of a Spiral Galaxy, Many Galaxies, Star Cluster the Message Came From, and our Solar System
• butcher paper for the Star Types chart
• clock with a second hand
• hand broom
• 1 radiometer (per group)
• 1 copy of the star types and lifezones data sheet (per group)

PowerPoint Lesson

• computers (one per student)