Journals

=Journals=

On p. 159 in your text, there is a diagram of rock layers. Write a possible history of this area, trying to put events in correct order.
Write about an imaginary creature dying and forming a fossil.

Find an internet site about fossils, explore it and write about it.

Imagine being a molecule of water going through the water cycle (the more steps, the more credit you get!)
 * Weathering and Erosion:**

Write a paragraph about how Wisconsin might have looked at some part of the last Ice Age. (Example: much of south central Wisconsin was covered by glacial Lake Wisconsin for thousands of years, then it suddenly rushed out and formed the Dells--what did that look like?)

Look at the 3-D map in the room, pick an area, look at it with the special glasses and tell how that area was affected by erosion in the past. Feel free to look at this site for assistance: http://wisconsingeologicalsurvey.org/

Read "How Glaciers Move Rocks," in the March issue of //National Geographic// and write a paragraph about it.

=__4th Quarter__=

What is STEM? Give some examples of a STEM career. (If you attended this conference, you can write about the sessions you attended.)

Write about geocaching. What were your experiences with it? How does it work? What use could it be? (Extra: join [|geocaching.com] and use your own GPS to find a local cache and write about it.

Meteorology
Graph data from your weather journal and write about patterns that you find.

Continue taking data in May and look for patterns between things like sky conditions and barometric pressure.

Why is the weather part of every newspaper, most newscasts, many websites and it's own channel on TV?

Astronomy
Go to this website and follow directions about the night sky: http://www.globeatnight.org/ When finished, write about your experience.

Use the Sky Calendar, Star Walk, etc... to help you observe the night sky. Write about what you see.

Watch the partial solar eclipse on May 20th either by using the "hole in the card" method or by projecting it on paper using a lens, telescope or binoculars. Write about what you see. Peaks around 7:47 p.m.