| Participant |
TrackStar
Projects |
Summary |
| Linda Heathcott |
Oceans
and Reefs |
Ecological study, including geologic
time frame of coral reefs and ocean life around reefs |
| Ronald Carson |
What
Makes Climate? |
Factors that produce climate and
have caused climatic changes in geologic time. |
| Criselda J. Guerra |
Earth
Science-Dinosaurs
Earth
Science-Plate Techtonics
Elements |
Dinosaurs Fun Sites
Plate Tectonics
Element Sites |
| Ronnie Cox |
Stream
Flow |
Graph stream flow data from San
Juan River near Pagosa Springs. |
| Leslie Philipp |
Discovering
Plate Techtonics |
Students will learn about plate
techtonics and continental drift. |
| James Duffey |
The
Carbon Cycle
The
Water Cycle |
Introduction to the carbon cycle
and water cycle. This lesson can be used to introduce students to the natural
cycles of the earth. |
| Robert Holder |
One
Small Step for Man... |
Investigation of the United States
space program; from its beginning to the evolution into the Apollo portion
of that program and our quest for the Moon, and beyond. |
| William Ayres |
Learning
By Watching the Clouds |
Students will learn about thunderstorms
and tornadoes and how to identify the conditions that lead to these events. |
| Gina Renee' Schorsch |
Ocean
Studies |
The student is expected to identify
components of an ecosystem; observe and describe how organisms live together
in an environment and use existing resources; describe how different environments
support different varieties of organisms; and observe and describe the
role of ecological succession in ecosystems. |
| Steven Bull |
Tornadoes |
Commonly asked questions and pictures
about tornadoes. |
| Gay Lynne Pope |
Potential
and Kinetic Energy at Geologic Faults |
This is a 7th Grade Lesson on potential
and kinetic energy,and how these energy forms influence the earth surface
at Geologic Faults. |
| Lynn Beason |
A
Study of Geologic Time |
This track is designed to help students
develop an understanding of geologic time. Students will produce an illustrated
geologic time scale. |
| Lee Eriksen |
Life
on a Deep Ocean Drilling Ship |
This lesson is designed for middle
school science classes. Students will learn about a deep ocean drilling
or research ship and what it is like to live and work on the ship. |
| Joe Bledsoe |
Plate
Tectonics |
The purpose of this project is to
introduce middle school students to the concept of plate tectonics. |
| Dwight McHazlett |
Where
do Rocks Come From? |
The purpose of this TRACK is to
introduce students to how rocks are formed and classified. |
| Charles Geach |
Surf
at the Beach Not at School |
This track will guide teachers to
resources that will help them use the internet in their classrooms.This
track is also designed to help teachers to be able to focus their internet
lessons so that students will spend less time surfing and more time on
task. |