Classroom Aids

6/29/11

Homework Activities, Due July 7

Read (and understand ) Chapters 1,2,3 Do the laboratory exercise for Week 1 Watch the lecture video for Week 1 Complete the other activities in this document

NOAA NWS
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/chs/ (where you can go if you want accurate local weather from the government scientists who have the real information) We will discuss weather later in the quarter, but look at this now if you are interested in weather.

Iceland Volcano Eruption

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fidNxnG6l _o If you didn t see this video in class, watch it shows a HUGE miles-high cloud of ash and cinders coming out of a volcano in Iceland. We don t control the Earth as much as we want to think we do.

Metric Conversion
http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/metric_ conversion_chart.html A good video to review what we discussed tonight about the Metric System.

Metric Questions Use your handout (or one of the online conversion websites) and work the following problems. If you can, send it back online instead of in hard copy. 3 mi = _4.83___ km 3 km = __1.863___ mi 2.7 L = __0.713___ gal 91 in3 = __1491.222___ cm3 17 yd2 = __14.214____ m2 89oF = ____192.2__ oC