Math-Sci-Guy

Students graph coastal water levels for two different cities, and discuss relationships that exist. Skills Practiced: graphing, reviewing the main graph types, applying math concepts to real life

Students graph distances to various galaxies vs their speeds, and infer a direct relationship between the two. Skills Practiced: graphing, reviewing the main graph types, applying math concepts to real life

This worksheet gives a graph (showing the temperatures of soil and water as they heat & cool) and asks students to calculate the rates of change on various intervals. The handout is printable in black/white/grey, and the answer key is attached (answers are filled-in in color). This worksheet is suitable for an Earth Science class as an application of specific heats and rates of heating/cooling, or a Math class as practice reading graphs and calculating slopes.

This is a ten-page fill-in-the-blank style review of the main ideas that students should have learned (or skills that they need to be able to do) from the first 40 labs that I do in 9th/10th grade Earth Science (to help prepare students for the NYS Regents exam). I have included PDFs of the blank version and answer key just in case, but I assume you will edit the Word file because you have probably done some different labs in your class. I do not want my answer keys floating around the internet

In this worksheet, students review some galaxy types, how scientists determine temperature, composition, distance, & speed from starlight, the name & structure of our galaxy, the definition of a light year, and three pieces of evidence for the Big Bang.