Science Cloud

Fully online: Students do activity completely online. Editable: You save a copy of the files for your own.Google: Uses Docs, Slides, and FormsFossils can be used to correlate rock layers from distant places.  A critter that was geographically widespread (existed in many areas) and existed for a short time (only found in a few layers of rock) would be the most useful in correlating rock layers.  These are called index fossils. Students use fossils to correlate rock layers from distant locations.

Weather ForecastingA great way to show students how to forecast the weather.Students move a low pressure system across a map and forecast the weather changes in various cities. Students predict air temperature, air pressure, wind direction, cloud cover, chance of precipitation. The lab is on a Google Doc and the map and low pressure system are on a Google Slide. A paper version is also available so everyone in a hybrid class can participate. Includes: Google Doc lab with directions, questions,

Deserts and rainforests are not randomly distributed around the globe. Wet locations are generally found along the Equator while arid regions are found 30N and 30S. In this activity students research the amount of rainfall for 23 rainforests and 25 deserts (Usually three per student). Students share the data with classmates and Google Sheets maps the locations with colored data points depending on the amount of rainfall. An obvious pattern shows the relationship. Includes: ActivityClass Data

The amount of oxygen in the atmosphere has changed over Earth's history. In this fully editable activity/lab students use Google Sheets to graph how the percent of oxygen has changed over geologic time.

As air moves along the Earth’s surface changes in temperature and air pressure can cause the air to rise. Mountain ranges have a similar effect on moving air causing the air to rise on one side of the range and descend on the other. Rising air and descending air lead to different rainfall and temperatures. Students graph the precipitation and temperature on different sides of a mountain range to see how climates are wetter and cooler on the windward side. The Google Drive Folder contains: · Lab