Sunday, October 3, 2010

Mineral Properties Quiz


How well do you know your mineral properties?

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

HAPPY SPRING!

The seasons officially change... we have equal hours of daylight and night as we see the arrival of the Equinox tonight.

TimeandDate.com has a helpful page about the equinox and why, at 11:09 p.m. in New York, we can accurately say that the first day of Summer in only three months away.

The 2010 Autumnal Equixo will also see a full moon.

Why Does the Autumnal Equinox Fall on Different Dates?

Sunday, September 19, 2010

Tornadoes in NYC!



The Science Of A Tornado

NY1's meteorologist explains how tornadoes form and why they're so destructive.


More Information about Tornados: The Tornado Project


Friday, May 28, 2010

Why Tides?

Earth's Oceans vs. Moon vs. Sun


The animation above shows the relationship between Earth's oceans and the gravitational effects of the Sun and the moon

Monday, May 17, 2010

Lab Help: Drawing an Ellipse

Elliptical Orbits


Totally Elliptical lab similar to the one we did in class


Lab Help: Moon Phase Links

Helpful links for phases of the moon

Lunar phase calendar

Phases of the Moon Video on YouTube

The Moon and Tides explained

The Universe: The Phases of the Moon (shown in class)

Bill Nye the Science Guy: Moon Phases and Baseball

Where is the moon tonight with an animations of the Partial eclipse of the Moon that will occur on June 26, 2010 as well as a where you'll need to be to view the next Total Eclipse of the Sun visible in the United States on August 21, 2017

Clickable Lunar Map

Moon Mosaic

Lots more moon info