Monthly Archives: August 2007
Applying the Old to the New
Hopefully many of you (students and parents) are visiting the site for the first time today, if so great! Welcome to My Science Space, take a good look around and leave me a comment. Speaking of comments, I just read … Continue reading
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Perfect Pitch
SCIENCE NEWS August 29, 2007 Perfect Pitch: “You’ve Either Got It or You Don’t” Is there a gene for perfect pitch? New study sets the stage for finding out By Nikhil Swaminathan Image: © ISTOCKPHOTO/JACOB WACKERHAUSEN GENETICALLY PREDISPOSED?: Assuming this … Continue reading
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More About Earth’s Spheres
Earth’s Spheres Everything in Earth’s system can be placed into one of four major subsystems: land, water, living things, or air. These four subsystems are called “spheres.” Specifically, they are the geosphere (land), hydrosphere (water), biosphere (living things), and atmosphere … Continue reading
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Earth’s Spheres
I just love this illustration we used in class today. To me it captures both the simplicity of Earth’s spheres (land, water, air and life) and the complexity of their make-up and interactions. I hope you view your Earth with … Continue reading
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El Nino
I was looking around for more information about El Nino and I found this clip on a NASA site. Click on the image to see the movie (requires QuickTime and speakers). Here’s the site I found it on. It provides … Continue reading
Posted in Atmosphere, Earth Systems, Hydrosphere, Oceans, Weather
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