Internet Research Primer Project (200 points)

Make sure you understand how to do research online.  You will need to prove that you can find and cite sources on the next BIOGRAPHY Project at the end of the week.  Good Luck!
Everyone must use the link below to complete the INTERNET RESEARCH PRIMER ACTIVITY. 

http://mrsoshouse.com/ext/feb.html

YOU MUST COMPLETE AT LEAST 3 (1-12) OF THE QUESTIONS BELOW FOR TODAY'S ASSIGNMENT!!  ANY ADDITIONAL RESEARCH QUESTIONS ARE WORTH EXTRA CREDIT!

EVERYONE MUST READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS. 

READ THE WHOLE POST BEFORE STARTING!!

Copy and Paste all of the questions you chose below into an email to the instructor (hscribnercaa@gmail.com.  Once in the email.  Use the links (SOME LINKS DO NOT WORK RIGHT) to find the answers from this post, or from the website listed above.  When you are finished you may work on anything else you like.  Good Luck!!  Tomorrow we will discuss your Research Paper for next week.  You will need to create a 3-4 page MLA Short Format research paper with 4 different sources.  This paper will be properly cited and due by the end of next week.  You will also learn how to create proper CITATIONS for Bibliographies and other work.  Good Luck!!

YOU MUST LIST ALL OF THE WEBSITES YOU USE BELOW EACH ANSWER THAT YOU POST IN YOUR EMAIL!  KEEP A LIST OF ALL WEBSITES AND SOURCES YOU USE FOR EACH ANSWER.  ONLY SEND ONE EMAIL WITH ALL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LISTED TOGETHER FOR CREDIT.
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1. What is the cryosphere?

Watch the Cryosphere Movie from NASA.

a. Who lives in the cryosphere?

b. Even if you do not live in the cryosphere, it matters to you. 
Explain why the cryosphere matters to everyone.

2. The other day I drove past a water tower. I wondered .... 
Find the answers at How Stuff Works

a. Why is it so high?

b. When does it release water?

c. Where do cities put their water towers?

d. Does the water in the tower freeze in a very cold winter?

Research challenge - What is the source of potable water for your community?

3. Go to TerraServer. 

TerraServer provides free online access to USGS digital aerial photographs. 
Select the appropriate links to view the images related to your State. What are the physical geographic features, visible in the image, that help you pinpoint the location of your town? List them.

Example: I live on a mountain near the confluence of the north and west branches of the Susquehanna River.

4. Think about the last time you put ice cubes in a glass and then added water.
What did you observe?

The ice floated to the top of the glass.

Use a search engine to figure out - Why does ice float? After all it is solid water!

5. There is a time in everyone's life where math comes in pretty handy. That is cooking time. 
Here is a measurements equivalents chart. Use it combined with your math know how to solve the following problems.

a. How many tablespoons in 1 and a half cups of flour?

b. The recipe calls for 5 cups of cream. 
Your choices at the grocery store are pint size containers of cream or quart sized containers.

*5 cups is how many pints of milk?

*Five cups is how many quarts of milk?

*What would you buy? Explain why.

c. How many teaspoons are in 1/8th cup of sugar?

d. You are making chicken noodle soup from an 8 fl. oz. can. The directions say to add 1 cup of water. You do not have a measuring cup. What can you do? Explain.

6. Some silly scribblers use alliteration solely to supply information on a sour subject or serious situation.  What is alliteration?

7. Watch this geometry video at TeacherTube.

What is the subject of the video?

Give three examples of objects that are this geometric shape.

8. In February 1881, Mary Walton received a patent for her invention. 
How did her invention improve people's lives?

9. Watch The Laws of Exponents @ Math Dude.
(Read the questions, first. Start and stop the movie as needed to answer the questions.)

When do you add the exponents?

Solve:

10. There was a total Lunar Eclipse on Feb. 21, 2008.  
There was a penumbral lunar eclipse on February 9, 2009.

Identify a lunar eclipse that will occur this year.

Will you be able or were you able to view it?

What is a lunar eclipse?

Observe the August 2007 eclipse on this page.

Danjon Scale of Lunar Eclipse Brightness - Where do you rank this eclipse on the Dajon scale?

Think about it - Name another scale that scientists use to rate/rank a natural event.

11. Dessert Challenge - use this to find how much exercise you need to burn off the 
calories in a dessert served in the cafeteria today.

Dessert:

Amount of exercise -

BTW - (By the way) Negative calorie foods burn more calories in their digestion, than they offer. 
Celery, Oranges, Strawberries, Tangerines, Grapefruit, Carrot, Apricots, Lettuce, Tomatoes
Cucumbers, Watermelon, Cauliflower, Apples, Zucchini. 

12. Gertrude Belle Elion is a scientist who earned earned a Nobel Prize in medicine.  
But that did not give her the greatest satisfaction. What gave her the greatest satisfaction?

 Extra Credit Searches:

* Learn CPR in 2 minutes CNN.com Explain the steps to use when administering CPR to an Adult.

* Watch 3 of the TV Spots from the Foundation for a Better Life. 
Rank them regarding how much each one inspired you to act.

Write the titles of the spots you viewed from least inspiring to most inspiring.

* The Wall Street Journal provides an interactive map of the potential pay outs of the Stimulus Package 2009 H.R.1.

a. How much money will your state receive?

b. The table reports amounts per capita. What does that mean?

c. Consider the Transportation spending. Do you agree with the distribution of the dollars? Explain.

* Watch your representative's speech on the Health Care debate. (If your representative's speech is not posted, select another representative from your state.) Do you concur with or disagree with their argument?

* Keeping Time Across the Ages - listen to the tale. What would you do? (3-4 Sentences)

* Explore Science videos at DFTV - check it out and then do a Try It 
(Write A Paragraph About Your Findings)

* Science - Observation skill builders - Complete one! (Write a paragraph about it)

* Watch: Make Rectangles: Solution Part 1 & Make Rectangles: Solution Part 2 -
Write a new problem that would require similar math skills and strategies to solve.

The work above was taken from the following sources:
Cynthia J. O'Hora. , posted 1/2002. You may print a hunt for use in a classroom setting.. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 License. 1/2009

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IF YOU ARE SMART, YOU READ THE WHOLE POST BEFORE BEGINNING. 

YOU MUST WORK ON THE CONSTITUTION (BELOW) QUESTION FIRST:

Copy and Paste the question below into the top of your email to me today, then complete additional 3 searches from the questions above.  When you are finished, before you send it, you should have the Constitution question at the top of your email, and 3 other searches below that in your final email to me today (4 Total Searches).  ONLY COPY AND PASTE THE SEARCHES YOU ARE COMPLETING.  ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS INSIDE THE EMAIL PRIOR TO SENDING. Good Luck!!

1. The Constitution outlines the three qualifications to be President. What are they?


 HAVE FUN WITH THIS ONE TODAY!!

- Mr. S