Best of the
Science Sites of the Week
spring 2017
Mark Francek
Central Michigan University
[email protected]
Geology and Geography……………………………………………………………………….p.4
1. Earthquake Google Earth/KML Files
2. Video on the Cause and Effects of Wasting Food
3. Minute Earth Plate Tectonics Explained
4. Minute Earth Film on Soil Salinization
5. Minute Earth Film: Why Do Rivers Have Deltas?
6. Using GIS to Teach Plate Tectonics
7. Earth Science Songs to Sing: Mr. Flick’s Earth Science
Central!
8. 27 Ideas for Teaching With and About Topographic
Maps
9. How to Classify Volcanoes, What are Volcanic Hazards? and
Magma Viscosity, Gas Content & Milkshakes
10. Using Easy-to-Draw Illustrations to Teach About Plate
Tectonics
11. Checklist for Classifying Rocks
12. 13 Glittering, Record-Setting Gems to Ogle
13. GIS App for View and Record Soil Profiles
14. Before/After Interactive Gallery of Landscape Change
15. 2004 Sumatra Quake & Tsunami- Seismic Waves
16. New Map Shows Where Earth has Gained and Lost Land
17. Continental Drift: Alfred Wegner Song by the Amoeba
People
18. Demo to Model Pothole Formation
19. We’re Over-Salting Our Food, and it’s Not What You Think
20. Minute Earth: Soil Liquefaction?
21. Minute Earth: How Tall Can Mountains Be?
Weather…………………………………………………………………………..………..….p.11
1. Rain’s Dirty Little Secret: Role of Condensation
Nucleii
2. Minute Earth: How Do Greenhouse Gasses Actually
Work?
3. Minute Earth: Is Climate Change Just a lot of Hot
Air?
4. Video: Following Carbon Dioxide Through the Atmosphere
5. Minute Earth Film: How Mushrooms Make it Rain –
Condensation Nuclei
6. Minute Earth Film: Why Does Earth Have Deserts?
7. Video of Passenger Plane Landing in EXTREME fog
8. Ten Trillionths of your Suntan Comes From Beyond our
Galaxy
9. Minute Earth: Why Are There Clouds?
10. Minute Earth: Why Climate Change is Happening or is it
Just a lot of Hot Air?
11. Minute Earth Video: How Your Perception is Impacted by
Extreme Weather
12. Six Graphics that Explain Climate Change
13. Go to Source for Climate Change: EPA’s Climate Site.
14. Using Google Earth to Explore the Rain Shadow of Death
Valley
15. A Comic Timeline of Earth’s Average Temperature since the
Pleistocene
16. Interactive Showing how Natural and Industrial,
Contribute to Global Warming
17. EPA’s Student Guide to Global Climate Change
18. NASA’s Global Climate Change- Vital Signs of the
Planet
19. Where is the Hottest Place on Earth?
Space………………………………………………………………………………….…..…...p.18
1. Ask an Astronomer: Find an Answer to your Space Question
2. Minute Earth Film: Tidal Locking | Why Do We Only See
One Side of the Moon?
3. Astronomy Simulations and Animations
4. What’s up in the Night Sky for February?
5. Fly and Examine the Exoplanet of your Choice
6. Go to, Wonderful Collection of Astronomy Related Videos
7. Video: Introduction to Astronomy
8. Hubble Deep Field Video: with Pink Floyd Background Music
9. Animation: The Size of Huddle’s Deep Field Image in
Relation to the Rest of the Night Sky
10. Time and Place Eclipse-Maps
11. Video on How to Create a Comet with Dry Ice
12. Physics – Interactively Animate Velocity Vectors
13. Education Resources to Accompany “The Martian” Movie
Water…………………………………………………………………………...……………..p.23
1. Interactive tool for Monitoring Arctic Ice Recession
2. Minute Earth: Where Did Earth's Water Come From?
3. Minute Earth: Ocean Confetti – the Plastic that Doesn’t
Degrade
4. Water Follies: Wasting Water
Environmental………………………………………………………………………………..p.24
1. 20 Climate Change Facts for Deniers
2. Environment- Top Documentary Films Free for the Viewing.
3. Macroinvertebrate Project Guide
4. Video: Death by Plastic of Albatross on Midway Island
5. Video on Extreme Chinese Industrialization
Demos…………………………………………………………………………………………p.30
1. Using Cell Phones to Measure Weathering
General…………………………………………………………………….………………….p.30
1. The World’s Largest Natural Sound Archive Just Went up
Online
2. Minute Earth: How do Trees Survive Winter?
3. Minute Earth Film: How Much Does Meat Actually Cost?
4. Biosciences Time Lapse Video
5. Scroll through the Scale of the Universe 2
6. Monarch Watch Network
7. Guide to Implementing Water Rockets in the Classroom
8. World Wildlife Fund Report: ‘Wildlife Falls by 58% in 40
Years’
9. Interactive on the Elements, Cells, and Other Trivia Relating
to your Body
10. Teach Students How to Ask Questions
11. Smarter Everyday Video Series Exploring Science
12. Correlation, Causation, and Coincidence: Statistics
don’t Always Say What You Think they Might
13. 30,000 Spurious Correlations Graphs
14. Earth Systems Investigations for the
Classroom
15. CK-12 Interactive Physics and Chemistry Simulations
16. Watch Fox Diving Headfirst Into Snow: Role of Magnetic
Pole
17. Why Doodling is OK
18. Guidelines for Productive Classroom Questioning
19. How Science Works: The Flowchart
Teaching…………………………………………………………………………………….p.37
1. Sit With Us Lunchroom App Helps Students Find A Place To
Sit With A Welcoming Group
2. Science and Math: Put in the Search Term and the
Song Appears (if it’s in the Database)
Humor……………………………………………………………………………………….p.38
1. Cat Herders in the Old West
2. How to Catch Fish in the Sewer
3. On the Value of Persistence: a Puppy’s Best Friend.
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Geology and Geography
Site Name
Earthquake Google Earth/KML Files
Site URL
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/kml.php
Site Author
U. S. Geological Survey
Suggested By
John Patterson
Description
This website has great maps of tectonic plates and shake maps
where earthquakes are likely to occur. Learn and explore everything
about earthquakes here on this site.
Site Name
Video on the Cause and Effects of Wasting Food
Site URL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5i-dCv7O8o&feature=youtu.be
Site Author
Minute Earth
Suggested By
Mark Francek
Description
This You Tube video does a great job explaining the causes and
effects of wasting food. Watch the video to learn about surprising
facts and see what you can do to prevent food waste.
Site Name
Minute Earth Plate Tectonics Explained
Site URL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwfNGatxUJI&feature=youtu.be
Site Author
Minute Earth
Suggested By
Mark Francek
Description
Watch this short You Tube video to learn about the different
kinds of tectonic plates, how they have changed overtime and why
they are similar to a conveyer belt.
Site Name
Minute Earth Film on Soil Salinization
Site URL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL0Fai06OhU&feature=youtu.be
Site Author
Minute Earth
Suggested By
Mark Francek
Description
Loads of salt aren’t just bad for humans, but plants as wall.
Plants absorb the salt through their roots, potentially cutting off
their water supply, causing for dead plants. Watch this video to
learn what farmers are doing to reduce the high levels of salt in
the soil.
Site Name
Minute Earth Video: Why Do Rivers Have Deltas?
Site URL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A47ythEcz74&feature=youtu.be
Site Author
Minute Earth
Suggested By
Mark Francek
Description
“Where rivers meet the ocean, coastlines tends to bend either
inward or outward, creating estuaries and deltas. But how do they
get those shapes?” Watch the video to learn the answer.
Site Name
Using GIS to Teach Plate Tectonics
Site URL
http://www.ei.lehigh.edu/eli/tectonics/index.html
Site Author
Eli Environmental Literacy and Inquiry
Suggested By
Mary Colson
Description
“Tectonics is a series of six Web GIS investigations
designed to augment a traditional existing middle school Earth
science curriculum. The investigations are aligned to
Disciplinary Core Ideas: Earth and Space Science from the National
Research Council’s (2012) Framework for K-12 Science
Education ESS2.B: Plate Tectonics and Large Scale System
Interactions. The learning activities are also aligned to
tectonics benchmark ideas articulated in the AAAS Project 2061
(2007) Atlas of Science Literacy. A Web GIS is also
provided for open-ended tectonics investigations for students.”
Site Name
Earth Science Songs to Sing: Mr. Flick’s Earth Science
Central!
Site URL
http://www.nscsd.org/webpages/gflick/earth.cfm?subpage=26685
Site Author
Greg Flick
Suggested By
Greg Flick
Description
“These are song parodies that I've written: most are new lyrics
to familiar melodies with an Earth Science theme, but one is
completely original. As the year goes on I post my songs as I
introduce them in class. You can also find videos of some of
my songs, and some of my students work at my YouTube webpage
-www.youtube.com/user/ssgrf”
Site Name
27 Ideas for Teaching With and About Topographic Maps
Site URL
https://education.usgs.gov/lessons/teachingtopomaps.html
Site Author
USGS
Suggested By
Bill Jaggers
Description
“The USGS offers free topographic maps for most of the
United States. The maps can be downloaded as PDFs through the USGS
store. The maps can be used in the 27 suggested topographic
maps lessonsfound in the USGS education site. All of the lessons
are rated by grade level and time required for completing the
activity.”
Site Name
How to Classify Volcanoes
What are Volcanic Hazards?
Magma Viscosity, Gas Content & Milkshakes
Site URL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iavbdqsSC1o&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCm6xTZj-vk&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iaqE0xmsHI&feature=youtu.be
Site Author
GeoScience Videos
Suggested By
David McConnell
Description
“Three simple short (~6 minute) videos that come with quizzes
(follow link to blog in notes section below each video). We use
these as priceless assignments to free up time in class for other
learning activities.”
Site Name
Using Easy-to-Draw Illustrations to Teach About Plate
Tectonics
Site URL
http://geology.com/nsta/pt_drawings.pdf
Site Author
Hobart M. King
Suggested By
Science Core Curriculum
Description
“Next time you teach plate tectonics, consider a draw with me
presentation that will engage your students and help them
understand the spatial and movement aspects of plate boundary
environment.” This website provides illustrations that students can
color to help them better learn about plate tectonics.
Site Name
Checklist for Classifying Rocks
Site URL
http://www.charlesburrows.com/earth/activities.labs/01COMPOSITION.CRUST/rocks.wrksht.pdf
Site Author
Charles Burrows
Suggested By
Charles Burrows
Description
Check out this PDF for three useful worksheets for students on
Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic rocks.
Site Name
13 Glittering, Record-Setting Gems to Ogle
Site URL
http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/stories/glittering-record-setting-gems-to-ogle
Site Author
Angela Nelson
Suggested By
Mike Nolan
Description
“Yes, these gem stones are surprisingly big. Yes, they're rare,
sparkly and extremely valuable — priceless even. But with each
piece of eye candy comes a fascinating history. From huge pink
diamonds to flawless clear ones, from glittering topaz to a giant
pearl, read on for tales of royal birthday gifts, international
smuggling and a fisherman's forgotten find.”
Site Name
GIS App for View and Record Soil Profiles
Site URL
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDANRCS/bulletins/16dc2f4
Site Author
USDA
Suggested By
USDA
Description
“Pedon Vault gives users nationwide a way to share data by
populating a national database of sites that can be used by
educators, scientists, farmers, landowners, schools, soil judging
teams, the general public and many more according to Jason Nemecek,
Wisconsin State Soil Scientist. According to Nemecek, the app
records soil exposures across the country and populates a national
database. Interested users can identify field sites that
demonstrate good soil profiles with accompanying data.”
Site Name
Before/After Interactive Gallery of Landscape Change
Site URL
https://climate.nasa.gov/images-of-change?id=599#599-antarcticas-pine-island-glacier-calves-iceberg
Site Author
NASA
Suggested By
Zach Miller
Description
“Our Images of Change gallery features images of different
locations on planet Earth, showing change over time periods ranging
from centuries to days. Some of these effects are related to
climate change, some are not. Some document the effects of
urbanization, or the ravage of natural hazards such as fires and
floods. All show our planet in a state of flux.”
Site Name
Interactive Visualization of 2004 Sumatra Quake Seismic
Waves
Site URL
http://ds.iris.edu/seismon/swaves/
Site Author
IRIS
Suggested By
Fred Beyer
Description
“A visualization of earthquake waves traveling both through
Earth’s interior and radiating outward on the surface.” Check out
this website to see how an earthquake can affect various parts of
the world by playing the animation.
Site Name
New Map Shows Where Earth has Gained and Lost Land
Site URL
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/09/water-land-sea-levels-shift-map/
Site Author
Betsy Mason
Suggested By
Mike Nolan
Description
“With sea level rising and ice caps melting, it’s easy to
believe that more of Earth’s land is covered by water every year.
While this is certainly true in some places, a new study found that
there is actually slightly more land surface exposed than there was
30 years ago.” Read the article to learn more about this surprising
discovery.
Site Name
Continental Drift: Alfred Wegner Song by the Amoeba People
Site URL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1-cES1Ekto&feature=player_embedded
Site Author
The Amoeba People
Suggested By
Alice Kasten
Description
“The Amoeba People present "The Posthumous Triumph of Alfred
Wegener", the sad but true story of a scientist and his
hypothesis.” Watch the video to learn more.
Site Name
Demo to Model Pothole Formation
Site URL
http://www.earthlearningidea.com/PDF/259_Bucket_pothole.pdf
Site Author
Earth Learning idea
Suggested by
Virginia Malone
Description
An activity that uses a little math to model the formation of a
pothole. The identification of assumptions strengthens this
activity. The instructions are easy to follow. If you do not
have buckets gallon milk containers with the tops cut down should
work as well.
Site Name
We’re Over-Salting Our Food, and it’s Not What You
Think
Site URL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL0Fai06OhU&feature=youtu.be
Site Author
Minute Earth: The Problem of Salt in Soil
Suggested By
Mark Francek
Description
Loads of salt aren’t just bad for humans, but plants as well.
Plants absorb the salt through their roots, potentially cutting off
their water supply, causing for dead plants. Watch this video to
learn what farmers are doing to reduce the high levels of salt in
the soil.
Site Name
Minute Earth: Soil Liquifaction
Site URL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Uwxr42JqYQ&feature=youtu.be
Site Author
Minute Earth
Suggested By
Mark Francek
Description
This You Tube clip does a great job explaining what liquefaction
is and why it causes buildings and cars to collapse and sink into
the ground.
Site Name
Minute Earth: How Tall Can Mountains Be?
Site URL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIWhzYq16Ro&feature=youtu.be
Site Author
Minute Earth
Suggested By
Mark Francek
Description
“Given all of the factors that conspire to limit the height of
mountains, for example, sinking into the earth’s mantle, fractures
and erosion, I wouldn’t bet on our tallest mountains getting much
taller than they already are.” Watch this video to learn more about
mountains and where the tallest one in our solar system is
located.
Weather
Site Name
Rain’s Dirty Little Secret: Role of Condensation Nucleii
Site URL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87v_9Bud7vw&feature=youtu.be
Site Author
Minute Earth
Suggested By
Mark Francek
Description
“Somewhere inside of every raindrop is a tiny impurity. A touch
of salt, a speck of soot and grain of clay is absolutely crucial to
a rain drops existence. In fact, without these microscopic pieces
of dirt, there would be no rain because water vapor cannot condense
into droplets on its own.” Watch this video to learn more about
rain.
Site Name
Minute Earth: How Do Greenhouse Gasses Actually Work?
Site URL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTvqIijqvTg&feature=youtu.be
Site Author
Minute Earth
Suggested By
Mark Francek
Description
Watch this short YouTube video to learn how greenhouse gasses
actually work.
Site Name
Minute Earth: Is Climate Change Just a lot of Hot Air?
Site URL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEQghbA3pLM&feature=youtu.be
Site Author
Minute Earth
Suggested By
Mark Francek
Description
In this short video, Minute Earth talks about how the air
temperature rise has a big impact on the weather. First, the warmer
the water at the surface gets, the more it vaporizes into the air.
When the air gets warmer, it raises its capacity to hold water
vapor, which means more rain and snow. This also means that the air
over earth’s land is picking up more water than it used to, causing
bigger droughts.
Site Name
Video: Following Carbon Dioxide Through the Atmosphere
Site URL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syU1rRCp7E8
Site Author
NASA
Suggested By
Virginia Malone
Description
Three dimensional animations showing the flow of carbon dioxide
in the atmosphere. The site should have a key to the colors.
Red is about 408 PPM of CO2. Blue is about 390 PPM. According to
NASA during the ice ages CO2 levels were about 200 PPM.
During the interglacial periods levels were about 280 PPM. CO2
levels in 2016 were above 400 PPM. If you read the comments
you will find some of the misconceptions your students have about
CO2.
Site Name
Minute Earth Film: How Mushrooms Make it Rain – Condensation
Nuclei
Site URL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu9UmHbmFfk&feature=youtu.be
Site Author
Minute Earth
Suggested By
Mark Francek
Description
“In one day mushrooms can catapult billions of tiny spores into
the air and not only do these spores help seed baby fungi, they
also help seed clouds.” Watch this video to learn why mushrooms are
an important factor for the development of clouds.
Site Name
Minute Earth Film: Why Does Earth Have Deserts?
Site URL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6Us1sPXBfA&feature=youtu.be
Site Author
Minute Earth
Suggested By
Mark Francek
Description
Watch this video to learn why there are deserts and rain forests
on earth.
Site Name
Video of Passenger Plane Landing in EXTREME fog
Site URL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgeT-F9-1KI
Site Author
Jetsetter767
Suggested By
Mark Francek
Description
Watch this video as piolets land a plane in extremely foggy
conditions.
Site Name
Ten Trillionths of your Suntan Comes From Beyond our Galaxy
Site URL
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160811190751.htm
Site Author
International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research
Suggested By
Mark Francek
Description
“Astronomers have accurately measured the light hitting the
Earth from outside our galaxy and determined that 10 trillionths of
your suntan comes from beyond our galaxy.”
Site Name
Minute Earth: Why Are There Clouds?
Site URL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC2x_RRnk8E&feature=youtu.be
Site Author
Minute Earth
Suggested By
Mark Francek
Description
“Even in a small cumulous cloud, the total amount of energy
released from condensation is huge, equivalent to about 270 tons of
TNT.” Watch this video to learn how clouds are created and cool
facts about them.
Site Name
Minute Earth: Why Climate Change is Happening or is it Just a
lot of Hot Air?
Site URL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEQghbA3pLM&feature=youtu.be
Site Author
Minute Earth
Suggested By
Mark Francek
Description
In this short video, Minute Earth talks about how the air
temperature rise has a big impact on the weather. First, the warmer
the water at the surface gets, the more it vaporizes into the air.
When the air gets warmer, it raises its capacity to hold water
vapor, which means more rain and snow. This also means that the air
over earth’s land is picking up more water than it used to, causing
bigger droughts.
Site Name
Minute Earth Video: How Your Perception is Impacted by Extreme
Weather
Site URL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJCczZd7HVk&feature=youtu.be
Site Author
Minute Earth
Suggested By
Mark Francek
Description
Watch this YouTube video to learn about the extreme weather
patterns the world has been experiencing. Decide whether you think
its false advertisement or the truth.
Site Name
Six Graphics that Explain Climate Change
Site URL
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-5aceb360-8bc3-4741-99f0-2e4f76ca02bb
Site Author
BBC News
Suggested By
Mike Nolan
Description
“Find out how and why the Earth's climate is changing as Paris
hosts a major summit to discuss global warming.” Check out this
website to get a visual on how global warming has increased
throughout the years, and learn more about what needs to be done to
slow the process.
Site Name
Go To Source for Climate Change: EPA’s Climate Site
Site URL
https://www.epa.gov/climatechange
Site Author
EPA- United States Environmental Protection Agency
Suggested By
Kevin Rosseel
Description
“The Earth's climate is changing. Temperatures are rising, snow
and rainfall patterns are shifting, and more extreme climate events
– like heavy rainstorms and record high temperatures – are already
happening. Many of these observed changes are linked to the rising
levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in our
atmosphere, caused by human activities.
EPA partners with more than 40 data contributors from various
government agencies, academic institutions, and other organizations
to compile a key set of indicators related to the causes and
effects of climate change. The indicators are published in
EPA's report, Climate Change Indicators in the United States,
available on this website and in print. Explore the indicators
below.”
Site Name
Using Google Earth to Explore the Rain Shadow of Death
Valley
Site URL
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/files/2008/08/google-earth-instructions.rtf
Site Author
PBS
Suggested By
Rose Sanders
Description
Check out this document for step-by-step directions on how to
use Google Earth in the classroom. This lesson teaches students
about Death Valley, and can greatly benefit their understanding
about nature.
Site Name
A Comic Timeline of Earth’s Average Temperature since the
Pleistocene
Site URL
http://xkcd.com/1732/
Site Author
Shakun, Marcott, Annan and Hargreaves
Suggested By
Alice Kasten
Description
This website provides a timeline of Earth’s temperature
beginning thousands of years ago, to the current and future times
to show how much warming earth has encountered.
Site Name
Interactive Showing how Natural and Industrial, Contribute to
Global Warming
Site URL
http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-whats-warming-the-world/
Site Author
Eric Roston and Blacki Migliozzi
Suggested By
Charles Burrows
Description
“Skeptics of manmade climate change offer carious natural causes
to explain why the Earth has warmed 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit since
1880. But can this account for the planet’s rising temperature?
Scroll down to see how much different factors, both natural and
industrial, contribute to global warming, based on findings from
NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies.”
Site Name
EPA’s Student Guide to Global Climate Change
Site URL
https://www3.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/index.html
Site Author
EPA
Suggested By
Charles Burrows
Description
“EPA developed A Student's Guide to Global Climate
Change to help provide students (and educators!) with clear,
accurate information about the causes and effects of climate
change—as well as the steps we can all take to help solve the
problem.”
Site Name
NASA’s Global Climate Change- Vital Signs of the Planet
Site URL
http://climate.nasa.gov/
Site Author
NASA
Suggested By
Matt Bobrowsky
Description
“NASA’s Global Climate Change website hosts an extensive
collection of global warming resources for media, educators,
weathercasters and public speakers. Browse by topic and by media
type, including videos, social media shareables, infographics,
quizzes and interactives.”
Site Name
Where is the Hottest Place on Earth?
Site Author
Lou Estey
Suggested By
Mark Francek
Description
The article on the validity of the Death Valley 1913 record high
is interesting, esp. inlight of recent measurements in the Lut
Desert (in Iran) discussed in the 16 Dec 2016 issue of Science
“Some Like it Hot”:- a ground team of researchers in July 2014
measured a "shade temperature" 61 C (almost 142 F) --a "shade
temperature" being 30 centimeters above the surface in the shade of
a wooden cylinder- the NASA Aqua satellite remotely measured a
ground temperature there of 70.7 C (159.3 F) in the summer of 2005
-- the hottest satellite reading of ground temperature on Earth
ever recorded (not counting volcanic stuff)
Those readings completely blow away the 1913 Death Valley
measurement of 134 F -- whether it's valid or not. Apparently it is
not uncommon for birds that happen to wander over the Lut Desert to
fall dead from the sky.
Space
Site Name
Ask an Astronomer: Find an Answer to your Space Question
Site URL
http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/
Site Author
The Curious Team
Suggested By
Lynn Hardin
Description
“Ask an Astronomer is run by volunteers in the Astronomy
Department at Cornell University. Most of us are graduate students
at Cornell, and all of us do this voluntarily, in our own time,
fitting it in around our other work. Please take the time to browse
our site and first try to use the resources online to find an
answer to your question.”
Site Name
Minute Earth Film: Tidal Locking--Why Do We Only See One Side of
the Moon?
Site URL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jUpX7J7ySo&feature=youtu.be
Site Author
Minute Earth
Suggested By
Mark Francek
Description
“In 1959 the Soviet Space Craft Luna 3 beamed back images of
something earthlings have never before seen, the far side of the
moon.” Watch the You Tube video to learn more about the moon and to
learn why earth can only see one side.
Site Name
Astronomy Simulations and Animations
Site URL
http://astro.unl.edu/animationsLinks.html
Site Author
Dr. Kevin Lee
Suggested By
Fred Beyer
Description
“The University of Nebraska-Lincoln astronomy education group
consists of a team of artists and programmers under the direction
of Dr. Kevin Lee. The group is developing a variety of astronomy
education materials, including online labs, in-class
think-pair-share questions, and assessment tools such as ranking
tasks. The following list is representative of the simulations and
animations presently available on this site. Flash animations and
simulations for astronomy education. Topics include seasons, moon
phases, coordinate systems, light, and more.”
Name
What’s Up in the Night Sky for February?
Site URL
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/video/details.php?id=1457
Site Author
JPL/NASA
Suggested By
L. Mascotti
Description
Short video on what is available in the current night sky
Name
Fly and Examine the Exoplanet of your Choice
Site URL
http://eyes.jpl.nasa.gov/eyes-on-exoplanets.html
Site Author
JPL/NASA
Suggested By
L. Mascotti
Description
“Eyes on Exoplanets” will fly you to any planet you wish—as long
as it's far beyond our solar system. This fully rendered 3D
universe is scientifically accurate, allowing you to zoom in for a
close look at more than 1,000 exotic planets known to orbit distant
stars.
Site Name
Go to, Wonderful Collection of Astronomy Related Videos
Site URL
http://www.gazdonianproductions.com/astronomy.html
Site Author
Tom Gazda- Gazdonian Productions
Suggested By
Tom Gazda
Description
“So much is said about technology in education these days: iPad,
laptops, apps, flipped classrooms, etc., but in our eyes the main
benefit of technology is that it enables teachers to bring the real
world into the classroom. And videos are a great way to do
that. Add to that all the great teaching–centric videos that
are out there - videos showing experiments, things in motion, time
sped up or slowed down, time lapses - and it's clear that videos
are poised to change the game for the teachers and students in the
years to come.”
Site Name
Video: Introduction to Astronomy
Site URL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8zZZZzppIM
Site Author
Frank Gregorio
Suggested By
Rachel Skellie
Description
“This HD dramatic video choreographed to powerful music
introduces the viewer/student to the wonders of Astronomy. It is
designed as a "trailer" to be shown in classrooms by Earth Science
and Astronomy teachers in High School and college as a visual
"Introduction" to the magic of the cosmos.”
Site Name
Hubble Deep Field Video: with Pink Floyd Background Music
Site URL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgg2tpUVbXQ
Site Author
Deep Astronomy
Suggested By
Correen Briggs
Description
“This is the latest incarnation of the HDF video. The narration
has been edited to include research from a paper in Physical Review
Letters (2004) which puts the size of the universe at 46.5 billion
light years, not 78 billion as I originally stated.”
Site Name
Animation: The Size of Huddle’s Deep Field Image in Relation to
the Rest of the Night Sky
Site URL
http://imgur.com/gallery/Ym0Dke5
Site Author
Imgur
Suggested By
Chad Wiekierak
Description
Check out this animation showing one image captured of space,
then compared to several more images to show how big it is. This
really gives a good perspective on how big space is.
Site Name
Time and Place Eclipse-Maps
Site URL
http://www.eclipse-maps.com/Eclipse-Maps/Welcome.html
Site Author
Eclipse-Maps
Suggested By
Greg Hofer
Description
“New! GreatAmericanEclipse.com is a recently launched
website by the creator of eclipse-maps.com dedicated to the total
solar eclipse of August 21, 2017. Visit for new maps, videos, and
information. Eclipse-Maps.com will continue as a repository of
historic and new eclipse maps.”
Site Name
Video on How to Create a Comet with Dry Ice
Site URL
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/create-a-comet-with-dry-ice/
Site Author
NASA- Jet Population Laboratory
Suggested By
Shari Rosenberg
Description
“Learn how to build an icy model of a comet, complete with
shooting jets. This activity provides an opportunity for students
to make observations, discuss changing states of matter and
demonstrate measuring skills.”
Site Name
Physics – Interactively Animate Velocity Vectors
Site URL
http://www.lon-capa.org/~mmp/applist/doppler/d.htm
Site Author
W. Bauer and G. D. Westfall
Suggested By
Anne Huntress
Description
“Click somewhere inside the area above to mark the initial
location of the airplane. Drag to draw the velocity vector once you
release, the plane will start moving and emitting sound waves.”
Site Name
Education Resources to Accompany “The Martian” Movie
Site URL
http://www.nea.org/tools/lessons/63667.htm
Site Author
Phil Nast
Suggested By
Alan Robbins
Description
“Ridley Scott’s movie The Martian combines elements of sci-fi
and classic shipwreck adventure in the tradition of Robinson
Crusoe. How much science is behind the fiction? NASA considers the
movie and the science inThe Real Martians. The site includes a
poster, interviews, a video (4:58) of Mars exploration, and a panel
discussion with NASA and author of the novel Andy Weir. The
following lessons, units, activities, and interactives provide
opportunities for students to explore what needs to be considered
before colonizing Mars.”
Water
Site Name
Interactive tool for Monitoring Arctic Ice Recession
Site URL
http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/charctic-interactive-sea-ice-graph/and http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=85246&src=eorss-iotd
Site Author
NSIDC & NASA
Suggested By
Zach Miller
Description
“Find an excellent tool for cryosphere (ice) work. Take a
look at the bullet feature list at the bottom of the page: Using
this tool, you can track the upcoming 2017 Arctic maximum sea ice
extent value with students, especially as this value may, again, be
a record breaker. As a related aside, here is a write-up on the
historical global ice extent from
NASA: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=85246&src=eorss-iotd
Site Name
Minute Earth: Where Did Earth's Water Come From?
Site URL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LpgBvEPozk&feature=youtu.be
Site Author
Minute Earth
Suggested By
Mark Francek
Description
“Unlike every other planet in our solar system, earth’s surface
is 70% water, which while useful for life, is also kind of weird.
This is because everything we know about how and why our planet
formed says earth’s surface should be bone dry.” Watch this
informational video to learn more about our solar system and the
hypothesis on how water came to be on earth.
Site Name
Minute Earth: Ocean Confetti – the Plastic that Doesn’t
Degrade
Site URL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVoFeELi_vQ&feature=youtu.be
Site Author
Minute Earth
Suggested By
Mark Francek
Description
“We make tons of plastic precisely because it’s cheap, durable
and yet expendable. The features of plastic that make it so useful
to us, have also transformed life in the oceans.” Watch this video
to learn about the effects plastic has on marine life.
Site Name
Water Follies: Wasting Water
Site URL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZscCbxo3-vc
Site Author
California DWR
Suggested By
Virginia Malone
Description
This more or less silent You Tube video does a great job
explaining the causes of wasting water that even kids can do
something about. It is a good follow up to Minute Earth: Food
Waste posted in 22 April 2017 ESSW.
Environment
Site Name
20 Climate Change Facts for Deniers
Site Author
Bill Schlesinger
Suggested By
Mark Francek
Description
1. 1. Carbon dioxide is
rising as a component of Earth’s atmosphere (NOAA, 2017).
2. 2. The level of carbon
dioxide in the atmosphere has not been this high for the past 5
million years (Stap et al. 2016).
3. 3. Beginning about 10,000
years ago and extending to the advent of the Industrial
Revolution, carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was roughly constant,
indicating that natural sources were well-balanced by removals from
the atmosphere (Fluckiger et al. 2002).
4. 4. The current rise in
carbon dioxide is due to human activities, especially combustion of
fossil fuels (Hofmann et al. 2009).
5. 5. Carbon dioxide is a
“greenhouse” gas, inasmuch as it absorbs heat radiation leaving the
Earth’s surface (Tyndall, 1865).
6. 6. There is a natural
greenhouse effect on Earth, which keeps its temperature above
freezing (Houghton 1986).
7. 7. Water vapor, methane
and nitrous oxide also act “greenhouse gases” in the atmosphere,
but the human impacts are greatest for CO2(Schmidt et al.
2010).
8. 8. Past period of high
CO2 have been unusually warm (Luthi et al. 2008, Parrenin et
al. 2013; Triparti et al. 2009).
9. 9. 2016 was the hottest
year on record (Science 355: 331, 2017).
10. 10. Rising CO2 will affect the mean annual
(not necessarily daily) temperature on Earth (Trenberth 1992).
11. 11. Mean annual temperature is an essential
feature of climate (von Humboldt 1860).
12. 12. Different climate regions on Earth determine
what crops we can grow, what diseases we experience, and how much
water is available (von Humboldt 1860).
13. 13, Past changes in global climate have
determined the position of sea level (Grant et al. 2012).
14. 14. Higher levels of CO2 in Earth’s
atmosphere increase the acidity of seawater, making it difficult
for shellfish to synthesize their shells (Ekstrom et al. 2014).
15. 15. CO2 is an essential component for plant
photosynthesis, and it should increase the rate of growth of most
plants—both crops and weeds—when other conditions are favorable
(Taiz and Zeiger 1998).
16. 16. Measured increases in plant growth during the
past few decades have been rather modest (Long et al. 2006;
Groenendijk et al. 2015).
17. 17. Higher plant growth does not equate with
greater carbon storage on land, as a way to mitigate rising
CO2 in the atmosphere (Wieder et al. 2015).
18. 18. Higher temperatures are associated with
greater occurrence of drought, which lowers plant growth (Rind et
al. 1990).
19. 19. Drought is directly correlated to and a
determinant of forest fires.
20. Drought, famine, and losses of soil fertility are implicated
in the downfall of several historical civilizations (deMenocal
2001).
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deMenocal, P.B. 2001. Cultural response to climate change
during the late Holocene. Science 292: 667-673.
Ekstrom, J.A. and 16 others. 2014. Vulnerability and
adaptation of US shellfisheries to ocean acidification.
Nature Climate Change doi: 10.1038/NClimate2508.
Fluckiger, J., E. Monnin, B. Stauffer, J. Schwander, T.F.
Stocker, J. Chappellaz, D. Raynaud, and J.M. Barnola.
2002. High-resolution Holocene N2O ice-core record and
its relationship with CH4 and CO2. Global Biogeochemical
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Elizalde, C.B. Ramsey, C. Satow, and A.P. Roberts. 2012.
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past 150,000 years. Nature 491: 744-747.
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transitions of the last 20 million years. Science 326:
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terrestrial nutrient availability. Nature Geoscience 8:
441-445
Site Name
Environment- Top Documentary Films Free for the Viewing
Site URL
http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/category/environment/
Site Author
TDF
Suggested By
Tammy Perkins
Description
“Since January 2007, TDF has been curating awesome documentaries
and it's been a host to a vibrant community of people who're making
this place even more interesting. Obviously the content here is
created with a passion for documentary films and the site is a
valuable resource for those with an interest in that particular
genre. It also tries to help the independent documentary filmmakers
to promote their films.”
Site Name
Macroinvertebrate Project Guide
Site URL
https://leafpacknetwork.org/resources/manual/
Site Author
Stroud Water Research Center
Suggested By
Steve Kerlin
Description
“The Leaf Pack Network® (LPN) is a network of citizens,
teachers, and students investigating their local stream
ecosystems. Using the Leaf Pack Experiment Kit,
participants:
· Create an artificial leaf pack and place it in a stream
for three to four weeks.
· Collect and examine the packs in the classroom.
· Discover aquatic insects that indicate stream health,
showing the connection between trees and streams.
· Share data through the network.”
Site Name
Video: Death by Plastic of Albatross on Midway Island
Site URL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUM58LIU2Lo
Site Author
waduha100
Suggested By
Mike Nolan
Description
“The plight of plastic on Albatross birds on Midway Island, an
Island on the North Pacific Ocean, 2000 miles from the nearest
continent. The island is littered in plastic, which the inhabiting
albatross population ingests, causing a shocking and painful
death.”
Site Name
Video on Extreme Chinese Industrialization
Site URL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPU0yFdbD-w
Site Author
ruthrai
Suggested By
Heather Renyck
Description
“The video is basically a slightly edited intro from the
documentary Manufactured Landscapes where photographer Edward
Burtynsky is traveling the world observing changes in landscapes
due to industrial work and manufacturing.”
Demo
Site Title
Using Cell Phones to Measure Weathering
Suggested By
Tom Gazda
Description
“I generally find cell phones to be a distraction in
class. However, I'm open to using them if they can help
students learn. I sometimes have student use them during the
abrasion, AKA "rock shaking", lab. We have students shake
different rocks in a jar with water in increments of 5 minutes for
a total of 15 minutes. Students can take a photo of one
particular rock (marked with an X using a Sharpie) before they
begin. After the 15 minutes of shaking they compare that same
rock to the photo and it can be striking how many the rocks has
rounded due to abrasion. This is a good use of cellphones,
though students are not good at capturing good photos of the rocks
(which admittedly is difficult to do).
Also in Applied Physics I often use the slow motion setting to
capture objects falling and hitting the ground. The newer
iPhone have 240 frames per second slow-motion, which is quality
slow-mo.”
General
Site Name
The World’s Largest Natural Sound Archive Just Went up
Online
Site URL
http://macaulaylibrary.org/
Site Author
Chris Hampton
Suggested By
Nancy Ridenour
Description
“The Macaulay Library at Cornell University, home of the
world's largest and oldest collection of nature
recordings, just uploaded the whole, totally searchable,
archive online for free. 9,000 species from across the world
are documented in 150,000 audio recordings, totaling 10
terabytes and a run time of 7,513 hours.”
Site Name
Minute Earth: How do Trees Survive Winter?
Site URL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d260CmZoxj8&feature=youtu.be
Site Author
Minute Earth
Suggested By
Mark Francek
Description
“To survive in cold weather, trees need to avoid two things:
bubbles in their pipes and direct damage to living cells due to ice
crystals.” Watch the video to learn how trees overcame these
problems millions of years ago.
Site Name
Minute Earth Film: How Much Does Meat Actually Cost?
Site URL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZDsSnpYZrw&feature=youtu.be
Site Author
Minute Earth
Suggested By
Mark Francek
Description
Watch this interesting video to learn about the hidden costs
behind meat and what you can do to help fix it.
Site Name
Watch CMU’s Biosciences Building Go up via Time Lapse Video
Site URL
https://www.facebook.com/cmich/videos/10154563006242866/
Site Author
Central Michigan University
Suggested By
Samantha Mentus
Description
“After more than two years of construction, the Biosciences
Building is complete. The 169,000-square-foot building addresses
escalating student demand and with improved instructional learning
and scientific research spaces. It's located on the south end of
campus in between the Engineering and Technology Building and the
EHS Building.”
Site Name
Scroll through the Scale of the Universe 2
Site URL
http://htwins.net/scale2/
Site Author
Cary Huang
Suggested By
Rich Olson
Description
Scale of things. Easy to use (mouse wheel to scroll in and
out), and has an iOS app version. Starts from Planck Length
and goes out to Observable Universe. Great for students as it
lets them scroll (so they have control). Similar to the old
70's video "The Power of 10".
Site Name
Monarch Watch Network
Site URL
http://www.monarchwaystationnetwork.res.ku.edu/
Site Author
Monarch Watch
Suggested By
Jenny Croitoru
Description
“Developed to connect and support schools and nonprofits who
have Monarch Waystation Gardens, or who have received free
milkweeds from us.
A unique opportunity for meaningful interactions and connections
with educators and students across the nation, through the use of
our Forum.
Created to facilitate the use of your garden as a learning
center- a center for discovery, self-instruction and sharing of
knowledge by the students.
Our intent is not to provide all the answers, but to guide
learners by encouraging them to ask questions and then seek
their own answers.”
Site Name
Guide to Implementing Water Rockets in the Classroom
Site URL
https://spaceflightsystems.grc.nasa.gov/education/rocket/BottleRocket/index.htm
Site Author
NASA
Suggested By
Sarah Ell
Description
“Water rockets are an excellent tool to learn about rockets,
propulsion, and aerodynamics. The Beginner's Guide to Rockets
introduces the physics principles and math behind water rockets.
The activities were developed for middle school students (grades
5-8) and align with National science, mathematics, and technology
standards for education. The materials are also appropriate for
grades 9-12 and lifelong learners.”
Site Name
World Wildlife Fund Report: ‘Wildlife Falls by 58% in 40
Years’
Site URL
http://www.worldwildlife.org/pages/living-planet-report-2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37775622
Site Author
Rebecca Morelle
Suggested By
Mike Nolan
Description
“Human activity, including habitat loss, wildlife trade,
pollution and climate change contributed to the declines.” Click
the link to learn more and get a real feel as to how these issues
are affecting our wildlife.
Site Name
Interactive on the Elements, Cells, and Other Trivia Relating to
your Body
Site URL
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/the-making-of-me-and-you
Site Author
Earth
Suggested By
Mike Nolan
Description
“Of all of the cells in your body, how many are actually yours?
Our bodies are extraordinary. They contain elements that have a
commercial value, megabytes of data, and trillions of cells, most
of which aren't our own.” Read interesting facts and find out more
by clicking the link above.
Site Name
Teach Students How to Ask Questions
Site URL
http://rightquestion.org/what-we-do/
Site Author
The Right Question Institute
Suggested By
Chris Willems
Description
“The Right Question Institute provides a wide range of
innovative educational resources that make it possible for all
people, no matter their level of education or income, to learn to
think and act more effectively on their own behalf.”
Site Name
Smarter Everyday Video Series Exploring Science
Site URL
https://www.youtube.com/user/destinws2/featured
Site Author
Smarter Everyday
Suggested By
Ryan Field
Description
“I explore the world using science. That's pretty much all
there is to it. Watch 2 videos. If you learn something
AWESOME, subscribe.”
Site Name
Explainer: Correlation, Causation, Coincidence, and More,
Statistics don’t always say what people think they might
Site URL
https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/explainer-correlation-causation-coincidence-and-more
Site Author
Kathiann Kowalski
Suggested By
Nadine Weirather
Description
“Eating more mozzarella cheese shouldn’t make engineering
schools hand out more diplomas. Yet between 2000 and 2009, the more
mozzarella that Americans downed, the more doctorates in civil
engineering that U.S. universities awarded. Over a 10-year period,
as levels of one went up, so did the other. The two showed a strong
positive correlation. Yet almost certainly this happened by
coincidence. One did not cause the other. This shows an
important point about statistics: Correlation
is not the same thing as causation — showing that one
thing caused the other.” Read the article to learn more.
Site Name
30,000 Spurious Correlations Graphs
Site URL
http://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations
Site Author
Spurious Media
Suggested By
Philip Moseley
Description
“This website is filled with over 30,000 spurious correlations
graphs.” For example, one of the graphs shows the total revenue
generated by arcades, in comparison to computer science doctorates
awarded in the US. The correlation percentage for the two variables
is 98.51%.
Site Name
Earth Systems Investigations for the Classroom
Site URL
http://cleanet.org/clean/literacy/esi/index.html
Site Author
CLEAN
Suggested By
Cheryl Manning
Description
“The Earth Systems Investigations (ESIs) are suggested learning
paths that integrate resources from the CLEAN Collection and other
trusted science and data content sites into
a three-dimensional learning sequence that is engaging.
The three dimensions, Disciplinary Core Ideas, Science
and Engineering Practices, and Crosscutting Concepts work
together to help students build, over time, a cohesive
understanding of science while developing the skills to do science.
This three-dimensional learning sequence gives educators the
flexibility to design classroom learning experiences that stimulate
students' interest in science and help them to become
science-literate and informed citizens.”
Site Name
CK-12 Interactive Physics and Chemistry Simulations
Site URL
http://interactives.ck12.org/simulations/?referrer=student&backUrl=http://www.ck12.org/student/&_ga=1.159262586.1902136634.1455022959
Site Author
CK-12 Foundation
Suggested By
Hannah Naczi
Description
“Our philosophy is that learning is a personal journey. The
CK-12 Foundation was founded with the mission to enable everyone to
learn in his or her own way. We pair high-quality content with the
latest technologies. We equip students, teachers, and parents with
everything they need. For free.”
Site Name
Watch Fox Diving Headfirst Into Snow: Role of Magnetic Pole
Site URL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2SoGHFM18I
Site Author
Discovery
Suggested By
Mike Nolan
Description
“A red fox pinpoints field mice buried deep beneath the snow,
using his sensitive hearing and the magnetic field of the North
Pole to plot his trajectory.” Watch the YouTube video to see the
fox in action.
Site Name
Why Doodling is OK
Site URL
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/blogs/education/2014/07/keep-calm-and-doodle-on/
Site Author
Charlotte Hughes and Scott Asakawa
Suggested By
Dawna M. Cintron
Description
“In a 2009 study, Jackie Andrade, a psychology professor at
the University of Plymouth in England, designed a
psychological experiment to determine whether doodling
actually benefits attention and memory.” Read the article to learn
how the experiment was conducted and its results.
Site Name
Guidelines for Productive Classroom Questioning
Site URL
https://johnnyrocket88.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/the-right-question-at-the-right-time.pdf
Site Author
Jos Elstgeest
Suggested By
Cindy Hoisington
Description
“A question already has within it the kind of answer that can be
given, even before it is spoken. There are many different kinds of
questions and their varying effect on children is striking. The
purpose of teacher’s questions should be to promote children's
activity and reasoning. Questions which do not do this
(unproductive questions) are those which ask only about knowledge
of words, often for repetition of words given earlier by the
teacher or to be found in a book.”
Site Name
How Science Works: The Flowchart
Site URL
http://undsci.berkeley.edu/article/scienceflowchart
Site Author
Understanding Science
Suggested By
Don Duggan-Haas
Description
“This flowchart represents the process of scientific inquiry,
through which we build reliable knowledge of the natural world. You
can use it to trace the development of different scientific ideas
and/or the research efforts of individual scientists. Most ideas
take a circuitous path through the process, shaped by unique people
and events.”
Teaching
Site Name
“Sit With Us” Lunchroom App Helps Students Find A Place To Sit
With A Welcoming Group.
Site URL
http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/teen-creates-app-sit-with-us-open-welcoming-tables-lunch-bullying_us_57c5802ee4b09cd22d926463
Site Author
Elyse Wanshel
Suggested By
Pete Resco
Description
“The app allows students to designate themselves
as “ambassadors,” thereby inviting others to join them.
Ambassadors can then post “open lunch” events, which signal to
anyone seeking company that they’re invited to join the
ambassadors’ table.”
Site Name
Sing About Science and Math: Put in the Search Term and the
Song Appears (if it’s in the database)
Site URL
http://singaboutscience.org/wp/homepage/
Site Author
Sing About Science and Math
Suggested By
Peter Kelly
Description
“Welcome to the "Wikipedia of science songs," covering the
expanding universe of educational music since 2004! Whether you're
looking for a new YouTube rap video about genomics or a decades-old
song about the periodic table, you've come to the right page!”
Humor
Site Name
Cat Herders in the Old West
Site URL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk7yqlTMvp8
Site Author
EDS
Suggested By
Jean McMahon
Description
You have trouble getting students or your staff to follow along,
take a look at how these cowpokes fare.
Site Name
How to Catch Fish in the Sewer
Site URL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNcaiTM77cM&feature=youtu.be
Site Author
The Fish Whisperer
Suggested By
John Keller
Description
“This informative video shows how I catch catfish out of the
storm sewer. I was using 20lb line, a small circle hook, and Sewer
fishing is real and I encourage y'all to try it by using the
methods in this video. The small channel catfish I caught in this
video is just one of hundreds of fish that I've pulled out of this
storm sewer.”
Site Name
On the Value of Persistence: a Puppy’s Best Friend
Site URL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2F7JZS0qS1I
Site Author
phgAce
Suggested By
Mark Francek
Description
Watch this video of a kitten being mischievous and sneaking out
of its cage to join the puppy next door.
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