Field Trip!

Our first field trip will be Friday, October 9th.  Permission slips will be due on Friday October 2nd.
We will be going to the Earth Science Career Fair at the JJ Pickle Research Campus branch of  the University of Texas.

Macroinvertebrate Study

Let's get ready for our trip to Barton Springs.

First click HERE to see what you will be doing on our trip Friday.

If you have never been to Barton Springs please click HERE to read about it.

After our workshop, we will be hiking the Barton Springs Greenbelt.  We will probably only get to the #4 on the trail map before we have to turn around...

Today's Activity:

Macroinvertebrates

Activity 1: 
Identify macroinvertebrates using the dichotomous key.
Each person should get 1 - 2 pictures of macroinvertebrates.
Click HERE to use the dichotomous key to identify the NAME YOUR ORGANISM.
Complete a Wanted Poster for the macroinvertebrate you picked.  (quickly - 5 minutes or less)

Activity 2:
Each person will present their macroinvertebrate poster!

Activity 3:
Find a partner and you will collect a fake samplings of organisms from the fake BMS pond (stream 1) and fake CCMS pond (stream 2).

Complete the Sample Record to find out if the water quality is POOR, FAIR, GOOD, or EXCELLENT depending on the types of organisms that live in the fake BMS  & CCMS ponds.

Google Earth Volcano Tour

Today you will create a tour of volcanic activity along plate boundaries.

Click here for a tutorial on how to make a google earth tour.

Please make a tour of at least 5 places from the following locations.

Mt. Saint Helens, Washington
Kilauea, Hawaii
Mt. Fuji, Japan
Surtsey, Iceland
Mt. Moroto, Africa
Mt. Ubinas, Peru
Mt. Talakmau, Sumatra
Tacana, Guatemala
Krakatoa, Java
Santorini, Greece


For each location you need to put an information tag that tells the visitors to your tour interesting facts about the volcano.

Click on Google Earth to begin.

We are planning a camping trip this spring!!

Please look at each site and decide which one looks the most interesting for our group to visit.  We will be spending 1 Saturday night there.  Depending on the amount of GeoChicks attending, we may need some parents to volunteer to go with us.  Getting a bus would be very expensive....

Blanco State Park

Guadalupe River State Park

Pedernales Falls State Park

Canyon of the Eagles

Matagorda Bay Nature Park

Inks Lake State Park

McKinney Falls State Park

Enchanted Rock State Natural Area

Palmetto State Park

Map of Parks Around Austin


Please enter your choice using the link below when you are done browsing.

Enter your Choice HERE

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Google Earth Tour

Look at the models of the Famous Landmarks....
Can you identify these?  What countries are they in?

These are some of the most important engineering marvels in history.  You will be using Google Earth to create a "tour" of these landmarks.  Technology meets engineering - the best of both worlds!!

Launch Google Earth - (Go to Start - Programs - Google Earth)

Click HERE to learn how to make a tour using Google Earth

Guest Speakers

Click below to view possible options for guest speakers
    Option 1
    Option 2
    Option 3

Click HERE to complete the guest speaker form.

Microscope Lesson

Oct. 18th

Look at this website to learn the parts of a microscope
Parts of a Microscope

Go to this website to learn more about microscope use..
Microscope Lessons

Oct. 12th

Go the website below to learn how to correctly use a microscope.
MICROSCOPE LESSON

More Microscope games & stuff
Microscope games