BIOMES

http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/savannahA.htmlhttp://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/world_biomes.htm
http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/grasslnd/index.htm

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/cells/insideacell/

Unit 1: Web tasks.

WEB TASKS

Unit 1 The Universe
Task 1: It is the year 2050. You have won a ticket to a space station. You must decide which
station to visit: the one on Mercury, Mars, Jupiter or Saturn. What are the best and the
worst things about each planets?
Resources:
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm
http://www.seasky.org/solarsystem/sky3.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/solarsystem/mars/index.shtml
http://starryskies.com/solar_system/planets_top.html
http://www.onr.navy.mil/focus/spacesciences/solarsystem/default.htm
Task 2: Some people say Earth has a twin sister. Which planet is it? How is it similar to Earth?
How is it different?
Resources:
http://www.happynews.com/living/space/venus-information-kids.htm
http://www.extrasolar-planets.com/english/venus.php
http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_kids/AskKids/venus.shtml
http://astronomyspace.suite101.com/article.cfm/venus_sizzles
http://www.nineplanets.org/venus.html
http://www.onr.navy.mil/focus/spacesciences/solarsystem/venus2.asp

THE HISTORY OF THE EARTH

  

The History of Earth

1.      How did Earth form?

2.      How old is Earth?

3.      How did the moon form?

4.      Where did Earth’s water come from?

5.      Name one reason life was impossible on early Earth.

6.      Where is life suggested to have begun?

7.      What was the only type of life on the planet for hundreds of millions of years?

8.      What important gas did stromatolites (cyanobacteria) release into the atmosphere?

9.      What happened during the Cambrian Explosion?

10.   Describe the first land plants.

11.   What was special about Tiktaalik?

12.   Why were insects so big hundreds of millions of years ago?

13.   Why are eggs important?

14.   What was the name of the supercontinent 200,000,000 years ago?

15.   What did dinosaurs evolve from?

16.   What is oil made of?

17.   What caused dinosaurs to go extinct? How long ago did dinosaurs go extinct?

18.   How did mammals survive this mass extinction?

19.   On which continent did humans evolve?Why did humans begin walking on two legs?

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