Hurricane on the Bayou

How are wetlands formed?  What important roles do they play environmentally and as a storm surge protector? Do you think that the effects of Hurricane Katrina would have been greater or less if the wetlands were still in place?  What can be done to restore the wetlands at the mouth of the Mississippi River.  View the link to the Hurricane on the Bayou website and give us your thoughts

Hurricane on the Bayou

Tangled - untangled

What would it be like to have 72 ft of hair?  Disney animators observed the movements of a person who had 6 ft of hair to draw Rapunzel and how her hair would move.  What is the physics of hair?  View this video and see how the animators did their homework
hair phyiscs

Beach Erosion

After reading the following link please explain. what is beach erosion?

California Coast




What is beach erosion?  WHat are they trying to do in California?  Would you be willing to help in these efforts?

Beijing

Read the following article

water shortage

How would you feel if we had to collect and melt snow in order to conserve water?  Would you be willing to do this?  What would your main concerns be in doing this?  Do you think that we could have a water shortage in Cincinnati?  Why or why not?

Blast Off!

Check out this link

Discovery set to launch

Did the Discovery shuttle launch on Friday?  How would you feel about going up in space knowing a shuttle had technical difficulty before the launch?  
If you were to go up in space would you prefer to do the work from inside the shuttle or would you want to be one to go outside the space craft and do the space walk?
What are yoru thoughts?

Erosion

Try this crossword puzzle out when you get a chance!


erosion puzzle

Erosion

Now that you have made you first post and read this link, how would you define erosion? Explain what happens during erosion and the various types.
What is erosion?

Erosion and Deposition

When you hear the word erosion, what do you think?  What about deposition, what does that word mean to you?  Do you know anything that either of these two processes create?  Is there anything you would like to do in class when learning about erosion and deposition?