It sounds like the plot of a black-and-white, sci-fi B-movie: Rural residents hear a steadily increasing loud noise that crescendoes into an explosion, after which they find an “object, metallic in nature, created a crater 41 feet in diameter [and 16 feet deep] and produced a seismic shock equivalent to a 1.5-magnitude earthquake. . . […]
Archive for September, 2007
An Explosion, a Crater, and a Remote Mountain Locale
Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 8:57 pm
Written by: Mary LeFever
Forest Fire Management: What’s Best and for Whom?
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007 6:59 pm
Written by: Mary LeFever
“A total of 16 large fires are burning 1,010,720 acres throughout the country. The majority of the fire activity remains in the West.” This statement was part of the daily report on the National Interagency Fire Center home page on September 14. Does the number of acres seem shockingly high to you? Can you fathom […]
Posted in Topics: Environment, Life Science, Science, Social Studies
Acid Rain Impacts More Than Just Buildings
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007 3:46 pm
Written by: Kimberly Lightle
Looking for a timely and concise way to integrate the grades 5-8 National Science Education Standards into a study of the impact of acid rain? Read on!
Middle school students have probably heard of “acid rain” and know it to be a bad thing. They might even know it comes from nitrogen and sulfur compounds emitted […]
Posted in Topics: Acid Rain, Earth Science, Education, Life Science, Marine Biology, Science
Beyond Mendel: Genetics of Height
Wednesday, September 5th, 2007 2:55 pm
Written by: Kimberly Lightle
It’s a sure bet many of your students are lamenting their height, wondering when or if they’ll ever grow into their feet! Tall and lanky? Blame your genes was the lead story on ABC News in Science, Monday, September 03, 2007. This story illustrates several concepts associated with the methods of science and scientific enterprises, […]
Welcome
Wednesday, September 5th, 2007 2:21 pm
Written by: Brad Edmondson
The NSDL Middle School Portal is hosting this blog to encourage teachers to use current events as teaching opportunities. Every Thursday, MSP staff will link a current news article to related teaching resources that connect specific content standards to that event. Articles may be appropriate for students to read directly, or they may serve […]
Posted in Topics: General
Posted in Topics: Earth Science, Energy Transfer
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