Ecology Vocabulary Search

Use the following websites to help you find the definitions for your ecology vocabulary.

http://glencoe.com/sec/science/mlg/mlg.php?site=19
http://www.factmonster.com/
http://www.wordwebonline.com/

Solar System Research

Use the following websites to conduct your research:

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/index.cfm
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm
http://leonid.arc.nasa.gov/meteor.html
http://www.seasky.org/celestial-objects/celestial-objects.html

Manned Space Exploration

Overcoming gravity:
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/shuttlestation/station/microgex.html
Slingshot effect: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=how-does-the-slingshot-ef
Orbiting: http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/how-orbits-work/en/
Distances in space: http://janus.astro.umd.edu/astro/distance/


Effects of microgravity on the body:
http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/pdf/educator-microgravity_science_stu.pdf
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=how-does-spending-prolong
http://www.nsbri.org/DISCOVERIES-FOR-SPACE-and-EARTH/The-Body-in-Space/
http://www.pbs.org/spacestation/station/living_microgravity.htm
Space suits- images and history: http://web.mit.edu/16.00/www/aec/spacesuit.html
Space suits- inside spacecraft:http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/living/spacewear/index.html
Space suits- outside spacecraft http://er.jsc.nasa.gov/seh/suitnasa.html
Space suit construction: http://www.pbs.org/spacestation/station/living_spacesuit.htm


Space food: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/living/spacefood/index.html http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/pdf/167750main_FS_SpaceFood508c.pdf
http://www.pbs.org/spacestation/station/living_eating.htm


Waste management:
http://indianapublicmedia.org/amomentofscience/waste-in-space/
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2001/ast03apr_2/
http://www.pbs.org/spacestation/station/living_sanitation.htm


Living and working in space: http://www.pbs.org/spacestation/station/living_sleeping.htm
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/pdf/167746main_FS_LivingandWorkinginSpace508c.pdf


Space Shuttle construction: http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight/system/system_Orbiter.html
International Space Station construction: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/onthestation/facts_and_figures.html

Astroventure

Use the following site to help you create your planet.  Fill in your data chart first, then you may use any parameters you wish!  Have fun!

http://astroventure.arc.nasa.gov/DAP/DAP.html

Catastrophic Events

Catastrophic Events Newscast:

All types of disasters:
http://library.thinkquest.org/16132/frames.html
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~hmwkhelp/hwh_natdis.htm

Earthquakes:
http://www.fema.gov/kids/quake.htm
http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-disasters/earthquake-profile/?source=A-to-Z

Floods:
http://www.fema.gov/kids/floods.htm

Hurricanes:
http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-disasters/hurricane-profile/?source=A-to-Z

Tornadoes:
http://www.fema.gov/kids/tornado.htm
http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-disasters/tornado-profile/?source=A-to-Z

Wildfires:
http://www.fema.gov/kids/wldfire.htm
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/fire/world.html#nort
http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-disasters/wildfires/?source=A-to-Z

Specific Disasters and General Information:
http://nutmeg.easternct.edu/~pocock/disasters.htm
http://www.247quoteus.com/general/67-worst-natural-disasters