Unit 03 Resources

Unit Resources

Overview

In this unit, Hydrosphere, you will be studying weather, climate, water, and the impact that people people have on the environment. This unit is very large and will be broken up into smaller units. The weather mini-unit is the largest and will be followed by climate and water. The human impact on the atmosphere and water will be mentioned in all three mini-units.

Download the Unit 03 Hydrosphere ePub book or the Kindle book to get of all of the documents including the Websites section Updated 2012-03-20.

Documents

  1. Study Guide and Key Terms (HTML – PDF)
  2. Activities Overview including Assignments, Lessons, Projects, and Quizzes (HTML – PDF)
  3. Notes – A Water Cycle Outline (HTML – PDF)
  4. Notes – A Solar Energy Outline (HTML – PDF)
  5. Notes – An Atmosphere Outline (HTML – PDF)
  6. Notes – A Weather and Climate Outline (HTML – PDF – Presentation).
  7. Human Interactions in the Environment (HTML – PDF)
  8. Glossary (HTML – PDF)

Websites – Weather and Climate

  1. The NOAA website.
  2. The NWS website.
  3. The Weather.gov website.
  4. The Weather.com website.
  5. The Accuweather.com website.
  6. The Jet Stream Online website website.
  7. The Learner.org Interactives Weather page.
  8. The NOAA Climate Ready Great Lakes Training Modules page.
  9. The NOAA Weater and Climate Basics page.
  10. The NOAA Climate Zones Interactive flash page.
  11. The NOAA Ocean Service Games page.
  12. The NOAA Living in the Weather page.

Websites – Water

  1. The USGS Water Cycle website
  2. The USGS Water website.
  3. The USGS Water Education website
  4. The EPA.gov website.
  5. The Epa.gov Drinking Water Drinking Water.
  6. The Earthguide Water Cycle page.
  7. The Scripps website
  8. The Groundwater Foundation website
  9. The Leaping Media.com Groundwater site
  10. The PBS Stream Tables PDF
  11. The NOAA Ocean Service Education site
  12. The NOAA Ocean Service site.
  13. The NOAA Learning Objects site.
  14. The USGS What is groundwater? page.

Websites – Humans and the Environment

You can read the notes or these other websites. You can also check out the Glossary in the unit resources page.

  1. The EPA Polluted Runoff (Nonpoint Source Pollution) page which includes descriptions of specific N.P.S. and strategies to reduce NPS.
  2. The Natural Resources Defense Council website.
  3. The State of the Air Report page
  4. The EPA Climate Change website
  5. The EPA Water Regulation website
  6. The EPA Air Regulation website
  7. The Epa.gov/polwaste/nps/outreach/facts_index.cfm page

Brain POP Movies

  1. See the BrainPOP Weather Section page.
  2. The Brain POP Water Section videos
  3. The Brainpop.com Water video.
  4. The Brainpop.com Water Cycle video.

Brain POP – Our Fragile Environmental Series

  1. Watch the Brain POP Humans and the Environment video.
  2. Watch the Brain POP Erosion video.
  3. Watch the Brain POP Air Pollution video.
  4. Watch the Brain POP Water Pollution video.

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