Welcome! Here's an overview
of what we will be covering this year:
1) The Scientific method and lab safety:
- Procedures and techniques for understanding and participating safely in science
2) Metrics and chemistry:
- Measuring, calculating, scaling and converting
- Understanding the chemical basis of matter
3) Geology and geophysics:
- Mineral and rock chemistries and formations
- Geologic processes such as plate tectonics, volcanism, sea floor geology and earthquakes
- Study of Earth's past (e.g. paleontology, extinctions, meteor impacts, Pangaea)
4) Meteorology
- Basic elements of weather and climate
- Weather maps, symbols and cloud studies
- Daily and monthly weather observations
- Predicting weather (short and long term)
5) Earth's waters
- Characteristics of the oceans, seas and fresh water (life, resources, cycles and
changes)
- Human use and impact on local and global water supplies
6) Astronomy:
- Size, scope and history of the known universe
- Our solar system and its place in the universe
- Space travel and exploration (past, current and future)
