Earth Science: Life and Death of Stars

After watching the video, take this online quiz. Take a screenshot of your results, or take the quiz on paper and have it corrected in class.

History: The Space Race

The Space Race

Watch this documentary.

Read this timeline about the space race and respond as indicated below.


Identify the importance of the following contributors to space exploration and the Cold War:

Konstantin Tsiolkovsky

Robert Goddard

Wernher von Braun

J. Robert Oppenheimer

Bert the Turtle

Sergei Korolev

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Yuri A. Gagarin

John F. Kennedy

Alan Shepard

Valentina Tereshkova

John Glenn

Richard Nixon

Laika the Dog

More Questions!

In what culture were rockets first used as a weapon?

How is rocketry connected to the U.S. National Anthem?


How were Nazis connected to the U.S. Space Program?


What two functions were built into Sputnik 1? List them and draw a picture of the satellite.



There is a connection between ICBMs (military missiles) and some of the first spaceflight records (both Soviet and U.S.). What is it?

Global Studies
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Earth Science: Coastal Flooding Viewer

Link to the viewer is here.

1. Choose a coastal area of the country that interests you.

2. Find it on the Coastal Flooding and Sea Level Rise Viewer.

3. List the following potential impacts:

• populated areas that might be affected
• landmarks in the area
• natural resources in the area

4. Write a paragraph on the potential effects of a rise in sea level on urban and natural areas. Include your recommendations for how the community might respond to the threat of flooding.

Questions to research further:

5. Have there been recent floods or storms that have damaged the area you are studying?

6. What was the natural ecosystem like before the urban development?

History: The Birth of Rock and Roll

The Birth of Rock N' Roll

Using the following resources as sources (read the articles, watch the videos), answer the following questions.

http://www.tysto.com/articles09/q2/20090530rockandroll.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17440514

(one video link is broken; here is the replacement)

1. According to author Andrew Cole, what five components define rock and roll?



2. Why did 1950s conservatives fear rock music?


3. What was jump blues?

4. How did gospel music contribute to rock's "back beat"?


5. What's the original meaning of "rock and roll"?

6. What was the "Boston beat's" contribution to rock and roll rhythm?


7. What event brought distorted, or "fuzz," guitar to rock and roll? How did this event divide rock into two styles of music?


8. Compare the original tracks to Bill Haley's covers. What differences do you notice?

Follow-up: Check out the excellent interactive timeline of music development here.

History: Essential US History Chapter 17 Study Guide

Chapter 17 Study Guide: The Cold War

Answer these questions based on what you have learned in this chapter. You may collaborate with other students and use your textbook, but each student needs to complete his/her own sheet for credit.

1. When Winston Churchill referred to an "Iron Curtain," what was he referring to?

2. What were the "Big Three" countries whose leaders planned for the end of World War II at Yalta and Potsdam?

3. What is the United Nations Security Council?

4. What countries get to be part of the UN Security Council?

5. What was the Truman Doctrine?

6. What was the Warsaw Pact?

7. What country was Chiang Kai-shek from? Why is he famous?

8. What Communist nation sent troops to help North Korea during the Korean War?

9. What was General Douglas MacArthur's role in the Korean War?

10. What was the "Suez Canal Crisis" about?

11. What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?

12. What event caused President Eisenhower to cancel his trip to the Soviet Union in 1960?

13. Why did many Americans in 1959 decide they didn't like Fidel Castro?

Earth Science: Experiencing Weather

Student Jevan Brock digs a snow cave to escape the chill at Bunny Flat during a trip to observe changing weather conditions at different elevations.