Regents Earth Science Exam Review Activities
| Using the 2011 ESRT created by Julie Ann Hugick (Eastchester) | Vocabulary for the Regents E.S. Exam (Deena Bollinger Kramarczyk/South Orangetown Middle School) |
| RES Reference Table Search Game | “100 Illustrated Ways to Pass the Earth Science Regents“ (Christopher Sheehan and Glenn Dolphin) |
| ES vocabulary list suggested by Michael Stark (Schuylerville) |
Steve Kluge offers these suggestions to prepare for Part D.
Seth Horowitz (Blind Brook MS) provides these parallel tasks for Part D:
Timothy Leigh-Manuell provides this parallel task guide.
Important Vocabulary Terms, Scientific and Non-Scientific
Basic Investigation Skills
| “Observation and Measurement” (high school level) (pdf) (Word) | LDEO Student Visit Activities: Seasons, Plants, and Geology | “Density” (S. Ornstein) (pdf) |
| “Science Is Like a Puzzle” (D. Sherwood) | “Cousin’s Animal” (J. Carafella) |
Models of Our Planet
| “Understanding Latitude and Longitude” (pdf) (Word) | Geographic features“ | “Maps” (online continents and oceans) |
Minerals, Rocks, and Resources
SLIDESHOWS
| Minerals (ppt) | Minerals (pdf) |
| Rocks (ppt) | Rocks (pdf) |
| “Mineral Identification” activity (Word) | “Rocks” activities New York State (Word) New Jersey (Word) (pdf) |
| “Density of minerals and rocks“ |
Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Plate Tectonics
| “Earthquakes on the Web” activity | EARTH’S INTERIOR LAYERS (ppt) or (pdf) |
| TYPES OF PLATE BOUNDARIES (ppt) or (pdf) | “Blast from the Past” poster and classroom activities |
| “Convection Cells and Rifting” (J. Ebert et al.) | “Crustal Plates” (S. Ornstein) |
Weathering, Erosion, Deposition, and Landscapes
SLIDESHOWS
| “Hudson River Studies” (ppt) (html) | “Shaping the Surface“ |
CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES
| “Activities about Sediments” | “Angle of Repose” by A J Hepworth (Mineola MS) |
| “Rate of Chemical Weathering” activity | “Glaciers” by Cheryl Dodes (Port Washington HS) |
| “Landscape Images“ by Heather Renyck (Milford, NH) | “Landscapes on the Web” |
| “chemical weathering lab“ | water cycle and energy“ |
| modeling_porosity | math_modeling_in_groundwater |
Weather and Climate
| KEY CONCEPTS: | “Energy in the Atmosphere” Core Concepts |
SLIDESHOWS
| “Characteristics of the Atmosphere” | “Cloud Types” (ppt) (pdf) |
| How Well Can You Identify Clouds? | “Clouds and Precipitation” (pdf) |
| “Understanding Isobars” by Julie Ann Hugick (Eastchester MS) (ppt) | “Heating the Atmosphere” |
| “Making the Invisible Visible” | “Observing Weather: Making the Invisible Visible” (ppt) (pdf) |
| “Satellite Oceanography” (ppt) | “Water in the Atmosphere” (pdf) |
| “What Controls Temperatures? (pdf)CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES |
“How Do We Observe, Represent, Analyze, and Compare Climate Patterns?”
| (climate_analysis) (pdf) | climate_analysis (Word) |
| “Cornell_notes_air masses fronts pressure systems” | Cornell_notes_climate |
| “Energy activities“ | “Solar Radiation” |
| “Heating Different Earth Materials” activity | “Daily Weather Observations” (Excel) [pdf version] |
| “Satellite Oceanography Investigations” (Word) |
Astronomy
| KEY CONCEPTS | “Earth In Space” Core Concepts |
Slideshows
| The Sun | “The Sun” (pdf) |
| Light and Astronomical Observations | “Light and Astronomical Observations” (pdf) |
| Stars and Deep Time | The Big Bang and Cosmology |
| “Planet Tourism” project | “Planet Tourism” project |
CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES
OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS
| “Neptune” (ppt) (pdf) — Created by Becky Lange, WPMS 2005 | “Phases of the Moon” lesson plan by Linda Ruiz McCall: |
| “October 2004 Lunar Eclipse” by Virginia Seberg and George Potanovic | “Sun Paths” by Sheila Ornstein |
| “Star Life Cycles” by Joan Heymont |
Earth History
Oceanography
| Continental Margins (pptx) | Continental Margins |
| “Where Will My Ship Go?” (ppt) | “Where Will My Ship Go? Investigations” (Word) |
| “El Nino-La Nina and North Atlantic Oscillation” | sample questions“Tales of the Resolution” home page |
| “Tales of the Resolution” general directions | “Tales of the Resolution” response form |
| “Tales of the Resolution” Reading Activities |
Chemistry