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TechQuest 1: Flash Based Epicenter Location Tool This tool lets your students become seismologists! The Flash Epicenter Location Tool (FELT)shows students how seismologists use data collected from scientific instruments to precisely locate the epicenter of an earthquake. FELT consists of three exercises with progressive levels of difficulty. Flash Player 9 and above is required. Your browser may not support display of this image. |
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TechQuest 2: Concept Map Web 2.0 Lesson Students can use many technological resources to assist in the understanding of science concepts. In this lesson, video, animations from the Web, and a Web 2.0 mind mapping tool will assist in building knowledge with the relationships between weathering, erosion and deposition. Your browser may not support display of this image. |
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TechQuest 3: CyberHawk Adventure In this TechQuest, students will use the Web-based CyberHawk Adventure tool to virtually fly to different locations in the Anza-Borrego Desert, write in their electronic notebook, answer questions at locations to earn points, and sign-in at the final location on the tour. Your browser may not support display of this image. |
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TechQuest 4: Google Earth Renewable Energy Tour Humans around the world use many sources of energy in their daily lives. Countries around the world are investing in renewable energy sources because of the high costs associated with oil, natural gas, etc., In this TechQuest, students will explore Solar, Geothermal, Biomass, Wind, and Hydropower through a tour using Google Earth. |
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TechQuest 5: Astro Adventure Students become NASA junior atmospheric chemists and explore the composition of Earth’s atmospheric gases through scientific inquiry. As students work collaboratively changing the levels of atmospheric gases, they make and test hypotheses to discover the atmospheric conditions that make Earth habitable and what changes would make the Earth uninhabitable. |
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TechQuest 6: Density: Sink or Float The purpose of this investigation is to apply the steps of the scientific method in order to introduce the concept of density to middle school students. Students will begin the activity by making qualitative and quantitative observations of aluminum and wood density cubes. |
