ExploreLearning Gizmos: Math & Science Virtual Labs and Simulations

Earth Science: Geology, the Environment, and the Universe

Author(s): Borrero et al. Publisher: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill 2012

This correlation lists the recommended Gizmos for this textbook. Click any Gizmo title below for more information.

1: The Nature of science

Density
Density Laboratory
Graphing Skills
Growing Plants
Measuring Trees
Plate Tectonics
Stoichiometry
Triple Beam Balance
Weight and Mass

2: Mapping our World

Building Topographic Maps
Ocean Mapping
Reading Topographic Maps

3: Matter and Change

Balancing Chemical Equations
Chemical Equations
Covalent Bonds
Electron Configuration
Element Builder
Ionic Bonds
Phase Changes
Solubility and Temperature
pH Analysis

4: Minerals

Mineral Identification

5: Igneous Rocks

Rock Classification
Rock Cycle

6: Sedimentary and Metamorphic Rocks

Rock Classification
Rock Cycle

7: Weathering, Erosion, and Soil

Porosity
Rock Cycle

8: Mass Movements, Wind, and Glaciers

9: Surface Water

10: Groundwater

11: Atmosphere

Coastal Winds and Clouds
Relative Humidity
Water Cycle

12: Meteorology

Hurricane Motion
Weather Maps

13: The Nature of Storms

Hurricane Motion
Weather Maps

14: Climate

Greenhouse Effect
Heat Absorption
Seasons Around the World
Seasons in 3D
Seasons: Earth, Moon, and Sun
Seasons: Why do we have them?
Summer and Winter

15: Earth's Oceans

16: The Marine Environment

17: Plate Tectonics

Building Pangaea
Plate Tectonics

18: Volcanism

Plate Tectonics
Rock Cycle

19: Earthquakes

Earthquake - Determination of Epicenter
Earthquake - Recording Station

20: Mountain Building

Plate Tectonics
Rock Cycle

21: Fossils and the Rock Record

23: The Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic Eras

Building Pangaea
Human Evolution - Skull Analysis

24: Earth Resources

25: Energy Resources

Energy Conversions

26: Human Impact on Resources

Greenhouse Effect
Household Energy Usage
Water Pollution

27: The Sun-Earth-Moon System

2D Eclipse
3D Eclipse
Eclipse
Moonrise, Moonset, and Phases
Penumbra Effect
Phases of the Moon
Radiation
Seasons: Earth, Moon, and Sun
Summer and Winter

28: Our Solar System

Comparing Earth and Venus
Orbital Motion - Kepler's Laws
Solar System
Solar System Explorer
Weight and Mass

29: Stars

H-R Diagram
Herschel Experiment
Star Spectra

30: Galaxies and the Universe

Content correlation last revised: 2/22/2012