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Lab 17b: sky: severe weather: hurricanes and tornadoes
Sections: Where does the energy come from? Where is it all going? Heat engines: cars, steam engin...
Lab 18: sky: weather, air quality
Sections: Solar radiation-drives everything Radiation, conduction, convection Movement of air=wea...
Lab 22: sky: space weather
Who cares? Ionosphere Solar radiation Solar cycles Day/night variations Reflection of radio waves...
Lab 17a: sky: layers, climate change
Sections: Layers Temperature Density Composition Ionosphere-radio reflection Muons Troposphere-we...
Lab 23b: ocean: oceanography
Sections: Bathymetry Loihi Island chain evolution Layers Currents Salinity Temperature Pressure P...
Lab 23a: ocean: tsunamis and waves
Tsunami is a Japanese word: from Japanese: 津波, lit. 'harbor wave' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T...
Lab 13: earth: biomes map
Go to geoguesser: https://www.geoguessr.com/referral-program/JDC3-E1LM-EDS1?s=pl Or openguessr he...
Lab 10: earth: volcanoes: magma, gases and spectra
Simulator Detecting the gas composition of a volcano is important in predicting impending eruptio...
Lab 14a: earth: ahupua'a model
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahupua%CA%BBa On your huge big big island map, diagram the Ahupua'a...
Lab 01: navigation: compass challenge
Part one: trace out a map of the big island using your phone in compass mode, take a sighting of ...
Lab 11: earth: mapping earthquakes
Part 1: Shakenet On your humongous map of the big island, we will be calculating the epicenter of...
Lab 06b: navigation: calculate longitude
Calculating longitude ("long lines") Screenshot 2026-02-03 at 2.52.47 PM.pngFirst we have to unde...
Lab 06: navigation: globes and calculating latitude
Globes 101: Screenshot 2026-02-03 at 2.33.21 PM.png start with the equator: named because it is a...
Lab 03: navigation: astrolabe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_navigation Main points: An astrolabe is a device for meas...
Lab 04: navigation: astrolabe 45-90
45 degree method: find your "eye height" by looking at a ruler on the wall, write this down set y...
Lab 05: navigation: tangents and mount Everest
Tangent method: measure a distance from the object (huge tape measure can be useful here) measure...
Where is Lane?
The villainous terroristic Glorious Supreme Leader Lane Surdam of the Glorious Eastern Empire Rep...
Where is Max?
Max has turned supervillan! Download max-ransom.mp4 (video/mp4, 2.0 MB) He has kidnapped all of t...
Lab 01c: navigation: celestial navigation overview
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_navigation Main points: An astrolabe is a device for meas...
Heat lab: save the thermobacteria!
Challenge: You are a researcher of volcanic geysers who has just discovered a new species of hot ...