Hydrology—Water Density and the Water Cycle
- What is water made of?
- What is a molecule, and what is an atom? And what do they have to do with water?
- What happens to water when it gets really cold, and really hot?
- How do cold water and warm water interact together?
- How does their interactions benefit freshwater environments?
- How much water exists on earth and how much of it is freshwater?
- How does earth naturally recycle its water?
- How can we help to ensure the cleanliness of earths freshwater?
Fresh Water Ecosystems
- How do we define freshwater?
- What is an Ecosystem?
- What types of life depend on most freshwater ecosystems?
- What do the tiny bugs called macroinvertebrates tell us about any freshwater ecosystem?
- What is the life cycle of typical macroinvertebrates?
- How do these bugs benefit the entirety of the ecosystem?
- What does the food chain in a freshwater ecosystem look like?
Forest Ecology
- What is an ecosystem?
- What is a forest life zone, and which one are we in?
- What kinds of trees grow in our area, and how can I tell them apart?
- What are the different parts of a tree?
- What is photosynthesis?
- How does that whole process work? How can a tree make its own food?
- What purpose do fungus and other decomposers serve in the forest ecosystem?
- What are other ways of managing our forests to make sure they stay healthy?
Zoology
- What does zoology mean?
- How are animals classified?
- What mammals live in our area and what makes each of them unique?
- What is a food chain and a food web?
- What is an ecosystem? And how do the mammals in our area fall into our specific ecosystem?
Meteorology
- Where does wind come from?
- What is an air mass, how do they form, and how do they affect the weather?
- What is a weather front?
- How can I look at the sky and tell what kind of weather front is coming?
- What kind of weather comes with each type of weather front?
Astronomy—Solar System
- Why should we study astronomy?
- What is the sun?
- What defines a planet and what exactly is a dwarf planet?
- What is the definition of a moon?
- What are the names and physical makeups of each of the planets in our solar system?
- What happened to Pluto?
Star Gazing
- What is Astronomy?
- How has studying the stars been used in the past?
- How can you tell the difference between a star and a planet in the night sky?
- What is a constellation? And what is an asterism?
- What is a satellite?
- What constellations can we see and what are the stories to how they were named?
Telescope
- What instruments do astronomers use to study the night sky?
- Who is Galileo? And how did he first use telescopes?
- What is a star cluster, a nebula and a super nova?
- What objects can we see through our telescope?
