Unit 4:  Landforms and Topography

Activity 6:  Technology and Today's Understandings of the Earth (SI GLEs:  8, 14, 19, 28, 35, 38, 39, 40; ESS GLEs:  48, 49)

CC:  Challenge the students to create a timeline that will identify major discoveries and events related to ocean exploration, commerce, and technological innovations.

Use Timeliner 5.0 software to create the timeline.

Timeliner Quick Tips

http://www.louisianaschools.net/lde/intech/quick_tips/timeliner/timeliner.htm

NOAA Ocean Explorer: History of Ocean Exploration

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/history/history_oe.html

unitedstreaming videos

http://www5.unitedstreaming.com/index.cfm

Earth Science: Space Exploration (20:00)

A Brief History of Space Exploration (04:32

Rockets (05:41)

Hubble Space Telescope (05:04)

Life on Mars (03:15)

The Space Shuttle (04:50)

CC:  Have the students compile a list of "spin-offs" that are present in our world today that may have resulted from technological advances found on their timelines.

Use Inspiration software to develop the list.

Inspiration Quick tips

http://www.louisianaschools.net/lde/intech/quick_tips/inspiration.htm