Welcome DataStreme, WES, Project Atmosphere, and Maury Participants

Listed below are some ocean and atmosphere-related labs, demos, etc. that I use with my ninth-grade Earth Science students at Helena (Montana) High School. Many of the pages include photos, and some include student-handouts. If you have questions or comments, email me (see bottom of this page).
Thanks, Rod Benson

This photo shows one of the four experiments included with the "Exploring Convection Kit" that is available from WARD'S. The kit includes two separate labs; one for density currents, and the other for the development of winds.

HOT LINKS

El Nino Demo (good intro)
Energy Demo: added 4-25-2001
Archive of weather images: added 12-13-2000
Ultimate Cloud Demo (be careful!)
Burning Up the Atmosphere Lab (great intro to meteorology)
Egg-Float Demo (salinity and density)
Whipped Topping-Ozone Demo
Total Recall (Arnold learns about air pressure)
Heating Land and Water Lab (added 9-6-00))
Barometer Demo (bell jar is needed)
Wind Generator Demo
Whats the Recipe for a Cloud Lab (includes extra credit)
Commercial Break
Frost Wedging Lab (added 8-6-03)
Freezing Point and Saltwater Lab
Two-Ink Test
Other Earth Science Labs, Demos, and Virtual Field Trips
Sunrise-Sunset Demo
U-Boats and Density Currents (added 9-1-00)
Learn about some great AMS courses for teachers
Ultraviolet Project (added 10-24-01)
Aurora Model

Email: rbenson@metnet.state.mt.us