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 The Orchid Grower A Juvenile Science Adventure Novel About Orchids & Genetic Engineering |
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Test the level of compaction of soil at different locations.
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Explore where diamonds are found, how they are formed, and what they are used for S What causes the big breaks and cracks in our Earth? What do faults have to do with fractures? S All about Earthquakes |
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Determine what types of sedimentary rock make the best storage rocks for petroleum oil.
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Do North-Facing Beaches in Northern California Have Larger Sand Grains than South-Facing Beaches? R Test if soil color can be used to evaluate the moisture content of the soil. R Test if the porosity of a rock matrix is affected by particle size. R Investigate how particles of different sizes, shapes, and textures are sorted into different layers during the process of sedimentation. R How do fossils form? R
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Test different minerals to see where on the Mohs hardness scale they would fit.
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The Hawaiian Islands formation and geology? S Number of speleothems versus distance into a cave. R Model a geyser and determine the effect that depth has on timing of geyser eruption. R Identify the types of prey that are consumed by owls by examining the contents of owl pellets. R Find out if rocks are affected over time by varying levels of salinity as reflected in a freshwater environment. R Perform a local calibration of lichen growth for lichenometry dating in your area and use this calibration to date a manmade or geological feature or disturbance in your area (for example, old stone walls, or a road cut, or a rock slide). R Investigate how layers of sand deform under lateral compression. R Model the flow of groundwater, and calculate the flow rate using Darcy's formula. R Determine what effect additives have on the transfer of force through saturated soil. R Investigate what happens to the volume of wet sand under compression. R The Effect of Compression on Granular Media R Determine the profile of a desert wash from top to bottom - particle size and abundance. R Determine the effect of bottom contour on the height of a wave. R Identify the texture, depth, color, structure, moisture, presence of rocks, roots and free carbonates in your neighborhood. R Discover what fossil life is found in the Torrey Pines Bay Point Formation compared to the fossil life found in the Point Loma Bay Point formation. R High Resolution Uranium Mapping of School Sites R How Does Ocean Floor Morphology Affect Wave Height and Speed at the Shore? R Does Temperature Affect the Salt Formation in the Dead Sea? R What Effect Does Soil Particle Size Have on Water Absorption? R Which soil is the safest to build a structure on in the earthquake-prone area of San Francisco Bay? R R R Which soil foundation can withstand the most water before liquefaction occurs? R R R The effects of liquefaction on desert soils R Test the accuracy of weir coefficient. R Discover what fossil life is found in the Torrey Pines Bay Point Formation compared to the fossil life found in the Point Loma Bay Point formation. R Sediment Deposition Patterns in Varying Water Velocities R Find out if natural creeks can support a beach without manmade help. R What method of repair works best for sinkholes? S All about Earthquakes |
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How soil properties changes with depth, and compare soil core profiles collected from multiple sites.
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The Origins of Aplite Dikes within the Half Dome Granodiorite Using Initial Strontium and Lead Ratios R Build a model illustrating sea-floor spreading and subduction. R Simulation of terrestrial impact craters R Fossil source material movement due to tectonic vibrations R Slip-Rate Determination of the Great Kavir Fault in Northeast Iran R Determine the dominant soil type in your neighbourhood. R Measure the amount of water stored in the pore space of a soil sample. R Repeat Bedford Level experiment (observations carried out along a six-mile length of the Old Bedford River on the Bedford Level, Norfolk, England, during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It was an attempt to demonstrate that the Earth was flat.) R R R R All about Earthquakes |
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