The Panama Canal

Links used for the Panama Canal WebQuest:

http://www.eclipse.co.uk/~sl5763/panama.htm

http://www.june29.com/Tyler/nonfiction/pan2.html

http://www.ared.com/kora/java/pcc/javaani.html (Note: If you cannot view the video, simply follow the links to learn more about the Panama Canal)

http://www.smplanet.com/imperialism/joining.html

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=panama+canal

Sound and Light Scavenger Hunt

Questions 1 and 2: http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/waves/u10l1b.html

Questions 3, 4, and 5: http://id.mind.net/~zona/mstm/physics/waves/partsOfAWave/waveParts.htm

Question 6: http://id.mind.net/~zona/mstm/physics/waves/wave3d1/wave3d1.htm

Activity: Experiment with the wave by clicking above the picture to increase or decrease the wavelength, amplitude and frequency.

Questions 7 and 8: Scroll down to the short definitions section.

http://id.mind.net/~zona/mstm/physics/waves/transLongWaves/transAndLongWavesHome.htm

Question 9: http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/mmedia/waves/edl.html

Questions 10 and 11: http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow2/apr99/soundvib.html

Activity: http://www.frontiernet.net/~imaging/play_a_piano.html

Play the piano and experiment with the different sounds and their wavelengths

Question 12: http://www.kettering.edu/~drussell/Demos/doppler/doppler.html

Question 13: http://library.thinkquest.org/28160/english/history/whatis.html

Question 14: http://library.thinkquest.org/28160/english/speedwave/speed.html

Question 15: http://imagers.gsfc.nasa.gov/ems/waves3.html

Question 16, 17, and 18: http://library.thinkquest.org/28160/english/color/color.html

Activity: http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/

Try as many different kinds of illusions as time allows.