The video links below are provided for Earth Science instructors. Student resource documents for the videos are available in the BPS Science Department Recommended Virtual Labs by Science Content Area spreadsheet. You must be logged in to your BPS Google account to view the spreadsheet. 

Earth Science Regents: The Ellipse - This video includes a narration and demonstration of an ellipse lab. In this lab students will construct 2 ellipses, examine and measure the ellipses, then determine some of the fundamental properties of ellipses. Student resource document available here.

Video was created by Isabelle Li SUNY @ Buffalo Department of Biology Graduate Student in collaboration with School 366 Research Lab HS for Bioinformatics & Life Science. 

Using Data to Determine an Epicenter of an Earthquake and Predict Tsunami Wave Arrival - This video contains narration and demonstration of using data from the Sumatra earthquake and tsunami of 12.26.04 to determine an earthquake epicenter and calculate the position of the tsunami generated. Student resource document available here.
Video was created by Isabelle Li SUNY @ Buffalo Department of Biology Graduate Student in collaboration with School 366 Research Lab HS for Bioinformatics & Life Scien