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This Earth Science Lab Manual was written to accompany the Logos Science Earth Science Lab Kit. It is written with a strong Christian emphasis and is coordinated to work with most popular Christian texts. Experiments:1. Scientific Investigation 2. Star Viewing 1 3. Star Viewing 2 4. Variation in Sunrise and Sunset Times 5. Retrograde Motion of Mars 6. Telescopes 7. Counting the Visible Stars 8. Diameter of the Sun 9. Sunspots Cycles 10. Planetary Orbits 11. Orbit of Mercury 12. Orbital Speeds 13. Moon Viewing 14. Moon Cycles 15. Rotation of the Moon 16. Greenhouse Effects 17. Water in the Atmosphere 18. Dew Point 19. Air Variables 20. Effects of Air Pressure Differences 21. Observing Pressure Changes 22. Preparing Weather Maps 23. Earth's Density 24. Carbon-14 Dating 25. Properties of Minerals 26. Determining the Specific Gravity of Minerals 27. Rock Identification 28. Earthquake Locations 29. The Steepness of a Volcano 30. Ocean Water, Salinity and Density 31. Wave Depth, Wave Velocity and Tsunamis 32. Glacial Dynamics