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- Grade Range
- 9th - 11th
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Students explore a controversial new theory that offers an explanation for the organization and function of the Earth. They outline the Earth's history in terms of solar, geologic, and atmospheric evolution and describe organic evolution in terms of the relationships of organisms to each other and to the Biosphere. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students participate in a variety of audio-visual and hands-on activities surrounding a controversial new theory that offers an explanation for the organization and function of the Earth. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 12th
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Students perform inquiry in response to the question "Do objects fall at the same rate?", teacher candidates discuss a model experiment for secondary students to discover the answer, including recording and analyzing data. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 4th
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Students consider the nature of the current tragedy and why this has become the biggest ever charity appeal the world has seen. They focus thoughts on how to provide constructive help for the aid effort and explain the relationship between governments and voluntary sector organizations. Full Review »
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- 11th - Higher Ed
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Students investigate arctic geology and hydrology as well as tundra ecology as they consider options for sewage treatment. Public safety, environmental impact, and issues of construction and engineering be explored. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 12th
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Students use this geme to find minerals given rocks and outcrops in a plausible (but not real) geologic setting. They play without outside encouragement for hours as the world is fun to explore and the scoring system encourages them to keep moving. It also emphasizes the use of different kinds of tests for mineral identification. Full Review »
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- Higher Ed
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Students describes the technique of preparing "GIS-ready" data and shows how to map that data and conduct basic analyses using a geographic information system (GIS).They use latitude and longitude fields to plot the data in a GIS and analyze patterns by querying records and overlaying datasets Full Review »
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- Higher Ed
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Students demonstrate how water quality and environmental health issues can be analyzed together, how hydrologic information can be built up, and how decisions can be made using GIS. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th - 12th
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Students write a letter relating a fictionalized experience they may have had during the Alaskan earthquake which took place in March of 1964. Using a web tour, students gather information about the earthquake and the damage it caused. They locate the areas most affected by the earthquake on a map and use their research to create their letter. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students conduct field and laboratory investigations using safe, environmentally appropriate, and ethical practices. They are expected to demonstrate safe practices during field and laboratory investigations; and make wise choices in the use and conservation of resources and the disposal or recycling of materials. Full Review »
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