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\nTeachEngineering: Digital Mapping and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)\n

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\nA multidisciplinary unit has young engineers explore Geographic Information Systems (GIS), an essential tool in planning any engineering projects. The lessons and activities in Part 1 of the unit look at GIS in general. Part 2 focuses on...\n
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\nMultimedia Discovery Missions\n

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\nThe Multimedia Discovery Missions collection is a series of 13 interactive presentations and activities that introduce young geologists and oceanographers to fundamental concepts involving the Earth’s crust and ocean sea life. Benthos,...\n
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\nHow Did Polynesian Wayfinders Navigate the Pacific Ocean?\n

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\nImagine sailing around the world, or even around the Pacific Ocean, in an outrigger canoe without the the aid of a GPS? Or a compass? Or even a sextant? The Polynesians did. Find out how with an engaging video that details how they used...\n
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\nTemperature of the Pacific Ocean\n

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\nYoung scientists demonstrate how Earth's temperature has varied gradually over time. They attempt to answer four questions that all pertain to how the Pacific Ocean's temperature has evolved. This lesson includes internet research and a...\n
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\nPacific Ocean Map Quiz\n

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\nIn this online interactive geography quiz worksheet, students respond to 5 identification questions regarding the Pacific Ocean.\n
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\nWestward the Course of Empire Goes: American Imperialism in the Pacific Ocean during the Nineteenth Century\n

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\nEleventh graders research the acquisition of colonial outposts throughout the Pacific Ocean by the United States during the late-nineteenth century. They present their findings to the class and propose which countries or territories the...\n
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\nStanding Up To The Royal Navy - Maximilian von Spee\n

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\nAt the start of World War I, German naval leader Maximilian von Spee was isolated in the Pacific Ocean. He led his squadron on a daring mission to save themselves, ending in the first defeat of a British naval squadron in a century....\n
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\nThe Pacific Ocean\n

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\nIn this Pacific Ocean activity, students read 2 pages about the Pacific Ocean and answer true and false questions. Students answer 10 questions.\n
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\nLa Polynesie Francaise\n

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\nLearners use the internet to research the French Polynesian Islands in the Pacific Ocean. For each website, they scan the information and list five French words they do not know the meaning. They complete a worksheet to discover the...\n
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\nYour Own El Nino\n

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\nScholars make a model to discover how the force of trade winds over the Pacific Ocean creates an El Niño. Super scientists observe how the severe weather affects life in water and on land. \n
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\nThe Open Ocean, What is it and How Does it Change?\n

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\nStudents investigate the ocean environment. In this ocean lesson, students discover the physical properties of the ocean. Over two days, students work in small groups investigating ocean maps and creating water currents.\n
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\nMaps and Globes: Where in the World are We?\n

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\nStudents explore maps and globes. In this introduction to map and globe concepts lesson, students identify features of physical maps, political maps, and globes. Students locate land and water, and recite a poem about the names of the...\n
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\nGeography Now! Kiribati\n

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\nKiribati—prounounced Kiri-bas—is a little-known island nation made up of 33 different formations in the Pacific Ocean that span all four hemispheres. The Micronesian country also may be home to the last generation to live there, as...\n
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\nEl Niño and Why It's so Hard to Predict the Weather\n

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\nLearn how conditions in the Pacific Ocean result in El Niño, how El Niño changes weather patterns, and why it's difficult to predict what effect El Niño will have in any given year. Welcome to Chaos Theory.\n
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\nChristopher Columbus\n

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\nSome very good graphics are included in this informative presentation on the life of Christopher Columbus and the voyages he took. Among other things, students discover that Columus missed the chance to be the first European to view the...\n
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\nThrough the Lens\n

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\nA fascinating video which documents a National Geographic photographer's descent into a crater filled with molten lava is documented here. The crater is on the island of Ambryn, which is in the South Pacific Ocean. Incredible stuff!\n
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\nClassroom Activities for Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl\n

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\nKon-Tiki, the record of Thor Heyerdahl's 1947 raft journey across the Pacific Ocean, is the focus of three classroom activities. In a lesson on connotation and bias language, class members record instances of Heyerdahl's word choice....\n
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\nImmersion Presents Monterey Bay\n

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\nYoung scholars study Monterey Bay. In this Monterey Bay lesson plan, students create a model of upwelling around Monterey Bay. Young scholars simulate surface water movement relative to prevailing winds.\n
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\nFun with Lewis and Clark\n

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\nStudents are introduced to the Louisiana Purchase and Lewis and Clark's expedition. They are explained that the Peace Medal Nickel, was the first nickel in the Westward Journey Nickel Series.\n
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\nThe Galapagos Islands\n

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\nFor this The Galapagos Islands worksheet, students read a 1 page article, answer 3 statements with multiple choice answers, fill in 4 fill in the blank answers and 3 determine if 3 statements are true or false.\n
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\nEarth: The Water Planet\n

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\nStudents elicit data on the water cycle, ocean topography, and island formation in this six lesson unit. The ocean floor and the properties of water are examined through a variety of discussions and hands-on experiments.\n
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\nOur oceans are composed of many complex relationships. Young oceanographers explore relationships between organisms, understand the world ocean's currents, and discover the effects of water pollution and how it behaves. There are...\n
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\nEaster Islanders Made Tools, Not War\n

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\nWWII - Tensions Rise in Pacific\n

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\nAlthough the United States suspected an early attack on Hawaii from the Japanese military, Franklin D. Roosevelt feared what increasing Japan's power would do. Watch the tension rise between Japan, China, and the United States.\n
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