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Curated OER

National Park Service: Tour of Park Geology: Glaciers and Glacial Landforms

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate glaciers past and present through this website that explores glaciers found in the National Park Service.
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The History of Maine

For Students 9th - 10th
A nicely organized, detailed history of the state of Maine.
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Virtual Field Trip: Water/aquifers

For Students 6th - 8th
This virtual field trip for middle school students looks at aquifers and their place in the hydrologic cycle. Students learn why and how it is important to protect the source of your drinking water and some unique details about the...
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NASA

Nasa Earth Observatory: Polar Paradox

For Students 9th - 10th
In this article about global warming, learn how the warming climate could affect the polar ice caps, glaciers, sea ice, and amount of freshwater entering the polar oceans. Read how some scientists believe global warming could add to...
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Dendrochronology Trees: Recorders of Climate Change

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students discover how tree age can be determined by studying the rings, and how ring thickness can be used to deduce times of optimal growing conditions. Then they investigate simulated tree rings applying the scientific method to...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: What's So Great About the Great Lakes?

For Students 9th - 10th
The North American Great Lakes- Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior- are so big that they border 8 states and contain 23 quadrillion liters of water. They span forest, grassland, and wetland habitats, supporting a region that's...
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Arkansas Archeological Survey: Indians Before Europeans

For Students 9th - 10th
An account of the pre-European lives of the indigenous tribes of Arkansas. The time period covered extends from the Ice Age to the arrival of Spaniard De Soto.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Earth and Space Science: Restless Landscapes

For Students 9th - 10th
Material to begin an exploration of the sand formation, landforms, and underground water. An hour-long video is accompanied by learning goals, an outline and overview, details on the ice ages, glaciers, and glacial landforms, and ideas...
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia

Alberta Online Encyclopedia: The Climate of Alberta

For Students 9th - 10th
This encyclopedia entry dentifies the climate of Alberta and how it has changed since the last ice age.
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Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre: Research: Giant Short Faced Bear

For Students 9th - 10th
Uncover discoveries from the past by learning about the prehistoric giant short-faced bear. Includes information about the time period, physical characteristics, fossil specimens, feeding habits, and habitat.
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University of California

Ucmp: The Pleistocene

For Students 9th - 10th
The UCMP Berkeley provides a brief overview of the Pleistocene Era, including links to more information.
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Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre: Research: Helmeted Muskox

For Students 9th - 10th
Uncover discoveries from the past by learning about the prehistoric helmeted muskox. Includes information about the time period, physical characteristics, fossil specimens, feeding habits, and habitat.
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Curated OER

National Park Service: What Is Beringia?

For Students 6th - 8th
This resource provides a brief explanation of Beringia, the geographical region surrounding the Bering Strait.
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Read Works

Read Works: Survivor

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the life of Cro-Magnon people. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Canadian Museum of Nature

Canadian Museum of Nature: Woolly Mammoth

For Students 9th - 10th
A short but very interesting description of the Woolly Mammoth; its habitat and habits are described.
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Canadian Museum of Nature

Canadian Museum of Nature: Short Faced Bear

For Students 9th - 10th
The Canadian Museum of Nature unravels the characteristics of the Short-Faced Bear-a large and powerful North American land carnivore.
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Canadian Museum of Nature

Canadian Museum of Nature: Bowheads in Ontario?

For Students 9th - 10th
This site looks into the possibility that Bowheads ranged as far south as the Ottawa Valley as fossils were found in White Lake Ontario where the Champlain Sea once was.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: Animals Past and Present

For Students 9th - 10th
In English and Spanish this site deals with animal life in Illinois past and present. With sections on dinosaurs, animals in Illinois 65 million years ago, animals in Illinois 10 million years ago, and animals in Illinois today, this is...
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Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: Generalized Glacial Map of Northern Illinois, Ice Age

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1911 of the glacial remnants in northern Illinois, showing areas of moraine deposits, driftless areas to the east, Illinoian drift, lowland drift, till sheets, and the proglacial Lake Chicago outlet.
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EL Education

El Education: Get a Clue

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This nonfiction children's book was created by 1st grade students at the Genesee Valley Community Charter School in Rochester, New York, as part of a learning expedition on fossils and local geological history. The expedition consisted...
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Canadian Museum of Nature

Canadian Museum of Nature: Lions (Prehistoric)

For Students 3rd - 8th
Lions were among the largest predators during the ice age. Get other interesting facts about this ancestor of the American Lion.
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Mammoth Site Geology

For Students 3rd - 8th
This is the website for The Mammoth Site in Hot Springs, South Dakota. The Mammoth Site boasts the largest concentration of mammoths in the world. You can tour this indoor active dig site and view Ice Age fossils. The site offers a video...
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Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre: Research: Steppe Bison

For Students 9th - 10th
Uncover discoveries from the past by learning about the prehistoric steppe bison. Includes information about the time period, physical characteristics, fossil specimens, feeding habits, and habitat.
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Exploring the Past: An Archeological Journey

For Students 9th - 10th
Through an overview of past archeological expeditions, the author recounts the "Land Bridge" theory and delves into the life of the first inhabitants of North America.

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