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PBS

People and Discoveries: Lee De Forest

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography on audion inventor, Lee de Forest, from childhood on. Hyperlinks to additional information about the radio and broadcasting.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Earth as Art: A Landsat Perspective

For Students 9th - 10th
A really cool site showing Satellite (Landsat 7) images of unique geographical and meteorological phenomena. Images show cloud formations to rainforest devastation.
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Energy for Sustainable Development

Esd Bulgaria: Kids & Energy: Energy Pioneers: Lee De Forest

For Students 9th - 10th
A profile of Lee de Forest who lived from 1873 to 1961. He was one of the most important inventors of radio and electronic technology, whose inventions touch everyday life.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Lee De Forest

For Students 9th - 10th
This Wikipedia encyclopedia article on Lee de Forest discusses his life and his invention of the triode (or audion), which laid the foundation for radio.
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Other

United States Early Radio History: The Versatile Audion

For Students 9th - 10th
A reprint of an article from the magazine, "Electrical Experimenter," from February 1920, by H. Winfield Secor, describes some of the many practical uses to which the audion has been adapted.
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Other

Monga Bay: Rainforests

For Students 9th - 10th
A look at the world's rainforests, the wildlife, and indigenous people who inhabit them as well as the impact of nature and man on this fragile biome.
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National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Lee De Forest

For Students 9th - 10th
American inventor Lee De Forest was a pioneer of radio and motion pictures. He received more than 300 patents over the course of his lifetime, the most important of which was for a three-electrode vacuum tube, or triode, that he called...
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Travel Document Systems

Tds: Burma (Myanmar): Geography

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out some quick facts about Burma. Learn its location, climate, natural resources, and environmental problems. From the CIA World Fact Book.
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Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Lee De Forest

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the life and discoveries of Lee De Forest in this article.
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The Guardian

Guardian: Amazon Tribes Clash With Police

For Students 9th - 10th
Guardian correspondent Rory Carroll describes the protests taking place in the Amazon and their effects on the region. (June 5, 2009)
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European Union

European Environment Agency: Nature and Wildlife

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has the summary of a report on nature and wildlife in Europe. Read about the natural environment, changes resulting from human activity, or access a table of contents to read more.
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BBC

Bbc: Deadly Clashes in Peru's Amazon

For Students 9th - 10th
This short article and video describe the clashes occurring in the Amazon between Peruvian security forces and indigenous Amazon tribes. (June 5, 2009)
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PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Temperate Deciduous Forests

For Students Pre-K - 1st
NatureWorks offers some fascinating information about the Temperate Deciduous Forests. Students and teachers will learn what makes these forests special, what animals live in this biome, what plants grow in this biome, and more.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Soil in the Amazon

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Compare plants grown in simulated Amazon soil to those grown in soil prepared by the slash-and-burn method. Describe leaf development in plants grown in different soils and chart, average and graph plant growth by height
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Carbon Temperature Model

For Teachers 9th - 10th
With this carbon/temperature interactive model, students investigate the role of atmospheric carbon in the greenhouse effect using a relationship between atmospheric carbon dioxide and global temperature.
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Other

Children's Tropical Forests

For Students 3rd - 8th
This children's resource provides a variety of fact sheets, maps, news, and more about the world's tropical rainforests.
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Other

Temperate Forest Organization: Temperate Forest

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides links to sites such as forestry, population, management, diversity, and fire. There are lesson plans, tours and educational links for teachers.
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Geographic

Vietnam Geography

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains all basic information on Vietnam geography with hyperlinks to more information on the Vietnam economy, politics, and military.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Environmental Impacts of Mining

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How mining affects the environment.
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Other

Trees for Life

For Students 9th - 10th
A Scottish conservation charity dedicated to the regeneration and restoration of the Caledonian Forest in the Highlands of Scotland.
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Read Works

Read Works: Can the Amazon Be Saved?

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about the disappearing Amazon rain forest. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in cause and effect.
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Read Works

Read Works: Paradise Lost

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about how the Amazon rain forest and some of the animals living there. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in drawing conclusions.
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Read Works

Read Works: Rain Forest Rescue

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about how the Amazon rain forest and how Brazil is trying to protect it. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in drawing conclusions.
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Other

Rainforest Alliance

For Students 9th - 10th
Rainforest Alliance aims to protect ecosystems and the people and wildlife that depend on them by transforming land-use practices, business practices, and consumer behavior.

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