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NASA

Nasa Earth Observatory: Modeling Earth's Land Biosphere

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this article to learn how scientists are using instruments to try and monitor our land biosphere. Scientists have learned two different types of models to help track data from our land.
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University of Kentucky

Univ. Of Kentucky: Campus Guide: Morrill Act of 1862 and Land Grant Colleges

For Students 9th - 10th
This page gives a very brief description of the Morrill Act of 1862 and the formation of land-grant colleges. Also lists some land-grant colleges.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Hawaiian Islands: Erosion and Giant Landslides

For Teachers 9th - 10th
High-resolution elevation data on land and in the ocean is used to examine the effects of erosion on the Hawaiian Islands. The remains of offshore landslides are also studied, and consistency with a hotspot model of formation for the...
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Other

Tulane University: Physical Geology: Glaciers and Glaciation

For Students 9th - 10th
Lots of information here about glaciation, types of glaciers, the formation of glacial ice, changes in glacier size, how glaciers move, glacial erosion, landforms produced by glaciers, glacial deposition and drift, effects of glaciation...
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Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg: Glinda of Oz by L. Frank Baum

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of one of L. Frank Baum's sequels to The Wizard of Oz. This novel is about Glinda, the Good Witch of the West. Multiple digital formats of the full text are available.
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Wondering About Landforms in Asia

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Following a guided observation through Google Earth of a landform in Asia, students will be able to form questions that reflect what they have observed and what they want to know about that landform.
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Other

Knight's Canadian Info Collection: Geographic Regions of Canada

For Students 3rd - 8th
Canada is divided into distinct regions, each with a very different landscape and climate. Geographic and ecozone maps as well as text information is included.
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C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Manhattan Purchase

For Teachers 4th
A comprehensive learning module on the purchase of Manhattan that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Students examine why the Dutch wanted...

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