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NSTATE

Netstate.com: The Geography of Arkansas

For Students 9th - 10th
Quick facts about the geography of Arkansas including land area, highest and lowest points, elevations, lakes, rivers, regions, and climate.
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Other

College of William and Mary: The Geology of Virginia

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about the land forms of Virginia. Explore each region of the state and read about the ancient shorelines, active volcanoes, colliding continents, and dinosaur fossils.
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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Geography

For Students 3rd - 5th
At this site from Enchanted Learning, you can take a quiz, printout a map of the United States of America, and see where the Middle East is located in the world. Links are also provided for additional information.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: How Mountains Are Formed

For Students 4th - 8th
Read about the different types of mountains and how they are formed.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Second Grade Science: The Grand Canyon

For Students 2nd
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses how the flow of water can cause great changes, such as creating the Grand Canyon.
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Information Technology Associates

Geographic: Guatemala Geography

For Students 9th - 10th
Site describes in point form the geography of Guatemala, giving land mass, major landforms, climate, terrain, and natural resources.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Earth Science for Kids: Topography

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the Earth science subject of topography including features such as landforms, elevation, latitude, longitude, and topographical maps.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Plate Tectonics Intro

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart will take several class periods. This lesson begins to look at how the different landforms are created. There will be two follow up lessons - one on volcanoes and one on mountains.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Geographical Skills

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson students understand how physical processes (weathering, erosion, climates, soils, and landforms) shape earth's surface patterns and systems.
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NASA

Nasa Star Child: The Planet Earth

For Students 3rd - 8th
Facts about the Earth including its orbit, its atmosphere, and its landforms. Includes a discussion question on seasons, with facts about them, and the answer. A linked page covers similar material in a "Level 2" version, and has a...
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Science Struck

Science Struck: Understanding Deposition in Geology

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what is meant by the deposition of sediments by wind and water and provides examples of the resulting landforms.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Geography for Kids: Southeast Asia

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Southeast Asian countries on this site. Find information about the flags, maps, exports, natural resources, geography, economy, landforms, islands, and languages of Southeast Asia.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: School Publishers: Types of Land

For Students 3rd - 8th
This clickable map of the United States defines different geographic features such as mountains, plains, islands, and deserts.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: The Science of Puddles

For Teachers K - 1st
Students will look at their schoolyard and determine where a puddle will form after a heavy rain. They will map the school yard and draw chalk lines to demonstrate their predictions. After a rain children will check their predictions and...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Global Land Vegetation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This Global Land Vegetation module is one of four Studying Earth's Environment from Space modules. It consists of three sections: class resources, computer lab resources, and a glossary and acronym List.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Geo Blocks 3 D Interactive 3 D Geologic Blocks

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This interactive tutorial on visualizing geologic features contains animated block diagrams that show how the surface expressions of dipping layers, folds, igneous intrusions, and faults are related to subsurface structure and cross...
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US Geological Survey

Usgs: Cascade Range Volcanoes

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from USGS you can view pictures and resources on the volcanoes located in the Cascade Mountain Range. Experience their beauty and splendor as you learn more about these volcanic mountains.
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National Association of Geoscience Teachers

Serc: Mapping Potato Island

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this hands-on activity, students make a topographic map to describe the shape of a potato. They will gain an understanding of how contour lines are used to describe the shape of the land surface.
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Watch Out for Landslides

For Students 5th - 8th
Students investigate how particle size and shape relate to the maximum slope angle the particles will maintain during a landslide.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Map Projections

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How to use topographic, bathymetric, and geologic maps.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Maps

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How to use topographic, bathymetric, and geologic maps.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Maps

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How to use topographic, bathymetric, and geologic maps.
Website
Other

Topo Zone: Free Usgs Topo Maps for the Entire United States

For Students 9th - 10th
A huge collection of topographic maps for each of the US states. Scroll down to see a map of the United States and click on the state you are interested in. From there, you can search for a particular location, choose a featured map, or...
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Indiana University

Indiana Univ. Bloomington: Geo Notes: Indiana's Region of Karst Topography [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the geological features of the karst topography found in Indiana.

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