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Harvard University

Harvard Smithsonian: Everyday Classroom Tools

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The focus of this series of lessons is to engage students in an exploration of the world around them. The emphasis is on inquiry as students learn about the earth, sun, light, shapes and more.
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National Atlas

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is excellent for mapping. You can create ANY kind of map you need. Select all kinds of layers: agriculture, biology, boundaries, climate, history, and more, and then select the geography. It does take some time to figure out...
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Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Ciese Collaborative Projects: International Boiling Point Project

For Students 9th - 10th
An Internet project designed to determine the greatest influence on the boiling point. After reading the project instructions and performing the experiment, submit your data and compare your results to other classes from around the world.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: A Matter of Degrees: Tilt of Earth's Axis Affects the Seasons

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this science fair project, use a globe and a heat lamp to investigate how the angle of the Sun affects global warming. This project includes the objective, background questions, a list of all the materials you'll need, and the...
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University of Texas at Austin

Ut Library: Perry Castaneda Maps of West Virginia

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of West Virginia maps, including city maps and maps of national parks, monuments, and historic sites.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: What's Wrong With the Coordinates at the North Pole?

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students complete a self-guided exercise in worksheet format combined with Google Earth that helps them explore practical and observable differences between different projection and coordinate systems. The activity improves their skills...
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Mariners' Museum and Park

Mariners' Museum: Age of Exploration: Tools of Navigation

For Students 9th - 10th
Sailors improved on many of the tools used in navigation to help them in their long journeys across an ocean. On this site from the Mariners' Museum, find many of these tools, perhaps in use already in the 15th century, but made even...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Who Can Make the Best Coordinate System?

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students learn about coordinate systems in general by considering questions concerning what it is that the systems are expected do, and who decided how they look. They attempt to make their own coordinate systems using a common area...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Plot Your Course Navigation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this unit, students learn the very basics of navigation, including the different kinds of navigation and their purpose. The concepts of relative and absolute location, latitude, longitude and cardinal directions are discussed, as well...
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NSTATE

Netstate.com: The Geography of Virginia

For Students 3rd - 8th
Find a variety of facts about the geography of Virginia: geographic center, total area, elevations, and much more.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: World Atlas: Taiwan

For Students 9th - 10th
Grab quick facts about Taiwan (capital, total area, population, languages, literacy, religions, government, currency, industry, and more) while looking at a map, complete with cities, elevations, bodies of water, longitude, and latitude....
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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Types of Maps

For Students 3rd - 8th
Enchanted Learning provides an easy-to-understand explanation of projections. Site also provides a graph of related terms such as conic projection, cylindrical projection, Mercator projection, and more.
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NSTATE

Net State: The Geography of North Carolina

For Students 3rd - 8th
Here at NetState you will find a variety of facts about the geography of the state of North Carolina. Find out the geographic center, total area, elevations and much more.
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NSTATE

The Geography of New Hampshire

For Students 3rd - 8th
Here you will find a variety of facts about the geography of the state of New Hampshire. Find out the geographic center, total area, elevations and much more.
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NSTATE

The Geography of New Jersey

For Students 3rd - 8th
Here you will find a variety of facts about the geography of the state of New Jersey. Find out the geographic center, total area, elevations and much more.
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NSTATE

The Geography of New Mexico

For Students 9th - 10th
Here you will find a variety of facts about the geography of the state of New Mexico. Find out the geographic center, total area, elevations and much more.
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NSTATE

The Geography of North Dakota

For Students 3rd - 8th
Here you will find a variety of facts about the geography of the state of North Dakota. Find out the geographic center, total area, elevations and much more.
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NSTATE

Net State: The Geography of Rhode Island

For Students 9th - 10th
Here at NetState you will find a variety of facts about the geography of the state of Rhode Island. Find out the geographic center, total area, elevations and much more.
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NSTATE

The Geography of South Dakota

For Students 3rd - 8th
Here you will find a variety of facts about the geography of the state of South Dakota. Find out the geographic center, total area, elevations and much more.
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NSTATE

The Geography of West Virginia

For Students 3rd - 8th
Here you will find a variety of cool facts about the geography of the state of West Virginia. Find out the geographic center, total area, elevations and much more.
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Latimer Clarke Corporation

Altapedia Online: World Map Resources

For Students 9th - 10th
Features downloadable World Political and Physical Maps that include country names, country borders, ocean features, island names, and lat/long graticules. Clicking on any part of the map enlarges it.
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NSTATE

The Geography of South Carolina

For Students 3rd - 8th
Here you will find a variety of cool facts about the geography of the state of South Carolina. Find out the geographic center, total area, elevations and much more.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: World Geography App

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This classroom activity features geography facts of countries around the world. Students explore latitude, longitude, area, climate, and more. They examine maps of the area, and discover the location of a country with respect to other...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Map a Buddy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This activity serves to introduce the concept of tracking and spatial movements of animals in relation to the environment in which they live. The following activity will aid student understanding of animal tracking and how technology...

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