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Georgia Aquarium

Georgia Aquarium: Banded Butterflyfish

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this animal guide to learn the scientific name and discover the habitat, diet, reproduction, physical and unique characteristics of the Banded Butterflyfish. They can be viewed live on the webcam.
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Georgia Aquarium

Georgia Aquarium: Black Rockfish

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this animal guide to learn the scientific name and discover the habitat, diet, reproduction, conservation status, and physical and special characteristics of black rockfish.
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Other

Philip Mc Rae: From Distraction to Addiction?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To better understand the scope of physical, mental and social consequences of digital technologies in areas such as exercise, homework, identity formation, distraction, cognition, learning, technology compulsions, nutrition and sleep...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers:china's Top Water Issues

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate some of the most pressing water-related issues in China with this interactive map. Discover various viewpoints on topics such as dam construction, river flooding, sewage treatment and industrial pollution.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: China's Three Gorges Dam [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Investigate and report on one aspect of the Three Gorges Dam project to determine if the project will provide great opportunities for China or do more harm than good. Compare different interest groups' viewpoints about the project....
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Other

Greatest Places Madagascar

For Students 3rd - 8th
The natural history of the African island nation of Madagascar is revealed at this site. The world's fourth largest island, Madagascar is currently home to a rich diversity of wildlife, including lemurs, chameleons, spiny globefish, and...
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Canadian Wildlife Federation

Hinterland Who's Who: Shorebirds

For Students 9th - 10th
Get the facts about Canada?s shorebirds. Besides finding physical descriptions of several of the country?s diverse types of shorebirds, you?ll also learn about some of their unique facts and characteristics. Also included in this Bird...
Article
BBC

Bbc: Vermeer and the Camera Obscura

For Students 9th - 10th
An interesting viewpoint written by Philip Steadman on the controversial subject of Vermeer using a Camera Obscura to trace and create his paintings. There is factual evidence as well as a physical description of the Camera Obscura.
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NOAA

Noaa: Estuaries 101 Curriculum: Chemistry in an Estuary

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity introduces students to the complex chemistry of estuarine water. Students investigate how chemical and physical water quality factors-pH, temperature, dissolved oxygen, and salinity-change and interact over varying time...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: South America Interactive Map

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive map explores the continent and countries of South America. Through political, physical, population, and climate map layers and individual country views, learn about the boundaries that define the continent's 12 sovereign...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: North China, 1971

For Students 9th - 10th
" North China includes the densely populated and intensively cultivated North China Plain, the loess-covered uplands of Shansi, northern Shensi, and eastern Kansu, and the sparsely populated, semiarid steppes of Inner Mongolia....
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Keene College

Geo Granite: Describing Places

For Teachers 6th - 8th
At this site, explore the concept of regions, learning that regions can be defined in countless ways, depending on a person's perspective.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Microbial Life: Protistan Tales of Atlantic White Cedar Swamps: Webquest

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Tap into your students' imagination as they create a story to describe microbes. This WebQuest has students studying microbial diversity of Atlantic White Cedar Swamps. After their investigation, students will describe the physical...
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Salamander (Caudata)

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides photographs and a fact card about the salamander, an amphibian. Discusses where they are found, physical characteristics, the diversity of species, their unique skin and gland secretions, and population decline from threats to...
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Keene College

Geo Granite: Is a Nation Always a Region?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity assists students in understanding the differences between political constructs and regions.
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Read Works

Read Works: The Sad Tale of the Lonely Magnet

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about life from a magnet's point of view. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Around the World

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
This resource will compare different regions of the world by climate, geography, animal life, and culture. The site focuses on the differences within the United States regions.
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PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Blue Spotted Salamander

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This site created by NatureWorks focuses on the Blue-Spotted Salamander. The content of this resource includes a look at this species' characteristics, range, habitat, food, and more.
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Columbia University

Asia for Educators: Outline Maps

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The outline maps are designed to be used as transparencies that can be overlaid on an overhead projector to demonstrate the diversity of China's physical and cultural geography. Copies can be printed out and reproduced also for student...
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Other

Personal: The Laws of Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
This personal site explains the physics of angular momentum and their application to flight. Part of a much larger site on the procedures, principles, and perceptions of flight.
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PBS

Pbs: Simple Games That Explore Feelings

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Identify and explore a wide range of human emotions and then participate in a classroom parade dramatizing emotions through body movements and facial expressions.
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Other

Natural Aquariums: Arthropods

For Students 6th - 8th
A brief description of the worlds most diverse phylum, the arthropods. General physical characteristics and body structure.