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Tri-County Project: Precipitation
Students examine and research the annual rainfall in Nebraska. They create a map of the annual rainfall in Nebraska and use the map to develop explanations of settlement.
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"Tri-County" Project--Well in a Cup
Students construct a model of a well to identify how water is brought to the surface. Signs of pollution are investigated.
Other
Yangtze River: The Three Gorges Dam
This is a good site for information on the Yangtze River, lists articles and other link sites.
CNN
Cnn: China's Three Gorges Dam
Article describes the raging controversy over the gigantic dam on the "Fabled Yangzi River." Decide for yourself; will this help China enough to warrant the environmental destruction?
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Ed Online: The Three Gorges: Should Nature or Technology Reign?
This is a site that will combine science and current events. Students will learn about the Three Gorges hydroelectric project on China's Yangtze River then develop arguments on the benefits or disadvantages of the Three Gorges project....
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Cost/benefit Analysis: Three Gorges Dam
This lesson will allow middle schoolers to evaluate the costs/benefits of the Three Gorges Dam project on the Yangtze River in China. The purpose of this lesson is to encourage students to look at a complex issue from differing...
BBC
Bbc: White Horse Village Changing China
A 2006 first-hand account that analyzes how the finishing of the Three Gorges Dam will create a new mega-city where a small village now exists. This article also explains how this could create an economic boom in China, making it an...
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River
CNN reports in 1999 on China's biggest construction project since the Great Wall, the ecologically controversial building of the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangzi River.
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Science Kids: Science Images: Yangtze River, China
Located in China, the Yangtze River is one of the longest rivers in the world, reaching a length of around 6300 kilometres (3917 miles). This high altitude photo of the Yangtze River shows where the Three Gorges Dam is located. For more...
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Monroe County Women's Disability Network: Maps & Globes: Water Forms
This site is provided for by the Monroe County Women's Disability Network. Some basic information about water on our planet and the various water forms that make up three-quarters of the earth's surface. Includes some simple quizzes to...
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Scenery
CNN reports in 1999 on China's biggest construction project since the Great Wall, the ecologically controversial building of the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangzi River.
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Historical Picture
CNN reports in 1999 on China's biggest construction project since the Great Wall, the ecologically controversial building of the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangzi River.
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Electrical Generators
CNN reports in 1999 on China's biggest construction project since the Great Wall, the ecologically controversial building of the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangzi River.
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Resettlement
CNN reports in 1999 on China's biggest construction project since the Great Wall, the ecologically controversial building of the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangzi River.
Library of Congress
Loc: The Empire That Was Russia, Photographic Record Recreated
The digital revival of the glass plate images of the Russian Empire on the eve of World War I by photographer Sergei Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorskii. Very interesting from both historical and technological points of view.