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Ucmp: Online Exhibits
Visit the virtual exhibits at this site to learn more about paleontology, the history of the earth, and life on earth. Use the information on this site to understand geology, geologic time, evolution, and phylogeny.
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Ucmp: The Museum of Paleontology
This site contains on-line exhibits including animals, plants, time periods, phylogeny, geology, and evolution. Also, a search is provided at the bottom of the site for more specific information.
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University of California Irvine: The Silk Road
Extensive information about the oldest known trade route of the Islamic World with China.
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South Coast Science Project: Mimicking Plants and Animals Lesson Plan
In this instructional activity, students are challenged to think about external features that animals and plants have that humans have copied. Students then apply their engineering skills to design a jacket. In addition, this activity...
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Uc Berkeley: Recommended Search Engines
This site from the University of California describes the three different "best" search engines. There are descriptions, examples and features of each.
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Ucla Library: Film and Television Archive: Preserved Silent Animation
View a selection of animated films from the early 1900s, each with corresponding notes and commentaries from the archive's historian and preservationist.
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Uci: Issue Guide: Trade Embargoes, Seals, and More
Trade embargo is first defined and then discusses seal embargoes in depth. This gives a good overview of how embargoes work.
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The Home Front: Domestic Workers Face Low Wages
Describes how little has changed since Apartheid in South Africa for the women and blacks who work primarily in domestic situations enduring instability and low pay.
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Ucla Library: Get Started With Zotero
A tutorial on how to use the free Zotero software to keep track of research sources and create a bibliography.
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Regents of the University of California: Using the Cognates Strategy
This strategy guide introduces an approach for making students aware of cognates (words that have a similar spelling, pronunciation, and meaning across languages) in content-area texts. This guide includes an introductory section about...
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University of California Museum of Paleontology: Understanding Evolution
This resource presents extensive information for learning about and teaching evolution including an in depth course "Evolution 101", teaching materials, and a resource library.
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Ucla Center: Responding to Crisis at a School [Pdf]
This resource provides a brief, basic discussion of the need for a school to be able to plan and implement a response to crises. The material can be used to raise staff awareness.
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Ucla: Freedom of Speech vs. Workplace Harassment Law
This site contains excerpts from public law review articles relating to the issues of freedom of speech and workplace harassment.
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Tectonic Plates
Get an overview of all the tectonic plates that make up the earth's crust. The colorful contrasting and labeled plate boundaries make this an excellent resource.
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Ucmp: Continental Drift
This interactive view of drifting continents will help you relate their positions to particular geologic eras. You can get detailed information on each of the eras as well.
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University of California Berkeley: Classifying Galaxies
Find out how galaxies are classified and then see if you can apply that knowledge to identify the different types of galaxies. In addition to explaining Hubble's galaxy classification system, the site has links to Hubble Space Telescope...
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U.c. Berkeley: Spectra From Space
View the entire spectrum of electromagnetic radiation and get information on telescopes especially designed to view different wavelengths of the spectrum.
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Graphing Stratospheric Ozone
A lesson plan that will help teachers learn more about ozone and guide students in a graphing stratospheric ozone. The lesson plan includes four parts, an introduction, links to ozone chemistry and two links for graphing activities.
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Ucmp: The Pliocene Epoch
A good brief review with links to additional information and a clickable chart showing the subdivisions of the Pliocene Epoch.
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Ucmp: The Pleistocene
The UCMP Berkeley provides a brief overview of the Pleistocene Era, including links to more information.
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Ucmp: Building the Perfect Beast
Gain an appreciation of what is involved in building a free standing mount of a forty-foot dinosaur skeleton. Text explanations are supplemented with excellent slide pictures of the actual work.
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Univ. Of California, Davis: Chapter 4: The Bronze Age
Use this site to learn about how bronze was made and how bronze, and its numerous uses, aided in the advancement of many groups of people. This detailed article adresses bronze use in China, Egypt, and the Mediterranean region. Site by...
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Ucmp: The Silurian Period
Provides a brief overview of the Silurian Era, links to specific information during the era, and a chart of the major subdivisions of the Silurian Period.
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Ucmp: The Devonian Period
A brief overview of the Devonian Period, including links to additional details on four categories and a table showing the subdivisions of the Devonian Era.