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American Geosciences Institute: What Can Fossil Footprints Tell Us?
In this investigation, students examine an image of multiple fossil footprint tracks. They try to construct an explanation for the events that created the pattern of tracks. Even though students come up with different explanations for...
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American Geosciences Institute: Biofuel: Background
A resource page on biofuel. Learn what biofuel is, what it is used for, its sources, and advantages and disadvantages.
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American Geosciences Institute: Coal Background
A resource page on coal. Learn what coal is, what it is used for, its sources, how it is mined, and advantages and disadvantages.
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American Geosciences Institute: Geothermal
A resource page on geothermal. Learn what geothermal energy is, what it is used for, its sources, its history, and advantages and disadvantages.
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American Geosciences Institute: Natural Gas: Background
A resource page on natural gas. Learn what natural gas is, how it used, how it is formed, how it is drilled, processed, and transported, and advantages and disadvantages.
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American Geosciences Institute: Nuclear Energy: Background
A resource page on nuclear energy. Learn what nuclear energy is, how it is produced, the history of the power, and advantages and disadvantages.
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American Geosciences Institute: Hydroelectric Energy: Background
A resource page on hydroelectric energy. Learn what hydroelectric energy is, how it harnesses energy from water, different types and advantages and disadvantages.
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American Geosciences Institute: Solar Energy: Background
A reference page on solar energy. Learn about solar energy, solar heating, solar radiation, and electromagnetic radiation. The page also describes the advantages and disadvantages to solar energy.
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American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Places on the Planet: Latitude and Longitude
Learners learn how citizen scientists involved in the Geological Society of America's EarthCaching project use GPS technology and latitude and longitude coordinates to find special places on the Earth.
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American Geosciences Institute: How Ice Cores Are Used to Determine Past Climate
Find out how climate scientists use data from ice cores to determine past climate conditions.
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American Geosciences Institute: How Is Drinking Water Cleaned?
Get an overview of how water is treated in order to be safe to use and drink.