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University of California

Ucmp: A Virtual Exploration of the Beach

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on the following questions:1. What are the divisions of a beach?2. How does energy vary along the beach area?3. How does grain size vary along the beach in response to wave energy?
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Igneous Rocks Model

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students use samples of four different types of igneous rocks to observe differences in texture, color, and grain size, and then make inferences about the relative cooling histories and silica content associated with each magma type.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Angle of Repose

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students measure the maximum slope at which grains are stable (the angle of repose). They explore how different properties of the sediment influence slope stability and lead to different slope failures (mass movements)....
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Why the Metric System Matters

For Students 9th - 10th
For the majority of recorded human history, units like the weight of a grain or the length of a hand weren't exact and varied from place to place. Now, consistent measurements are such an integral part of our daily lives that it's hard...
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Cells Alive

Cells Alive!: How Big Is A

For Students 9th - 10th
"Use this animation to compare the relative sizes of cells and organisms sitting on a pinhead. See the size of these nearly invisible without magnification" View dust mites dwarf pollen grains and human cells. In turn, bacteria and...
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National Association of Geoscience Teachers

Nagt.org: A Remote Access System for Education

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In 2003, the University of Minnesota's Electron Microprobe Laboratory implemented a new system for remote research and education via the Internet. The remote-access system allows real-time access to our microprobe using only standard web...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Choosing Healthy Foods

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Foods such as whole grain breads, fresh fruits, and fish provide nutrients you need for good health. But different foods give you different types of nutrients. You...
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PBS

Pbs: Who Made America?: Innovators: Cyrus Mc Cormick

For Students 9th - 10th
A Virginia farmer invented a mechanical reaper, then harvested profits in the Midwest's exploding grain belt, innovating credit, service, and sales practices that became essential parts of American big business.
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Tour Egypt

Tour Egypt Monthly: Ancient Egyptian Agriculture

For Students 9th - 10th
This Tour Egypt Monthly informative article overviews important aspects of Ancient Egyptian Agriculture, including the Nile flooding, farming tools, grain and vegetable cultivation, and animal domestication. Included are small images of...
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World Food Programme

World Food Programme: Free Rice: Identify Countries on the Map

For Students K - 1st
By playing this educational geography game, you can help end world hunger by providing rice to hungry people for free. For each answer you get right, the World Food Programme will donate 10 grains of rice to help end hunger.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Sedimentary Rock Classification

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explains that sedimentary rocks are classified by how they formed and by grain size.
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Other

E2 Bn Gallery: Countryside & Farming Photographs

For Students 3rd - 5th
This British site has wonderful collections of agricultural photographs typical of farms in developed countries. Many of them were submitted by teachers. Students can see machinery used in farming, how grain is ground, the types of...
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University of Michigan

Univerisity of Michigan: A Taste of the Ancient World: Farming at Karanis

For Students 9th - 10th
See pictures of tools used in grain production in ancient Egypt. The artifacts are similar to tools used today.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Tomb Chapel of Nebamun

For Students 9th - 10th
The British Museum contains 11 fragments of wall painting, some of the most famous images of Egyptian art. The fragments come from the now lost tomb-chapel of Nebamun, an ancient Egyptian scribe or, "scribe and grain accountant in the...
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PBS

Pbs: The Lowdown: Rot and Rubbish: The Rancid Truth About How Much Food We Waste

For Students 6th - 8th
Explore the math of worldwide food waste, with focus on percentage, in this infographic from KQED. In the accompanying classroom activity, students predict the percent of food in each of the various categories (e.g., grains, fruit, etc.)...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Hazara

For Students 9th - 10th
Most Hazara live in central Afghanistan in an area known as the Hazarajat. Others live in areas north of the Hindu Kush. The Hazarajat and other Hazara territories are mountainous. The climate is severe in winter, with heavy snowfall;...

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