Science Buddies
Science Buddies: A Matter of Degrees: Tilt of Earth's Axis Affects the Seasons
In this science fair project, use a globe and a heat lamp to investigate how the angle of the Sun affects global warming. This project includes the objective, background questions, a list of all the materials you'll need, and the...
Harvard University
Harvard Smithsonian: Everyday Classroom Tools
The focus of this series of lessons is to engage students in an exploration of the world around them. The emphasis is on inquiry as students learn about the earth, sun, light, shapes and more.
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National Atlas
This site is excellent for mapping. You can create ANY kind of map you need. Select all kinds of layers: agriculture, biology, boundaries, climate, history, and more, and then select the geography. It does take some time to figure out...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Life and Environment Relationships
In this amazingly comprehensive interactive tutorial you will learn about the characteristics and features of the different biomes on our planet.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Who Can Make the Best Coordinate System?
Students learn about coordinate systems in general by considering questions concerning what it is that the systems are expected do, and who decided how they look. They attempt to make their own coordinate systems using a common area...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: What's Wrong With the Coordinates at the North Pole?
Students complete a self-guided exercise in worksheet format combined with Google Earth that helps them explore practical and observable differences between different projection and coordinate systems. The activity improves their skills...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Searching for Bigfoot and Others Like Him
Cryptids, creatures of questionable existence, are used as a source of data to guide students into the creation of their own GIS data layer in Google Earth. The activity serves the purpose of a tutorial to teach students how to make data...
Mariners' Museum and Park
Mariners' Museum: Age of Exploration: Tools of Navigation
Sailors improved on many of the tools used in navigation to help them in their long journeys across an ocean. On this site from the Mariners' Museum, find many of these tools, perhaps in use already in the 15th century, but made even...
University of Texas at Austin
Ut Library: Perry Castaneda Maps of West Virginia
A collection of West Virginia maps, including city maps and maps of national parks, monuments, and historic sites.
University of Arizona
Pulse: From Global to City Air: Air Quality, City Design and Disease
Students are challenged to design a healthy city in this unit plan. The cross-curricular unit covers content standards for ninth grade in science, language arts, world geography, and math. Students explore air quality and the impact it...
US Navy
Navigation
[Archived Content] Interactive site where students can learn about navigation techniques through various learning activities.
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology
Ciese Collaborative Projects: International Boiling Point Project
An Internet project designed to determine the greatest influence on the boiling point. After reading the project instructions and performing the experiment, submit your data and compare your results to other classes from around the world.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: World Geography App
This classroom activity features geography facts of countries around the world. Students explore latitude, longitude, area, climate, and more. They examine maps of the area, and discover the location of a country with respect to other...
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Ptolemy's Geography
Brief discussion about Ptolemy's geography. Includes pictures of publications from ancient Greece based on Ptolemy's beliefs.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Earthquakes With Arc Explorer Gis
This activity allows students to predict future earthquake activity by interpreting the results of geographic information system (GIS) analysis.
Latimer Clarke Corporation
Altapedia Online: World Map Resources
Features downloadable World Political and Physical Maps that include country names, country borders, ocean features, island names, and lat/long graticules. Clicking on any part of the map enlarges it.
US Geological Survey
U.s. Geological Survey: Teaching About and Using Coordinate Systems [Pdf]
Provides lessons and activities for teaching about the different types of coordinate systems including the Cartesian coordinate system, the Geographic Coordinate System, the Universal Transverse Mercator grid, and the State Plane...
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Types of Maps
Enchanted Learning provides an easy-to-understand explanation of projections. Site also provides a graph of related terms such as conic projection, cylindrical projection, Mercator projection, and more.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Map a Buddy
This activity serves to introduce the concept of tracking and spatial movements of animals in relation to the environment in which they live. The following activity will aid student understanding of animal tracking and how technology...
Read Works
Read Works: Learn About Maps
[Free Registration/Login Required] Intended to support early elementary students' reading comprehension, the basic terminology associated with map are explained in this informational text. A question sheet is available to help students...
NSTATE
Net State: The Geography of North Carolina
Here at NetState you will find a variety of facts about the geography of the state of North Carolina. Find out the geographic center, total area, elevations and much more.
NSTATE
The Geography of New Hampshire
Here you will find a variety of facts about the geography of the state of New Hampshire. Find out the geographic center, total area, elevations and much more.
NSTATE
The Geography of New Jersey
Here you will find a variety of facts about the geography of the state of New Jersey. Find out the geographic center, total area, elevations and much more.
NSTATE
The Geography of New Mexico
Here you will find a variety of facts about the geography of the state of New Mexico. Find out the geographic center, total area, elevations and much more.
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