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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: A Matter of Degrees: Tilt of Earth's Axis Affects the Seasons

For Students 3rd - 8th
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...
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Interactive
Harvard University

Harvard Smithsonian: Everyday Classroom Tools

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
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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Handout
Other

National Atlas

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Life and Environment Relationships

For Students 9th - 10th
In this amazingly comprehensive interactive tutorial you will learn about the characteristics and features of the different biomes on our planet.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Who Can Make the Best Coordinate System?

For Teachers 7th - 9th
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...
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: What's Wrong With the Coordinates at the North Pole?

For Teachers 7th - 9th
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...
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Searching for Bigfoot and Others Like Him

For Teachers 7th - 9th
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...
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Website
Mariners' Museum and Park

Mariners' Museum: Age of Exploration: Tools of Navigation

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Graphic
University of Texas at Austin

Ut Library: Perry Castaneda Maps of West Virginia

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of West Virginia maps, including city maps and maps of national parks, monuments, and historic sites.
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Lesson Plan
University of Arizona

Pulse: From Global to City Air: Air Quality, City Design and Disease

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
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Unit Plan
US Navy

Navigation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Archived Content] Interactive site where students can learn about navigation techniques through various learning activities.
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Activity
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Ciese Collaborative Projects: International Boiling Point Project

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: World Geography App

For Teachers 6th - 8th
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...
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Unit Plan
ibiblio

Ibiblio: Ptolemy's Geography

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief discussion about Ptolemy's geography. Includes pictures of publications from ancient Greece based on Ptolemy's beliefs.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Earthquakes With Arc Explorer Gis

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity allows students to predict future earthquake activity by interpreting the results of geographic information system (GIS) analysis.
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Website
Latimer Clarke Corporation

Altapedia Online: World Map Resources

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Lesson Plan
US Geological Survey

U.s. Geological Survey: Teaching About and Using Coordinate Systems [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
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Unit Plan
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Types of Maps

For Students 3rd - 8th
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.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Map a Buddy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
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...
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Learn About Maps

For Teachers K - 1st
[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...
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Handout
NSTATE

Net State: The Geography of North Carolina

For Students 3rd - 8th
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.
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Handout
NSTATE

The Geography of New Hampshire

For Students 3rd - 8th
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.
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Handout
NSTATE

The Geography of New Jersey

For Students 3rd - 8th
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.
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Handout
NSTATE

The Geography of New Mexico

For Students 9th - 10th
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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