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Thinkport: Made Clear: Extreme Weather
See how weather and climate in the Mid-Atlantic region has changed in large and small ways due to climate change.
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Thinkport: Made Clear: What Is Mid Atlantic Climate Change?
Climate change is impacting every nation and continent on Earth- including the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. Find out how.
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Made Clear: Weather and Climate: Are They Different?
FInd out the difference between climate and weather.
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Made Clear: Urban Heat
Find out the effect that hard, dark surfaces like streets, parking lots and rooftops that trap and hold heat have on cities and urban areas.
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Made Clear: Quick Review: Sea Level Rise
How well do you understand the impacts of sea-level rise in the Mid-Atlantic region? Take this quick review to find out.
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Made Clear: How Are Ecosystems Affected by Sea Level Rise?
Sea-level rise won't just affect humans. See examples of how the ecosystem will be affected by sea-level rise.
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Made Clear: How Do Humans Feel the Impact of Sea Level Rise?
Losing land through increased erosion is the most obvious problem from sea-level rise, but it's not the only one. Learn some ways coastal communities will feel the effects of sea-level rise.
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Thinkport: Write Now: Write Now How Can Nitrogen Affect My Business?
Students are asked to conduct online research in order to write an informative article about the development of algae blooms in Maryland's Deep Creek Lake.
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Thinkport: Made Clear: How Does Urban Heat Fit Into the Ngss?
Find out how urban heat fit into the NGSS science standards.
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Thinkport: Made Clear: How Does Extreme Weather Fit Into the Ngss?
Find out how extreme weather fits into the NGSS science standards.
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Thinkport: Made Clear: How Does Sea Level Rise Fit Into the Ngss?
Find out how sea-level rise fits into the NGSS science standards?
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Thinkport: Made Clear: How Are Ecosystems Impacted by Extreme Weather?
Find out how ecosystems are impacted by extreme weather.
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Thinkport: Made Clear: How Are Humans Impacted by Extreme Weather?
The extremes in weather have an impact on businesses, communities, recreational activities and anything else that depends on the weather.
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Thinkport: Designing a Healthier, Happier Meal
Using the engineering design process, develop and market a healthy fast food children's meal.
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Thinkport: Made Clear: Real Life Scenarios
Using real-life scenarios students evaluate impacts of climate change from a range of perspectives.
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Thinkport: Made Clear: How Do Scientists Collect Data?
Find out how scientists continually collect information about the Earth and its atmosphere.
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Thinkport: Made Clear: What Role Do Humans Have in Climate Change?
Find out how humans are largely responsible for this recent climate change.
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Thinkport: Made Clear: How Can We Adapt and Respond?
Find out how people are studying and predicting the impacts of climate change so that we can slow down the changes and prepare for what lies ahead.
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Thinkport: Designing a Healthier, Happier Meal: What Is Obesity?
Explore and discover what obesity is.
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Thinkport: Designing a Healthier, Happier Meal: Approach and Design Proposal
Decide which of your children's meal options is best, and work with your team to develop a more detailed design proposal
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Thinkport: Designing a Healthier, Happier Meal: Children's Meal Data
See a chart that contains a sampling of children's meals available in 2013 at 14 national fast food chains.
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Thinkport: Designing a Healthier, Happier Meal: Explore Possibilities
Start exploring some possibilities for creating your healthier, happier meal.
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Thinkport: Designing a Healthier, Happier Meal: The Engineering Design Process
See how STEM professionals typically work on teams to complete projects.
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Thinkport: Designing a Healthier, Happier Meal: Fast Food and Obesity
Information on obesity data and wieight.