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Geography4 kids.com: Biosphere: Ecosystems

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Ecosystems is an excellent resource for understanding what an ecosystem is and goes on to explain the types of ecosystems, known as biomes. Check out the wonderful panoramic photographs of different biomes.
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Geography4 kids.com: Electromagnetic Radiation

For Students 3rd - 8th
Electromagnetic radiation waves are found all around us. Young researchers will discover more about these energy waves with these highlights.
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Geography4 kids.com: A Cozy Blanket Around the Earth

For Students 3rd - 8th
Understand the layers in the atmosphere that wrap around the earth.
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Geography4 kids.com: More Effects on Temperature

For Students 3rd - 8th
There are several factors that affect air temperature as highlighted in this text.
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Geography4 kids.com: Seawater

For Students 3rd - 8th
Get the know the chemical make up of seawater.
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Geography4 kids.com: Seasonal Wetlands

For Students 3rd - 8th
Identify the four types of seasonal wetlands found across the earth. There are fresh water and salt water marshes, bogs, and swamps.
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Geography4 kids.com: Water Biomes

For Students 1st - 8th
Discover the types of water biomes.
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Geography4 kids.com: Erosion Below the Surface

For Students 3rd - 8th
Take a look at the five reasons erosion occurs.
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Geography4 kids.com: Makin' the Soil

For Students 3rd - 8th
List the five most important things to know about how soil is formed.
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Geography4 kids.com: But Is It Weather?

For Students 5th - 8th
Discover the significance of studying weather as well as climate with this resource and the videos it presents from NASA.
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Geography4 kids.com: What Makes a Climate?

For Students 5th - 8th
Find out what factors contribute towards a climate.
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Geography4 kids.com: Instruments of Climatology

For Students 3rd - 8th
Identify the tools used to measure various aspects of climatology like a barometer.
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Geography4 kids.com: Variety Is the Spice of Climate

For Students 3rd - 8th
To every thing there is a season. Understand the role climate plays in the change of seasons across the United States.
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Geography4 kids.com: Carbon Cycle

For Students 3rd - 8th
The carbon cycle is featured because virtually all living organisms need carbon to survive.
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Geography4 kids.com: Cycling Water

For Students 3rd - 8th
An overview of the hydrologic cycle.
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Geography4 kids.com: The Nitrogen Cycle

For Students 5th - 8th
Living creatures require nitrogen to live. This resource highlights the nitrogen cycle and its significance.
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Geography4 kids.com: Yes, Iron Cycles, Too.

For Students 5th - 8th
Creatures and plants require iron to live. This is an overview of the iron cycle in water and on land.
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Geography4 kids.com: Cycling Phosphorus

For Students 5th - 8th
An essential element in the ecosystem is phosphorus. Discover the phosphorus cycle, what depends upon it, and how it works.
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Geography4 Kids: Radiant Energy From the Sun

For Students 3rd - 8th
An introduction to radiant energy that offers a look at the different types of radiation from the sun, the radiation that actually hits Earth, and how the Sun's age will affect the radiation absorbed by Earth. Also, view NASA videos...
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Geography4 Kids: Earth Energy

For Students 3rd - 8th
Kids' site explores the energy around us as well as why radiation isn't always dangerous and where we find energy.
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Geography4 Kids: Biosphere: Erosion

For Students 3rd - 8th
What is erosion? Here's a brief look at the process of erosion ..what it is, how it happens, effects. Useful for the younger researcher.
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Geography4 Kids: Biosphere: Weathering

For Students 3rd - 8th
A look at the different forms .. mechanical and biological .. that weathering can take. Each has its own unique processes including freeze thaw and salt wedging. Photos are included.
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Geography4 Kids: Biosphere: Soils

For Students 3rd - 5th
Get the full picture of what soil is offered by Geography4Kids.
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Geography4 kids.com: Bgc Cycles: Oxygen Cycle

For Students 3rd - 8th
Discover the process by which oxygen cycles through the ecosystem.