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This
page
points
to
a
number
of
reports
and
maps
on
earthquake
hazards,
prediction,
and
preparedness.
The
page
is
mainly
about
Northern
California
including
the
San
Francisco
Bay
area,
but
also
including
some
items
on
Southern
California
and
Alaska,
as
well
as
general
articles
on
the
topics.
Map
types
include
seismic
hazards
maps,
shaking
hazards
maps,
and
shaking
intensity
maps.
Related
programs
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This
site
provides
a
complete
and
comprehensive
center
for
students
to
learn
about
rivers.
Animated
pages
about
erosional
processes,
river
volume,
velocity,
and
transport
are
available
for
students
to
print
or
take
notes
on.
Case
studies
on
the
Singapore
River
and
Rhine
River
are
presented
with
pictures.
On-line
worksheets
cover
erosion,
deposition,
and
river
patterns.
An
on-line
study
guide
summarizes
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This
lesson
plan
is
part
of
the
DiscoverySchool.com
lesson
plan
library
for
grades
6-8.
It
focuses
on
our
attempts
to
reach
intelligent
life
by
sending
messages
into
space.
Students
look
at
a
visual
of
the
message
that
has
been
sent
from
the
Arecibo
radio
dish
in
Puerto
Rico,
and
discuss
what
it
means
and
the
possibility
of
getting
a
reply.
It
includes
objectives,
materials,
procedures,
discussion
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This
resource
is
part
of
the
Science
Education
Gateway
(SEGway)
project,
funded
by
NASA,
which
is
a
national
consortium
of
scientists,
museums,
and
educators
working
together
to
bring
the
latest
science
to
students,
teachers,
and
the
general
public.
In
this
unit,
students
use
technology
to
learn
about
orbiting
spacecraft
designed
to
study
astronomical
objects.
Tools
include
a
satellite
dish,
VCR,
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This
resource
is
designed
to
educate
students
about
the
solar
system.
Each
planet
is
described
in
terms
of
its
history,
exploration,
surface
features,
and
physical
and
orbital
data.
There
are
sections
on
cosmology,
astronomy,
phenomena
of
the
universe,
and
important
theories
and
laws
for
astronomers
including
elementary
particle
behavior.
There
is
information
on
historical
astronomers
and
scientists,
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This
section
of
the
Windows
to
the
Universe
web
site
provides
information
and
images
about
constellations
including
detailed
information
about
planets,
gods
and
goddesses,
myths,
and
northern
hemisphere
and
southern
hemisphere
constellations.
Windows
to
the
Universe
is
a
user-friendly
learning
system
pertaining
to
the
Earth
and
Space
sciences.
The
objective
of
this
project
is
to
develop
an
innovative
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This
section
of
the
Windows
to
the
Universe
web
site
provides
information
and
images
about
the
cosmos
including
detailed
information
about
the
universe
today
and
the
history
of,
and
future
of,
the
universe.
Windows
to
the
Universe
is
a
user-friendly
learning
system
pertaining
to
the
Earth
and
Space
sciences.
The
objective
of
this
project
is
to
develop
an
innovative
and
engaging
web
site
that
spans
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This
lesson
demonstrates
the
link
between
the
tilt
of
the
Earth's
axis
to
the
plane
of
the
ecliptic
and
seasons
of
the
year,
length
of
day,
effectiveness
of
sunlight,
and
polar
day
and
night.
It
discusses
how
the
inclination
of
the
Earth's
rotation
axis
causes
seasons
of
the
year,
by
varying
the
length
of
the
local
day
and
the
angle
at
which
the
Sun's
rays
arrive
on
the
surface
of
the
Earth,
and
to
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This
introduction
to
coordinates
on
a
sphere
explains
how
latitude
and
longitude
define
locations
on
Earth,
and
similarly,
how
declination
and
right
ascension
define
locations
on
the
celestial
sphere.
The
lesson
also
introduces
systems
of
time-keeping,
e.g.
local
solar
time,
time
zones,
universal
time
and
the
International
Date
Line.
The
objectives
are
for
the
student
to
know
how
any
location
on
Earth
...
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This
two-part
lesson
contains
a
qualitative
discussion
of
the
distinction
between
weight
and
mass,
followed
by
a
description
of
a
1973
mass
measurement
in
a
zero-g
environment
conducted
by
astronauts
aboard
a
space
station.
The
second
section
describes
a
similar
classroom
experiment.
Students
learn
to
distinguish
between
weight
and
mass
and
that
both
are
properties
of
matter
and
all
observations
suggest
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