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This
lesson
plan
introduces
students
to
river
ecology
and
addresses
the
societal
and
environmental
impacts
associated
with
dams
and
their
construction.
By
understanding
dams
and
their
effects
on
the
environment,
students
will
propose
the
construction
or
abolition
of
a
dam
in
their
hometown
or
other
geographic
area.
They
will
think
objectively
and
critically
about
real
issues
affecting
the
future
of
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This
site
is
designed
to
engage
students
in
grades
7-12
in
activities
that
focus
on
collaboration
and
communication
strategies.
These
activities
will
strengthen
student
understanding
of
and
ability
to
use
collaborative
processes
and
communication
practices
to
clarify,
conceptualize,
and
make
decisions.
Students
will
compare
the
risks
of
varying
courses
of
action
that
confront
scientists
and
engineers.
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This
six-day
unit
has
students
investigate
the
challenges
of
living
and
working
in
Antarctica
and
how
researchers
prepare
for
them,
and
then
evaluate
the
insulating
properties
of
a
variety
of
fabrics,
collecting
their
findings
in
a
portfolio.
The
comprehensive
curriculum
materials
at
this
site
include
an
online
activity
in
which
students
review
the
preparation
materials
given
to
researchers
before
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The
Why
Files
examines
the
latest
research
and
the
debate
on
air
pollution
and
health.
The
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(EPA)
has
proposed
regulations
under
the
Clean
Air
Act
for
ground-level
ozone
and
fine
particulates,
pollutants
which
have
been
linked
to
lung
disease
and
early
deaths.
Some
researchers
are
convinced
that
fine
particles
are
causing
the
disease
and
deaths;
others
don't
believe
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This
seven-week
project
is
an
investigation
into
space
stations
and
their
impact
on
our
lives
and
the
world.
Students
research
the
space
program,
and
measure,
model
and
analyze
relationships
through
a
daily
log.
In
the
end,
students
produce
a
model
of
a
space
station
that
they
developed.
This
site
provides
research
links,
rubrics,
and
information
for
teachers.
This
project
was
designed
by
K-12
teachers
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This
activity
has
students
identify
fire
risk
factors
for
a
property
located
near
a
wildland
area.
Given
a
picture
of
a
house
and
surrounding
property
in
a
wooded
setting,
students
attempt
to
identify
and
number
all
the
areas
of
increased
risk
on
the
picture
and
then
write
down
the
reasons
they
believe
each
numbered
area
is
at
risk.
The
activity
has
a
stated
objective,
student
handout,
procedure,
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In
this
lesson,
students
explore
space
through
a
mock
space
shuttle
flight.
They
role-play
the
jobs
of
real
space
shuttle
astronauts,
conduct
experiments,
and
research
space
using
the
Internet
and
offline
experiments.
Students
will
form
three-person
space
shuttle
crews,
each
crew
consisting
of
three
astronauts:
the
pilot,
science
specialist,
and
shuttle
technical
specialist.
Each
member
of
the
crew
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This
site
explores
the
dual
faces
of
Mother
Nature
in
Hawaii
by
examining
four
powerful
forces
(volcanoes,
earthquakes,
tsunamis,
and
hurricanes),
focusing
on
the
disastrous
impacts
as
well
as
lessons
of
hope
and
renewal.
For
each
type
of
disaster,
there
are
explanations
of
making
predictions,
types
of
damage,
warning
systems,
emergency
preparation,
and
survival
stories.
There
are
volcano
and
tsunami
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This
resource
provides
eyewitness
accounts
and
historical
photographs
from
notable
damaging
earthquakes
that
have
occurred
in
or
near
Santa
Barbara
County,
California.
It
also
contains
a
catalog
of
all
earthquakes
that
have
been
felt
in
the
greater
Santa
Barbara
region
between
1800
and
1960.
Major
earthquakes
covered
include
the
1812
Santa
Barbara
Earthquake,
the
1857
Fort
Tejon
Earthquake,
the
1902
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This
article
provides
an
acount
of
Sir
Edmund
Hillary's
encounter
with
a
band
of
crevasses
near
the
South
Pole
on
his
1958
trek
across
Antarctica.
The
excerpt
includes
biographic
information
about
Hillary,
who
was
knighted
for
his
ascent
of
Mount
Everest,
and
was
also
a
noted
Antarctic
explorer.
Sir
Edmund
describes
a
particularly
treacherous
crossing
of
a
three-mile-wide
band
of
crevasses
in
the
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