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Hands
On
The
Land
(HOL)
is
a
national
network
of
field
classrooms
linking
students,
teachers,
and
parents
to
their
public
lands.
Through
the
HOL
network,
Federal
agencies
are
providing
a
diverse
array
of
hands-on
learning
opportunities
for
teachers
and
students.
In
addition
to
the
field
activities
at
each
site,
teachers
and
students
are
learning
from
each
other
through
the
HOL
website,
which
allows
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This
interactive
map
and
datbase
provides
access
to
river
and
stream
flow
data
for
all
50
states
in
the
U.S.
Users
first
select
from
an
alphabetical
list
of
rivers
by
state,
a
state
list
arranged
by
drainage
basin,
or
an
alphabetical
list
of
state
gauges.
Clicking
on
any
state
on
the
map
then
brings
up
the
selected
data
for
that
state.
Data
includes
class,
flow
level
(cfs),
and
a
relative
level
(low,
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This
site
provides
information
about
the
six
ecosystems
on
which
life
on
Earth
most
heavily
depends:
agricultural,
forest,
freshwater,
grassland,
coastal,
and
urban.
It
is
part
of
a
Public
Broadcasting
System
(PBS)
project,
which
includes
a
discussion
guide.
Ecosystems
are
described
as
communities
of
interacting
organisms
and
the
physical
environment
in
which
they
live.
The
goods
and
services
that
...
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Forest
Watch
is
a
student-scientist
partnership
and
education
outreach
program
to
study
white
pine
health
in
New
England.
Primary
and
secondary
students
collect
and
process
data
on
air
pollution
damage
to
forests
near
their
schools,
which
is
used
by
University
of
New
Hampshire
researchers,
and
compared
with
spectral
data.
These
are
then
compared
to
tropospheric
ozone
data,
beginning
from
1991.
Data
...
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This
resource
presents
explanations
and
sample
calculations
of:
the
event
horizon
(or
Schwarzschild
radius)
of
a
black
hole
mass;
the
lifetime
of
virtual
photons;
the
frequency
of
Hawking
radiation;
and
black
hole
temperature,
luminosity,
and
lifetime.
Background
information
is
provided
on
the
classical
law
of
gravitation,
gravitational
potential
energy,
the
quantization
of
energy,
black
body
radiation,
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The
California
Foundation
for
Agriculture
in
the
Classroom
works
with
K-12
teachers,
students,
and
community
leaders,
to
enhance
education
using
agricultural
examples.
This
site
provides
information
about
teacher
training,
student
programs,
agriculture
weblinks,
and
many
resource
materials
for
the
classroom.
Those
materials
include
downloadable
curriculum
units
covering
topics
such
as
heredity,
cycles,
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This
is
an
8-week
life
science
inquiry
program
for
5th
graders
focusing
on
biodiversity.
Classrooms
register
to
participate
during
specific
time
periods
of
the
academic
year.
Students
collect
data
on
animal
distribution
in
their
schoolyard
using
Palm
Pilots
and
software
originally
used
by
African
Animal
Trackers.
An
electronic
discussion
board
and
the
creation
of
their
own
web-based
biodiversity
maps
...
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The
National
Association
of
Biology
Teachers
(NABT)
site
is
designed
for
educators
to
share
experiences
and
expertise
with
colleagues
from
around
the
globe,
keep
up
with
trends
and
developments
in
the
field,
and
grow
professionally.
This
site
contains
news
and
events,
information
on
conferences
and
workshops,
publications,
and
other
education
and
professional
development
resources.
There
is
a
form
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This
database
contains
worldwide
information
on
minerals,
mineral
localities
and
other
mineralogical
information.
In
part
supported
by
advertising,
it
stores
data
on
25,000
different
minerals,
varieties
and
synonyms
listed
with
over
4,000
valid
mineral
and
mineraloid
names.
The
database
is
searchable
by
name,
properties,
chemistry
and
locality.
Many
photographs
and
some
maps
are
provided.
Information
...
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ChesSIE
is
a
unique
web-based
resource
center
and
communications
hub,
broadly
supporting
watershed-wide
K-12
Chesapeake
Bay
science
education.
ChesSIE
provides
educators
with
access
to
quality
Bay-related
education
resources,
online
data
and
professional
development
opportunities,
and
supplies
researchers,
resource
managers
and
other
Bay
stakeholders
with
a
venue
for
sharing
information
and
connecting
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