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This
publication
provides
an
introduction
to
the
theory
of
plate
tectonics.
It
was
intended
as
a
companion
to
the
map
entitled
'This
Dynamic
Planet',
published
by
the
U.S.
Geological
Survey
(USGS)
and
the
Smithsonian
Institution.
Topics
include
the
history
and
development
of
the
theory,
lines
of
evidence,
plate
motions
and
interactions,
hotspots,
what
drives
plate
motion,
and
extraterrestrial
plate
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This
website
complements
the
book
"Dr.
Art's
Guide
to
Planet
Earth"
written
by
Dr.
Art
Sussman.
The
website
includes
animations,
lesson
plans
and
experiments
that
can
be
used
in
conjunction
with
the
book.
The
number
of
items
are
continually
being
increased
as
a
result
of
collaboration
with
K-12
teachers
and
field
testing.
It
also
includes
the
complete
text
of
the
first
chapter
which
introduces
systems
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The
Fundamentals
of
Physical
Geography
website
is
designed
to
be
a
free
online
textbook
for
University
and
College
students
studying
introductory
Physical
Geography.
Version
1.0
of
Fundamentals
of
Physical
Geography
contains
over
three
hundred
pages
of
information
and
more
than
four
hundred
2-D
illustrations,
photographs,
and
animated
graphics.
Besides
having
the
traditional
text
and
2-D
graphics,
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This
web
based
story
tells
of
Tutangiaq
(nicknamed
2T),
a
Canada
Goose,
who
flies
across
the
remote
state
of
Alaska
looking
for
his
family.
As
he
flies,
he
tells
children
about
this
fascinating
49th
state
of
the
US.
Children
learn
how
Alaska
was
purchased
from
the
Russians,
and
other
amazing
facts
about
the
state.
They
compare
Alaska
to
other
states
that
they
may
be
living
in
or
visiting.
2T
takes
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Geomorphology
from
Space
is
an
out
of
print
1986
NASA
publication
edited
by
Nicholas
M.
Short,
Sr.
and
Robert
W.
Blair,
Jr.
designed
for
use
by
the
remote
sensing
science
and
educational
communities
to
study
landforms
and
landscapes.
The
core
of
this
book
is
a
gallery
of
space
imagery
consisting
of
237
plates,
each
treating
a
geographic
region
where
a
particular
landform
theme
is
exemplified.
Commentary,
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This
book
describes
the
varied
coastal
environments
of
the
United
States
and
the
natural
processes
and
human
actions
that
are
constantly
modifying
them.
Ignorance
of
these
processes
exacerbates
the
tragic
collisions
between
people
and
nature,
such
as
Hurricane
Hugo
in
South
Carolina,
which
left
thousands
homeless
and
destroyed
billions
of
dollars
of
property.
Topics
include
types
of
coasts;
coastal
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This
on-line
text
offers
chapters
on:
a
Basic
Description
of
Earthquake
History,
Where
Earthquakes
Occur,
How
Earthquakes
Happen,
Measuring
Earthquakes,
Volcanoes
and
Earthquakes,
and
Predicting
Earthquakes.
Originally
published
as
a
book
in
a
series
of
general
interest
publications
prepared
by
the
U.S.
Geological
Survey.
Some
figures
in
this
version
of
"Earthquakes",
however,
have
been
changed
for
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This
online
book
explores
the
unique
educational
needs
of
students
with
learning
disabilities
and
provides
strategies
for
meaningfully
engaging
all
students
in
mathematics
and
science
curricula.
Drawing
on
key
principles
of
inclusion,
special
education,
multicultural
education,
and
standards-based
reform,
the
book
guides
K-12
teachers
in
creating
optimal
learning
environments
where
diverse
learners
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This
website
provides,
in
full,
a
chapter
excerpted
from
the
book
entitled
"Ecosystem
Management:
Applications
for
Sustainable
Forest
and
Wildlife
Resources"
edited
by
M.S.
Boyce
and
A.
Haney,
1997.
The
hierarchical
framework
is
a
regionalization
classification
and
mapping
system
for
stratifying
the
Earth
into
progressively
smaller
areas
of
increasingly
uniform
ecological
potentials.
Ecological
types
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When Greenville Turned Brown is a story for kids about a polluted town that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must clean up. The story explains how the EPA enforces the Superfund law to get a polluting factory to fix the environmental disaster it has created and begin to produce its product in clean ways until the town of Greenville turns green again.
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