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This
website
features
the
most
complete
set
of
astronaut
photography
of
Earth
from
the
beginning
of
human
spaceflight
in
the
1960s
to
the
digital
photographs
being
downlinked
daily
from
the
International
Space
Station.
The
underlying
database
includes
over
430,000
records
in
2002,
with
new
data
added
daily.
The
pages
are
maintained
by
the
data
source
at
NASA's
Johnson
Space
Center
and
include
search
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This educational resource describes the science behind volcanoes and volcanic processes. Topics include volcanic environments, volcano landforms, eruption dynamics, eruption products, eruption types, historical eruptions, and planetary volcanism. There are two animations, over 250 images, eight interactive tests, and a volcano crossword puzzle.
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The
purpose
of
NASA's
Earth
Observatory
is
to
provide
a
freely
accessible
publication
on
the
Internet
where
the
public
can
obtain
new
satellite
imagery
and
scientific
information
about
our
home
planet.
The
focus
is
on
Earth's
climate
and
environmental
change.
The
site
is
divided
into
six
main
sections:
Data
and
Images,
Features,
News,
Reference,
Missions,
and
Experiments.
The
Data
and
Images,
Features,
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The
Earth
Science
Picture
of
the
Day
is
an
image
archive
that
is
hosted
by
the
Universities
Space
Research
Association
in
association
with
NASA's
Goddard
Space
Flight
Center
with
a
record
of
entries
beginning
September
2000.
Each
image
is
accompanied
by
a
descriptive
text
and
links
to
relevant
supporting
websites.
Keyword
searching
is
provided.
Browsing
by
related
fields
includes:
agriculture,
astronomy,
...
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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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Discovering
Plate
Boundaries
is
based
on
5
world
maps
containing
earthquake,
volcano,
topography,
satellite
gravity,
and
seafloor
age
data.
The
novel
aspect
of
the
exercise
is
the
"jigsaw"
manner
in
which
student
groups
access
the
maps
and
use
them
to
discover,
classify,
and
describe
plate
boundary
types.
The
exercise
is
based
only
on
observation
and
description,
which
makes
it
useful
at
a
wide
variety
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This site allows the user to search through the Park Service photo database. Search hundreds of photos by park name, state, year, or photo name. Pictures include descriptions, the photographer, and scales when available. Images are of rocks, fossils, volcanoes, caves, and general geologic features.
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This
glossary
of
geologic
terms
is
based
on
the
glossary
in
Earth:
An
Introduction
to
Geologic
Change,
by
S.
Judson
and
S.M.
Richardson
(Englewood
Cliffs,
NJ,
Prentice
Hall,
1995).
Where
possible,
definitions
conform
generally,
and
in
some
cases
specifically,
to
definitions
given
in
Robert
L
Bates
and
Julia
A
Jackson
(editors),
Glossary
of
Geology,
3rd
ed.,
American
Geological
Institute,
Alexandria,
...
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This
course
is
part
of
the
Georgia
Geoscience
On-line
Project,
one
of
approximately
47
Course
Development
Projects
in
the
State
of
Georgia
that
has
been
funded
by
the
Connecting
Teachers
and
Technology
Program
of
the
Board
of
Regents
of
the
University
System
of
Georgia.
Instructional
technology
integrated
into
this
course
includes
use
of
the
computer,
Internet
(World
Wide
Web
and
e-mail),
and
the
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An introductory course in Physical Geology that is offered in both online and face-to-face settings. Resources include homework exercises, lecture notes, and Internet resources.
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