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NOAA's
Paleoclimatology
Program
is
working
with
scientists
from
around
the
world
to
study
past
climate
in
hopes
of
achieving
a
better
understanding
of
the
Earth's
present
and
future
climate.
This
site
was
developed
to
help
educate,
inform
and
highlight
the
importance
of
paleoclimate
research;
as
well
as
to
show
how
paleoclimate
research
relates
to
global
warming
and
other
important
issues
of
climate
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Students
will
utilize
the
Internet
to
take
a
virtual
field
trip
to
visit
a
glacier
and
discover
what
physical
effects
glaciers
have
on
the
land.
They
will
also
have
the
opportunity
to
virtually
visit
Vermont
and
trace
the
pictorial
history
of
how
a
whale's
fossils
were
found
there.
The
site
also
contains
a
student
worksheet
for
their
visual
field
trip.
The
site
also
provides
an
explanation
of
the
...
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The
PALEOMAP
Project
illustrates
the
plate
tectonic
development
of
the
ocean
basins
and
continents,
as
well
as
the
changing
distribution
of
land
and
sea
during
the
past
1100
million
years.
The
reconstruction
of
paleoclimates
is
also
discussed.
Maps
are
viewed
as
animations
where
the
time
component
can
be
user-manipulated.
Included
are
a
variety
of
background
materials
which
supplement
the
animations.
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Choosing & Using this resource...
Educational standards associated with this resource:
National Science Education Standards (NSES), National Geography Standards: Read
Comments and Teaching Tips
Read (2)
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