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This
learning
system
provides
a
variety
of
materials
on
Earth
and
space
sciences,
such
as
images,
movies,
animations,
and
data
sets.
Students,
teachers,
and
the
general
public
can
access
information
on
the
sun
and
space
weather,
astronomy,
our
planet
and
solar
system,
current
space
missions,
space-related
mythology
and
art,
and
geology.
For
teachers,
there
are
links
to
tools
for
navigating
the
site,
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This document presents a number of theories, both plausible and implausible or even humorous, for the extinction of the dinosaurs. Links to a glossary are embedded in the text. A reading list and links to related sites are also provided.
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This graph shows the general trend of changing ice volume on the Earth over the last 750,000 years. The extent of ice is estimated using changes in the amount of different isotopes of oxygen found in planktonic foraminifera which occur as fossils.
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This document discusses the history of mass extinctions throughout geologic time, their role in the evolutionary process, and a mathematical model that demonstrates how the evolutionary process might interact with environmental stresses to produce a distribution of extinctions similar to that seen in the fossil record.
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This site provides information on the vast collection of deep-sea core samples that are stored in Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory's (LDEO) facility in Palisades, New York. Materials presented here include a summary of how cores are taken, processed, and stored, some results of examinations of cores, a searchable database of the cores themselves, and a sample history database.
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National Science Education Standards (NSES): Read
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The
homepage
of
Mammoth
Cave
National
Park
provides
visitors
with
information
on
tour
schedules,
surface
activities,
lodging
and
camping,
and
tips
on
touring
caves.
Teachers
can
access
an
extensive
selection
of
curricular
materials,
fact
sheets
and
activities
for
kids,
a
glossary,
and
links
to
other
educational
programs
and
sites.
Other
materials
include
maps
and
publications,
an
image
gallery,
and
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Making Connections: Lessons and Activities -
http:/
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During
most
of
the
last
one
billion
years
the
globe
had
no
permanent
ice.
However,
sometimes
large
areas
of
the
globe
were
covered
with
vast
ice
sheets.
Users
can
read
and
view
pictures
which
help
explain
what
ice
ages
are,
when
they
occurred,
and
why
they
occur.
This
site,
sponsored
by
the
Illinois
State
Museum,
has
links
to
web
pages
on
paleontology
of
the
midwestern
United
States
during
the
last
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This tutorial will help students learn and understand the concepts of geologic time and the age of the Earth. They will investigate the geologic time scale and learn about the use of index fossils and radiometric dating to determine the age of rock formations and fossils.
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Visitors
to
this
site
can
learn
about
the
theory
of
plate
tectonics,
the
history
of
its
development,
and
the
mechanisms
that
drive
the
formation,
movement,
and
destruction
of
continents
and
tectonic
plates.
A
selection
of
animations
depicts
the
movements
of
crustal
plates
and
continents
through
time.
Each
animation
is
accompanied
by
an
interactive
time
scale
that
provides
links
to
descriptions
of
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The
Exploratorium
was
one
of
the
first
science
museums
to
build
a
site
on
the
World
Wide
Web.
This
homepage
provides
a
vast
array
of
links
to
science
resources
of
many
types.
Teachers
can
access
activities,
publications,
information
on
field
trips
to
the
museum,
and
a
digital
library
of
photos
and
movies.
General
interest
materials
include
online
versions
of
exhibits,
a
microscope
imaging
station,
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Antarctica: Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole -
http:/
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