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This
website,
created
and
maintained
by
the
Natural
Resources
Conservation
Service,
contains
an
interactive
map
containing
climate
information
for
each
state.
Users
can
click
on
states
and
find
information
and
data
for
every
county
in
every
state.
Data
includes
daily
mean
temperature,
frost
free
days,
growing
season,
and
monthly
temperature
and
precipitation.
Users
may
also
download
data
from
this
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This
USGS
report
presents
an
overview
of
the
interactions
between
ground
water
and
surface
water
in
a
variety
of
terrains.
It
serves
as
a
general
educational
document
with
the
intention
of
helping
agencies
understand
the
basic
science
involved
in
the
management
and
protection
of
aquifers
and
watersheds.
The
report
describes
the
natural
processes
of
ground
water
and
surface
water
interactions
and
the
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The
Natural
Resources
Conservation
Service
(NRCS)
installs,
operates
and
maintains
an
extensive,
automated
system
to
collect
snowpack
and
related
climatic
data
in
the
western
United
States
called
SNOTEL
(for
SNOwpack
TELemetry).
SNOTEL
sensors
collect
hourly
data
on
temperature,
precipitation
and
snow
water
equivalent.
Data
can
be
displayed
as
tables
or
graphs
for
individual
stations,
drainage
basins
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These lecture notes provide an introduction to igneous rocks. The notes cover information about characteristics of magmas, plutonic rocks, volcanic rocks, and textures of igneous rocks. There are several illustrations within the text. This resource is part of the Teaching Petrology collection. http:/
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This
homepage
for
an
introductory
physical
oceanography
course
provides
the
class
syllabus,
an
outline
of
clearly
defined
learning
goals,
and
an
interactive
lecture
schedule
with
links
to
text
and
graphics
for
each
topic.
Homework
assignments,
links
to
PDF
and
online
versions
of
class
text,
and
a
detailed
semester
review
including
sample
exam
questions
are
also
provided.
Also
featured
is
a
list
of
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This homepage for a freshman astronomy class provides a detailed syllabus and clearly defined learning goals for students, not only about astronomy and the universe, but about how we make choices, as individuals and communities, in the face of risks. The page also features links to lecture topic "enhancers" in the form of text and graphics that augment in-class learning.
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This
collection
features
examples
of
using
visualization
in
teaching
and
includes
concept
maps,
microscope
videos,
and
animations
of
crystal
structures.
The
concept
maps
are
used
to
show
how
information
can
be
linked.
The
scope
videos
are
used
to
show
how
optical
properties
change
as
a
function
of
orientation.
These
videos
show
minerals
in
plane
polarized
light,
cross
polarized
light,
and
conoscopic
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This
PowerPoint
presentation
is
part
of
the
Whitman
College
petrology
course.
The
presentation
provides
an
introduction
to
the
structure
of
the
earth
in
the
context
of
the
generation
of
igneous
rocks.
Slides
in
the
presentation
cover
the
composition
of
layers
of
the
earth,
P-wave
and
S-wave
velocities
through
layers
of
the
earth,
pressure
and
heat
characteristics
of
the
earth,
and
regions
of
igneous
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This
PowerPoint
presentation
is
part
of
the
Whitman
College
petrology
course.
The
presentation
covers
classification
of
phaneritic
igneous
rocks,
gabbroic
rocks,
ultramafic
rocks,
pyroclastic
rocks
and
volcanic
rocks
using
triangular
diagrams,
and
classification
of
igneous
rocks
based
on
total
alkalis
vs.
silica.
This
resource
is
part
of
the
Teaching
Petrology
collection.
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This PowerPoint presentation is part of the Whitman College petrology course. The presentation explains how igneous textures form and provides many pictures of igneous textures in microscope view. This resource is part of the Teaching Petrology collection. http:/
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