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This
PDF
document
discusses
a
field
activity
for
K-12
students.
The
purpose
of
the
activity
is
to
observe
type
and
cover
of
clouds
including
contrails.
Students
will
observe
ten
types
of
clouds
and
how
many
of
three
types
of
contrails
are
visible,
how
much
of
the
sky
is
covered
with
clouds,
and
how
much
is
covered
by
contrails.
The
PDF
is
an
instructor
guide
with
detailed
advice
for
administering
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The
Ocean
World
site
has
a
wide
variety
of
information
regarding
the
ocean.
Established
by
Texas
A
and
M
University's
Jason
Project,
Ocean
World
provides
a
wealth
of
information
on
weather,
forams,
icebergs,
fisheries,
coral
reefs,
waves,
El
Nino,
currents
and
more.
The
site
contains
information
for
both
students
and
teachers.
The
teacher
section
of
the
site
contains
background
information
on
all
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This
Starting
Point
webpage
is
a
summary
of
a
role-playing
resource
called
Worldwatcher
Project:
Global
Warming
Project.
In
this
exercise,
students
role-play
advisors
to
various
heads
of
state
on
the
subject
of
global
warming.
The
web
site
offers
a
short
curriculum
to
help
the
students
become
experts
on
global
warming.
It
offers
lab
activities,
computer
visualizations
(using
free
WorldWatcher
software),
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The Sierra Club is the oldest and largest environmental organization that works to protect our communities and the planet. From their homepage, users can access Sierra Club headlines, information on how to take action, get outdoors and joining the Sierra Club. Users can also follow links to the Sierra Club Magazine and environmental politics and issues.
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There
are
currently
millions
of
man-made
orbital
ruins
that
make
up
"space
junk".
Space
junk
can
be
anything
from
hatches
blown
off
space
modules,
paint
fragments
from
the
space
shuttle,
or
satellites
that
no
longer
work.
On
this
website
you
will
help
to
capture
junk
that's
floating
out
there
in
space.
Each
time
you
capture
junk,
you
also
find
a
short
description
of
the
junk,
how
it
arrived
in
space
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This National Geographic News article discusses how a scientist uses tombstones to track environmental changes. Geomorphologist Tom Meierding visited more than 700 cemeteries and measured 15,000 tombstones to see what kind of environmental changes they might reveal.
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This website covers a Scientific American article "Hot Words: A claim of nonhuman-induced global warming sparks debate" by David Appell. Users may also follow links to the full Scientific American Digital website.
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This
article
published
by
the
Commission
on
Biology
Education
summarizes
a
study
of
the
relevance
of
role-playing
in
environmental
education.
The
researchers
created
different
role-plays
and
analyzed
them
in
light
of
certain
values
that
8
to
10
year-old
children
were
able
to
distinguish.
They
determined
that
role-plays
do
have
an
impact
and
they
facilitate
the
emergence
of
values
such
as
solicitude,
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Natural
Resource
Defense
Council
(NRDC)
is
an
environmental
action
organization.
They
use
law,
science
and
the
support
of
more
than
1
million
members
and
online
activists
to
protect
the
planet's
wildlife
and
wild
places
and
to
ensure
a
safe
and
healthy
environment
for
all
living
things.
On
their
homepage,
users
may
access
a
wide
variety
of
information
including
topic
home
pages
(such
as
clean
air,
...
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The
Worldwatch
Institute
offers
a
unique
blend
of
interdisciplinary
research,
global
focus,
and
accessible
writing
making
it
a
good
source
of
information
on
the
interactions
among
key
environmental,
social,
and
economic
trends.
Worldwatch's
work
revolves
around
the
transition
to
an
environmentally
sustainable
and
socially
just
society
-
and
how
to
achieve
it.
From
their
homepage,
users
can
follow
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