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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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Visualizing Topography is an instructional tour illustrating visualizing topography in 3D. The exercise contains Quick Time movies and questions that help students visualize two-dimensional topography in three dimensions. The web site developed by Steven Reynolds at Arizona State University is an exercise illustrating visualizing topography.
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ESRI
is
a
GIS
and
mapping
software
company
offering
products
and
services,
support
and
solutions
for
GIS
users.
GIS
is
computer
software
that
links
geographic
information
with
descriptive
information.
Unlike
a
flat
paper
map,
where
"what
you
see
is
what
you
get,"
a
GIS
map
can
have
many
layers
of
information.
This
product
site
offers
a
wide
variety
of
software,
data,
books,
education
and
training,
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The
Computational
Geophysics
and
Geoinformatics
homepage
contains
online
data
and
software
tools
for
paleomagnetism
and
plate
tectonics.
The
page
includes
information
on
paleomagnetic
data,
gravity
anomalies,
satellite
altimetry,
GOTOPO
30
topography
tools,
plate
tectonic
reconstructions,
Mediterranean
reconstructions,
current
research,
a
plate
tectonic
modeling
tutorial
and
links
to
additional
information.
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This
site
provides
nationwide
real-time
stream
flow
data
from
the
United
States
Geologic
Survey
(USGS).
These
data
are
typically
recorded
at
15-60
minute
intervals,
stored
onsite,
and
then
transmitted
to
USGS
offices
every
4
hours.
Recording
and
transmission
times
may
be
more
frequent
during
critical
events.
Data
from
real-time
sites
are
relayed
to
USGS
offices
via
satellite,
telephone,
and/
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This
webpage
shows
the
extent
of
global
tundra
on
a
map
of
the
world.
The
map
is
part
of
the
Windows
to
the
Universe,
a
user-friendly
learning
system
covering
the
Earth
and
Space
sciences
for
use
by
the
general
public.
The
goal
of
the
Windows
to
the
Universe
project
is
to
build
an
internet
site
that
includes
a
rich
array
of
documents,
including
images,
movies,
animations,
and
data
sets,
that
explore
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This
Starting
Point
page
describes
a
virtual
tour
of
Yellowstone
National
Park
in
Wyoming
featured
on
the
Public
Broadcasting
Service
(PBS)
website.
In
this
tour,
students
act
as
park
rangers
to
research
geological
features
of
Yellowstone,
locate
these
features
on
maps,
and
describe
and
define
associated
geologic
terms.
The
features
discussed
include
geysers,
hot
springs,
canyons,
waterfalls
and
mudpots.
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The
National
Association
of
Geoscience
Teachers
(NAGT)
was
established
in
1938.
Its
purpose
is
to
foster
improvement
in
the
teaching
of
earth
sciences
at
all
levels
of
formal
and
informal
instruction,
to
emphasize
the
cultural
significance
of
the
earth
sciences
and
to
disseminate
knowledge
in
this
field
to
the
general
public.
NAGT
organizes
the
technical
program
in
geoscience
education
at
every
GSA
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The
Internet
Geography
website
contains
a
wealth
of
physical,
human,
economic
and
environmental
geographical
information.
This
particular
section
of
the
website
contains
population
information.
Topics
in
this
site
include
population
density,
distribution,
change,
demographic
transition
model,
and
life
expectancy.
There
are
two
case
studies
focusing
on
population
issues
are
also
available.
The
website
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The
National
Center
for
Atmospheric
Research
(NCAR)
offers
a
variety
of
data
on
their
Real-time
Weather
Data
website.
The
Surface
data
page
provides
an
interface
so
that
users
can
retrieve
weather
data
in
raw
format
or
they
may
choose
to
translate
data
to
a
more
user-friendly
format,
such
as
gif
images.
The
site
contains
temperature,
precipitation,
snow,
wind,
pressure
change
data
and
more.
Data
is
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