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This
team-based,
interactive
educational
experience
aims
to
engage
students
in
real-world
problem
solving.
The
volcano
on
the
normally
tranquil
island
of
Montserrat
has
come
to
life.
As
flaming
pebbles
and
lava
begin
their
devastation,
emergency
response
teams
learn
that
a
hurricane
is
approaching.
Using
real-time
hurricane
and
seismic
data,
teams
of
student
specialists
assist
Mission
Control,
by
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This
flyer
is
a
two-page
overview
of
the
Student
Cloud
Observations
On-Line
(S'COOL)
education
project.
It
covers
the
project's
educational
contributions,
societal
benefits,
educational
outgrowths,
and
scientific
findings.
The
flyer
shows
the
numbers
and
locations
of
S'COOL
participation
and
regional
observation
coverage.
It
also
contains
URLs
for
online
resources
(e.g.,
GLOBE
contrail
education
and
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The EERC at the University of Bristol has developed an Earthquake Engineering Competition that challenges secondary school students to design and make small scale models of buildings that can withstand strong earthquakes. Provided on the website are tips for model design and construction, load testing advice, and a gallery of models organized by various characteristics.
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The
Disaster
Dynamics
project
is
a
learning
environment
for
the
study
of
the
unique
challenges
surrounding
natural
disasters.
By
focusing
on
dynamics,
this
project
emphasizes
the
complex
and
emergent
interplay
between
different
aspects
of
the
design
activities
and
the
extreme
event.
The
website
has
several
educational
role-playing
simulation
games
such
as
decision
making
under
uncertainty,
complex
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This description of warmups offers the rationale and producures behind some exercises in an introductory oceanography course at Winona State University. Warmups are based on the reading for the next class period and are to be answered via email the morning before class. The instructor can then review the questions and be able to address misconceptions in class.
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This
resource
is
part
of
the
Science
Education
Gateway
(SEGway)
project,
funded
by
NASA,
which
is
a
national
consortium
of
scientists,
museums,
and
educators
working
together
to
bring
the
latest
science
to
students,
teachers,
and
the
general
public.
In
this
project,
students
will
be
asked
to
find
information
on
the
Internet
and
make
a
presentation
to
the
class
about
a
satellite.
This
lesson
plan
is
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This
on-line
project
is
part
of
the
Center
for
Improved
Engineering
and
Science
Education
(CIESE)
program
which
has
developed
internet
activities
for
the
elementary,
middle,
and
high
school
level
student.
In
the
course
of
the
project,
students
learn
about
Eratosthenes
and
his
experiment,
do
a
similar
experiment
by
collaborating
with
other
schools,
and
analyze
and
reflect
on
the
collected
data
to
determine
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In
this
Internet-based
collaborative
project,
students
will
investigate
their
local
schoolyard
environment
and
share
information
about
the
plants,
animals
and
non-living
objects
found
there
with
other
students
from
around
the
country
and
the
world.
Participants
will
look
for
similarities
and
differences
in
the
reported
data
and
prepare
a
final
report
or
presentation
based
on
their
findings.
The
site
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Arctic
Alive!
is
a
distance-learning
environment
that
transports
learners
virtually
to
unique
and
remote
locations
within
the
arctic
region.
It
is
not
an
information
site,
but
an
interactive,
real-time,
and
unique
web-based
education
program.
Using
a
variety
of
delivery
methods
and
e-learning
strategies,
it
delivers
arctic
research
to
the
K-12
classroom.
Two
key
program
components
are
(1)
a
teacher
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Rivers
of
Life
is
a
full
model
for
contextual
learning:
a
flood
of
projects,
adventures,
and
resources
to
help
K-12
teachers
and
students
learn
about
and
from
their
watershed.
Using
Rivers
of
Life,
teachers
utilize
rivers
and
watersheds
as
an
entry
point
to
studies
of
the
environment,
and
our
relationship
to
Earth.
This
site
offers
two
hands-on
project-based
learning
programs:
The
Mississippi
Adventure
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