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This guide shows teachers and students how to locate and view satellites in orbit. Topics include how to observe, some of the brighter objects such as the International Space Station and Space Shuttles, and how to use orbital tracking programs to identify which satellites are visible.
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This tutorial provides instruction in algebra and trigonometry. Although intended as a refresher, it should be understandable to students who are new to the material as well as provide new insights to those who are already familiar with it.
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This
tutorial
explains
how
satellite
images
are
taken,
transmitted
to
Earth,
and
converted
into
viewable
form.
Descriptions
of
each
phase
of
the
process
are
included:
capture
and
transmittal
of
the
image
by
a
satellite
or
spacecraft,
receiving
the
signal
at
one
of
the
Deep
Space
Network's
antennas,
and
processing
the
data
into
an
image
at
the
Jet
Propulsion
Laboratory's
Multimission
Image
Processing
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This
site
is
part
of
a
step-by-step
process
which
explores
the
design
elements
of
a
web
lesson.
The
aim
of
this
essay
is
to
make
teachers
aware
of
the
considerations
of
learning
goals
that
will
influence
the
shape
of
their
course,
and
to
emphasize
that
the
key
to
developing
effective
technology-based
learning
activities
is
to
start
with
clear
goals
about
desired
outcomes.
The
site
also
provides
a
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This
brief
tutorial
presents
information
about
how
students
can
be
supported
in
acquiring
information
processing
skills
as
technology,
particularly
the
internet
and
the
web,
is
integrated
into
schools
and
classrooms.
The
author
uses
text,
slides,
exercises,
and
example
resources
to
discuss
how
to
use
scaffolding
techniques
in
web-based
learning.
He
defines
scaffolding
as
supportive,
task-oriented,
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This
Module
Maker
tutorial
uses
templates
to
show
users
how
to
build
online
research
modules
that
structure
and
guide
student
research
efforts
towards
higher
level
thinking.
Completed
modules
should
be
able
to
challenge
students'
critical
thinking
skills
while
supplying
them
with
information
to
support
such
thinking.
The
tutorial
discusses
why
strong
questioning
skills
are
essential
to
successful
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This site allows students to interactively explore the answers to basic questions regarding fossils. It explains what we can learn from fossils and demonstrates how their characteristics can be used as clues to the past.
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This
site
focuses
on
salt
marsh
environments
such
as
beaches,
dunes,
and
estuaries.
Specifics
include
the
diversity
of
flora
and
fauna
in
coastal
areas,
the
ecology
of
these
areas,
threats
to
these
environments,
and
habitat
information.
Designed
as
an
electronic
tour,
it
guides
the
user
through
different
web
sites
as
stops,
providing
a
comprehensive
overview
of
salt
marshes.
It
outlines
teaching
objectives,
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These
simple
diagrams
of
the
structure
and
materials
of
a
volcano
show
a
magma
chamber
and
define
magma
as
molten
rock
that
is
located
under
the
surface
of
the
Earth,
lava
as
the
same
material
when
it
hardens
on
the
surface,
and
tuff
if
it
hardens
in
the
air.
A
dike
is
described
and
a
photograph
of
Devil's
Tower
in
Wyoming
is
shown
as
an
example
of
an
ancient
conduit.
Other
terms
defined
and
depicted
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This site contains information about the crust, lithosphere, mantle, convection currents, outer core and inner core of the Earth. The composition and thickness of each of the layers are described along with how they work together. The site also contains goals, objectives, and materials, a hands-on demonstration, and discussion questions with answers.
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