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H-Environment
is
a
gateway
to
information
concerning
past
human
interactions
with
nature.
As
part
of
H-NET,
the
Humanities
&
Social
Sciences
OnLine
initiative,
H-Environment
is
supported
by
organizations
of
professional
historians.
Subscription
to
the
H-Environment
online
discussion
is
free,
along
with
logs
of
previous
discussions.
H-Environment
also
provides
a
list
of
announcements
and
conferences
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Exploring
and
Collecting
History
Online
(ECHO)
aims
to
record
the
stories
of
scientists
and
the
ever-expanding,
ever-accelerating
history
of
recent
science
and
technology.
The
project
is
based
at
George
Mason
University's
Center
for
History
and
New
Media.
ECHO
provides
an
annotated,
centralized
guide
to
websites
on
the
history
of
science
and
technology,
specifically
looking
at
earth
sciences,
engineering,
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The
Online
Ethics
Center
(OEC)
for
Engineering
and
Ethics
works
to
provide
engineers,
scientists,
and
science
and
engineering
students
with
resources
for
understanding
and
addressing
ethically
significant
problems
that
arise
in
their
work
and
to
serve
those
who
are
promoting
learning
and
advancing
the
understanding
of
responsible
research
and
practice
in
science
and
engineering.
The
Center
occasionally
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This
lesson
includes
a
theory-evaluation
activity.
A
set
of
five
scenarios
(theories
for
how
diverse
life
came
into
existence
on
Earth)
is
divided
evenly
throughout
the
class,
so
each
student
is
asked
to
evaluate
one
theory.
Students
then
come
together
in
groups
of
five,
so
that
all
theories
are
represented
in
each
group,
where
they
are
compared
and
evaluated.
Each
group
reports
to
the
entire
class
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This
lesson
introduces
the
heliocentric
theory
of
Copernicus,
the
ideas
behind
it
and
the
explanations
which
it
displaced.
A
discussion
of
retrograde
motion
of
planets
helps
the
students
understand
the
logic
underlying
the
ideas
of
both
Ptolemy
and
Copernicus.
It
explains
the
observed
motion
of
the
planets
and
the
concept
of
retrograde
motion.
Students
will
understand
how
Hipparchus
and
Ptolemy
explained
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This
activity
allows
students
to
explore
the
accuracy
of
weather
folklore
and
design
an
experiment
that
puts
it
to
the
test.
Students
learn
that
people
observed
the
natural
world
and
looked
for
patterns
to
help
explain
and
predict
weather
and
that
many
of
these
observations
were
turned
into
sayings
and
passed
down
through
generations.
Students
collect
sayings
from
family
and
friends
and
a
class
list
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Plate
tectonics
is
a
relatively
new
scientific
concept
that
has
revolutionized
our
understanding
of
the
dynamic
planet
upon
which
we
live.
This
site
explains
that
the
theory
has
unified
the
study
of
the
Earth
by
drawing
together
many
branches
of
the
earth
sciences,
from
paleontology
(the
study
of
fossils)
to
seismology
(the
study
of
earthquakes).
It
has
provided
explanations
to
questions
that
scientists
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This
is
a
brief
review
of
the
Theory
of
Continental
Drift
and
the
evidence
that
led
Alfred
Wegener
to
state
the
theory.
It
describes
evidence
of
matching
but
misplaced
rocks,
uncovered
fossils
in
places
they
should
not
have
been,
and
discovered
evidence
of
astounding
climatological
changes.
In
addition,
fossil
remains
of
a
prehistoric
reptile
known
as
the
Mesosaurus
had
been
uncovered
on
both
sides
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This
is
a
brief
description
of
the
results
of
plate
movement
according
to
the
Theory
of
Plate
Tectonics.
It
explains
how
divergence
at
the
mid-ocean
ridges
accounts
for
the
discoveries
of
Harry
Hess.
The
site
also
refers
to
the
invention
of
the
magnetometer
and
the
discovery
of
the
young
age
of
the
ocean
floor
basalt.
It
concludes
that
these
are
the
kinds
of
discoveries
and
thinking
that
ultimately
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In
this
lesson
students
will
examine
how
evolution
has
been
scientifically
explained
historically.
In
doing
so,
students
will
examine
the
arguments
and
theories
set
forth
by
three
historically
important
scientists:
Jean
Baptiste
Lamarck,
Alfred
Russel
Wallace,
and
Charles
Darwin.
The
purpose
of
this
lesson,
however,
is
not
to
begin
to
make
comparisons,
but
simply
to
help
students
understand
how
arguments
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