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New York Landscape Regions in Google Earth: Allegheny Plateau
http://stevekluge.com/geoscience/projects/dlesege/default.html#ap
From New York Instructional Collection
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The Allegheny Plateau tours are part of the New York Landscape Regions Collection of Google Earth Tours, created by a group of New York State science educators. These tours showcase examples of Allegheny geology, including the geomorphology of glacial features near Tully, New York, southern Cayuga Lake, the geology and geomorphology of Letchworth State Park and its waterfalls, as well as waterfalls and creeks in the Ithaca Gorges. Schoharie Creek can be toured from its mouth to its source, the St. Lawrence Chesapeake and Valley Heads Moraine can be investigated to examine drainage patterns, and another tour investigates the unique geology and ecology of the Rome Sand Plains. Environmental tours also address the 2006 flooding in the Allegheny Plateau near Port Jarvis and Livingston Manor and provide an overview of the water supply system of the City of New York.
Intended for grade levels:
  • Middle (6-8)
  • High (9-12)
Type of resource:
  • For the classroom:
    • Computer activity
    • Field trip - virtual
Subject:
  • Ecology
  • Environmental science
  • Geographical Sciences:
    • Physical geography
  • Geological Sciences:
    • Geology
  • Hydrology
Technical requirements:
Requires Google Earth software
Cost / Copyright:
No cost
Copyright 2006, DLESE New York Landscape Region Project.
DLESE Catalog ID: NYIC-000-000-000-064
Educational standards:
  • National Science Education Standards (NSES):
    • 5-8:
      • D - Earth and space science:
        • Structure of the earth system
      • F - Science in personal / social perspectives:
        • Natural hazards
        • Sci. / tech. in society
    • 9-12:
      • D - Earth and space science:
        • Energy in the earth system
      • F - Science in personal / social perspectives:
        • Natural and human-induced hazards
        • Sci. / tech. in local, national, and global challenges
  • National Geography Standards:
    • The world in spatial terms:
      • How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information
Related resources:
This resource requires 'User's Manual: New York Landscape Regions In Google Earth'
http://stevekluge.com/geoscience/projects/dlesege/nylandscapegeusermanual.html
This resource requires 'Google Earth: Explore, Search and Discover'
http://earth.google.com/
Resource contact / Creator / Publisher:
Contributor: Kevin Finerghty
NY Landscape Regions Collection

Contributor: Bob Dedrick
NY Landscape Regions Collection

Contributor: Walter Potocki
NY Landscape Regions Collection

Contributor: Robert DeMarco
NY Landscape Regions Collection

Contributor: Peter Wilder
NY Landscape Regions Collection

Contributor: Tim Brisley
NY Landscape Regions Collection

Contributor: Eric Fermann
NY Landscape Regions Collection

Contact: Steve Kluge
No institutional affiliation