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This
United
States
Geological
Survey
site
focuses
on
water
and
its
properties.
The
site
contains
activities
for
teachers
and
students,
along
with
pictures,
data,
maps,
and
an
interactive
center
where
users
can
give
opinions
and
test
their
water
knowledge.
Unique
aspects
of
this
site
include
the
sections
that
contain
student
work
and
a
picture
gallery.
There
are
links
to
other
resources
for
students,
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This
portal
provides
information
on
how
we
use
water
on
an
everyday
basis.
Users
can
choose
from
some
general
water-use
topics
on
the
left
side
of
the
graphic,
or
from
the
categories
of
water
use
on
the
right
side.
A
text
menu
of
the
topics
is
provided
below
the
graphic.
Topics
include
groundwater,
surface
water,
domestic
versus
commercial
consumption,
irrigation
and
livestock,
and
industrial
uses.
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This
report
discusses
how
natural
processes
and
human
activities
affect
the
interactions
of
ground
water
and
surface
water,
and
the
importance
of
considering
ground
water
and
surface
water
as
a
single
resource.
Topics
include
natural
processes
of
ground-
and
surface-water
interaction;
chemical
interactions;
and
the
effect
of
landscapes
on
these
interactions.
There
is
also
discussion
of
the
effects
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Users can choose to download or order six posters that depict water-resources topics and are drawn in a cartoon format. Written narrative on the back elaborates on the topic of each poster. They are available in color, or in black-and-white for coloring.
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This
site
offers
the
online
version
of
a
book
published
by
the
United
States
Geological
Survey
(USGS).
It
is
intended
to
provide
a
brief
introduction
to
the
concept
of
plate
tectonics,
highlighting
some
of
the
people
and
discoveries
that
advanced
the
development
of
the
theory.
It
is
the
companion
volume
to
the
map,
'This
Dynamic
Planet',
which
shows
the
locations
of
major
volcanic
belts,
fault
systems,
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This Dynamic Planet: World Map of Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Impact Craters, and Plate Tectonics -
http:/
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This
portal
provides
access
to
lessons
and
information
about
using
Global
Positioning
Systems
(GPS)
in
education.
Materials
include
ideas
for
teaching
and
using
GPS
in
educational
curricula;
websites,
books,
and
other
tools;
and
information
on
how
to
set
up
and
use
a
GPS
reciever.
There
is
also
information
about
setting
up
and
using
a
compass
with
a
topographic
map
and
on
converting
GPS
coordinates
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This
searchable
database
of
reports
and
thematic
maps
currently
contains
more
than
69,000
United
States
Geological
Survey
(USGS)
bibliographic
citations,
including
USGS
numbered
series
begun
as
early
as
1880.
The
basic
search
options
include
author
and/
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This
portal
links
selected
United
States
Geological
Survey
(USGS)
online
resources
to
an
established
list
of
content
standards
for
the
state
of
California.
Standards
data
is
extracted
from
state
documents
'California
Content
Standards
for
California
Public
Schools:
Kindergarten
Through
Grade
Twelve'
with
consideration
of
'Science
Framework
for
California
Public
Schools:
Kindergarten
Through
Grade
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This
portal
provides
links
to
a
set
of
online
map
indexes
of
the
United
States
Geological
Survey
(USGS)
and
other
organizations
which
can
be
used
to
locate,
view,
or
create
maps.
For
teachers,
there
is
the
Education
Map
Catalog,
which
provides
access
to
several
hundred
of
the
most
useful
USGS
maps
for
teaching
and
learning,
organized
by
12
themes.
The
maps
are
available
in
a
wide
variety
of
scales
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This
collection
of
lesson
plans
and
activities
allows
students
to
investigate
Earth,
its
processes,
and
its
inhabitants.
These
resources
provide
ideas
for
integrating
topographic
maps
into
geography,
science,
environmental
studies,
history,
and
mathematics
curricula.
Included
are
'map
mysteries',
which
use
topographic
and
thematic
maps
as
starting
points
to
uncover
mysteries
about
the
cultural
and
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