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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkVolcanoes on Venus
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Earth's Resources, Chemistry, Earth & Space Science, Geology & the Dynamic Earth and 3 additional..Visitors can read about the characteristics of volcanism on Venus and how it differs from volcanism on Earth. A map showing the ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkVolcanoes and Climate Change
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Earth's Resources, Chemistry, Earth & Space Science, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere and 2 additional..Major volcanic eruptions alter the Earth's radiative balance, as volcanic ash and gas clouds absorb terrestrial radiation and sc...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkVolcanism on the Moon
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Earth's Resources, Chemistry, Science, PhysicsUsers can read about the characteristics of volcanic activity on the Moon and how it differs from volcanism on Earth. A lunar ma...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkVolcanism on Mars
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Chemistry, Earth's Resources, Science, PhysicsVisitors can read about the characteristics of volcanism on Mars and how it differs from volcanism on our own Moon. A map is pro...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkVolcanism and Impact: What Was the Timing of Events?
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Earth's Resources, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Chemistry, Earth & Space Science and 2 additional..Studies of the chronology of martian meteorites can distinguish various events in the history of the meteorites and give ground ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkVolcanic Gases and the Origin of the Atmosphere
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Chemistry, Earth's Resources, Evolution and Adaptation, Earth & Space Science and 4 additional..This document briefly discusses the two models most favored for the formation of Earth's atmosphere and compares the present-day...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkVisual Universe: Data Into Insight
Grades: 6 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Earth's Resources, Nature & Method of Science, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Chemistry and 6 additional..This educational brief provides an overview of how scientists turn data, numbers, and words into pictures through the process of...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentVisit to An Ocean Planet: Salinity and Deep Ocean Currents
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Earth's Resources, Heat & Thermodynamics, States of Matter (solids, liquids, gases), Ecology & Ecosystems and 8 additional..This resource uses text, images, maps and a laboratory exercise to explain how differences in the temperature and salinity of oc...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkVisit to an Ocean Planet - Timing the Tides
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Chemistry, Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science, Ecology & Ecosystems and 2 additional..Tide tables, commonly seen in newspapers and on television in coastal areas, show that comparable local high and low tides occur...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkVisit to an Ocean Planet - Fathometer in a Box
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Chemistry, Earth's Resources, Geography, Earth & Space Science and 2 additional..This classroom activity gives students an introduction to depth sounding and mapping ocean topography. The materials include an ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUSGS Search Engine
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Chemistry, Earth's Resources, Science, PhysicsUsers can search the large number of the U.S. Geological Survey's web pages with this engine. In addition to the search box (whe...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUSGS National Geologic Map Database: State-wide Geologic Maps
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Earth & Space Science, Chemistry, Earth's Resources, Science, PhysicsThis search tool provides descriptions and availability information for geologic maps of the 50 States, the District of Columbia...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkU.S. Global Change Research Office: What is the Greenhouse Effect?
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Chemistry, Earth's Resources, Light, Sound & Other Waves, Earth & Space Science and 3 additional..This basic explanation of the greenhouse effect is accompanied by a diagram.Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkU.S. Geological Survey: Earthquake Hazards Program
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Chemistry, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science and 3 additional..This site offers access to information on worldwide earthquake activity, earthquake science, and earthquake hazard reduction. Ma...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkU.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Ozone Depletion Information
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Chemistry, Earth's Resources, Education, Child Development & Family Services, Earth & Space Science and 3 additional..This collection of links to EPA information on atmospheric ozone depletion covers topics such as the causes of ozone depletion, ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUNESCO Man and the Biosphere Program: World Network of Biosphere Reserves
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Agriculture & Natural Resources, Chemistry, Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science and 4 additional..Biosphere reserves are sites recognized under UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme which innovate and demonstrate approaches...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUnderstanding Our Environment
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Chemistry, Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science, Ecology & Ecosystems and 2 additional..This article explains how the TOPEX/Poseidon satellite has been used to measure changes in sea level due to heat storage in the ...Views: 0Favorites: 0- Resource Type: Website / HyperLink
UF News: Antarctic Ice Sheet Unstable in Past Warming Periods
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Earth's Resources, Chemistry, Earth & Space Science, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere and 2 additional..This news article examines evidence that parts of the Antarctic ice sheet have undergone episodes of instability that appear to ...Views: 0Favorites: 0 
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkU. S. Geological Survey: Minerals Information
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Earth's Resources, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Chemistry, Current Science and 3 additional..This site provides statistics and information on the worldwide supply of, demand for, and flow of minerals and materials essenti...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkU. S. Environmental Protection Agency SunWise Program: The Ozone Layer
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Earth's Resources, Chemistry, Light, Sound & Other Waves, Earth & Space Science and 3 additional..This brief discussion of atmospheric ozone provides information on where this gas occurs, its harmful and beneficial effects, an...Views: 0Favorites: 0