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	resource title	grade level	topics

	Global Climate Change: Research Explorer At this Web site, you can find real-time scientific data and research relating to the atmosphere, the oceans, the areas covered by ice and snow, and the living organisms in all these domains. See how... HTML Document: 19 kb	6-8 9-12 Postsecondary	The Scientific Process, Heat and Temperature, Weather and Climate, Atmosphere, Biosphere, Science and Society, Oceans and Water

	El Nino: Early Warning This Web site reports on a conference concerning early predictions of El Nino held on the Galapagos Islands. Along with dispatches from the conference, twenty hours of audio presentations are included. HTML Document: 6 kb	9-12 Postsecondary	Measurement, Heat and Temperature, Weather and Climate, Atmosphere, Plants, Animals, Cultural Perspectives, Biosphere, Human Impact, Oceans and Water, Ecosystems

	Graphing Stratospheric Ozone Activity This activity provides a simple how-to graphing example followed by other more sophisticated examples of graphing. HTML Document: 683 bytes	6-8 9-12	Gases, Atmosphere, Chemical Reactions, Units of Measurement, Mathematics, Biosphere, Human Impact

	Auroras: Your guide to the northern and southern lights This Web site provides links to information, images, sounds, and movies of the earth's auroras. HTML Document: 34 kb	6-8 9-12 Postsecondary	Color, Electromagnetic Fields, Astronomy, Earth's Magnetic Field, Atmosphere, The Sun

	Cookie Subduction Activity This activity uses a cream-filled cookie to demonstrate subduction (a tectonic plate's slow, steady dive under an adjoining plate of lesser density) and accretion (adding material to the less dense overriding... HTML Document: 9 kb	6-8 9-12 Postsecondary	Earthquakes,Volcanoes, and Plate Tectonics, Rocks and Minerals

	Liquefaction Activity This activity demonstrates liquefaction, the process by which some soils lose their solidity during an earthquake. Liquefaction can cause enormous damage as the surface of the earth loses its ability... HTML Document: 11 kb	6-8 9-12 Postsecondary	Earthquakes,Volcanoes, and Plate Tectonics, Rocks and Minerals

	Bits and Bytes "Snack" This activity (aka "snack") gives directions for writing a digital message using an old audiocassette tape and a magnet. The binary codes for the letters of the alphabet are provided. PDF File: 3 Mb	6-8 9-12	Electromagnetic Fields, Earth's Magnetic Field, Mathematics

	Circles of Magnetism I "Snack" This activity (aka "snack") provides instructions for building an elecromagnet whose magnetic field is stronger than the earth's! HTML Document: 8 kb	6-8 9-12	Electromagnetic Fields, Earth's Magnetic Field, Electric Charges and Currents

	Curie Point "Snack" This activity (aka "snack") provides instructions demonstrating the Curie point, the temperature at which a magnet loses its magnetic properties. HTML Document: 6 kb	6-8 9-12	Electromagnetic Fields, Earth's Magnetic Field, Heat and Temperature, Atomic Structure

	Earthquake Damage Control Web Site This Web site discusses what people who live in earthquake country can do to mitigate damage from the inevitable future earthquakes. The challenges for engineers and builders are illustrated, and some... HTML Document: 8 kb	6-8 9-12 Postsecondary	Measurement, Wave Motion, Earthquakes,Volcanoes, and Plate Tectonics, Oceans and Water

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