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Geographical Perspectives
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Location
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- Map
of the Continents and Oceans - Each area can be clicked on to go
to another page with information about the area selected.
- Explore your world - Geography
maps and games.
- Facts and symbols
of the States - Detailed information about every state.
- U.S.
Presidential Election Maps - Find the differences between the electoral
and popular vote. Good for map reading skills.
- Map
Wizard - Plot the longitude/latitude;stimulate children to visualize
and understand complex relationships between environments, places, and
people;learn to read topographic maps and much more.
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Place
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- Climographs
-. To view a climograph for one of the U.S. cities listed below, click
on the city name or the corresponding dot on the map.
- Contour
Map of the Earth's Crust - Contour map of the thickness of the Earth's
crust
- World
Atlas Map - Identify major rivers, landforms, latitude and longitude
- Population
Density Map of India
- Population
Density Map of U.S.
- Edible
Resource Map - Lesson plan
- Line
Graphing - Create your own graph depicting rainfall with this worksheet.
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Physical Features
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- Physical
Features of Europe - online Quiz
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Region
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- Regional
Climate of the US - You can find out about the different climates
in the continental United States. Choose a region on the map below.
By clicking on it, you'll be taken to a page that will describe the
region's climate
- Geological
Map of Tennessee - generalized map
- Map
of Tennessee with physical features and quiz
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Understanding Physical Shaping
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- Soil
Erosion - An introduction to Soil Erosion; click the links on the
left that are in blue to get details of each topic.
- Weathering
and Erosion - online quiz
- Mountain Maker,
Earth Shaker - Activity site that lets you manipulate tectonic plates
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Human/ Environment Interaction
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- Elementary
Environmental Science -Internet links with lessons and activities.
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Natural Resources
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- Renewable
and Non-renewable Resources - excellent site for class discussions.
- Renewable
Natural Resources - There's lots of reasons to use natural renewable
resources. Learn about them here.
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Environment Modification
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- Environmental Issues
- Division of Environmental Protection. Learn about your environment
and how you can help protect it for the future.
- Environmental
Lesson Plans - Landfills, packaging and transporting municipal solid
waste and hazardous waste, and more.
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Adaptation
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- Why Are
Microbes Such an Evolutionary Success Story? - Evolution in action
- Species,Speciation
and the Environment - This site can be used for classroom discussions
- The Lesson of
Easter Island - the history of Easter Island is a grim warning to
the world.
- How Humans Have Adapted
- Information on various Indian tribes and how they adapted to their
environment.
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Environmental Hazards
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- The Disaster Area
- Disasters come in many shapes and sizes. Most are related to the weather.
Some are predictable -- like a hurricane. Some, like an earthquake,
surprise us. It’s good for you to know about the different kinds
of disasters so you can be prepared. Quizzes, games, lessons and more.
- Earth Science - Click
on Natural Disasters - excellent resource for many subject areas besides
disasters
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Over Population
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- Population
and the Environment - Article about the implication of over population
- Population
and the Environment - On October 12, 1999, the UN announced the
birth of the six billionth person into the world. Ben J. Wattenberg's
article in New York Times Magazine evaluates the various arguments for
and against the 'population explosion'.
- Population and Environment
- Simply put, more people, taking up more space, needing to use more
natural resources, and engaging in ever-growing material consumption,
create profound challenges for our ability to protect the resources
on which all life depends
- Population
Constraints in Developing Countries - Population growth has always
put pressure on natural resources.
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Modifying Environment
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- Effects
of Humans on the Physical Environment - a Case Study
- Adapting to
Climate Extremes - How humans adapt
- Adaptation
to Survive - Lesson plan
- Is
Humanity Destined to Self-Destruct? -The following discussion identifies
some of the trends and forces that raise serious questions regarding
the future toward which human society may be tending.
- Albuquerque's Environmental
Story - Cities are people; not people in a statistical sense, but
in a living sense. Everything in a city, for better or for worse, is
a creation of human intellect.
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Climate and Landforms
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- Global
Change - How climate affects our globe.
- Impacts,
Adaptation and Vulnerability - Article about how the climate affects
seas and oceans
- Effects
of climate change bode ill for Northwest - Article on the affect
of climate change
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Historical And Cultural Perspectives.
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Cultures and Cultural Diversity
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- Amish
Lifestyles in America - How people of the same region maintain different
ways of life
- Amish Photo Gallery
- Pictures of the Amish way of life
- Life
in the Middle Ages - A Look at European Life in Medieval Times
- “Canadian”
as an Ethnic Category - Read about the diversity of Canada's culture.
- Canadian
cultures - many diversities
- Valuing our Differences
-Calendar of events from different cultures.
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Religions
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- Major
Religions of the World - Numbers of each category.
- The
Pope and His Peers - Using a variety of Web-based resources, students
will research a leader of a world religion of their choice, then compare
their findings.
- Where to
do Research on Religions - Tenets of Major Religions
- The
World's Major Religions and Belief Systems
- World Religions
- Religion is like the fashion. One man wears his doublet slashed, another
lace, another plain; but every man has a doublet. So every man has his
religion.We differ about trimming. John Seldon, Table-Talk: Religion
(a. 1654)
- Comparative Analysis of
Religion - From a Christian Perspective
- Religions of the
World - many links and activities
- Academic Info
Religion Gateway - A resource for teachers to delve further into
each religious sect. Scroll down and click on the religion of your choice
for links on that topic.
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Cultural affects on environment
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- Industrialization's
Affects on Culture and the Environment - lesson plan with handouts
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Time, Continuity, and Change
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- America's
Story - read about Amazing Americans;visit "Join America at Play,"
where you'll see a film of an early break-dancer from 1898;Ever hear
of a "cloth sandwich"? You'll know what I'm talking about when you read
the stories in this section. Many stories from the past.
- Earth Trends and Impacts-
urbanization is reshaping the physical and social environment, as it
fuels economic growth and spurs environmental degradation.
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People, Places Events
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- Patterns
of Human Settlement - Lesson plans on left side.
- Human
Settlement - lessons and charts
- Water and
Population - Water may be the resource that defines the limits of
sustainable development
- Earth Trends - comprehensive
online database, maintained by the World Resources Institute, that focuses
on the environmental, social, and economic trends that shape our world.
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