Anatomy of a Harbor: Halifax Harbour, Canada
 | The science behind Halifax Harbor: location, origin, the geologic process of shaping the harbor, human effects and harbor myths.
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Maps in the News
 | UTOPIA’s map exhibits let you span the globe with a glimpse of places that are currently in the news.
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Forces of Nature
 | Ever wanted to feel the power of creating tornado? How about an earthquake? This site, created to accompany a National Geographic film, offers up explorations of the biggest forces our earth can bring us: tornadoes, earthquakes, volcanoes and hurricanes. Virtual labs let you design your own disaster, and National Geo-quality photos fill in the gaps of your visual imagination. You'll need the free Flash player.
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Wakulla Spring: A Giant Among Us (Flash version)
 | The site is an in-depth interactive presentation about Florida’s Wakulla Spring, one of the world’s largest freshwater spring systems. The site includes information about natural and cultural history and focuses on threats to the aquifer that feeds the spring. The free Flash player is required.
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Volcano Expedition to the Mariana Islands: The Ins and Outs of How Earth Works
 | This Web site will take you to nine volcanic islands in the Mariana chain. The site offers a guided tour through photos, videos, day-by-day accounts of what the research team finds, a history of the islands, and links to cultural and scientific resources. From the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
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Terra: The EOS Flagship
 | In 2000, the Terra satellite, part of the Earth Observing System, began collecting data on our complex home planet. NASA scientists are planning "a thorough evaluation of the Earth system: land, ocean, atmosphere, and life, as well as the exchange of nutrients, carbon, heat, moisture and ... pollution among them."
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Understanding Geologic Time
 | This site "introduces students to geologic time, the evidence for events in Earth's history, relative and absolute dating techniques, and the significance of the geologic time scale." Includes interactive quizzes, and lesson plans for teachers. From the Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley.
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The Image
 | This is a great resource with beautiful images and reference information about gemstones and minerals.
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Backyard Jungle
 | Kid-friendly online community where users around the world can load photos, drawings, and descriptions about the natural surroundings where they live and view what others have loaded.
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Florida's Springs: Protecting Nature's Gems
 | The site includes photo galleries and stories about the springs flora and fauna, threats and protection efforts, an online expedition with Flash elements, audio and video as well as a great animated production about the water cycle, aquifer and threats to springs. Lesson plans and student activities for teachers are also available.
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GeographyIQ
 | Planning a trip? Preparing a school homework assignment? Perhaps you're interested in current events or are just curious about exploring the world around you. GeographyIQ is an online world atlas packed with geographic, economic, political, historical and cultural information.
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Astronauts' Views of the Home Planet: Earth from Space
 | Fascinating images of Earth from the Space Shuttle! Searchable by type of image such as images relating to Earth-human interaction, hurricanes and weather, and more.
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Thomas S. Warren Museum of Fluorescence
 | See close-up photographs of fluorescent minerals under ultraviolet light, tour the museum’s exhibits, and learn about fluorescence and phosphorescence!
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Virtual Cave
 | Does popcorn grow in caves? Do sharks' teeth exist there too? Find out by checking out the beautiful photos of natural cave features at this site.
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Volcano Expedition
 | Follow scientists on an exciting volcano research expedition to Central America! This well-organized site explains how volcanoes work and offers images of volcanoes, the research exhibition, and the scientists. You can browse the volcano Q&A section or submit your own questions. The exhibition begins January 4, 2001.
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Wired Antarctica
 | Visit Antarctic along with researchers from Canada and the U.S.! This site has worksheets, activities, pictures, and lots of information about this chilly continent.
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Earthpulse
 | This site puts you in the role of a real scientist who studies natural disasters! It currently has online laboratories for hurricane and earthquake study where you can learn about all aspects of natural disasters and play with hurricane and earthquake simulators. There are also teachers guides for the different laboratory sections.
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Dive and Discover: Expeditions to the Seafloor
 | Join ("virtually") an expedition in the eastern Pacific Ocean to look for new volcanic eruptions on the crest of the mid-ocean ridge. You can read the daily updates by the crew, watch a movie of a volcanic seafloor, and learn about topics from vent biology to the earth's anatomy in the "infomods."
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Snow Crystals
 | This excellent site on snow crystals has information ranging from the physics of their formation to how they are classified and preserved for study. There is a section about how "designer snowflakes" are created in a laboratory. You can also see numerous photos of natural and designer snow crystals and learn how they were taken.
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The Jason Project
 | Go on exciting expeditions to examine rain forests, volcanoes, coral reefs, and more! This great site is intended to be used as a supplemental science and geography curriculum for students in grades 4 - 9. It features teacher training, live broadcasts, and complete journals from real expeditions.
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Topo Zone
 | This site has "The Web's first interactive topo map of the entire United States." You can search for the map of the area you want by name or by latitude and longitude.
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A Paleo Perspective on Global Warming
 | How is the current warming of Earth's climate similar or different from other climate changes in Earth's history? This site from NOAA offers a good, non-political starting point for those who want to learn more about global warming.
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EPA Student Center
 | Wow. The U.S. Environemental Protection agency has put together this site as a guide to its resources for students -- and the results are impressive.
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Sonoma Baylands Restoration
 | Features a variety of satellite and aerial images of northern San Francisco Bay used to monitor wetlands restoration projects. The featured study site in San Francisco Bay is in Northern San Pablo Bay near the mouth of the Petaluma River.
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World Time Zone
 | Ever wrack your brains trying to figure out the time difference between, say, Los Angeles and Burkina Faso? Want to call your friend in American Samoa, but don't want to call in the middle of the night? This site has your answers.
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Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution
 | This attractive page highlights research into the world's oceans. Learn about a planned series of autonomous, diesel-powered buoys that will collect information about the ocean floor, and much more.
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The South Pole Adventure Page
 | Want to know the current temperature at the South Pole? This clear and interesting site offers a range of science activities related to the South Pole. Or submit your weather experiment ideas, and maybe scientists will conduct it and send you the results!
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Ocean AdVENTure
 | Take a multimedia dive into the ocean's depths to learn about deep-sea hydrothermal vents, where some of the earth's most unusual creatures live! Another excellent resource from ThinkQuest students.
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Volcanoes
 | Learn how volcanoes work, explore plate tectonics, and much more. This site was designed by students in the ThinkQuest competition.
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USGS Earthquake Information
 | Comprehensive and clear, this site has information on the latest earthquakes around the world, current earthquake research, and much more.
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Terraserver
 | This site offers a vast database of satellite images of earth. Zoom in to see amazing detail! Terraserver requires a Java-enabled browser
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The Calcite Palace
 | Visit this site for beautiful pictures of a unique group of microscopic fossil algae, some as old as 200 million years!
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GardenGuides
 | If you've ever wondered when to start your cantaloupe seed for best growth, or what companion plants will keep tomato worms off your tomatoes, this site has the answers. A rich resource for gardeners, from beginner to expert, with a simple and effective interface..
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The Mineral Gallery
 | This cool site allows you to find minerals by name, class, or by "interesting groupings." From acanthite to zoisite, there are pictures and information on the chemistry of minerals.
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World Data Center for Marine Geology & Geophysics
 | The WDC "promotes excellence in archiving, managing, and exchanging data obtained from measurements of the seafloor." The site contains some outstanding images of the ocean floor. You can even view some of the images with 3-D glasses. An informative site with lots to explore.
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Aurora Page
 | Get information about the "Northern Lights."
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Volcano World Home Page
 | Learn all about volcanoes. A great site for teachers and students.
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