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Inuit Observations on Climate Change
No full textThe resource being annotated is: http://www.dlese.org/dds/catalog_DLESE-000-000-008-624.htm
Annotation of: Getting into the Fossil Record
No full textThis resource is used in the Global Ups & Downs: Changing Sea Level Teaching Box, Lesson 4, activity 2: "What about Fossils?". It is used as the basis for the activity, for students to explore the concept of how fossils are formed. The resource being annotated is: http://www.dlese.org/dds/catalog_DLESE-000-000-002-402.htm
Annotation of: What's the Probability?
No full textThis resource is used in the Living in Earthquake Country Teaching Box, Lesson 7: "Examining All the Factors". It is used to provide estimates of the probability of a major earthquake occurring on each of the major Bay Area faults. The resource being annotated is: DLESE-000-000-008-912
Annotation of: Physiographic Map: Southern California
No full textThis resource is used in the Living in Earthquake Country Teaching Box, Lesson 5, activity 2: "Determining the Intensity". It is used as a base map for the extension activity in which students construct an isoseismal map of Southern California. The resource being annotated is: http://www.dlese.org/dds/catalog_DLESE-000-000-008-897.htm
Annotation of: San Francisco Bay Area: Soil Liquefaction Map
No full textThis resource is used in the Living in Earthquake Country Teaching Box, Lesson 6, activity 2: "Earthquakes and Liquefaction". It is used to provide maps of the San Francisco Bay Area to be used by the students to test their hypotheses on where soil liquefaction hazards are likely to be present. The resource being annotated is: DLESE-000-000-008-909
Annotation of: Exploration Activity: Local and Global Precipitation Patterns
No full textThis resource is used in "Counting on clouds" Lesson 1: "How Clouds Form". It is used as a source of imagery to illustrate cloud patterns occurring across the globe. The resource being annotated is: http://www.dlese.org/dds/catalog_DLESE-000-000-007-919.htm
Annotation of: 1906 Earthquake Scenario: San Francisco Bay Area
No full textThis resource is used in the Living in Earthquake Country Teaching Box, Lesson 7: "Examining All the Factors". It is used as part of the activity in which students investigate the potential shaking intensity of several locations in the San Francisco Bay area. The resource being annotated is: http://www.dlese.org/dds/catalog_DLESE-000-000-008-913.htm
Annotation of: The October 17, 1989, Loma Prieta, California, Earthquake: Selected Photographs
No full textThis resource is used in the Living in Earthquake Country Teaching Box, Lesson 5, activity 2: "Determining the Intensity". It is used as a source for additional photos of damage caused by the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. The resource being annotated is: http://www.dlese.org/dds/catalog_DLESE-000-000-009-326.htm
Annotation of: Glossary of Glacier Terminology
No full textThis resource is used in the Global Ups & Downs: Changing Sea Level Teaching Box, Lesson 3: "Glacial Evidence for Sea Level Change". It is used as teacher background and a source of glacier terminology and photos. It is also used in Lesson 3, activity 2: "How Glaciers Shape the Land (Part 2)" as a source of photos for students to examine. The resource being annotated is: http://www.dlese.org/dds/catalog_DLESE-000-000-008-844.htm
Annotation of: Spencer, South Dakota Tornado Damage (Title from Webpage)
No full textThis is used in the introductory activity "Weather Happens" and in the culminating activity "Following Dynamic Weather" to provide maps and photos of some of the damage in Spencer, South Dakota and to point out how construction techniques made some buildings vulnerable. The page of the resource being annotated is: http://www.stormeyes.org/tornado/spencer/spendmg.htm