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Annotation of: Exploration Activity: Global Cloud Patterns
No full textThis resource is used in "Counting on clouds" Lesson 1: "How Clouds Form". It is used as an extension activity or homework to reinforce the principles involved in cloud formation. The resource being annotated is: http://www.dlese.org/dds/catalog_DLESE-000-000-007-920.htm
Annotation of: The Stories Clouds Tell
No full textThis is used in "Counting on clouds" Lesson 2: "Cloud Types". It is used as an alternate source of cloud photos. The resource being annotated is: http://www.dlese.org/dds/catalog_DLESE-000-000-007-922.htm
Annotation of: Alfred Wegener (1880-1930)
No full textThis resource is used in the Evidence for Plate Tectonics Teaching Box introductory activity: "Testing the Fit". It is used to provide teacher background material on Alfred Wegener. The resource being annotated is: http://www.dlese.org/dds/catalog_DLESE-000-000-005-210.htm
Annotation of: Xpeditions Atlas
No full textThis resource is used in the Global Ups and Downs: Changing Sea Level Teaching Box, Lesson 6, Culminating Lesson: "Impacts of Sea Level Change on Ecosystems". It is used to provide the locations of cities likely to be impacted by sea level rise. The resource being annotated is: http://www.dlese.org/dds/catalog_NASA-Edmall-2380.htm
Annotation of: Seawater Composition
No full textThis resource is used in The Feeding Frenzy: Seasonal Upwelling Teaching Box, Lesson 2, activity 1: "Phytoplankton and Primary Production in the Ocean". It is used as reference material for students to answer questions from the activity. The resource being annotated is: http://www.dlese.org/dds/catalog_DLESE-000-000-008-938.htm
Annotation of: Seismological Exercises
No full textThis resource is used in the Living in Earthquake Country Teaching Box, Lesson 5, activity 1: "1906 vs. 1989: A Comparison of Two Major Earthquakes". Part of the resource is used (section 2) to provide an exercise in which students investigate the relationship between the rock types present in the Oakland area and the location of the Nimitz Freeway, which collapsed as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. Teachers have the option of assigning other sections of this resource as needed. The resource being annotated is: http://www.dlese.org/dds/catalog_DLESE-000-000-000-195.htm
Annotation of: El Nino
No full textThis resource is used in The Feeding Frenzy: Seasonal Upwelling Teaching Box, Lesson 3: "Seasonal Upwelling". It is used as teacher background information. It is used again in Lesson 3, activity 2: "Re-evaluating the Five Ocean's Pictures" as a teacher tip, and again in Lesson 4: "An Assessment: Read All About It!" to provide a discussion of El Nino and its relationship to upwelling. The resource being annotated is: http://www.dlese.org/dds/catalog_DLESE-000-000-002-133.htm
Annotation of: Seafloor Spreading Animation
No full textThis resource is used in the Evidence for Plate Tectonics Teaching Box Lesson 2 Activity 2: "Connecting plate movement and earthquakes". It is used to provide an example of seafloor spreading. The page of the resource being annotated is: http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/docs/parks/animate/A48.gif
Annotation of: Retreat of the Laurentide Ice Sheet (Catalog title)
No full textThis resource is used in the Global Ups & Downs: Changing Sea Level Teaching Box, Lesson 3, activity 3: "North American Glaciation". It is used as a visual to show the changes in the extent of the ice sheet from 18 thousand to 8 thousand years ago. The resource being annotated is: http://www.dlese.org/dds/catalog_DLESE-000-000-008-851.htm
Annotation of: ConcepTest: Pacific Plate Motion
No full textThis resource is used in the Evidence for Plate Tectonics Teaching Box Lesson 2 Activity 2: "Connecting plate movement and earthquakes". It is used to provide a map and assessment materials. The resource being annotated is: http://www.dlese.org/dds/catalog_SERC-STARTINGPOINT-000-000-000-331.htm