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NSDL.org - K-12 Teachers - The National Science Digital Library - 0 views

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    Articles, Blogs and other resources for K-12 teachers.
Courtney Wilson

Field Research: Connect with Clark's Nutcrackers « Round Robin - 0 views

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    Our conservation scientist, Taza Schaming, is profiled on the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Round Robin blog.
Nancy Trautmann

What the Sparrows Told Me - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    Reflections by a teacher on the resilience of birds in the face of Hurricane Katrina and how that relates to struggles in the lives of people here and around the globe
Nancy Trautmann

Local Pride, Global Conservation - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    "Over the past few generations, conservation groups have spent billions of dollars on scientific research, land purchase, policy change and education to address these threats. But one question that has received little attention is: How do we get people to change their behavior? What really works?"
Michael Batek

ScienceDaily: Your source for the latest research news and science breakthroughs -- upd... - 2 views

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    "...birds are now so food-deprived that they take up to twice as long replace their feathers, an annual process known as molt."
Nancy Trautmann

Connecting Geography, GIS, and Language Arts: The Last Great Auk | GIS Education Community - 0 views

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    By Joseph Kerski at ESRI, a series of 10 short videos discussing uses of a book about the now-extinct bird species, the Great Auk. He discusses cross-disciplinary connections, use of ArcGIS Online to explore the geography of events in the book, and implications of connecting geography and language arts.
Nancy Trautmann

From Brazil: Doing Fieldwork by Satellite « Round Robin - 0 views

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    "ut the truth is that satellites are so last century-so much, in fact, that scientists have begun using them to document historical changes. The above picture, from NASA's 38-year-old Landsat program, shows the Lake Djoudj region of Senegal during a drought in 1979 and during a flood 20 years later. Even at this small scale it's clear how much information the pictures contain about how the land has changed."
Courtney Wilson

Google LatLong: Mapping the Gulf oil spill in Google Earth - 0 views

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    "Last week we made imagery from NASA's MODIS available as an overlay for Google Earth, which currently shows the extent of the oil spill through April 29, and we'll continue to add more imagery as it becomes available. We've also made radar images from ESA's ENVISAT available through this KML file. Below, you can see the progression of the spill over time."
Courtney Wilson

50 Ways to Use Wikis for a More Collaborative and Interactive Classroom - 3 views

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    "Wikis are an exceptionally useful tool for getting students more involved in curriculum. They're often appealing and fun for students to use, while at the same time ideal for encouraging participation, collaboration, and interaction. Read on to see how you can put wikis to work in your classroom."
Nancy Trautmann

Environmentalists to use new Google 3D Trees mapping tool to preserve forests | Analysi... - 1 views

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    Environmentalists to use new Google 3D Trees mapping tool to preserve forests
Michelle Watkins

Mass dying of animals plotted on Google map - 4 views

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    "Whether it's red tilapia dying en masse in Thailand or thousands of blackbirds dropping out of the sky over Arkansas it might seem like the entire natural world has given up the ghost. Now this startling new map shows every instance of falling birds and dying fish across the globe over the past few weeks."
Lesley Burger

Edublog Curriculum Resources - 1 views

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    Resources for using Edublog more effectively
Nancy Trautmann

40 Million Trees and a Nobel Peace Prize: One Woman's Story | Wangari Maathai - 0 views

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    In this 7-minute excerpt from the documentary Roots of Change: The Vision of Wangari Maathai see how she became the first African woman, and first environmentalist, to win the Nobel Prize for Peace. The Green Belt Movement that she founded has profoundly changed the physical and social landscape of Kenya...and it all began with planting trees.
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