Department of Geography

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• Geosphere
  • Insta--topos in Google Earth
  • Weighing and determining the density of Earth
  • Uranium and its uses factsheets
• Hydrosphere
  • The impending coastal crisis
• Atmosphere
  • Orographic effect and rain shadows
  • Rain shadow lab
• Space
  • Solar conjunctin of Jupiter and its moons
  • Inexpensive telescope
• General
  • Desktop wallpapers from National Geographic
  • Environmental Chemistry lecture
• Teaching
  • Using analogies
• Environmental
  • Pink Floyd Music set to the environmental themes
• Demonstrations
  • Supercooled water freezing
  • Planetary distances in the hallway
• Computer Tips
  • Screen capture utility
• Quotes
  • Einstein
• Humor
  • Backwards singing
  • Don't eat the marshmallow yet
  • Pondering questions

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• Geosphere: Wikimapia / GIS / Do-It-Yourself Mapping
• Hydrosphere: Striped Icebergs / NOAA Online Game for Estuaries
• Atmosphere: Migrating bird species
• Space: Falling through the Earth / Paths Taken by the Sun
• Animations: Underground Ant Colony Exposed
• General: Tutor.com
• Teaching: Google Earth
• Environmental: Story ofStuff
• Demonstrations: Metamorphic Cookies / Dry Air Heavier than Humid Air
• ComputerTips: Download Helper for Video
• Quotes: Louis Agassiz
• Humor: African Thunderstorm / Test Your Awareness

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 Editor’s Picks: 1) Melting Alaskan Glaciers and isostatic rebound, 2) Climate Change Report to Congress, 3) Colorado Glaciers Interactive, 4) GIGAPAN, 5) Pink Floyd explores the Environment

 Geosphere
1. How Geology Shaped the Civil War
2. Ring Of Fire Set to Music
Hydrosphere
1. Melting Alaskan Glaciers and Isostatic Rebound
2. Unsafe Microwaving water
Atmosphere
1. Climate Change Report to Congress
2. Snow Season Archives
Space
1. 400 years of the Telescope
Animations
1. Colorado Glaciers Interactive
General
1. GIGAPAN Home in on a Select Part of an Image
2. The Real Process of Science
Teaching
1. Elementary Science Resources
Environmental
1. Pink Floyd Explores the Environment
Demonstrations
1. Demo for Dynamic Model for Paired Convection Cells and Rifting
Computer Tips
1. Attaching an Attachment
Quotes
1. Mahatma Gandhi
Humor
1. Interesting Student Answers

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Editor’s Picks: 1) Fostering Class Management, 2) 100 Most Mispronounced Words, 3) Homers At Different Parks, 4)Bottled Water to Gas Price Comparison.

GEOSPHERE

1) Earthquake Machine Lite- students are given the opportunity to a mechanical model to collect empirical data.

HYDROSPHERE

1) National Water Quality Assessment Program (NAWQA)- U.S. assessment of water chemistry, hydrology, land use, stream habitat, and aquatic life.

ATMOSPHERE

1) Reconstructing climate history.

SPACE

1) Sunspot Numbers- site has yearly data from the 1700's to the present.

TEACHING

1) Fostering Class Management- fill in a blank guide as a class to foster class management.

GENERAL

1) 100 Most Mispronounced Words