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NOAA

Noaa: Our Restless Tides

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an excellent explanation of the nature of tides and how they are formed. The one shortcoming is the use of the fictional "centrifugal force", but this is commonly misused in literature.
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NOAA

Noaa: National Weather Service: Oregon

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource includes weather summaries, hourly weather reports, zone forecasts, weather watches, warnings and advisories etc.
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Niue

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the culture of Niue, a small island country in the South Pacific Ocean. Gives basic information on topics such as geography, ethnic makeup, languages, symbolism, economy, food, customs, social stratification,...
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Unep/siem D2 Weather

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers information on the effects of weather on islands. There is some mention of sea breezes.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Fifth Grade Science: Earth Science: Climate and Its Causes

For Students 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses what a climate is, how it is related to latitude, how oceans influence climate, and how mountains affect climate.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Well Founded Fear (Lesson Plans About Asylum Seekers)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Two lesson plans about asylum seekers, one of which is based on the case of the SS St. Louis, an ocean liner of Jewish refugees seeking asylum from Nazi persecution in 1939. The lessons let students discuss how U.S. immigration and...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Pre Colonial Africa, 1872

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of Africa showing the continent prior to the Berlin Conference of 1885, when the most powerful countries in Europe at the time convened to make their territorial claims on Africa and establish their colonial borders at the start of...

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