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South Carolina Educational Television

Etv: South Carolina River Venture

For Students 3rd - 8th
Take a virtual "float trip" across South Carolina, following the Saluda, Congaree, the Santee, and the Cooper Rivers. RiverVenture is the story of South Carolina's cultural and natural landscape as told by its rivers. It includes teacher...
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Sos Children's Villages: Our Africa Geography and Wildlife

For Students 5th - 7th
Our Africa is a project that allows the children of Africa to film their lives and their country the way they see them. This section summarizes the geography and wildlife and includes videos about forestry, the Nile, Lake Naivasha, and...
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NSTATE

The Geography of Florida

For Students 3rd - 8th
Here you will find a variety of cool facts about the geography of the state of Florida. Find out the geographic center, total area, elevations and much more.
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State Library of North Carolina

N Cpedia: Catawba River

For Students 9th - 10th
Catawba River rises in the Blue Ridge Mountains of McDowell County, approximately 20 miles east of Asheville, flowing east-northeast above Hickory until turning southward into the massive Lake Norman Reservoir. It then continues south,...
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Cmc: Mysteries of Egypt: Nile River & Desert

For Students 6th - 8th
This resource provides great pictures of the Nile River and surrounding desert with some description of this unique geography. Very interesting and informative.
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NASA

Nasa: World Map Puzzle

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site from the National Aeornautics and Space Administration provides an interesting activity with a relief map and its correlation with space. "Wouldn't it be fun to make your own miniature world, complete with mountains, valleys,...
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NSTATE

Netstate.com: The Geography of Virginia

For Students 3rd - 8th
Find a variety of facts about the geography of Virginia: geographic center, total area, elevations, and much more.
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Aina: A Brief History of Assyrians: Geography

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a brief article describing the geography of Assyria and its extent across the Middle East. Click on the word Assyria to take you to a map the region.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Touring Ancient Egypt (Geography Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson for working with students to analyze the geographic features of ancient Egypt leading to an understanding of how Egypt's location, landscape, and natural resources helped it become the world's first superpower.
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Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Changjiang Plain Evergreen Forests

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the geography of the Chiangjiang Plain in China, its ecology, its conservation status, and threats to its biodiversity. (Published: August 3, 2007)
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National Geographic

National Geographic: Mapping the World's Watersheds

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In this lesson, students use a world map to locate and label major rivers and their watersheds. They then compare watershed shapes and look at typographical features that determine their shapes. A vocabulary list with definitions is...
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Bridgewater State College: Rondonia Web

For Students 9th - 10th
Geography and culture of the western Amazon state of Rondonia, including detailed information about urbanization and deforestation and links to other resources about Rondonia.
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World History Encyclopedia

World History Encyclopedia: Aria

For Students 9th - 10th
Examines the history, geography, and people of the area surrounding the Areios River in Afghanistan.
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Bakongo

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of the Bakongo in the Congo River region of Africa. Gives basic facts about location, language, folklore, foods, social customs, family life, education, religion, pastimes,...
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Chinese Portayers: The Yangtze

For Students 9th - 10th
An interesting viewpoint of the Yangtze! This site presents the River as a point of art through centuries of Chinese culture.
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InterKnowledge Corp.

Geographica.com: Adventure in Argentina

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Geographica.com contains information on a variety of parks in Argentina. A description of each follows the name of the park.
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State Library of North Carolina

N Cpedia: Fontana Dam

For Students 9th - 10th
Fontana Dam, the largest dam of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) system, is located on the Little Tennessee River in Graham County. Completed in 1945, it is a gravity-type concrete structure 480 feet high, 2,365 feet long, and 376...

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