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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Who Can Make the Best Coordinate System?

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students learn about coordinate systems in general by considering questions concerning what it is that the systems are expected do, and who decided how they look. They attempt to make their own coordinate systems using a common area...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Air Pollution in the Pacific Northwest

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are introduced to measuring and identifying sources of air pollution, as well as how environmental engineers try to control and limit the amount of air pollution. In Part 1, students are introduced to nitrogen dioxide as an air...
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Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: West Indies and Central America, 1872

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1872 of the West Indies and Central America. The map shows political boundaries at the time, capitals, major cities, and ports, railroads, main steamship routes, rivers, terrain and coastal features, and banks. The map shows...
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Curated OER

Clip Art by Phillip Martin: Latitude and Longitude

For Students 3rd - 8th
A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "Latitude and Longitude."
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Math Today Dangerous Births

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, using the USA TODAY Snapshot "Dangerous births" students will explore the geometric relationships of triangles using perpendicular bisectors of the sides, bisectors of the angles and medians of the triangle. They will...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Plotting Earthquakes With Near Real Time Data

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson teaches the concept of plate tectonics. Students will access the United States Geological Survey National Earthquake Information Center and plot the longitude latitude and depth of earthquakes on a physiographic chart.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Gps Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This lesson will provide 7th and 8th grade students the opportunity to utilize GPS Handheld Tracking Units in order to understand latitude and longitude. Students will work in groups of four to complete a scavenger hunt around the...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Sextant Solutions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The earliest explorers did not have computers or satellites to help them know their exact location. The most accurate tool developed was the sextant to determine latitude and longitude. In this activity, the sextant is introduced and...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Traveling on Good Circles

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this high-level math lesson has students delve into the topic of Great Circles on a sphere (specifically, the Earth), in order to find the shortest distances between locations. Students will...
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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Types of Maps

For Students 3rd - 8th
Enchanted Learning provides an easy-to-understand explanation of projections. Site also provides a graph of related terms such as conic projection, cylindrical projection, Mercator projection, and more.
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NSTATE

Net State: The Geography of North Carolina

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

The Geography of Texas

For Students 3rd - 8th
Here you will find a variety of facts about the geography of the state of Texas. Find out the geographic center, total area, climate and much more.
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NSTATE

Net State: The Geography of Ohio

For Students 9th - 10th
Here at NetState you will find a variety of facts about the geography of the state of Ohio. Find out the geographic center, total area, elevations and much more.
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NSTATE

The Geography of Pennsylvania

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

The Geography of California

For Students 3rd - 8th
Here you will find a variety of facts about the geography of the state of California. Find out the geographic center, total area, elevations and much more.
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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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NSTATE

The Geography of Alabama

For Students 3rd - 8th
Get the facts about the geography of the state of Alabama from its geographic center to its total area, to elevations and much more.
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NSTATE

The Geography of Alaska

For Students 3rd - 5th
Netstate provides facts about the geography of the state of Alaska such as its geographic center, total area, elevations and much more.
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NSTATE

Net State: The Geography of Arizona

For Students 3rd - 5th
NetState provides a variety of facts about the geography of the state of Arizona. Find out the geographic center, total area, elevations and much more.
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NSTATE

The Geography of Colorado

For Students 3rd - 5th
Netstate provides a variety of facts about the geography of the state of Colorado. Find out the geographic center, total area, elevations, and much more.
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NSTATE

The Geography of Connecticut

For Students 9th - 10th
Netstate provides a variety of cool facts about the geography of the state of Connecticut. Find out the geographic center, total area, elevations and much more.
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NSTATE

The Geography of Delaware

For Students 3rd - 5th
Netstate provides a variety of facts about the geography of the state of Delaware. Find out the geographic center, total area, elevations and much more.
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NSTATE

Nstate, Llc.: The Geography of Hawaii

For Students 3rd - 5th
NSTATE, LLC. provides a variety of facts about the geography of the state of Hawaii. Find out the geographic center, total area, elevations and much more.
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NSTATE

Net State: The Geography of Idaho

For Students 3rd - 5th
Here, at NetState, you will find a variety of cool facts about the geography of the state of Idaho. Find out the geographic center, total area, elevations and much more.

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