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Life in Death Valley: The Mystery of the Racing Rocks
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This PBS site provides information of the mysterious sliding rocks in Death Valley, reviews competing hypotheses, and features the work of a geologist using GPS in her investigation.…
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/life-in-death-valley-the-mystery-of-the-...
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Sand Dunes: A Phenomenon Of Wind
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This webpage from Wayne's Word provides information about the origin of sand dunes, forms of life present there, and the sounds produced by "booming" dunes. Numerous dunes in the…
http://web.archive.org/web/20220127020745/https://www2.palomar.edu/users...
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Investigation 4 - Erosion
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This webpage from the Utah Education Network provides directions for a tabletop simulation of erosion by wind and water, requiring only everyday materials. The page includes…
https://www.uen.org/lessonplan/view/9862
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Landsat Missions
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Visit this site to see a large collection of images of Earth from space. On the blue navigation bar near the top of the homepage, put the cursor on "Gallery" (what else?). In…
https://www.usgs.gov/land-resources/nli/landsat
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Ocean Waves
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This webpage, from Hyperphysics, provides a detailed explanation of how waves form in the ocean. A series of diagrams show how the water moves as a wave passes by. The site shows how…
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Waves/watwav2.html
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The Real Sea Monsters: On the Hunt for Rogue Waves
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This Scientific American article discusses how rogue waves were measured in 1955, which encouraged scientists to try to find the causes behind them. Several methods that attempt to…
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rogue-waves-ocean-energy-fore...
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Water on the Move: Wind and Waves
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Science Learning Network
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This webpage from the Science Learning Network provides directions for a simple activity that shows how the water moves as a wave passes by. Only everyday materials are needed. A…
http://web.archive.org/web/20190115040355/http://legacy.mos.org/oceans/m...
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What Really Killed the Dinosaurs?
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This article from the BBC describes some of the controversy in the theory that the mass extinction of the Cretaceous period was caused by a meteorite impact. The crater thought by…
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/horizon/dino_prog_summary.sh...
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Earth Observatory: Ash Plume across the North Atlantic
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This Earth Observatory image of the day shows the ash plume of Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano spreading from Iceland toward continental Europe. The page includes a short article…
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Properties of Volcanic Ash
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This U.S. Geological Survey site lists and discusses the properties of volcanic ash. The site contains many helpful diagrams, and explains topics including the size of ash particles,…
https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/volcanic_ash/ash.html
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