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19 Great Websites to Inspire 5th Graders

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Dig hole through the earth with Google Earth. Earth science animations. Geography for Kids. Geography Games. Geography Games II. Geography—geonet game. Geography quiz—Seterra. You can find her resources at Structured Learning. —runs in your browser. Wolfram Alpha widgets.

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A rocky revolution: Can virtual 3D models transform the teaching of geology?

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Professors Terry Pavlis and Laura Serpa , from the University of Texas at El Paso, USA , are creating virtual 3D models to make the benefits of geology fieldwork accessible to everyone. Virtual 3D models can improve the classroom learning experience by removing this hurdle and providing students with 3D representations of geological features.

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Farming on permafrost

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Melissa is a permafrost geomorphologist, specialising in Arctic landscapes, but geomorphologists are not restricted to studying Earth. Because Mars is cold, permafrost environments on Earth are the closest analogies we have for Mars,” she explains. “By Instead, I liked the look of physical geography classes and so switched subject.

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What did human communities look like 20,000 years ago?

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There are national organisations, with information and resources for students who are interested in learning more about the past. Geography allows you to connect geographic information systems (GIS) and remote sensing with archaeology, and biology is good if you want to go into biological anthropology,” she adds.

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Ways of knowing: how can traditional knowledge enrich geoscience education?

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As a discipline, geoscience relies heavily on fieldwork, which is commonly conducted on Indigenous lands by western researchers who fail to learn and acknowledge the history and sacredness of these places. Indigenous people are underrepresented in geoscience departments at all levels, from students to professors to administrators.

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What is the fate of dissolved oxygen in our oceans?

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DR BABETTE HOOGAKKER Associate Professor, The Lyell Centre for Earth and Marine Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK. Babette says that subjects like Earth sciences, maths, computing, physics, chemistry and biology are all useful for various subjects in palaeoceanography. I loved going to university.

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