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New -- Veterans Day
provides resources for observing and learning about Veterans Day and National Veterans Awareness Week. Find the official Veterans Day website, a history of Veterans Day, the Veterans History Project, Census facts about veterans, U.S. coins honoring veterans, and more. (General Services Administration)
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New -- Science Bulletins
provides visualizations and stories of recent developments in earth science, climate change, biodiversity, human biology, evolution, and astrophysics. See visualizations for learning about sea ice changes, coral reefs, desertification in Africa, origins of our moon, Mars, invasive species, undomesticated horses, human imagination, our genes and geography, cancer's evolutionary tree, facial expressions, a "wiring diagram" of the brain, human longevity, and more. (Multiple Agencies)
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New -- Enduring Resources for Earth Sciences Education
is a database of materials for teaching earth science concepts. Created by teachers and earth scientists, the database includes maps, documents, and other resources for teaching about earthquakes, volcanoes, rocks, oceans, plate tectonics, hyrdrothermal systems, earth's magnetic field, geological time, and more. (National Science Foundation)
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New -- Teaching Boxes
helps teachers create earth science activities that focus on gathering data and analyzing scientific evidence. Topics include plate tectonics, weather essentials, seasonal upwelling, sea level changes, living in earthquake country, and mountain building. Each teaching box is online assembly of interrelated learning concepts, digital resources, education standards, and lesson plans. (DLESE, Multiple Agencies)
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New -- Paleontology Portal
invites students to discover prehistoric life in the U.S. by state and time period, see famous fossil localities and assemblages, and search fossil images and paleontology collections from participating museums. Find field guides, maps, curricula, and K-12 resources. Learn about about careers in paleontology. (University of California Museum of Paleontology, National Science Foundation)
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