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Gale In Context: Science is an engaging online resource that provides contextual information on hundreds of today’s most significant science topics. By integrating authoritative reference content with headlines and videos, learners see how scientific disciplines relate to real-world issues, from weather patterns to obesity. Users can explore millions of full-text articles from national and global publications, 200+ experiments and projects, and top reference content.
3) Earth
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Explore the secrets of the Earth - from the far reaches of the atmosphere to the mysteries of the interior. Find out answers to such questions as "What is at the center of the Earth?" and "What is a volcanologist?"
5) Australia
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When Homo sapiens arrived in Australia, they were, for the first time, truly alone, surrounded by wildly different flora and fauna. How did they survive and populate a continent? There is a close cultural and genetic link between the First Australians and modern-day Aborigines. The ancient and modern story intersect here as nowhere else in the world. The secret to this continuity is diversity. Intuitively, they found the right balance between being...
6) Paleozoic Era: The History of the Geologic and Evolutionary Changes that Began Over 500 Million Year
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The current view of science is that Earth is around 4.6 billion years old, and the first 4 billion years of its development are known as the Precambrian period. For the first billion years or so, there was no life in Earth. Then the first single-celled life-forms, early bacteria and algae, began to emerge. It's unclear where they came from or even if they originated on this planet at all, but this gradual development continued until around four billion...
7) Caribbean
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If you're looking for mountains, jungles, beaches, and music, and you don't mind the heat, there's no better place than the Caribbean.
9) Sinkholes
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Presents information on sinkholes, including how they are studied and mapped, different types of sinkholes, areas where they form, famous sinkholes around the world, and the damage they cause. Includes a quiz, an activity, and a glossary.
11) Impact
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The story of the meteorite that hit our planet 65 million years ago, its initial impact, and long term effect.
12) Everglades, The
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Vicious and cold-blooded they might be, alligators are natural homemakers, and take the task very seriously in their pools in the Everglades of Florida.
13) Hard Cases
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The long race of the tortoise from the meteorite to present day.
14) Powerful Plants
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Plants experienced a similar struggle to animals in the months after the meteorite's impact, and like animals new evolutionary traits were born.
15) Coral
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During the incredibly cold period following the meteorite, coral reefs were unable to get sunlight and many perished, yet these resilient plants have a few other properties to keep themselves going.
16) Fishy Fortunes
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The meteorite that hit earth 65 million years affected sea life just as much as it did land. . . a look at how various sea species adapted.
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We all know that there is day and night—but what causes it? And what about the seasons? Learn about the movements of Earth around the Sun in this brilliantly animated Miniclip! Students will learn about Earth’s axis of rotation, its orbit around the Sun, its tilt, and the timescales used to measure these movements.