Monday, February 7, 2011

New Melt Record for Greenland Ice Sheet



The video shows the same meltwater area in 2009 and 2010. Very dramatic difference!

Click here for more details.

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Cyclone Yasi Hits Australia



Share with your students the power of a Category 5 Hurricane. Also a good time to share the different terminology: Cyclone not Hurricane, and its opposite rotation in the southern hemisphere.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Marcia's Teaching Ideas Newsletter

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Wednesday, January 26, 2011

New Extinction Theory


Check out this new theory for the Permian Extinction of almost all animals! Very interesting! What do YOU think?
http://geology.com/press-release/coal-fires-permian-extinction/

Friday, January 21, 2011

Customizable Mineral ID Chart!


Go here to download an excel file with a four-page mineral ID chart that you can customize to the minerals you choose.

http://geology.com/minerals/mineral-identification.shtml

Great idea!