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Surfing the Spider Web! | Environmental Ed Water We Doing? | Environmental Ed

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Water We Doing? | Environmental Ed
Did you know that water goes around and around between the clouds to the earth to the ground and then back to the clouds again? That’s why it’s called the water cycle. The good news: it has been...
Surfing the Spider Web! | Environmental Ed Pollution 101! | Environmental Ed

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Pollution 101! | Environmental Ed
Pollution: is any human-made change in nature that creates a harmful effect on living things. Now that’s a BIG earth problem that’s a BIG people problem. Pollution: is any human-made change in nature...
Surfing the Spider Web! | Environmental Ed Spare My Air! | Environmental Ed

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Spare My Air! | Environmental Ed
One of the most important resources that all living things have is…no not video games or cell phones… You can’t see it most of the time, but you know it’s there. It’s AIR. What is air? Well air makes...
Surfing the Spider Web! | Environmental Ed My Truck Smells Like French Fries | Environmental Ed

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My Truck Smells Like French Fries | Environmental Ed
“Environmental Ed” informs us that biodiesel is among the most diverse fuels imaginable and that it is nontoxic and biodegradable. It can be produced from any fat or oil such as soybean and vegetable...
Surfing the Spider Web! | Environmental Ed Rock Stars | Environmental Ed

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Rock Stars | Environmental Ed
Environmental Ed introduces the idea that rocks and minerals are the backbone of our planet and addresses how they are made and how we can use them to make a better Earth.
Catawba River | RiverVenture

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Catawba River | RiverVenture
From the Appalachian Mountains, the Catawba River south through the Carolina Piedmont, where it becomes the Wateree River and eventually flows out to the Atlantic Ocean as the Santee River. From the...
Plate Movements - Lateral | NASA Online

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Plate Movements - Lateral | NASA Online
At a lateral plate boundary, plates slide past each other. The San Andreas fault in California is an example of a transform plate boundary, where the Pacific Plate slides past the North American Plate...
Plate Movements - Convergent | NASA Online

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Plate Movements - Convergent | NASA Online
At a convergent plate boundary, lithospheric plates move toward each other. The west margin of the South American continent, where the oceanic Nazca Plate is pushed toward and beneath the continental...
Plate Movements - Divergent | NASA Online

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Plate Movements - Divergent | NASA Online
At a divergent plate boundary lithospheric plates move away from each other. As the two sides move away from each other, magma wells up from the Earth's interior. It then solidifies into rock as it is...