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This is the standard for South Dakota Teachers. Teaching to these standards will help ensure the highest quality of student learning @http://doe.sd.gov/contentstandards/ This is a great website for teachers to use. It contains a large variey of games, topics and resources for teachers to use. @http://www.internet4teachers.com/ This is a great website for Earth Science teachers. It contains a list of various topics in Earth Science including lesson plans for various grade levels. @http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/earthsci.html
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**__Projects from the Internet__** [] This is a website of possible earth science projects that could be done in class or outside of class. [] This is a website of high school science projects. The projects are listed by course titles. [] This website lists how do competively compete in a science fair, how science fair judges think, and supplies for science fairs.

This website uses Geograpic information systems (GIS), it is the most powerful weapon in a earth scientists arsenol. GIS is used to create detailed maps. GIS can inport satelite data and global positional system data to create maps with pinpoint precision.
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[] Google Earth is free interactive tool that allows anyone to zoom in on any part of the earth. Students can use Google Earth to get directions, view topography, find latitude and longitude, or get a street view of select cities. Google Earth can also be used to zoom in on Mars, and the Moon.

[] Google maps is a interactive tool that allows students to zoom in on any part of the world. Students can view topography as well as buildings. Students also have the option of locating major traffic areas.

This is an Earth Science version of Jeopardy. Students can select higher level or lower level questions in various categories.
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[] This is an Earth Science version of hangman. Students are allowed a limited amount of guesses to determine what the word is to a particular clue.

[] This website has a list of different crossword puzzles. The lists include rocks and minerals crosswords, astronomy crosswords, ground water crosswords, seasons crosswords, history and shape of earth crosswords, and weather and climate crosswords.

**__Motivational Ideas__** This pdf gives suggestions on how to motivate multicultural students in a science classroom. The main theme of the article is relating Earth science to the different cultures of your students.
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[] This website discusses intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. This website also gives suggestions to teachers about how to increase student motivation.

[] This website lists general guidlines for teachers to increase student motivaiton.

This website gives teachers a look into different science books from the glencoe company. The three books in the series are biology, Earth and space science, and physical science.
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[] This website allows teachers to view different textbooks that various states are using in their science programs.

[] This website contains an interactive textbook that allows students to navigate by chapter. The students can scroll over diagrams or mapsand further explinations will appear. The online book also has simple videos that can be viewed.

[] This is a link to some activities available via the Geometer’s Sketchpad.
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[] This activity deals with algebra tiles and how they will be useful to help students learn how to factor polynomials.

[] This is a site that has many different activities in many different areas of math for all levels. The students can actually interact with the games and try to figure out or remember the answers.

[] This website may help students understand that their schoolwork is important, but colleges are not just interested in grades. They are interested in seeing that you can apply yourself outside the classroom.
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[] This is a gateway to many tutorials on the SMARTBoard and how to use its many different applications for your classroom.

[] This website gives tuitorials on how to use sentio response systems in the classroom.


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[] This is a variety of sample questions that students might encouter on the ACT.

[] Students can view different types of SAT questions. Students can choose from science, math, history, english, and languages.

[] This website offers many questions on different Earth science topics that students are likely to see in their regents test.

This is a link to worksheets that apply to different science content areas. The worksheets primarly apply to middle school students. [] This is a website that allows Earth Science teachers to choose from multiple different worksheets on various topics. [] This is a list of physics worksheets categorized by lesson. The worksheets are given in microsoft word form
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This website lits several different lesson plans on various Earth science topics. There are different lesson plans for students of all ages. [] This website contains several different lesson plans for Earth science. The lesson plans are targeted more toward a middle school classroom. [] This is a list of different science lesson plans submitted by various teachers across the country. The lesson plans are predominantly physics related, but could be introduced in other science areas.
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This website gives information about the ACT. It includes the fields included in the ACT, what is and isn't included in the ACT, and how the ACT is scored. [] This is a pdf file that breaks down each part of the geologic time scale. It also gives information on magnetic polarity and age of periods. [] This is a chart that makes it easy for students to identify rocks based on their characteristics.
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