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What is a Dinosaur?
Lessons
Students will use observing and sorting & classifying skills to learn that dinosaurs are extinct animals that share common characteristics.
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Soonwoong Kwon
Tactical Weather Specialist (TWS)
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Keven Bruce
Career Profiles
Tactical Weather Specialist
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Holly Wortman
Meteorological Technician
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Alan Bezanson
Senior Meteorological Instructor
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Measuring and Forecasting Weather
Backgrounders
Learn about different weather instruments that meteorologists use to measure weather.
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Needs of Plants
Backgrounders
Plants have specific needs - light, air, water, nutrients, and space - to survive and reproduce.
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Why are Guppies so Diverse?
STEM Explained
Different members of a species can have different traits. You can see this in a species found at your local pet store - guppies!
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What makes soil hard and compacted?
Hands-on Activities
Explore how walking on soil changes how water soaks into the ground and why that matters to gardeners and farmers.
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Weather: Cumulus Clouds
Picture Collections
5 images of cumulus clouds that are white, puffy clouds with a flat base at mid level and are often associated with fair weather
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Weather: Snow
Picture Collections
10 images of some snowflake crystals and some winter scenes with snow
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Weather: Stratus Clouds
Picture Collections
5 images of stratus clouds that cover a wide horizontal layer in the sky at low level and are often associated with rain or drizzle
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Tools: Garden
Picture Collections
10 images of some tools such as rakes, spades, shears and lawn mowers that were designed for use in gardening
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Tools: Weather Instruments
Picture Collections
15 images of various instruments such as rain gauges, wind vanes and weather satellites used to inform us about the weather
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Trees: In Autumn
Picture Collections
10 images showing some scenes with coniferous and deciduous trees in the fall or autumn season