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Earth Walk

Earth Walk

In this hands-on and feet-on excursion, learners take a science walk to visualize the planet's immense size and numerous structures, without the usual scale and ratio dimensions found in most textbooks. Learners also compare their body's height to a scaled-down Earth.

Keywords:
Circles, Rock, Lithosphere, NSDL, Plate Tectonics, Scale, Representation, Pressure, Fractions, Molten Rock, Physics, Conducting Investigations, Number and Operations, Earth Structure, General, Earth System Science, Data Representation, Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics, Data Analysis, Radius, Crust, Geoscience, Measurement, Mathematics, Earth Processes, Data Collection, Convection, Gathering Data, Size and Scale, General Science, Earth, Rocks and Minerals, Data Analysis and Probability, Asthenosphere, Education, Mantle, Layers, Core
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Material Type:
Simulation
Date Added to MERLOT:
July 27, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:
April 28, 2020
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Submitter:
Barbra Bied Sperling
Hispanic Serving Institution
Primary Audience:
Middle School, High School
Technical Format:
Website
Mobile Compatibility:
Not specified at this time
Language:
English
Cost Involved:
No
Source Code Available:
No
Creative Commons:
Unknown

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