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Links to outside resources in Chpater Five of the Science Framework.

Link 1 (Page 350)

CDE California Science Standards Web site, Information on the Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools [https://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/pl/ngssintrod.asp] External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 2 (Page 364)

Donate Life California, The 5 Steps of Organ Donation & How Tissue Differs [http://www.donatelifecalifornia.org/education/how-donation-works]External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 3 (Page 380)

California Department of Water Resources, California Data Exchange Center [https://cdec.water.ca.gov/snow_rain.html] External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 4 (Page 385)

California Energy Commission, California Building Climate Zone Areas Map [https://www.energy.ca.gov/media/3560] External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 5 (Page 385)

GeologyCafe.com, Average Annual Precipitation in California with Shaded Relief Map [Link Not Available]

Link 6 (Page 389)

Our Water: Sources and Uses [https://californiaeei.org/media/1332/our-water-3.pdf] External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 7 (Page 392)

PhET Interactive Simulations, States of Matter: Basics [https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/states-of-matter-basics]External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 8 (Page 392)

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Geostationary Satellite Server, Western U.S. Water Vapor [https://www.goes.noaa.gov/conus.php?sat=G18]External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 9 (Page 393)

EEI Curriculum Unit Precipitation, People, and the Natural World [http://californiaeei.org/framework/sci/Precip]External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 10 (Page 408)

University of Utah, Genetic Science Learning Center, Sexual vs. Asexual Reproduction interactive lesson [http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/basics/reproduction/]External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 11 (Page 413)

California Energy Commission, Cal-Adapt, Climate Tools [http://cal-adapt.org/tools/] External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 12 (Page 421)

EEI Curriculum Unit Energy: It’s Not All the Same to You! [http://californiaeei.org/framework/sci/Energy] External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 13 (Page 421)

EEI Curriculum Unit Responding to Environmental Change [http://californiaeei.org/curriculum/unit?unitid=48] External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 14 (Page 427)

WestEd, Making Sense of Science, Free Teacher Resources [Link Not Available]

Link 15 (Page 470)

USGS Landslide Hazards Program, Early Warning System for NOAA/USGS Demonstration Flash-Flood and Debris-Flow [https://landslides.usgs.gov/hazards/warningsys.php] External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 16 (Page 482)

PhET Interactive Simulations, Forces and Motion: Basics [https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/forces-and-motion-basics] External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 17 (Page 483)

Tracker Video Analysis and Modeling Tool [https://physlets.org/tracker/] External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 18 (Page 492)

NASA SpacePlace, online interactive simulation of Newton's cannon [https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/how-orbits-work/en/] External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 19 (Page 494)

PhET Interactive Simulations, Gravity Force Lab [https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/gravity-force-lab/latest/gravity-force-lab_en.html] External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 20 (Page 494)

Test Tube Games, Gravity Simulator [Link Not Available]

Link 21 (Page 495)

GRACE Watches Earth's Water [https://www.amnh.org/explore/videos/earth-and-climate/grace-tracking-water-from-space] External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 22 (Page 505)

USGS School Yard Geology, GeoSleuth Schoolyard Lesson [Link Not Available]

Link 23 (Page 511)

Weed to Wonder, Domestication [http://new.weedtowonder.org/domestication.html] External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 24 (Page 511)

Howard Hughes Medical Institute, BioInteractive Video, Popped Secret: The Mysterious Origin of Corn [http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/popped-secret-mysterious-origin-corn] External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 25 (Page 514)

Part Two: Evolution of the Mutants" from HIV: Evolving Menace, from the NSTA Publication Virus and the Whale: Exploring Evolution in Creatures Small and Large [Link Not Available]

Link 26 (Page 521)

NASA Earth Observatory, Global Maps, animation of Net Primary Productivity [Link Not Available]

Link 27 (Page 530)

Eighth graders visit the Shark Lab at CSU Long Beach and learn about shark tagging as it relates to sound waves and radio waves [https://youtu.be/CajgBDBOkLk] External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 28 (Page 531)

PhET Interactive Simulations, Bending Light [https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/bending-light] External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 29 (Page 535)

Article titled CSULB Shark Lab study: young great whites surviving fishing nets [http://www.presstelegram.com/general-news/20130821/csulb-shark-lab-study-young-great-whites-surviving-fishing-nets] External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 30 (Page 535)

13 young great white sharks spotted off Huntington Beach [http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-great-white-sharks-huntington-beach-20150520-story.html] External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 31 (Page 535)

Video of great white sharks in the wild: REMUS SharkCam: The hunter and the hunted [https://vimeo.com/101165012] External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 32 (Page 535)

PhET Interactive Simulations, Sound and Waves simulations [https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/category/physics/sound-and-waves] External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 33 (Page 541)

Space Science Institute, Kinesthetic Astronomy, Sky Time lesson [http://www.spacescience.org/education/extra/kinesthetic_astronomy/] External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 34 (Page 541)

Climate.gov interactive seasons and ecliptic simulator [Link Not Available]

Link 35 (Page 541)

Annenberg Learner video documentary on education research titled A Private Universe [https://www.learner.org/series/a-private-universe/] External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 36 (Page 541)

Astronomy Education Review journal article titled Learning about Seasons: A Guide for Teachers and Curriculum Developers [http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/AER2010035] External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 37 (Page 548)

Population Reference Bureau 2013 World Population Data Sheet [https://assets.prb.org/pdf13/2013-population-data-sheet_eng.pdf] External link opens in new window or tab.(PDF)

Link 38 (Page 549)

Heat map of Total Carbon Dioxide Emissions from the Consumption of Energy 2014 [https://www.eia.gov/environment/emissions/state/] External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 39 (Page 552)

EEI lesson Extinctions in the Present [https://californiaeei.org/media/1327/extinction.pdf] External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 40 (Page 552)

Howard Hughes Medical Institute, BioInteractive, Gorongosa National Park interactive resources [https://www.biointeractive.org/classroom-resources/gorongosa-national-park-interactive-map] External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 41 (Page 553)

PBS LearningMedia interactive titled Impacts of Climate Change in the Pacific Region [https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/pcep15-sci-ess-impacts/impacts-climate-change-pacific-region/] External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 42 (Page 554)

EEI Curriculum Unit The Greenhouse Effect on Natural Systems [http://californiaeei.org/framework/sci/Greenhouse/] External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 43 (Page 556)

Climate.gov article titled 100° Days, Past and Future [Link Not Available]

Link 44 (Page 556)

Article on American Geophysical Union blog titled New paper on landslide-dams and genetic change in fish [http://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2011/11/15/new-paper-on-landslide-dams-and-genetic-change-in-fish/] External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 45 (Page 556)

A global map of wind, weather, and ocean conditions [https://earth.nullschool.net/] External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 46 (Page 556)

California Department of Water Resources, California Data Exchange Center [https://cdec.water.ca.gov/] External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 47 (Page 556)

California Energy Commission, California Building Climate Zone Areas Map [https://www.energy.ca.gov/media/3560] External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 48 (Page 556)

Chapter 20: Geographic Variability in Growth of Forest Trees from the publication Tree Growth [Link Not Available]

Link 49 (Page 556)

Seattle Times article titled State, tribal officials keep watch on mudslide’s effect on fish [https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/state-tribal-officials-keep-watch-on-mudslidersquos-effect-on-fish/] External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 50 (Page 557)

Exploratorium, Science Snacks projects, Gas Model [https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/gas-model] External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 51 (Page 557)

Ripple tank simulation [http://www.falstad.com/ripple/] External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 52 (Page 557)

Journal article in BMC Evolutionary Biology titled Life habits, hox genes, and affinities of a 311 million-year-old holometabolan larva [http://bmcevolbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12862-015-0428-8] External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 53 (Page 557)

Howard Hughes Medical Institute, BioInteractive video, "The Origin of Species: The Beak of the Finch [http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/origin-species-beak-finch] External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 54 (Page 557)

InquireBotany.org lesson titled Can you see the difference between wind pollinated and insect pollinated flowers? [Link Not Available]

Link 55 (Page 557)

University of California Museum of Paleontology, Clipbirds bird beak activity [Link Not Available]

Link 56 (Page 557)

Wikimedia Commons image, Anatomy and physiology of animals Various vertebrate limbs [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anatomy_and_physiology_of_animals_Various_vertebrate_limbs.jpg] External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 57 (Page 558)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America journal article titled Landslide-dammed paleolake perturbs marine sedimentation and drives genetic change in anadromous fish [http://www.pnas.org/content/108/47/18905] External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 58 (Page 558)

Chapter 9: The Cretaceous-Tertiary (KT) Boundary from the publication Contextos geológicos españoles [http://wzar.unizar.es/perso/emolina/pdf/MelendezMolina2008chapter9IGME.pdf] External link opens in new window or tab. (PDF)

Link 59 (Page 558)

U.S. Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin 630 titled Yield of Even-Aged Stands of Ponderosa Pine [https://naldc.nal.usda.gov/catalog/CAT86200625] External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 60 (Page 558)

NASA, Chapter 4: Angle of Light Rays and Surface Distribution: A Structured-Inquiry Activity from the publication Meteorology Activities for Grades 5-9 [Link Not Available]

Link 61 (Page 558)

Earth Observatory, All Dry on the Western Front images and description [http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=82910] External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 62 (Page 558)

NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, GISS Surface Temperature Analysis (GISTEMP) homepage [http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/] External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 63 (Page 558)

Los Angeles Times article titled Dinosaurs were in Decline Long before the Chicxulub Asteroid Finished Them off [http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-dinosaur-decline-before-asteroid-20160418-story.html] External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 64 (Page 558)

Next Generation Science Standards, Appendix F: Science and Engineering Practices in the NGSS [https://www.nextgenscience.org/sites/default/files/resource/files/Appendix%20F%20%20Science%20and%20Engineering%20Practices%20in%20the%20NGSS%20-%20FINAL%20060513.pdf] External link opens in new window or tab.(PDF)

Link 65 (Page 558)

Wikimedia Commons image, Eight Hox genes of D. melanogaster (fruitfly) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hoxgenesoffruitfly.svg] External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 66 (Page 558)

Historic Pittsburgh, A view of a graph showing fifteen years of typhoid fever deaths in Pittsburgh and South Side [http://historicpittsburgh.org/islandora/object/pitt%3A715.174433.CP] External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 67 (Page 558)

Wikimedia Commons image, Diagram showing physical manifestation of a sound wave through air from a speaker to a human ear [https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CPT-sound-physical-manifestation.svg] External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 68 (Page 558)

Population Reference Bureau 2013 World Population Data Sheet [https://www.prb.org/resources/2013-world-population-data-sheet/] External link opens in new window or tab. (PDF)

Link 69 (Page 558)

Population Reference Bureau 2016 World Population Data Sheet [https://www.prb.org/resources/2016-world-population-data-sheet/] External link opens in new window or tab. (PDF)

Link 70 (Page 559)

Southwest Climate Change Network, illustration of the Hadley Effect [Link Not Available]

Link 71 (Page 559)

Wikimedia Commons image, Global relationship between latitude vs. mean annual temperature and mean annual precipitation [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Relationship_between_latitude_vs._temperature_and_precipitation.png] External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 72 (Page 559)

U.S. Geological Survey, Inventory of Landslides Triggered by the 1994 Northridge, California Earthquake [Link Not Available]

Link 73 (Page 559)

U.S. Geological Survey, Snider-Pellegrini Wegener Fossil Map [https://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/continents.html] External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 74 (Page 559)

Heat map of Total Carbon Dioxide Emissions from the Consumption of Energy 2014 [http://www.eia.gov/cfapps/ipdbproject/IEDIndex3.cfm?tid=90&pid=44&aid=8] External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 75 (Page 559)

Real time wind map based on surface wind data from the National Digital Forecast Database [http://hint.fm/wind/] External link opens in new window or tab.

Link 76 (Page 559)

New York Times article titled From Fins into Hands: Scientists Discover a Deep Evolutionary Link [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/18/science/from-fins-into-hands-scientists-discover-a-deep-evolutionary-link.html?_r=1] External link opens in new window or tab.

 

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