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What Caused the ‘Shamrock Shake’?

SCIENCE This week, a small crack unzipped under the Santa Monica Mountains north of Los Angeles, waking millions of people with a magnitude 4.4 earthquake. (LiveScience) Feel the Earth move under your feet? Watch “Earthquakes 101” to understand why. Discussion Ideas Read through the short, great LiveScience article, then take a quick look at the overview of earthquakes in our “Forces of Nature” interactive. (Earthquakes are … Continue reading What Caused the ‘Shamrock Shake’?

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How Old is the Grand Canyon?

SCIENCE To the untrained eye, the Grand Canyon might just look like one big hole in the ground. But to some scientists, the American Southwest’s iconic gorge is increasingly looking like several ancient canyons of different ages, stitched together by erosion. (National Geographic News) Use our resources to color-code the Grand Canyon’s ages. Discussion Ideas Look at our cool coloring page of the Grand Canyon. … Continue reading How Old is the Grand Canyon?

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Red Sea-Dead Sea Pipeline Planned

WORLD Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority have signed an agreement on an ambitious and contested project to replenish the rapidly shrinking Dead Sea by transferring in water from the Red Sea along a 177-kilometer (110-mile) pipeline. (Guardian) Use our resources to better understand the Two-Seas Canal. Discussion Ideas The Two Seas Canal—the “Red-Dead Conduit” described in the video above—would replenish the rapidly shrinking Dead … Continue reading Red Sea-Dead Sea Pipeline Planned

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Not Just a Pretty Facet

SCIENCE Not Just a Pretty Facet A jewelry store is an archive of the Earth. Every gem fixed to every ring or necklace was forged deep inside our planet, according to its own recipe of elements, temperature and pressure. Discussion Ideas The article is about the importance of all jewels to the study of geology. However, Carl Zimmer, the New York Times science writer, focuses … Continue reading Not Just a Pretty Facet

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Scientists Discover Possible ‘Lost Continent’

SCIENCE Scientists Discover Possible ‘Lost Continent’ Researchers may have discovered granite remnants of a “lost continent” off the coast of Brazil this week. How do continents get lost in the first place? (They lie low after bad break-ups.) Discussion Ideas: Granite boulders discovered far off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, may be remnants of a giant continent that was “lost” as movements in … Continue reading Scientists Discover Possible ‘Lost Continent’

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