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Tides Facts for Students | Water and Ocean Guide

Learn what tides are how the moon and sun cause them why they are important for ...

Ocean Currents Facts for Students | Water and Ocean Guide

Learn what ocean currents are how they move water around the world why they are ...

Glaciers Facts for Students | Water and Ocean Guide

Learn what glaciers are how they form why they are important to Earths water cyc...

Lakes Facts for Students | Water and Ocean Guide

Learn what lakes are how they form why they are important for people wildlife an...

Rivers Facts for Students | Water and Ocean Guide

Discover how rivers form why they are important to people and nature and how the...

Watershed Facts for Students | Water and Ocean Guide

Learn what a watershed is how it collects and moves water why it is important fo...

Aquifers Explained for Students | Water Science Guide

Discover what aquifers are how they store groundwater and why they are vital for...

Extinct Species for Students | Science Guide

Learn what extinct means why animals and plants disappear from Earth explore exa...

Groundwater for Students | Earth Science Guide

Learn about groundwater the fresh water stored beneath Earths surface in soil an...

Hydrosphere for Students | Earth Science Guide

Discover the hydrosphere the water system of Earth including oceans rivers lakes...

Asthenosphere for Students | Earth Science Guide

Learn about the asthenosphere the soft hot layer of Earth beneath the lithospher...

Richter Scale for Students | Measuring Earthquake Magni...

Learn about the Richter Scale the tool scientists use to measure earthquake stre...

Aftershocks Explained for Students | Earthquake Science...

Learn what aftershocks are why they happen after major earthquakes how scientist...

Epicenter in Earthquakes for Students | Earth Science G...

Learn about the epicenter of an earthquake the point on Earths surface above the...

How Remains Become Fossils A Step by Step Guide for Stu...

Discover how bones shells and footprints become fossils from burial to mineral r...

Paleontologist for Students | Scientists Who Study Fossils

Discover what a paleontologist does how they study fossils to uncover Earths his...

Paleontology for Students | Study of Fossils and Ancien...

Learn about paleontology the study of fossils and ancient life discover how scie...

Fossils for Students | Earth Science and Prehistoric Life

Learn about fossils how plants and animals are preserved in rock discover types ...

Metamorphic Rocks for Students | Earth Science Guide

Learn about metamorphic rocks formed when existing rocks change under heat and p...

Sedimentary Rocks for Students | Earth Science Guide

Learn about sedimentary rocks formed from layers of sand mud and fossils discove...

Igneous Rocks for Students | Earth Science Guide

Learn about igneous rocks formed from cooled magma or lava discover intrusive an...

Rocks for Students | Types and Rock Cycle Guide

Learn about rocks the solid materials that make up Earth discover igneous sedime...

Seismograph for Students | Earthquake Measuring Tool

Learn about seismographs the instruments that record earthquake waves and help s...

Convection Currents for Students | Earth Science Guide

Learn about convection currents the movement of heat in fluids and the mantle th...

Mantle of the Earth for Students | Earth Science Guide

Learn about the Earths mantle the thick layer of hot rock beneath the crust that...

Continental Drift Explained for Students Earth’s Moving...

Learn about continental drift, Alfred Wegener’s theory that continents move acro...

Pangaea Explained for Students Supercontinent of Earth’...

Learn about Pangaea, the supercontinent that once joined all land on Earth. Disc...

Plate Tectonics Explained for Students | Earth’s Moving...

Learn how Earth’s tectonic plates move, create mountains, earthquakes, and volca...