Eric Muehling

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Hilo, Hawaii -- What do photographs taken after a devastating tsunami show us about the forces of nature in our environment? Often called the April Fool's Day tsunami, the 1946 tsunami generated in Alaska caused extensive damage and loss of life in Alaska

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Students learn about wind and air pressure, then play a sorting game. Changing temperatures create pressure centers in Earth's troposphere. Wind is caused by air moving from high pressure to low pressure centers. Because Earth is rotating, air does not...

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This educational activity shows how wind speed and direction are measured at varying altitudes, and includes the Beaufort Scale. The lesson explains that data from instruments are used to predict weather and model climate. Pilots use wind data to fly...

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In this educational activity you play the role of the director of a tsunami warning center. You will make the difficult decision of whether or not to order an evacuation. You will have very little time to decide: evacuate or not! In this activity, if...

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This educational activity shows that for billions of years, Earth's water has been moving in the ocean, land and air through the hydrologic cycle. As water moves through the cycle, it changes phases.

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Students use a temperature calculator to see the difference between three scales that are used to record temperature. In the United States, temperature is reported in degrees Fahrenheit. Most of the world uses the Celsius scale. The Kelvin scale is used..