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We have annotated several hundred teaching resources cataloged in the National Science Digital Library with spatial concept terms listed below. We have also created a new TeachSpatial collection annotated in the same way. The concept terms were drawn from the U.S.National Science Education Standards (NSES 1996) for topic areas B - Physical Science, C - Life Science, D - Earth and Space Science, as well as from the 1994 U.S. Geography Teaching Standards for grades 9-12. Those standards can be browsed here.

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NSDL teaching resources related to "interaction"

This article describes research on systems made up of small granular pieces, such as sand piles or containers of grain. In these "Collective" systems, the interactions of each of the grains with a few neighbors determines the properties of large systems.

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Physics in Action: Granular Materials

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This web page discusses the interaction of the solar wind with the Earth's magnetosphere. The magnetopause is discussed at length, including the processes involved in the interaction and satellite explorations of the region in space. This is part of a large web site on Exploring the Earth's Magnetosphere. A Spanish translation is available.

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Exploring Earthspace

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This book offers a myriad of lessons, experiments, and demonstrations in all topics in the field of electricity and magnetism. From charge interactions to electromagnetic radiation and induction, it covers the material of a second semester calculus-based introductory physics course. This book is the second of two in the Matter & Interactions series.

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Electric and Magnetic Interactions

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Tetraspanins are evolutionarily conserved membrane proteins that tend to associate laterally with one another and to cluster dynamically with numerous partner proteins in membrane microdomains. Consequently, members of this family are involved in the coordination of intracellular and intercellular processes, including signal transduction; cell proliferation, adhesion, and migration; cell fusion; and host-parasite interactions.

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Protein-Protein Interactions in the Tetraspanin Web

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This site explains the hydrologic cycle and interactions of ground water with surface water, streams, lakes, and wetlands. There are sections about chemical interactions of ground water and surface water; evolution of water chemistry in drainage basins; and interaction of ground water and surface water in different landscapes. Mountainous, riverine, coastal, glacial and dune, and karst terrain are examined.

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Natural Processes of Ground-Water and Surface-Water Interaction

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Interactions between Earth's atmosphere and oceans drive weather and climate patterns. Although these interactions and patterns are complex, they are also predictable. This video animation explains precipitation patterns by illustrating how differences in ocean surface temperatures affect atmospheric pressure, creating winds, and how wind patterns can in turn affect ocean surface temperatures. The segment is two minutes seventeen seconds in length. A background essay and discussion questions are included.

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Ocean Temperatures and Climate Patterns

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Students have been examining Earth as a system of interacting parts, initially from the local perspective but more recently from the regional and global perspectives. In order to fully understand the Earth as a system and how its components interact with each other, students need to consider change over time. On relatively short times scales, these changes are related to the fact that the solar energy that drives the Earth system passes through an atmosphere that varies across space and time before reaching a spinning sphere.

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Lab 7: A Year in the Life of the Earth System

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The article, "A spatial autocorrelation model of the effects of population density on fertility," authored by Colin Loftin and Sally K. Ward, disputes the GGM model by introducing spatial autocorrelation as a way to take spatial interaction into consideration in studying the relationship between population density and fertility.

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Colin Loftin and Sally K. Ward: Application of Spatial Autocorrelation in Sociology

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Georg Simmel (1858–1918) was a major contributor to social science thought whose work offers important insights on the social construction of space. Simmel explored several spatial themes including (a) the socially relevant aspects of space, (b) the effect of spatial conditions upon social interaction, and (c) upon forms of social, physical, and psychological distance.

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Georg Simmel: The Sociology of Space

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Through his publications in the sociological literature, Doreian accomplished two primary objectives. First, he introduced his colleagues to advanced estimation methods of spatial interaction (Doreian 1976) currently in practice by statisticians, geographers, and mathematical ecologists. Second, Doreian (1980, 1981) showed empirically the importance of incorporating these methods in sociological research. Together, these two accomplishments brought an increased capability for sociologists to perform analyses with spatial data.

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Patrick Doreian: Modeling Sociological Processes Using Spatially Distributed Data

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