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Geoscape Canada - A map of Canada's earth materials
Arctic Canada
Atlantic Canada
Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Lowlands
Mountains of Western Canada
Prairies
Canadian Shield
What do the map patterns mean?
Earth Materials
Earth Materials - Ice
Earth Materials - Modern sediment
Earth Materials - Ice Age sediment
Earth Materials - Rock
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Geoscape Calgary
Introduction
Satellite image of Calgary
Landscapes
Stable crust
Glacial history
Rock resources
Sandstone City
Fossil fuel energy
Slope stability
Rivers... friend and foe
Groundwater
Virtual tours
Geoscape Calgary - Virtual tours - Geology
Stop 1 - Elbow river escarpment
Stop 2 - Nose Hill Park erratic
Stop 3 - Nose Creek
Stop 4 - Bearspaw
Stop 5 - Cochrane and Big Spring coulee
Stop 6 - Morely Flats
Stop 7 - Hoodoos at Canmore
Stop 8 - Canmore
Stop 9 - Alpine cirque bowls
Stop 10 - Mesozoic sandstone
Stop 11 - Lac des Arcs
Stop 12 - Pigeon Mountain Rundle Rock quarry
Stop 13 - Heart Mountain
Stop 14 - Mount Yamnuska
Geoscape Calgary - Virtual tours - Rivers
Stop 1 - Downtown
Stop 2 - Bearspaw Dam
Stop 3 - Elbow River and Glenmore Dam
Stop 4 - Ghost Dam
Stop 5 - Kananaskis River below Barrier Dam
Stop 6 - Elbow Falls
Stop 7 - Bow River Valley
Geoscape Calgary - Virtual tours - Movies
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Geoscape Fort Fraser
Modern Sediments
Ice Age Sediments
Bedrock
Landforms left by glaciers
Geological Controls on fish habitat
Groundwater - vital but vulnerable
Mercury in the environment
Physiography
Table 1. Earth material characteristics
Geological Map
Molybdenum in the Environment
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Geoscape Montreal
Water in Montreal
Montreal and its islands
The soils yields its harvest
A group of remarkable hills
Historical links in stone
A geological heritage to discover
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Geoscape Nanaimo - Geoscience for central Vancouver Island communities
Sedimentary coasts
Coastal challenges
Weird weathering
Our rock foundation
Rock types
The rocks of home: Nanaimo group
Fossils: Ancient life
Karst
Vancouver Island: Queen of Caves
Legacy of the ice ages
The big freeze
The great flood
Our glacial landscape
Sand & gravel (aggregate): - A Legacy of the ice age
Tropical Nanaimo!
Hazards
This is earthquake country
Terranes: Geologic immigrants
1946 earthquake
Comparing shakes: 1946 vs. 2001
Tsunami!
Landslide!
When coal was king
Other resources
Our water supply
Water from underground
Water from the mountains
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Geoscape Ottawa-Gatineau
Deep time
Changing Landscape
Different rocks
Wealth from the land
Ottawa River
Groundwater
Flooding
Landslides
Earthquakes
Indoor radon
Land use
Curriculum-linked Classroom Activities
Specific Curriculum Expectations: Grade 7
Specific Curriculum Expectations: Grades 9 and 11
Introduction
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Geoscape Québec
An Extraordinary Geological Heritage
A Vital Corridor
Upper Town / Lower Town
The Whims of Nature
The Earth Quakes Under Québec
The Rocks Are Part of Our History
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Geoscape Northern Saskatchewan - Geoscience for our Canadian Shield Community
If rocks could talk...
Athabasca sedimentary basin: source of clean electric power for the world
The ice age: shaping our landscape
Meteorite impact
Jobs in mining
How we use our land
Waterways of the canadian shield
How Long is Time?
Hidden treasures
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Geoscape Southern Saskatchewan - Geoscience for Prairie communities
Our landscape
Big valleys
Food from the Land
Badlands and dinosaurs
Keep digging?
Water
Groundwater
Heaves and cracks
Earth resources
Landslides
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Geoscape Toronto
Introduction
Introduction (Related Links)
Niagara Escarpment (Part 1)
Niagara Escarpment (Part 2)
Niagara Escarpment (Related Links)
Antarctica Toronto Style
Oak Ridges Moraine
Oak Ridges Moraine (Related Links)
Lakeshores
Lakeshores (Related Links)
Rivers & Valley lands
Rivers & Valley lands (Related Links)
The Plains
The Plains (Related Links)
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Geoscape Vancouver
Living in the shadow of volcanoes
Sea to sky
Debris flows
The Fraser River delta
Growth of Fraser River delta and floodplain
Earthquake!!
Earth resources
Simplified geological map of the Vancouver area
Mountain corridors
Water underground
When the Fraser floods
Mountain watersheds
What's under our feet?
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Geoscape Victoria
A tectonic collage
Living with earthquakes
Waiting for the 'Big One'
When the ground moves
Groundwater - A valuable and vulnerable resource
Different rock types, different landforms
Sediments on the move
The legacy of ice
Under the sea
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Slide show
Geoscape Whitehorse
Yukon River: Lifeline through time
Glaciers and streams: Architects of our valley
Volcanic eruptions!
Yukon time began 250 million years ago
Our belt of copper
Water and waste: Where it all comes from, where it goes
Groundwater: Our vital underground plumbing
Radon gas: Beware of the stuffy basement
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Waterscapes
Waterscape Gulf Islands
Location map
Water storage
Seasonal precipitation
Water conservation
Changing climate
Water for ecosystems
Water underground
Protecting our water
Having enough...
Keeping it clean
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Bow River Basin Waterscape
Part of the South Saskatchewan River family
Bow River basin
The water cycle in the Bow River basin
Groundwater: the hidden reservoir
Climate change: what is the future for our water?
Sharing our waters
Urban water
Irrigation: watering the prairie for food
Keeping the river clean
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Waterscape Bowen Island
Water in our lives: how we use it
Water shortages? But this is a rainforest!
Water in our lives: how we get it
The clean water factory: forests, streams, and wetlands
Water stored underground: vital and vulnerable
Reducing risks: protecting water quality
Living with summer drought: ideas for conserving water
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Okanagan Basin Waterscape
From highlands to valley floor
Our water cycle
Our lakes - looks can be deceiving
Groundwater - conected to surface water!
Our changing climate - less water but rising demands
Protection nature's water needs
Irrigation - watering our land for food
We need healthy streams
Wise water use indoors
Wise water use outdoors
Sharing our waters
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Aerial landscapes
Vancouver region
Lower mainland
Eastern Fraser Valley
West Vancouver
Sea to Sky Corridor
Sea to Sky Corridor 2
Squamish
Squamish-Whistler
Garibaldi volcano
Sunshine Coast
Mount Meager volcano
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