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Glacier National Park may soon need a new name. Its signature ice is melting. That's just one symptom of global climate change.

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This month your class can dive to the Titanic, learn how children in Peru are saving their rain forest, and meet some amazing Ice Age animals.

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TITANIC

Regreso al Titanic (Return to Titanic)
Read a Spanish translation of this month's cover story.

Quick Flick: Submarines
When explorers search the ocean's depths, they often use submarines. This cartoon explains how these deep-diving machines work.

NG Channel: Return to Titanic
Learn more about Robert Ballard's recent visit to the Titanic. Watch video and explore the ship.

National Geographic News: Titanic Damaged
Explorer Robert Ballard wants the Titanic to be protected from suffering further damage. Read more about the ship's present condition.

Titanic Facts
Ever wonder how many heads of lettuce were aboard Titanic? Get this and other answers here.


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PERU

National Geographic: EarthPulse
Learn more about conservation from National Geographic. Visit virtual environments, and read about issues facing our planet today.

Rainforest Action: Kids Corner
Learn about rain forests and how you can help them.


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ICE AGE

Game: Mammal Mix-Up
Think you can tell a mammoth from a mastodon? Then chill out with our Ice Age animal game.

Wordwise Challenge: Ice Age Mammals
Our word search game includes vocabulary from this article.

Mammoth Site: Mammoth Information
Learn about mammoths' height, weight, teeth, and tusks.

Smithsonian Institution: Ice Age Mammals
Meet some of the amazing mammals in the National Museum of Natural History.

Page Musuem: La Brea Tar Pits
Many fossils of Ice Age mammals were found at California's La Brea tar pits. Learn more about this famous place.


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MONARCH BUTTERFLIES

National Geographic News: Internal Clock Leads Monarch Butterflies to Mexico
Find out what scientists are saying about the monarchs' amazing journey.

Journey North: Monarch Butterfly
Track monarchs in your area, and get the latest news on this year's migration.

Monarch Butterfly USA
Learn about monarch migration and life cycles. And get loads of great photos.


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Your source for the U.S. National Geography Standards—and to many ideas, tools, and leson plans that bring them to life.


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