Energy

• Turning to Hydropower
  Info about hydroelectric power and a simulated tour through a hydroelectric plant.
• US Department of Energy - Fossil Energy
• US Department of Energy - Fusion Energy Education
  
  Back to top

General Environmental Science

• Escape Affluenza
  Escape from Affluenza is a one-hour PBS special providing practical solutions to the problem of “affluenza” — an epidemic of stress, waste, overconsumption and environmental decay. Escape from Affluenza shows how some Americans are calling a halt to keeping up with the Joneses and abandoning the consumer chase. Site has teacher resources as well as other info.
• Center for Environmental Education
  Curricula that are reviewed and rated, lesson plans, links and more
• Nova On-line Archive - Earth
  NOVA on-line
  
  Back to top

Lab Protocols

• LaMotte Water Testing kit
  On-line instructions (with pictures) for using LaMotte pH, silica, DO, Carbon Dioxide, Hardness, and Nitrate N Phosphate kits.
• Partnership for Arid Lands Stream Monitoring Project
  Stream monitoring project for grades 7-12. Includes lesson plans and data sheets.
• Pathfinder Science
  This site provides research projects where students from around the world use common protocols to collect data which is then pooled and sent back to the students.
• Back to top

Classroom Resources

• EPA video resources
  This link contains free curricular resources from the EPA and other government sponsored groups.
• Population Connection
• Bureau of Land Management
  Free curricular resources, on-line field trips, etc.,
• BugScope Project
  The Bugscope project is an educational outreach program for K-12 classrooms. The project provides a resource to classrooms so that they may remotely operate a scanning electron microscope to image "bugs" at high magnification. The microscope is remotely controlled in real time from a classroom computer over the Internet using a web browser.
  
  Back to top

Simulations

• Predator Prey and Chimp Behavior Simulations
  Play a fox in different habitats, select fur thickness and see how long you last. Can you learn the social reactions needed to survive in a troop of chimps?
• Simulation of Global Warming
• Warnings from the Ice
  NOVA on-line site with simulation of ice-core data. There is a teacher activity packet to accompany this.
• National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Professional Organizations

• National Earth Science Teachers Association
  NESTA is a nonprofit educational organization, founded in 1983, whose purpose is the advancement, stimulation, extension, improvement, and coordination of Earth Science education at all educational levels.
• National Science Teachers Association
• Science Teacher's Association of Texas
• National Education Association
• American Federation of Teachers
• National Middle School Association
  serves as a voice for professionals, parents,and others interested in the educational and developmental needs of youngadolescents (youth 10-15 years of age). NMSA is the only national educational association exclusively devoted to improving the educational experiencesof young adolescents.
• International Society for Technology in Education

Back to top