Directory of Pre-college Resources

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• Become a Rock Detective

  http://rockdetective.org/
  A program based on classroom-tested earth science mysteries; large kit of rocks, fossils and minerals; step-by-step instructions; for science- or non-science oriented K-12 teachers.

• Earth Science Educational Standards

  http://www.uky.edu/KGS/education/edustand.html
  Summary of National Academy of Sciences pre-college (K-12) science education standards related to earth sciences, with links to useful web sites related to each topic. Site maintained by Kentucky Geological Survey.

• Earth Science Week

  http://www.earthsciweek.org/
  Earth science education event in October of each year. Web site features educational activities, geology questions and answers, and links to other geologic education resources.

• Educational Activities in the Earth Sciences

  http://www.beloit.edu/sepm/activity-age.html
  From Society for Sedimentary Geology. Indexed by subject matter and age range.

• This Dynamic Earth

  http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/dynamic.html
  Online version of a U.S. Geological Survey brochure on the topic of plate tectonics. The site seems appropriate for high-schoolers and above (and advanced middle schoolers). Covers the historical development of plate tectonics as a theory, how we see it in action today, and how tectonics affects people.

• USGS-The Learning Web

  http://education.usgs.gov/
  Learn how Biology, Geology, Hydrology, and Geography can help us understand our changing world.

• Volcano World

  http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/
  Brings modern and near real-time volcano information to school kids.

• Web Geological Time Machine

  http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/help/timeform.html
  a great, sprawling geological and paleontological journey from the birth of the planet to today.

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