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Weather
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http://www.theweatherchannelkids.com
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http://teachingdecisionmaking.tamu.edu
DECIDE- weather & climate
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http://www.ucar.edu/learn/index.htm
LEARN-background info for tchs on weather/atmosphere
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http://www.srh/weather.gov/jetstream/atmos/atmos_intro.htm
NOAA-NWS useful info for tchrs, stds: webquest/research
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http://www.ametosoc.org/amsedu/index.html
AMS- useful material list
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http://www.weather/gov/om/edures.html#careers
NOAA- list of useful sites
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http://weather.com/wxclass/education/
Weather Channel- info/activities for stds
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http://www.free.ed.gov/subjects.cfm?subject_id=228&toplvl=47
weather/ earth systems: videos, images
Space Science
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http://sunearthday.nasa.gov.swac/
NASA- Space weather
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http://www.windows2universe.org/
games, facts, other infor for kids
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http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/index.html
list of info topics for kids- Galileo, hurricanes, etc.
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http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/PQTimeline/
timeline of major developments in astronomy from distat past to present: very cool
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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/profile/cfm?Sort=Charon&StartYear=1980&EndYear=1989
Links to various missions, overview, photos, what we learned, etc. Can link to decades before/after
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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Objects=Dwarf&Display=OverviewLong
Info about pluto/dwarf planets, good background info for "Pluto Debate"
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http://stardate.org/resources/ssguide/pluto.html
produced by Univ. of Texas- Good background for teachers, additional resources
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http://science.nsta.org/enewsletter/2007-06/nasa3.htm
links to NASA resources
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Cosmic Quest
Students can research planets, design a space station, find out history of space probes/missions
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webquest
Energy
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http://ase.org/content/article/detail/619
Alliance to Save Energy: links to lessons/resources
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http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=kiddie_resources
EIA- Resoucres for kids, games, info
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http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/teachers_resources/books.html
resources for teachers/lessons, printable units/activities
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http://www.conservation.ca.gov/dog/kids_teachers/Page/Kids%20and%20Educators.aspx
Oil, Gas, Geothermal energy info & images
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http://www.dmme.virginia.gov/divisionenergy.html
VA Dept of Mine, Mineral, & Energy background info for teachers
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http://www.virginiaplaces.org/energy/index.html
info, charts, graphs about energy use in VA- for teachers
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http://www.teachcoal.org/teacherstore/freePDFs.html
Amer Coal Foundation- lessons
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http://www.nrel.gov/learning/
energy resources
Energy Usage- US
Chemistry
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Periodic Table
periodic table and general
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Chemistry for Kids
matter/atoms/periodic table/reactions
Conservation
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http://www.epa.gov/kids/
click on students for games, videos, quizzes, infor about enviro, health, conserv, etc.
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http://www.clarkswcd.org/Kids/KidsHome.htm
conserv info
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http://www.nwf.org/Kids/aspx
National Wildlife Foundation: Conserv for the ecosystem
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http://www.conservation.ca.gov/dog/kids_teachers/Pages/Kids%20and%20Edcators.aspx
oil, gas, geothermal info & images
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http://www.mt.nrcs.usda.gov/about/education.html
USDA connecting ag & conserv
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http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?navid=YOUTH_RESOURCES&parentsnav=EDUCATION_OUTREACH&navtype=RT
USDA- links to various resources, posters, activities
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http://www.spaceag.org
USDA/NASA connecting Space and Ag- lessons, powerpoints
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http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Education/ConservationCentral/
conservation central: units, links
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http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/education/pdfs/resource.pdf
EPA- conservation
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http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/education/teach_curric.htm
lessons for middle school
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http://www.astc.org/exhibitions/rotten/rthome.htm
Trash- there is no away
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http://www.eeweek.org/carbon_calculator
carbon footprint calculator
Watersheds
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http://www.chesapeakebay.net/bayresourcelibrary.aspx?menutim=13998
Chesapeake Bay Wateshed Program
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http://www2.vims.edu/bridge/search/bridge1output_menu.cfm?q=chesapeake
Seagrant- Marine Education Resources
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http://web.vims.edu/adv.ed/cbsec.html
Resources for teaching Chesapeake Bay conserv
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http://www.cbf.org/Page.aspx?pid=1000
Chesapeake Bay Foundation: conservation
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http://www.bayeducation.net/teachers.html
tchr resources for CBay
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http://mddnr.chesapeakebay.net/eyesonthebay/lesson_plans.cfm
MD DNR- Lesson plans, CB health
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http://www.ngsednet.org/community/index.cfm?community_id=151
CB Community Classroom: for teachers
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http://www.education.noaa.gov/
general ed site for NOAA - links to lesson plans/resources
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http://cbos.org/education-outreach
CBay Observing system: resources/background info
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http://www.charttiff.com/WetlandMaps/main.htm
Interactive Wetland Maps
Videos
Weather
Games
Careers in Science
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http://www.mii.org/pdfs/2008SMECareersBooklet.pdf
Mineral Industry
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http://profiles, jsc.nasa.gov/index1.cfm
space science, math, engineering, profiles with NASA scientists
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http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/scientists/index.html
watch interviews with real scientists
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http://www.kids.gov/6_8/6_8_careers.html
careers from all fields
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http://www.tryscience.org/parents/se_6.html
showing what scientis do, what kinds of jobs they have, how they do their jobs
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http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/scientists/scientsitsframe2.htm
very cool selection of diff. jobs scientis have. Look at the bottom of the page to highlight/choose one
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http://www.marine.usf.edu/pjocean/links/index.html
career links
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http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/education/pdfs/career02.pdf
careers in waste management
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http://www.careeronestop.org/studentsandcareeradvisors/studentsandcareeradvisors.aspx
help to find careers
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http://science.education.nih.gov/LifeWorks
Careers in Biology/medicine
general science links
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http://education.usgs.gov/common/primary.htm
USGS- links to various earth science resources, lessons, posters, etc
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http://www.scattercreek.com/~zimba/freeforteachers.htm#math
links for free stuff for teachers
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http://science.nsta.org/enewsletter/2006-06/news_stories_high.htm
free science stuff for teachers
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http://www.dlese.org/library/index.jsp
DLSE: links, resources, very helpful
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http://amasci.com/edu/free_sci.html
list of free resources
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http://www.free.ed.gov/subjects.cfm?subject_id=155&toplvl=47
links to videos/images climate change
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http://www.nef1.org/ngfm.htm
National Energy Foundation
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http://science.nsta.org/enewsletter/2007-06/books_high.htm
Free govt things
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http://science.education.nih.gov/customers.nsf/WebPages/CSHome
NIH curriculum materials