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"Dig
Into" these websites!
http://www.agiweb.org/
AMERICAN GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE - Earth science education support
is provided on this site with an Education Department area.
http://un2sg4.unige.ch/athena/mineral/mineral.html
ATHENA MINERALOGY – Research information on minerals and pictures
of uncommon minerals.
www.classroom.com
CLASSROOM CONNECT – Offers online curriculum for K-12 students
and teachers. This site features adventure learning expeditions, online
professional development to help educators learn how to use the Internet
in their classrooms, and resources for finding the best educational materials
on the web.
www.cln.org/themes/rocks_minerals.html
COMMUNITY LEARNING NETWORK – Rocks, Minerals, and Mining Theme
Page includes images, information for research, and lesson plans.
http://www.ConstructMyFuture.com/
CONSTRUCT MY FUTURE - Students, parents and teachers are invited
to explore and research careers in the construction industry.
www.calmineraled.org
THE CALIFORNIA MINERAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION (CMEF) - A charitable,
nonprofit education corporation, was founded in 1991 to develop and administer
mineral education programs for K-12 teachers. CMEF is operated exclusively
for educational purposes.
www.mines.edu/Outreach/Cont_Ed/total.htm
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THE COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES offers a four-week, summer teacher
workshop called Total Concept of the Mining Industry, Minerals in Today's
World. K-12 teachers are presented a comprehensive overview of the
minerals industry. Find more information about this educational opportunity
by checking this website.
www.earthsciweek.org/
EARTH SCIENCE WEEK - Keep up to date on the latest happenings with
yearly Earth Science Week activities by reading or subscribing to the
monthly newsletter. You can be an Earth Monitor, too ... Get involved
in Earth Science Week! This site is sponsored by the American Geological
Institute, serving Geosciences since 1948.
www.earthscienceworld.org/
EARTH SCIENCE WORLD - A service of the American Geological Institute,
this site strives to increase public awareness of the vital role the geosciences
play in the wise us of natural resources. Natural Resources teaching curriculum
information is also available.
http://www.ed.gov/free/
FEDERAL RESOURCES FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE
- More than 30 Federal agencies formed a working group in 1997 to make
hundreds of Federally supported teaching and learning resources easier
to find. The result of that work is this FREE web site, sponsored by the
U.S. Department of Education.
www.thegateway.org
THE GATEWAY TO EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS – Allows teachers to
type in a topic, grade level, and other information on a search screen
that then retrieves lessons, instructional units and other free educational
materials related to the chosen topic.
http://www.bsu.edu/teachers/academy/gems/welcome.html
A GEM OF A STORY ONLINE - A Gem of a Story is a live, interactive,
televised electronic field trip for grades 7-12 to the recently constructed
Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems, and Minerals at the Smithsonian
National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC
www.theimage.com/gemstone/gemstone.html
THE IMAGE GALLERY – Great pictures of gems.
www.minerals.net
THE MINERAL AND GEMSTONE KINGDOM – A complete guide to rocks,
minerals and gemstones.
http://www.bsu.edu/teachers/academy/gems/national.html
NATIONAL GEM COLLECTION GALLERY – This is a fascinating "Virtual
Tour" of The Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems, and Minerals
in the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
www.rahul.net/infodyn/rockhounds/rockhounds.html
ROCKHOUNDS INFORMATION PAGE – Excellent collection of information
sources. Dozens of links to commercial and noncommercial web pages, software,
tips for collectors, trade shows, Rockhounds mailing list and more.
www.srpnet.com/community/kids/tour/
SALT RIVER PROJECT - Take a look at a fascinating multimedia "virtual
tour" of a coal-fired power plant that incorporates 360 degree Virtual
Reality, computer animation and games to teach the viewer what it takes
to make electricity. The site was developed by the Phoenix, Arizona electric
and water utility.
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/
SCIENCE NEWS FOR KIDS is devoted to science news for children of
ages 9 to 13. The goal of the site is to offer timely items of interest
to kids, accompanied by suggestions for hands-on activities, books, articles,
Internet resources, and other useful materials. Visitors may comment on
the subject matter, ask questions of scientists featured in articles,
try out mathematical puzzles, and submit their own work for possible web
publication. The site also offers teachers creative ways of using science
news in their classrooms.
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/minsci/rock_ore.htm
SMITHSONIAN GEM AND MINERAL COLLECTION - Reference information
for many important rock and mineral collections.
http://www.super-science-fair-projects.com/
SUPER SCIENCE FAIR PROJECTS offers information about science fair
projects for middle and high school students. Students are guided through
showing how to keep a science log, choose a category or topic, research
a project, complete all six steps of the scientific method, write a project
report and abstract, make a display board, and give an oral presentation
of the project. They also learn how judges evaluate a project.
National Organizations;
State & Federal Agencies
NATIONAL ENERGY
FOUNDATION
3676 California Ave. Suite A117
Salt Lake City, UT 84104
(801) 908-5800
(801) 908-5400 – FAX
info@nef1.org
http://www.nef1.org
AIMS
Education Foundation
PO Box 8120
Fresno, CA 93747
(559) 255-4094
http://www.aimsedu.org
American
Association for the Advancement of Science
1200 New York Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 326-6400
http://www.aaas.org
American
Coal Foundation
101 Constitution Avenue NW
Suite 525-E
Washington, DC 20001-2133
(202) 463-9785
(202) 463-9786 – FAX
acf-coal@mindspring.com
http://www.acf-coal.org
American
Geographical Union
2000 Florida Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20009
(202) 462-6900
(202) 328-0566
http://www.agu.org
American
Geological Institute
4220 King Street
Alexandria, VA 22303
(703) 379-2480
(703) 379-7563 – FAX
agie@agiweb.org
http://www.agiweb.org
Copper
Development Association
260 Madison Ave.
New York, New York 10016
(212) 251-7200
http://www.copper.org/g_missio.htm
Earth
Science Information Center
Geological Survey of America
http://mapping.usgs.gov/esi
Idaho
Mining Association
www.idahomining.org
Iron
and Steel Society
186 Thornhill Rd.
Warrendale, PA 15086
(724) 776-1535
mailbag@issource.org
http://www.issource.org
Lead
Industries Association, Inc.
13 Mail Street
Sparta, NJ 077871
(973) 726-5323
miller@leadinfo.com
http://www.leadinfo.com
Mineral
Information Institute
501 Violet Street
Golden, CO 80401
(303) 277-9190
(303) 277-9198 – FAX
mii@mii.org
http://www.mii.org
National
Aggregates Association
900 Spring Street
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(301) 587-1400
http://www.aggregates.org
National
Association of Geoscience Teachers
Department of Geology
Western Washington University
Belling, WA 98225-9080
xman@cc.www.edu
http://www.nagt.org
National
Earth Science Teachers Association
American Geographical Union
2000 Florida Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20009
(202) 777-7508
fireton@agu.org
National
Mining Association
1130 17th St. NW
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 463-2625
www.nma.org
National
Science Teachers Association
1840 Wilson Blvd.
Arlington, VA 22201-3000
(703) 243-7100
www.nsta.org
Northwest
Mining Association
10 N. Post Street, Suite 414
Spokane, WA 99201
(509) 624-1158
(509) 623-1241
nwma@nwma.org
http://www.nwma.org
Salt
Institute
700 N. Fairfax Street
Fairfax Plaza, Suite 600
Alexandria, VA 22314-2040
(703) 549-4648
(703) 548-2194 – FAX
info@saltinstitute.org
http://www.saltinstitute.org
Smithsonian
Institution
Geology and Mineral Sciences
http://160.111.100.190/resource/FAQ/nmnh/start.htm#mineral
The
Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration Inc.
8307 Shaffer Parkway
Littleton, CO 80127
(303) 973-9550
www.smenet.org
US
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Office of Public Affairs
1849 C Street, NW, Suite 5600
Washington, DC 20240
(202) 208-5717
www.blm.gov/nhp/index.htm
US
Environmental Protection Agency
www.epa.gov
US
Forest Service
PO Box 96090
Washington, DC 20090
http://svinet2.fs.fed.us
US
Geological Survey
Mineral Resources Program
913 National Center
Reston, VA 20192
http://minerals.usgs.gov
Utah
Mining Association
www.utahmining.org/index.htm |
