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The NEED Project-energy curriculum:   www.need.org


Power Shift Video


World in the Balance-NOVA series:  www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/worldbalance


This site has a link to
Debbie Michael’s seismograph in her classroom:
http://www.lincoln.k12.nc.us/sites/seis.htm 


Install Seismic Waves.  This
FREE software illustrates how wave propagate from an earthquake hypocenter to
seismic stations throughout the earth:
http://www.geol.binghamton.edu/~jones/#Seismic%20Waves 


Install Seismic Eruption - Great FREE software for showing earthquakes
and seismic waves:
http://www.geol.binghamton.edu/faculty/jones/QDDS.seismic.html 



All major earthquakes are listed for last
seven days:

http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/ 


The USGS site is a great site to search for
any topic:
   www.usgs.gov


Great site for
teacher/student independent learning.  Lots of nice links to resources.  Some good
lesson ideas
:
  http://geology.csupomona.edu/alert/mineral/minerals.htm


A real gem for the kid who
loves to memorize formulas! Online
quizzes on mineral
chemical composition:
  http://sial.org/geology/minq/


Awesome site about a Young
Naturalist Winner. Have students read his
story.  Challenge
them to be curious!  Wonderful!:
http://www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/youngnaturalistawards/2002/michael.html


Very informative site on
crystal systems.  For an advanced reader:  
http://www.rockhounds.com/rockshop/xtal/index.html


One of the best sites out
there! Great lessons and support
materials
:
http://www.mii.org/index.html


This is a New York school’s
Regents test prep site. Great tutorials
with nice support
:
http://regentsprep.org/Regents/earthsci/earthsci.cfm


Great site from the UK. Informative and fun to read: http://www.moorlandschool.co.uk/earth/


Tour of Earth-good overview
of interaction of systems. Available in
Spanish and English
:
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/cool_stuff/tour_surface_earth_1.html


Recycle Guys: Lessons on recycling:  www.p2pays.org


NC Division of Forest Resources:  www.dfr.state.nc.us


NC Environmental Ed. Learning Experience:  http://www.ncsparks.net/eele/eele-listnew.html


Project Learning Tree modules: www.ces.ncsu.edu/plt


A Look and
Aluminum # 52


Every Drop
Counts #38


Municipal
Solid Waste Module 1-3, 7,8





Willo, the Dinosaur with a Heart:  www.dinosaur.org


Stone Mountain & Hanging
Rock Environmental Ed. Learning Experience: 
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/geotime/index.html



Interactive site with
additional support on microfossils:
  http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/fosrec/Culver.html


Fabulous website for
teachers and students.  This is a great site! Stone Mountain &
Hanging Rock Environmental Ed. Learning Experience
:
  http://www.ncsparks.net/eele/eele-listnew.html


Beyer, F. (1991). North Carolina: the years before man: a
geologic history
. : Carolina Academic Press.


North Carolina Geological Survey
publications:


·        
Carpenter, III, P. (Ed.). (1989). A geologic guide to north carolina's state
parks
. Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Geological survey Section.



·        
Carter, M., Merschat, C., &
Wilson, W. (Eds.). (1999). A geologic
adventure along the blue ridge parkway in north carolina
. Raleigh, NC:
North Carolina Geological survey Section.




National Park Service website: http://www2.nature.nps.gov/geology/index.htm





Polluted Runoff and Erosion:   www.ee.enr.state.nc.us/Polluted%20Runoff/pollutedrunoff.htm


NC Division of Water Resources: “Education
Assistance”:
  www.ncwater.org


NC Division of Soil and Water
Conservation:  “Education”:
  www.enr.state.nc.us/DSWC


Project Learning Tree:  Municipal
Solid Waste Module #1, 2, 6 & 7:
  www.ces.ncsu.edu/plt




Project Learning Tree:  Water
Wonders #44
:
  www.ces.ncsu.edu/plt


Discover North Carolina
River Basins Book –   Online:
http://www.ee.enr.state.nc.us/ecoadr/riverbook.pdf
(Hard copy is available from Office of Env. Edu: at 1-800-482-8724)


NC River Basins Interactive
Online Map:
  http://www.ee.enr.state.nc.us/ecoadr/Watersheds-NC-map.html


North Carolina National
Estuarine Research Reserve:  “Teachers
and Students
”:
www.ncnerr.org


Video: “Pilkey, Orrin."The Beaches are
Moving: A Personal View of the Barrier Islands." production of the
University of North Carolina Center for Public Television.
Author: chanthou lupton
Last modified: 10/24/2012 3:02 PM (EST)