Useful Sites for K-12 Teachers
Lesson Plans, Experiments, Resources & clip art

  

 

http://sciencespot.net/index.html

Looking for crossword puzzles?  Clip art?  More lessons with student worksheets?  Well you can find it & more at this site.  Check it out!

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http://www.fi.edu/fellows/payton/rocks/

Some fun experiments you can do with super market materials—check it out! 

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http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vw.html

 Everyone’s favorite site for lessons/photos/ news about volcanoes.  A must go to on any educator’s list.

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.http://www.rockdetective.org

Here’s where you can go to order age-appropriate geology kits of samples.  Kits come with student & teacher instructions.  

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 www.mii.org/lessons/html

 If you’re looking for a place to go to find out about Natural Resources, this is your page.  The Mineral Information Institute sponsors this site.  There are many useful lesson plans and images for K-12 teachers about the uses and properties of Earth Materials.  

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www.geosociety.org/educate/resources.htm

A great place to start!  This site is from the  Geological Society of America.  It site allows you to sort their offerings by topic and age group and also includes links to resources.

http://education.usgs.gov/

The United States Geological Survey is another great place to start searching for materials.  There are links to K-6 and 7 –12, links to resources on-line & to the Learning Web with more lesson plans.  There are also links to websites about volcanoes, earthquakes, water and National Parks...

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http://www.beloit.edu/~SEPM/

Since my favorite rocks are sedimentary, this site is high on my list.  This website has links to a set of well-prepared lesson plans with learning outcomes, materials needed, background and procedures needed to complete the activities. 

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