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Geology
Use for materials limited to structure and composition of earth and the physical changes it has undergone and is still undergoing.
Crystal Growing Experiment
Crystals
Grow your own crystals with starters like salt, Epsom salt, Borax and sand. Observe what grows in two weeks. Which starter works best? Enter your data online (teaspoons of starter and number of crystals), then compare with others who tried the same experiment. |
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Mineral Resources Education Program of BC
The Mineral Resources Education Program of British Columbia (MREPBC) is a partnership program between teachers and the minerals industry in B.C. It was created to assist teachers in their development of educational materials to support teaching about minerals, mining and geoscience in the classroom. MREPBC's goals are to foster a well-informed public through school education based on accurate and balanced minerals information, and to stimulate young peoples' interest in minerals industry careers.
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Dynamic Earth
Dynamic Earth is an interactive Web site where students can learn about the structure of the earth, the movements of its tectonic plates, as well as the forces that create mountains, valleys, volcanoes, and earthquakes.
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Exploring Earth
The investigations and visualizations on this site were designed to accompany Earth Science, a high school textbook authored by Spaulding and Namowitz and published by McDougal Littell. The Web site was developed by TERC, a non-profit educational research and development firm in collaboration with McDougal Littell. Investigations are Internet-based activities that use animations, interactive graphics, and unique imagery to help students gather information about a particular Earth science theme, issue, or concept. For each investigation, students examine a sequence of Web pages on which they manipulate graphics or interpret image data. The pages contain background text and questions to help guide students' thinking. Many of the investigations end with a page of Web links for further investigation.
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Minerals and Rocks and Energy
Popular Geoscience is a series of downloadable fact sheets dealing with Minerals and Rocks and Energy. They help to celebrate the International Year of Planet Earth (2007-2009).
From the Geological Association of Canada. Grade 6 and up. |


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