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These are various websites mentioned/suggested by participants and leaders of the 2008 TESSE summer workshop.
CIA Factbook
Population Education
The Ecologic Footprint
Google Earth
Google Earth for Educators
Google Earth Lessons
Formatting Place Markers and Description Boxes
Google Earth Library (includes topographic overlays)
Example - Penn State Brandywine's virtual tour of the 2007 Solar Decathlon
Example - Penn State Brandywine's virtual tour of tree biodiversity in Ridley Creek State Park
Mineral Information Institute
Penn State Obelisk
SeisMac (freeware for Macintosh computers only)
These are various websites mentioned/suggested by participants and leaders of the 2009 TESSE summer workshop.
Astro-Venture! - from NASA, search for and design a habitable planet
City of Materials - materials game by ASM International
Toothpaste with a Twist - from Women in Mining
Pompeii worm - National Geographic article, Univ. of Delaware page, SERC page
TED (Ideas Worth Spreading)
Robert Ballard on exploring the oceans (18 minute video)
David Gallo on life in the deep oceans (13 minute video)
David Gallo shows underwater astonishments (5 minutes)
CIA Factbook
Population Education
The Ecologic Footprint
Google Earth
Google Earth for Educators
Google Earth Lessons
Formatting Place Markers and Description Boxes
Google Earth Library (includes topographic overlays)
Example - Penn State Brandywine's virtual tour of the 2007 Solar Decathlon
Example - Penn State Brandywine's virtual tour of tree biodiversity in Ridley Creek State Park
Mineral Information Institute
Penn State Obelisk
SeisMac (freeware for Macintosh computers only)
These are various websites mentioned/suggested by participants and leaders of the 2009 TESSE summer workshop.
Astro-Venture! - from NASA, search for and design a habitable planet
City of Materials - materials game by ASM International
Toothpaste with a Twist - from Women in Mining
Pompeii worm - National Geographic article, Univ. of Delaware page, SERC page
TED (Ideas Worth Spreading)
Robert Ballard on exploring the oceans (18 minute video)
David Gallo on life in the deep oceans (13 minute video)
David Gallo shows underwater astonishments (5 minutes)
The following are resources/articles to engaging students with building stone identification and exercises.
Building Stone Geology- SERC module with references and resources
An Indoor Shopping Mall Building Stone Investigation with Handheld Technology for Introductory Geoscience Students, Journal of Geoscience Education (2005). PDF file.
Correlating building stone type with building age to introduce the concept of dating rocks using index fossils - SERC resource
Building Stone Geology- SERC module with references and resources
An Indoor Shopping Mall Building Stone Investigation with Handheld Technology for Introductory Geoscience Students, Journal of Geoscience Education (2005). PDF file.
Correlating building stone type with building age to introduce the concept of dating rocks using index fossils - SERC resource
The following are links following a discussion on the question of an asteroid impact triggering the dinosaur extinction.
Geotimes
- Debate Continues Over Dinosaur Demise (October 2006)
- Extinction Debate Continues (March 2004)
- Unraveling the Chicxulub Case (January 2004)
National Geographic News
- Single Asteroid Impact, Not Two, Killed Dinos, Study Says (November 2006)
- "Dinosaur Killer" Asteroid Only One Part of New Quadruple-Whammy Theory (October 2006)
- Yucatan Asteroid Didn't Kill Dinosaurs, Study Says (March 2004)
Below is a list of books suggested by workshop participants for reading by/with students.
Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations, by David Montgomery
Six Degrees, by Mark Lynas
Field Notes from a Catastrophe, by Elizabeth Kolbert
A Short History of Nearly Everything, by Bill Bryson
The Map that Changed the World, by Simon Winchester
Tyrannosaurus Sue, by Steve Fiffer
A Bone from a Dry Sea, by Peter Dickinson
One Small Blue Bead, by Byrd Baylor and Ronald Himler
Rocket Boys, by Homer Hickam
The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, by Bobby Henderson (more for teachers than students)
Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations, by David Montgomery
Six Degrees, by Mark Lynas
Field Notes from a Catastrophe, by Elizabeth Kolbert
A Short History of Nearly Everything, by Bill Bryson
The Map that Changed the World, by Simon Winchester
Tyrannosaurus Sue, by Steve Fiffer
A Bone from a Dry Sea, by Peter Dickinson
One Small Blue Bead, by Byrd Baylor and Ronald Himler
Rocket Boys, by Homer Hickam
The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, by Bobby Henderson (more for teachers than students)