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FOSS Resource Materials

This page was created for Iowa educators who are using Science Kits in their classrooms. It is designed to help teachers locate resources and materials which support science kits and are available from Heartland AEA 11. Teachers will find professional library books, videos, software, children's books, and Web links that correspond to science kits at all grade levels.

Landforms

Web Sites
Ask a Geologist
http://www.rlusd.com/Foss_Science/5th_foss.htm#Geologist

Career Connections
http://www.psd.k12.co.us/district/stc/elem/foss/landformfifth.htm

Color Landform Atlas of the Unites States
http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/states.html

Earth From Space
http://earth.jsc.nasa.gov/

Earthquake Hazards Program
http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recent/index.html

Earthquake Notification Service
http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/data_services/data_services.html

Erosion Examples
http://www.springfield.k12.il.us/movie/landforms/erosion.html

Get Lost Compass Game
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/everest/earth/lost.html

Grand Canyon Explorer
http://www.kaibab.org/geology/gc_geol.htm

Online Classroom and Backyard Investigations
http://web.stclair.k12.il.us/splashd/experimt.htm

Seismic Monitor
http://www.iris.washington.edu/seismic/60%5F2040%5F1%5F8.html

U.S. Earthquakes
http://wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov/neis/eqlists/10maps%5Fusa.html

Virtual Field Trips
http://www.desertusa.com/qtvr/du_qtvr.html

Volcano World
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/

Software
Earth Trails: Loess Hills Macintosh (102081)
Earth Trails: Loess Hills Windows (102082)
Make a Map 3D Version 3.5 (101773)
Science Seekers: Hidden Rocks Version 1.1 (101885)
Professional Books
Lifesaver Lessons: Science, Grade 5 (222738)
Planetary Geology: A Teacher's Guide with Activities in Physical and Earth Sciences (223183)
Resources for Teaching Elementary School Science (222705)
Teaching Science with the Internet: Internet Lesson Plans and Classroom Activities, K-6 (221538)
V-Trip Travel Guide: Classroom Strategies for Virtual Field Trips (222900)

Children’s Books
Earthquakes (140361)
Earthquakes (144233)
Hands-on Projects About Changes in the Earth (143980)
Mountains (140507)
Mountains and Our Moving Earth (142602)
Shaping the Earth Erosion (141068)
The Changing Earth (143296)
The Sahara Desert: The Biggest Desert (141350)
Volcanoes (140364)
Volcanoes (144230)
When the River Ran Backward (141255)

Videos
The Alaska Glaciers: Voices From the Ice (070532)
Earthquakes and Volcanoes (069718)
Earth's Physical Features (069811)
Geography of the U.S.A. (804448)
Land Forms and Living Patterns (069788)
Land on Earth (069723)
Rivers of North America: The Rio Grande River (070328)
What in the World? The Earth Explained: Earthquakes & Mountains (068971)

FOSS- Link to Modules Descriptions
http://www.delta-ed.com/teachers/science/fossmodules.html

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