Education Links

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Indiana Geological Survey: IGS Home Page

                                                IGS Indiana Geology

                                               IGS K - 12 Links

United States Geological Survey – www.usgs.gov/education/ - Detailed information regarding U.S. Geology and multiple lesson plans, projects and teacher resources.

Geological Society of America - http://www.geosociety.org/educate/ - Detailed information regarding U.S. Geology and multiple lesson plans, projects and teacher resources.

American Geological Institute - http://www.agiweb.org/education/teachers/curriculum_materials.html - Curriculum Materials for Teachers.

Society of Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) - http://www.beloit.edu/~SEPM/ -  K-12 Earth Science Resources.

Indiana Geological Survey – http://igs.indian.edu/geology - Detailed information regarding Indiana Geology and lesson plans for rock identification and study of tides. 

Illinois Geological Survey - http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/isgshome/geosci-edu.htm - Detailed information regarding Illinois Geology and multiple Earth Science education links.

Kentucky Earth Science Network - http://www.uky.edu/KGS/education/education.html - Detailed information regarding Kentucky Geology, classroom activities and multiple earth science links.

National Earth Science Teacher’s Association - http://www.nestanet.org/ - A nonprofit educational organization whose purpose is the advancement of Earth Science education.

Texas Earth Science Teachers Association - http://www.statweb.org/TESTA/ - Texas organization of science educators, science supervisors, curriculum directors and others. Earth science education links.

Virginia Association of Science Teachers - http://www.vast.org/vastesed.html - Multiple links to teacher resources.

Indiana State Museum – www.in.gov.ism – Overview of Indiana Geology and lesson plans for Indiana Fossils.

The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis – www.childrensmuseum.org – Teacher resources for study of dinosaurs.

Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators: Earth Science - http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/sci-tech/scies.html - Part of the Discovery Channel Network.  Multiple links to Earth Science Education Sites.

Professor Larry Braile - Purdue University –- http://www.eas.purdue.edu/~braile/ - Earth Science Education Activities and Links.

 NASA's Global Observatory site contains good links for information and experiments related to Global geospacial information:

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/

 Indiana Department of Natural Resources education links:

The IDNR home page has an education button with various links:

Mission of the NREC - The Indiana Department of Natural Resources' Education Center provides professional training and support for educators and volunteers to promote responsible stewardship of our natural resources.

In addition:

http://www.in.gov/dnr/water/DOW_kids/ for links to the Division of Water's KIDS page. 

Indiana Soil and Water Conservation Education Links:

http://www.agry.purdue.edu/swq/links.htm