Teacher Resources
Project Wet Workshop
2012 public programs
Adopt-A-Stream Monitoring training workshops
Frequently asked questions Chaperone letter Directions to quarry Directions to wetland
Background or report resources for teachers and students
Information from Georgia Perimeter College
Earth Systems
(high school level information on rocks, minerals, rock cycle,
weathering, soil, constructive and destructive forces, stone mountain
formation)
Information from American Geological Institute
Minerals,
Igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks
Rock Outcrop Information
Igneous Rock Identification
(Cal-Poly Pomona)
Geology of Georgia
(from UGA)
"The Battle for Georgia - a History of The Civil War in Georgia”
A 24 Minute educational documentary. This video can now be viewed
through Georgia Public Broadcasting. The URL for this video is
mms://mediam1.gpb.org/gpb-tv/2008/GPB-TV_BattleForGeorgia_HistoryofCivilWar.wmv
(If the link does not work please copy and paste it to your
browser to view the video)
It is also available on the GPB digital library at
http://www.gpb.org/digitallibrary.
Stone Mountain Quarry History
http://quarriesandbeyond.org/
Plants and Animals of Stone Mountain
UGA - Museum of Natural History - Animal Classification, Regions of Georgia, Amphibian and Reptile information, Native species
Posters - How to get free posters
from DNR and USGS, plus low cost or printable pdfs from NASA and USGS.
NSTA Science Class: Middle School Edition
February 2011
On the Web: Earth Science
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SEED Earth Science Week Online Toolkit
The toolkit, a partnership of Schlumberger Excellence in Educational Development (SEED) and the American Geological Institute (AGI), provides Earth science education resources in both Spanish and English. Visitors can view dozens of lessons, posters, fact sheets, and other materials in Spanish or English. Materials provide users with introductory information on Earth science, as well as in-depth items on Earth, water, air, and life science. -
Google Earth Activities
This web page from students at Penn State Brandywine presents Earth science exercises for K–12 classrooms that use Google Earth. Students can complete the activities individually, or teachers can do them as a class demonstration. Sample activities include “What a Tombstone Can Tell Us” (elementary/middle level); “Google Sky Scavenger Hunt” (middle level); and “An Exploration of Global Oil Spill Disasters” (middle level/high school). -
Ask-A-Geologist Website
Do you have questions about volcanoes, earthquakes, mountains, rocks, maps, groundwater, lakes, or rivers? If so, you and your students can try this U.S. Geological Service site. Participating scientists include geologists, hydrologists, cartographers, and technicians, ranging from recent college graduates to senior scientists. Questions are not assigned by specialty, so a question about earthquakes might go to a groundwater specialist; however, all of the participating scientists have a general background in the Earth sciences and an enthusiasm for answering a broad range of questions. -
Geoscience Resources
Visitors to this website will find daily Earth science news updates, articles, maps, a dictionary of Earth science terms, and information on geoscience careers. The site’s teacher page provides links to lesson plans from major Earth science organizations, such as the U.S. Geological Survey, the Geological Society of America, and NASA.