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NASA

Nasa: Harrison Schmitt Apollo 17 Mission Summary

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from NASA provides a brief outline of the last Apollo mission to the moon, Apollo 17. Links to other NASA websites are available.
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Geotimes: Stories From the Underground

For Students 9th - 10th
Travel into the careers of a few geoscientists. Investigate what this career field is all about by exploring the stories and pictures of these geoscience adventures.
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Read Works

Read Works: Big News About Old Rocks

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about rocks in the Grand Canyon and how they give clues about the past. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Minerals Ed

Mineral Resources Education Program of British Columbia

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site gives an overview of lessons about minerals and mining.
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Bio Web Evolution: Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from BioWeb Evolution was originally created as a ThinkQuest entry, and it has some good basic information about evolution. This page is on fossils and geologic time.
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Science4Fun

Science4 Fun: Al Khwarizmi

For Students K - 1st
Brief biographical sketch of Muhammad Ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi, famous mathematician who developed Algebra.
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University of Hawai'i

Ask an Earth Expert: What Are the Different Types of Volcanoes?

For Students 9th - 10th
A concise explanation of the three types of volcanoes recognized by geologists.
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Pole Shift Forum: Polar Wandering

For Students 9th - 10th
Based on paleoclimatic and paleomagnetic evidence, to geologists, the words 'polar wandering' have two distinctly different meanings.
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Wolfram Research

Wolfram Science World: Charles Lyell

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from ScienceWorld describes the Scottish geologist Charles Lyell who supported the ideas of the uniformitarian principle and aligned himself with James Hutton's ideas. He also supported and refuted some of the ideas of Charles...
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Curated OER

Slinky and Hand

For Students 9th - 10th
The different types of earthquake waves are discussed and illustrated with. Features geologist video clip.
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Unidentified Man and Marion Schmidt Escallon (1912 2003)

For Students 9th - 10th
Unidentified man and Marion Schmidt Escallon (1912-2003), Sinclair Oil Company paleontologist, at a U.S. Geological Survey meeting, December 1937. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of University of Michigan, she was first woman employed as a...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts: William M. Davis House

For Students 9th - 10th
This house was home to geologist and geographer William Morris Davis (1850-1934). Davis was a leading figure in the development of the study of geology, founding the Association of American Geographers and developing the first model of...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Wisconsin: Dr. Fisk Holbrook Day House

For Students 9th - 10th
Associated with noted geologist Fisk Holbrook Day.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: James Dwight Dana House

For Students 9th - 10th
Home of Yale geologist James Dwight Dana, designed by Henry Austin.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts: Reginald A. Daly House

For Students 9th - 10th
This Queen Anne style house was the longtime home of geologist and Harvard University professor Reginald Aldworth Daly (1871-1957). Daly was a pioneer in the application of physics and chemistry to the field of geology.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: David White House

For Students 9th - 10th
Geologist David White of the United States Geological Survey lived in this house from 1910 to 1925. His researches into the distribution of petroleum resources became essential to the oil industry.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Alaska: Leffingwell Camp Site

For Students 9th - 10th
Campsite of geologist and polar explorer Ernest de Koven Leffingwell on Arctic coast of Alaska, not far from Prudhoe Bay.
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Photo of Alice Wilson

For Students 9th - 10th
A fascinating look at Canada's first female geologist and the first women to become a member of the Royal Society of Canada.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Adolf Erik Nordenskjold

For Students 9th - 10th
Nordenskjold was a geologist, mineralogist, and arctic explorer. He is famoius for the Vega expedition.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Baron Adolf Erik Nordenskiold

For Students 9th - 10th
(1832-1901) A geologist who was an arctic explorer.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: David Dale Owen

For Students 9th - 10th
David Dale Owen was the third son of Robert Owen, a Welsh reformer. He did the first offical state geological surveys of Indiana, Kentucky, and Arkansas. It is likely that David Dale became interested in geology because of his father's...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Hugh Miller

For Students 9th - 10th
Hugh Miller (1802-1856) was a self-taught Scottish geologist and writer, folklorist, and an evangelical Christian. Born in Cromarty, he was educated in a parish school where he reportedly showed a love of reading. At 17 he was...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: James D. Dana

For Students 9th - 10th
James Dwight Dana (1813 -1895) was an American geologist, mineralogist and zoologist. He made important studies of mountain building, volcanic activity, and the origin and structure of continents and oceans.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: James Hutton, m.d.

For Students 9th - 10th
James Hutton MD was a Scottish geologist, physician, naturalist, chemist and experimental farmer. He is considered the father of modern geology.

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