Fourmother
01-27-2008, 08:07 PM
I have been searching for a suitable Earth science curriculum for next year's 6th, 3rd, and K lessons. Today it occured to me to ask dh for help, since he is a geographer and has taught physical and urban geography on the university level. He suggested looking into professional associations. Why didn't I asked him sooner?! Here's what I've found so far.
GeoSTART (http://www.aag.org/GeoSTART/index.htm) This is a free hurricane curriculum from the Association of American Geographers which uses NASA remote sensing imagery and data. Incidently, they have also developed interactive US geography (ARGUS) (http://www.aag.org/Education/aag/edu_argus.cfm) and world geography (ARGWorld) (http://www.aag.org/Education/argnew/argworld.htm) curricula which look interesting, but are not free.
GeoSource (http://www.k5geosource.org/index.html) This site from the American Geological Institute lists various free resources for teachers like images, animations, lesson plans, etc.
Geography Club (http://www.ncge.org/resources/geoclub/) The National Council for Geographic Education offers 3 years worth of lessons plans for use by local elementary-aged geography clubs. The activities are designed to be implemented with minimal materials, just a few wall maps and a globe. Homeschoolers can do the lessons individually or form small groups.
USGS (http://rockyweb.cr.usgs.gov/outreach/giseduc.html) A list of educational GIS (Geographic Information Systems) resources compiled by the US Geological Survey.
Explore GIS (http://www.esri.com/industries/k-12/download/docs/explore.pdf) An introduction to basic GIS concepts for grades 5-12 from ESRI, the industry's leading software maker. This accompanying poster (http://www.esri.com/library/brochures/pdfs/explore-your-world-poster.pdf) is used to teach the program, but can be used on it's own
GeoSTART (http://www.aag.org/GeoSTART/index.htm) This is a free hurricane curriculum from the Association of American Geographers which uses NASA remote sensing imagery and data. Incidently, they have also developed interactive US geography (ARGUS) (http://www.aag.org/Education/aag/edu_argus.cfm) and world geography (ARGWorld) (http://www.aag.org/Education/argnew/argworld.htm) curricula which look interesting, but are not free.
GeoSource (http://www.k5geosource.org/index.html) This site from the American Geological Institute lists various free resources for teachers like images, animations, lesson plans, etc.
Geography Club (http://www.ncge.org/resources/geoclub/) The National Council for Geographic Education offers 3 years worth of lessons plans for use by local elementary-aged geography clubs. The activities are designed to be implemented with minimal materials, just a few wall maps and a globe. Homeschoolers can do the lessons individually or form small groups.
USGS (http://rockyweb.cr.usgs.gov/outreach/giseduc.html) A list of educational GIS (Geographic Information Systems) resources compiled by the US Geological Survey.
Explore GIS (http://www.esri.com/industries/k-12/download/docs/explore.pdf) An introduction to basic GIS concepts for grades 5-12 from ESRI, the industry's leading software maker. This accompanying poster (http://www.esri.com/library/brochures/pdfs/explore-your-world-poster.pdf) is used to teach the program, but can be used on it's own