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American Coal Foundation: Lesson Plan: How Was Coal Formed?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Two-part lesson in which students learn about when and how coal was formed. They will do research on geologic time frames and order them by eon, era, period, or epoch.
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Handout
Energy for Sustainable Development

Esd Bulgaria: Kids & Energy: Coal

For Students 3rd - 5th
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock composed mostly of carbon and hydrocarbons. It is the most abundant fossil fuel produced in the United States. Coal is also a nonrenewable energy source because it takes...
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McREL International

Mc Rel: Whelmer #42 Learning Activity: Fire Sandwich

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
An easy to do activity if you have a Bunsen burner. The activity investigates combustion and heat conductivity. The activity is in lesson plan format that meets NSES standards.
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Upper Canada District School Board

Tom Stretton's Chemistry Pages: The Chemistry of Natural Gas

For Students 9th - 10th
Through an online slide-show format, learn about the history and chemistry behind the resource, natural gas.
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University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas: Modeling Petrified Wood [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
An experiment that models the natural process of petrification.
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BiologyWise

Biology Wise: A Brief Guide to the Steps of the Carbon Cycle

For Students 4th - 8th
Outlines the steps for the movement of carbon along the carbon cycle through photosynthesis, food chains, being dissolved into the ocean, the decomposition of organisms, fossil fuel formation, industrial use of fossil fuels, carbon...
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Devonian Times

For Students 9th - 10th
Newspaper-formatted Devonian Times reports on the ongoing exploration and research being conducted at Red Hill, a Devonian-period fossil site located in central Pennsylvania, where an impressive array of fossilized animal and plant life...
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Online Course
Yale University

Open Yale Courses: Principles of Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior

For Students 9th - 10th
Access any one of thirty-six lectures from a biological sciences course, in audio, video, and text format. Coverage includes evolution, natural selection, the fossil record, the history of life on Earth, ecological communities,...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Precipitation: Snow

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this chemistry field/class based activity, students investigate snow and, more specifically, why snowflakes have six sides. Students will individually fossilize a snowflake and observe similarities and differences with other members...
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College of William and Mary: The Geology of Virginia

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about the land forms of Virginia. Explore each region of the state and read about the ancient shorelines, active volcanoes, colliding continents, and dinosaur fossils.
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The Evidence for Evolution

For Students 9th - 10th
These pages are part of a site called "Evolution," that accompanies a textbook by the same name. Mark Ridley is the author, and in this section he discusses the evidence for evolution.
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Energy for Sustainable Development

Esd Bulgaria: Kids & Energy: Natural Gas

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how natural gas forms, how scientists find it beneath the Earth's surface, and how it is produced, stored, and transported.
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Article
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Article: "The Day the Mesozoic Died"

For Students 9th - 10th
A short article by Dr. Sean B. Carroll detailing the discoveries covered in the film The Day The Mesozoic Died.
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University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas: Human Environmental Interactions [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Inspired by Hemispheres' 2004 Teachers' Summer Institute, People and Place: Human-Geographic Relations, this curriculum unit was designed to address human adaptation to and modification of the environment. How have humans adjusted to...
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Curated OER

Unesco: Canada: Miguasha National Park

For Students 9th - 10th
The palaeontological site of Miguasha National Park, in south-eastern Quebec on the southern coast of the Gaspe peninsula, is considered to be the world's most outstanding illustration of the Devonian Period known as the 'Age of Fishes'....
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Curated OER

Unesco: Argentina: Ischigualasto / Talampaya Natural Parks

For Students 9th - 10th
These two contiguous parks, extending over 275,300 ha in the desert region on the western border of the Sierra Pampeanas of central Argentina, contain the most complete continental fossil record known from the Triassic Period (245-208...
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Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Dinosaur Eggs

For Students 9th - 10th
This picture shows a pair of fossilized dinosaur eggs. They were found in Kaoguo Formation, Henan, China and were photographed while on display at the San Diego County Fair, California, USA. Dinosaur eggs vary in size depending on the...
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Curated OER

Unesco: Indonesia: Lorentz National Park

For Students 9th - 10th
Lorentz National Park (2.35 million ha) is the largest protected area in South-East Asia. It is the only protected area in the world to incorporate a continuous, intact transect from snowcap to tropical marine environment, including...
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Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Dinosaur Footprint

For Students 9th - 10th
This picture shows a fossilized dinosaur footprint found in the Lower Jurassic Moenave Formation in Utah, USA. Named Eubrontes, these types of footprints date from the late Triassic Period to the early Jurassic Period and are identified...

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