Textbook: Earth Science by Glencoe
Eastern Sierra Memories with Galen and Barbara
Rowell:
http://www.openroad.tv/index.php?categoryid=16&p25_id=48#
Actual film on Galen Rowell:
http://www.openroad.tv/video.php?vid=48
Doug McConnell of Openroad.tv Interviews Galen and Barbara Rowell
Loyd | August 21, 2007
http://yosemiteblog.com/2007/08/21/doug-mcconnell-of-openroadtv-interviews-galen-and-barbara-rowell/
Mountain Light, Galen & Barbara Rowell,
Bishop, CA:
http://www.mountainlight.com/rowellg.html
The textbook we use primarily in this Earth Science class is -- Earth Science: Geology, the Environment, and the Universe, by Glencoe and NGS. One of the best for HS level.
The cover shot is a classic photographic image (film) by the late Galen Rowell, of Ama Dablam in Nepal.
Measuring, metrics, and resources:
http://www.nanotech-now.com/metric-prefix-table.htm
http://www.simetric.co.uk/siprefix.htm
http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/prefixes.html
English ---> Metric Conversion Tools on the Internet:
http://www.megaconverter.com/cv_classic.html
http://www.onlineconversion.com/
http://www.unit-conversion.info/
On-line Demos and Models:
The Scientific Method:
How Science works:
http://undsci.berkeley.edu/article/howscienceworks_01
http://undsci.berkeley.edu/flowchart_noninteractive.php
Compare Scientific Method and the Engineering Method:
The Nature of Science and the Scientific Method
http://www.geosociety.org/educate/NatureScience.pdf
Richard Feynman on the Scientific Method in One Minute
Cartography/Mapping:
USGS Topographic Map Key Book
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/TopographicMapSymbols/topomapsymbols.pdf
California for Beginners (Funny Map of CA.
Lol)
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tmjNG3UH-Mc/UZ82wG0lkzI/AAAAAAAAAUY/zaQSiyA_370/s640/California+for+Beginners.jpg
Remote Sensing:
Remote Sensing of the Environment
http://geography.tamu.edu/class/aklein/geog361/lecture_notes.html
NASA's Earth Science Program: Remote Sensing
http://geoinfo.amu.edu.pl/wpk/rst/rst/Front/tofc.html
Photogrametry and Aerial Photography:
Aerial 3D Resources and Images:
Using Remote Sensing under the oceans for treasure salvaging --
SS Central America: "The Ship of Gold"
http://www.shipofgoldinfo.com/
http://www.shipofgoldinfo.com/wallpaper.html
Geographic Information Systems/Science (GIS):
The Geospatial Revolution Project:
http://geospatialrevolution.psu.edu/
Geospatial Revolution / Episode One
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poMGRbfgp38
Geospatial Revolution / Episode Two
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXS0bsR0e7w
Geospatial Revolution / Episode Three
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OePOK6nzcaY
Geospatial Revolution / Episode Four
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F7z9LLYxf8
What is GIS?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SNdYDiKSSU
Introduction to GIS (Geographic Information Systems)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5s8kbEdB68
How Geospacial Information Technology is Changing the World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsTNNiIYdlU
Resources for GPS/GIS lab:
Google Earth
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
California Geomorphic Provinces
http://www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/information/publications/cgs_notes/note_36/Documents/note_36.pdf
Periodic Tables:
Dimitri Mendeleev, from Stephen Hawkings Universe
http://www.chem.msu.ru/eng/misc/mendeleev/film/mendeleev.mpg
http://www.chem.msu.su/eng/misc/mendeleev/
The Best 55 on-line Periodic Tables
http://pontotriplo.org/triplepoint/the_best_55_online_periodic_tables.html
http://periodic.lanl.gov/index.shtml
http://www.animatedsoftware.com/elearning/Periodic%20Table/AnimatedPeriodicTable.swf
http://www.radiochemistry.org/periodictable/index.shtml
Elements/Minerals/Rocks:
Mindat.org - the mineral and locality database
Mineralogy Database
California Geological Survey
http://www.consrv.ca.gov/CGS/Pages/Index.aspx
http://www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/information/publications/cgs_notes/Pages/index.aspx
Mineral Resources: CA State Mineral, Gem, Rock, and Fossil
http://www.consrv.ca.gov/cgs/geologic_resources/mineral_resource_mapping/Pages/Index.aspx
Gold!
http://www.consrv.ca.gov/cgs/geologic_resources/gold/Pages/Index.aspx
California Gold Rush | Understand it in 3 Minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Su4JRRJWdRY
History The Gold Rush Documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqY0MCc7Vro
Well's Fargo Gold Rush Musuem, San Francisco, CA
http://www.wellsfargohistory.com/museums/san-francisco/
Map of California Historic Gold Mines
http://www.consrv.ca.gov/cgs/geologic_resources/mineral_production/Documents/Big_AUMap.pdf
World's Biggest Gold Nuggets
http://www.discoverychannel.com.au/images/worlds-biggest-gold-nuggets/
The largest CA Crystalline Gold mass ever Found!
The Fricot Gold Nugget
http://www.goldrushnuggets.com/fricotnugget.html
The Famous 16 to 1 Gold Mine
http://www.origsix.com/index.asp
http://www.undergroundgold.com/
SS Central America: "The Ship of Gold"
http://www.shipofgoldinfo.com/
http://www.shipofgoldinfo.com/wallpaper.html
California State Mining and Mineral Musuem, Mariposa, CA
http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=588
http://www.camineralmuseum.com/
SDNHM--"All that Glitters:the Slendor and Science of Gems and Minerals"
http://www.sdnhm.org/exhibitions/past-exhibitions/all-that-glitters/
Tour a Major Gem and Mineral Exhibit in San Diego (the above SDNHM show)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbh-C8wMlsI
Gemilogical Institute of America (GIA), Carlsbad, CA (near Legoland)
GIA Musuem
http://www.gia.edu/gia-museumGIA Musuem
Tuscon Gem and Mineral Show, Tuscon, AZ
Photo Slideshow: The Magnificent Beauty of Minerals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yk1J5EQDeY