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This page, from the United States Geological Survey, introduces the topic of earthquakes to younger students. Aimed at Elementary- and Middle School-aged learners, this site features resources such as Latest Quakes, Learning Links & Earthquake Activities, Animations, Earthquake Pictures, Ask a...

This University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program provides several links to articles on earthworms. These describe the earthworm's importance to ecosystems and agriculture. There is also a section with species profiles of various types of earthworms.

This page, developed by the Environmental Protection Agency, serves as a resource for information concerning recycling procedures for electronic materials – or, eCycling. Because eCycling follows different procedures than typical recycling, it is important that those interested in recycling...

This 2-page toolkit includes information about the teaching resources offered by the Minnesota State Advanced Manufacturing Center of Excellence. These resource provide information about manufacturing career opportunities. The following resources are covered: Youth Outreach Toolkit, Teacher Guide &...

This paper, from Cory Culbertson, Chris Merrill, and Michael Daugherty, of Illinois State University, covers modular technology education for middle schoolers, and how its effect on achievement scores. The authors present a study "to examine whether technology education improves students’...

This group of activities is provided by Stanford Solar Center and covers topics such as plant growth and evaporation, building a greenhouse, and the Sun's affect on the Earth's magnetosphere by AM radio reception. Information is provided on student prerequisites, materials needed, teacher...

The ASEE engineering K-12 center, eGFI, seeks to identify and gather in one place the most effective engineering education resources available to the K-12 community. It works to enhance achievement in pre-college science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education by promoting the...

The University of Colorado's simulation and animation website features a number of simulations related to Electricity, Magnets, and Circuits. Topics covered by the many available simulations include balloons and static electricity, magnets and electromagnets, Faraday's Law, radio waves &...

This lesson, developed by Mandy Adami, reviews students' knowledge of Wyoming energy resources as they relate specifically to Wyoming geography and infrastructure. The culminating activity will have students demonstrate their knowledge of the different types of energy in Wyoming, and where they are...

Environmental Literacy and Inquiry (ELI), sponsored by the Lehigh Environmental initiative, is an inquiry-based middle school curriculum that uses geospatial information technologies including GIS and Google Earth to investigate environmental issues. The Web site includes curriculum units Energy,...