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NIGER
- The World Fact
Book: Niger
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/
factbook/geos/ng.html
This site offers a multitude
of statistical information
on Niger pertaining to
population, environment,
government, economics,
and geography. Includes
a colored map and geographic
coordinates
- Niger Page:
From the University of
Pennsylvania
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/
African_Studies/Country_Specific/
Niger.html
This page offers a list
of links to Niger related
resources.
- Niger1.com
http://www.niger1.com
A links portal to other
Niger-related web sites
- Map of Niger
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/
African_Studies/ CIA_Maps/
Niger_19876.gif
A colored map of Niger
with a legend.
- Friends of
Niger
http://www.friendsofniger.org
Friends of Niger contains
a multitude of information
about Niger’s geography,
history, and culture as
well as monthly news from
Niger via its newsletter,
The Camel Express.
- The Lonely Planet:
Niger
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/
destinations/africa/niger/
Offers basic and statistical
information on Niger.
- The Touareg
http://wwwusers.imaginet.fr/~yusuf/
A platform of various
information concerned
with the Touareg who are
suffering from enviromental,
social, economical, and
political problems.
- Niger Bird Stamps
http://www.birdtheme.org/
country/niger.html
This site displays a variety
of color stamps featuring
bird species native to
Niger.
- Africa: One
Continent, Many Worlds
http://www.calacademy.org/exhibits/
africa/index.php
Provides a multitude of
information on Africa’s
Natural History, it’s
cultures and people (with
a special section for
the tuareg), and the science
and statistics of the
Sahara desert.
- Outline Map
of Africa
Political: http://www.eduplace.com/ss/
maps/ pdf/afr_asia_polnl.pdf
Physical: http://www.eduplace.com/ss/
maps/ pdf/afr_asia_phys.pdf
These blank maps may be
printed out and used for
classroom exercises.
- Africa Online
http://www.africaonline.com/site/
A huge resource site with
information on news, life,
culture, arts, education,
science and technology,
shopping, etc., throughout
the continent of Africa.
Contains a “Just
for Kids” section
as well as a “Women’s”
section.
THE DESERT
EARTH SCIENCE
- United States
Geological Survey
http://www.usgs.gov
From the homepage of the
U.S. Geological Survey
you can get USGS information
on your state, ask a card-carrying
geologist your geology
questions, find maps of
almost anywhere in the
country, check out the
educational resources,
and much more.
- Web Geological
Time Machine
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/
help/timeform.html
UC Berkeley’s Museum
of Paleontology Web Geological
Time Machine offers a
geological time line with
information and pictures
about each period from
the Holocene to the Hadean.
- Geology Classroom
Activities
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/
vwlessons/plate_tectonics/
introduction.html
From the University of
North Dakota, a variety
of classroom activities
for all grade levels explaining
plate tectonics and geology.
A Teacher’s Guide
is available.
- Teaching Earth
Science
http://earth.nasa.gov/education/
Created and run by NASA,
this is great resource
for information on strategies
and materials for teaching
earth science. Offers
a free monthly news letter
and more helpful links.
- For Kids Only:
Earth Science Enterprise
http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/
Created and run by NASA,
this is an informational,
kid-friendly site that
strives to teach kids
about Land, Water, Air,
Natural Hazards, and how
NASA studies them.
- Earth Science
World
http://www.earthscienceworld.org/
The American Geological
Institute’s site
includes an image bank,
a book center, and information
on geo-science careers,
Earth Science Week, and
AGI events.
- Resources
for Earth Science
and Geography Instruction
http://personal.cmich.edu/
~franc1m/ homepage.htm
A comprehensive list of
links to be used as resources
for teaching earth and
environmental sciences.
Links are sorted by topic
and organized into groups
according to how they
would occur in a class
sequence.
DINOSAURS AND PALEONTOLOGY
- The UC-Berkeley’s
Museum of Paleontology
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/
The University of California-
Berkley Museum of Paleontology’s
site is a trove of information
with on-line exhibits,
catalogs, and educational
programs. The Subway section
offers links to further
sites by subject area.
- The Rex Files
http://www.newscientist.com/
nsplus/ insight/rexfiles/
The New Scientist’s
Rex Files explains the
latest science and politics
behind the excavation
of T. Rex.
- Zoom Dinosaurs
http://www.ZoomDinosaurs.com/
subjects/ dinosaurs/toc.shtml
Zoom Dinosaurs is a comprehensive
on-line hypertext book
about dinosaurs designed
for students of all ages
and levels of comprehension.
It has an easy-to-use
structure that allows
readers to start at a
basic level on each topic,
and then progress to much
more advanced information
as desired, simply by
clicking on links.
- Discovering
Dinosaurs
http://dinosaurs.eb.com/
dinosaurs/index2.html
Encyclopedia Britannica
present Discovering Dinosaurs
which provides a grid
that allows students to
trace discoveries about
dino anatomy, environment,
behavior, and physiology
from 1820 – present.
- Dinosaur Eggs
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
dinoeggs/fintro.html
At Dinosaur Eggs, National
Geographic lets you hunt
dinosaur eggs, watch them
hatch, and model how the
embryos might have looked.
- Learning from
the Fossil Record
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/fosrec/
UCMP explains why anyone
should care about really
old rocks and how paleontology
can get students interested
in science. The site includes
a National Science Standards
Matrix, classroom activities,
and links to articles
about using web-based
paleontology in schools.
- PaleoNet
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/
Paleonet/home.html
Out of UC- Berkeley, PaleoNet
is a system of listservers,
web pages, and ftp sites
designed to enhance electronic
communication among paleontologists.
The site welcomes input
and participation from
all persons interested
in the study of ancient
life.
- Society of
Vertebrate Paleontology
http://www.vertpaleo.org
The Society of Vertebrate
Paleontology is the preeminent
organization for the advancement
of vertebrate paleontology
and promoting the interests
of all people concerned
with the history, evolution,
comparative anatomy, and
taxonomy of vertebrate
animals.
- AMNH Electronic
Newspaper
http://www.amnh.org/enews/
The latest news from the
American Museum of Natural
History’s Halls
of Vertebrate Evolution
and Human Biology and
Evolution.
- Dinosauria
On-Line
http://www.dinosauria.com/
Provides an “Omnipedia”
of dinosaurs and paleontological
terminology, including
geologic scales and cladograms.
Also contains a large
image gallery.
- Dinosaurs:
Facts and Fiction
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dinosaurs/
A site compiled by the
United States Geologic
Survey, this page offers
the answers to many common
dinosaur questions as
well
as dispelling some of
the myths.
- The Age of
Dinosaurs
http://www2.worldbook.com/features/
features.asp?feature=dinosaurs
&page=html/ intro.htm&direct=yes
This site, created by
the World Book Encyclopedia,
contains basic information
on dinosaurs and a compilation
of articles on dinosaur
research and discovery.
- DinoPlanet
http://worldzone.net/science/dinoplanet/
Information on Dinosaurs,
the Mesozoic era, and
how the Earth’s
continents shifted during
this time. Contains images,
a glossary, and articles
from the newsletter “Dinosaur
Gazette.”
- The Dinosauricon
http://dinosauricon.com/
A website devoted to dinosaur
information and illustration.
Offers a glossary, a name
index, a classification
index, an art gallery,
and many other features.
EDUCATION STANDARDS
FOSSIL PRESERVATION AND
PROTECTION
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