Classroom Resources

National Fossil Day October 12th !!

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To celebrate National Fossil Day and Earth Science Week Dr. Gary Stringer, the 2009 LSTA University Science Educator Awardee, has prepared this series of materials on fossils, some Louisiana specific.

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Read Me First
Fossils Louisiana probe
Fossilization probe
Geologic age
Fossils Time probe
Fossil Environment probe

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Other Fossil Resources CaneRiver_La_Survey

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OIL SPILL EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES:

• The Louisiana Department of Education has prepared an OIL SPILL EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES GUIDE: http://www.louisianaschools.net/lde/misc/oil_spill_resources.aspx


• NOAA's Office of Education: http://www.education.noaa.gov/oilspill.html


• The Encyclopedia of Life: http://www.eol.org/content/page/oil_spill_2010


• Ranger Rick on the Big Oil Spill:
  http://www.nwf.org/Kids/Ranger-Rick/People-and-Places/Ranger-Rick-on-the-Big-Oil-Spill.aspx


• Frequently Asked Oil Spill Questions http://secoora.org/sites/default/files/webfm/classroom/documents/Oil_Spill_in_the_Gulf_of_MexicoFAQ.pdf
  Prepared by Dr. Sharon Walker, Director of Education and Outreach at the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies


• Ocean and You: http://OceanAndYou.com


• Self-Contained Gulf Oil Spill Kit http://oceanandyou.com/OnlineContent/SelfContainedSpillKit.pdf


• Windows on the Universe: http://www.windows2universe.org/teacher_resources/main/teach_oil_spill.html&nl=6


• NASA's Earth Observatory http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/oil-spill-video.html


• The full image archive is available at http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov


• The National Wildlife Federation.
  http://www.nwf.org/Global-Warming/School-Solutions/Eco-Schools-USA/Become-an-Eco-School/Special-Report.aspx


• GOMA in Section XI. Gulf Oil Spill: Teacher and Student Resources,. Go to www.gulfallianceeducation.org


• The official site for the Deep Horizon Response Command Center:
  http://www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/site/2931


• Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana (CRCL) at http://www.crcl.org/coalitionprograms/oilspillrecovery.html


• LSU Libraries has created a subject guide for information resources related to the oil spill at
  http://www.lib.lsu.edu/ref/oilspill


• The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has Oil Spill Response: News and Resources at
  http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/oilspill


• LSU Earth Scan Lab Oil Spill Imaging http://www.esl.lsu.edu/home


• Ohio Seagrant
  http://expertvoices.nsdl.org/middle-school-math-science/2010/06/21/gulf-of-mexico-oil-spill-a-middle-school-perspective