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Welcome to the Investigations in Environmental Science teacher support page.

Use this page to navigate to the all resources you need! Let this be your one stop map to all the available materials and features of the CASES Curriculum support network.

• Teachers Discussion Group (http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/LATEteachers)
  • This site allows you to view and send messages to the entire group of Investigations teachers or to individual members. Use the site to keep up-to-date on developments and to share you experiences with the curriculum.


• Additional Resources, submitted by your fellow teachers
  • "Getting Ready for WorldWatcher" an activity to help students before they do Chapter 3, Lesson 3b in Unit 1 (from Deborah Stevens)
    
  • Unit 1 final project in ArcView, from Eric
    
  • "Multiple Occupancy", an article about gopher tortoises and urban growth, from Natural History magazine, from Glenn. (This is in pdf format and in word format. Check the word format before you use it with students - I can't promise that the computer translated it correctly.)
    
  • Farmland Conservation information, from Cindy Lauster (and her husband)
    
  • A letter that Chris Nichols sent home to parents to explain the curriculum.
    
  • Modifications to the ArcView intro lessons from Glenn Pickett that incorporate more questions. (two documents)
    
  • A sample consequence chart for buying a car that Glenn Pickett used to introduce populations 4c.
    
  
  
• Submit feedback on LATE lessons (http://www.worldwatcher.northwestern.edu/LATE/feedback)
  • Use this link to submit lesson feedback to project coordinators.
• This site provides access to web-based student projects (this has not been updated since 02-03).


• GEODE Initiative Homepage (http://www.geode.northwestern.edu)
  • All the info and downloads you need about the Developers of Investigations.


• Email Meridith (m-bruozas@northwestern.edu)
  • Direct curriculum/support/web site questions to Meridith Bruozas.
  
  
  
  
• Internet Resources
  • On-line resources submitted by LATE teachers and project staff. Please send suggestions for more resources and changes to this list to Meridith

  Teaching Resources

  • www.rubrics.com An online rubric building site.
  • The Jason Project

  Environmental Science Resources

  • Envirothon
  • NASA Remote Sensing Tutorial

  
  Unit 2 | Unit 3
  
  
  Unit 1

  • Land and People: Finding a Balance
  • Enger's Environmental Science lab text: Population lab

  Chapter 2

  Lesson 1

  • Daphnia information and links

  
  Unit 1 | Unit 3
  
  
  Unit 2

  • Energy Quest

  Chapter 2

  Lesson 1

  • Information on the Mohs hardness scale: http://mineral.galleries.com/
    minerals/hardness.htm

  Lesson 3

  • Background information on Southern Power Company

  Lesson 4

  • Information on emission regulation from the EPA website
  • General air quality information from the California Air Resources Board

  Lesson 5

  • Article describing research efforts of "Clean Coal" in the February 23, 2004 issue of Chemical and Engineering News

  Chapter 3

  Overview

  • Compare the maps of emissions of SO2 and NOx at the EPA website with the maps of pH of rainfall at the National Park Service website
  
  
  • Fall 1999 student case study of acid rain in the Adirondacks
  
  
  • If students have access to the Internet all they need to do is search for acid rain and Adirondacks and there is a wealth of information.

  
  Lesson 1

  • University of Toledo website about natural cleansing processes in the atmosphere
  
  
  • The California Energy Commission's energy glossary, letter C
  
  
  • The Plain English Guide to the Clean Air Act has descriptions of the different sources and types of pollution and the legislation that limits it
  
  
  • The Environmental Protection Agency's Acid Rain home site details about the amount of pollutants allowed, trading programs, and statistics
  
  
  • The United States Geological Survey Acid Rain home page
  
  
  • Descriptions of how to make a wet scrubber and an electrostatic precipitator are at the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
  
  
  • A description of air emissions from electrical utility generators from the National Resources Defense Council
  
  
  • The Introduction to Air Pollution site from the University of Toledo has lots of useful information

  
  Lesson 2

  • Danger in the Air! Activity #8: Particulate Matter in the Atmosphere (collecting particulates)

  
  Lesson 3

  • The EPA has many good webpages on acid rain, its formation and its effects.
  
  
  • Activity B - radiometer from Copernicus Toys

  
  Lesson 4

  • Watershed Connection Thermal Pollution webpage

  
  Lesson 5

  • "An Introduction to Plumes" from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  
  
  • "The Earth's Atmosphere" at the online Journey Through Astronomy
  
  
  • Webpages from NASA and University of Toledo have good information, pictures and examples

  Chapter 4

  Overview

  • Much more extensive and up-to-date information about Lake Geneva is available on the web

  Chapter 5

  The Investigative Reports: Earth in the Hot Seat is available on DVD through A&E classroom. Due to distribution rights, we can no longer be a provider of this video. You can purchase it by clicking here.

  For all of the vocabulary definitions in Chapter 5, the citations should include both of the following:
  
  Merrian - Webster webpage (http://www.m-w.com/home.htm)
  
  AND
  
  Encarta® World English Dictionary © 1999 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

  
  Lesson 1

  • Alaska Sea Grant - Other geological hazards in Alaska

  
  Lesson 3

  • Background information at http://chesapeake.towson.edu/
    education/instructional/labalbedo.asp

  
  Lesson 6

  • Background information and references at the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program Education Site

  
  Unit 1 | Unit 2
  
  
  Unit 3

  • USDA Farmland Protection Also, look in the Additional Resources Folder for suggestions on where to find more farmland conservation info.

  
  Chapter 1
  
  

  • An article about organic material in soil from Cornell
  
  
  • To read more profiles of farmers in your area, go to: http://www.sare.org/newfarmer/toc.htm
  
  
  • Background Information from "Plant" Encyclopædia Britannica Online
  
  
  • On the Farm adapted from The New American Farmer
  
  
  • Soil Classification Systems: http://soils.usda.gov/technical/classification/
  
  
  • World Soil Resources from the USDA
  
  
  • Soil texture analysis from New Mexico State University
  
  
  • Subsurface water site from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point
  
  
  • The exclusive distributor of fast plants materials is Carolina scientific
  
  
  • Surf to http://www.fastplants.org/ for more information about fast plants
  
  
  • About phylum brassica: http://www.museums.org.za/bio/
    plants/angiospermae/brassicales.htm
  
  
  • www.floridata.com -- and search for brassica

  
  Chapter 2
  
  

  • Information about CSA and farming in general: http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/csa/
  
  
  • Locations of CSA sites by state: http://www.csacenter.org/statesfr.htm
  
  
  • To read profiles of farmers in your area, go to: http://www.sare.org/newfarmer/toc.htm
  
  
  • California Foundation for agriculture in the classroom: http://www.cfaitc.org/
  
  
  • Kansas State University article on evapotranspiration
  
  
  • A soil texture class website from Penn State
  
  
  • Soil and water relationships website from the Noble Foundation
  
  
  • Irrigation Scheduling Using Crop Water Use Data

  
  Chapter 3
  
  

  • National Geographic has a nice website with illustrations about building dams that students could explore at http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
    resources/ ngo/education/geoguide/
    dams/index.html
  
  
  • PBS also has a website about Building Big that has dam basics and more information about building dams at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/
    buildingbig/dam/index.html
  
  
  • To explore types of dams and their uses, The Report of the World Commission on Dams offers a balanced analysis of the multiple benefits (and costs) of large dams
  
  
  • The World Commission on Dams website has on on-line version of the report as well as links to case studies from seven countries around the world
  
  
  • The work of the WCD has been independently assessed by the World Resources Institute (USA), Lokayan (India), and Lawyers' Environmental Action Team (Tanzania) who have published their evaluation and implications for future public policymaking at http://www.wcdassessment.org/
  
  
  • Excepts from the book The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams by Patrick McCully and additional information is available from the International River Network (IRN) at http://www.irn.org/
  
  
  • More information on the John H. Kerr Dam and Reservoir in Virginia can be found at http://www.saw.usace.army.mil/
    jhkerr/index.htm
  
  
  • Geology labs online have a nice stream flow measurement and flooding lessons at http://vcourseware.sonoma.edu/
    VirtualRiver/index.html
  
  
  • USGS Intro to Topographic Maps: http://mac.usgs.gov/mac/isb/
    pubs/booklets/topo/topo.html
  
  
  • NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/srtm/
  
  
  • The map of the Boot Creek region of Northern California is available here in a variety of resolutions and sizes, and also includes ordering information
  
  
  • Great Lakes Instructional Materials for the Changing Earth System, Earth Systems Education, The Ohio State University, at http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/
    ~earthsys/glimcesa.html
  
  
  • The TopoZone has lots of online topographic maps

  
  Chapter 4
  
  

  • From Oregon State University: http://eesc.orst.edu/salmon/
    human/predators.html
  
  
  • The online Salmon Challenge is a fun web-based activity for younger students, at http://splash.metrokc.gov/
    wlr/waterres/salmonch.htm
  
  
  • Riverdeep's Teaching In The News has an interesting reading on salmon at http://www.riverdeep.net/
    teaching_the_news/ news_2000/
    nov/112800_salmon.jhtml
  
  
  • The National Wildlife Foundation has an excellent web site that discusses the life cycle of salmon and how dams and other threats effect their survival.
  
  
  • The Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission has a quick one page reference on Chinook Salmon's life cycle and habitat and ecology.
  
  
  • This link has excellent pictures that help visually show the salmon's life cycle. http://www.fish.washington.edu/
    hatchery/salmon.html
  
  
  • Discussion of Farm Bureau Federation platforms and reactionary measures taken by NGO's to combat their political clout. http://www.riverdale.k12.or.us/
    salmon/digest/13.html

  
  Chapter 5
  
  

  • For more information on Chad, surf to http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/
    cabs/chad_cameroon.html
  
  
  • For more information on general U.S. Household water use, surf to http://www.awwa.org/Advocacy/
    pressroom/statswp5.cfm
  
  
  • US Geological Survey site on how ground water occurs
  
  
  • Background information available at The Groundwater Foundation
  
  
  • Ground water primer from the EPA
  
  
  • Maps of local aquifers and watersheds could be used in place of the California aquifers. Those maps are available from local water resource offices, or on the web at http://capp.water.usgs.gov/gwa/
  
  
  • Useful information about nitrates:
    http://www.agwt.org/
    Trust_files/info/nitrate.htm
    http://www.msue.msu.edu/msue/
    imp/mod02/01500617.html
  
  
  • The following website has useful information about point and non-point pollution: http://esa.sdsc.edu/carpenter.htm
  
  
  • "Understanding Watersheds" from green.org
  
  
  • The FAQ about Leaky Acres is from http://www.fresno.gov/public_utilities/
    water/water_recharge.asp
  
  
  • "Artificial Recharge of Aquifers" - http://www.oas.org/usde/
    publications/unit/oea59e/ch18.htm
  
  
  • "Artificial Recharge of Groundwater" - http://www.ce.vt.edu/program_areas/
    environmental/teach/gwprimer/
    recharge/recharge.html
  
  
  • The groundwater animation is from: http://water.usgs.gov/
    pubs/wri/wri014002/. There is a full report detailing their research at that site
  
  
  • Information about draw down, subsidence, salt water intrusion, etc
    http://ga.water.usgs.gov
    /edu/earthgwsinkholes.html
    http://www.ec.gc.ca/water/
    en/manage/poll/e_salt.htm
    http://ag.arizona.edu/
    AZWATER/arroyo/062land.html
  
  
  • Information about injection wells:
    http://www.oas.org/usde/
    publications/unit/oea59e/ch18.htm
    http://www.ce.vt.edu/program_areas/
    environmental/each/gwprimer/
    recharge/recharge.html
    http://www.evergladesplan.org/
    facts_info/sywtkma_asr.cfm

  
  Chapter 6
  
  

  • More information about diagramming and concept mapping is available at http://www.graphic.org/concept.html

  
  Unit 1 | Unit 2 | Unit 3