Grade 4
People and Places

Unit: A; B; C; D

Unit A: Earth's Land

United States Department of Agriculture
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Tidbits for Teachers: Conservation Education Material for Teachers K-12
Attn: Conservation Communications Staff
P.O. Box 2890
Washington, DC 20013
E-mail: nrcsdesign@nhq.nrc5.usda.gov
http://www.nhq.nrcs.usda.gov/CCS/ConsEd.html

Mineral Information Institute
About Mineral Information Institute
(Free K-12 Earth Science Lesson Plans, Geology Teaching Materials)
501 Violet Street
Golden, CO 80401
Tel: (303) 277-9190
Fax: (303) 277-9198
E-mail: mii@mii.org
http://www.mii.org/lessons.html

Unit B: Populations and Ecosystems

National Wildlife Federation
8925 Leesburg Pike
Vienna, VA 22184
Tel: (703) 790-4000
http://www.nwf.org

National Audubon Society
700 Broadway
New York, NY 10003
Tel: (212) 979-3183
http://www.audubon.org/nas/contact.html

Library of Congress
101 Independence Avenue S.E.
Washington, D.C. 20540
Tel: (202) 707-5000
http://www.loc.gov/

Smithsonian Institution
SI Building, Room 153
Washington, DC 20560-0010
Tel: (202) 357-2700
http://www.si.edu/

Unit C: The Solid Earth

Geologic Inquiries Group
U.S. Geological Survey
907 National Center
Reston, VA 20192
Tel: (888) ASK-USGS (275-8747)
Fax: (703) 648-4888
E-mail: gig@usgs.gov
http://www.usgs.gov/

Geological Society of America
3300 Penrose Place
P.O. Box 9140
Boulder, CO 80301
Tel: (303) 447-2020, (800) 472-1988
Fax: (303) 447-1133
E-mail: member@geosociety.org
http://www.geosociety.org/

Mineral Information Institute
501 Violet Street
Golden, CO 80401
Tel: (303) 277-9190
Fax: (303) 277-9198
E-mail: mii@mii.org
http://www.mii.org/aboutmii.html

National Museum of Natural History
Department of Mineral Sciences
Smithsonian Institution
10th Street and Constitution Avenue
Washington, D.C. 20560
Tel: (202) 357-2700
E-mail: minisciweb@volcano.si.edu
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/minsci/

National Museum of Natural History
Department of Paleobiology
Smithsonian Institute
10th Street and Constitution Avenue
Washington, D.C. 20560
Tel: (202) 357-2700
E-mail: paleobiology@nmnh.si.edu
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/departments/paleo.html

Maps and Geologic Literature

The Geological Society of America
P.O. Box 1719
Boulder, Colorado 80302
Tel: (800) 472-1988, (303) 447-2020

U.S. Geological Survey
Map Distribution
Box 25286
Building 810
Federal Center
Denver, CO 80225
Tel: (303) 236-7476

Unit D: Magenetism and Electricity

Educational Cooperative Service Unit
Young Inventors Program and Fair
Cathy Macdonald, Coordinator
4001 Stinson Blvd. NE, Suite 210
Minneapolis, MN 55421
Tel: (612) 706-0801, ext. 107
E-mail: cmac@ecsu.k12.mn.us
http://www.ecsu.k12.mn.us/yif/

Houghton Mifflin Invention Convention
Find out how your school can participate in the annual Houghton Mifflin Invention.
http://www.eduplace.com/science/invention/index.html

Inventure Place
National Inventors Hall of Fame
221 S. Broadway
Akron, Ohio 44308
Tel: (330) 762-4463
http://www.invent.org/

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Clearinghouse (EREC) US Department of Energy
P.O. Box 3048
Merrifield, VA 22116
Tel: 1 (800) 363-3732
E-mail: doe.erec@nciinc.com
http://www.eren.doe.gov

The Sectoral Skills Council
The Electric Club: Activities Handbook
171 Nepean, Suite 401
Ottawa, Ontario K2P 0B4
Tel: 1 (800) 461-7844, (613) 567-3036
Fax: (613) 567-3195
E-mail: sscfund@sprint.ca
http://www.schoolnet.ca/general/electric-club/e/index.html

Galaxy Networks, Inc.
Hands-On Technology: Electricity and Magnetism
E-mail: debi@worldnet.att.net
http://www.galaxy.net/~k12/electric/notes.shtml