Grade 4
People and Places

Unit: A; B; C; D; E; F

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: Properties of Matter

American Chemical Society
Welcome to WonderNet:
Chemistry activities for kids, parents, and teachers
http://www.chemcenter.org/wondernet/index.html#1
1155 16th Street NW
Washington DC 20036
Phone: (202) 872-4600
Toll Free: (800) 227-5558

American Association of Physics Teachers:
Physical Sciences Resource Center
http://www.psrc-online.org/curriculum/curriculum.html
One Physics Ellipse
College Park, MD 20740-3845
Phone: (301) 209-3300
Fax: (301) 209-0845

University of California Regents, Berkeley
Micro Worlds: Classroom Teaching Modules
http://www.lbl.gov/MicroWorlds/module_index.html
Elizabeth Moxon
Advanced Light Source, MS 4-230
Berkeley Lab
Berkeley, CA 94720
Phone: (510) 486-5760
Fax: (510) 495-2111
E-mail:ejmoxon@lbl.gov

Unit C: Living Systems Museum Display

The Oakland Zoo in Knowland Park
Arlyn Christopherson
Educational Director
9777 Golf Links Road
P.O. Box 5238
Oakland, CA 94605
Tel: (510) 632-9525, ext. 121
Fax: (510) 635-5719
arlyn@oaklandzoo.or
http://www.oaklandzoo.org/ed/education.html

United States National Arboretum
3501 New York Avenue, NE
Washington, D.C. 20002-1958
Tel: (202) 245-2726
Fax: (202) 245-4575
http://www.ars-grin.gov/ars/Beltsville/na/

Desert Botanical Garden
1201 North Galvin Parkway
Phoenix, AZ 85008
Tel: (480) 941-1225
http://www.dbg.org/index.html

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

Unit E: Weather and Climate

National Severe Storms Laboratory
1313 Halley Avenue
Norman, OK 73069
405-360-3620
E-mail:www@whirlwind.nssl.noaa.gov
http://www.nssl.noaa.gov

National Weather Service, NOAA
1325 East-West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Webmaster: Jim Fenix
http://www.nws.noaa.gov

Science Learning Network
Miami Museum of Science: Explore Our Resources
http://www.sln.org/resources.html

The Weather Channel Education Department
300 Interstate North Parkway
Atlanta, GA 30339
Lara Buss
Education Coordinator,
E-mail: lbuss@weather.com

Weather Links
Athena Curriculum--Weather
http://inspire.ospi.wednet.edu:8001/curric/weather/

Unit F: 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/