Grade 6
People and Places

Unit: A; B; C; D; E

Unit A: Earth's Energy

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Severe Storms Laboratory
1313 Halley Avenue
Norman, OK 73069
Tel: (405) 360-3620
E-mail: webmaster@nssl.noaa.gov
http://www.noaa.gov/

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Atmospheric Sciences
Teacher Guide for Classroom Activities
105 S. Gregory Street
Urbana, IL 61801
Tel: (217) 333-2046
Fax: (217) 244-4393
E-mail: dept@atmos.uiuc.edu
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/wwhlpr/teacher_guides.rxml?hret=/indexlist.rxml&prv=1

Weather.com
The Weather Channel
Tel: 1-900-WEATHER
http://www.weather.com/

Miami Museum of Science
Science Learning Network
3280 S. Miami Avenue
Miami, FL 33129
Tel: (305) 646-4200
Fax: (305) 646-4300
E-mail: jcabrera@miamisci.org
http://www.miamisci.org/www/sln.html

California Energy Commission
Energy Education Resources for Teachers and Parents
1516 Ninth Street, MS-29
Sacramento, CA 95814-5504
Tel: (916) 654-4989
Fax: (916) 654-4420
E-mail: energia@energy.ca.gov
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/teachers_resources/index.html

U.S. Department of Energy
Science Education
1000 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, DC 20585
Tel: (202) 586-5000
http://energy.gov/engine/content.do?BT_CODE=TS_SUBSECTION2

Unit B: The Changing Earth

Southern California Earthquake Center
University of Southern California
University Park
Los Angeles, California 90089-0742
Tel: (213) 740-5843
Fax: (213) 740-0011
E-mail: SCECinfo@usc.edu
http://www.scec.org/

United States Geological Survey
Ask USGS-Earth Science Information Center
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive
Reston, VA 20192
Tel: 1-888-ASK-USGS
http://ask.usgs.gov/

United States Geological Survey
National Earthquake Information Center
Box 25046, DFC, MS 967
Denver, CO 80225
Tel: (303) 273-8500
Fax: (303) 273-8450
E-mail: sedas@gldfs.cr.usgs.gov
http://wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov/

The Federal Emergency Management Agency for Kids
Resources for Parents and Teachers
Attn: Holly Harrington, Room 824
Office of Emergency Information and Public Affairs
500 C Street, SW
Washington, D.C. 20472-0001
Tel: (202) 646-4600
E-mail: holly.harrington@fema.gov
http://www.fema.gov/kids/teacher.htm

The WWW Tsunami Information Resource
University of Washington Geophysics Program
Box 351650
Seattle, WA 98195-1650
Tel: (206) 543-8020
Fax: (206) 543-0489
E-mail: webmaster@geophys.washington.edu
http://www.geophys.washington.edu/tsunami/intro.html

Unit C:

National Severe Storms Laboratory
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
1313 Halley Avenue
Norman, OK 73069
Tel: (405) 360-3620
E-mail: webmaster@nssl.noaa.gov
http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/

Department of Atmospheric Sciences
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
105 S. Gregory Street
Urbana, IL 61801
Tel: (217) 333-2046
Fax: (217) 244-4393
E-mail: dept@atmos.uiuc.edu
http://www.atmos.uiuc.edu/

United States Geological Survey
345 Middlefield Road
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Volcano Hazards Program
Tel: (650) 853-8300
E-mail: vhpweb@volcanoes.usgs.gov
http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/educators.html

Federal Emergency Management Agency for Kids
Resources for Parents and Teachers
Attn: Holly Harrington, Room 824
Office of Emergency Information and Public Affairs
500 C Street, SW
Washington, D.C. 20472-0001
Tel: (202) 646-4600
E-mail: holly.harrington@fema.gov
http://www.fema.gov/kids/teacher.htm

California Governor's Office of Emergency Services
P.O. Box 419047
Rancho Cordova, CA 95741-9047
Tel: (510) 286-0873
http://www.oes.ca.gov/

Unit D:

University of California at Davis
Information Center for the Environment
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616
Tel: (530) 752-0107
http://ice.ucdavis.edu/

Columbia University Earth Institute
Biosphere 2 Center
32540 S. Biosphere Road
Oracle, AZ 85623
Tel: (520) 896-6400
Fax: (520) 896-6471
E-mail: brosenbl@bio2.edu
http://www.bio2.edu

United States Department of Agriculture
Food and Nutrition Information Center
Agricultural Research Service, USDA
National Agricultural Library, Room 304
10301 Baltimore Avenue
Beltsville, MD 20705-2351
Tel: (301) 504-5719
Fax: (301) 504-6409
TTY: (301) 504-6856
E-mail: fnic@nal.usda.gov
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/

North American Association for Environmental Education
Environmental Education Link
Classroom Resources-Directories
http://eelink.net/classroomresources-directories.html

Unit E: Earth's Natural Resources

U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service 14th and Independence Avenue Washington, DC 20250 http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/

Natural Resources Defense Council 40 West 20th Street New York, NY 10011 Tel: (212) 727-2700 E-mail: nrdcinfo@nrdc.org http://www.nrdc.org/

California Department of Conservation 801 K Street, MS 24-01 Sacramento, CA 95814 Tel: (916) 322-1080 http://www.consrv.ca.gov/

State of California Department of Fish & Game 1416 Ninth Street, Room 1240 Sacramento, CA 95814 Tel: (916) 653-7664 E-mail: jedwards@dfg.ca.gov http://www.dfg.ca.gov/

National Elementary Schools Press Association (NESPA) c/o Carolina Day School 1345 Hendersonville Road Asheville, NC 28803 Tel: (828) 274-0758 ext. 818 Fax: (828) 277-8832 E-mail: markL@teleplex.net http://www.nespa.org/

California Energy Commission Media and Public Communications Office 1516 Ninth Street, MS-29 Sacramento, CA 95814-5504 Tel: (916) 654-4989 Fax: (916) 654-4420 E-mail: energia@energy.ca.gov http://www.energy.ca.gov/index.html

U.S. Department of Energy, Headquarters Forrestal Building 1000 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, DC 20585 Tel: (202) 586-5000 http://www.doe.gov/