Grade 6
People and Places

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

Unit A: Cells and Microbes

AskERIC Lesson Plans:
Making Three-Dimensional Plant and Animal Cells
http://askeric.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Science/Biology/BIO0039.html

Encyclopedia of Virology
Instituto de Ciéncias
Biomédicas Departamento de Microbiologia
Av. Prof. Lineu
Prestes, 1374
05508-900 - São Paulo - SP, Brazil
Fax Depto.: 818-7354
E-mail: mlracz@usp.br

Medical Mycology Resource Center
Department of Pathology
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, TX 77555-0609

North American Mycological Association:
Teaching about Fungi K-12
Sandy Sheine
93 Old Mill River Road
Pound Ridge, NY 10576
Tel 914-764-8405
Fax 914-764-4604
E-mail: ssheine@aol.com
http://www.namyco.org/education/k-12.html

Unit B: The Changing Earth

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: The Nature of Matter

The American Chemical Society
Chemistry activities for kids, parents, and teachers
1155 16th Street NW
Washington DC 20036
Tel: (202) 872-4600
Tel: (800) 227-5558
http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_EDUCATION&node_id=89&use_sec=false

North Carolina State University
The Science House: Countertop Chemistry
909 Capability Drive, Suite 1200
NC State University Centennial Campus
BOX 8211
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695-8211
Tel: (919) 515-6118
Fax: (919) 515-7545
E-mail: Science_House@ncsu.edu
http://www2.ncsu.edu/ncsu/pams/science_house/learn/CountertopChem/index.html

The Exploratorium
Science Explorer: Exploratorium-At-Home Books
3601 Lyon Street
San Francisco, CA 94123
Tel: 415-EXP-LORE
E-mail: ronh@exploratorium.edu
http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/index.html

Minnetonka Elementary Science Center
Ooey Gooey Recipes
5621 County Road 101
Minnetonka, MN 55345
Tel: (612) 401-5105
Tel: (612) 401-5106

Unit D: Continuity of Life

National Audubon Society's
Kids & Education
700 Broadway
New York, NY 10003
Tel: (212) 979-3000
E-mail: vcook@audubon.org
http://www.audubon.org/educate/

Bureau of Land Management
Environmental Education in the BLM
1849 C Street, Room 406-LS
Washington, DC 20240
Tel: (202) 452-5125
Fax: (202) 452-5124
E-mail: wobooth@wo.blm.gov
http://www.blm.gov/education/index.html

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

Wildlife Conservation Society
Education Programs
2300 Southern Boulevard
Bronx, New York 10460
Tel: (718) 220-5131
E-mail: feedback@wcs.org
http://www.wcs.org/kids/ed-education.html

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Homepage
849 C Street NW, Washington DC 20240
Tel: (202) 208-3100
E-mail: web_reply@fws.gov
http://www.fws.gov/

Unit E: Oceanography

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Information Office
Co-op Building, MS #16
Woods Hole, MA 02543
Tel: (508) 289-2252
Fax: (508) 457-2180
E-mail: information@whoi.edu
http://www.divediscover.whoi.edu/

Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
Silver Spring Metro Center
Bldg 3, Room 11627
1315 East-West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Tel: (301) 713-2458

National Geophysical Data Center
Dr. Peter W. Sloss
NOAA/NGDC Mail Code E/GC3
325 Broadway, Boulder
CO USA 80303,
Tel: (303) 497-6119
Fax: (303) 497-6513
E-mail: psloss@ngdc.noaa.gov

Oceanic Research Group
59 Old Andover Road
North Reading, MA 01864
Tel: (978) 664-9091
http://www.oceanicresearch.org/education/education.htm

Unit F: Forces and Motion

International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions
1448 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Tel: (703) 836-4800
Fax: (703) 836-4801
http://www.iaapa.org/

National Amusement Park Historical Association
P.O. Box 83
Mt. Prospect, IL 60056
http://www.napha.org/

Sandusky Merry-Go-Round Museum
W. Washington and Jackson Streets
P.O. Box 718
Sandusky, OH 44870
Tel: (419) 626-6111
Fax: (419) 626-1297
http://www.merrygoroundmuseum.org/

Project SMART
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI 02881
http://www.ed.uri.edu/smartprojects/rcoaster.html

Consumer Product Safety Commission
Washington, D.C. 20207
Directory of State Amusement Ride Safety Officials
http://www.coasterquest.com/cpsc.htm

Division of Labor and Industry:
Amusement Ride Safety
1100 North Eutaw Street
Room 300
Baltimore, MD 21201
Tel: (410) 767-2990
Fax: (410) 333-7721
http://www.dllr.state.md.us/labor/amus.html