Science Education Center of California
Science Education Center
of California
3001 Chapel Hill Road
Orange, CA 92867
714-292-6845
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Science Education Center of California
Helpful Links
Web Sites for Teachers |
Minerals and Fossils |
Museums |
Mineral and Fossil Literature
Earthquakes, Seismic Research, and Climate Change
Mineral Education in California |
Societies and Organizations |
Miscellaneous
Web Sites for Teachers
- Science Education Center of California, http://www.scienceattractions.com
- Franklin Institute, http://www.fi.edu/learn/index.php
- Library of Congress Educator Page, http://www.loc.gov/teachers
- National Geographic Science Section, http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science
- Public Broadcasting Service (PBS): Classroom Resources, http://www.pbs.org/teachers
- Science Lesson Plans, http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/science
- Hundreds of Educational Web Sites, http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn
- Georgia Institute of Technology Partnership, http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu
Minerals and Fossils
- Antares Fossils & Minerals: http://www.antaresfossils.com
- Southwest Meteorite Lab: http://www.meteorite-lab.com
- Bolivian Minerals (Alfredo Petrov): http://www.mineraltravel.com/aboutalfredo.html
- Mineralogical Research Company: http://www.minresco.com
- Dale’s Minerals: Dale Harwood; (310) 217-0551
- Attard's Minerals, http://attminerals.com/
- Kristalle: http://www.kristalle.com
- Jewel Tunnel Imports: http://www.jeweltunnel.com
Museums
California
- Muzeo of Anaheim, http://www.muzeo.org
- Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, http://www.nhm.org
- Mineral Sciences, http://www.nhm.org/research/minsci/
Gem & Mineral Council, http://www.nhm.org/gmc/ - San Bernardino County Museum, http://www.co.san-bernardino.ca.us/museum/
- San Diego Natural History Museum, http://www.sdnhm.org
- The Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology, http://www.alfmuseum.org/
- California Academy of Sciences, http://www.calacademy.org/
- University of California Museum of Paleontology, http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/
- California State Mining and Mineral Museum, http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=588
Western States
- Arizona State Museum, http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/
- Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, http://desertmuseum.org/
- Denver Museum of Nature and Science, http://www.dmns.org/main/en/
- Geology Museum, University of Wyoming, http://www.uwyo.edu/GeoMuseum/
- Colorado School of Mines, http://www.mines.edu/
- Montana Tech Mineral Museum, http://www.mbmg.mtech.edu/
- New Mexico Bureau of Mines Mineral Museum, http://geoinfo.nmt.edu/museum/
- Idaho Museum of Natural History, http://imnh.isu.edu/
Central and Eastern States
- Carnegie Museum of Natural History, http://www.carnegiemnh.org/
- Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, http://www.mnh.si.edu/
- American Museum of Natural History, http://www.amnh.org/
- Field Museum, Chicago, http://www.fieldmuseum.org/
- Harvard University Museum, http://www.fas.harvard.edu/%7Egeomus/
- A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum, http://www.museum.mtu.edu/
- Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, http://www.peabody.yale.edu/
Canada
- Telus World of Science (Edmonton, Canada), http://www.edmontonscience.com/pages/home/default.aspx
- Royal Alberta Museum (Edmonton, Canada), http://www.royalalbertamuseum.ca/
- Royal Ontario Museum (Toronto, Canada), http://www.rom.on.ca/
- Science North and Dynamic Earth (Sudbury, Canada) http://sciencenorth.on.ca/
- Canadian Museum of Nature (Ottawa, Canada), http://www.nature.ca/nature_e.cfm
Mineral and Fossil Literature
- Mineralogical Record, http://mineralogicalrecord.com
- Rock & Gem, http://www.rockngem.com
- Mindat, http://www.mindat.org
- Rocks and minerals, http://www.rocksandminerals.org
Earthquakes, Seismic Research, and Climate Change
- Kinemetrics: http://www.kinemetrics.com
- Index map of recent earthquakes in California and Nevada
http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/latest.htm - Caltech Seismological Laboratory, http://www.seismolab.caltech.edu
- U.S. Geological Survey, http://www.usgs.gov/
- Southern California Earthquake Center, http://www.scec.org
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, http://www.ipcc.ch/
- Department of Earth System Sciences at UC Irvine, http://www.ess.uci.edu
- Dr. Jeff Masters' WunderBlog: (Blog on Climate related issues), http://www.wunderground.com
Mineral Education in California
- California Institute of Technology Mineral Spectroscopy Server,
http://minerals.gps.caltech.edu/ - Gemological Institute of America (GIA), http://www.gia.edu/
Societies and Organizations
- Mineralogical Society of Southern California: http://www.mineralsocal.org
- Fluorescent Mineral Society, http://www.uvminerals.org
- Friends of Mineralogy, Southern California Chapter,
http://www.mineralsocal.org/scfm/ - American Federation of Mineralogical Societies, http://www.amfed.org
- Southern California Micro-Mineralogists, http://www.mineralsocal.org/micro/
- Mineralogical Society of America, http://www.minsocam.org/
- Mineralogical Association of Canada, http://www.mineralogicalassociation.ca/
Miscellaneous
- Diamond Pacific Tool Corporation, http://www.diamondpacific.com/
- Magnets and magnetic materials, http://www.allmagnetics.com
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