Your Study Resources: Module 3
MINERAL RESOURCES
Rumpelstilzchen Pictures
http://www.storybookcastle.com/colour/rumpelstilzchen.html
Coloring book pages to print and color.
Rumpelstiltskin on Video
http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=6837949
Possibly available at your local library.
Minerals in Your Home
http://www.casdn.neu.edu/~geology/department/courses/minerals/examples/index.html
Great web page with images of everyday items and what minerals they contain. Perfect for illustrating the significance of minerals in our lives.
Your weight in Gold!
http://dendritics.com/scales/metal-calc.asp
A precious metals calculator to determine what's a body worth if made of solid gold, or other precious metals.
Gold Prices
http://www.westontheweb.com/Articles/Article.aspx?id=79
A brief article on how gold prices are determined.
"It's Time to Know the Planet's Mineral Resources"
http://www.agiweb.org/geotimes/mar01/feature1.html
Very informative article from GeoTimes about the definite demand for minerals, the use of land, and the need to plan for sustainable development.
From Open Pit to Wedding Ring
http://www.nodirtygold.org/pubs/DirtyMetals_intro.pdf
Illustrated flyer showing how gold is produced.
Reclamation
http://www.mii.org/reclmetals.html
Mining Reclamation stories from the Mineral Information Institute
TUNDRA FARMING
Geographic Names Information System
http://geonames.usgs.gov/index.html
Look up place names of almost 2 million physical and cultural geographic features in the United States.
Immigration: Native American
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/learn/features/immig/na_voc.html
Challenge students to match Native American place names with their map locations.
Renamed
http://www.jimwegryn.com/Names/StatesRenamed.htm
States ideas for what states could be named if we had to start all over: Alabama would be Dixie World, Utah would be Salterra!
A Web of Linguistic Fun
http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/rbeard/name.html
Showcases the longest place names in the world, located in Wales.
World Heritage Map
http://whc.unesco.org/en/map
There are 830 sites beautifully illustrated with detailed descriptions on this site.
Our National Parks in Peril
http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0610/feature2/index.html
Article with photo gallery from National Geographic summarizes the history and impact of the National Parks program in the U.S. Movie feature is also available.
Share the Experience Photo Contest
http://nationalparks.eprize.net/experiencephoto
Submit a picture from a national park to this contest by the National Parks Foundation, and winning photographs will be featured on the 2008 Federal Recreational Lands Pass.
The Next Big Ideas in Conservation
http://www.nature.org/tncscience/bigideas/
Six experts from The Nature Conservancy share how they see the future of protecting nature.
The American Geographies - Essay by Barry Lopez
http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/uofmn/gonorth-caag07/index.php?startpage=276
The Comic Creator
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/comic/index.html
A cool interactive tool for composing an online comic strip.
"Forest, Field and Lands"
http://discovery.mnhs.org/ConnectingMN/
CASE STUDY
Chukotka's Golden Future?! Politician Becomes Patron Saint in Siberia (PDF, 2.2MB) >>
CASE STUDY: FACT FINDER
Earth & Sky: Rural Lands Provide Ecosystem Services
http://www.earthsky.org/radioshows/49336/rural-lands-provide-ecosystem-services (Radio segment less than 2 minutes)
Farms provides more than just corn or dairy products. Rural land also filters air and water, store greenhouse gases, and provide habitat for wild plants and animals.
Behind The Ever-Expanding American House
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5525283
(NPR Radio segment and transcript)
EekoWorld: Future
http://www.pbskids.org/eekoworld/index_flash.html?load=future
Great PBS animation on easy things to do every day to keep the earth healthy.
"Chukotka's National Heritage at a Glance" from WWF (PDF, 572KB) >>
World POPClock from the U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/popclockworld.html
Count to twenty out loud and hit reload on the browser. Notice the number indicates how our world population is increasing even in just twenty seconds.
Minerals in Your World
http://resourcescommittee.house.gov/subcommittees/emr/usgsweb/examples/index.html
Terrific site listing where minerals are used and providing a long list of everyday items and what minerals they contain, from baby powder, to tires, to food items.
The Inside of a Cell Phone
http://www.hiroxkorea.com/images/MACRO/CELLPHONE_size_2.jpg
and
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/cell-phone.htm
Two sites offering images of a cell phones circuit board.
Be Different, Live Different, Buy Different
http://www.ibuydifferent.org/takeaction/action_center.asp
Make a Difference - A great place to explore the connections between common products and their hidden impacts on the environment.
CollectiveGood
http://www.collectivegood.com
Designate a charity to benefit from your donation by type or region and send in the cell phones for recycling.
RecycleMyCellPhone with Earthworks
http://www.recyclemycellphone.org
A partner with CollectiveGood.com, this organization also creates new phones from recycled parts and sells them inexpensively to people in developing countries while funding charities.
RIPMobile
http://www.ripmobile.com
Cash in or trade your old cell phones for electronic gift points that can be used to purchase music, games, and clothes from their partners.
Globalis
http://globalis.gvu.unu.edu/
Investigate the size of the average U.S. ecological footprint compared to that of Russia, and compare how the Human Development Index developed for the two regions from 1980 to 2002.
Roman Abramovich
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Abramovich
Learn about the billionaire who has served as Chukotka's governor since December 2000 and has spent hundreds of millions of dollars of his personal wealth here.
Sustainable Development Framework by the Arctic Council
http://www.arcticcouncil.org/en/main/infopage/194/
This document from 1990 provides an overview of issues faced by countries in the Arctic, as well as possible solutions to achieve sustainable development.
Ecological Footprint Quiz
http://www.myfootprint.org
Estimate how much productive land and water you need to support what you use and what you discard. Compare your ecological footprint to what other people use and to what is available on this planet. Another footprint calculator displaying how many earths are needed to sustain individual usage can be found at http://www.ecologicalfootprint.com
Inspiration software
http://www.inspiration.com/freetrial/index.cfm
A great tool for easily creating a linkage map.
CASE STUDY: THINK GLOBAL...
Atlas of the Human
http://www.wcs.org/sw-high_tech_tools/landscapeecology/humanfootprint/hfatlas
Map created by compiled data.
MINERAL RESOURCES - STUDENT PAGES
Not So Golden
Leading Retailers Pledge Their Gold Jewelry Will Sparkle Responsibly
http://www.oxfamamerica.org/newsandpublications/press_releases/press_release.2007-02-08.2094363075/?searchterm=Leading%20Retailers%20pledge%20their
Leading Jewlers (PDF, 196KB) >>
Tiffany & Company (PDF, 188KB) >>
TUNDRA FARMING - TEACHER NOTES
Google Earth
http://earth.google.com
Free software available for both PC and MAC.
50states.com: "State Nicknames"
http://www.50states.com/bio/nickname1.htm
Wikipedia: "List of U.S. State Nicknames."
Includes links to state entries.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_nicknames
Miketodd.net: "U.S. State Nicknames." A personal webpage with representative information.
http://www.miketodd.net/encyc/statenicks.htm
StudyBuddy.com: "State Nicknames." Interactive trivia game.
http://homework-help.aol.com/games/state-nicknames
Encarta: "What's a Hoosier? A State Nicknames Quiz."
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/departments/education_1/?page=quiz96&Quizid=96
World Wide Global 200
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/wildworld/global.html
Set Up A Blog
http://www.blogger.com
Reindeer Herders (English translation from the official periodical of RAIPON)
http://www.npolar.no/ansipra/english/MKN/MKN08-09.html
"Minnesota Farmer."
http://discovery.mnhs.org/ConnectingMN/
http://discovery.mnhs.org/ConnectingMN/resources/Letters/070974_trans.htm
Select Farming to watch the comic based on letters from Mary Carpenter in Minnesota Farming
CASE STUDY: TEACHERS NOTES
Cell Phone Data Eraser
http://www.newdream.org/buy/bts/erase.htm
The One And Only Safe Way To Recycle Your Wireless Phone! Now you can sell, donate or recycle your old cell phone worry free! The Cell Phone Data Eraser gives you all the tools you need to remove personal information like contact names and phone numbers from your cell phone.
