Palo Alto Unified School District — Science OnLine Guide
for Teachers
Earth History—Unit Resources
Below are some community resources related to this kit, all of which are
easily accessible to Palo Alto Unified School District students and teachers.
This includes museums, experts, field trips and more!
Kit Replacement Items
Palo Alto teachers may order kit replacement items from the Science Resource
Center. Order
Form.
IMC Resources
PAUSD teachers can place an online order for materials from
the IMC/AV
Earth History Collection. (You will need your Library ID Number, available
from your site librarian.)
Field Guide to Geology, David Lambert and the Diagram
Group, Facts on File, New York, 1988.
Super Science Activities, Dale Seymour Publications,
Palo Alto, CA 1988.
How the Earth Works, Joh Farndon, Readers Digest,
Pleasantville, New York, 1992.
Interaction of Earth and Time: Inquiry in Earth
Science, Abraham, Chaney, et al., Rand McNally & Company, Chicago,
1979.
Software
Earthquest - Available at school site
Sim Earth - This is an excellent simulation of GAIA, the concept
that the Earth's systems are all interrelated and what changes in one
affects the whole. (available by individual purchase)
Laser Discs
Planet Earth, The Force Within - (Available from EdTech) This
material includes general geology, the history of plate tectonics and is
interactive with hypercard
Windows on Science - Earth Science Vols. I, II, III - (Available at
JLS/Jordan)
Fire and Life: Mount St. Helens - (Available from Susan Howell at
Addison) This material features geology in the context of ecosystems on
Mt. St. Helens.
Local Field Trips
Los Trancos Trail (Page Mill Road above Foothill Park)
Pinnacles (40 miles south of Hollister)
Big Basin (streams and erosion) - Santa Cruz Mountains
Visit a steam bed such as San Francisquito Creek before and after
flooding to see changes due to erosion (removal) and sedimentation (addition)
Earth
History Unit
Index