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06/27/07


 * Classroom Resources**

National Science Teachers Association [] Georgia Department of Education []
 * Excellent sites to begin search for online resources**:

[] click Instructional and Research Resources for Students and Teachers click Middle or High click science on left hand side click Science Resource Center
 * Gwinnett County Schools Media Resources**

[] Phone: 770 992-2055 ext 237 On site education programs and outreach programs for schools in a 50 mile radius of the center. Fees are charged. Schools outside of 30 mile radius have additional travel fee. .
 * Chattahoochee** **Nature Center**

[] Phone: 404 624-wild On site education programs and educator loan boxes. Boxes are for various age groups and include biodiversity, wetlands, endangered species and habitat destruction. Boxes must be picked up. E-mail for boxes: education@zooatlanta.org. Also has an educator mailing list and teacher advisory counsel.
 * Zoo Atlanta**

[] Phone 706 542-1663 E-mail: scibox@uga.edu Two week loan of science boxes. Geared for K-8. See Attached Printout.
 * Georgia** **Museum of Natural History** at UGA, Athens

[] Phone: 404 929-6320 [] Wonderful onsite programs. Also sponsors Urban Watch Atlanta, an urban ecological research effort. Participants collect, record, analyze and submit data. This is an outreach program in which teachers and students may participate. Visits by program leaders are restricted to schools in a 40 mile radius of Atlanta. Contact Eli Dickerson in the education department: eli.dickerson@fernbank.edu. Phone: 404 929-6396. The conservation side of this program does have some money available and might be able to provide bus transport to the museum.
 * Fernbank** **Museum** **of Natural History**

[] Phone: 678 377-4010 4-H Contact: Mark Ziegler mziegler@uga.edu Through the 4-H program the Extension Service does have activity boxes that can be checked out. These are apparently underutilized and the service would like to see them get used. I spoke to Jean Gable who pointed out that some of the boxes, for example, the arts and crafts box contain science materials such as hornet and wasp nests. See the attached list of the available boxes.
 * Gwinnett** **County** **Extension Service**

[] Offer outreach programs to Dekalb County Schools only. This is apparently a well-advertised program in Dekalb. Occasionally they will offer programs for non-Dekalb schools. Check their website for listings.
 * Fernbank** **Science Center**

The people I spoke to indicated that over the next couple of years they are hoping to develop some outreach programs. They might be willing to help with specific requests for materials. They offer practice tests online that might be useful. [] Type in the content of your new page here.
 * Other resources** that have on site exhibits, lectures and/or tours, but did not have any outreach programs. Many offer teacher education programs.
 * **Atlanta** **Botanical Garden****.**[]
 * **Gwinnett County Library**[]
 * **Georgia Aquarium**[]
 * **Georgia Conservancy**[]
 * **Gwinnett County Parks**[]
 * **Centers for Disease Control**[]
 * **Southern Company**[]
 * **Georgia Dept.of Natural Resources**[]
 * **Georgia Plant Conservation Alliance**[]
 * **Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center**