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8 Links

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Links last updated 2021-05-03 11:47:04.

American Coal Foundation

http://teachcoal.org/
Includes a teacher store. You can get free samples of coal. There are lesson plans.

Centralia Mine Fire Analysis

http://www.offroaders.com/album/centralia/study/ESL201Paper.htm

Centralia PA - Underground Mine Fires burning...

http://www.offroaders.com/album/centralia/centralia.htm

Field Trip: COAL MINE

http://www.ket.org/Trips/Coal/index.html

Mountaintop Removal -- NASA Earth Observatory

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/MountaintopRemoval/
NASA's Earth Observatory hosts this article about mountaintop removal, with photos from space showing how visibly significant this process is. The article explains the dynamic state of regulatory affairs surrounding coal mining in Appalachia.

National Energy Technology Lab--education resources

http://www.netl.doe.gov/education/teachers.html
This lab is mainly concerned with technologies to mitigate problems in the coal industry.
Tours, lessons, links to related sites, sponsorship of science fairs and the DOE Science Bowl, a student science competition.
Note that NETL's Excellence in Science Education Award went to the same teacher for the first four years the award has been given.

ONTA--Hydrocarbon Samples

http://onta.com
Based in Toronto, this organization offers kits of oil and coal-bearing rocks for educational purposes.

US DOE Office of Fossil Energy

http://www.fossil.energy.gov/
Oversees fossil energy research and information.