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 | The Abandoned Mine Drainage Education Coalition now has an AMD Curriculum prototype available. Click on the graphic below for some background information and request sample lesson plans. | |
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| Course Outline | Watershed Lesson Plans | Coalition Partners | Academic Standards | Educators | Students | Glossary of Terms |
| This web site is designed for use by boards of education, school administrations, teachers, parents, students and community members seeking a better understanding of abandoned mine drainage and watershed education. An interdisciplinary approach to watershed education is being developed to focus on the academic standards in the areas of Environment and Ecology mandated by the Pennsylvania Department of Education. | |
| Click on the above photograph to learn the definitions and causes of Abandoned Mine Drainage. |
| This web site funded by a Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Growing Greener Grant. Learn more at:www.GrowingGreener.org |  |
| News and Notices | |
| Federal funds may be shifted to clean up states mines. A recent newspaper article that appeared in the Pittsburgh Tribune Review. | |
| EPA Watershed Information Network - Watershed News |
 | United States Geological Survey (USGS) - An outstanding web site providing hands-on experiments for AMD. | ||
| Pennsylvania Outdoors & Nature - Outstanding resources for anyone interested in studying wildlife and nature. | |||
| The effects of abandoned mine drainage on the diversity and abundance of macroinvertebrate populations in Stump Creek, Jefferson County, Pa. - A reseach paper on how macroinvertebrates can determine water quality. Photographs | |||
| Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access (PASDA) - Free downloadable USGS topographical maps. | |||
| Green Schools - The center for environmental education. | |||
| Pa DEP Educator's Page - Current issues, lesson plans and activities to help you become an on-line environmental educator. | |||
| U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory, Cool Science - Instructional materials and 15 lesson plans for different grade levels. Lesson Plan 8 - Environmental Management: Clean Water Research As Releated To Acid Mine Drainage | |||
| Ask me about pyrite! - An education program available to schools from the Western Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandonded Mine Reclamation (WPCAMR). | |||
| Gateway to Educational Materials - A useful experimental search engine developed by the U.S. Department of Education. Enter a word or phrase like "amd" into the search box... The results are impressive. |
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| Click on the arrow to the right of the boxes to view the list of resources. Highlight and click the selected resource to go to that site. | ||||
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