CYBERNETICS & EARTH SYSTEMS LEARNING

[ Cybernetics & Systems Dynamics ]
[ Geoscience Sources of Materials ]
[ Modeling, Simulation and Visualization ]
[ Projects and Organizations ]
[ STELLA Modeling Resources ]

 

 

 

 

Cybernetics and Systems Dynamics: 

• A Glance: Critical Thinking Software Tools and Workbook : With Stella II Demonstration Software (Book/Disk)
• An Introduction to General Systems Thinking , by Gerald M. Weinberg . Dorset House; ( April 15, 2001)
• Andrew Ford, Modeling the Environment - Chapter 1. Overview - Exercises - Models and Cases
• An Introduction to General Systems Thinking , by Gerald M. Weinberg . Dorset House; (April 15, 2001)
• Arthur A. Few. 1996. System Behavior and System Modeling . University Science Books.
• Bibliography on Complex Evolving Systems - from Principia Cybernetica Web
• Bretherton Diagram - ESSE (full color detail - GIF diagram) - from ESSE Online (See - What is Earth System Science?")
• Center for Integrated Regional Assessment - home
• Center for Spatially Integrated Social Science ( CSISS ) - see Learning Resources , e.g. criminology, demography, public health, sociology, environment and resources, urban studies.
• Conceptual Models - SERC
• Concepts on Systems Theory - article - from Principia Cybernetica Web
• Cybernetics and Systems Science Compendia - from Principia Cybernetica Web
• Dictionary of Cybernetics and Systems- from Principia Cybernetica Web
• EMDS - Ecosystem Management Decision Support System - USFS
• EOLSS (Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems) Project - Logo / Model
• ESSE Bibliography (M. Kalb) - USRA/ESSE Project
• Evolution of Complexity Symposium
• GEOS 2004 - Evolution of the Earth Systems (University of Oklahoma, ESSE courses) - SEE: Terminology - Glossary - Master Bibliography
• Heron Group, LLC P.O. Box 741 Georgetown, DE 19947 U.S.A. 302-856-3324
• IPE program at OU:  Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Environment - home - OU/ESSE course (see below)
• Isee Systems , Introduction to Systems Thinking with STELLA Guide (Win) . Isee Systems, Inc.
• Knowledge Garden - US Forest Service
• List of Textbooks on Earth Systems Science Education by Martin Ruzek (USRA/ESSE Online)
• Modeling, Simulation and Visualization Resources
• NetWeaver: A New Tool for Developing Results Frameworks, Integrating Performance Data, and Testing Development Hypotheses ( PDF ) by Max W. McFadden, J. Kathy Parker, Michael C. Saunders, Ph.D.
• The Heron Group, LLC P.O. Box 741 Georgetown, DE 19947 U.S.A. 302-856-3324

• MSU - CEVL  (Michigan State University, Computational Ecology and Visualization Lab)
• MSU - Earth System Science Education Course
• Papers on Cybernetics and Systems Science - from Principia Cybernetica Web
• Pegasus Communications - books on System Dynamics
• Reference Resources on Cybernetics and Systems Science - from Principia Cybernetica Web: see also Basic Books, journals, associations as well as the library database of the Department of Medical Cybernetics and AI - University of Vienna
• Science and the Environment - ARKIV
• SERC - Science Education Resource Center - Carleton University
• Science of the Earth System" - NASA (with links)
• State of Computational Ecology - John Kelley
• Systems Thinking: Managing Chaos and Complexity : A Platform for Designing Business Architecture , by Jamshid Gharajedaghi (Author). Butterworth-Heinemann; (May 10, 1999)
• System Dynamics Group - Sloan School of Management/MIT and their 2002 Publications List and  Other resources: SDEP Project (System Dynamics in Education) - see especially the Road Maps guide to learning system dynamics
• Teaching with Models - SERC
• The Macroscope - A New Word Scientific System - Joel de Rosnay
• University of Oklahoma, Earth Systems Science Education course = Models of the Earth System.  Many resources and focused on using STELLA as a modeling too - part of the IPE Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Environment - home
• Visualization and Web Graphics
• What are Cybernetics and Systems Science?- from Principia Cybernetica Web
• What is a Model and Types - SERC
• What is Earth System Science - M. Kalb et al/USRA-ESSE
• What is Systems Theory?- from Principia Cybernetica Web
• Whole Systems - many resources -
• Whole Systems mailing list for the exploration of whole systems principles
   

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Geoscience Sources of Materials:

See also: NASA/USRA/ESSE21 (Earth System Science) educational resources and Environmental Studies and HDGC (Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change)

• AAG99 - Discussion Papers - 'Learning and Teaching Geography in Higher Education'
• Allied Video Corporation Educational Videos and Software for K-12 Humanities Titles
• Ancient World Web: Main Index
• Annenberg/CPB Project Exhibits Collection
• AP Environmental Science - College Board
• Applied Physics Lab - Johns Hopkins University - US Relief Maps & Links - HOME page
• Archaeology - ArchNet - WWW Virtual Library - Archaeology
• Archaeology - Welcome from The Mining Co.
• At Home in the Heartland Online Module - Illinois State Museum Exhibit with links to other resources
• Athena, Earth and Space Science for K-12 - home
• Atlapedia Online - home
• Benchmarks On-Line- AAAS - home
• Blue Planet: An Introduction to Earth System Science, 2e - John Wiley & Sons, textbook
• BLM : Environmental Education at the BLM
• Bridge - oceanography/marine science site and educational resources
• Brooks/Cole Biology Resource Center Home Page
• Brooks/Cole Earth Science Resource Center
• Campus Computing Project - home
• CERES S'COOL Project - home
• CIA KIDS PAGE -GEOGRAPHY
• CINDI: Center for Integration of Natural Disaster Information
• Climate Diagnostics Center - and  NOAA Links
• Climate/Weather/Earth Hotlist
• Collapse of Civilizations Exhibits Collection (Annenberg/CPB)
• COMET ® - Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology, Education and Training - UCAR
• Conservation Education, Education and Conservation Partners For a Brighter Tomorrow - US State Department - Services - American International Schools, Office of Overseas Schools
• Conservation Media Center - home
• Creative Learning Exchange - list of projects/materials - Systems Dynamics Group (SDEP) MIT
• Daily Diffs Folder: Environment, Natural Resources, Species and Habitat - News on the environment
• Developing Active Learning Modules Project - from the AAG
• Digital Schoolhouse and CA World - home
• Discovery Channel Online - home
• Distance Education Clearinghouse - home
• Disted database - home
• DLESE - Digital Library for Earth System Education
• Earth and Sky (Daily Radio series & related resources)
• Earth and Environmental Science - USGS Links - Environment General
• EARTHFORCE - home
• EarthNet - infoserver - Illinois Geology outreach service
• Earth Online Internet Rersources (Wadsworth)
• Earth Sciences Resources on the Internet - ORES site
• Earth Times (online newsletter)
• Eco Education - resources
• EcoNet - Environmental Issues Resource Center & Index
• Educator's Corner at ORNL DAAC - home
• EE-Link - Environmental Education Resources
• EES - Earth's Environment and Society Group - Global Change Learning Resources from VGDP
• Electronic Volcano - home
• Energy and Environmental Resources for a Networked World - Univ of Oregon Environmental Studies Program
• Energy Information on Internet - home
• Energy Research Clearing House WebSite
• Environmental Education Network - home
• Environmental Journalism Resources
• Environmental Policy Research Resources - U of Oregon / Ron Mitchell
• Environmental Studies E-Journals
• Environmental News Network
• EOS - Vulcanology - Educational Materials
• ESRI - The GIS Software Leader, Because Geography Matters
• ETE Earth Science Modules from NASA Classroom of the Future
• Exhibits Collection -- Collapse of Civilizations (Annenberg/CPB)
• FEMA: Federal Emergency Management Agency -- Disaster Mitigation, Preparedness, Response & Recovery
• FYI Home Page - The American Institute of Physics Bulletin of Science Policy News - FYI: Bulletins in 1999
• GEIC Databases (Global Env Info Centre - Japan)
• Geography Discipline Network (GDN) - home
• GeographyWeb - home
• Geo-Images Project homepage
• Geoindicators:Tools for Assessing Rapid Environmental Changes
• GEOLOGIC HAZARDS TEAM (Earthquakes/Geomagnetic/Landslides) - USGS
• Geology Field Trips - master list
• GeoScience:K-12 Resources (Sam Johnson's extensive resource list)
• Geoscience Resources - J Butler
• Geoscience Teaching & Learning Centers - J Butler - excellent compilation!
• GLOBE Resource Room - home
• Global Environmental Policy Research Tools - Williams College - Marc Levy
• Helping Your Child Learn Geography - USGS module
• Illinois State Geological Survey - and its Resources for Teaching Geology
• Information Management for the Environment
• INFOTERRA - Newsletter
• Institute for Geophysics - University of Texas
• Internet Resources for Geographers - VGDP
• Introduction to PBL - An Introduction to  Problem-Based Learning
• ISA Environmental Studies Section - home page
• Jackson and Tull's PCs IN SPACE(TM)
• K-12 World! - home
• Kids Web - Geography
• Links to Environmental Information & Data - United Nations Organizations
• Living in the Biosphere - Hands-On Active Learning Module from AAG
• LULC Module - HDGC - Land Use / Land Cover - Global Environmental Change (college level)
• Mailing Lists on the Environment and Related Topics
• MED - Home (Mayan Epigraphic Project)
• Museums in the Classroom - Chicago Museum of Science resources
• My Virtual Reference Desk - Geography
• National Audio-Visual Supply: Official Buying Guide of more than 7,000 presentation, training and education products.
• National Geographic Store
• Natural Disasters - student exhibit and article
• Natural Heritage Programs - Getting to Know - home
• Nature World Market (buyers guide, organizations, etc)
• NCSA Digital Information System Overview - homepage
• NMEA - National Marine Educators Association - home
• NOAA WWW Information Servers - HDQ
• NOVA Online - homepage jump site
• OH! Kids - General Science
• One Sky, Many Voices - home
• Online Resources for Earth Scientists ORES
• Online Resources for Geology ORES
• OUR Earth - Washington Spage Grant - home
• Ozone Chemistry Links
• PaleoNet - places to go - Hooper Virtual Paleontology Museum - Carleton University - Canada
• Paleoseismology Page
• People & Planet - magazine
• Physical Geography Resources List - CMU (Central Michigan Univ)
• Plants- Ethnobotany - homepage - EnviroNet
• POSTIX VISUALIZATION - Single-Concept Visualization Pages - Univ Maryland for Earth Science Education
• Practical Uses of Math And Science Home Page
• Preparing for the 21st Century - NAS - National Academy of Sciences - home
• PRAXIS - Social & Economic Development Links
• Prentice Hall: Pearson Education Network
• Project 2061 Home- AAAS - home
• ReliefWeb: Home page
• RIDE (Resources In Distance Education) - home
• Science for All Americans- AAAS - home
• Science Pathways to School Improvement - home
• ScienceWeb: A prototype document source for scientists - home
• ScienceWeb - Discovery Place - Charlotte, North Carolina
• ScienceWeb module - The Burgess Shale Project
• Starfish! Environmental Resources Site
• Sustainable Sources Environmental Website - home Sustainable Sources Bookstore
• Sustainable Sources: Articles
• System Dynamics Group - Sloan School of Management/MIT and their 2002 Publications List and  Other resources: SDEP Project (System Dynamics in Education) - see especially the Road Maps guide to learning system dynamics
• Teaching in The Learning Web at the USGS
• Terranova: Planet of the Day
• TERC - Internet Resources for Education in Math, Science, and Technology
• Tidbits for Teachers-Conservation education material for teachers K-12
• Tourism Geographies Homepage
• TREES - Teaching Resources for Education in Earth Science - San Diego State University
• UCMP - University of California (Berkeley) - Museum of Paleontology - GLOSSARIES for natural sciences!
• UNEP/GRID Sioux Falls: Clearinghouse & Metadata Links
• Unidata: Software and Weather Data for Universities
• USACERL - US Army Corp of Engineers - Construction Engineering Research Lab
• USDA-NASS Kids Page
• USDOI Educational Opportunities
• U.S. EPA Environmental Education Center
• U.S. EPA Explorers Club
• U.S. EPA Student Center
• U.S. Global Change Data and Information System (GCDIS)
• U.S. National Ocean Service websites
• USGS-National Seismic Hazard Mapping Project
• USGS Water Jeopardy - games/resources
• US Map Links of all types - including Shaded-Relief Color-Landform Atlas Maps (Johns Hopkins University)
• US State Department - Policy - Global Affairs
• VIDEO PROJECT - Environmental video sources
• Virtual Reality Natural History Museum - England - very good!
• Volcanology Educational Outreach - EOS Volcanology Team
• Water Jeopardy - resources, games USGS
• Water Science for Schools - home
• Watershed Education resources - Links to many rivers, watersheds across the US and world
• Web sites that will help students and staff with curriculum ideas and research activities - database
• White House for Kids - home
• Why Files - Science Behind the News
• Woodsy Owl - resources
• World Geographic News - US State Department resource
• World Lecture Hall - courses online from all disciplines
• WorldWatcher - home
• WRI: World Resources Institute - Environmental Education
• WWW Virtual Library: Biodiversity, Ecology and the Environment - home
• WWW Study Guide to Accompany Christopherson, Geosystems - textbook
• Your Sky - home

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Projects and Organizations:

See also: SPOL 665 - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY and DECISION SCIENCE: Research and Reference Tools - Systems Thinking/Dynamic Modeling and Simulation
 

• AAG99 - Discussion Papers - 'Learning and Teaching Geography in Higher Education'
• AARC - Arctic and Antarctic Research Center/Scripps Institution
• Advanced Placement (AP) Program - see new Environmental Science AP course plans
• Adventure TravelSociety - home
• Adult Distance Education Surf Shack - resources
• AGIWEB - American Geological Institute
• ALERT Project (Augented Learning Environment for Renewable Teaching) - CalState Univ Long Beach
• ALEXANDRIA DIGITAL LIBRARY
• ALLIANCE FOR SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH HIGHER EDUCATION
• Annenberg / CPB Project - learner online project
• AP Environmental Science - College Board
• ARGUS Project - AAG - active learning materials for geography
• ASD Educational Outreach Program
• AskERIC
• Ask-a-Mad Scientist Network site
• Ask-a-Geologist site
• Ask-a-Physicist site
• Atmospheric/Oceanic Sciences Group - UIUC
• A U D U B O N - home
• Benchmarks On-Line - science standards
• Blue Web'N - learning resources site - worldwide summary and access!
• Brooks/Cole Resources site
• BLM - Bureau of Land Management - National Home Page
• CAUSE - computing and education organization for education
• CBNS - Center for Biology of Natural Systems
• CEDAR - Central European Environmental Data Request Facility
• Center for Earth and Planetary Studies - home
• Center for Innovation in Learning - Carnegie Mellon University
• Center for Global Environmental Studies at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Center for Spatially Integrated Social Science ( CSISS ) - see Learning Resources , e.g. criminology, demography, public health, sociology, environment and resources, urban studies, etc.
• CEPNET - Information Systems for the Management of Marine and Coastal Resources - UNEP
• CERES S'COOL Project - home
• CERES: California Environmental Resources Evaluation System
• CEVL - Computational Ecology and Visualization Lab - Michigan State University
• CGIAR - Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research - home
• CIESIN Gateway WWW Interface and CIESIN Information Cooperative - Organizational Guide - IUCN
• CIT - (formerly IAT) - Institute for Academic Technology (UNC-Chapel Hill)
• Classroom Connect - home
• Climate Diagnostics Center - and  NOAA Links
• CMU - Central Michigan University - Geography and Earth Science Home Page
• CNIE: Directory of Higher Education Environmental Programs
• Collaborative Notebook Project - Northwestern Univ
• COMET ® - Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology, Education and Training - UCAR
• COMET Case Study Home Page/UCAR resources for education - Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology, Education and Training
• Computer-Oriented Geological Society - homepage
• COTF/NASA - NASA Classroom of the Future
• CoVis Learning Through Collaborative Visualization
• Creative Learning Exchange - list of projects/materials - Systems Dynamics Group (SDEP) MIT
• CSIRO - Tropical Forest Research Centre - home
• CTSP - The Conservation Technology Support Program
• C/Think - Center for Critical Thinking - Sonoma State University
• Denver Earth Science Project
• DESIP (Demographic, Environmental, and Security Information Project)
• DLESE - Digital Library for Earth System Education
• Dr. Global Change site
• Earth Education Site - CIESIN / SEDAC / NASA
• EARTHFORCE - The Franklin Institute Science Museum - teaching material
• Earthview/SDSU - San Diego State University (TREES Org) - earth science education resources
• Earth Times site
• EarthWatch Communications, Inc - Weather online
• ECO - Environmental Careers Organization -- Environmental Career Services
• Ecological Modeling - WWW Server - home for many resources
• EcoNet's Directory of Organizations
• ECHO - Environmental Conservation Hotlinks (Information Center for the Environment - ICE)
• Eco Education - home
• EdWeb - educational resources on the web - one of best!
• Educator's Corner at ORNL DAAC
• EE-Link - Environmental Education Resources
• EnviroNet: Environmental Organizations
• EES - Earth's Environment and Society group VGDP
• EML - New Curriculum Links (Education Media Library)
• ENC - Eisenhower National Clearinghouse - center for Math / Sciences K-12 support - Salina Kansas
• Environmental News Network - home
• Environmental Organization WebDirectory!
• Environmental Studies and Environmental Science Programs - Directory Brown Univ
• EPAT (Env. Policy Analysis & Training Project) - gopher USAID
• ESRI - The GIS Software Leader, Because Geography Matters
• ETFRN - European Tropical Forestry Network
• Explorations - Kids & Science - Cornell Univ Theory Center
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
• GCDIS - Gateway to Global Change data sites
• Geo-Ethics Home Page
• Geography Discipline Network (GDN) - home
• Geoscience Teaching & Learning Centers - J Butler - excellent compilation!
• GIDEON - Global Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology Network
• Global Change and Environmental Education Resources - GCRIO
• Global Environmental Policy Research Tools
• Global Hydrology and Climate Center - NASA
• GLOBE - International Hands-On Science and Education
• Great Lakes Science Center - home - NBS
• Greater Yellowstone Coalition - home
• GREEN - Global Rivers Environmental Education Network
• Gulf of Maine Aquarium - many materials online
• Hands-On - Human Dimensions of Global Change (HDGC) modules from the AAG
• HAWKHILL ASSOCIATES - Environmental video sales / productions (Wisconsin & Great Lakes focus)
• Hooper Paleontological Virtual Natural Science Museum - Ottawa, Canada (Carleton University)
• IAI - Inter American Institute / Global Change research
• ICE - Information Center for the Environment (ICE), University of California, Davis (UCD)
• ICLARN - International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Network - home
• IGC - The Progressive Directory - Institute for Global Communications including ECONET home
• IKE - IBM Kiosk for Education page
• INFOTERRA: United Nations Environment Programme
• Integrated Assessment of Climate Change group - UIUC
• IISDnet - International Institute for Sustainable Development
• IPE program at OU (Univ of Oklahoma):  Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Environment - home
• ISA Environmental Studies Section
• ISEP - International Society for Environmental Protection
• JASON Project - science education resources
• JPL Learning Link - home
• Kids as Global Scientists 2000 - home
• Kids Web - Geography
• League of Conservation Voters (Conservation Score Card)
• Learning Through Collaborative Visualization CoVis Project (Northwestern Univ)
• List of Collaborators - Starfish Environmental Group List
• Living Planet Campaign - World Wildlife Fund - Main Menu
• MadSciNet: The 24-hour exploding laboratory.
• MESC - Midcontinent Ecological Science Center - research materials and projects by geographic area
• MIDAS SPOT Satellite Data - home
• Mountain Research Center, Montana State Univ - MRC Homepage & Introduction
• Museums in the Classroom - Chicago Museums of Science
• MTPE/Destination Earth - Mission to Planet Earth Education office
• NASA Earth Science Enterprise - home
• National Institute for Science Education
• National Geographic Society - Educational Resources
• National Leadership Program for Teachers - Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
• National Library for the Environment - NIE
• National Marine Educators Association (NMEA)
• National Parks and Conservation Association - home page
• Natural Hazards Mitigation Group at UniGE
• Natural Heritage Network - home
• Natural Resources Defense Council Web
• National Science Teachers Association
• Native Plant Conservation Initiative Home Page
• Nature Conservancy
• NBII - National Biological Information Infrastructure - NBS
• NCSA Digital Information System Overview - homepage
• NE Nebraska Junior Academy of Science
• Newzbot searcher - home
• NOAA WWW Information Servers - HDQ
• NPSC -- Biological Resources - Northern Prairie Science Center -Educational resources!!
• NPSSci-Tech project - Nebraska K-12 science on the web
• NRCS -Natural Resources Conservation Service
• NSIDC - National Snow and Ice Data Center
• NTSG - Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group - Projects/Models - list
• Observatorium - Education Center
• OA (Outdoor Action) - Guide to Outdoor and Environmental Careers
• OH! Kids - General Science - home
• One Sky, Many Voices - home
• PAGE /UCAR - Program for the Advancement of Geoscience Education - Home Page
• Pearson Education, the world's leading educational publishing business, was officially launched on November 30th, 1998
• People & Planet - magazine
• PLAN-IT Illinois - Innovative K-12 science curriculum based on "Illinois Critical Ecosystems Trends Assessments"
• Policy Instruments Database - CIESIN/SEDAC
• Practical Uses of Math And Science Home Page
• Prairie Restoration - Ledermann Science Education Center - Teacher outreach - Fermi Lab
• Prentice Hall: Pearson Education Network
• Preparing for the 21st Century - NSF/NAS
• Program for the Human Environment - Rockefeller University
• Project 2061 Home - AAAS
• Project EarthSense - home
• Project GeoSim - Geography Education Software
• Project Skymath - UCAR/Beverly Lynd
• Project SMART Summer Institute: July 6-30, 1998 - home
• Project SUN (Students Understanding Nature) - home
• PSC - Population Studies Center / Univ of Michigan
• PUMAS - Practical Uses of Math and Science Home Page
• RACHEL'S HAZARDOUS WASTE NEWS - home - Rat Haus Reality.
• Rainforest Action Network Home Page
• REGIS: Environmental Planning GIS at U.C. Berkeley
• REM - Register of Ecological Models & data sources
• REM - Radiological Environmental Monitoring
• Restoration & Reclamation Review (online journal) - Univ of Minnesota
• Royal Geographical Society - Environmental Transformation of Developing Countries
• School Specialty Supply
• SERC - Science Education Resource Center - Carleton University
• Science for All Americans - home
• ScienceWeb Homepage
• Shorebird Sister Schools Program
• SIBLE Project - Supportive Inquiry-Based Learning Environment project - Northwestern Univ
• Sierra Club Home Page
• SSciVEE Project - Scientific Visualization (Northwestern Univ)
• Space Science Student Involvement Program (SSIP) - home
• Starfish - Environment and Sustainability database & references
• State Heritage Data Centers, Directory - Natural Heritage Network - home
• Study Group on the Geography of Sustainable Tourism - International Geographical Union
• SUSTAINING RURAL ENVIRONMENTS - home
• System Dynamics Group - Sloan School of Management/MIT and their 2002 Publications List and  Other resources: SDEP Project (System Dynamics in Education) - see especially the Road Maps guide to learning system dynamics
• Teaching in The Learning Web at the USGS
• Tidbits for Teachers-Conservation education material for teachers K-12 - US State Department
• UAF - Univ of Alaska-Fairbanks - center for distance education
• UCMP - Univ of California, Berkeley - Museum of Paleontology Virtual Exhibits and outreach
• UNDP -Environment Related Information
• UNEP - Geneva Executive Center
• University of Arizona - K-12 educational resources
• University of Oregon Environmental Studies Program - Resources Online
• UNU Environment Programme
• USDA-NASS Kids Page
• US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency
• USGS-National Seismic Hazard Mapping Project
• USGS Spectroscopy Lab - home page
• VGDP - Virtual Geography Department Project-(without frames) - VGDP - with frames
• Volcano World
• Weather Underground, Inc.
• Weather World 2010 Project - UIUC
• Western States Seismic Policy Council EPICenter Homepage
• Woodrow Wilson Environmental Science Institute 2000
• World Conservation Monitoring Centre - Home Page
• World Meteorological Organization - The Official WMO Home Page - Geneva Switzerland
• World Resources Institute (WRI) Home Page
• WRI: Environmental Education Page
• WWF's Global 2000, The Living Planet Campaign at WWF  - panda.org

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Modeling, Simulation, and Scientific Visualization:

See also: SPOL 665 - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY and DECISION SCIENCE: Research and Reference Tools - Systems Thinking/Dynamic Modeling and Simulation

• Active Learning Journal - UK
• Active Learning on the Web - UCSD - EdWeb
• Advanced Visualizations - GLOBE
• Applied Physics Lab - Johns Hopkins University - US Relief Maps & Links - HOME page
• Atmospheric/Oceanic Sciences Group - UIUC
• Biological Information Systems - course materials from the CEVL - Michigan State University
• Blue Web'N - learning resources site - worldwide summary and access!
• Bretherton Diagram - systems model of earth system - Color and B & White - from ESSE Project.
• Center for Computational Intelligence - home
• CEVL - Computational Ecology and Visualization Lab - Michigan State University
• C/Think - Center for Critical Thinking - home
• CIESIN - Introduction to use of RS (Remote Sensing) to study Global Change - Overview documents
• Computation Science for Teaching and Learning - software tools for modeling - list
• Computer-Oriented Geological Society - homepage
• CoVIS Project - UIUC and NWU (Northwestern University)
• Creative Learning Exchange- list of projects/materials - Systems Dynamics Group (SDEP) MIT
• DATA RESOURCES for Science Education - CEVL/Michigan State University
• Delineating the Interconnected Biosphere - MSU/CEVL Student Project on modeling
• Earth Observing System Educators' Visual Materials
• Earth System Science Academy - home
• Earth System Science Themes - Land Cover/Use
• Earth System Science Themes - Atmospheric Chemistry
• Earth System Science Themes - Hydrological Cycle
• Earth System Science Themes - Ozone
• Ecological Modeling - WWW Server - home for many resources
• Energy Modelling and Statistics Unit - New Zealand
• Envision-It! - Computation Science for Teaching and Learning - software tools for modeling - list
• ESSC/ECOLogic - Resources for Systems Modeling, Scientific Visualization. Gonzaga College High School
• ESSC/ECOLogic - Library - list of earth system science-related resources
• ESS-UCSB Front Page
• Game Revolution Magazine Online
• GLOBE Graphs - Choose School
• GLOBE Visualization Home Page
• Graphing Stratospheric Ozone
• Hurricanes'99 - home Kids as Global Scientists - One Sky-Many Voices Project
• Integrated Assessment of Climate Change group - UIUC
• IPE program at OU (Univ of Oklahoma):  Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Environment - home
• Learning Through Collaborative Visualization CoVis Project (Northwestern Univ)
• MadSciNet: The 24-hour exploding laboratory.
• Math and Science of Earth System Science
• MIT System Dynamics in Education Project (SDEP)
• Model on Brine Shrimp- Mono Lake and Extra Material for Modeling Mono Lake
• Modeling Mother Earth - Cornell University
• Modeling: see online book/website: Modeling the Environment (Island Press) and Modeling Cases/Exercises
• NCDC Climate Visualization
• NTSG - Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group - Projects/Models - list
• One Sky-Many Voices Project
• OU/ESSE course - University of Oklahoma, Earth Systems Science Education course = Models of the Earth System.  Many resources and focused on using STELLA as a modeling tool. See Glossary and Master Bibliography.  This is part of the IPE program at OU:  Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Environment - home
• PAGE /UCAR - Program for the Advancement of Geoscience Education - Home Page
• Pegasus Communications - books on System Dynamics
• Position Statement on Climate Change and Greenhouse Gases - AGU
• Preparing for the 21st Century - NSF/NAS
• Project 2061 Home - AAAS
• Project GeoSim - Geography Education Software
• REM - Register of Ecological Models & data sources
• Road Maps: A Guide to Learning Systems Dynamics - MIT
• SAS Institute - home - Training Resources
• Science for All Americans - home
• Science of the Earth System - home
• Scientific Visualization Hotlist - NASA
• Scientific Visualization Sites - Ames / NASA directory of "weblets"
• Sci-Ed - Science and Math Resources - list
• Scott's COOL system-related bookmarks - many resources
• System Dynamics Group - Sloan School of Management/MIT and their 2002 Publications List and  Other resources: SDEP Project (System Dynamics in Education) - see especially the Road Maps guide to learning system dynamics
• SIM - a Scientific Information Model...article on coastal and marine modeling - sample SIM diagram - (Oregon State University) - Dawn Wright
• Simulation Hotlinks - list
• SIBLE Project - Supportive Inquiry-Based Learning Environment project - Northwestern University - WorldWatcher Project
• SSciVEE Project - Scientific Visualization (Northwestern Univ)
• Student Project Reports from ESSC
• USGS Spectroscopy Lab - home page
• Virtual Geosciences Professor's Course Resources - Jonathan Butler, University of Houston
• Visualization Lab - Geology - SDSU (San Diego State University)
• Visualizing Earth - UCSD
• Visualization and Web Graphics
• Weather World 2010 Project - UIUC
• What is the Earth Science Enterprise? - NASA
• What is the Modeling Curriculum - article on using modeling for teaching.
• WorldWatcher - home

 

Stella Resources:

 

• A Glance: Critical Thinking Software Tools and Workbook : With Stella II Demonstration Software (Book/Disk)
• Andrew Ford, Modeling the Environment - Chapter 1. Overview - Exercises - Models and Cases
• Arthur A. Few. 1996. System Behavior and System Modeling . University Science Books.
• CTI Economics - Systems Modeling in Economics -  research/teaching using STELLA
• Isee Systems , Introduction to Systems Thinking with STELLA Guide (Win) . Isee Systems, Inc. - Links to other resources using STELLA
• Exploration of the Parachute Problem with STELLA
• OU/ESSE course - University of Oklahoma, Earth Systems Science Education course = Models of the Earth System.  Many resources and focused on using STELLA as a modeling tool. See Glossary and Master Bibliography.  This is part of the IPE program at OU:  Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Environment - home
• Pegasus Communications - books on System Dynamics
• Modeling: see online book/website: Modeling the Environment (Island Press)
• System Dynamics Group - Sloan School of Management/MIT and their 2002 Publications List and  Other resources: SDEP Project (System Dynamics in Education) - see especially the Road Maps guide to learning system dynamics
• REM - Register of Ecological Models & data sources
• Simulation Hotlinks - list
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SPOL 665 Info-Tech. Decision Science

BIOL 549 Biodiver. Conser.

SPOL 624 Nature/Society Thought/Policy

SPOL 554 Env. Res. Dev. Policy

ESSC 401-2  Earth System Science

ESSC 575  Field Practicum

ESSC 541-2 Modeling & Remote Sensing

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