Camp Quest of Michigan

"It's Beyond Belief!"


 

Educational Resources

 

       General Science

          Introduction to the Scientific Method

          Archimedes

          Resources for critical thinking curriculums

          More critical thinking

          Seven Warning Signs of Voodoo Science

          The Woo Woo Credo

 

       Astronomy

          NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day 

          Bad Astronomy.com  (Exposing misconceptions and pseudoscience)

          National Air and Space Museum  (Celebrating 100 Years of Flight)

          Astronomy For Kids  

          Ask the Astronomer

          Cranbrook Institute of Science


        Science publications

          Scientific American online

          Science magazine online


        Geology

          Geology and Earth Science

          WMU Department of Geosciences

          MSU Department of Geological Sciences

          Evolution of the Colorado River, Formation of the Grand Canyon


       Paleontology

          University of California Berkeley Museum of Paleontology

          Museum of Natural History at the University of Michigan

          The Virtual Fossil Museum

          DinoLand

          Fossil Collections of the World

          Answers in Science


     

       Evolution

          The Talk.Origins archive  (Exploring the evolution/creation controversy)

          Darwin's Origin of Species (link to talk.origins)

          SDSU's Evolution of Life on Earth

          Evolution  (from the PBS documentary)

          No Answers in Genesis

          Creation "Science" Debunked!

          What is Evolution?  (from Waycross College, Waycross, Georgia)

          Cosmology Tutorial (Ned Wright-UCLA)

          Big Bang Nucleosynthesis

          Evidence for Evolution game


         

        History

          Ancient Greek Theater   (history, forms, biographies and works)

          Historians and Philosophers of the Classical Period

          Constantinople  The history of the Byzantine Empire

          The Great War   (Prose and Poetry)

          Egypt

          Separation of Church and State   (in-depth discussion)

          Timetable of World Legal History  (no, it's not the Bible)

          Causes of the Civil War   (A documentary archive)

          British, American and World History links

          DaVinci and Flight

          The Crusades


        

        Literature

        The Aeneid of Virgil

          Ulysses (Tennyson)

          The Iliad and The Odyssey (the Homer homepage)

          The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

          The Complete Works of Shakespere

          The Complete Works of Mark Twain

          The Works of Dante Alighieri

          The Works of Christopher Marlowe

          The Works of Edgar Allen Poe

          The Works of Thomas Paine

          The Complete Works of Robert Green Ingersoll

          Internet Infidels Historical Library

          Internet Infidels Modern Library

          Children's classic literature online

          The Devil's Dictionary    (Ambrose Bierce

 

          (more to come. . . . .)


        Miscellaneous sites

          The Physics Hypertextbook

          Teaching About Religion

          Carl Sagan's Baloney Detector!

          Constitution of the United States  (from the National Archives and Records Administration)

          Constitution of the State of Michigan

          JREF  (the James Randi Educational Foundation)

          Alaska Images  (and much more. . . . .)

          Bad Science

          Positive Atheism

          Religious Tolerance.org

          Old Testament Life and Literature  (Gerald Larue)

          The Skeptic's Annotated Bible

          Major Religions  (ranked by number of adherents, and other interesting information)

          ARIS (the American Religious Identification Survey)

          Skeptic Magazine

          The Darwin Awards

          Urban Legends

          CSICOP (Committee for the Scientific Investigation for Claims Of the Paranormal)

          Atheists in Foxholes  (the memorial)

          The Parent's Corner

          Truthseeker (the Journal for Freethinkers)

          Atheist Parents

          The Ethical Atheist

          Critical Thinking Mini-Lessons  (The Skeptic's Dictionary)

          The Scientific Method  (guidelines)

         The Design Argument   (Dr. Eliot Sober, U of Wisconsin - Madison)

         How Not to Detect Design   (Dr. Eliot Sober, U of Wisconsin - Madison)

         Go Ask Alice   ("Alice!" answers questions about relationships; sexuality; sexual health; emotional health; fitness; nutrition; alcohol, nicotine, and other drugs; and general health.)

         Voices For Evolution    (A publication of the National Center for Science Education)

         Battleground God   (test your logical consistency)

         The Doomsday Rule     (weird, but interesting)

         Der Freidenker

         Religion Reality Check

         Philosopher's Club

 


 

  Traditional Camp-Craft

         Outdoor cooking    (MacScouter Resources online)

         Dutch oven cooking    (MacScouter Resources online)

         Kid's camp snacks     (Kid's Domain Camping Quisine)

         Building a campfire   (everyone has their own opinion on this--mine is, the one that works    is the best one!)

         More fire-starting  

         Camp First Aid  

         More First Aid

         Leave No Trace course outline  

         Orienteering    (this site also has activities for younger children)

         Orienteering clubs

         Knots

         More knots

         Camp games

 

 

   
 
 more to come . . . .
 
 
   
 
 
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