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Home Page - Virginia School Quality Profiles - Virginia School Quality Profiles. Accessed July 11, 2025. https://www.schoolquality.virginia.gov/. This website shares demographic and academic information about every school in Virginia.
Bauman, Brooke. 2019. "How plastics contribute to climate change » Yale Climate Connections." Yale Climate Connections, 20 August. https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2019/08/how-plastics-contribute-to-climate-change/. This article describes some of the complications assosciated with recycling and makes recommendations about stopping plastic use at the source.
Byko, Maureen. 2007. "Shedding a light on 18th century science: The works of Joseph Wright of Derby." JOM 59: 13-16. This source provides information about Joseph Wright of Derby’s artworks that depict various scientific experiments in the 18th century.
Cummings, Mike. 2015. "Audubon's 'Birds of America' at Yale: creating a masterwork one feather at a time." Yale News, 30 June. Accessed July 13, 2025. https://news.yale.edu/2015/06/30/audubon-s-birds-america-yale-creating-masterwork-one-feather-time. This resource provides insight into the Audubon collection housed at the Yale Beinecke Library. The author had the opportunity to visit and view the collection during the 2025 Yale National Initiative.
Deans, Bob. 2008. The River Where America Began: A Journey Along the James. Lanham, Maryland: Bloomsbury Academic. This book provides a geological histrory of the James River as well as a social-political story of the James over time.
Graf, Irma. 2019. Appalachian Trail Central Virginia Guide Book Map Set. Edited by Irma Graf. Appalachian Trail Conservancy. This resource provides a detailed overview of navigating the Appalachian Trail as well as different facts about its geology and history. This resource could be used by any educator looking to lead a day hike with students or looking to hike themselves.
Graziano, Amanda Curry. 2021. Exploring Science: All Around Us: Teacher's Edition. 2nd. Windsor, CT: Five Ponds Press. This resource is used by Virginia schools to supplememt the Virginia standards.
Hand, J L, A J Prenni, S Copeland, B A Schichtel, and W C Malm. 2020. "Thirty years of the Clean Air Act Amendments: Impacts on haze in remote regions of the United States (1990–2018)." Atmospheric Envionment 243.This resource provides an update on the impacts on the clean air act. The study was done with funding by the National Parks Service.
James River Association. 2023. State of the James. Accessed July 29, 2025. https://thejamesriver.org/about-the-james-river/state-of-the-james/. This website provides a report on water quality and recommendations for improving the James River.
Kaine, Timothy M. 2024. Walk, Ride, Paddle: A Life Outside. Harper Horizon. This book tells about Senator Tim Kaine’s Virginia triatholon – hiking the Appalachian Trail, riding the Blue Ridge Parkway and Skyline Drive, and paddling the James River. It includes context about Virginia’s geological background and provides inspiration for conserving and enjoying the outdoors.
Mingle, Jonathan. 2024. Gaslight: The Atlantic Coast Pipeline and the Fight for America's Energy Future. Island Press. This book details the harms that natural gas has on greenhouse emissions, constructing a pipeline has on the land, and the efforts that residents took to successfully halt the construction of the pipeline in Virginia.
National Gallery of Art. n.d. "Ross Merrill." National Gallery of Art. https://www.nga.gov/artists/33080-ross-merrill. The National Gallery of Art showcases three depictions of the Chesapeake Bay on it’s website.
n.d. "Natural Tunnel State Park | Virginia DWR." Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources. Accessed July 15, 2025. https://dwr.virginia.gov/vbwt/sites/natural-tunnel-state-park/. This website tells about the Natural Tunnel State Park.
2024. "Natural Tunnel State Park." DCR.Virginia.gov. 21 October. Accessed July 15, 2025. https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/natural-tunnel. This website tells about the Natural Tunnel State Park.
Orth, Robert J, William C Dennison, Jonathan S Lefcheck, Cassie Gurbisz, Michael Hannam, Jennifer Keisman, Brooke Landry, et al. 2017. "Submersed Aquatic Vegetation in Chesapeake Bay: Sentinel Species in a Changing World." BioScience 67 (8): 698-712. https://www.jstor.org/stable/90011441. This article discusses the effects of submersed aquatic vegetation and considers ways in which to preserve the Chesapeake Bay through planting and maintaining vegetation.
Sabas, Matt. 2025. "Riparian buffers on Pohick Farm." Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation. 10 July. https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/insights/riparian-buffers-on-pohick-farm. This article highlights a recent example of a Virginia farmer taking advantage of a state program that encourages water runoff protection.
Urban, Frauke. 2020. Energy and Development. 1st. Routledge. Accessed July 11, 2025. This resource provides information about air pollution.
Virginia Department of Education. 2018. "Science Standards of Learning for Virginia Public Schools." https://www.doe.virginia.gov/teaching-learning-assessment/k-12-standards-instruction/science/standards-of-learning. This document details the Virginia standards of learning.
2024. "Virginia Energy - Geology and Mineral Resources - Rocks of Virginia." Virginia Department of Energy. Accessed July 10, 2025. https://www.energy.virginia.gov/geology/rocks.shtml. This resource provides details about different rocks in Virginia. This would be a good resource to share with children.
von Humboldt, Alexander. 2014. Views of Nature. Edited by Stephen T. Jackson and Laura Dassow Walls. Translated by Mark W. Person. University of Chicago Press. Accessed July 13, 2025. This resource helps draw connections between biology, nature, and art.
n.d. "What Causes Air Pollution?" NASA Climate Kids. Accessed July 11, 2025. https://climatekids.nasa.gov/air-pollution/. This resource could be used with children to learn more about air pollutiion and climate change.
World Meteorological Organization. 2025. "State of the Global Climate 2024." Geneva: WMO. 42. https://library.wmo.int/idurl/4/69455. This resource provides a global update on efforts to curb climate change.
Yale Center for British Art. 2019. "Yale Center for British Art presents “Unto This Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin”." 14 August. https://britishart.yale.edu/news-and-press/yale-center-british-art-presents-unto-last-two-hundred-years-john-ruskin. This resource provides details about the artist, John Ruskin.
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