California Geography

General

• State of California Official Page

Calfornia Maps

• California major rivers - Wikipedia
• California Geographic Alliance - all kinds of California Geography stuff
• Humboldt State Library - maps by theme
• Perry-Castañeda Library - great source of scanned California maps
• Fire and Resource Management Program (FRAP) / CalFire - Precip, Fires, Development
• Map Places for this class

Water & Other Issues

• Cadillac Desert online video
  • Muholland's Dream - program 1 (1:30 hour of streaming YouTube)
  • (skip part 4)
• Remove the Dams Save the Salmon - online video
  
  
• Groundwater Basics / California Sustainable Groundwater Act
  
  
• Meet the California Couple Who Uses More Water
  Than Every Home in Los Angeles Combined - Mother Jones
  
• US Army Corp of Engineers - Sacramento Weir and Flood Protection
  
• Top Placer County employers

Lithosphere, Biogeography & Climate

• Plate Tectonic Basics & California Geology (YouTube)
• Calaveras Fault runs through Hollister
• Northern California Backcountry Pages

California's History & Fun Stuff

• Channel Islands - National Parks science videos & animations
• California Indians Tribes & Languages

• "The West" documentary by Ken Burns
• References to California History (PDF file)
• Transcontinental Railroad (link found by Vermont science program)
• Hollywood Sign History (recommended by kids studying fun history facts)