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Learn About Salt!
General Information
http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Publications/pic21/pic21_2.html History of salt mining in Reno County and diagram of the Hutchinson Salt Member: Kansas Geological Survey
http://www.saltinstitute.org The best site for overall salt information
http://www.mortonsalt.com/ This site contains salt information from America’s largest table salt producer
http://www.mortonsalt.com/saltfacts/index.html
Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky, Penguin Group, 2003.
An epic history of salt.
http://www.arcadiapublishing.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=arcadia&Product_Code=9780738561806&Product_Count=&Category_Code= The Carey Salt Mine by Barbara Ulrich
http://www.chemistryexplained.com/Ru-Sp/Salt.html Salt Chemistry
http://www.saltinstitute.org/Uses-benefits Why salt is important
http://www.kgs.ku.edu/ Kansas Geological Survey
http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Publications/pic21/pic21_1.html Map of Salt in Kansas from Kansas Geological Survey
http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Publications/Bulletins/214/03_salt.html Salt dissolution maps: Kansas
https://www.uvsinc.com/ Underground Vaults and Storage
Curriculum/Experiments
General:
http://science.howstuffworks.com/road-salt.htm An explanation of how salt melts ice on roads.
http://chemistry.about.com/lr/salt/240934/2/ Projects and Experiments
http://www.suite101.com/external_link.cfm?elink=http://octopus.gma.org/surfing/antarctica/salt.html How do animals survive in icy oceans?
http://www.ehow.com/how_4488164_perform-science-experiments-using-salt.html Simple experiments using salt
http://www.suite101.com/external_link.cfm?elink=http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/volcano.html Make a salt volcano
Elementary:
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/childrens-science-activities/printable/6792.html
Growing salt crystal experiment for students Grades 1-5
http://chemistry.about.com/cs/demonstrations/a/aa022204a.htm
Cleaning pennies with salt and vinegar
Secondary
http://www.saltinstitute.org/Education-Center/High-school-teachers
This is a high school/interdisciplinary curriculum about salt.
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/teacher_resources/teach_makerock.html Make Sedimentary rock: grades 5-9
http://www.suite101.com/external_link.cfm?elink=http://www.funsci.com/fun3_en/electro/electro.htm experiments in electro-chemistry
Salt Museums/ Mines of the World
http://www.undergroundmuseum.org The Kansas Underground Salt Museum in Hutchinson, Kansas
http://www.krakow-info.com/wielicz.htm Wieliczka Salt Mine near Krakow, Poland
http://www.detroitsalt.com/home.htm Detroit, Michigan
http://www.mines.ch/en Bex, (Bay) Switzerland
http://www.berchtesgaden.de/en/salt-mine-berchtesgaden
Berchtesgaden, Germany
Additional Related Topics:
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/permian/permian.html The Permian Period
http://www.palaeos.com/Paleozoic/Permian/Permian.htm Periods Epochs and Ages
http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/prehistoric-world/permian.html Includes the Permian Extinction
http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow1/rocks/create/sediment.htm How Sedimentary rocks are formed
http://geology.com/rocks/sedimentary-rocks.shtml Pictures of Sedimentary rocks
http://www.galleries.com/minerals/halides/sylvite/sylvite.htm
Sylvite: a type of evaporite rock found in the salt deposit
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