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- Weather with Regional Climates
- Wind - Our Fierce Friend
Lists
- Avalanches (Open School - Wighton)
Provides sources of information on avalanches.
- Earth Science (TEAMS) 2-00
- Earth Science Education Resources
- Earth Sciences Resources (Science Educators Web Resources Supersite)
Provides 8 annotated resources in the earth sciences.
- Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
- Environmental Resources for Students
- Forestry Reference Resources (Smith)
- Oceanography for K-12 (Woods Hole)
- Rocks and Minerals (Mama's Minerals)
Provides a carefully selected and annotated list of resources on rocks and minerals.
- USGS - Education
Materials
- Earth (University of Michigan)
Provides information about the earth as one of the planets in the solar system.
- Earth From Space - Close-up (Terraserver - Microsoft)
Provides a close-up view of most spots on earth, including your own house.
- Geologic Ages of Earth History
- Longitude and Latitude by City
- Mineralogy
- Teaching Resources
- Times for Sunrise and Sunset in the USA (US Naval Observatory) 9-99
- Times for Sunrise and Sunset in the USA (USA Today)
- Tsunami Pictures and Drawings (WCATWC)
Provides pictures and drawings illustrating the power of a tsunami, a giant wave generally caused by an underwater earthquake or similar massive disturbance. 4-00
Papers
- Caves (National Caves Association)
- Continents on the Move (NOVA)
- Current Volcanic Activity
- Earth News - A Diary of the Planet (EarthWeek)
- Earth Structure (Robinson)
Provides a cross section of the earth and discusses the ingredients of each section.
- Geography Resources (Robinson)
Provides information and projects related to earthquakes, plate tectonics, volcanoes, glaciers, rivers, pollution, and more.
- Geologic Time (Newman)
Provides articles on geologic time, the age of the earth, relative time scale, major divisions of geologic time, an index of fossils, and radiometric time.
- Geological Periods of Time (Collins, Guralnik, and Speer)
Provides a visual represention of the different geological periods in terms of millions of years ago (mya).
- Greenhouse Effect - Green Planet (NOVA)
- Himalayas (ThinkQuest)
Provides beautiful pictures and discriptions of the Himalayas.
- Ice Age - Annotated Links (NOVA)
- Ice Age - Causes (NOVA)
- Nuclear Fuel Compared to Other Fuels (Uranium Information Centre)
Argues for the continuing use of nuclear energy. Provides information about how radioactive waste is or can be managed and compares nuclear pollution to other fuel sources. Does not give full coverage to problems related to temporary (40 year) storage of unreprocessed radioactive materials, such as failure of containers, earthquakes, theft, transport, contamination of underground water supplies or consequences from heating rivers used for cooling the materials.
- Paleontology by Geological Period, Phylogeny, or Theory (UCMP)
Provides alternative formats of exploring paleontology. 3-00
- Searching for Fossils in the Amazon
- Tsunami Events (NGDC)
Provides a searchable database on where and when tsunami have occurred in the past, as well as how strong each was. 4-00
- USA Today Earth Sciences for Teachers
- Volcano Games (ThinkQuest)
Provides two games to learn more about volcanoes.
- Volcanoes (ThinkQuest)
Provides well organized and indepth information on volcanoes.
- Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics (ThinkQuest)
Provides information on volcanoes, plate tectonics, and more.
Periodicals
- National Geographic for Kids
Provides articles and activities of interest to kids. 2-00
Projects
- Earth Sciences Projects by Grade Level (University of Michigan)
- GeoNet Game 3-00
- Maps - Relief Map of the Earth (NASA - Jet Propulsion Lab)
Provides directions for making a relief map of the earth by using clay or dough. 3-00
Trips
- Antarctica (TBT International - Moll)
"Blue Ice - Focus On Antarctica is an exciting virtual field trip to Antarctica that takes place on the Web and via e-mail as classrooms, grades 4 - 10, from around the world work together to discover the continent."
- GLOBE HOME PAGE
- GOAL Home Page
- Hoover Dam
- Sailing thru Science
- Smithsonian Gem & Mineral Collection
Worksheets
- Earth Sciences Worksheets (Comp Ed - Free Worksheets)
Provides worksheets on 13 topics in earth sciences, including topography, rocks and minerals, plants, oceans, climate, air pollution, acid rain, forests, mountains, bodies of water, and more. 11-99
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- Last Updated 08/27/00