General Sites Volcanoes Earthquakes Water and Ice (Tsunamis) Rocks
Earth Science Week - October 10 - 16, 2010
http://www.earthsciweek.org/
General Earth Science Sites:
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - Earth Science
http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/sci-tech/scies.htmlEarth Science from NASA at Goddard - http://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/sed/index.cfm?fuseAction=home.main&&navOrgCode=610
NASA Science for Educators - http://science.nasa.gov/educators/
NASA Science Earth - http://science.nasa.gov/earth-science/
For Kids - http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/
NASA Ames - Earth Science - http://geo.arc.nasa.gov/
Earth Science for Kids Only from NASA - Air Land Water Natural Hazards
http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/Earth Science Links from The Science Spot
http://sciencespot.net/Pages/kdzethsci2.htmlCyberSleuth Earth Science for Kids
http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/Science/Earth_Science/Internet Links for Earth Sciences from Central Michigan University
http://webs.cmich.edu/resgi/Earth Science links from Houghton Mifflin
http://www.eduplace.com/science/bestofthenet/earth_sciences.html
Geology Link from Houghton Mifflin for older students
http://college.hmco.com/geology/resources/geologylink/index.htmlEarth Science Text, Video, and WWW Resources from the Exploratorium
http://apps.exploratorium.edu/10cool/index.php?cmd=browse&category=5lEarthquake and Volcano Resources from the Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu/lc/pathfinders/earthquakes/index.html
http://www.exploratorium.edu/faultline/index.html
http://www.exploratorium.edu/theworld/iceland/volcanoes.htmlNIEHS Pages for Kids - http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/home.htm
Pages for Space and Earth Science - http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/explore/nworld/space_earth_science.htm
Geology for Kids - http://www.kidsgeo.com/geology-for-kids/index.php
The Magic School Bus Explores the Earth
http://www.squidoo.com/inside-the-earth-magicschoolbus-study
http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/tour/tour.htm?earth
Volcanoes:
North Dakota Volcano site - Volcano World
http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/
Kids' Door to Volcano activities - includes legends
http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/oldroot/kids/
Teachers - http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/education/index.html
Volcanoes from COTF - http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/volcanoes/volcano.htmlVolcano websites from the Franklin Institute
http://sln.fi.edu/earth/Volcano Models that you can build
http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/education/models/index.htmlVolcano Webquests
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/webquest/content/volcanoes.shtml
http://www.rocksforkids.com/WebQuest/VolcanoWebQuest.htm
http://www.teacherweb.com/PA/BethlehemEastHills/ExploringVolcanoesWebquest/h1.stm
http://www.fairview.k12.il.us/Instructional/Science4-8/Volcano%20Web%20Quest/Volcano%20Quest.htm
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/brooklyn/volcano/
http://dmscc.typepad.com/dbrown/volcano-webquest.html
http://www2.asd.wednet.edu/pioneer/barnard/lessons/volcano/volwq.htm#Introduction
Annenberg/CPB volcano site
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/volcanoes/entry.htmlUSGS Volcano pages
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/volc/Volcano site from Dartmouth - The Electronic Volcano
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~volcano/Types of Volcanoes from USGS
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/volc/types.htmlHow Volcanoes Work
http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/The Magic Schoolbus Volcanoes
http://www.microsoft.com/Education/MSBVolcano.mspx
Michigan Tech Volcanoes Page
http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/Volcano Watch from Hawaii Volcano Observatory
http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/volcanowatch/Global Volcanism Project
http://www.volcano.si.edu/
Volcano Cams from Around the World
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Photo/volcano_cams.html
Websites about Krakatoa
http://www.kathimitchell.com/krak.htmEarthquake Information Center
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.html
Recent New England earthquakes
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Maps/10/290_45.php
Earthquakes for Kids
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/kids/
Earthquake Info
http://geology.usgs.gov/index.shtmlAsk-A-Geologist from USGS
http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/ask-a-geologist/Mountain Maker, Earth Shaker - plate tectonics
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics/Classroom of the Future - plate tectonics
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsys.htmlEarthquake Myths and Folklore plus more
http://www.ceri.memphis.edu/aware/myths.htmlEarthquake websites from the Franklin Institute
http://sln.fi.edu/earth/crust.htmlUnderstanding Earthquakes - quiz, globe, famous accounts, animation, and web sites
http://projects.crustal.ucsb.edu/understanding/
Earthquake Data from around the world
http://www.pnsn.org/
Earthquakes
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/research/
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/ceus/
Earthquakes in New Hampshire - includes fault sketch and Richter table
http://des.nh.gov/organization/commissioner/pip/factsheets/geo/documents/geo-3.pdfGlobal Seismology and Geomagnetism Group from Great Britain
http://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/Earthquake maps
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/top10.php
Seismicity Map of Northeast
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/states/seismicity/us_east_seismicity.php***New Hampshire Seismicity info and map
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/states/new_hampshire/seismicity.php
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/states/new_hampshire/history.php
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/states/events/1940_12_20.phpTsunami sites:
USGS Tsunamis and Earthquakes http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/tsunami/
Tsunami Basics - http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/tsunami/basics.html
Franklin Institute Online http://sln.fi.edu/earth/water.html#tsunami
Tsunami! http://www.ess.washington.edu/tsunami/index.html
The Physics of Tsunamis http://www.ess.washington.edu/tsunami/general/physics/physics.html
Tsunami http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/waves/tsunami.html
USGS Pacific Northwest Tsunamis - http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/tsunami/cascadia.html
National Geographic Society
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/12/1227_041226_tsunami.html
http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-disasters/tsunami-profile/
FEMA
http://www.ready.gov/tsunamis
http://www.ready.gov/kids
http://www.fema.gov/pdf/areyouready/areyouready_full.pdf
CNN http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2004/tsunami.disaster/
USC Tsunami Research Group http://www.usc.edu/dept/tsunamis/
Savage Earth from PBS http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/tsunami/
Time magazine photoessay - http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,2092761,00.html
http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1949977,00.html
West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/
The Physics of a tsunami http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/physics.htm
CBC News http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/forcesofnature/tsunamis.html
BBC Homepage http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/earth/natural_disasters/tsunami
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/science/2009/09/090930_tsunamis_guide.shtml
Australian government http://www-a.ga.gov.au/hazards/tsunami/
NOAA http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/brochures/tsunami.htm
National Weather Service http://www.tsunami.gov/ and http://www.tsunami.org/faq.html
National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program
http://nthmp.tsunami.gov/
Tsunami Lesson Plans:
Discovery School - http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/pdf/tsunami/tsunami.pdf
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/free-lesson-plans/dynamic-earth.cfm
Science Education Partnerships (SEPS) Corvallis School District
http://seps.mgd-colo.peak.org/earthquakes_and_tsunamis.htm
New York Times Lesson Plans
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2002/04/23/it-comes-in-waves/
National Geographic Society Expeditions Lessons
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/07/g35/wavesheights.html
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/15/g35/living.html
Tsunami simulation -
http://www.edumedia-sciences.com/en/a98-tsunami
Community Learning Network - http://www.cln.org/themes/tsunamis.html
Edgate Tsunami Links - http://www.edgateteam.net/Lessons/tsunami.htm
Glaciers and Snow sites:
Search for Ice and Snow - Segway - Alan Gould
http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/SegwayEd/abtsearch.html
http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/SegwayEd/lessons/search_ice_snow/ski.1.homepage.html
http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/SegwayEd/lessons/search_ice_snow/ski.3b.htmlIce Sheets and Glaciers
http://southport.jpl.nasa.gov/nrc/chapter5.html
Pictures of Glaciers - takes a while to load
http://www.xyz.net/~mdw/glaciers.htm
Glaciers from UVM
http://www.uvm.edu/whale/GlaciersWhatAre.html
Cryosphere from Rice University
http://earth.rice.edu/mtpe/cryo/cryosphere.html
Glaciers - study activity sheets by Marilyn Nichols from Arizona
http://www.amphi.com/~tlcf/nichols/web2/mntggla.htm
Glaciers and Glaciation
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Glossary/Glaciers/framework.html
Glacier - National Snow and Ice Data Center including the Life of a Glacier
http://nsidc.org/cryosphere/glaciers/index.html
Mrs. Mitchell's Class Page on Glaciers
http://www.kathimitchell.com/glaciers.htm
Web page about snow and snowflakes - with science and reading links
http://www.kathimitchell.com/snow.html
Rocks and Minerals:
Rocks for kids - http://www.rocksforkids.com/RFK/TableofContents.htmlRocks from the BBC - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/revision_bites/rocks_soils.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/science/chemistry/rock_cycle_intro.shtml
Old pages on Rocks
Mineral Matters - https://www.sdnhm.org/archive/kids/minerals/index.html
Rocks and Minerals for Kids Thinkquest - http://library.thinkquest.org/3639/Rocks and Minerals from Mineralology 4 Kids
http://www.mineralogy4kids.org/
RockHounding - http://www.rockhoundingar.com/peopleplaces.php
Basics - http://www.rockhoundingar.com/rocksandminerals.php
Ask Mikey - http://www.rockhoundingar.com/askmikey.php
Rock Hounds with Rocky - http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow1/oct98/create/
Rockhounding Booklet from British Columbia (Adobe Acrobat needed)
http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/Mining/Geolsurv/Publications/InfoCirc/Rockhounding/booklet.pdf
Minerals, Crystals, and Gems from the Smithsonian
http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/minerals/index.htmlMrs. Mitchell's Rocks and Geology - http://www.kathimitchell.com/rock.html
Earth Science Links - http://web.islandnet.com/~pjhughes/earth.htm
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