EARTH SCIENCE WEB PAGES
SCIENTIFIC METHOD
Steps of the Scientific Method PowerPoint
http://step.nn.k12.va.us/science/6th_science/ppt/Scientific_Method.ppt
PLATE TECTONICS AND FAULTS
Plate Tectonics and Different Types of Faults
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/F_Earth_Has_Faults.html
How Mountains are Formed - YouTube
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5709296659603065908
San Andreas Fault
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1915754027029128604
Plate Tectonics Map - Plate Boundary Map
http://geology.com/plate-tectonics.shtml
Plates on the Move - Museum of Natural History interactive games
http://ology.amnh.org/earth/plates/index.html
Museum of Natural History -- Earth
http://ology.amnh.org/earth/
EARTHQUAKES
Shock Waves – One Hundred Years after the 1906 Earthquake: a 46-minute film which includes dramatic
historical footage, colorful animations, and interviews with earthquake
experts.http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/nca/1906/shockwaves/
INTERACTIVE Maps of Recent Earthquakes
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsanim/
Investigating Earthquakes and Activities
http://www.data.scec.org/Module/module.html
How to Build Your Own Seismograph
http://www.kfvs12.com/Global/story.asp?S=307729&nav=LulGLi2z
Types of Seismic Waves
http://www.geo.mtu.edu/UPSeis/waves.html
Finding the Epicenter
http://www.sciencecourseware.org/VirtualEarthquake/VQuakeExecute.html
VOLCANOES
Virtual Volcano: Discovery Channel
Build your own volcano - interative
http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/pompeii/interactive/interactive.html
Interactive Activities with Earthquakes and Volcanoes
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/forcesofnature/interactive/index.html
All about volcanoes - volcano photos, information and stories
http://www.volcanoes.com/
How volcanoes work - science behind volcanoes and volcanic processes
http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/
Interactive exhibits of volcanoes
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/volcanoes/
More about volcanoes - resource
http://www.fema.gov/kids/volcano.htm
Hot Spot Volcanoes - Shows How they are made
http://www.wwnorton.com/college/geo/egeo/flash/2_10.swf
How to Build your own volcano
http://www.volcanolive.com/model.html
How Hawaii Was Formed
http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/Plate-Tectonics/Chap3-Plate-Margins/Mid-plate/Hawaiian-Islands
Types of Lava - Aa and Pahoehoe
http://www.learner.org/interactives/volcanoes/movies/movies3.html
ROCKS AND MINERALS:
http://www.kidskonnect.com/subject-index/15-science/97-rocks-a-minerals.html
http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/rocks.htm
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002289/index.html
http://www.kidskonnect.com/subject-index/15-science/97-rocks-a-minerals.html
http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/K12/K_12.html
http://www.rocksforkids.com/RFK/Rocks&Minerals.html
http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/collectors_corner/id/rock_key.htm
Smithsonian Institute Natural Museum of History Website for Rocks and Minerals
http://www.mnh.si.edu/earth/main_frames.html
Photographs of Minerals; Common minerals and their uses
http://www.mii.org/commonminerals.php
All you want to know about rocks, minerals and soil --- interesting and educational information
http://www.sciencespot.net/Pages/kdzethsci3.html
All About Minerals and their uses
http://www.sciencespot.net/Pages/kdzethsci3.html
Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic Rocks - Interactive Rock Cycle
Animation
http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/investigations/es0602/es0602page01.cfm?c
hapter_no=investigation
Rocks - Interactive
http://www.learner.org/interactives/rockcycle/
Mineralogy Search Engine
http://www.webmineral.com/cgi-bin/search/search.pl
Fast FAQs about Rocks and FOSSILS - interactive
includes MOHS Scale interactive
http://www.childrensmuseum.org/geomysteries/faqs.html
The Rock Cycle - animation (Click on Rock Cycle Overview)
http://msnucleus.org/membership/html/k6/rc/rocks/6/rcr6_2a.html
Periodic Table of Elements; Role of Elements in Life Processes
http://www.mii.org/periodic/LifeElement.php
Finding iron in cereal video
http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/content/science-video/eating-nails-for-breakfast
GEOLOGICAL HISTORY
http://paleobiology.si.edu/geotime/main/index.html
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/past/geologic_time.html
http://www.physci.wsc.ma.edu/young/hgeol/geoinfo/geohistory.html
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/geotime.html
http://www.timstouse.com/earthhistory.htm
Geological History Tutorial:
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/geotime/index.html
VOLCANOES for Art Project:
Mount Kilauea
http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/kilauea/
http://www.kilaueaadventure.com/mount-kilauea-facts.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%ABlauea
Mount Vesuvius
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Vesuvius
http://geology.com/volcanoes/vesuvius/
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Europeweb/factfile/Unique-facts-Europe36.htm
http://www.portanapoli.com/Eng/vesuvius.html
Mount Krakatoa
http://www.discover-indo.tierranet.com/volcano02.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1883_eruption_of_Krakatoa
http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/Krakatau.html
Mount St. Helens
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_St._Helens
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/MSH/description_msh.html
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Mount_Saint_Helens
Mt. Etna
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Etna
http://www.volcanolive.com/etna.html
http://geology.com/volcanoes/etna/
Mount Ranier
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Rainier
http://www.nps.gov/mora/index.htm
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Mount_Rainier
Mount Tambora
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Tambora
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Indonesia/description_tambora_1815_eruption.html
http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Mount_Tambora
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=39412
Mt. Fuji
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Fuji
http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Mount_Fuji
http://www.mt-fuji.co.jp/index-e.html
http://www.volcanolive.com/fuji.html