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| Earthquakes | Volcanoes |
| Glaciers |
The United States Geologic Survey (USGS)
<http://www.usgs.gov>Kathy Schrock's Guide For Educators-Earth, Geology. Geography and Oceanography Sites
<http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/sci-tech/scies.html>
Many useful links for students and teachers.Multnomah County Library Homework Center - Science
<http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/homework/scihc.html>
An excellent selection of very useful sites.Mining Company-Geology
<http://geology.miningco.com>
A listing of links and essays.Earth and Moon Viewer
<http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html>
See the earth and the moon from a variety of perspectives.Windows To The Universe
<http://windows.engin.umich.edu>
This site has information about space exploration, the planets as well as the earth. There is a section of answers to questions kids have asked.Ask A Geologist
<http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/docs/ask-a-ge.html>
The geologists at the US Geologic Survey won't write your report but they will try to answer your questions. Ask the librarian before you send e-mail.Exploratorium
<http://www.exploratorium.edu>
This is a general science museum. Check these exhibits: Turbulent Landscapes, Eyeing the Storm and La Nina.PlanetDiary
<http://www.planetdiary.com>
Where are current floods, volcanic eruptions, fires, and earthquakes? Find out here!
Kentucky Caverns - Cave Formation
<http://www.kdu.com/caveform.html>
Good description of how caves are formed.
Dan's Wild Weather Page
<http://www.whnt19.com/kidwx>
Weatherman Dan Satterfield explains clouds, temperature, precipitation, pressure, humidity, wind and more.Cities Around the World
<http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/cities.html>
Find out what the weather is like in another city anywhere in the world. Click on a city name and then zoom in to see a real-time image of the city. This is the same oa the Earth and Moon Viewer Site.Converting Fahrenheit to Celsius
<http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wtempcf.htm>
USA Today weather provides a gradual scale as well as the formula to convert betweenfahrenheit and celsius. From here it is easy to get to the general USA Today weather site.The Daily Planet
<http://www.atmos.uiuc.edu>
Multimedia resources concerning weather and including an Electronic Textbook containing instructional modules about meteorology.EarthWatch: Weather on Demand
<http://www.earthwatch.com/SKYWATCH/skywatch.html>
Check out SkyWatch where you can view a current satellite image anywhere in North America.WeatherPost
<http://www.weatherpost.com>
National, international and historical weather data from the Washington Post newspaper.WorldClimate.com
<http://www.worldclimate.com>
A searchable database which contains over 85,000 records of
world climate data (historical weather averages)USA Today Weather Topics Index
<http://www.usatoday.com/weather/windex.htm>
Weather topics in alphabetical order.The Weather Underground
<http://groundhog.sprl.umich.edu/index.html>
The University of Michigan's weather web site focuses on students and their projects.Weather Dude
<http://www.wxdude.com/>
Musical weather, question and quizzes for kids about weather.WeatherNet4 Homework Helper
<http://wxnet4.nbc4.com/phys-sci.html>
Questions about the weather and related phenomenon.WW2010: The Weather World 2010 Project
<http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/home.rxml>
Department of Atmospheric Sciencesat the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign provide information about recent weather storms and a "collection of multimedia instructional modules in meteorology and remote sensing, plus curriculum projects and classroom activities."Climatologist's Toolbox
<http://whyfiles.news.wisc.edu/021climate/index.html>
How do scientists find the earth's temperature? Just one of the questions answered here.Tracking El Nino
<http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elnino>
What is El Nino? Its benefits and impacts and data.What Is El Nino?
<http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/toga-tao/el-nino>
Information from a government site.Flood!
<http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/flood>
NOVA Online takes you through a flood cycle, how it occurs and the aftermath. High graphics may lead to slow loading. Text version is available from the site.Hurricane: Storm Science
<http://falcon.miamisci.org/hurricane>
Learn about what happens inside a hurricane.Hurricane Center
<http://www.accuweather.com/wx/school/hurricane.htm>
Facts, anatomy, development and more.Hurricanes
<http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/hurr/home.rxml>
Definition, movement, how they are named, destruction, development stages, and more.National Hurricane Center
<http://www.nhc.noaa.gov>
Find out information about present and past hurricanes from this site.Lightning
<http://www.mos.org/sln/toe/lightning.html>
This site clearly explains how lightning happens and has pictures.Lightning: The Shocking Story
<http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/96/lightning>
National Geographic explores the science of lightning.About Rainbows
<http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/blynds/rnbw.html>
How rainbows happen.Tornado Warning!
<http://www.discovery.com/area/science/tornado/tornado.html>
Everything you want to know about tornadoes.
Earthquakes
<http://www.gsrg.nmh.ac.uk>
All you want to know about earthquakes from the British Geologic Survey.Earthquakes
<http://www.ipl.org/youth/DrInternet/Earthquakes.html>
Where are earthquakes happening around the world right now? The Internet Public Library has the information and links.Every Place Has its Faults!
<http://www.tinynet.com/faults.html>
Animated. Four basic types of faults.National Earthquake Information Center
<http://wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov/neis/eqlists/10maps.html>
Current earthquakes, the largest earthquakes since 1900 and more all with colorful and clear maps.Tsunami
<http://www.geophys.washington.edu/tsunami/intro.html>
Everything you want to know about tsunamis.Understanding Earthquakes
<http://www.crustal.ucsb.edu/ics/understanding/>
One part of this site includes a demonstration of how a fault moves.What is Richter Magnitude?
<http://www.seismo.unr.edu/ftp/pub/louie/class/100/magnitude.html>
This site clearly describes magnitudes and the earthquakes effects on the area hit at the top of the page and then goes into a more indepth explanation lower on the page.
Glacier
<http://www.glacier.rice.edu>
The focus is on an expedition to Antarctica. Check out the section on ice.Glaciers and Glacial Ages
<http://www.uvm.edu/whale/GlaciersGlacialAges.html>
What are glaciers? What are the physical effects of glaciers?
Ocean Planet
<http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/ocean_planet.html>
An on-line version of a Smithsonian exhibitionMarine Biology Lab
<http://www.mbl.edu/html/MRC/HTML/phylum./html>
About the marine animals studied at the Woods Hole Institute.New England Aquarium
<http://www.neaq.org>
There are experiments for kids and links to other resources.Monterey Bay Aquarium
<http://www.mbayaq.org>
California's marine environment at your fingertips.Ocean Currents
<http://www.acl.lanl.gov/GrandChal/GCM/currents.html>
A brief description and a map showing the currents.Oceans and Oceanography
<http://www.zephryus.demon.co.uk/geography/home.html>
Another set of helpful links.
RiverResource
<http://riverresource.com>
Links to specific rivers and to general information about rivers.The Significance of Water
<http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/8375/proj1.html>
High school students wrote this page on the water cycle and found many good links.
The Mineral Gallery
<http://209.51.193.54>
This is a store that sells minerals, but they have a very informative page. Explore rocks and minerals by name, class or grouping or search the site. Good descriptions of the characteristics of each mineral.Smithsonian Gem & Mineral Collection
<http://galaxy.einet.net/images/gems/gems-icons.html>
Pictures and descriptions of highlights of the collection.
Cascades Volcano Observatory Photo Archives
<http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Photo/copyright_info.html>
Photographs of various volcanic elements. Because this is part of a government organization, the U.S. Geologic Survey, these photos are in the public domain and may be copied. Please give credit for them.Fallout: Eye on a Volcano
<http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/98/volcanoes>
From National Geographic for Kids, this site takes on an exploration of volcanoes with web cams and more.Global Volcanism Program
<http://www.volcano.si.edu/gvp>
From the Smithsonian Institute, find out about the latest eruptions, visit specific volcanoes and more.EOS Volcanology Team
<http://eos.pgd.hawaii.edu/>
Links for teachers and students.Volcano World
<http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vw.html>
A site with an immense amount of information about volcanoes including "Ask a Volcanologist"Volcanoes : Can We Predict Volcanic Eruptions?
<http://www.learner.org/exhibits/volcanoes/>
A content-rich site which includes a wealth of information, activities, and resources dealing with volcanoes.Volcanoes
<http://www.usgs.gov/education/learnweb/volcano/>
Information from the U.S. Geologic Survey.