COOL SITES

CURRENT EVENT SITES

• http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/pages/about.asp 

• www.cnn.com

INTRO, DENSITY, METRICS

• http://www.middleschoolscience.com/dietcoke.htm

• http://collections.ic.gc.ca/allaboutmaps/index.htm (Topographic Trek)

• http://terraserver-usa.com/

• http://landsat7.usgs.gov/index.php

• http://mapmachine.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/viewandcustomize.html?task=getMap&themeId=p4  (atlas)

• http://encarta.msn.com (atlas)

• http://www.nationalgeographic.com/maps/ (atlas)

• www.worldatlas.com (atlas)

• http://www.berann.com/panorama/archive/ (maps)

• http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/mapreading/ (mapping act.)

• http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/leveson/core/linksa/latlong_menu.html (lat vs long.)

• http://www.csuchico.edu/lbib/maps/MAP3.GIF (map symbols)

• http://www.tasagraphicarts.com/activities/profile.html (topographic maps)

• http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/leveson/core/linksa/elevation.html (intro to topo maps)

• http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/states_experiment_drag-drop_Intermed_State15s_500.html  (US Map)

SEASONS/EARTH'S CRUST/TIME

• http://www.thetech.org/exhibits_events/online/quakes/inside/ (layers)

• http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/lessons/Earths_layers/Earths_layers1.html (layers)

• http://www.cnn.com/interactive/nature/9903/earth.layers/content.html (layers)

• http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/Earth/Seasons/Seasons.htm (seasons)

• http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/projects/data/Seasons/seasons.html (seasons)

• http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneYear.html (length of day/night)

WATER/RIVERS

• http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/water/causes/

• http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/activities/watereverywhere/

• http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/mearth.html (water info)

• http://www.beesinc.org/resource/actwat01.htm (water usage)

• http://www.usagreen.org/waterConservation.html (water conservation)

• http://whyfiles.org/131fresh_water/2.html

• http://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?method=cResource.dspView&ResourceID=435 (water cycle)

• http://www.state.in.us/idem/owm/kids/watercyclemovie.html (water cycle)

• http://www.saur.com/en/particular/environnement/energie_eau.html (water cycle animation)

• http://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?method=cResource.dspView&ResourceID=431&CFID=386759&CFTOKEN=17312764 (porosity)

• http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/earthguide/diagrams/groundwater/  (groundwater)

• http://www.sln.org.uk/geography/schools/blythebridge/animations.htm (river animations)

• http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/investigations/es1301/es1301page01.cfm?chapter_no=13 (River Activity)

WEATHERING AND EROSION

• http://www.terragalleria.com/parks/np.bryce-canyon.html

• http://vcourseware.sonoma.edu/VirtualRiver/Flooding/

• http://www.wateryear2003.org/en/ev.php@URL_ID=1456&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

• http://www.themeatrix.com/

• http://www.dcs.ex.ac.uk/water/contents.htm

• http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geographyaction/rivers/

• http://www.school-portal.co.uk/GroupDownloadFile.asp?file=21606 (oxbow lake formation)

• http://www.zephryus.demon.co.uk/geography/resources/glaciers/deposit.html (glaciers)

• http://www3.uakron.edu/geography/lrb/physf97/lectures/glacial/sld001.htm (glaciers)

• http://www.eoascientific.com/interactive/glaciers/glaciers.html (glaciers)

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/bitesize/standard/geography/ (glacier)

• http://www.glacier.rice.edu/ (glacier)

• http://nsidc.org/glaciers/glossary/d.html (glacier glossary)

• http://webs.cmich.edu/resgi/links.asp?mc=Earth%20Science&cad=Glaciers&to=148&tod=Glaciers (glacier animations)

• http://www.goodearthgraphics.com/virtcave.html (caves)

• http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/navigation/chapter12.cfm (soil)

WEATHER

• http://www.cla.sc.edu/geog/faculty/carbone/modules/mods4car/ccontrol/index.html

• http://www.intellicast.com/DrDewpoint/wx101/0599Clouds/

• http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/af/frnts/home.rxml

• http://www.mesquiteisd.org/planet/seasons.html

• http://daphne.palomar.edu/jthorngren/quiz.htm.htm

• http://daphne.palomar.edu/jthorngren/quiz2.htm

• http://www.doc.mmu.ac.uk/aric/eae/Climate/Older/Climate_Zones.html (Climate)

• http://www.fao.org/waicent/faoinfo/sustdev/EIdirect/climate/EIsp0066.htm (Climate)

• http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/interactive_climate_map/climate_map.html (Climograph)

• http://www.cla.sc.edu/geog/faculty/carbone/modules/mods4car/ccontrol/index.html (Climate Controls)

• http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa011700a.htm (Koppen Climate Map)

• http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/climate.htm (World Climates)

• http://www.eoascientific.com/campus/earth/multimedia/coriolis/view_interactive (coriolis effect game)

• http://www.eram.k12.ny.us/education/components/docmgr/default.php?sectiondetailid=17511&fileitem=620&catfilter=573&PHPSESSID=0805f60b7884e084e10350666ed58fd7 (Climographs)
• http://www.uwsp.edu/gEo/faculty/ritter/geog101/textbook/manuals/instructor_manual/how_to/drawing_isobars.html (drawing isobars)

   

   

OCEANOGRAPHY

• http://www.platetectonics.com/oceanfloors/index.asp  (world ocean floors)

• http://www.mos.org/oceans/planet/features.html

• http://pao.cnmoc.navy.mil/pao/Educate/OceanTalk2/indexrestless.htm  (Ocean Currents,Waves,Tides, etc.)

   

HISTORICAL GEOLOGY

• http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/help/timeform.html (Time line)

• http://vcourseware.calstatela.edu/VirtualDating/ (Radioactive decay)

• http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/geo_activity.html (geologic timeline)

PHYSICAL GEOLOGY

• http://www.riverdeep.net/earthscience/data/volcanoes/volcano_lab.html

• http://livingearth.com/

• http://atlas.geo.cornell.edu/education/student/continental_puzzle.html  (continental drift)

• http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/animations/index.html

• http://www.educeth.ch/stromboli/index-en.html

• http://vcourseware.calstatela.edu/eec/Earthquake/ (Virtual Earthquake)

• http://volcanus.info/tq98/english.html (volcanoes)

• http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/interior/volcanos_general.html&edu=mid (volcanoes)

• http://scign.jpl.nasa.gov/learn/plate.htm (plate tectonics)

• http://www.moorlandschool.co.uk/earth/tectonic.htm (plate tectonics)

• http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics/ (plate tectonics)

• http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/dynamic.html  (plate tectonics)

• http://www.davidson.k12.nc.us/webquests/volcano/volcano.htm  (volcano webquest)

• http://rev.seis.sc.edu/

ASTRONOMY

• http://www.astronomy.org/programs/seasons/

• http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/academy/space/solarsystem/solarsystemjava.html

• http://www.mesquiteisd.org/planet/seasons.html

• http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html

• http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/welcome.htm

• www.space.com

• http://www.nasm.si.edu/ceps/etp/

• http://www.windows.ucar.edu/windows.html

• http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/universe/moving.html# (doppler effect)

MISC.

• http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/stopwatch/ (timer)

• http://www.zorstec.net/copperfield.htm

• http://www.edu.pe.ca/southernkings/face.htm (general earth science)

• http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/landforms/glossary.shtml (earth science vocab)

• http://www.bestanimations.com/ (cool animations)

• http://www.free-graphics.com/ (clip art)

• http://www.1clipart.com/ (clip art)

• http://www.clipartcastle.com/ (clip art)

• http://animationfactory.com/  (animations)

• www.csuconnection.com (weird videos)

• http://www.psinvention.com/zoetic/convert.htm (metric - english conversion)

• http://www.globalrph.com/conversions.htm (metric conversion)

• http://www.aaamath.com/mea.html (metrics)

• http://www.liquidgeneration.com/sabotage/optical_sabotage.asp (optical illusions)

• http://www.optillusions.com/ (optical illusions)

• http://webs.cmich.edu/resgi/topics.asp?mc=Other%20Resource%20Links&ca=95&cad=Earth%20Science%20Animations (animations)

• http://www.csulb.edu/~htahsiri/animate/ (animations)