Science - Earth Resources
General | Plate Tectonics | Volcanoes / Earthquakes
General:
- Inside the Earth
- Diagram and information about the inside of the Earth.
- EPA Climate Change Kids Site
- Learn about climates, climate change, the greenhouse effect and how we can help!
- Kids Do Ecology
- Learn about biomes, marine mammals, and how to protect our environment.
- Kids Recycle
- Learn more about recycling and ways you can reduce the amount you throw away.
- Layers of the Earth (Grades K-3)
- A 2-dimensional slice of the Earth.
- Planetpals
- Things about the Earth and how we can preserve it.
- Rocks & Minerals WebQuest
- Locate and learn about rocks, how they are mined, and minerals they are associated with.
- U.S. Geological Survey
- Links to scientific information regarding geology, mapping, and water.
Plate
Tectonics:
- Demonstrating Plate Tectonics with a Box
- Shows how plate tectonics works.
- Farallon Plate
- Movement of the Farallon Plate over time.
- Historical perspective
- A historical perspective of plate tectonics.
- Location of Plates
- Jigsaw puzzle of plate tectonics.
- Moving Slabs
- Shows the individual tectonic plates.
- Naming the Plates
- Name the tectonic plates (with pictures) - fill in the blanks.
- Word Search: Plate Tectonics
- Plate tectonics word search.
Volcanoes / Earthquakes:
- Cascades Volcano Observatory (CVO)
- Public information and warning of volcanic action, pictures, information and descriptions of latest eruptions, and more.
- Dynamic Earth
- Volcano and earthquake lessons using Internet resources.
- Mount St. Helens VolcanoCam
- Shows current conditions at Mt. St. Helens.
- National Earthquake Information Center
- Earthquake information and seismograph links.
- Pacific Northwest Seismograph Network
- Information on earthquakes for Washington and Oregon states.
- Recent US Earthquake Activity
- Information about recent U.S. earthquake activity.
- Volcano World
- Wonderful volcano information, activities, and lesson plans.
- Volcanoes Modules
- Questions for students to answer about volcanoes, based on information found on this site.
- Washington State Volcanoes and Volcanics
- Includes all the major Cascade Range volcanoes, plus more, including the volcanoes of Lewis and Clark and sightings of three Washington State Volcanoes.
Last updated by Ms. Rose on March 25, 2009.
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