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Earth & Space Science Pre-test
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| Metric system |
Metric Assignment |
Chem Tutor - units and measures
AskNumbers.com Unit Conversions
Metric conversion calculator
Science made simple online metric convertor
Conversion of units
Area Converter
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Scientific Method
Writing step-by-step instructions
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What is Science? Bruce Railsback, UGA
PB&J Assignment.
Another PB&J
Still another PB&J
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| Introduction to the Earth |
Earth's Surface Features -
Size, shape, topography, distribution of oceans and continents, sea floor topography |
Introduction to the Earth Assignment |
Local.live.com - look at maps and
satellite images worldwide
Shape of Earth
Size of Earth
Global topography - NOAA
More images of the Earth from NOAA
Zoom in on areas of Earth's surface
What do maps show - lessons
Earth at different scales
Global phenomena RIGHT NOW
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Earth Systems -
including geosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, biosphere, and exosphere |
Earth
Glaciers - Clues to future climate?
Global change - Earth as home
Global change lessons
Earth's atmosphere
Atmosphere structure and ozone
Layers of the atmosphere
Satellite images of environmental change
The Great Ice Age
Animation of Earth's spheres
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| Geology |
| Earthquakes
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Earthquake Assignment
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Recent earthquakes - World
Recent earthquakes - U.S.
Recent central US earthquakes - CERI
Virtual earthquake exercise 1
Virtual earthquake exercise 2
Plot that Quake
Earthquakes 4 kids
Earthquake info for teachers
Earthquake resources for teachers and kids
Maps of recent earthquake activity
Earthquakes in Georgia
Earthquake facts
South Carolina seismic network
Studying recent earthquakes worksheet
Dacula, Georgia Earthquake Intensity Exercise and
this map
Seismic Resources on the Web
St. Louis Univ. earthquake maps
Earthquake epicenters in SE US
New Madrid earthquake
CERI, U. Memphis
Seismograms, S. Arizona
Make your own seismogram
Modified mercalli intensity scale
Virtual earthquake courseware
Plate tectonics, the cause of earthquakes
San Andreas fault
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| Earth's Interior |
Modelling the asthenosphere using cornstarch
Earth's interior
USGS - Interior of the Earth
Animation of convection in the mantle
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| Plate Tectonics |
Musical plates
This Dynamic Earth -Story of plate tectonics - USGS
Virtual plate reconstructions - WebDogs
Our changing continent - USGS
NOAA age of ocean crust maps
NOAA relief globes
NOAA sediment thickness in oceans
Marianas trench animation
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| Volcanoes |
Volcano Assignment
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USGS Volcanoes - Teachers Guide (Six lessons)
Volcano information page
Volcano World
Michigan Technological University Volcanoes Page
USGS Volcano Hazards Program
USGS Volcano terminology
Make a paper model of a volcano
QuickTime movie of Popocatepetal eruption
Teacher's Guide to the Geology of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Take the Tour of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
List of volcano videos
Fire, rocks and water - Volcanoes
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| Minerals |
Mineral Assignment |
Dr. Gore's handy-dandy guide to minerals
Mineralogy 4 Kids
Minerals: Building Blocks of Rocks (Tarbuck and Lutgens)
The Mineral Gallery
Physical Characteristics of Minerals
Minerals, Magmas, and Volcanic Rocks. Includes good diagrams of silicate tetrahedra.
Gems and Precious Stones Internet Course
Common objects made of minerals
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| Rock cycle |
Rock Assignment |
Rock activities for students, NYC
NYC Performance Stds
Interactive rock cycle experiments
Rock cycle
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| Igneous Rocks |
Ancient lava flows and plutons
Minerals, Magmas, and Volcanic Rocks
Atlas of Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks, Minerals, and Textures
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Sedimentary Rocks
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Sedimentary Rocks - GPC
Sedimentary RocksLaboratory - GPC
Animation of sedimentary rock forming
How sediments are deposited
Animation of coal formation
Transport of sediment by flowing water
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| Metamorphic Rocks |
Metamorphic rocks
GPC Metamorphic Rock Pictures
USGS Metamorphic rocks
Animation - How metamorphic rocks are formed
Metamorphic rocks
Metamorphic rock tour
RockDoctor presents metamorphic rocks
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| Rock Weathering |
Weathering - Soil - Erosion Assignment |
Weathering of rocks and formation of sediment
Weathering of Rocks and Minerals
Acid rain and our Nation's Capital
Weathering & Soil - John Butler
Kaolin geology in middle Georgia
Kaolin mining photos
Why is the ocean salty?
Weathering mantles and the age of the Earth
Effects of mechanical weathering
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| Soil |
The 12 soil orders - U. Minn.
The 12 soil orders - U. Idaho
Laterite images
Georgia Extension Service Soil Analysis information
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| Erosion |
NYC Performance Stds
The Dust Bowl of the 1930's
PBS website on the Dust Bowl
How glaciers erode bedrock
Landscapes formed by erosion
Sinkholes (USGS)
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| Water |
Water assignment |
Make a model of the water cycle
Follow a raindrop through the water cycle
EPA - Groundwater and drinking water
Water For Kids - Links to What you can do, Environmental Kids Sites, etc.
USGS Real time hydrologic data
Water Conditions in Georgia
Water use in the US
American waterworks association
The groundwater foundation
Drinking water and health
World Bank access to safe water
Water conservation in GA
GA water issues
USGS Groundwater
USGS Water science for schools
USGS Water science for schools - Earth's Water
Water science for schools - groundwater
US Drought Monitor
EPA Superfund list - pollution (click on GA)
National priority list superfund sites in GA
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| Fossils and Geologic Time |
Fossil Assignment
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Adventures at Dry Creek
Radioactive dating simulation - Answers
Getting into the fossil record
Stories from the fossil record - paleoecology, geologic time, etc.
Univ. of Calif. Berkeley Paleontology Museum
Understanding evolution
Explorations through time
Learning from the fossil record
Life has a history
Fossil resources for K-12 teachers
Our changing continent - USGS
The paleontology portal
Paleo Ring - a collection of web sites
Fossils on the Internet
Invertebrate Macrofossils Lab
Fossil preservation lab
Evolution of the vertebrates lab
Discovering dinosaurs classroom activities
Dinosaur extinctions
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| Energy Resources |
Energy assignment
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Virtual Oil Well Game
Georgia Gas Prices - click on your nearest city, see graphs showing gas prices over time, and comparing gas prices in other areas
Gasoline, other fuels and you
Adventures in energy
Energy teaching tools
U.S. Petroleum Exploration & Production
Gasoline company imports - which gasoline companies import from which countries. See large Excel file.
Energy Information Administration
Kids Energy Page
Natural Gas
Tidal power - energy from the sea
The World of Oil
Human activities in the world around us - deforestation and energy use
Energy Resources
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| Meteorology |
| Basic introduction to weather |
Weather Assignment
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Cycles of the Earth and atmosphere
Georgia Automated Environmental Monitoring Network
Intellicast weather - see forcast and radar for your zip code
Weather Channel
Weatherbug
American Meteorological Society DataStreme Atmosphere, Realtime weather data and maps for K-12 teachers
Online Meteorology Guide
Air masses and fronts
Penn State virtual reality weather site
NASA Build your own barometer
Build your own barometer
Make your own weather station
Make your own weather vane
Make your own compass
Make your own hygrometer
Make your own rain gauge
Clouds
NASA S'Cool online cloud chart
GLOBE cloud exploration
NASA S'Cool materials for teachers
NASA CERES S'Cool Project - students cloud observations online
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| Wind and Global wind systems |
Mid-latitude storms slideshow
Animation of land and sea breezes
Coriolis effect and wind direction
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| Thunderstorms, tornadoes, & hurricanes |
NOAA Hurricane student activity, and Worksheet
Hurricane Ivan Report for tracking exercise
NOAA tornadoes student activity, and Worksheet
NOAA Lightning student activity, and Worksheet
NOAA Student Info - Hurricanes, tornadoes, etc.
FEMA - Hurricanes for kids
Hurricane preparedness
How to track a hurricane
Hurricane math quiz
Hurricane and tornado intensity scales
FEMA - Tornadoes for kids
FEMA - Tornado information
Tornado math quiz
"About north Georgia" tornado quiz
Twister info
FEMA - Thunderstorms and lightning
FEMA - Thunderstorms for kids
FEMA - Lightning safety for kids
Lightning & atmospheric electricity; lightning detector in space
NOAA and National Weather Service -Thunderstorms, Tornadoes, Lightning - Nature's most violent storms
USA Today lightning page
USA Today Tornado page
NOAA - Hurricanes - Unleashing nature's fury
NOAA El Nino student activity, and
Worksheet
Animation of hail forming
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| Air Pollution |
NOAA Ozone student activity
NOAA Greenhouse Effect Student Activity
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Graphing stratospheric ozone - grade 5-8
Air pollution - Ozone
EPA - Ozone depletion
Indoor and Outdoor Air Pollution
Acid rain and our Nation's Capital
Greenhouse effect and global warming activity
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| Oceanography |
| Seawater composition; salinity |
Oceanography Assignment |
Science & Technology Focus - Ocean Water
Oceans Alive - Density currents exercise
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| Waves, currents, tides, and sea level change |
Animation of wave motion
Ocean World
Oceans and climate - click to move to next pages
Bridge. Sea Grant Ocean Sciences Education Center
NOAA Tides Online
St. Simons Island Tide Table
Tidal Heights
Hazards of sea level rise
Global sea level change: Determination and interpretation
Water on the Move - Wind and Waves
Ocean in motion - Tsunamis
Shoreline processes
Tides, currents and navigation
Tides and water levels. Click arrows to go to next page
Tide animation
Tide lesson plans
More lesson plans
Water current lesson plan
Ocean World - Oceans and climate, oceanic circulation.
Ocean's role in weather
Waves, Tides and Currents - How do they work?
Ocean waves
Wave action - virtual exploration of the beach
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| Astronomy |
| Introduction to Astronomy |
Astronomy Assignment |
Powers of Ten - Zoom animation from Universe to cells to atoms
Observe one place at many scales
NASA Page for educators= grades 5-8
NOAA Solar events student activity
NASA- The Sun-Earth Viewer
Measuring the Earth with sticks and shadows
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The Planets
Distance from Sun
Size
Surface features
Atmospheric features
Ability to support life
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Build a model solar system
Exploring the planets cyber center
Best of the solar system activity
Those Whirling, Twirling Planets activity
NASA Kids page - Planets and the Solar System
Nineplanets - size, mass, density, prospects for life
NASA planet photo gallery
Planetary fact sheets
Welcome to the Planets
Your weight on other planets.
Quaoar, the icy world beyond Pluto
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Comets, Asteroids,Meteors
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The comet's tale - graeds 5-8
NASA Asteroid, Comet and Meteorite info
NASA Comet activities
Comet hidden words page
NASA Kids page - Asteroids
Meteors and meteor showers
Meteor lab
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| Moon |
NASA Space Place - Earth & Moon
The Moon - Nineplanets
Moon Fact Sheet
Moon - World Book at NASA
Impact craters activity
Animation of impact theory for origin of moon
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| Phases of the Moon |
Phases of moon activity. Click on sheet to fill in.
What will the Moon look like tonight? (Enter a date to see the phase)
Moon phase data from U.S. Naval Observatory
NASA Kids page - The Earth and the Moon
Phases of the moon from space animation
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| Eclipses |
Observe a solar eclipse
Observe a lunar eclipse
Solar eclipse geometry
Lunar Eclipse geometry and phases of moon
Eclipse photos
NASA Eclipse 99 page
Free NASA Sun-Earth day kits
Eclipses through 2010
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| Seasons |
Model of Earth's yearly revolution around the sun
Seasonal changes in sunlight reaching Earth
Animation of seasons
Variations in surface temperature on Earth
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| Motion of objects in the sky |
Computer simulation of planet orbits and comets
How to use the Edmund Star Finder - click next
Heavens Above - star charts for your location and time zone. Log in and click on whole sky chart
Electric orrery solar system simulator
Solar system live
Solar system simulator - try clicking on "speeded up"
Make and learn to use a star finder
NASA- Ancient observatories
Objects in the night sky
Retrograde motion of planets animation
Sunspots
Sun position calculator
The universe now
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| Models of the Solar System - Geocentric, Heliocentric |
Heavens-above. See diagrams of the night sky at your location for any day and time.
Movie about evolution of geocentric and heliocentric model
Kepler's Laws of planetary motion
Finding our place in space.
Kepler's Laws with animation.
NASA videos of Kepler's Laws
NASA Video of Kepler's Second Law
Biography of Copernicus.
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| Gravity |
Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation
Gravity Quiz
NASA Kids page - Gravity
Isaac Newton and Law of Gravitation
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Our solar system in the Milky Way Galaxy and in the Universe;
Origin of the Universe, Big Bang
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Examine the Milky Way Galaxy at different scales
Our Solar System's Location in the Milky Way Galaxy
Desk Top Stars
Measuring the electromagnetic spectrum
Spectra and what scientists can learn from them
Origin and destiny of the Universe
The Milky Way and other galaxies Q&A
Cosmology
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