Science is a Blast

6th Grade Science, Jefferson Middle School

Great Site - general geology

Planet Earth - Great Site for Geology PowerPoints - endoresed: http://www.earth4567.com/index.html

Software and Programs

WorldWatcher free download: http://www.worldwatcher.northwestern.edu/software.htm

ArcGIS - Mapping Our World Using GIS:  www.esri.com/software/arcgis/about/how-to-buy.html

 

 

 

Classroom Helper - Geological Time

The Best Site on Geological Time - Use interactive to see time represented as a long book: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/geotime/gtiframe.html

For the Geological Time Scale see and use part 9 of the interactive above. 

Classroom Helper - Plate Tectonics

STUDY GUIDE

Practice Test

Highlight this link then copy and paste in "add content" section of Google Earth    http://www.oceanleadership.org/education/deep-earth-academy/educators/classroom-activities/an-expedition-to-the-seafloor/

Google Earth Earthquakes - click here to get document with Google Earth Activity Links. One lists the plates.

Copy of Worksheet for Google Earth Earthquake Computer Lab Assignment

Measuring Earthquakes: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/faq/?faqID=24

How much damage would each magnitude cause - Mercalli Scale: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/topics/mag_vs_int.php

List of Earthquakes from USGS / last 7 days update:  http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.php

List of Earthquakes from USGS / last 8-30 days: http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/qed/

USGS Earthquake list and maps: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/

USGS Significant earthquakes: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/

Seismogram locations from USGS: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/helicorders.php

Animations for Earthquake terms: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/animations/

Earthquakes for Kids USGS games and interactives: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/kids/

Learn more about Earthquakes USGS: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/

*This Dynamic Earth - The story of Plate Tectonics: http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/dynamic.html

*USGS FAQs about Earthquakes: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/faq/?showAll=yes

Link to Mrs. Putnam's Earth Science Page and scroll down to Earthquakes

What is Universal Time: http://www.usno.navy.mil/USNO/astronomical-applications/astronomical-information-center/universal-time/

What is UTC: http://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/utc.html

Standard Time Conversions - Convert your local time to Greenwich Mean Time: http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/zones.html

Layers of the Earth Diagram: http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/inside.html

Questions and Answers from NASA: http://helios.gsfc.nasa.gov/qa_earth.html

 

Rocks

Sci Links from NSTA: http://www.rocksandminerals.com/rockcycle.htm

What's the difference between rocks and minerals - Rocks for Kids: http://www.rocksforkids.com/RFK/identification.html#difference

How rocks and minerals are formed - Rocks for Kids: http://www.rocksforkids.com/RFK/howrocks.html

Types of Rocks: http://www.moorlandschool.co.uk/earth/rockcycle.htm

PowerPoint of Earth's Materials: http://www.science.sjsu.edu/scied/255/PPT02/earthmaterials.htm

Webquest - Glencoe - Are Manmade Gems Real: http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078807239/student_view0/chapter5/webquest.html

Current News

Earth Science

The Best Site on Geological Time - Use interactive to see time represented as a long book: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/geotime/gtiframe.html

Explorations Through Time: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explotime.html

Pangea and maps of each time period: http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/past/geologic_time.html

Great Resources: UNC Earth Science Sites: http://www.geosci.unc.edu/ESresources/ES12795.html

Half life Activity: http://www.uky.edu/KGS/education/cents_time.htm

USGS: http://www.usgs.gov/

USGS Big List of Websites to study Volcanoes and Earth Science : http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Servers/earth_servers.html

Forces of Nature: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/forcesofnature/

Window to the Universe: http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/geology/geology.html

See many topics: www.geology.com

Earth Science in the Classroom - Activities: http://www.uky.edu/KGS/education/activities.htm

National Science Education Standards for Earth Science: http://www.uky.edu/KGS/education/edustand.htm

Geography

Earth and Its Atmosphere

The Study of Earth - Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, Biosphere: http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-for-kids/index.php

Milagro  - Megacity Initiative: Local and Global Research Observations: Air Pollution:  http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/milagro/milagro_kids.html

Global Warming

Pangea and Plate Tectonics

*This Dynamic Earth - The story of Plate Tectonics: http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/dynamic.html

What went on BEFORE PANGEA: http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/Pangaea.html

Plate Tectonics PowerPoint from Oceanography Program - http://www.oceanleadership.org/education/deep-earth-academy/educators/classroom-activities/modeling-plate-tectonics/

http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/cgi-bin/splitwindow.cgi?top=http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/top2.html&link=http://www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_index.htm

Earth Floor explains Plate Tectonics: http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/plates1.html

Plate Tectonics: http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/interior/plate_tectonics.html

Discover Our Earth with Pictures: http://www.discoverourearth.org/student/tectonics/index.html

Plate Tectonics Introduction: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics/intro.html

Plate Tectonics Interactives: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics/transform.html

Plate Tectonics Enchanted Learning Interactive and Quiz: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/activities/radiobuttonquiz/Tectonicspz.shtml

Pangea and Underwater Exploration: http://www.divediscover.whoi.edu/tectonics/infomod.html

Paleontology Portal: http://www.paleoportal.org/index.php?globalnav=time_space&sectionnav=period&period_id=9

Lithosphere and maps: http://www.globalchange.umich.edu/globalchange1/current/lectures/evolving_earth/evolving_earth.html

NASA Quiz Continental Drift: http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/pangaea/quiz.html

Pangea vs. Modern Day Earth: http://atlas.geo.cornell.edu/education/student/continental_puzzle.html

Plate Tectonics with News of Research: http://www.visionlearning.com/library/module_viewer.php?mid=66

Geology for Kids: Layers of the Earth: http://www.kidsgeo.com/geology-for-kids/index.php

Evolving Earth: http://www.globalchange.umich.edu/globalchange1/current/lectures/evolving_earth/evolving_earth.html

The Dynamic Planet / Map: http://www.minerals.si.edu/tdpmap/

More Great Sites / Geological Society of America: http://www.geosociety.org/educate/resources/i_tecton.htm

 

Volcanoes

Great PowerPoint - endorsed: http://www.earth4567.com/talks/volcanoes.html

News March 21st Volcano: http://www.foxnews.com/slideshow/scitech/2010/03/21/volcano-erupts-iceland/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fscitech+%28Text+-+SciTech%29

USGS Volcano FAQs page: http://www.volcano.si.edu/faq/

USGS Volcanic activity reports: http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/

USGS Volcanoes of the world: http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/

Map of volcanoes USGS is discussing this week - requires JAVA: http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/index.cfm?content=worldmap

Locate active volcanoes around the world: http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/

Volcanoe activity in the USA: http://volcano.wr.usgs.gov/activity/status.php

Volcanoes in the USA: http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/volcus/page06.html#theory

How to monitor volcanoes: http://volcano.wr.usgs.gov/activity/methods/seismic/index.php

National Geographic Volcanoes 101 Video: http://videos.howstuffworks.com/Volcanoes_101-video.htm

How Volcanoes Work: http://science.howstuffworks.com/volcano.htm

How Stuff Works Volcanoe Video: http://videos.howstuffworks.com/volcano-video.htm

Volcano model extreme: http://www.fossils-facts-and-finds.com/volcano_model.html

Facts about Volcanoes: http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/LivingWith/VolcanicFacts/misc_volcanic_facts_questions.html

Volcano Facts: http://green.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-disasters/volcano-profile.html

USGS Volcano Page: http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/

Learn about Volcanoes in the USA: http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/volcus/index.html

Volcano WebQuest: http://www.rocksforkids.com/WebQuest/VolcanoWebQuest.htm

Volcano: http://www.solarviews.com/eng/tervolc.htm

Volcano Scavenger Hunt: http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/KSD/DE/research/volcano_ws.html

Volcano World: http://volcano.und.edu/

Volcanism: http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/find_eruptions.cfm

Virtual Tour: http://volcano.und.edu/

Volcanic Activity Video - PBS American Field Guide: http://pbs-afg.onstreammedia.com/vss-bin/vss_SR/pbs_afg/search?template=search.tmpl&query_field8=clabel_Subcategory&query_op8=contains&query8=Volcanic

Dinosaur Floor explains volcanoeshttp://www.cet.edu/ete/modules/msese/dinosaurflr/volcanoes.html

Volcano Kids Quiz - really cool - answers take you to sites with volcano pictures: http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/kids/quiz.html

Good PowerPoint about volcanoes: http://hs-staffserver.stjames.k12.mn.us/~fraken/powerpoint.webpages/volcanoes/Volcanoes.htm

PowerPoint notes about volcanoes: http://staff.bcc.edu/mzamkoto/ppt_psc/Volcanoes.pdf

webquest - volcanoes - chemical reaction - Glencoe: http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078807239/student_view0/chapter20/webquest.html

Earthquakes

How Earthquakes Work: http://www.howstuffworks.com/earthquake.htm

Earthquake definition from Berkely and world map: http://seismo.berkeley.edu/blogs/seismoblog.php/2008/09/29/where-earthquakes-occur

Earthquakes 101 Video: http://videos.howstuffworks.com/Earthquake_101-video.htm

How Earthquades Work Video: http://videos.howstuffworks.com/earthquake-video.htm

Facts about Earthquakes for Kids: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/kids/

USGS Earthquake Page: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/

*USGS FAQs about Earthquakes: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/faq/?showAll=yes

Global Seismic Monitoring: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/research/monitoring/gsn.php

Facts about Earthquakes: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/facts.php

Earthquakes and geological disasters: http://www.uky.edu/KGS/

Highlight this link then copy and paste in "add content" section of Google Earth    http://www.oceanleadership.org/education/deep-earth-academy/educators/classroom-activities/an-expedition-to-the-seafloor/

Google Earth Earthquakes - click here to get document with Google Earth Activity Links. One lists the plates.

Copy of Worksheet for Google Earth Earthquake Computer Lab Assignment

Measuring Earthquakes: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/faq/?faqID=24

How much damage would each magnitude cause - Mercalli Scale: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/topics/mag_vs_int.php

List of Earthquakes from USGS / last 7 days update:  http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.php

List of Earthquakes from USGS / last 8-30 days: http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/qed/

USGS Earthquake list and maps: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/

USGS Significant earthquakes: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/

Seismogram locations from USGS: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/helicorders.php

Animations for Earthquake terms: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/animations/

Earthquakes for Kids USGS games and interactives: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/kids/

Learn more about Earthquakes USGS: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/

*This Dynamic Earth - The story of Plate Tectonics: http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/dynamic.html

*USGS FAQs about Earthquakes: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/faq/?showAll=yes

Geological Time

The Best Site on Geological Time - Use interactive to see time represented as a long book: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/geotime/gtiframe.html

Use Toilet paper to represent geological time: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/teachers/ToiletPaperTime.pdf

Explorations Through Time: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explotime.html

Paleontology Portal: http://www.paleoportal.org/index.php?globalnav=time_space&sectionnav=period&period_id=9

Earth Floor explains Geological Time: http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/geotime.html

Geology With Backyard Nature: http://www.backyardnature.net/g/geology.htm

Show Geological Time using Toilet Paper: http://serc.carleton.edu/quantskills/activities/TPGeoTime.html

Students make a Geological Time Line: http://www.geology.wisc.edu/~museum/hughes/GeoTimeScale1.html

Geological Time Machine Interactive Site: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/help/timeform.html

Geological Time Machine Classroom Activity: http://www.indiana.edu/~ensiweb/lessons/time.mac.html

Geological Time Interactive Tour:  http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/geologictime.php

The Geological Time Scale: http://www.backyardnature.net/g/geo-time.htm

Earth Science Misconceptions

Rocks and Minerals

Three types of Rocks: http://www.galleries.com/rocks/default.htm

The difference between a mineral and a rock: http://www.galleries.com/

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