VolcanoWorld
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu
VolcanoWorld is an outstanding resource for any earth science classroom
interested in learning about volcanoes. This Web site contains real-time volcano
information including an interactive clickable map of active volcanoes world-wide
and remote sensing satellite images. Topics covered at VolcanoWorld include
how volcanoes work, submarine volcanoes, planetary volcanoes, career information
on becoming a volcanologist, volcanic parks and monuments, and volcano exploration
on the moon, Mars and Venus. It contains an area where students can post experiments.
Teachers can also download a collection of interactive HyperStudio lessons on
volcanoes.
North Carolina Geological Survey
http://www.geology.enr.state.nc.us/
The North Carolina Geological Survey Web site provides reports and maps based
on the geology and mineral resources of the state. Many educational resources
are also available for teachers and students under the heading Project Earth.
National
Geophysical Data Center
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/ngdc.html
The National Geophysical Data Center provides a variety of geophysical data,
aerial maps, and information on a variety of topics. Land, marine, satellite,
snow & ice, and solar-terrestial are just a few of the types of geophysical
data available on this site. The site also contains links to other educational
resources as well as downloadable materials for use in the classroom. There
is also a news and features page providing the geophysical news of the month.
A great resource for obtaining real-time data.
University
of California Museum of Paleontology
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/
Enter this site and visit the University of California's Museum of Paleontology
online exhibits where one can learn about geologic time, diversity of life,
evolution, and much more. This site also provides educational resources for
grades K-12 including classroom activities and lessons, teacher resources, and
student resources. Finally, explore the museum's other collections or take the
subway to other resources based on natural history, phylogenetics, or paleontology.
USGS National
Earthquake Information Center
http://wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov/
The National Earthquake Information Center Web site contains an extensive amount
of real-time earthquake data on different earthquake parameters as well as providing
information concerning earthquake effects. The site also contains hazard maps
as well as information on prediction and response. In addition, the site maintains
a section for kids which includes links to image galleries, puzzles & games,
earthquake facts, maps of recent earthquakes, and much more.
Glacier
http://www.glacier.rice.edu/
The GLACIER Web site provides information about Antarctica and how it contributes
to our global system of weather, climate, oceans, and geology. This Web site
mainly serves to introduce students and teachers to individuals who have launched
expeditions and investigated the vast, frozen continent. Therefore, the site
offers individuals the opportunity to receive news from the field and examine
images in the photo gallery. A wealth of scientific information concerning how
glaciers form, move, and change land can be found here.
The
Virtual Cave
http://www.goodearthgraphics.com/virtcave.html
Browse the wonders of the underground right from your computer! This site contains
images from caves all over the world and tells the story of caves in words and
pictures. The exploration is split into four underground realms which include
solution caves, sea caves, lava tube caves, and erosional caves.
Virtual Earthquake
http://vearthquake.calstatela.edu/
Engage in virtual, interactive activities covering several different topics.
For example, learn more about earthquakes by completing seismic activities.
Learn about river processes like discharge, flooding, and flood frequency, or
learn how geologists and archeologists determine the age of rocks through several
virtual dating exercises.
NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory
http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/
Visit the education section of this Web site and you will find that the page
provides general information for kids, parents, and teachers. There are question
and answer pages related to the topics of tornadoes, thunderstorms, lightning,
and hurricanes. Lesson plans related to weather maps and symbols, and many other
teacher and student resources are available.
Mineralogy Database
http://webmineral.com/
The Mineralogy Database contains thousands of individual mineral species descriptions
with links and a comprehensive image library. Students can search for a particular
mineral in the database by crystallography, X-ray powder diffraction, chemical
composition, New Dana classification, Strunz classification, physical and optical
properties, mineral specimen images, or by alphabetical listing. This site is
a great resource for any earth science or geology classroom.
Geology
Link
http://www.geologylink.com/
Geology link provides students with links to find the latest discoveries and
news in the geo-community. The site also contains a virtual classroom and virtual
field trip link allowing students to access geological courses and field trips
from around the world. In addition, for those students who wish to learn about
a particular geological topic in depth, this site links students to outside
glossaries, information, class lectures, Web sites, and organizations.
Terraserver
http://terraserver.microsoft.com/
TerraServer is a Web site which contains high resolution aerial imagery and
topographic maps. Students can use this resource to locate imagery by clicking
on an interactive map, entering a city or town name in the "Search TerraServer"
form at the top of the page, or entering a U.S. street address.
The GLOBE
Program
http://www.globe.gov/
The GLOBE (Global learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) Program
is a world-wide network of students, teachers and scientists engaged in a tele-collaboration
project to do meaningful real-life science. In the GLOBE Program, students make
environmental observations and report their data findings on the Internet. Scientists
use the students' data to formulate atmospheric models and provide feedback
to the students. The measurements conducted by the students include air temperature,
cloud observations, precipitation, surface water temperature and pH, soil moisture,
biometrics, land cover assessment, and species identification. Students also
share findings and communicate with other students using e-mail from the web
site. GLOBE includes excellent descriptions of equipment and procedures for
data acquisition and a user-friendly searchable data archive. The unique aspect
of the GLOBE Program is that students are interactive partners with scientists.
Weather
Underground: Tropical Weather
http://www.wunderground.com:80/tropical/
Weather Underground: Tropical is an excellent resource for teachers wishing
to incorporate the study of tropical weather into their curriculum. This web
site contains a variety of weather maps including satellite image maps, surface
maps, and contour maps. This web site also provides information on past hurricanes.
Hurricane
Tracking
http://hurricane.terrapin.com/
Hurricane Tracking from the University of Maryland keeps you in touch with the
latest data from the hurricane planes during storms.
WeatherOnline!
http://www.weatheronline.com/
Weather Online was developed by the Weather Network. This site is a good informational
site for students to use for researching concepts related to weather or as supplementary
material for a weather unit. The main areas of this site are Tropical Weather,
Local Weather, Expert Weather, Weather Tools, Weather Q & A, and Weatherboy
Online. The two areas that would be most informative for students are the Local
Weather and the Weatherboy Online. The Local Weather allows students to get
weather information for any area in the United States. The information includes
4-day forecasts, satellite images, precipitation, and radar images. Also, there
is an area called Dr. Dewpoint, where questions can be answered. This area also
incorporates math (algebra) concepts such as calculating wind chill or making
temperature conversions. Weatherboy Online is another good place for students
to visit. Weatherboy is an animated character that explains the how's and why's
of weather.
Lowe's Storm 99 Hurricane Central
http://www.gopbi.com/weather/storm/
In addition to storm tracking, this site contains numerous photos and movies.
There are also some Shockwave animations of tornadoes, lightning, and hurricanes.
Finally, the site contains discussion forums and chat areas on many severe weather
related topics.
Hurricane Hunters Home Page
http://www.hurricanehunters.com/
The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, known as the Hurricane Hunters of
the Air Force Reserve, is the only Department of Defense organization flying
into tropical storms and hurricanes on a routine basis. Lots of cool pictures
and neat information here. Contains information on careers related to severe
weather.
SuperStorm '93
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/crclm/prjct/strm93/home.rxml
This project investigates key weather processes and phenomena associated with
a potent winter storm. Good inquiry activity.
Online
Guide to Meteorology
http://covis.atmos.uiuc.edu/guide/guide.html
Online Guide to Meteorology is a website developed by the Covis group at the
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. This site was developed to be an interactive
learning site for students. The following topics are included in modules, which
explain the basic concepts of meteorology: TDP ARchives, Atmospheric Pressure,
Atmospheric Optics, Cloud Catalogue, El Nino, Forces and Winds, Guides to Fronts,
Hurricanes, Guide to Weather Maps, Land Sea Breezes-Lake Effect Snow, Severe
Storm Spotters Guide, Severe Weather Outbreaks from April 19, 1996, Units for
Elementary School Kids, and Other Instructional Resources. These modules provide
an excellent area for students to research certain aspects of weather. These
modules explain the basic concepts of weather and provide diagrams that will
be helpful for students in understanding weather. This site also has project
ideas and other resources that would be helpful to teachers in planning weather
units. Some areas of this site are in the process of being updated, moved or
still being developed and may be hard to access. Teachers need to preview this
site before using it with the students, in order to be familiar with what areas
are difficult to access. This will decrease the frustration students may have.
WRAL
Online - WeatherCenter
http://www.wral-tv.com/weather/
This Raleigh, NC station provides weather information that would be useful for
students in North Carolina and around the United States. It is also possible
to chat with a meteorologist.
CNN-Weather
http://www.cnn.com/WEATHER/index.html
At CNN's weather Web site, students can find weather forecasts for across the
US or across the world. Weather maps are also available for any area in the
world. A storm center is also available for up-to-date information on current
storms or to learn about past storms. Students can also find current news stories
on any current major weather situations.
The Guide
to Weather Maps and Images
http://covis.atmos.uiuc.edu/guide/wmaps/html/weather.home.html
This site is a part of the Online Guide to Meteorology Web site developed by
the Covis group at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. A guide to reading
weather maps is available here. It explains the meaning of symbols most often
found on weather maps. A little exploring is necessary on this site to find
all the information. The features covered are Coordinated Universal Time (UTC),
Temperature conversions, Surface observation symbols, Surface Contours, and
upper level observation symbols.
NC Stormtrack
http://ncstormtrack.com/
This site allows students to track past hurricanes with given data. Also, weather
maps, photos, videos, a storm guide, and current weathernews stories can be
found here.
Wind
and Sea - An Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences Internet Locator
http://www.lib.noaa.gov/docs/windandsea.html
This site is designed as a locator site meant to make Internet searching more
efficient for the NOAA community, the academic community, other government agencies
concerned with oceanic and atmospheric issues, and the general public. Presently
the site has over 1,000 selected links to science and policy sites organized
by topic and alphabetically within topic. All of these sites have been reviewed
and annotated by NOAA Central Library and NOAA Regional Libraries staff.
El
Niño Theme Page: Accessing Distributed Information Related to El Niño
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/toga-tao/el-nino/home.html
The El Niņo site provides students and educators with vast amounts of information
related to the phenomenon of El Niņo. Links to basic information can be found
describing what El Niņo is, the impacts of El Niņo, the benefits of El Niņo
prediction, and video clips of climate observation research cruises. The site
also provides links to information regarding the latest information about El
Niņo including real-time data, products and analyses.
NOVA On-line
El Niño
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elnino/
This site enables teachers and students to learn more about the anatomy of El
Niņo, allows teachers and students to chase El Niņo, and provides the opportunity
to learn more about El Niņo 's far reaching effects across the globe. The site
also provides a link to dispatch reports from a 1998 excursion by NOVA correspondent
Mark Hoover.
NOAA's NHC
Hurricane Andrew page
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/1992andrew.html
This site allows teachers and students to access the Hurricane Andrew Report
from the National Hurricane Center updated December 10, 1993. The report contains
synoptic history information, meteorological statistics, casualty and damage
statistics, and a forecast and warning critique. The Web page also contains
several storm images including radar, infared, and aerial photos.
NASA's
Hurricane Movie Catalog
http://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/rsd/movies/movies.html
This site is a movie catalog containing movie clips of several different hurricanes
including Hurricane Dennis (1999), Hurricane Mitch (1998), Hurricane Georges
(1998), etc. The clips can be viewed using QuickTime on either a Mac or Windows
machine.
CNN's
Hurricane VRML
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/multimedia/vrml/hurricane/
Teachers and students will enjoy finding out what makes a hurricane tick using
CNN's Hurricane VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language) visualization. This
VRML allows you to view the flows of wind that make up the engine of the hurricane,
and travel into the eye of a hurricane. You can also learn about outflow, the
eye, and feeder bands by clicking on hot spots.
NOAA's
Tropical Prediction Center
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutlinks.html#ALTERNATE
This site is designed as and index of links allowing the user to visit such
sites as the National Weather Service, NOAA Data and Climate Centers, GOMS Satellite
Data Sites, and much more.
National Severe Storms
Laboratory's Weather Room
http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/edu/
This page provides general information for kids, parents, and teachers. One
can learn the what, when, why, and how about tornadoes, thunderstorms, lightning,
and hurricanes. Weather lessons are available on topics including weather symbols,
weather maps, and weather systems. In addition, the Web page provides information
on weather careers as well as links to other weather resources.
The Tornado
Project Online
http://www.tornadoproject.com/
Tornado Project Online is a small company that gathers, compiles, and makes
tornado information available in the form of tornado books, posters, and videos.
This Web page can link you to many different sites containing tornado data,
tornado myths, tornado oddities, personal experiences, tornado chasing, and
tornado safety.
USA
Today's Tornado Information
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/tornado/wreports.htm
This USA Today Web page offers links to information on notable tornado outbreaks,
information on recent tornadoes, general overviews of tornado history and statistics,
reports on specific tornado events, and information on tornado forecasting.
Tornadoes
- from the Why Files
http://whyfiles.news.wisc.edu/013tornado/
This site is great for students looking to investigate more about tornadoes.
The site begins by presenting students with a Twister Story and providing
information on what tornadoes are and how they form. The adventure continues
as students control the intensity of a tornado themselves through an interactive
twister. Students then learn where a tornado's energy originates and what it
can do to a home. Lastly, the journey ends as students are given instructions
to make their own twister in a bottle.
WW2010
Hurricanes module
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/hurr/home.rxml
Fly through a 3-D hurricane! Afterwards, learn the different stages of development
from depression to hurricane and then learn about the structure of different
parts of a hurricane.
Midlatitude
Cyclones scaffolding activity
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/crclm/act/cyc.rxml
The purpose of this activity is to introduce the characteristics of cyclones,
the associated air masses and fronts, and finally how to locate the center of
a cyclone from wind observations. Key words throughout this activity link directly
to helper resources that provide useful information for answering the questions.
Weather
- Annenberg/CPB Exhibits Collection
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/weather/
This site allows students to learn more about the forces that affect weather.
Students can learn about the atmosphere, the water cycle, powerful storms, ice
& snow, forecasting, and our changing climate.
Project
Athena
http://www.athena.ivv.nasa.gov/index.html
Project Athena contains science curriculum lesson plans that use remote sensing
data, QuickTime movies, and data sets containing current scientific information
relating to oceans, the atmosphere, earth resources, and space/astronomy. These
lesson plans are for teaching scientific concepts to students of all ages. This
Web site serves as a good model for developing lessons plans using Internet
science resources. The lesson plans at Project Athena include hands-on activities
and projects to do in the classroom for a variety of science curricular topics.
Examples include using drifter buoy data to learn how oceanographers measure
the ocean currents using spreadsheets and graphs of data plots, describing and
tracking actual hurricanes using QuickTime movies and satellite image maps,
and comparing the weather in your city with "live cams" placed all over the
country. Each of the lesson plans contains many topic-related resource links
on the WWW.
Earth and
Sky
http://www.earthsky.com/
Earth and Sky is the perfect Web site for both teachers and students. Teachers
can use the site to find great warm-up activities, chat with scientists, read
scientist profiles, teach students how to gaze at stars, and explore articles.
Students can use the site to listen to radio programs, engage in activities,
take fun science quizzes, and read interesting articles.
One
Sky, Many Voices
http://onesky.engin.umich.edu/
One Sky, Many Voices is a project whose purpose is to created inquiry-based
K-12 science curricula that utilize current technologies such as CD-ROM and
the World Wide Web. Students, teachers, parents, and scientists can participate
in several programs centered around environmental science themes. Projects currently
appearing on the site include Kids as Global Scientists, BioKIDS,
and Hurricanes.
NASA Earth
Science Enterprise (ESE)
http://www.earth.nasa.gov/
This site contains a wealth of information related to earth science concepts.
Explore 40+ years of earth science, learn about what's happening in the earth
science field today, access real-time data, view images, animations, and videos,
read media and press releases, or engage in activities, puzzles, and games designed
for fun and learning.
For Kids
Only
http://kids.mtpe.hq.nasa.gov/
This Web site allows kids to explore concepts related to earth science. Explore
how people affect the Earth or learn how NASA studies land, water, air and natural
hazards. Kids can also check out the image of the day or access fun Did you
Know... science facts. Tons of activities await kids on each Web page.
Earth
System Science Online
http://www.usra.edu/esse/essonline/
The goal of this site is to serve as a basin for Earth System Science education
and research resources. Teachers can use this site as a starting point to locate
reference materials related to earth science or use this site as a place to
look for the latest earth science developments. Education resources exist for
students at the undergraduate level, but links are also available at all learning
levels.
NASA Classroom
of the Future
http://www.cotf.edu/
The goal of this site is to develop curricular materials that improve mathematics,
science, geography, and technology education in ways consistent with the national
educational reform movement. The creators of this site are committed to helping
teachers teach better and helping students learn more. Products on the site
feature problem-based inquiry learning.
FEMA's
Reference Library: Disaster & Emergencies
http://www.fema.gov/library/dizanderner.shtm
This site contains a wealth of disaster information including major disaster
summary maps, articles on diaster supplies, and educational literature relating
to disaster information.
USGS Water
Science for Schools
http://water.usgs.gov/droplet
Water Science for Schools Web site offers information on many aspects of water,
along with pictures, data, maps, and an interactive center where you can give
opinions and test your water knowledge. You can choose from an array of topics
including Earth's water, water basics, water-use information, or water Q&A.
The site also includes an activity center where you can answer challenge questions,
give opinions, and participate in questionnaires concerning water issues. Lastly,
the Special Topics section allows you to explore unique water topics
such as acid rain, urbanization and the water system, ground water quality,
pesticides in the water, and much more.
WW2010
El Niño Instructional Module
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/eln/home.rxml
This Web site introduces El Niņo, conditions which are responsible for its occurrence,
plus the impact it has on the rest of the world. The El Niņo instructional module
has been organized into the following sections: Definition, '97 -
98 event, Upwelling, Non-El Niņo Years, El Niņo
Events, Sea Surface Temperatures, Impacts on Weather, Economic
Impacts, Detection and Prediction, and Acknowledgments.