EARTH SCIENCE LINKS
 

Science World - Online access (grimes1617)

Dirt! The Movie

Scavenger Hunt through Geologic Time

Explorations Through Time - interactive modules from the University of California Museum of Paleontology

Virtual Mineral Lab

Earthquake Animations

Interactives - Dynamic Earth

Interactives - Volcanoes

Interactives - Rock Cycle

Science Interactives

Rock Cycle Webquest

Minerals.net - preparation for the Mineral Lab

Extinction of the dinosaurs

History of the Earth in One Year  (2014)

USGS Earthquakes for Kids

Geology.com - great site with links to all kinds of geology-related stuff!

Rock Key - Online version of the key we used in class to identify rocks (printable version)

How "fracking" works - How energy companies drill for natural gas.

How Stuff Works - Earth Science

Science Spot - Rocks & Minerals

Rock Cycle Animation - from Prentice Hall

Climate Wisconsin - An excellent series of videos that show some of the effects of climate change in our region.

Compass Simulation

Michigan Geologic Timeline

USGS Education - BIG page of videos and animations about earth science topics

Plate Tectonics animations from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) site

Science Spot Kid Zone - Check out the Earth Science links

Exploring Earth - homepage for McDougal-Littell text resources

National Geographic Kids - lots of articles on Earth Science, or search from this page

Ch. 3 Answer Key