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Animal Adaptations

Animal adaptations - animal defense.  From Utah Education Network.

Endangered Animals

Endangered Animals assignment.

Bibliography generator form OSLIS Elementary.  Click start to begin.

This site of endangered animals provides links
designed for kids from non-profit, government, and
multinational organizations and projects.


This page provides lists of endangered species and
provides a link to organizations designed to protect
our animals and our environment.

This site offers information about 50 specific endangered
animals, their needs, and what we can do to help them.

World Weather Tracker

Use the link below to research the weather in different parts of our world.

http://www.weather.com/common/welcomepage/world.html?from=globalnav&ref=/

Catastrophic Events

Here are some interesting sites about catastrophic events that have occurred throughout the world.

This site by National Geographic will help you find some historic disasters from around the world.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/forcesofnature/resources/famousforces.html

This site helps you to understand major weather events that cause catastrophes.

http://www.learner.org/exhibits/weather/

 

Plate Tectonics


This Dynamic Earth: the Story of Plate Tectonics WWW-based activitiescost items
http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/dynamic.html
"This Dynamic Earth" covers all aspects of the Plate Tectonics and Earth's Structure" components of the 6th Grade science content standards. It is the companion volume to the map, This Dynamic Planet, described below. Although the book has a global context, many of the illustrations and content focus on plate tectonic forces that are shaping the west coast of North America. The publication is a free on the Web, or it can be purchased from the USGS Map Sales Office or by calling 1-888-ASK-USGS. It covers the history of the developing theory of Plate Tectonics through exploration of the sea floor and discoveries that supported understand modern understanding of the dynamics of the Earth's interior and the formation, migration, and destruction of great crustal plate.

This Dynamic Planet WWW-based activitiescost items
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pdf/planet.html
This large wall map shows the locations of major volcanic belts and fault systems, the sea floor and continents, and the interpreted boundaries of the major tectonic plates of the Earth's crust. It also shows the location of know asteroid impact sites. This map is the best selling USGS map, but it is also free on the Web. It is a companion to This Dynamic Earth and an associated teaching guide that is anticipated to be released in 2006. The map can be purchased from the USGS Map Sales Office (http://ask.usgs.gov) or by calling 1-888-ASK-USGS.

Some Unanswered Questions: What Drives The Plates?
http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/unanswered.html
This page from the This Dynamic Planet website addresses the processes associated with heat flow and convection in the earth.

The Interior of the Earth
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/interior/
This booklet is an introductory guide to what is known about the interior of our planet.

These links will take you to the U.S. Geological Survey which offers information related to natural hazards.

http://education.usgs.gov/

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/

http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/

http://marine.usgs.gov/

 

The Internet Public Library provides links to many natural hazards.  It also links you to some interesting pages related to weather.

http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/browse/mas7600/

 

Here are some great sites about tsunamis.

http://www.geophys.washington.edu/tsunami/general/historic/historic.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsunami

http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/resources/tsunamis.html

http://observe.arc.nasa.gov/nasa/exhibits/tsunami/tsun_bay.html
 

Here is a great cyclone link.  It offers interesting information including how a cyclone got its name.

http://clearlyexplained.com/nature/earth/disasters/cyclones.html

 

This link has great information on the mudslides in Venezeula.

http://www.mpd.gov.ve/memycta/pvndisaster.pdf

 

 

 

 

 

The Planets - a webquest for 5th and 6th grade.

Storytelling WebQuest - Click here to start your adventure!

 

Filename: BD09183_.wmf Keywords: architecture, beacons, buildings ... File Size: 26 KBCape Cod Field Trip Links

Learn about the importance of salt marshes at these interesting sites:

http://www.whrc.org/capecod/critical_habitats/Salt_Marshes.htm

http://www.apcc.org/index.php?src=gendocs&link=SaltMarshInternship&category=About%20Us

Learn about the endangered Northern Diamondback Terrapin at this site:

http://dep.state.ct.us/burnatr/wildlife/factshts/dmbkterp.htm

Learn about the wonders of whales at these sites:

http://whales.org/hmpbk.htm

http://iwc.org/world_whale_news/whales-1-3.htm

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/whales/

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/whales/

Learn about tide pools at this educational site:

http://octopus.gma.org/katahdin/tidepool.html

This site has some cool ocean facts:

http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/education_marine_life_factsheet.html

Learn about elections at these kid friendly sites.

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/6-8/election/primary.html

http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/election04/issues.html

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/election/elecprocess.html

The Electoral College:

Elections: All About the Electoral College http://www.magnet.state.ma.us/sec/ele/elecoll/collidx.htm 

The Electoral College—Federal Election Commission http://www.fec.gov/pages/ecmenu2.htm

Election Webquest