Annotated earth science technology resources

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Earth Science Standard 1: Astronomy and planetary exploration reveal the solar system’s structure, scale and change over time.

WEBSITE: www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm

ANNOTATION: This astronomy site explores planets, moons, asteroids, comets, minor planets, and many other exciting objects. Io, the explosive moon that orbits the planet Jupiter, is featured or the user can explore the gigantic canyons and deserts on Mars.

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WEBSITE: www.solarviews.com/eng/solarsys.htm

ANNOTATION: This site gives a comprehensive view of the solar and planetary systems. Puzzles, worksheets and research tools are presented.

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http://www.solarviews.com/eng/solarsys.htm

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WEBSITE: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/index.cfm

ANNOTATION: NASA maintains this site that explores the solar system with real time data from space. International science and technology topics are discussed and the visual imagery is stunning.

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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/index.cfm

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Earth Science Standard 2: Earth-based and space-based astronomy reveal the structure, scale, and changes in stars, galaxies and the universe over time.

WEBSITE: http://www.earth.nasa.gov/

ANNOTATION: This site offers answers to questions like: what is the Earth Science Enterprise? Why is ESE important? It also tells you Earth breaking news, lets you look at Earth from space. It also features a kids only section.

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WEBSITE: http://www.nasm.si.edu/etp/

ANNOTATION: The National Air and Space Museum operates this site. It provides web tools to investigate the history of space exploration as well as use virtual replicas of the tools used to explore space, such as orbiter telescopes and land rovers.

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http://www.nasm.si.edu/etp/

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WEBSITE: http://www.space.com/planets/

ANNOTATION: This comprehensive website provides current events in space and technology, real time views of space, video feed of discoveries in space and just about anything about space travel any student or teacher would ever want to know.

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http://www.space.com/planets/

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WEBSITE: http://www.earthsky.com/

ANNOTATION: This site is for all ages, students and teachers. It has shows that include text and audio, articles on astronomy and Earth science, a "Teachers' Lounge" that has listings of resources for teachers, contests for kids, and more.

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Earth Sciences Standard 3: Plate tectonics, operating over geologic time has changed the patterns of land, sea and mountains on earth’s surface.

WEBSITE: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/tectonics.html

ANNOTATION: This site is maintained by U.C. Berkeley. It demonstrates the history of plate tectonics as well as their mechanics. Animations of plate tectonics and short videos on plate tectonics through out history are also on the site.

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http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/tectonics.html

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WEBSITE: http://webspinners.com/dlblanc/tectonic/floating.php

ANNOTATION: This site provides lessons and readings on plate tectonics appropriate for struggling readers. Topics include the basics of plate tectonics, sedimentation and continental growth, and the mechanism of plate tectonics.

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http://webspinners.com/dlblanc/tectonic/floating.php

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WEBSITE: http:// volcano.oregonstate.edu/

ANNOTATION: Volcano World is an outstanding resource for any earth science classroom interested in learning about volcanoes. This website contains real-time volcano information including an interactive clickable map of active volcanoes world-wide and remote sensing satellite images. Topics covered at Volcano World 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 including building a variety of different types of volcanoes. Teachers can also download a collection of interactive HyperStudio lessons on volcanoes from this web site.

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Earth Sciences Standard 4: Energy enters the Earth system primarily as solar radiation and eventually escapes as heat.

WEBSITE: http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/projects/index.html

ANNOTATION: This web site lists science and energy activities for students, K-12. Each of them has a short description a link to the actual activity. These activities can be done independently by students.

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Earth Sciences Standard 4: Energy enters the Earth system primarily as solar radiation and eventually escapes as heat.

WEBSITE: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/04/050428173224.htm

ANNOTATION: Science Daily is a website that reports science news related to energy, space, climate and environmental issues. It is an excellent site for student research and current science events.

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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/04/050428173224.htm

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Standard 5: Heating of Earth’s surface and atmosphere by the sun dries convection within the atmosphere and oceans, producing winds and ocean currents.

WEBSITE: http://oceancurrents.rsmas.miami.edu/

ANNOTATION: A web-based ocean current reference site presented by the University of Miami. Each current has important links, summary text detailing velocity and hydrographic observations, and plots such as, average current speed and locations, drifting buoy positions, sea surface temperature maps, and HYCOM simulations.

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WEBSITE: http://ocgweb.marine.usf.edu/who.html

ANNOTATION: This site is maintained by the Ocean Circulation Group and engages in physical oceanographic studies of the ocean circulation and the interactions between the oceans and atmosphere. It focuses on the West Florida Continental Shelf (WFS), the broad, coastal ocean region between the shoreline and the deep Gulf of Mexico, where the circulation provides the connectivity, which is of fundamental importance to all aspects of ecology. The site includes a coordinated program of coastal ocean observations and numerical circulation models.

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http://ocgweb.marine.usf.edu/who.html

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WEBSITE: http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/navigation/tidesandcurrents/

ANNOTATION: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric administration collects, analyzes, and distributes observations and predictions of currents and tides. This website is user friendly and easily used in a lesson on oceanography. The education site gives lesson plan ideas and the articles are geared to have a reading range that accommodates struggling readers.

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http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/navigation/tidesandcurrents/

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Earth Sciences Standard 6:

Climate is the long term average of a region’s weather and depends on many factors.

WEBSITE: http://www.wunderground.com/

ANNOTATION: The Weather Underground is an excellent resource for teachers wishing to incorporate atmospheric studies into their curriculum. This web site contains a variety of weather maps, including satellite image maps, surface maps and contour maps. The Hurricane Tracker within Weathernet contains quicktime movies and satellite images of many hurricanes that have formed in the last few years. This web site also provides real time atmospheric data.

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WEBSITE: http://www.weatheronline.com/

ANNOTATION: This weather online site may be used to research concepts in 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 Local Weather pulls weather information from any area in the United States including 4 day forecasts, satellite images, precipitation and radar images. Dr. Dewpoint, answers questions and incorporates math (algebra) concepts such as calculating wind chill or making temperature conversions. Weatherboy Online is an animated character that explains concepts of weather and the how's and why's of weather.

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http://www.weatheronline.com/

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WEBSITE: http://www.hurricanehunters.com/

ANNOTATION: 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. This website explores careers related to severe weather.

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WEBSITE: http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/crclm/prjct/strm93/home.rxml

ANNOTATION: This project investigates key weather processes and phenomena associated with a potent winter storm. It could be used for an inquiry activity. The site provides a case study curriculum.

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WEBSITE: http://kids.mtpe.hq.nasa.gov/

ANNOTATION: On this kid friendly site, students can find out all about hurricanes, tropical rainfall, air pressure, earth science, and El Nino graphing.

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WEBSITE: http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/multimedia/vrml/hurricane/

ANNOTATION: On this CNN site, can see the flows of wind that make up the engine of the hurricane, and travel into the eye. You can also learn about out flow, the eye, and the feeder.

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Each element on Earth moves among reservoirs, which exist in the solid earth, in oceans, in the atmosphere, and within and among organisms as part of biogeochemical cycles.

WEBSITE: http://www.nagt.org/nagt/teaching_resources/index.html

ANNOTATION: The Journal of Geoscience Education serves as the only international forum for the publication of research concerning the pedagogy, assessment, and philosophy of teaching and learning about the geosciences. This resource provides teachers with curriculum and activities in the geosciences.

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Each element on Earth moves among reservoirs, which exist in the solid earth, in oceans, in the atmosphere, and within and among organisms as part of biogeochemical cycles.

WEBSITE: http://web.wt.net/~daba/Mineral/

ANNOTATION: This site contains 5,000 pages of mineral information, including over 4,000 pages devoted to individual minerals.

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Earth Sciences Standard 8: Life has changed Earth’s atmosphere, and changes in the atmosphere affect conditions for life.

WEBSITE: http://www.usatoday.com/weather/tornado/wreports.htm

ANNOTATION: This site includes USA Today’s daily reports on tornadoes and severe weather. This site includes statistics and a historical archive on tornadoes.

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WEBSITE: http://www.cnn.com/WEATHER/index.html

ANNOTATION: The Cable News Network has provided a website on weather. Students can find weather forecasts across the US or across the world. Weather maps are also available for any area in the world. Real time information on current storms is listed.

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WEBSITE: http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/edu/

ANNOTATION: This site has information on the what, where, why's and how's of storms, weather lessons, and information about weather careers.

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Earth Sciences Standard 9: The geology of California underlies the state’s wealth of natural resources as well as its natural hazards.

WEBSITE: http://www.geologylink.com/

ANNOTATION: A site by Houghton Mifflin that includes daily geological updates and various forums. This site includes a virtual classroom and virtual field trips as well as a glossary of geological terms.

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WEBSITE: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/ngdc.html

ANNOTATION: This site has information on and from the National Geophysical Data Center. Data and inventories in many disciplines are fully searchable and selected listings, data, and images can be downloaded. This also offers FTP and Gopher archives for access to data.

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WEBSITE: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/neic/

ANNOTATION: At this site there is current and general information about earthquake monitoring, preparation and research. It provides a plethora of information on this topic and is useful as both a research tool, lesson exploration or reading on the subject.

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Earth Sciences Standard 10: Scientific progress is made by asking meaningful questions and conducting careful investigations. As a basis of understanding this concept and addressing the content in the other four strands, students should develop their own questions and perform investigations.

WEBSITE: http://globe.gov/science

ANNOTATION: The GLOBE (Global learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) Program is a world-wide network of students, teachers and scientists making environmental observations and reporting their data findings on the internet. Scientists use the students' data to formulate atmospheric models, then provide feedback to the students. Students measure 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.

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WEBSITE: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/

ANNOTATION: At the University of Berkeley Museum of Paleontology, students can research on life, learn about people, and hear about upcoming events. There are online exhibits of animals, plants, and time periods.

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WEBSITE: http://www.lib.noaa.gov/docs/windandsea.html

ANNOTATION: This is a locator site provided by the NOAA Central Library. It is meant to make internet searching more efficient for everyone concerned with oceanic and atmospheric issues. For teachers and students it has a connector to over 100 NOAA pages devoted to education.

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http://www.lib.noaa.gov/docs/windandsea.html

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Annotated earth science technology resources