Download Earth Science 8 Online Resources

Earth Science 8 Online Resources
Visualizing the Earth
http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/navigation/visualization.cfm Dozens of animated visuals that cover a variety of Earth Science topics
Life Cycle of a Star
http://www.ioncmaste.ca/homepage/resources/web_resources/CSA_Astro9/files/multime
dia/unit2/star_lifecycle/star_lifecycle.html This applet has been designed to help students
gain a better understanding of the life cycle of a star.
Galaxies http://library.thinkquest.org/23830/galaxies.htm or
http://www.seds.org/messier/galaxy.html 4 types of galaxies w/ photos
Big Bang Theory
Solar System
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm - animated rotation of the planets.
Click on a planet or links for detail info about each planet.
http://jove.geol.niu.edu/faculty/stoddard/planetarium.html - simulations
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/solar_system.html#
includes audio and movie files on the level 2 page
http://www.edhelper.com/SolarSystem.htm - a variety of printable wkshts and review
topics
The Sun
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/sun.html# has an audio
file and a movie when you click on level 2 version
The Earth
http://www.teachersdomain.org/ext/ess05_int_seasonsgame/index.html - seasons animated film with audio discussing hemispheres, rotation, orbiting,
Click on Activity buttons 1, 2 & 3 at the top for related and extended activities.
Also http://esminfo.prenhall.com/science/geoanimations/animations/01_EarthSun_E2.html slide the bar to view the changing profile of the earth in relation to the sun
http://www.bestanimations.com/Earth&Space/Earth/Earth8.html a collection of simple
animations of the earth’s movement. Also includes links to moon and planets at the
bottom of window.
http://scign.jpl.nasa.gov/learn/plate1.htm - structure of the earth
http://www.edhelper.com/Earth.htm - a variety of printable worksheets and review
lessons
Moon
http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/java/MoonPhase.html - animated phases of the moon
or - http://home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/moon/moonphase/
or - http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/moon_phases/
http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/ess05.sci.ess.eiu.totaleclipse/ - lunar eclipse w/
audio and animation
http://www.sfgate.com/getoutside/1996/jun/tides.html - moon’s effect on tides
or
http://www.ioncmaste.ca/homepage/resources/web_resources/CSA_Astro/files/content/m
ultimedia/unit3/tides/tides.swf
Minerals - http://www.gc.maricopa.edu/earthsci/imagearchive/minerals.htm Minerals
listed in alphabetical order along with specific info and photos. Use the alphabetical
letters on the left side to find a particular mineral.
http://www.minerals.net/mineral/index.htm Search this database for pictures and
information on over 150 minerals. The minerals can be sorted by chemical group, color,
hardness and other properties.
http://www.geotech.org/survey/geotech/mineral.html Find out about the Mohs
hardness scale and characteristics of minerals.
http://www.mnh.si.edu/earth/ This site is a web version of geology exhibits at the
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History it is a multimedia presentation
covering gems and minerals rocks and mining. Plate tectonics, vulcanology and the solar
system will soon be added.
http://www.edhelper.com/rocks_and_minerals.htm - a variety of printable
worksheets and review lessons
Rocks
http://www.phschool.com/webcodes10/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.gotoWebCode&wcp
refix=cue&wcsuffix=1030 A Power Point presentation tutorial on rock identification
http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/ess05.sci.ess.earthsys.rockcycle detailed slide show w/animation of the rock cycle
http://www.edhelper.com/rocks_and_minerals.htm - a variety of printable
worksheets and review lessons
Periodic Table
http://www.webelements.com/ - Click on the element for more info includes
audio files that describe each element
http://www.chemicalelements.com/elements/cr.html click on the element for text
and pictorial info
http://www.swsd.k12.pa.us/~diane_kinney/createtable.htm create your own
periodic table worksheet. Or http://science.widener.edu/~svanbram/ptable.html
Chemistry Review
http://www.watervilleschools.org/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?s
ectiondetailid=3904 – interactive
http://www.edhelper.com/matter.htm - a variety of printable worksheets and
review lessons
Plate Tectonics
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/tectonics.html - the history, mechanisms
and animation of plate tectonics
http://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/usgsnps/animate/pltecan.html includes
animations of plate movement and magma rising.
Continental Drift
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/tectonics.html - animation in forward
and reverse time using the links under animated gifs
http://www.wwnorton.com/college/geo/egeo/flash/2_1.swf - slow motion
animation
http://www.wwnorton.com/college/geo/egeo/flash/2_6.swf - animation of plates
moving apart
http://www.wwnorton.com/college/geo/egeo/flash/2_2.swf - animation showing
how NA, SA, Europe and Africa may have once fit together.
Earthquakes
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/animations/earthquakes/main.html visualize
an earthquake
http://www.mrsciguy.com/eq.html - illustrated examples of convergent and
divergent plates
http://www.edhelper.com/Earthquakes.htm - a variety of printable worksheets
and review lessons
Volcanoes
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/animations/volcanoes/main.html animation of volcano erupting
http://www.wwnorton.com/college/geo/egeo/flash/2_7.swf - formation of ocean
crust
http://www.edhelper.com/volcanoes.htm - a variety of printable worksheets and
review lessons
Weathering
http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es1201
/es1201page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization – the effects of mechanical weathering
http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es1202
/es1202page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization – animation of chemical weathering
http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/ess05.sci.ess.earthsys.erosion - slide
show of erosion and weathering
http://www.edhelper.com/Earths_Land.htm - a variety of printable worksheets
and review lessons
Erosion
http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es1205
/es1205page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization –photos showing the effects of erosion