FORCES

--Volcano

Volcano World
"Rocky" the volcano is the host of the virtual tour of Volcano World, a creation of volcanologists, educators and students.

Activities and Teaching Suggestions for the Volcanoes of the Island of Hawaii
"Stages of Growth of the Island of Hawaii" (Grades 7-8), "A Hexaflexagon for the Evolution of the Island of Hawaii" (Grades 7-8), and others.

Science Curriculum and Portfolio Culture: A Unit on the Causes of Earthquakes and Volcanoes
This "curriculum unit comes from a study of teachers' attempts to 'use assessment-guided instruction around portfolios of student work to help their students explore and use domain-specific knowledge necessary to construct scientific arguments.'"

Volcanology Teaching Material
Images and more images....

Volcanoes CD Images Online
Lots of volcano pictures (tsumamis too).

Earthquakes and Volcanoes
Although this Saskatchewan site is designed for 6th grade, it covers earthquakes and volcanoes, then leads you to 8th grade plate tectonics, Pangaea, and continental drift pages.

--Earthquake

Earthquake CD Images Online

Earthquake Maps and Information
Ahhhh. This site is loaded with earthquake stuff. Earthquake quiz, hazard maps, and more...

Earthquakes and Seismometers: A Way to Enhance Earth Science Teaching
An earthquake workshop for middle shcool science teachers.

The Library - Earth Science
Numerous earthquake related resources for teachers.

--Plate Tectonics

Plate Tectonics: Piecing Together the Earth
Earth's Interior, Plate Movement, Composition, Continental Drift, Pangea and more...

Plate Tectonics from the University of Arizona
Asthenosphere, lithosphere...plate tectonics and earthquakes.

The San Andreas Fault System This multimedia document is based on U.S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 1515 titled The San Andreas Fault System, California edited by Dr. Robert E. Wallace

The Plate Tectonic Cycle
K-6 Lessons. Plate tectonics is just one of several, which include: Applied Science, Universe Cycle, Rock Cycle, Life Cycle, and Water Cycle. Nicely done downloadable Adobe Acrobat lessons.

Development of Plate Tectonic Theory
Online history of plate tectonics. Includes info on: Paleomagnetism, Plate Tectonics vs. the US Postal Service, and more.

GEOLOGY

Curricular Resources in Geology
Community Learning Network of the Open School, Open Learning Agency, UK. Numerous geology resources, just like it says.

--Rocks and Minerals

Minerals by Name
All the information you ever wanted on minerals. Includes a clickable list.

Interesting Science Sites to Visit
An Edmonton, Alberta school's list of web sites. Includes on for Rock and Minerals.

Rocks, Minerals, and Mining
Curricular resources and instructional materials from the UK.

--Change, Age, Dating

SURFACE WATER

River Resource
"RiverResource is a place where students of rivers can explore valuable river resources--a gateway to productive internet exploration."

--Cycle

The Water Cycle
K-6 Lessons in downloadable Adobe Acrobat format.

--Distribution
--Techniques for Study

GROUND WATER

--Characteristics

FOSSILS

LITHOSPHERE

CRYOSPHERE

EARTH DIMINSIONS

--United States Geological Survey (USGS)
(see also: General Resources/Education Links/USGS)
--Geographical Information System (GPS)
--Global Positioning System (GIS)

MISCELLANEOUS

Ask an Expert
E-mail links where students (and teachers) can ask questions of experts. Includes: earth scientist, vocanologist, and astromoner, just to list a few.

Earth Net
"EarthNet is a comprehensive collection of earth science resource information and contacts for teachers and students of all levels - elementary, junior and senior high school." Site includes: " Earthquakes, dinosaurs, fossils, evolution, volcanoes, landslides, rocks and minerals, plate tectonics, mountains, canyons, caves, rivers, waterfalls, conservation, the greenhouse effect, global change, oil and gas, energy, mining, ice ages and glaciers, faults, erosion, geological time, planets and space, geoscience... "