Websites for Science Fair Research Project

September 2004

Earth Science Links:

Fossils and Geologic Time

Getting into the Fossil Record
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/fossil/index.html

Paleontology: The Big Dig and Pangaea
http://www.ology.amnh.org/paleontology/

NASA Earth Science
http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/

Earth Floor
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsys.html

Fossils - Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/faq.php#paleo

EARTHQUAKES

Earthquakes - FEMA for KIDS
http://www.fema.gov/kids/quake.htm

Earthquakes for Kids (USGS)
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/kids.php

FEMA Earthquakes
http://www.fema.gov/hazard/earthquake/index.shtm

Earth Force
http://sln.fi.edu/earth/earth.html

Savage Earth
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/

Earth Floor
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsys.html

The Tech-Earthquakes
http://www.thetech.org/exhibits_events/online/quakes/

USGS Earthquake Center
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/neic/

NASA Earth Science
http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/

American Red Cross - Earthquakes
http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/0,1082,0_583_,00.html

What is an Earthquake? - Weather Wiz Kids
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/earthquake1.htm

VOLCANOES

Volcanoes - FEMA for KIDS
http://www.fema.gov/kids/volcano.htm

Volcanoes - FEMA
http://www.fema.gov/hazard/volcano/index.shtm

Volcano World
http://volcano.und.edu/

Volcano - Hot Spots
http://www.ology.amnh.org/earth/plates/hotspots.html

Volcanic Hazards
http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/hazards/primer/

USGS Volcano Center
http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/

Cascades Volcano Observatory
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/home.html

Deadly Shadow of Vesuvius
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vesuvius/

HOT SPOTS

Hot Spots: Mantle's Thermal Plumes
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/hotspots.html

http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/lessons/Hot_Spot/Hot_Spot2.html

Yellowstone Volcano: Is "the Beast" Building to a Violent Tantrum?
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/08/0828_wireyellowstone_2.html

Mega-tsunami: Wave of Destruction
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/2000/mega_tsunami.shtml

Action Urged Over Giant Wave Threat
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/966968.stm

Supervolcanoes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/1999/supervolcanoes_script.shtml

PLATE TECTONICS

What Drives Plates
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/unanswered.html#anchor19928310

Understanding Plate Movements - Three Types of Plate Boundaries
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/understanding.html#anchor3795107

Convection Currents: The Earth's Crust in Motion
http://www.stvincent.ac.uk/Resources/EarthSci/Tectonics/move.html

Understanding Plate Motions
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/understanding.html#anchor4844282

What is a subduction zone?
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-subduction-zone.htm

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

Observe an animation of volcanism at a subduction zone.
http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es0902/es0902page01.cfm

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

Seafloor Spreading
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seafloor_spreading

Ocean Floor Mapping
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/developing.html

Mid-Ocean Ridges
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-ocean_ridges

Ocean Trenches
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_trenches

Types of Plate Boundaries
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plate_tectonics#Types_of_plate_boundaries

Earth: Our World in Motion
http://www.ology.amnh.org/earth/

How Plates Affect our Planet
http://www.ology.amnh.org/earth/plates/hotspots.html

Recent Disaster Declarations: What Does This Mean for Me?
http://www.fema.gov

This Dynamic Earth: Plate Tectonics
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/dynamic.html

CONVECTION CURRENTS

Boiling Water
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/educate/temps_ans.shtml

http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/lessons/Earths_layers/Earths_layers7.html

What Drives Plates
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/unanswered.html#anchor19928310

Moving Energy
http://www.geography4kids.com/files/en_movement.html

WEATHERING

Mechanical and Chemical Weathering
http://www.geography4kids.com/files/land_weathering.html

Breaking Rocks Apart
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/geology/sed_weathering.html&edu=mid

HURRICANES

American Red Cross - Hurricanes
http://www.redcross.org/general/0,1082,0_587_,00.html

Hurricanes FEMA for KIDS
http://www.fema.gov/kids/hurr.htm

Hurricanes - FEMA
http://www.fema.gov/hazard/hurricane/index.shtm

Hurricanes - NOAA
http://hurricanes.noaa.gov/

Tropical Cyclone
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_cyclone

Hurricane Hunters
http://www.fema.gov/kids/huhunt.htm

Hurricane Hunters
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Hunters

Hurricanes - Weather Wiz Kids
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/hurricane1.htm

FLOODS

Flood and Flash Flood
http://www.redcross.org/services/prepare/0,1082,0_240_,00.html

Rain and Floods - Weather Wiz Kids
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/Rain.htm

Flash Floods and Floods - The Awesome Power
http://www.noaa.gov/floods.html

Floods - FEMA
http://www.fema.gov/hazard/flood/index.shtm

Hurricane Preparedness for New Orleans - Flood
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_preparedness_for_New_Orleans

Hurricane Katrina - Flooding
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/309/5741/1656

Red Cross Helps Residents Returning to New Orleans
http://www.redcross.org/article/0,1072,0_272_4692,00.html

TSUNAMIS

2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake - Indonesia Tsunami
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake

Tsunamis - FEMA
http://www.fema.gov/hazard/tsunami/index.shtm

Red Cross Responds to....Tsunami Survivors (Sri Lanka)
http://www.redcross.org/article/0,1072,0_312_6011,00.html

Tsunami: the Great Waves
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/brochures/tsunami.htm

NOAA and Tsunamis - Strength of Earthquakes
http://www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov/grounders/tsunamis.html

What Cause Tsunamis
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/brochures/tsunami2.htm

LANDSLIDES AND MUDSLIDES

Landslides and Mudslides
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/landslides.asp

Landslides - FEMA
http://www.fema.gov/hazard/landslide/index.shtm

Landslide Hazards
http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs-0071-00/fs-0071-00.pdf

American Red Cross: Landslides and Debris Flow (Mudslide)
http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/0,1082,0_588_,00.html

Recent Landslide News
http://landslides.usgs.gov/recent/ls_news.php

Mudslide Safety - Weather Wiz Kids
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/mudslide.htm

Avalanche Safety - Weather Wiz Kids
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/avalanche.htm

GLACIERS/AVALANCHES

Avalanche Safety - Weather Wiz Kids
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/avalanche.htm

Tips for Forecasting Weather
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/avalanche.htm

Glaciers and Glacier Hazards
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Glossary/Glaciers/description_glaciers_hazards.html

All About Glaciers
http://nsidc.org/glaciers/

TORNADOES

Staying Safe After a Tornado
http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/0,1082,0_575_,00.html

Tornadoes - FEMA for KIDS
http://www.fema.gov/kids/tornado.htm

Tornadoes - FEMA
http://www.fema.gov/hazard/tornado/index.shtm

Tornadoes - Weather Wiz Kids
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/tornado.htm

Tornadoes - Nature's Most Violent Storms
http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/edu/safety/tornadoguide.html

Questions and Answers about Tornadoes
http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/primer/tornado/tor_basics.html

Storm Chasing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_chasing

AIR PRESSURE

Pushy Pressure
http://www.geography4kids.com/files/atm_pressure.html#theTop

It's a Breeze: How Air Pressure Affects You
http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/air_pressure/index.html

Land Breeze
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_breeze

Sea Breeze
http://www.srh.weather.gov/srh/jetstream/ocean/seabreezes.htm

Power of the Wind
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20050309/Feature1.asp

Atmospheric Pressure and Wind
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/weather/elementsofweatherrev8.shtml

What is Wind - Weather Wiz Kids
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/wind1.htm

Tips for Forecasting Weather
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/avalanche.htm

What is Air Pressure?
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/educate/pressure.shtml

Climate
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/detectives.html

Predicting the Weather
http://content.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=4910

WATER CYCLE - CONDENSATION - CLOUDS - RAINBOWS

Water Cycle
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsys.html

Water Cycle
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/cycles.html

Water Cycle
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/weather/watercycle.html

Water Vapor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_vapor

Rain and Floods - Weather Wiz Kids
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/Rain.htm

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

NASA Earth Science
http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/

Recent Disaster Declarations: What Does This Mean for Me?
http://www.fema.gov

Forecast and Warning Improvements
http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/

Electromagnetic Spectrum - Radiation
http://www.geography4kids.com/files/en_emspectrum.html

CLOUDS - ATMOSPHERE - LIGHTNING

Clouds on other planets: Rare High Altitude Clouds Found on Mars
http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMC4JZ7QQE_index_0.html

Clouds on other planets:
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/mars/lower_atmosphere.html

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/venus/atmosphere.html

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/jupiter/atmosphere/J_clouds_overview.html

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/saturn/lower_atmosphere.html

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/uranus/lower_atmosphere.html

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/neptune/lower_atmosphere.html

Clouds
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud

Clouds
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/weather/1elementsofweatherrev5.shtml

Clouds - Weather Wiz Kids
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/cloud.htm

Cumulonimbus Cloud
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumulonimbus_cloud

What is Lightning - Weather Wiz Kids
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/lightning1.htm

National Weather Service
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/

AERONAUTICS

What is Lift?
http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/lift1.html

The Early-Years of Air Transportation (1914-1927)
http://www.nasm.si.edu/americabyair/early_years/index.cfm

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/langley/aeronautics/

Wind Tunnel Tests Help Engineers Go With the Flow
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/improvingflight/hybolt.html

Time Magazine Recognizes the X-48B
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/improvingflight/bwb-timemagazine.html

Crash! Boom! Bang!
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/improvingflight/techseminar-crashsafety.html

The Birth of a Quieter, Greener Plane
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6113418.stm

http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/bga.html

http://wright.nasa.gov/airplane/newton3.html

SOLAR RADIATION

Radiant Enery from the Sun
http://www.geography4kids.com/files/en_solarrad.html

Energy from the Sun
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/renewable/solar.html#fromthesun

Protecting Children from Ultraviolet Radiation
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs261/en/

Solar Radiation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_radiation

Kili is Crumbling
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/0310/exclusive.html

Heat Wave: A Major Summer Killer
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/brochures/heat_wave.shtml

AIR POLLUTION

Air Pollution
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth%27s_atmosphere#Air_pollution

A Hole in the Sky: Understanding the Ozone Depletion
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/weather/atmosphere2.html

Elements of Weather
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/weather/1elementsofweatherrev1.shtml

Weather: What Forces Affect Our Weather?
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/weather/atmosphere.html

Make the Earth's Weather
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elnino/anatomy/earthsweather.html

GREENHOUSE EFFECT

http://www.geography4kids.com/files/atm_greenhouse.html

Climate Change
http://epa.gov/climatechange/kids/index.html

NORTHERN LIGHTS

Northern Lights
http://www.northern-lights.no/

Question of the Month: Aaroras
http://www.noaa.gov/questions/question_030502.html

Aurora Borealis
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/fsd/astro/aurora.php

Aurora
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_(astronomy)

SOLAR SYSTEM - ECLIPSES

Solar System
http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/solar-system/

Solar Eclipse
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/sun/atmosphere/solar_eclipse.html&edu=high

What Causes an Eclipse?
http://www.earthview.com/tutorial/causes.htm

Effects During a Total Solar Eclipse
http://www.earthview.com/tutorial/effects.htm

Patterns of Eclipses
http://www.earthview.com/tutorial/patterns.htm

Lunar Eclipse - Into the Shadow
http://www.captaincosmos.clara.co.uk/eclmoon.html

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/moon/eclipse.html&edu=high

METEORS AND ASTEROIDS

Meteors and Meteor Showers
http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/meteors/showers.html

Meteor Showers Online
http://meteorshowersonline.com/index.html

2008 Meteor Showers and Viewing Tips
http://stardate.org/nightsky/meteors/

What is the Barringer Meteorite Crater?
http://www.barringercrater.com/science/

Relief Map, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico - Crater of Dino Extinction http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=11268

The K-T Boundary - Crater Impact and End of Dinos
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/paleo/blast/k_t_boundary.htm

Meteors and Meteor Showers
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/fsd/astro/meteor.php

Lunar Geminids - Meteors Hitting Moon
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/03jan_lunargeminids.htm

181 Things To Do on the Moon
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/02feb_181.htm

Asteroid - NOVA: Ask the Expert
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3313/01-ask.html

Shock Discovery of Ancient Space Invader
http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/antenna/asteroidimpact/

Asteroid Deflection Strategies - Stopping Impact http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid_deflection_strategies#Asteroid_gravitational_tractor

MARS

Olympus Mons: Largest Volcano in the Solar System
http://www.exploringmars.com/science/olympus_mons.html

NASA Earth Science
http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/

Outer Space
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/

Windows to the Universe
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/

Astronomy
http://www.ology.amnh.org/

Living in Space
http://www.childrensmuseum.org/cosmicquest/spacestation/index2.html

A Real Mars Research Mission on Earth
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/education/2006/mdrs.html

BLACK HOLES

Black Holes and Neutron Stars
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/rjn_bht.html

Black Holes - NASA
http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l2/black_holes.html

Black Holes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_hole

Black Holes: Gravity's Relentless Pull
http://hubblesite.org/explore_astronomy/black_holes/home.html

Black Holes - Frequently Asked Questions
http://cosmology.berkeley.edu/Education/BHfaq.html#q7

Windows to the Universe
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/

Outer Space
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/

Black Hole - Abandon Hope, All Ye Who Enter Here ...
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/blackholes/

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