Web Resources on Lightening
and Static Electricity
Chemistry, Energy, and Matter
Geology, Earthquakes, Volcanoes, &
Glaciers
- Santa Barbara
Earthquake History
- Historical information about Santa Barbara area earthquakes
- Up-to-the-minute
Southern California Earthquake Map
- For Java-enabled browsers only
- Cal
Tech's Seismo Lab
- The people you see interviewed on T.V.
- The 1906 San Francisco
Earthquake (Museum of the City of San Francisco)
- Historical information about the 1906 San Francisco earthquake
- U. S. Geological Survey,
National Earthquake Information Center
- General interest earthquake information including maps
- U. S. Geological Survey,
Earthquake Hazards Program
- General interest earthquake information including hazard assessments
- U. S. Geological Survey, Western
Region
- Lots of interesting earthquake information
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Surfing the Internet for Earthquake Data
- Mostly for researchers, but links to find maps, etc.
- Earthquake Engineering Research
Center at U. C. Berkeley
- Lots of historical photographs
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- Southern California Earthquake
Center Data Center
- The source for southern California earthquake information
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- Glaciers
- A page all about galciers today and in the past.
- TerraServer
Homepage
- Sattalite images - really cool
- Recent
Earthquakes in California and Nevada - Index Map
- This includes a great map.
- USGS Animations
and paper models
- Tons of great activities
- Educational
materials from Iris
- This is an exceptional collection of information
- Understanding
Earthquakes
- This page includes a quiz and the history of seismology.
- The
Tennis Ball Tectonic Globe
- Earthquakes
- General Interest Publication
- A series of pages that includes measuring earthquakes.
- USGS
Earthquakes for Kids
- A wonderfully complete site - it makes a good place to start.
- The
Science of Seismology
- The
BGS Global Seismology & Geomagnetism Earthquake Page
- A great page from the British Geological Survey
- GEOLOGY:
Earthquakes and the Behavior of Earth Materials
- Offline lesson
- This
Dynamic Earth--Contents [USGS]
- An online book
- Understanding
plate motions [This Dynamic Earth, USGS]
- A great resource for teaching plate motion.
- Plate
Tectonics, the Cause of Earthquakes
- An excellent page with good vocabulary.
- Plate
Tectonics
- A series of animation showing the movement of the plates.
- Plate
tectonics animation
- A continental drift animation
- IRIS
Seismic Monitor
- What's happening right now? This is a great resource!
- NEIC:
Current Earthquake Information
- A list of real time data sources
- Geology
Labs on-line
- Check out the virtual earthquake and earn a certificate! This is very
interactive and an excellent extension for upper elementary.
- Virtual
Earthquake - An Introduction
- The opening page for the Virtual Earthquake
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