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Volcano/Tectonics


Webdogs Plate Tectonic Reconstruction - Move the plates arounds and 
reconstruct Pangea.
http://www.uky.edu/ArtsSciences/Geology/webdogs/plates/pangaea-1.html

Great Plate Tectonics Website - Tons of information about mountains, 
volcanoes and other geology terms!
http://www.fvdes.com/grade7/gallery/Earth'sCrust/mountains.htm

Brain Pop has great information on so many topics!  I bought the book, it was 
great!
http://www.BrainPop.com

Enchanted Learning always has alot of great information on many topics
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/earth/Continents.shtml

This website was created by the USGS, United States Geological Society.  It 
is packed with great information.  It has alot of great animations.  Be sure 
to look around in this site, you will find a ton of cool things!
http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/docs/parks/pltec/index.html

This site has great plate boundary animations.
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/plates1.html

This site has a ton of great animations and activities.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics/index.html

Earthquake information for teachers
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/4teachers/

Earthquake information for kids, including games and other fun activities.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/4kids/

This site has an animation of a strike slip (transform) fault, it shows the 
stress building and then breaking the rock!  There is also an earthquake quiz 
here for you to try your luck at!
http://www.crustal.ucsb.edu/ics/understanding/

You can find a ton of links here to learn all about earthquakes.
http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/earthqu.html

This site has many animations, including the different types of faults and 
the different types of seimic waves!
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/earthquakes/index.html

Great links to some fabulous webquests!
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr326.shtml

This site has tons of links to different websites.  It includes games, 
information, identification and scavenger hunts.
http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jmresources/rocks/links.html

This site is called volcano world, but it has a lot of information about 
rocks and minerals.
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vw.html

This site is called rock hound. It has a lot of information about rocks and 
minerals, including interactive quizzes.
http://www.fi.edu/fellows/payton/rocks/index2.html

This site includes many rock and mineral activities.
http://www.rogersgroupinc.com/ourcommunities/rockology/index.htm

More links about rocks and minerals.
http://www.ithacasciencezone.com/earthzone/lessons/02resour/

This page is called Rocks and Minerals for Kids.
http://library.thinkquest.org/3639/

A collection of rock and minerals websites.
http://wwwgen.bham.wednet.edu/4rocks.htm

Animated views of how the different types of rocks form.
http://www.childrensmuseum.org/geomysteries/faq1.html

Mineralogy for kids.
http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/K12/K_12.html

This site has links to every topic in science.  What a great resource!
http://www.kathimitchell.com/scien2.html

This site has tons of links for kids to use and explore rocks and minerals.
http://www.rocksforkids.com/RFK/TableofContents.html


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