U.S. Geological Survey Web Site
A fantastic earth science site, very large, tons of information, and links.
http://www.usgs.gov/
National Geographic for Kids
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
Fundamentals of Physical Geography
An online Physical Geography textbook
http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/contents.html
Dr. Art's Guide To Planet Earth
A systems approach to Earth Science. We will be using this book in class, as
well as doing some of the activities listed on this website. The website only
contains portions from the book, not the full text.
http://www.planetguide.net/
Earth Science Week
This site gives information about Earth Science week which takes place October
14-20. It lists activities and events that center around this years Earth
Science Week
http://www.earthsciweek.org/
The American Geological Institute
Is a nonprofit federation of 44 geoscientific and professional associations
that represents more than 100,000 geologists, geophysicists, and other earth
scientists.
http://www.agiweb.org/
Rock Hounds Rock Key
This website explains how to identify many common rocks. The top of this
webpage shows you how to
identify different characteristics of the rock (very helpful), scroll down to
find the Rock Key.
http://www.rockhounds.com/rockshop/rockkey/index.html
Rocks and Geology of the San Francisco Bay Region
This link will bring you a page of the USGS website where you can download an
excellent 63 page
PDF document that summarizes geology of the Bay Area. There is a lot of
information in this website
(probably much too much for 6th graders). However look at pages 15-21
(Igneous), p. 32-46
(sedimentary) and , p. 49-57. Here you will find excellent color photographs
of various rock types
and descriptions.
http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/bulletin/b2195/
Volcano World
http://volcano.und.edu/
A good site interactive site with general information on volcanoes.
A good resource for the volcano project.
http://www.nature.nps.gov/views/KCs/Volcanism/HTML/01_Introduction.htm