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MAPPINGS:
http://erg.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/factsheets/fs07701.html
Information
on the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) system. (Use this link for Map Lab
#3.)
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GENERAL:
http://earth.google.com - Coolest site ever! Download and play!
http://www.usgs.gov/
This is the home page for the US Geological Survey.
On this page are access points for everything from mining to hydrology,
to volcanoes, to earthquakes, to mapping and maps – WOW, what a site!! |
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AERIAL/SATELLITE
PHOTOS:
http://apps.ecy.wa.gov/shorephotos/index.html
Aerial
photos of shorelines for Washington State - very cool!
http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/U_S__States/Washington/47.html
Cool photos of Washington from space
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EARTHQUAKES:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/4kids/eq4kids.html
Earthquake information for students – includes some cool
facts about the largest EQ’s ever recorded.
Good images too!
http://www.sciencecourseware.com/VirtualEarthquake/
This is the site for the earthquake lab assignment.
http://www.pnsn.org/WEBICORDER/SMO_N/welcome.html
Kendall Elementary's Webicorder. Too Cool!
This is the other site for the earthquake lab assignment.
http://www.fema.gov/kids/p_eq.htm
EQ Photos from FEMA
http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~braile/edumod/waves/WaveDemo.htm
Wave demos!
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PLATE
TECTONICS:
http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/dynamic.html
PLATE
TECTONICS - really great USGS "book" showing historical perspectives
and modern thinking on this process. Highly recommended.
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/tectonics.html
Great
animations showing the breakup of Pangaea.
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/hazard/reroute.pl?urltable=segweb.txt&requrl=/seg/fliers/se-0801.shtml
A site for great hazards photographs.
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HOT SPOTS:
http://www.mantleplumes.org/Iceland3.html
Shows the Iceland hotspot and some great
background.
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SPECIFIC
GRAVITY:
http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/gravity.htm
All
you could ever want to know about Specific Gravity.
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NORTHWEST
GEOLOGY:
http://geohazards.cr.usgs.gov/pacnw/hazmap/news092400.html
NORTHWEST GEOLOGY - Go here for a terrific article
on the events that have shaped and continue to shape Washington. Written
by William Dietrich, former Seattle Times reporter. HIGHLY recommended!
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Projects/Mapping/SoWA_Cascades/summary.html
Southern Cascades Geology - Includes Rainier and
Adams
http://www.dnr.wa.gov/geology/geolofwa.htm
A great resource for the geology of Washington!
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VOLCANOES:
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/MSH/description_msh.html
Resource Information for Mt St Helens
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/MSH/Hazards/OFR95-497/framework.html
Another St Helens page for JT
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Baker/EruptiveHistory/baker_brief_eruptive_history.html
Resource Information for Mt Baker
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Rainier/framework.html
Mt Rainier Information
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Rainier/description_rainier.html
Cascades Volcanoes
http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/fact-sheet/fs060-00/
Mount Hood
http://www.gis.smumn.edu/GradProjects/TropleT.pdf
Info on hazards from Mount Rainier
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YELLOWSTONE:
http://www.solcomhouse.com/yellowstone.htm
Supervolcano Info
http://jscms.jrn.columbia.edu/cns/2005-04-05/bario-supervolcano
More...
http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~brucem/geology.html
Flash
animations of Plate Tectonics Concepts - developed by Michelle Malone at WWU.
Wicked cool!
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WEBSITE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION:
http://www.mtbaker.wednet.edu/fp2000/
The page Mr. Sutton made to teach all of us how to
make a website - subtle, yet smooth with rich tannins and a nice finish!
http://www.kategranat.com/
Kate Granat's list of websites - really cool ideas
here!
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Other:
Hillslopes:
http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/10x.html
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