Recommended Websites - for science content knowledge

The following websites have been reviewed by teachers like you, to add to your resources for teaching this unit. You will find sites for both teachers and students. Please let us know if you have any issues with any of the sites or if the links are corrupted. Contact us. Thank you.

LAND -

Background:
http://www.enviroliteracy.org/
http://www.sciencedaily.com/
http://www.whyfiles.com/
http://www.geography4kids.com/

Rock Cycle:
www.geolsoc.org.uk/rockcycle

Geological Time:
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/geotime/geotime.html

WATER -

Background:
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/

Water Cycle:
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
http://www.leapingmedia.com/groundwater.html
http://www.partstap.com/the-parts-of-the-water-cycle.aspx

Ponds and Lakes:
http://mbgnet.net/fresh/lakes/index.htm

Ground Water:
http://pubs.usgs.gov/
http://www.groundwater.org/kc/kc.html

Aquifer Basics:
http://capp.water.usgs.gov/aquiferBasics/index.html

Dams:
www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/dam/index.html

Streams and Rivers:
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/earthrivers.html

Erosion:
http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/01448/

http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngexplorer/pioneer/0610/articles/mainarticle.html

Deposition, Slope:
http://www.naturalhazards.org/hazards/slope/index.html

Water Changes -

Your own watershed:
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/activity_grades_9-12_buildyourownwatershed.html

Ocean Currents:
http://www.onr.navy.mil/focus/ocean/water/salinity1.htm
http://www.srh.weather.gov/srh/jetstream/ocean/ocean_intro.htm

Watershed game:
http://www.bellmuseum.umn.edu/games/watershed/