Links

Earth Science Textbook website

Energy Unit Links

• Automobile Fuel Economy Statistics from the U.S. Department of Energy
• World Energy Statistics: Good graphs of the U.S. vs. world energy consumption statistics
• U.S. Energy Statistics from the International Energy Association (IEA)
• World Energy Statistics from the International Energy Association (IEA)

Astronomy Unit: Solar System, Stars & Galaxies Links:

• Origin of the Solar System Video: Read the first paragraph at the top of the page and then scoll down to the link for the movie about the Origin of the Solar System from NASA.
  PBS's Exploring Space: The Quest for Life: Read More about the search for the origin of life on earth and the search for life in outer space.
• Fusion in the Sun Animation: See how solar fusion works.
• The Virtual Tour of the Sun: investigate the sun's layers.
• Star Life Cycle: Review the life cycle of a star and see cool pictures!
• Life Cycle of a Star: From Astronomy for Kids--explains the life cycle of a star.
• Windows to the Universe: Lots of interesting information (& games!) here
• SpaceArt.com: A site with lots of news articles and images about space.

Astronomy Unit: Sun-Moon-Earth System Links:

• Eclipse Webquests: Use the following sites to learn more about solar and lunar eclipses.
• Solar Eclipses
• Lunar Eclipses

• Phases of the Moon Use this website to help you understand the phases of the moon and how the earth, moon and sun are situated in relation to one another.
• Seasons Animation-Shows the position of the sun in the sky and the earth's orbit and tilt.
• NASA Science
• Earth Science Resources: Astronomy
• Enchanted Learning Astronomy-Many topics
• Amazing Space-Many astronomy-related topics
• Lots of Astronomy Animations-From a university astronomy course

Rocks, Minerals & Mining Unit Links:

• Rock Cycle Virtual Lab
• Start Here for the Rock Cycle Virtual Lab
• Bonus Points: Igneous Rocks
• Bonus Points: Sedimentary Rocks
• Bonus Points: Metamorphic Rocks

• Intro to Rocks, Minerals, & Mining Unit (Assignment #1)

• National Geographic: Diamonds: The Real Story
• Diamonds Video
• Gold Mining Article from New York Times & Multimedia Presentation

Science News Websites--Use for Extra Credit!

• Just find an article about earth science that interests you, read it, summarize it(10 lines) and write a reflection about why it is interesting to you, why it is important to society, and/or questions that you have about it (10 lines). Make sure to include the article's title, author, date, and source (5 pts.). See the Stop-Read-Wrtie handout for more specific details on how to do this. You may complete a maximum of 6 articles for 150 points.
• Science News-from Australia
• National Geographic Magazine
• Yahoo! Science News
• CNN Science & Space
• Access Excellence
• Environmental News Network