Models For Teaching Earth Science
March 15, 2008
Post-workshop addition:
Candy Bar Earth Activity - Word Document
USGS site with paper models of subduction zone/fault types was down!
I. Paper models
How to Build a Model Illustrating Sea-Floor Spreading and Subduction
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1999/ofr-99-013
Real Evidence of a Subducting Plate (Geological Society of America)
http://www.geosociety.org/educate/LessonPlans/RealEvidence-SubductingPlate.pdf
II. Animations/Visualizations
A. Earth Science - many topics
Exploring Earth
Visualizations http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/navigation/visualization.cfm
Investigations http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/navigation/investigation.cfm
B. Astronomy
Phases of the Moon from Chabot Observatory
Electromagnetic Spectrum Interactive from Wiley Interscience
C. Oceanography
Global Ocean Surface Currents from Exploring Earth
D. Meteorology
Know Your Atmosphere Interactive diagram from Earthguide
Global Wind Circulation - Prentice-Hall
E. Geology
Plate Tectonics Moving Middle School Science - from the Middle School Portal, National Science Digital Library
What Do We Know About Layers Deep within Earth? an interactive investigation from Exploring Earth
Mountain Makers, Earth Shaker from PBS
Savage Earth Animations from PBS
Earth
Events Inteactive:
earthquakes, volcanoes, plate boundaries and their type. Science Bulletin from
the
American Museum of Natural History Science Bulletin,