Hands on Science:
Landforms Web Sites
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Color Landform Atlas of USA
http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/states.html
Maps of the US and for each state individually. A
variety of maps: topographical, satellite images, county and historical maps.
Links to other map sites.
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Deserts
http://www.desertusa.com/Thingstodo/geo/geology.html
Features the four major deserts in the USA with
information about the geology, minerals, animals, plants, people, and culture of
each desert. Photos of major desert landforms.
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Earthquakes
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/earthq1/
Everything you always wanted to know about
earthquakes: history, where they occur, why they happen, how they're measured,
and how they can be predicted.
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Earth's Water: Rivers and Sediments
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/earthriverssed.html
Explains how river water moves sediments and how stream flow is measured.
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Grand Canyon Explorer
http://www.kaibab.org/home.htm
Geology, human history, weather, maps, photos, and
information about visiting the Grand Canyon. Especially interesting in the
Armchair Traveler's section where you can follow other people's trip, reading
their journals, seeing their photos and watching their videos.
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Life Along the Fault Line
http://www.exploratorium.edu/faultline/index.html
The Exploratorium's online earthquake exhibit
includes seismic science information, articles on earthquake-proof engineering,
and a look back at the 1906 quake in San Francisco.
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Maps
http://geography.about.com/science/geography/msubmenu1.htm
Complete on-line atlas, guide to buying maps,
reading maps, understanding scale, historic maps, and topographic maps. Includes
a link to on-line topographic maps --- search by place name or
longitude/latitude. Also printable outline maps of all U.S. states and most
countries in the world as well as satellite photos of many areas. THE site to
visit for complete map information!
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Mt. Shasta Images
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Shasta/images.html
Aerial photos of Mt. Shasta. Links to other
volcano photos.
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Volcanoes Online
http://www.thinkquest.org/17457
A Think Quest award winner, this site was created
by students and designed to educate other students about volcanoes. It delves
into many different facets of volcanoes such as what a volcano is, how they are
formed, and how eruptions effect each and every one of us. Visitors may test
their knowledge of volcanoes with online games and multiple-choice quizzes,
search a 'volcano' database and discover links to other volcano sites, book
titles and magazine articles for further research.
