SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY EXCURSION

Evolution

THE EVOLUTION OF LIFE AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE EARTH

FOSSIL IDENTIFICATION WEBSITES

Fossils and fossil formation

• Dinosaurs: Honolulu Community College
  Making Fossils: BBC Science & Nature: Prehistoric Life
  Learning from the Fossil Record: University of California Museum of Palaeontology
  Oil on my Shoes: "Beginner Topics"
  Sands of the World (from the Sand Web Site)
  Jurassic Ammonites
  Set in Stone: BLM Environmental Education Resource
  Fossil Activities for Kids (fossil-facts-and-finds.com)
  Fossils & Fossil Collecting (Kids Ark)
  The Virtual Fossil Museum
  Fossils, Rocks and Time
  Geo Mysteries (The Children's Museum of Indianapolis)
  How Fossils Form Activities (University of Kentucky)
  Discovering Fossils
  The Fossil Mystery (Nova Scotia Museum)
  Finding Fossils (San Diego Natural History Museum)
  Prehistoric Life (Museum Victoria, Australia)
  Palaeontology (Australian Museum Online)
  Information about Fossils (www.fossiel.net)
  National Geographic
  Fossil Comparisons
  World of Fossils

PLATE TECTONIC  WEBSITES

Earth structure, folding and faulting, plate tectonics, volcanoes and earthquakes

• Kinds of Volcanoes


Plate Tectonics (University of Tennessee)
Faults (US Geological Survey)
Geology in the Parks (US Geological Survey)
Explore Geology: Tour of the Parks (National Park Service)
Earthquake (Virtual Courseware)
Volcano World
Virtual Field Trips (Houghton Miffin Company)
The Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics (USGS)
The Earth's Crust in Motion (St Vincent Resources)
Dynamic Earth: Currents in the Earth's System (UCMP)
Structure of the Earth (NASA)
A Lesson in Plate Tectonics (Extreme Science)

ROCK LAYERS  WEBSITES

Web sites on landscapes, rock cycle, types of rocks, sand

• Earth Science World: Image Bank


Image Gallery for Geology (University of North Carolina)
Schoolyard Geology (USGS)
Geology in the Parks (USGS)
Physical Geology at Georgia Perimeter College
Online Geology Courses at Georgia Perimeter College
Grand Canyon Explorer: The Geology of the Grand Canyon
Sands of the World (The Sand Website)
Virtual Field Trips (Houghton Miffin Company)
Geology (About.com)
Museum & Palaeontology Centre (Courtney & District)
Sedimentary Rock (Enchanted Learning)
Rocks and the Rock Cycle (BBC Revision Bite)

GEOLOGIC  WEBSITES

Geologic time and time lines

• The Interactive Geological Time Scale (AGI)


Web Geological Time Machine (UCMP)
Earth Floor: Geologic Time
Comprehending Geologic Time
Life Through Geologic Time
Geological Time Line
National Geographic Lesson Plans

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