1. ES-1
Earth Science Standard 1: Astronomy and planetary exploration reveal the solar
system’s structure, scale and change over time.
WEBSITE: www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm
ANNOTATION: This astronomy site explores planets, moons, asteroids, comets, minor
planets, and many other exciting objects. Io, the explosive moon that orbits the planet
Jupiter, is featured or the user can explore the gigantic canyons and deserts on Mars.
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2. ES-2
Earth Science Standard 1: Astronomy and planetary exploration reveal the solar
system’s structure, scale and change over time.
WEBSITE: www.solarviews.com/eng/solarsys.htm
ANNOTATION: This site gives a comprehensive view of the solar and planetary
systems. Puzzles, worksheets and research tools are presented.
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3. ES-3
Earth Science Standard 1: Astronomy and planetary exploration reveal the solar
system’s structure, scale and change over time.
WEBSITE: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/index.cfm
ANNOTATION: NASA maintains this site that explores the solar system with real time
data from space. International science and technology topics are discussed and the visual
imagery is stunning.
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4. ES-4
Earth Science Standard 2: Earth-based and space-based astronomy reveal the
structure, scale, and changes in stars, galaxies and the universe over time.
WEBSITE: http://www.earth.nasa.gov/
ANNOTATION: This site offers answers to questions like: what is the Earth Science
Enterprise? Why is ESE important? It also tells you Earth breaking news, lets you look at
Earth from space. It also features a kids only section.
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5. ES-5
Earth Science Standard 2: Earth-based and space-based astronomy reveal the
structure, scale, and changes in stars, galaxies and the universe over time.
WEBSITE: http://www.nasm.si.edu/etp/
ANNOTATION: The National Air and Space Museum operates this site. It provides
web tools to investigate the history of space exploration as well as use virtual replicas of
the tools used to explore space, such as orbiter telescopes and land rovers.
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6. ES-6
Earth Science Standard 2: Earth-based and space-based astronomy reveal the
structure, scale, and changes in stars, galaxies and the universe over time.
WEBSITE: http://www.space.com/planets/
ANNOTATION: This comprehensive website provides current events in space and
technology, real time views of space, video feed of discoveries in space and just about
anything about space travel any student or teacher would ever want to know.
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7. ES-7
Earth Science Standard 2: Earth-based and space-based astronomy reveal the
structure, scale, and changes in stars, galaxies and the universe over time.
WEBSITE: http://www.earthsky.com/
ANNOTATION: This site is for all ages, students and teachers. It has shows that include
text and audio, articles on astronomy and Earth science, a "Teachers' Lounge" that has
listings of resources for teachers, contests for kids, and more.
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8. ES-8
Earth Sciences Standard 3: Plate tectonics, operating over geologic time has changed
the patterns of land, sea and mountains on earth’s surface.
WEBSITE: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/tectonics.html
ANNOTATION: This site is maintained by U.C. Berkeley. It demonstrates the history
of plate tectonics as well as their mechanics. Animations of plate tectonics and short
videos on plate tectonics through out history are also on the site.
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9. ES-9
Earth Sciences Standard 3: Plate tectonics, operating over geologic time has changed
the patterns of land, sea and mountains on earth’s surface.
WEBSITE: http://webspinners.com/dlblanc/tectonic/floating.php
ANNOTATION: This site provides lessons and readings on plate tectonics appropriate
for struggling readers. Topics include the basics of plate tectonics, sedimentation and
continental growth, and the mechanism of plate tectonics.
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10. ES-10
Earth Sciences Standard 3: Plate tectonics, operating over geologic time has changed
the patterns of land, sea and mountains on earth’s surface.
WEBSITE: http:// volcano.oregonstate.edu/
ANNOTATION: Volcano World is an outstanding resource for any earth science
classroom interested in learning about volcanoes. This website contains real-time volcano
information including an interactive clickable map of active volcanoes world-wide and
remote sensing satellite images. Topics covered at Volcano World include how volcanoes
work, submarine volcanoes, planetary volcanoes, career information on becoming a
volcanologist, volcanic parks and monuments and volcano exploration on the moon,
Mars and Venus. It contains an area where students can post experiments including
building a variety of different types of volcanoes. Teachers can also download a
collection of interactive HyperStudio lessons on volcanoes from this web site.
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11. ES-11
Earth Sciences Standard 4: Energy enters the Earth system primarily as solar radiation
and eventually escapes as heat.
WEBSITE: http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/projects/index.html
ANNOTATION: This web site lists science and energy activities for students, K-12.
Each of them has a short description a link to the actual activity. These activities can be
done independently by students.
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12. ES-12
Earth Sciences Standard 4: Energy enters the Earth system primarily as solar radiation
and eventually escapes as heat.
WEBSITE: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/04/050428173224.htm
ANNOTATION: Science Daily is a website that reports science news related to energy,
space, climate and environmental issues. It is an excellent site for student research and
current science events.
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13. ES-13
Standard 5: Heating of Earth’s surface and atmosphere by the sun dries convection
within the atmosphere and oceans, producing winds and ocean currents.
WEBSITE: http://oceancurrents.rsmas.miami.edu/
ANNOTATION: A web-based ocean current reference site presented by the University
of Miami. Each current has important links, summary text detailing velocity and
hydrographic observations, and plots such as, average current speed and locations,
drifting buoy positions, sea surface temperature maps, and HYCOM simulations.
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14. ES-14
Standard 5: Heating of Earth’s surface and atmosphere by the sun dries convection
within the atmosphere and oceans, producing winds and ocean currents.
WEBSITE: http://ocgweb.marine.usf.edu/who.html
ANNOTATION: This site is maintained by the Ocean Circulation Group and engages
in physical oceanographic studies of the ocean circulation and the interactions between
the oceans and atmosphere. It focuses on the West Florida Continental Shelf (WFS), the
broad, coastal ocean region between the shoreline and the deep Gulf of Mexico, where
the circulation provides the connectivity, which is of fundamental importance to all
aspects of ecology. The site includes a coordinated program of coastal ocean observations
and numerical circulation models.
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15. ES-15
Standard 5: Heating of Earth’s surface and atmosphere by the sun dries convection
within the atmosphere and oceans, producing winds and ocean currents.
WEBSITE: http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/navigation/tidesandcurrents/
ANNOTATION: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric administration collects,
analyzes, and distributes observations and predictions of currents and tides. This website
is user friendly and easily used in a lesson on oceanography. The education site gives
lesson plan ideas and the articles are geared to have a reading range that accommodates
struggling readers.
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16. ES-16
Earth Sciences Standard 6:
Climate is the long term average of a region’s weather and depends on many factors.
WEBSITE: http://www.wunderground.com/
ANNOTATION: The Weather Underground is an excellent resource for teachers
wishing to incorporate atmospheric studies into their curriculum. This web site contains a
variety of weather maps, including satellite image maps, surface maps and contour maps.
The Hurricane Tracker within Weathernet contains quicktime movies and satellite images
of many hurricanes that have formed in the last few years. This web site also provides
real time atmospheric data.
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17. ES-17
Earth Sciences Standard 6:
Climate is the long term average of a region’s weather and depends on many factors.
WEBSITE: http://www.weatheronline.com/
ANNOTATION: This weather online site may be used to research concepts in weather
or as supplementary material for a weather unit. The main areas of this site are Tropical
Weather, Local Weather, Expert Weather, Weather Tools, Weather Q & A, and
Weatherboy Online. The Local Weather pulls weather information from any area in the
United States including 4 day forecasts, satellite images, precipitation and radar images.
Dr. Dewpoint, answers questions and incorporates math (algebra) concepts such as
calculating wind chill or making temperature conversions. Weatherboy Online is an
animated character that explains concepts of weather and the how's and why's of weather.
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18. ES-18
Earth Sciences Standard 6:
Climate is the long term average of a region’s weather and depends on many factors.
WEBSITE: http://www.hurricanehunters.com/
ANNOTATION: The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, known as the Hurricane
Hunters of the Air Force Reserve, is the only Department of Defense organization flying
into tropical storms and hurricanes on a routine basis. This website explores careers
related to severe weather.
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19. ES-19
Earth Sciences Standard 6:
Climate is the long term average of a region’s weather and depends on many factors.
WEBSITE: http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/crclm/prjct/strm93/home.rxml
ANNOTATION: This project investigates key weather processes and phenomena
associated with a potent winter storm. It could be used for an inquiry activity. The site
provides a case study curriculum.
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20. ES-20
Earth Sciences Standard 6:
Climate is the long term average of a region’s weather and depends on many factors.
WEBSITE: http://kids.mtpe.hq.nasa.gov/
ANNOTATION: On this kid friendly site, students can find out all about hurricanes,
tropical rainfall, air pressure, earth science, and El Nino graphing.
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21. ES-21
Earth Sciences Standard 6:
Climate is the long term average of a region’s weather and depends on many factors.
WEBSITE: http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/multimedia/vrml/hurricane/
ANNOTATION: On this CNN site, can see the flows of wind that make up the engine of
the hurricane, and travel into the eye. You can also learn about out flow, the eye, and the
feeder.
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22. ES-22
Earth Sciences Standard 7:
Each element on Earth moves among reservoirs, which exist in the solid earth, in
oceans, in the atmosphere, and within and among organisms as part of biogeochemical
cycles.
WEBSITE: http://www.nagt.org/nagt/teaching_resources/index.html
ANNOTATION: The Journal of Geoscience Education serves as the only international
forum for the publication of research concerning the pedagogy, assessment, and
philosophy of teaching and learning about the geosciences. This resource provides
teachers with curriculum and activities in the geosciences.
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23. ES-23
Earth Sciences Standard 7:
Each element on Earth moves among reservoirs, which exist in the solid earth, in
oceans, in the atmosphere, and within and among organisms as part of biogeochemical
cycles.
WEBSITE: http://web.wt.net/~daba/Mineral/
ANNOTATION: This site contains 5,000 pages of mineral information, including over
4,000 pages devoted to individual minerals.
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24. ES-24
Earth Sciences Standard 8: Life has changed Earth’s atmosphere, and changes in
the atmosphere affect conditions for life.
WEBSITE: http://www.usatoday.com/weather/tornado/wreports.htm
ANNOTATION: This site includes USA Today’s daily reports on tornadoes and severe
weather. This site includes statistics and a historical archive on tornadoes.
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25. ES-25
Earth Sciences Standard 8: Life has changed Earth’s atmosphere, and changes in
the atmosphere affect conditions for life.
WEBSITE: http://www.cnn.com/WEATHER/index.html
ANNOTATION: The Cable News Network has provided a website on weather. Students
can find weather forecasts across the US or across the world. Weather maps are also
available for any area in the world. Real time information on current storms is listed.
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26. ES-26
Earth Sciences Standard 8: Life has changed Earth’s atmosphere, and changes in
the atmosphere affect conditions for life.
WEBSITE: http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/edu/
ANNOTATION: This site has information on the what, where, why's and how's of
storms, weather lessons, and information about weather careers.
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27. ES-27
Earth Sciences Standard 9: The geology of California underlies the state’s wealth of
natural resources as well as its natural hazards.
WEBSITE: http://www.geologylink.com/
ANNOTATION: A site by Houghton Mifflin that includes daily geological updates and
various forums. This site includes a virtual classroom and virtual field trips as well as a
glossary of geological terms.
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28. ES-28
Earth Sciences Standard 9: The geology of California underlies the state’s wealth of
natural resources as well as its natural hazards.
WEBSITE: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/ngdc.html
ANNOTATION: This site has information on and from the National Geophysical Data
Center. Data and inventories in many disciplines are fully searchable and selected
listings, data, and images can be downloaded. This also offers FTP and Gopher archives
for access to data.
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29. ES-29
Earth Sciences Standard 9: The geology of California underlies the state’s wealth of
natural resources as well as its natural hazards.
WEBSITE: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/neic/
ANNOTATION: At this site there is current and general information about earthquake
monitoring, preparation and research. It provides a plethora of information on this topic
and is useful as both a research tool, lesson exploration or reading on the subject.
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30. ES-30
Earth Sciences Standard 10: Scientific progress is made by asking meaningful
questions and conducting careful investigations. As a basis of understanding this
concept and addressing the content in the other four strands, students should develop
their own questions and perform investigations.
WEBSITE: http://globe.gov/science
ANNOTATION: The GLOBE (Global learning and Observations to Benefit the
Environment) Program is a world-wide network of students, teachers and scientists
making environmental observations and reporting their data findings on the internet.
Scientists use the students' data to formulate atmospheric models, then provide feedback
to the students. Students measure air temperature, cloud observations, precipitation,
surface water temperature and pH, soil moisture, biometrics, land cover assessment and
species identification. Students also share findings and communicate with other students
using e-mail from the web site. GLOBE includes excellent descriptions of equipment and
procedures for data acquisition and a user-friendly searchable data archive. The unique
aspect of the GLOBE Program is that students are interactive partners with scientists.
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31. ES-31
Earth Sciences Standard 10: Scientific progress is made by asking meaningful
questions and conducting careful investigations. As a basis of understanding this
concept and addressing the content in the other four strands, students should develop
their own questions and perform investigations.
WEBSITE: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/
ANNOTATION: At the University of Berkeley Museum of Paleontology, students can
research on life, learn about people, and hear about upcoming events. There are online
exhibits of animals, plants, and time periods.
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32. ES-32
Earth Sciences Standard 10: Scientific progress is made by asking meaningful
questions and conducting careful investigations. As a basis of understanding this
concept and addressing the content in the other four strands, students should develop
their own questions and perform investigations.
WEBSITE: http://www.lib.noaa.gov/docs/windandsea.html
ANNOTATION: This is a locator site provided by the NOAA Central Library. It is
meant to make internet searching more efficient for everyone concerned with oceanic and
atmospheric issues. For teachers and students it has a connector to over 100 NOAA pages
devoted to education.
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