Rocks     Volcanoes    Earthquakes

CAVES

Rocks

Here are some web sites we will use during our rock studies:

 1. Rock cycle with great graphic and definitions:

http://www.rocksandminerals.com/rockcycle.htm

http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/K12/rkcycle/rkcycleindex.html

 http://www.washington.edu/uwired/outreach/teched/projects/web/rockteam/WebSite/rockcycle.htm.htm

2.  Canadian site for rock cycle with some fun activities:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/rocks/rockart.shtml

3.  Characteristics of Rock/Mineral Classification:

http://www.cobweb.net/~bug2/rock4.htm

4.  Layers of the earth from Mt. St. Helens:

http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/mshnvm/education/teachers-corner/destinations/stratigraphy-viewpoint.shtml

5.  Minerals, Rocks and Rock cycle, Earth’s Layers and Moving Plates, Fossils and Earth’s History, and Scientists who study Rocks:

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/geology/geology.html

 Volcanoes

Here are some web sites we will use in class during our study of volcanoes.

1.  Washington State Volcano Menus and Places of Interest

http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Washington/framework.html

2.  Washington State: Volcano Past, View Geologic Past:

http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/LivingWith/VolcanicPast/Places/volcanic_past_washington_state.html

3.  Why do volcanoes occur?

http://solidearth.jpl.nasa.gov/PAGES/volc01.html

4.  Mt. St. Helens’s Ape Cave:

http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/mshnvm/education/teachers-corner/destinations/ape-cave.shtml

5.  What is the "Ring of Fire?"

Ring of Fire

6.  History:

http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/mshnvm/education/teachers-corner/library/volcanic-history-summary.shtml

7.  1980 eruption:

http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/mshnvm/education/teachers-corner/library/volcanic-eruption-summary.shtml

8.  Return to normal:

9. Caldera information:

http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Glossary/Caldera/description_caldera.html

Earthquakes

Here are some sites we will look at in class:

1.  Here are some fun earthquake legends from around d the world:

http://www.conservation.ca.gov/CGS/information/publications/teacher_features/eq_legends.htm

2.  NASA’s introductory pages about earthquakes:

http://solidearth.jpl.nasa.gov/PAGES/quake01.html

3.  Current Geological News:

http://college.hmco.com/geology/resources/geologylink/index.html

4.  Tectonic Map:

http://solidearth.jpl.nasa.gov/PAGES/quake04.html

CAVES

1.  Great pictures of the different minerals and formations found in caves.

Virtual Cave

2.  Discover the different kinds of caves.

Virtual Cave

3.  How are caves formed?