Internet Field Trip: What Causes the Seasons
Internet Links
BrainPop
Seasons Movie
Take a quiz and enjoy a movie about the seasons.
http://www.brainpop.com/science/weather/seasons/index.weml
The Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
The Earth's Orbit
Investigate the causes and effects of the changing of the seasons.
http://hea-www.harvard.edu/ECT/the_book/Chap2/Chapter2.html
National Data Buoy Center
What Causes the Earth to Experience Different Seasons?
Learn how the hemispheres experience seasons at opposite times.
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/educate/seasons.shtml
Plymouth State College Weather Center
Seasons and Solstices
Explore how Earth's orbit around the Sun causes the seasons to change.
http://vortex.plymouth.edu/sun/sun3.html
Internet Field Trip: Energy and Waves
Internet Links
The Electromagnetic Spectrum
Investigate the electromagnetic spectrum and remote sensing.
http://imagers.gsfc.nasa.gov/ems/ems.html
Imagine The Universe!
The Electromagnetic Spectrum
Find out about the many forms of electromagnetic wave energy.
http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l1/emspectrum.html
ThinkQuest
The Soundry
Explore sound waves and how humans receive and interpret these waves.
http://library.thinkquest.org/19537/
BrainPop
Waves Movie
Watch a movie about all types of waves.
http://www.brainpop.com/science/light/waves/index.weml
St. Mary's High School, Manhasset
Making Waves: An Online Guide to Sound and Electromagnetic Radiation
Survey an online guide about sound and electromagnetic radiation.
http://www.smgaels.org/physics/home.htm
ThinkQuest: The Wizard's Lab
Sound and Waves
Learn about the properties of sound and how sound waves travel by a series of vibrations.
http://library.thinkquest.org/11924/sound.html
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.
Catch the Waves
See a rainbow of color! Watch light spread out as it passes through a prism.
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/light/CatchWaves_activation-frames.html
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.
Making Waves
Do a real experiment measuring waves!
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/light/makewaves-frames.html
Internet Field Trip: Earth's Atmosphere
Internet Links
University of Cambridge
Centre for Atmospheric Science
The Ozone Hole Tour: The Earth's Atmosphere
Take a virtual tour of the ozone hole.
http://www.atm.ch.cam.ac.uk/tour/atmosphere.html
Marshall Space Flight Center
Liftoff: The Atmosphere
Learn how the atmosphere supports life on Earth.
http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/academy/space/atmosphere.html
The Annenberg/CPB Project Exhibits Collection
Weather — Atmosphere
Learn about the atmosphere that surrounds and protects Earth.
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/weather/atmosphere.html
Internet Field Trip: How Wind Develops
Internet Links
University of Illinois WW2010
Forces and Winds: Online Meteorology Guide
Learn how wind develops and how it influences the daily weather.
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/fw/home.rxml
Okanagan University Department of Geography
Forces Acting to Create Wind
Learn how temperature can influence wind development.
http://www.geog.ouc.bc.ca/physgeog/contents/7n.html
Miami Museum of Science: Observing Wind
Can you see, hear, or measure wind speed and direction? Observe what happens when a storm develops.
http://www.miamisci.org/hurricane/wind.html
Chase Day: Wind Storms, Gust Fronts, and Outflow
Observe amazing images of windstorms.
http://www.chaseday.com/wind.htm
Internet Field Trip: Effects of Differences in Air Pressure at Earth's Surface
Internet Links
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
It's a Breeze: How Air Pressure Affects You
Learn how air pressure affects you.
http://kids.mtpe.hq.nasa.gov/archive/air_pressure/index.html
University of Illinois WW2010
Atmospheric Pressure: Force Exerted by The Weight of the Air
Learn about the weight of air and how atmospheric pressure is measured.
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/fw/prs/def.rxml
Miami Museum of Science
Make a Barometer
Measure air pressure with a barometer that you can make yourself.
http://www.miamisci.org/hurricane/barometer.html
Internet Field Trip: How Weather Forecasts are Prepared
Internet Links
The Annenberg/CPB Project Exhibits Collection
Weather-Forecasting
Learn about the forces that affect weather and how weather is forecasted.
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/weather/forecasting.html
University of Illinois WW2010
Weather Forecasting: Online Meteorology Guide
Explore some of the techniques used in weather forecasting.
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/fcst/home.rxml
Wheeling Jesuit University/NASA Classroom of the Future
Weather or Not?
Check out this weather module and find out if you are weather-wise.
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/weathernot/weathernot.html
Internet Field Trip: Radioactivity and Radioactive Elements
Internet Links
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Radiation Protection Division Home Page
Find out how people and the environment are protected from harmful exposure to radiation.
http://www.epa.gov/radiation/
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Students and Teachers Page for Radiation Protection
Learn the basic concepts of radiation and radiation protection.
http://www.epa.gov/radiation/students/
Idaho State University
Radiation and Radioactivity
Take a tour and learn about radiation and radioactivity.
http://www.physics.isu.edu/radinf/rads&rads.htm
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
The ABC's of Nuclear Science
Learn about radioactivity, nuclear fission, the structure of an atom, and how elements on Earth were produced.
http://www-nsd.lbl.gov/NSD_docs/abc/home.html
Access Excellence
Radioactivity: Historical Figures
Learn about the scientists who have contributed to the understanding of radioactivity.
http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEC/CC/historical_background.html
Access Excellence
The Discovery of Radioactivity: The Dawn of the Nuclear Age
Discover how a group of scientists unknowingly changed our understanding of the atom and guided us into the Atomic Age.
http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEC/CC/radioactivity.html
Internet Field Trip: Geothermal Energy
Internet Links
Energy Quest: The Energy Story - Chapter 11: Geothermal Energy
Find out where geothermal energy comes from and how we use it.
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/chapter11.html
The Geothermal Education Office
Explore the vast source of natural heat that is inside the Earth.
http://geothermal.marin.org/
California Energy Commission
Geothermal Program
See how geothermal energy is used in California.
http://www.energy.ca.gov/geothermal/index.html
United States Department of Energy
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network
Geothermal Energy...Power From the Depths
Find out why Earth's crust is a bountiful source of energy.
http://www.eren.doe.gov/erec/factsheets/geothermal.html
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