AAA---URLs-Earth Sciences

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American Geological Institute -- Education Dept. http://www.agiweb.org/education/ -- Project CUES - Constructing Understandings of Earth Systems -- http://www.agiweb.org/education/cues/index.html

American Geophysical Union (AGU) http://www.agu.org/homepage.html -- Nov. 30, 2001 -- AGI got a $1.7 million NSF grant to develop an inquiry-based Earth science textbook for middle-school students over the next three years. The new curriculum-development effort, Project CUES (Constructing Understandings of Earth Systems), will be based upon the modular Investigating Earth Systems program recently released by AGI. CUES will feature more than 50 "profiles in Earth system science." These inquiry narratives will be written by scientists about the fundamental questions they are exploring and the ways they use Earth science to tackle issues that confront society. In addition, CUES will feature 40 guided inquiry investigations, extended student-driven research projects on local issues, as well as four videos that provide additional profiles of Earth scientists at work. CUES is planned to be available commercially for the 2005-2006 school year by It's About Time Publishing of Armonk, NY. For more information, visit the AGI web site, http://www.agiweb.org/education, or contact Dr. Michael J. Smith, AGI Education Director, at msmith@agiweb.org.

Astronomy Teacher Resources K-12 http://education.jpl.nasa.gov/educators/index.html

Center for International Earth Science Information Network http://www.ciesin.org CIESIN is the World Data Center A (WDC-A) for Human Interactions in the Environment.

Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) monitoring -- Los Alamos National Lab Earth and Environmental Sciences Division http://ees-www.lanl.gov/ -- CTBT Home Page http://www.clw.org/pub/clw/coalition/ctbindex.htm

Earth Balloon http://www.earthballoon.com/

Earth Photos (for geography--not satellite) http://GeoImages.Berkeley.EDU/

Earth system science and global change resources: http://www.usra.edu/esse/ESSE.html

  • ABAG Earthquake Maps and Mitigation Techniques http://www.abag.ca.gov Click on "Earthquakes"
  • Earthquake Fact Sheets from USGS http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/QUAKES/FactSheets/
  • Earthquake Hazards and Preparedness -- http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/hazprep/index.html
  • Earthquake Info & Classroom Activities http://info.er.usgs.gov/education/index.html
  • USGS Earthquake Information http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/
  • Earthquake Seismic Info http://www.geophys.washington.edu/seismosurfing.html
  • Major quake likely to strike between 2000 and 2030 http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/fact-sheet/fs152-99/
  • National Strong-Motion Program (USGS) -- http://nsmp.wr.usgs.gov/ -- for recording each damaging earthquake in the United States on the ground and in man-made structures in densely urbanized areas to improve public earthquake safety -- maintains a national cooperative instrumentation network, a national data center, ....
  • No. California Earthquake Data Center http://quake.geo.berkeley.edu
  • Progress Toward a safer Future since the 1989 Loma Prieta -- http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/fact-sheet/fs151-99/
  • Seismic Hazards Mapping Program http://gmw.consrv.ca.gov/shmp/ -- Click on "Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assessment Maps" under "Quick Hits"
  • Southern California Earthquake Center -- Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country" -- http://www.scecdc.scec.org/eqcountry.html -- handbook released to Southern Californians in October of 1995.

    Geology--Ask-A-Geologist http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/ask-a-geologist/

    GEOLOGY--National Geophysical Data Center http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov or email: info@ngdc.noaa.gov --telephone numbers are available also for marine geology and geophysics data, paleoclimate data, solar-terrestrial physics data, and solid earth geophysics data resources include geophysical publications and maps in general; Earth Systems Data CD-ROMs; slide sets covering Tsunamis, earthquake damage, volcanos, sunspots, auroras

    Glaciology (snow and ice--the world data center): http://nsidc.colorado.edu or email: nsidc@kyros.colorado.edu

    Global Change Research Information Office: http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov information resource for queries on global change--email: help@gcrio.org

    Hurricane Center -- National http://www.nhc.noaa.gov

    Hurricane Storm Science http://www.miamisci.org/hurricane

    Map -- This Dynamic Planet -- shows the Earth's physiographic features, current movements of tectonic plates, locations of volcanoes, earthquakes, and impact craters. published in 1994. http://pubs.usgs.gov/pdf/planet.html

    NOAA's Satellite Active Archive: http://www.saa.noaa.gov/

    Oceanic Data Center -- National http://www.nodc.noaa.gov

    Oceanography http://www-ccs.ucsd.edu/src_oceanography.html

    Oceanography http://www.mbari.org

    Oceanography WWW Virtual Library http://www.mth.uea.ac.uk/ocean/oceanography.html

    Oceanography/geology class software: http://oceanography.geol.ucsb.edu

    Oceans Online --for list of Listservs email Oceans@vbs.com and in the subject line type INDEX

    Smithsonian "Ocean Planet" http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/ocean_planet.html

    USGS

    Volcanoes -- http://volcano.und.nodak.edu -- Mt. St. Helens http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/msh/msh.html

    WEATHER