Science Online

Atmosphere

Auroras: These explanations of aurora cultural and historical legends, geographical viewing maps, and awe inspiring images may be viewed in English, Spanish, or Chinese. http://gedds.pfrr.alaska.edu/aurora/

NOAA: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association http://www.noaa/

Online Meteorology Guide: An extensive study of weather. http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/home.rxml

Skydive from the Stratosphere (Shockwave) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/escape/skywave.html

The Weather unit/ cross disciplinary http://faldo.atmos.uiuc.edu/w_unit/IMAGES/emily.withsubs.gif

Weather Unit Lessons http://faldo.atmos.uiuc.edu/w_unit/Science.html

Cosmology

Virtual Universe: Add celestial objects and observe the resulting changes in aging and gravitation within the universe. http://library.thinkquest.org/12523/labmain.html

The Hot Big Bang Model: Presented in detail and includes shortcomings of the standard cosmology. http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/gr/public/bb_home.html

Structure and Evolution of the Universe: News, images, videos and presentations from NASA. http://universe.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Frequently Asked Questions in Cosmology: Along with an in-depth tutorial, you'll find the answers to just about any cosmological question. Every answer contains links for you to explore for detailed material. If you don't find your question listed use http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/b4u-write.html to email in your specific question. At the bottom of the home page is a link to contact your state congressman regarding support for space research and exploration. The home page is http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/cosmology_faq.html

Black Holes and Neutron Stars: An introduction http://www.eclipse.net/~cmmiller/BH/blkmain.html

Black Holes http://library.thinkquest.org/12676/index.htm

Guide to Black Holes http://www.phy.syr.edu/courses/PHY312.98Spring/projects/jebornak/

Black Holes Images and Info http://arise.jpl.nasa.gov/arise/infocenter/info-center.html

The Naked Singularity: A Black Hole site designed by advanced H. S. Physics students that is more informative and exciting than most of the "professional" sites. http://www.rdrop.com/users/green/school/index.htm

A Closer Look at Black Holes: Click on e=mc2 at the bottom of the first page. http://library.advanced.org/12523/labmain.html

Massive Black Hole site: Includes three fascinating quiz games. The games must be downloaded to your computer before playing. http://library.advanced.org/10148/mainmenu.html

Terrific Black Hole Video for viewing online http://universe.gsfc.nasa.gov/videos/bhjourney.html

Newton vs. Einstein: Black Hole simulations http://www.photon.at/~werner/bh/index.html

How to Feed a Black Hole: Hubble images and animations http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/pr/1998/14/index.html

Dark Matter: The Berkeley Physics department delivers  both a valuable introduction, and more complex material, on the nature and importance of dark matter. A huge number of quality links are also provided. http://cfpa.berkeley.edu/darkmat/dm.html

Environmental

The Endangered Earth: An online environmental magazine with intelligence, grit, and a gorgeous web design. Locate organizations devoted to saving particular life forms, keep up on global news, contribute to a fund, and be sure to check out the multi-media presentation on the featured endangered animal. http://www.endangeredearth.com/

An Inconvenient Truth: Al Gore's book upon which the movie is based, brings together research from top scientists, photographs, charts, and personal anecdotes /observations documenting the pace and scope of global warming. He presents, with alarming clarity and conclusiveness—that the fact of global warming is not in question and that its consequences for the world we live in will be disastrous if left unchecked.

Wetlands: An in depth interactive shockwave investigation using real life case studies. Learn what wetlands are, where they're located, and environmental concerns from a global perspective. Conclude your investigation with a wetlands interactive game. http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/landmarks/adsl/standard/wetlands/index.html

Earthweek: A weekly environmental news diary of the planet. News you don't normally hear about.  http://www.earthweek.com/

Endangered Species News: Global reports on species currently endangered or near the endangered status. Involve yourself in one of the many listed conservation groups that focus on a particular species. Make a difference in the world. http://www.endangeredearth.com/esnews.htm

Endangered Species TV: Audio-video shows of featured endangered animals. You must have a minimum of a 56K modem to view the videos. If you have cable or DSL it's like watching regular television. http://endangeredtv.com/

Oceans

Climate change and Oceanography http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/cld/cldtyp/home.rxml

Global Carbon Cycle Program (GCC)    http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/co2/co2-home.html

NOVA Ocean Adventure (adobe reader) http://hyperion.advanced.org/18828/

Aquarius: Underwater web site http://www.uncwil.edu/nurc/aquarius/

Submersibles http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/geology/methods.html#anchor1108988

Deep Sea Vents http://www.amnh.org/expeditions/blacksmokers/

Hydrothermal Vent Chemistry  http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/chemocean.html

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) http://www.oar.noaa.gov/

Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/

Ocean Buoy Data: collected and transformed into computer visualizations. http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/visualization/

Sea Beam Echo Sounders http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/geology/methods.html#anchor1105040

Towed seafloor Camera Systems http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/geology/methods.html#anchor1107683

Sea Floor Study Instruments http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/geology/methods.html#anchor1110417

Sea floor Volcanic Activity http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/geophysics/vsm.html

Tsunami real time reporting system http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tsunami/sat_buoy.html

Rocks & Minerals

Britain's Rocky Past: Examine rocks and fossils in an interactive global exploration of plate tectonics. http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/rocks/flash/indextime.html Then go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/rocks/flash/indexfull.html to view a terrific animation of the earth's crust history, from the Big bang to the present.

Walking with Dinosaurs: Shockwave animated games and quizzes. "The site" for dino lovers of all ages. http://www.bbc.co.uk/dinosaurs/games/index.shtml

Seismology

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

Surface Features of the Earth: Mid-ocean spreading, subduction, island arcs, faulting, plate tectonics, The Ring of Fire, volcanoes and earthquakes are all here in beautiful technicolor graphics with animation. Also includes photos and discussions of possible plate tectonic activity on other planets within our solar system. Beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels. http://www.windows.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/redirect.cgi/earth/interior/e_global_geography.html

Interactive globe spotter: Use Shockwave animation to learn locations around the globe. http://clevermedia.com/arcade/globe.htmlwww.cartica.com

ABC’s of Plate Tectonics http://www.home.earthlink.net/~dlblanc/tectonic/ptbasics.html

Plate tectonics: an interactive activity http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics/#

Tectonic Plate Motion: NASA http://cddisa.gsfc.nasa.gov/926/slrtecto.html

Plate Boundaries: interactive  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics/divergent.html

The Hot Zones animation http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/animations/hellscrust/index.html

Satellite Laser Ranging Technology http://ranier.hq.nasa.gov/Sensors_page/Laser/SLR.html

What’s Shakin: An introduction to tectonics, seismographs, and the Richter scale http://www.thetech.org/exhibits_events/online/quakes/intro/

The ABC’s of Earthquakes http://www.scecdc.scec.org/measureeq2.html

Understanding Earthquakes http://www.crustal.ucsb.edu/ics/understanding/

Earthquake Report: An in depth look at predictions, regions, and more. http://www.newscientist.com/nsplus/insight/quakes/quakes.html

Global Earthquakes Report: Interactive. Print a world map and take daily records of earthquakes around the world. http://www.athena.ivv.nasa.gov/curric/land/dailylog/dailylog.html

National Earthquake Information Center (NEIC): Current Seismic Activity: United States-all regions and states available. Terrific mapping with keys for magnitude and depth. http://wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov/neis/current/usa.html

Pacific Northwest Earthquake Info: UW division-University of Washington Seismology and Earthquake http://www.geophys.washington.edu/SEIS/PNSN/  

Cascade Earthquake Workforce: Prepping  the region for survival when the big one hits. http://www.crew.org/

Michigan Institute of Technology Global Seismology Laboratory http://www.geology.sdsu.edu

Earthquake animation http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/animations/earthquakes/index.html

Virtual Earthquake on determining epicenters with Instructor information http://vcourseware1.calstatela.edu/VirtualEarthquake/VQuakeIntro.html

Tsunami: an interactive exploration http://www.geophys.washington.edu/tsunami/

Volcano Virtual Field Trips http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/kids/vrtrips.html

Volcano Simulation Modules: Four activities challenge problem solving skills. Includes#1 Whether to build a new school in the shadow of Mt. Rainer, #2 prospects for residents of Kilauea, #3 Portland preparations for Mt. Hood activity, and possible eruptions in Yellowstone. http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/volcanoes/volcano.html

Volcano Facts: http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/vw_exchange.html

Types of Volcanoes http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/volcano_types/index.html

Volcanic Mineral Deposits http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/minerals/

Volcanic Gases http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/Gases/

Effects of Volcanic Gases http://magic.geol.ucsb.edu/~fisher/gas.htm

Benefits Of Volcanoes http://magic.geol.ucsb.edu/~fisher/benefits.htm

Hazards of Volcanoes http://magic.geol.ucsb.edu/~fisher/hazards.htm

Pyroclastic Flows http://magic.geol.ucsb.edu/~fisher/pfs.htm

Volcano Slideshow http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/EOSslides/francis_slides.html

Images of volcanoes http://www.volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/volc_images.html

Web Visual Database for Volcanoes http://www.dartmouth.edu/~volcano/EvE.html

Volcano Eruption Prediction Research http://www.goodnet.com/~ej76707/

Michigan Technological University Volcanoes Homepage  http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/

US Geological Survey Volcano Hazards Program: Includes warning signs and emergency planning. The educator's page contains links to online versions of books on vulcanism. http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/

 NASA Volcanology Team http://eos.pgd.hawaii.edu/

Cascade Volcanoes http://www.geophys.washington.edu/SEIS/PNSN/INFO_GENERAL/volcanoes.html

Cascades Volcano Observatory http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/

Mt. St. Helen's Blast Zone Recovery http://inspire.ospi.wednet.edu:8001/curric/land/sthelen/index.html

Majestic Menace Mount Rainer http://mt.rainier.tribnet.com/

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory http://wwwhvo.wr.usgs.gov/

Italy's Volcanoes http://www.geo.mtu.edu/~boris/STROMBOLI.html

Deadly Shadow of Vesuvius            http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vesuvius/

Building Volcano Models: 12 options at the last count. http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_models/models.html

Volcano classroom lessons: 12 at the last count. http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/lesson.html

Volcano World Online lessons http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/Online/index.html#topics