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Science explorations and experiments to enlighten your students. Learn about geology, earthquakes, volcanoes, weather, the atmosphere and rocks and minerals.
Earthquakes
Learn all about earthquakes. Links and resources to help you understand earthquakes, how they occur, how they are measured, and how to prepare for one.
Earthquake Printables
Learn all about earthquakes with these printable worksheets and activity pages and make sure your family is ready.
Exploring Caves
Links to learn about and explore many different types of caves, take virtual tours, and have some fun with the activities.
Art School Online
Learn to draw Desert Animals, Rainforest Animals, Ocean Animals, and Grassland Animals.
Biomes of the World
Learn about the biomes of the world: rainforests, tundra, taigas, deserts, temperate and grasslands.
Earth Science for Kids
Earth Science isn't just for grownups anymore! See how they make Earth science fun for kids of all ages.
Earth Viewer
Earth Viewer was written primarily for elementary school students. It shows the daytime and nighttime portions of the Earth for any day of the year.
EarthScience
ScienceMaster is the place to learn about the universe, or space, find information on volcanos, and global warming, explore plants, animals or DNA, and study physics or chemistry.
Eddy the Eco-Dog
Explore Planet Chachachwowa with Eddy the Eco-Dog.
Eco-Adventure Tour
Learn all about wild animals that live in Ontario, Canada. Can you find all the animals? Read about them, take the quiz and receive a certificate!
Freshwater Ecosystems
You'll find a wide variety of animal life in or around fresh water ecosystems: aquatic birds, amphiphians, mammals and of course, a wide variety of fish.
Geo Mysteries
Help Rex solve these mysteries about rocks, fossils and minerals!
KITEcast
Learn why wind causes kites to fly and fall. Detailed instructions to help you catch the wind and fly your kite.
Marine Ecosystems
Come discover marine creatures from the tiny zooxanthellae that make the coral reefs home to the giant mammals of the vast seas! You'll find out how tiny ocean plants like plankton provide food for mammals as large as whales and huge ocean plants like the giant kelp are used in some of our food products.
Meteorology
The Online Meteorology Guide is a collection of web-based instructional modules that use multimedia technology and the dynamic capabilities of the web.
Mysterious Journey: Rainforest-Desert-Grassland
The thinkquest site explores three biomes - rain forests, deserts, and grasslands. Go on the Treasure Hunt to explore the site.
Planetpals
Let Earthman and the Planetpals teach you about the planet and everything in it.
Rocks for Kids
This site is for kids of all ages who love rocks. Here you will find out stuff about rocks & minerals and where to go to find out more.
This Dynamic Earth
The online edition of The Story of Plate Tectonics from the USGS.
Understanding Our Planet Through Chemistry
This U.S.Geological Survey site shows how chemists and geologists use analytical chemistry to: determine the age of the Earth; show an extraterrestrial body collided with the Earth; predict volcanic eruptions; observe atmospheric change over millions of years; and document damage by acid rain and pollution of the Earth's surface.
Who is Sue?
Sue is the largest, most complete, and best preserved Tyrannosaurus rex. She was discovered by fossil hunter Sue Hendrickson in 1990, in the badlands of South Dakota.

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