Earth's Structure
Chapter 1 Introducing Earth
Ch. 1.1 The Earth System
How to Annotate a Photograph for Geography Students (5-min video)
LAB: Earth System (Drawing Local Connections)
Earth's Systems Interact (5-min video)
TED: Feedback Loops in Nature (5-min video)
Constructive Force: Formation of Himalayas Animation (2-min video)
Destructive Force: Formation of Grand Canyon (2-min video)
Ch. 1.2 Earth's Interior
PBS: The Structure of Earth (5-min video)
Lithosphere & Asthenosphere Layers of Mantle (2-min video)
PROJECT
Project: The Earth's Layers Foldable
Video Instructions of Project: The Earth's Layers Foldable (1-min)
Rubric has required information. Rubric is available under Uploaded Files.
Use the two following sites along with your text book for the information .
1) National Geographic Kids: Supplemental Material for Project Information
2) KidsGeo.com: Supplemental Material for Project Information
3) The Inner Structure of Earth (Lithosphere/Asthenosphere/Mesophere at bottom.)
Video Instruction: Earth's Layer Pop-up Card (8-min video)
Activity: Using Play-dough to Create Model of Earth's Layers
Why Does Earth Have a Magnetic Field (3-min video)
Ch. 1.3 Convection and the Mantle
Conduction, Convection, Radiation (4-min video)
Activity: Identify the Manner of Heat Transfer
Heat Transfer Interactive Basketball Game
Convection Currents in the Mantle Simulation (Art in Motion)
Convection Currents in the Mantle (2-min video)
Convection Currents in the Mantle (1-min video)
LAB: Convection Currents
LAB: Hot Chocolate Tectonic Plates Experiment
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Chapter 2 Minerals & Rocks
Ch. 2.1 Minerals
How We Use Minerals Interactive Activities
What Is a Mineral? with Activity (11-min video)
MINERAL INVESTIGATION INTERACTIVE LAB
Mineral Investigations
Mineral Sample Assignment (six minerals per student)
Mineral Investigation Worksheets
Mineral Investigation Final Report (Uploaded Files)
Calcite Formation Easy Interactive CK-12
Ch. 2.2 Classifying Rocks
Classifying Rocks Interactive (2-day computer lab)
Ch. 2.3 Igneous Rock
How Do Igneous Rocks Form Interactive (Use Accompanying Worksheet)
Ch. 2.4 Sedimentary Rock & 2.5 Metamorphic Rock
Rocks Interactive
Ch. 2.6 Rock Cycle
Rock Cycle Interactive
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Chapter 3 Plate Tectonics
Ch. 3.1 Continental Drift
Alfred Wegener's Theory of Continental Drift (2-min video)
Continental Drift: 3.3 Billion Years (5-min video)
Continental Drift Animation
Ch. 3.2 Sea-floor Spreading
Marie Tharpe--Mapping the Ocean Floor
How Sonar Works
Mid-Atlantic Ridge Creation (4-min video)
Sea-Floor Spreading with Bill Nye (4-min video)
Sea-Floor Spreading Animation
Subduction Animation
Subduction Animation (2-min video)
Subduction at the Pacific Rim (1-min video)
Study for Quiz:
1) Use worksheet from when we made the model
2) Sea-Floor Spreading On-line Quiz
3) Sea-floor Spreading Animation: The Cycle
Ch. 3.3 The Theory of Plate Tectonics
Sea-Floor Spreading, Subduction and Plate Tectonics (2 min-video)
Lab: Hot Chocolate Plate Tectonics (4-min video)
Plate Boundaries: Interactive Game
Lab: Graham Cracker Tectonic Plates Boundaries Activity (6-min video)
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Chapter 4 Earthquakes
Ch. 4.1 Forces in Earth's Crust
Forces in Earth's Crust Part 1 (19-min video)
Forces in Earth's Crust Part 2 (8-min video)
Structures & Forces: Compression, Tension and Shearing (2-min animation)
Normal, Reverse, and Strike-Slip Faults with Ms. Meredith (5-min video)
Transform Faults (1-min animation)
Geologic Folds: Anticlines & Sinclines (2-min video)
What Is a Mountain? (Fault-block Mountain) (2-min video)
Colorado Plateau (5-min video)
HOMEWORK: Forces in Earth's Crust: On-line Quiz
Ch. 4.2 Earthquakes & Seismic Waves
Locate Epicenter Interactive
Earthquakes with Ms. Meredith (13-min video)
P & S Waves Described (2-min video)
Animated Propagation of P-, S-, and Surface (Love & Rayleigh) Waves
Student Demonstration & Tutorial of P & S Waves (9-min video)
1989 San Francisco Earthquake (10-min footage)
Seismic Station Network Animation (30-sec video)
Class Project:
Earthquake Interactive: Triangulate to Locate Epicenter
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Chapter 5 Volcanoes
Ch. 5.1 Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics
How Volcanoes Formed (5-min video)
Animations of Island Arc and Hot Spot Volcanoes
Ch. 5.3 Volcanic Landforms
Animated Guide to Volcano Formation
Lava & Ash Landforms
Formation of Caldera: Animation
Formation of Cinder Cone Volcano: Animation
Formation of Composite Volcano: Animation
Formation of Shield Volcano: Animation
Enrichment: Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics
Divergent/Convergent Plate Boundaries Map