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More Cool Stuff
Teachers, check out the
Plate Tectonics teacher's guide.
There are several sites on the Web from NASA's
Learning Technologies
Project (LTP) that offer information about volcanoes and
plate tectonics.
- VolcanoWorld
is an excellent reference for learning and teaching about
volcanoes and volcanology. The site provides an excellent student and teacher guide
concerning plate tectonics and volcano information.
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http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/atg.html
- Exploring the Environment (ETE)
features interdisciplinary modules that use satellite imagery as a tool,
problem-based learning as methodology, and the World Wide Web as a means
of delivery.
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http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/volcanoes/volcano.html
- Athena offers curriculum and resource
materials using geophysical and other data sets acquired over the Internet.
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http://www.athena.ivv.nasa.gov/curric/land/index.html
- Virtually Hawaii
is a Web site that offers, via the Internet, virtual tours of Kauai,
Oahu, Molokai, Maui, and the Big Island (including a virtual field trip
of the Kilauea volcano).
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http://hawaii.ivv.nasa.gov/space/hawaii/vfts/kilauea/kilauea.vfts.html
For more information on earthquakes and volcanoes, check out
the following sites.
- For information on "hot spots," plates, seafloor spreading, and
the "Ring of Fire," check out the USGS/Cascades Volcano Observatory
in Vancouver, Washington.
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http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Glossary/PlateTectonics/
- For earthquake information, check out the
US Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center.
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http://wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov/neis/general/handouts/rift_man.html
To learn more about radio astronomy and how it is used to study the
Earth, check out the two sites below.
- The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO).
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http://info.aoc.nrao.edu/
- Crustal Dynamics Data Information System (CDDIS).
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http://cddisa.gsfc.nasa.gov/cddis_welcome.html
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