Great site for teaching topographic maps

http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/projects/geoweb/participants/dutch/Virtual%20Field%20Trips.HTM

This site belongs to Professor Dutch from U. Wisc. Green Bay. He calls them Virtual field trips. Each one has simplified topo maps of the area AND photographs of the same features. This is very useful in giving students a better idea of what topo maps are.

Grear on line Earth Science Resource

http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/navigation/home.cfm

This site by Holt McDougal provides a wealth of activities, simulations, and resources for Earth Science.

Several web resources for simple machines

Here are a number of sites wirh resources related to the concepts of Work, Energy and Simple Machines. Let me know how you like them:

http://sunshine.chpc.utah.edu/javalabs/java12/machine/act1/lab.htm

http://www.teachengineering.com/index.php

http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/Summer_Training/KaeAvenueES/pulleys.html

pulley activity w/o pulleys

http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/simmach.html

many simple machine links

http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/kids/

http://phet.colorado.edu/index.php

The links came out a bit wonky...just click on the blue http part and they should work!!

Seismology Resource

Another great Earth science resource from Professor Braile at Perdue University. Especially good seismology resources.
http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~braile/

Google Search Shortcuts

Using the Google Search feature can get you some great information quickly. Typing in the word "earthquake" will return the location of several recent earthquakes...recent within minutes... and a link to see the location on a map.

Type in a math equation, and you will get the result.

Type in something like "45 degrees f to c" and you will get the conversion from Fahrenheit to Celsius.

Try "map Paris" or "weather Paris", and there it is.

Oh, the Weather Outside is Frightful.....

In Earth Science I always like to take advantage of current events, no matter where in the curriculum I happen to be......tsunamis and earthquakes wait for no man. In the case of severe weather, as in the coming snowstorm, weather.com is a great resource for watching the storm come and go. So even if you should be, by some chance stuck at home.........let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!!!

National Science Digital Library

http://msteacher.org/science.aspx

Simple Machines

http://aspire.cosmic-ray.org/javalabs/java12/machine/index.htm

Did I give you this one before? This is a site that lets you change the parameters as you test some simple machines. There are lesson plans as well as interactive labs where your students can change the variables and observe how simple machines make work easier.

Learning About Topographic Maps

http://education.usgs.gov/common/lessons/map_mysteries.html

Another example of your tax dollars ar work! This site contains some ideas for both specific and general questions and activities relating to topographic map exercises.

While you are at it, check out other resources at the USGS site.

Resources from Glencoe

As the major supplier of materials for the NYC science spiral curriculum, Glencoe also has a wealth of material on line. Some of it is animated; much of it is visual.
Earth Science
Here is a link to their newest Earth Science Regents level textbook, but you will also be able to find links here to materials from all of the texts that we will now be using.

JetStream - An On Line School For Weather

Again, your tax dollars at work. This site, sponsored by NOAA, is a wealth of resources for teaching about weather.
JetStream

NASA Glenn Center

This is another great example of your tax dollars at work. Aside from videoconferencing opportunities, there are all sorts of animations and other great classroom activities available at this site, named after John Glenn

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/education/index.html