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!!!