Interactive+Websites+EH

=__Earth History - Interactive Websites__=

===On this page, please add links to any super interactive websites that you use in your classroom to enhance the kit. Please add your name after your post so that if there are questions, you can be contacted. Use the discussion board to comment on the individual websites. ===

__Websites__
__[|Volcano Facts for Kids]__ Everything from maps of current active volcanoes to how volcanoes are formed to a virtual visit inside a volcano!

__[|School of Earth and Space Exploration]__ Current events in science with lessons!

[|Extreme Geology Challenge]: This site allows students to participate in outdoor "sports" while looking at the topography of a region. You will want them to pay special attention to the text before the game starts otherwise they'll miss the geology tie. (Stacy M. Allen Bolyard)

[|Build A Volcano]: Simulation of volcanic eruptions. You can change the the viscosity of the lava as well as the internal volcanic pressure. (Stacy M. Allen Bolyard)

[|Minerals in Your House]: Kids can click on a common objects in a house to see what minerals comprise them. (Stacy M. Allen Bolyard)

[|Plate Tectonics "Game"] Here kids can find the major parts of the Earth as related to plate tectonics. The goal is to find them as fast as possible. (Eric Flewelling)

[|Geology.Com]: Everything you wanted to know about Pangaea, including maps of continents, plate tectonics, earthquakes, and more.

[|Dig It! The Secrets of Soil] This site, from the National Museum of Natural History, has interactive components and everything you want to know about soils. (Rebecca Lipson)

Prehistoric Time Line: Rise of Life An excellent interactive time line of Earth's history, with a focus on the rise of life, from National Geographic Science. (Bev Sutton)