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8th Grade Science: Earth Science

These links will take you out onto the World Wide Web. 
ISD #279 is not responsible for their content. Seek parental or teacher help for guidance.

Astronomy/Constellations Natural Disasters
Mr. Endres Internet Ed venture Space
Science Magazines/Journals Weather Experiments
Geology/Minerals Minnesota
Cryptozoology Other Science Links
Science Projects Maps/Mapping
Volcanoes Dinosaurs
Links Other
General Help-Dictionaries Homework Help
  Lesson Plan Help

 

 

 

 

Astronomy/Constellations

Sky and Telescope Magazine Clear Dark Sky Predictions
"Stars and Constellations" Griffith Observatory's Web Site
Life Cycle of Stars NASA
Sky & Telescope Magazine Pathfinder Image Gallery
Mars Image Gallery Io
Pluto's Surface Earth and Moon Viewer
NASA's Planetary Photojournal Planetary Data Systems
Welcome to the Planets Meteorite Information
NASA's Space Science News Nat'l Space Science Data Center
Amateur Astronomy Planetpals
Quick Planet Facts
Pictures of Planets ScienceNet
Planets weather & weights
Space.about.Com
Info on planets & universe
SpaceRef.com
Build alien worlds & get planet info.
Planetpics.com Absolute Astronomy
Pics of planets, constellations, Nebula & the moon
Astronomy Daily Galaxies Galore
Discovery Channel - Understanding the Universe Your Sky
Interactive Solar System I Planetarium
Solar System Videos Comets
Planet Quest Spacestation Spacewalk
The Satellite Site Space Junk Blaster
Celestia Software Space Simulator Astronomy Pic of the Day
Adler Planetarium The Nine Planets
Map a Planet Planetscapes
Terraserver Bad Astronomy
Hubble Space Telescope Solstice
World of Astronomy StarDate Online

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Natural Disasters

Volcano World Starting Points  
Earthquake Information from the USGS The Great 1906 Earthquake and Fire
Savage Earth - The Restless Planet: Earthquakes Alaska Tsunami 1964
Good Friday Earthquake & Tidal Wave

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Mr. Endres Internet Ed ventures

Galileo Galilei Comparing the Inner Planets
Life on Mars? The Jovian System
  The Galileo Spacecraft

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Science Magazines / Journals

Science Daily Junk Science
Mad Scientist Scientific American
Eurekalert  

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Space

SpaceWeather.com Space.com
Windows to the Universe An Inquirer's Guide to the Universe
National Geographic Solar System EarthSpace.net
   

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Weather Experiments

Earthwatch - Weather on Demand
Science Project Information
Tornado Super Outbreak
Weather Wiz Kids
Web Weather for Kids
More Weather Experiments
Experiments
Weather Experiments to try at Home
Trac for Kids

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Geology/ Minerals

The Mineral Gallery ECB Surf Report
  Volcano World

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Minnesota

Boundary Waters MN Fishing

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Volcanoes

Volcanoes Online

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Maps/Mapping

U.S. Geological Survey education page MapQuest
Topographical Maps Yahoo Maps
Google Maps  

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Cryptozoology

Pibburns Cryptozoology

Virtual Institute of Cryptozoology

"Nessie":   Fact or Fiction

Cryptozoology.com

Nessie on the Net The Shadowlands
Legend of Nessie PBS - The Beast of Lochness
New Loch Ness Mystery Unpublished Stories of Ogopogo
Ogopogo Lake Monster-Canada ogopogo.com
Lake Champlain Monster Paranormal.about.com
Yahoo:  Lake Monsters CryptoMundo

General Sites (links to pretty much every animal)

http://www.pibburns.com/cryptozo

www.cryptozoology.com

www.strangeark.com

http://cryptozoo.monstrous.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptozoology

www.ncf.carleton.ca/~bz050/HomePage.cryptoz .

http://kodos86.tripod.com

www.skepdic.com/crypto.html

Nessie

www.nessie.co.uk

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/lesj/ness.htm

www.lochness-centre.com

unmuseum.mus.pa.us/lochness.htm

skepdic.com/nessie.html

Bigfoot

http://www.rfthomas.clara.net/bigfoot.html

www.triplicate.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=1178

www.oregonbigfoot.com

www.rense.com/ufo3/bigfootinbc.htm

Ogopogo and sea monsters

www.sunnyokanagan.com/ogopogo

www.mysteries-megasite.com/main/bigsearch/ogopogo.html

www.vtours.com/kelowna/ogopogo.htm

www.ogopogo.org

www.members.axion.net/~a1b00267/ultranet/Ogopogo.htm

Chupacabra

http://www.elchupacabra.com/

http://www.mysteries-megasite.com/main/bigsearch/chupa-1.html

www.skepdic.com/chupa.html

www.mysticaluniverse.com/mystical_creatures/chupacabra/chupacabra.html

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chupacabra

www.oftm.com/chupa.html

Mokele-mbembe

http://www.mokelembembe.com/

www.science-frontiers.com/sf033/sf033p13.htm

skepdic.com/mokele.html

www.cryptozoology.com/cryptids/mokele.php

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mokele_mbembe

www.fortunecity.com/roswell/siren/552/af_mokele.html

Jersey Devil

theshadowlands.net/jd.htm

www.strangemag.com/jerseydevil1.html

http://www.members.global2000.net/~starwiz/jerseyDevil/info/24.html

home.adelphia.net/~leuter

www.the-jersey-devil.com/devilstory.html

Those are the best Internet sites for the main animals,
and there are plenty more and many more in the library.

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Dinosaurs

Google - type dinosaurs name

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Science Projects

Science Made Simple howstuffworks
4kids.com scienceproject.com
coolexperiments.com wikipedia.org
weatherwizkids.com stevespanglerscience.com
all-science-fair-projects.com Super Science Fair Projects

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Links

Geology Time Machine Kepler's Laws Animation
The Nine Planets Igneous Rocks
Mineral Gallery Sedimentary and Metamorphic Rocks 2
  Rock Quiz

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Other

Digital Library of Earth Systems Education
The Exploratorium Great Science Links
Raptor Center  
Dictionary of Units of Measurement Earth Trends Environmental Portal
Exploratorium Your Gross & Cool Body
MSI Chicago Natural History Museum
Institute and Museum of the History of Science
Decimal Birthday
The History Channel
The War of the Worlds
The Time Machine

General Help-Dictionaries

The Free Dictionary

Merriam-Webster OnLine

 

Homework Help

Kid Info

Encarta Homework Help

National Geographic Kids

Howtoons Instructables

 

Lesson Plan Help

 

 

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updated July 13, 2011


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