Science resources

Eli Lilly career and science videos for K-12

Science for Kids - free experiments published by the American Chemical Society

International Year of Chemistry 2011  Includes daily updates with interesting facts about the chemistry of ordinary things

www.sciencenewsforkids.org by the Society for Science and the Public. A youth edition and companion to their publication Science News. You can also find information about the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair as well as the Intel Science Talent Search. 

Earth Science Resources provided by Mark Francek and Kellie DeSchutter (links correct as of December 2011. )

This week’s 10 December 2011 Earth Science Sites of the Week will be different from past mailings. I was blessed with a wonderful student, Kellie DeSchutter, who completed an independent study updating an Alphabetized Earth Science Animations (AESA) list which I had posted years ago.  In revising the document, Kellie focused on animations that pertained to multiple learning modalities (i.e. visual animation with audio description, etc.), contained real world applications, or were interactive, allowing students to manipulate variables. After this, she sorted the animations in accordance with National Standards for Earth Science and 5^th, 6^th, and 7^th grade Michigan Science Grade Level Content Expectations.  Kellie  is a senior student at Central Michigan University with a major in integrated science and minors in mathematics and middle level education.  Kellie will graduate in May 2012 after completing  her student teaching at Clare Middle School in Clare, MI.

Note: Some of these applications require you to download Java or Shockwave/Flash.  Depending on what browser you use (Internet Explorer, Safari, etc.) some links may not work properly.  For instance, if you open a link and it is filled with a page full of symbols, letters, and numbers, copy the link into a new window and hit refresh. 

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Absorption – EM Radiation, Accidental Discoveries – Gamma Ray Bursts, Acid Mine Drainage Remediation 1, Acid Mine Drainage Remediation 2, Acid Rain, Adiabatic – Dry vs. Wet Rates, Adiabatic Processes, Agricultural Runoff – Gulf of New Mexico, Alpine Glacier – Moraine, Antarctica,  Antarctica – Drilling to the Core, Antarctica – Sea Ice, Antarctic Ice Sheet Movement 1, Antarctic Ice Sheet Movement 2, Aphelion, Aquifer – Quality (Robocow), Arch Formation, Arctic Climate Change – Global Warming, Arctic Climate System, Arctic Haze, Arctic Seafloor – Exploration, Arctic Sea Changes, Artesian Aquifer, Astrobiology, Astronomy Theories, Atmosphere Exploration, Atmosphere – Vertical Structure, Atmospheric Layers, Atoll, Atom Builder, Aurora Borealis, Auroras, Avalanche Formation, Avalanche Town
BBalloons and Buoyancy – PHET Interactive, Balloons and Static Electricity – PHET Interactive, Bank Erosion, Baymouth Bar, Beach Profile, Bedload, Bering Ice Bridge, Bioaccumulation, Biogeochemical Cycles (scroll to Chap. 58), Biomes, Birth of a Supernova – Type 1A, Birth of a Supernova – Type 2, Blackbody Radiation, Blackbody Spectrum – PHET Interactive, Black Hole, Black Hole – Interactive, Black Smoker, Body Weight – Planets, Braided Stream, Build and Island 1, Build an Island 2
CCarbon Capture 1, Carbon Capture 2, Carbon Capture and Sequestration, Carbon Cycle, Carbon Sink – Trees, Carbonate Platforms, Caves and Karst, Cave – Features, Cave – Formation 1, Cave – Formation 2, Cave – Life Conditions, Cave – Virtual, Cave Formation – Biogeochemical Cycles, Celestial Sphere 1, Celestial Sphere 2, Celestial Sphere – Sun, Changes in Lake Ice and Snow, Chemical Weathering – Clay Formation, Chicken Waste and Water Pollution, Circulation – Global, Circulation – Global (11.2), Clastic Rocks, Climate and Human Evolution, Climate and Seasons – Effects of Earth’s Position, Climate Change, Climate Change – Adaptation and Mitigation, Climate Change – Africa, Climate Change – Arctic Ecosystem, Climate Change – Atmospheric Particles, Climate Changes – Diatoms, Climate Change – Glacial Clues, Climate Change – Glaciers 1, Climate Change – Glaciers 2, Climate Change – Greenland Ice Sheet, Climate History – Glacial Ice Cores, Climate – Jet Streams, Climate – Land Masses, Climate Models, Climate Zones, Cloud Types 1, Cloud Types 2, Clues From Past Climates, Coal, Coal – Formation, Coal – Mining, Coal – Technology, Coastal Cliffs – Hawaii, Coastal Geologic Processes, Coastal Geological Sediments, Coastal Straightening, Coasts, Cold Front,  Collecting Data – Below Earth’s Surface, Colloid – Soil, Combined Sewer Outflows, Comet Impact – Encounter, Comet Tail, Composite Volcano, Compost Pile, Cone of Depression, Conserving Topsoil, Convective Cloud Systems, Convergent Boundaries – Activities, Contouring – Elevation 1, Contouring – Elevation 2, Contouring – Spacing, Contouring – Valleys, Contouring – Weather, Convection – Mantle, Coriolis – Airplane, Coriolis – Merry-Go-Round, Crossbedding – Formation, Crystallization, Cyclogenesis (13.1)
DDam Removal, Dark Matter, Death Valley – Geology, Deep Ocean Currents (audio), Deep Sea Vents, Deep Time, Deforestation in Bolivia, Deglaciation – North America, Demographic Transition, Demographic Transition – Interactive, Denudation, Delta Loss – Louisiana, Desalinization, Diamond – Exploration, Diamond – Formation, Diamonds – Dating Earth, Diamonds – Inclusions, Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs – Extinction, Dinosaurs – Fossils,Difference Between Weather and Climate, Disappearing Aral Sea, Doppler Effect, Dredge, Dredging, Drill and Blast – Explanation, Drill and Blast – Explosion, Drought, Drought – 12 Week U.S. Pattern, Dune – Formation, Dune – Types 
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Early Mammals, Earthflow – Animation, Earthflow – Live, Earth History – Short 1, Earth History – Short 2, Earthquake – Alaska 1964, Earthquake – Focus, Earthquake – Module, Earthquake – Prediction 1, Earthquake – Prediction 2, Earthquake – Research, Earthquake – Security Camera, Earthquake – Sound, Earthquakes, Earthquakes – Earth History, Earthquakes – Los Angeles, Earthquakes – San Francisco, Earth Structure, Earth System, Earth Systems, Earth Trivia, Eccentricity, Eclipse, Eclipse – Interactive,  Eclipse – Lunar 1, Eclipse – Lunar 2, Ecliptic – Celestial Sphere, Ecosystems – Quiz, Einstein’s Cosmic Speed Limit, Electromagnetic Spectrum, Ellipse, El Nino, El Nino and La Nina, El Nino – Hurricane Formation, Energy – Ecosystem, Energy Sources, Energy Transfer – Cond., Convec., Rad., Energy Use, Environment Cleanup, Equilibrium Line – Glacier, Equinox, Erosion – Farming, Erosion Formed Landscapes, Eutrophication, Evaporation, Exoplanets, Expedition 8 Crew, Exponential Population Growth – Fish
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Faults – Types 1, Faults – Types 2, Faults – Types 3, Fire – Physics, Fission, Flood – Farming and Erosion, Flood – U.S., Flood Plain – Development, Flood Plain – Habitats, Fossils – Dinosaur Bones, Fossils – Falls of Ohio,Fossils – Formation, Fossils – Indiana Sea, Fossils – Types, Fracking, Friction – Flyballs, Frogs – Singing, Fronts, Fuel Cells, Fuel Cells – Car, Fusion, Fusion – Stars
GGalaxy – Collision, Galileo on the Moon, Galileo – Sun-Centered System, Galileo – Sunspots, Galileo’s Discoveries – Jupiter’s Moons, Gamma Ray Burst, Gamma Ray Burst – Interactive, Gamma Ray Burst Theories, Gamma Rays, Gas Laws, Gas Properties – PHET Interactive, Geocentric Model, Geologic History – Rock Cycle, Geologic History – Sedimentation, Geologic Time, Geologic Timescale, Geology, Geospatial Revolution, Geospatial Revolution – Geography, Geospatial Revolution – GIS 1, Geospatial Revolution – GIS 2, Geostationary Orbit, Geostrophic Winds, Geothermal Energy, Geyser Eruption, GIS, Glacial Change – Field Research, Glacier – Advance/Retreat, Glacier – Advance/Retreat Live, Glacier – Calving, Glacier – Crevasses,  Glacier – Module, Glacier – Sea Level Change, Glacier Landforms – Depositional, Glacier Movement – Burren, Glacier Movement – Fastest, Glaciers, Glaciers – PHET Interactive, Global Radiation Balance, Global Rainfall, Global Trends Quiz, Global Warming 1, Global Warming 2, Global Warming – Activities, Global Warming – Carbon Dioxide and Greenhouse Effect, Global Warming – Caribou, Global Warming – Earth’s Albedo, Global Warming – Physics of Greenhouse Effect, Global Warming – Shishmaref, Global Warming – Simulation, Global Warming – Water Supply, GPS 1, GPS 2, Graded Stream, Grand Canyon – Formation, Grand Canyon – Top 2 Rock Layers, Grand Canyon – Youngest Rocks, Grass Bridge, Gravity, Gravity and Orbits – PHET Interactive, Gravity and the Expanding Universe, Gravity – By Planet, Gravity – Moon, Great Lakes – Formation, Great Lakes – Water Supply, Great Red Spot, Green Energy, Greenhouse Effect, Greenhouse Effect – PHET Interactive, Greenland Glaciers,Groundwater, Groundwater – Arsenic, Groundwater – Audio Video, Groundwater – Contamination, Groundwater – Speed, Gulf Stream 
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Hachures, Hail – Formation, Haiti – Eroding Nation, Hanging Valleys, Headward Erosion, Heat Island, Heliocentric Model – Retrograde Motion, Hole in the Ozone, Hot Spot – Hawaii, H-R Diagram – Interactive 1, H-R Diagram – Interactive 2, H-R Diagram – Interactive 3, Hubble Movies, Hubble Space Telescope 1, Hubble Space Telescope 2, Human Impacts on Earth, Hurricane – Aim (Google ‘Hurricane Aim Animation’ and click on the first link),Hurricane – Cross Section (16.3), Hurricane – Development, Hurricane – Formation, Hurricane – History, Hurricane – Module, Hurricane – New Orleans, Hurricane – Predicting,  Hurricane – Satellite, Hurricane – Water Temperature, Hurricane Katrina – Scientist, Hurricane Tracker, Hydrocarbon Traps, Hydroelectric Power, Hydrologic Cycle, Hydrologic Cycle – Interactive, Hydrologic Cycle – Quiz
II Can’t Afford My Gasoline (Humor), Ice Ages – Animals, Ice Ages – Interactive, Ice and Global Warming, Ice Sheet, Ice Shelf/Sheet Simulation, Igneous Rock – Types, If the Ice Melts, Inflatable Moon Habitat, Infrared Absorption (2.11) , Infrared Energy, Infrared Gallery 1, Infrared Gallery 2, Infrared Space Exploration 1, Infrared Space Exploration 2, Inverse Square Law, Ireland – Glaciated Landscape, Island Formation – Hawaii, Isostasy,Isotherms – Gas, Isotherms – World Patterns
J Jack Pine – Pyrophyllic, James Webb Vs. Hubble, Jet Stream (11.9), Jet Stream 1, Jet Stream 2,  Jet Stream 3, Jet Stream – 5 Days, Jupiter – Earth’s Shield
KKatrina – Interactive Timeline, Kepler’s 1^st Law, Kepler's 2^nd Law, Kepler's 3^rd Law, Koppen Classification – Map 
LLandfill Cross – Section, Landslide – Bay Area, Landslide – Columbia, Landslide – Italy, Landslide – Types, Latent Heat, Lava – Hawaii 1, Lava – Hawaii 2, Lava Flows – Hawaii, Lava Flows – Types, Lava Tube – Virtual, Layers of Rock – Grand Canyon, Life Before Oxygen, Lightning 1, Lightning 2, Lightning – Stages (15.23), Liquefaction, Loess, Longitude/Latitude, Losing Permafrost in Alaska
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Magnetic North, Magnetic Reversals, Mammoth Cave, Mantle Plume, Map Projection – Problem, Map Projection – Types, Map Scale, Map – Terrain, Mars 1, Mars 2, Mars 3, Mars 4, Mass Extinction, Mass Wasting, Mass Wasting – Module, Meanders 1, Meanders 2, Melting Permafrost, Metamorphic Rock –Formation, Metamorphic Rock – Rock Cycle, Meteor – Interactive 1, Meteor – Interactive 2, Meteor – Live, Milankovitch Cycle, Mine Explosion – Pike River Mine, Mineral Growth, Mineral Weathering, Minerals, Mining, Mining – Pollution, Mississippi River Delta, Mohs Scale, Molecules and Light – PHET Interactive, Moon, Moon – Exploration, Moon – Far Side View, Moon – Formation, Moon – Phases 1, Moon – Phases 2, Moon – Phases Interactive, Moon – Origin, Moon – Studies, Moon – Synchronous Orbit, Moon – Temperature, Mountain Folding, Mountain Weather 1, Mountain Weather 2, Mountains – Grand Canyon, Mt. St. Helens, Mt. St. Helens – Before and After, Mt. St. Helens Eruption – Cross Section, Mt. St. Helens Eruption – Footage, Mycoremediation, My Solar System – PHET Interactive
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Natural Gas Mining, New Planet, Nisqually Glacier, Nitrogen Cycle 1, Nitrogen Cycle 2, Nitrogen Cycle 3 (Google “Nitrogen Cycle Animation and click on the 2^nd link), Non Point Pollution, North Dakota Badlands – Geology
OObliquity, Observe Clouds, Ocean Conveyor Belt, Ocean Currents 1, Ocean Currents 2, Ocean Currents and Climate, Ocean Currents – Shipwrecks, Ocean Depth – Dissolved Oxygen, Ocean Floor – Zones Drag/Drop, Ocean Hydrography, Ocean Temperatures and Climate, Ocean Warming – Food Web, Ohio River – Formation, Oil and Natural Gas Module, Oil Contamination, Oil Formation, Oil Spill, Oil Spill – Exxon Valdez, Open Pit Mining, Orbital Velocity, Orders of Magnitude, Origins of Life, Origins – Game, Orographic Effect, Oxbow Lake Formation (Google “Oxbow Lake Formation Animation” and click on the second link), Ozone Creation (Troposphere), Ozone Depletion, Ozone Hole, Ozone Layer
PPangaea, Pangaea – Drag/Drop, Pangaea – Interactive, Parallax, Periglacial Ice Wedges, Perihelion, Permeability, Photosynthesis, Photosynthesis – Detailed, Photosynthesis – Drag/Drop, Photovoltaic Cells, pH Scale – PHET Interactive, Physical Weathering – Examples, Plane of Ecliptic – Seasons, Planets, Planets – 3D Maps, Planets – Definition, Planets – Detecting Life, Planets – Magnetic Fields, Planets – Sizes, Plate Identification, Plate Tectonics – Alfred Wegener, Plate Tectonics – Evidence, Plate Tectonics – Game, Plate Tectonics – Hawaii, Plate Tectonics – Interactive, Plate Tectonics – Introduction, Plate Tectonics – Lake Mead, NV, Plate Tectonics – Landscapes, Pluton – Video, Pluton – Visual, Poisoned Waters – Biggest Polluter, Poisoned Waters – Drinking Water, Poisoned Waters – Fight Pollution, Poisoned Waters – Growing Food, Poisoned Waters – Land Use,Poisoned Waters – Save Habitats, Poisoned Waters – Storm Water Runoff, Poisoned Waters – Urban Sprawl, Poisoned Waters – Warning Signals, Pollution – Acid Impacts on Life, Population Pyramid – U.S., Potential/Kinetic Energy, Powers of Ten, Precession, Precipitation, Precipitation – Global, Precipitation Type (8.19), Pressure – Fronts, Pressure – Height, Pyroclastic Flow, Pyroclastic Flow – Japan, Pyroclastic Flow – Origin
RRadiation – Sources, Radio Telescope, Radioactive Dating Game – PHET Interactive, Radioactive Half Life, Rainbows, Rain-Shadow Effect, Rain-Shadow Effect – Sierra Nevada Mountains, Rain Splash Erosion, Recycle City,Recycling Plant, Reflecting Telescope, Refracting Telescope, Refraction, Residence Time, Retrograde Motion, Retrograde Motion 2, Rhine River – Pollution, River – Deposition, River – Sediment Transport, River – Sediment Transport (Detailed), Rivers, Rocks and Minerals, Rocky Coasts, Rover – Anatomy, Runoff – Global, Runoff – Storm Water
S   Safeguarding Alaska’s Waters, Saffir Simpson Scale 1, Saffir Simpson Scale 2, Salt Crystallization, Salt Dissolving, Saltation, Samoa – Island Under Threat, San Andreas Fault, Sandbar Formation, Sandy Coasts, Satellites,Satellites Orbiting Earth, Scale, Sea Breeze, Sea Floor Spreading, Sea Level Change – Antarctic Ice, Sea Surface Temperature, Seasons, Seasons – Cause, Seasons – Earth in Motion, Seasons – Global View, Seasons – Intensity & Declination, Second Law Thermodynamics, Sedimentary Rock Formation, Seeing Stars – Other Universes, Seiche, Seismic Signals - Volcanoes, Seismic Waves – Type, Seismograph 1, Seismograph 2,Seismograph – Interactive, Seismometer – Making, Sewage Treatment, Shadows, Lunar Phases, and Eclipses, Shanty Town Development, Ship Sides, Sidereal Day, Sinkhole, Sinkhole Formation – Subsidence, Snow – Seasonal, Snowball Earth, Soil – Bioturbation, Soil – Composition 1, Soil – Composition 2, Soil – Permeability Test, Soil – Texture, Soil Around the World, Soil Erosion – Rain Gardens, Soil Health, Soil Horizon – Origin, Soil Microbes and Global Warming, Soil Moisture – Global, Soil Orders – Global, Solar Car, Solar Eclipse 1, Solar Eclipse 2, Solar House, Solar Magnetism, Solar Paint Your Roof, Solar Panels For the Home, Solar Power, Solar System – Origin 1, Solar System – Origin 2, Solar System – Origin 3, Solar Wind, Sonar Mapping, Sonic Boom – Flyby, Sound – PHET Interactive, Space Exploration Equipment, Space Exploration Timeline, Space Shuttle Tiles, Space Suits, Spectra, Spiral Galaxies,  Spit Formation, Stack Erosion, Star Distance, States of Matter, States of Matter 2, Stream Restoration, Stream Water Treatment, Storm Sounds, Storm Surge – Katrina, Storm Tracking,  Strike and Dip, Students Protecting the Environment, Succession – Primary, Succession – Primary/Moraine, Succession – Secondary, Sun – Angle & Heating (3.2), Sun – Characteristics, Sun – Declination, Sun – Evolution, Sunrise and Sunset, Supernova – Origin, Surface Area – Weathering
TTectonic Plates and Plate Boundaries, Tectonic Plates, Earthquakes, and Volcanoes, Tectonic Plates Movement – Alaska, Telescope Images, Telescope Technology – Hawaii, Temperature – Global, Thermohaline Circulation,Thunderstorm – Formation, Thunderstorm – Satellite, Thunderstorm – Stages (15.1), Tidal Bore, Tides, Tides – Moon Declination, Titan – Saturn’s Moon, Tornado – Chasing, Tornado – Chasing Footage, Tornado – Cross-Section, Tornado Damage – 1, Tornado Damage 2, Tornado Demo 1, Tornado Demo – 2, Tornado – Formation, Transgression/Regression, T. rex Blood, Tropical Glaciers, Tsunami – Alaska, Tsunami – Anatomy, Tsunami – Detection, Tsunami – Formation, Tsunami – History, Tsunami – Module, Tsunami – Travel, Tsunami Origin – Indonesia, Tunnel – Cumberland
UUnconformities – Types, Underground Mining Methods, Underground Stream Water Treatment, Underwater Hotspots, Universe – History, Universe – Hubble Discoveries, Universe – Origin, Universe – Size, Universe – Studies,Upwelling, Urban Solutions to Water Pollution, Urban Sprawl – China, Urban Sprawl – Phoenix, U.S. Energy Use
VVegetation – Global, Viscosity, Viscosity – Interactive, Visualizing Topography, Volcanism, Volcano – Aftermath of Pinatubo, Volcano – Alaska, Volcano – Anatomy, Volcano – Eruption Forecasting, Volcano – Eruptions and Hazards, Volcano – Features 1, Volcano – Features 2, Volcano – Fountain Eruption, Volcano – Infrared, Volcano – Module 1, Volcano – Module 2, Volcano – Prediction of Pinatubo, Volcanoes
WWarm and Cold Fronts, Warm Front, Warming Trend and Greenhouse Effect, Water, Water – Contaminants, Water – Pollution, Water Conservation – Calculator, Water Conservation – Game, Water Conservation – Denver, CO,Water Conservation – Home, Water Conservation – Israel, Water Conservation – Mexico, Water Cycle 1, Water Cycle 2, Water Cycle 3, Water Cycle 4, Water Cycle – Pesticide Effects, Water Cycle – Solar Still 1, Water Cycle – Solar Still 2, Water Distribution – Global, Water Erosion, Water Filters – Zoom, Water Purification 1, Water Purification 2, Water Purification 3, Water Purification 4, Water Supply – Nitrates, Water Use – Showering, Water Vapor Circulation, Water Vapor Satellite, Waterfall – Formation, Waterfall – Iguazu, Waterfall – Niagara, Watershed, Watershed – California, Watershed – Mississippi, Watershed Associations, Watershed Delineation,Waterspout, Waterspout (15.43), Wave Cut Terrace, Wave Cyclone, Wave Interference – PHET Interactive, Waves on a String – PHET Interactive, Wave Refraction, Waves – Deep Water, Waves – Large, Waves – Shallow Water, Weather 1, Weather 2, Weather Instruments, Weather Patterns – Great Flood of 1993,  Weathering – Minerals, Weathering – Module, Wetlands, Wind Farm, Wind Power
XX-Rays
YYellowstone National Park
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Zenith – Motion

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Mark Francek
Professor of Geography
Dow 285
Central Michigan University
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859
E-Mail: Mark.Francek@cmich.edu
Phone: (989) 774 7617
Fax: (989) 774-2907
Resource Page: http://webs.cmich.edu/resgi

(Note: I have not reviewed these links, so I cannot guarantee their content. Always review any website before using it with your students.  ~Julie O.)