Alexandra K's List: Science Earth History

This website from BBC looks at prehistoric life and fossils. The website does a great job explaining the different types of fossils and how fossils are formed. It also discusses fossil folklore and fossil hunting.

This website from National Geographic includes a brief article explaining erosion and weathering of the earth's surface.

The Royal Ontario Museum website includes short articles for students which describe how fossils are formed, who collects them, and how fossils are classified.

BBC's GCSE Bitesize includes visuals and text explaining the cause of earthquakes

This website from the American Natural History Museum includes an interactive tectonic plate activity and a place where students can ask an earth scientist, Ed Mathez, questions about earth history and earth science.

Numerous articles, animations, and photos of earthquakes for kids. Information is presented by the US Geology Survey. It includes tons of information on the latest quakes and includes "ask a geologist".

This website from the Smithsonian Nation Museum of Natural History discusses the Ring of Fire, tectonic plates, and the japan earth quake. It also includes a video and space for comments. This website is good for the upper grades.

Here is a list of science articles for children about earth quakes presented by Science News for Kids.

This is a search engine where you type in one word and get up to date information on the topic. This website allows students to enter the name of a specific volcano for updated information. If you type in the word "earthquake" you can then narrow your search to see the location of recent earthquakes and their magnitude.

This website from BBC's Bitesize includes diagrams with text and volcano vocbulary. This is good for helping students understand basic volcano vocabulary.

This website from Annenberg Media Exhibits on Learner.org discusses how scientists go about predicting volcanoes.

National Geographic has interactive videos with text on different forces of nature such as earthquakes and volcanoes.

This podcast from PBS Kids has kids teaching other kids about science topics. In includes an episode on earthquakes and another on volcanoes.

Podcast on Tornadoes and Volcanoes