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- Aliens Explore Earth - An ecology database for young teens using a science fiction theme. Includes more than 600 article on ecology, Eastern North American mammals, and pond life.
www.alienexplorer.com/ecology/Ecology.html
- Amazing Earth Games - Three online educational games from Discovery Online.
www.discovery.com/stories/nature/games/games.html
- Ask An Earth Scientist - Experts at the University of Hawaii answer questions related to earth science.
www.soest.hawaii.edu/GG/ASK/askanerd.html
- BLM NSTC Soil Biological Communities for Kids - Learn all about soil and the things that live in it.
www.blm.gov/nstc/soil/Kids/index.html
- Coriolis Effect Interactive Game - Demonstrates the apparent acceleration of objects on or near the rotating Earth.
www.eoascientific.com/interactive/the_coriolis_effect/the_coriolis_effect.html
- Earth Like a Puzzle - Explores plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, and the way they shape the earth.
www.sio.ucsd.edu/voyager/earth_puzzle
- For Kids Only - Earth Science Enterprise - Learn about NASA earth science projects related to air, thunderstorms, the earth's crust, tropical rainfall, and water. Sponsored by NASA's Earth Science Enterprise.
kids.earth.nasa.gov
- Murder Under the Microscope - An on-line project by Heatley Secondary College's Year 8 laptop class about soil salinity in Wellington, New South Wales, Australia.
www.heatleyshs.qld.edu.au/murder/default.htm
- Natural Resources of Canada - Offers satellite images, make a map, minerals and metals, ask the experts and information on the polar continental shelf.
www.nrcan.gc.ca/communications/nrcat-rnchat/index_e.html
- Science with NOAA Research - Provides in-depth information about storms, atmosphere, fisheries, the Great Lakes, oceans, and El Nino. Material written expecially for middle school students.
www.oar.noaa.gov/k12
- Why Is the Sky Blue? - Kids may submit an answer, and then the answer is revealed.
www.why-is-the-sky-blue.info
- Why the Sky is Blue? - Answers questions such as why the sky is blue and why sunsets are red. Includes quizzes to test understanding of the explanations provided.
www.why-is-the-sky-blue.org
- World Records in Earth Science - Where on earth can you find the highest mountain, the greatest river, the thickest ice? Get the answers from Extreme Science.
extremescience.com/earthsciport.htm
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