PLATE
TECTONICS:
Earthquake
information
(All)
A good source of earthquake information.
Earthquake
locator
(Alll)
Locate earthquakes!
Volcanoes online
(Year 9) 
A large slow-loading site containing lots of information, but patience
is required to navigate around.
Plate tectonics
(A level) 
Superb essays from the USGS.
Italy's volcanoes
(Year 9)
Useful information on European volcanoes.
Volcano World
(Year 9)
Another large resource requiring patience to use succesfully. Forget the
site's search engine and use the alphabetical listing instead.
Kobe
earthquake resources.
(KS3)
.Montserrat
links
(KS3)
Start Montserrat research here.
Virtual
Earthquake
(KS3)
Locate the position of an earthquake using seismic data.
ENVIRONMENT
and BIOGEOGRAPHY:
Build
a prairie
(All)
Learn about the prairie ecosystem
Prairie
restoration (A level)
Offwell
wetland survey
(A level)
Extremely detailed case study of the hydrosere restoration
at Offwell in Devon
Recovery
after Mt St Helens
(A level)
(Lithosere)
Introduction
to Biogeography
(A level)
This page deals with productivity. Follow the forward and previous buttons
at the bottom of the page for more.
Encyclopedia
of the atmospheric environment (A level)
Thanks to Caroline for pointing out this site. Choose from Homer or Mr
Burns depending on the detail you require. Covers a wide range of weather
and environment topics
What's
in your backyard?
(All)
Interactive mapping using online GIS technology. Do you live on a floodplain?
Where's the nearest toxic waste dump? Find out here (Zoom in to your area
- select an information layer and then refresh the map by clicking on
it.)
Deserts
(Year 8)
Great resource although the reading level is a little high!
Journey through Costa
Rica rainforest
(Year 7)
Simple pictures and text.
Amazon
Interactive
(Year 7)
Interesting site with a good interactive exercise on eco-tourism
Friends of the
Earth
The home page of the environmental
group
AntiEcohype
GCSE / A level
Read essays from Philip Stott, who raises questions about environmental
issues that we take for granted?
Environment activities
(KS3/ GCSE/ A level)
Acid rain etc.
Rainforest Action
Network
(Year 7)
A rainforest resource.
Earth
on fire
Global warming links
Greenpeace
Home page of the pressure
group
Dept.
of Environment
(A level)
Good source of government info.
Biomes
(A level)
An introduction to Biomes for A level
People
and the Planet
(All)
This new site contains interesting summaries of various issues surrounding
population, poverty, health and the environment.
WEATHER & CLIMATE:
BBC
weather centre
(All)
Currently my favourite weather source. The BBC site is also an excellent
source of pictures of the November 2000 floods.
Hurricanes
(All)
This resource is useful during hurricane season.
Severe weather
guide
(All)
Collection of useful links.
Really useful weather page
(All)
More useful weather links
The Met Office
(All)
One of the best designed sites
on the web in my opinion.
El
Nino theme page
A level
Lots of information about El Nino including animations and access to real
time information. Start with the FAQs!
RIVERS:
Mississippi
river flood 1993 case study
(GCSE Alevel)
River
Ribble
(All)
A photo journey from source to mouth.
Lynmouth
Floods
(All)
The best source of information on the web for this event
Virtual
hydrologist
(All)
A challenging interactive exercise.
COASTS:
Magilligan
sand dunes
(A level)
A
brilliant case study for AS level
Satellite
images of Ijsselmeer Netherlands
(GCSE)
Follow
the constrction of polders from space
GLACIATION:
A
great online lecture by Michael J. Pidwirny, Ph.D with super illustrations
can be found at the following links:
Introduction
to glaciation
Glacial
processes
Glacial
landforms
Periglacial
processes
ROCKS
/ HAZARDS
The
Geological Society
(All)
This is a good page from which to start research on rocks.
Limestone
case study
Yorkshire Dales from the BBC. Brilliant images and fun activities
KS3/4
The Earth in our Hands is a series of excellent pdf files from the Geological Society . Several topics including landslides and tsunamis haave been published.
Savage
Earth
(All)
The web site of the TV show
SOILS:
The
Great Dust Bowl
(All)
A good informative site.
Human
impact on soils
(All)
Worth visiting for the great photo on the index page!
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