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Earth's Systems

Mountain Maker, Earth Shaker simulation	Structure of the Earth (NASA)
Earth’s Plates	Earth’s Layers Interactive
Plate tectonics history	Dynamic Earth's Layers
Plate Tectonics	Info about Layers with quiz
Plate tectonics map	Kid's Geo, how do we know?
Layers of the Earth animation	Plate tectonics animation

Volcanoes	Earthquakes
US Volcanoes and Activity Level	All about Earthquakes
Volcanoes (With lots of pictures)	Volcano/Earthquake Webquest
Volcano Virtual Field Trip (with lots of fun facts)	Savage Earth Animations (Volcanoes, tsunamis, earthquakes)
Pompeii: a visit to Vesuvius	Make a quake
Learner.org Volcano Interactive	Measuring Earthquakes
The mighty Volcano Virtual Field Trip

Rocks, Fossils, & the Rock Cycle

Rock Cycle Animation	Mineral Animation
Weathering and Erosion Gallery	Name that Rock
Wear and Tear game	Does it float? Rock Lab
Metamorphic Rock formation	Information on Erosion and Weathering
Igneous Rock animations	Metamorphic Rock animation
Sedimentary Rock animation
Shape it up, interactive earth changing activity	What are Igneous Rocks?
Interactive science tutor: weathering and erosion	Student Center with Homework help and self-checks
Fossil Games	Who am I? rock game
Rock Cycle Review Game	Fossil Learning Zone and games

Fossils Webquest Part 1	Fossils Webquest Part 3
Fossils Webquest Part 2	Mining Virtual Field Trip
Erosion Virtual Field Trip	American Museum of Natural History--fossils

Virtual Fieldtrip (Landforms & Changing Earth)
Cave Exploration	Landforms
Good Earth Graphics (Caves, Mountains, Coastal, deserts)	More Landforms, by type
Antelope State Park geology	Surface of the Earth
Logan Canyon pictures (can view in different seasons)	The greatest places on Earth
Grand Canyon Explorer	Carlsbad Caverns
Geology of the Smith River	Bering Land bridge video
Landforms of Mojave National Preserve	Map of caves in the US
The Virtual Cave	Underearth Images
Erosion and Weathering photo gallery	List of numerous geology virtual fieldtrips(if you find an awesome one, let me know and I’ll add it to the list!)

Glaciers Animations	Weathering animation
All about glaciers	Costal erosion animation
Erosion and landslide animation	continental vs valley glaciers
Yellowstone webcam (Geyser)

Earth's Resources

Renewable Energy Sources	Environmental Footprint Calculator
water.org	Environmental Health
Clean Water project	The Story of Stuff
Playpumps	US EPA Earth Day Site
Earth Day Everyday Ideas/Solutions	Sustainable Footprint
Ollie's World	AMNH Ology on Climate Change
	AMNH ology on Water

The Water Cycle
Round & Round it goes	Water Cycle Interactive
My life as a drip	Information, USGS
Summary of the Hydrological Cycle	Kidzone Water Cycle
Drippy the raindrop	Cloud formation

VR Weathering/Erosion

Amazing Earth VR Video

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https://goo.gl/ubhNoo

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https://goo.gl/LR0Rjp

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https://goo.gl/nb8Ubt

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https://goo.gl/DJrgQr

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https://goo.gl/JkxNNA

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https://goo.gl/Vv0Hyb

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https://goo.gl/9UIfKE

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https://goo.gl/T9xQIJ

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https://goo.gl/3pzUla

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https://goo.gl/YKYKCK

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https://goo.gl/NDglJw

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