Cool Science Websites

Volcanoes:

Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO)
http://www.avo.alaska.edu

Cascades Volcano Observatory (CVO)
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO)
http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)- Volcano Hazards Program
http://volcanoes.usgs.gov

VolcanoWorld - designed for kids
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu

Anneberg Volcano page - fun website with nice graphics and interactive features
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/volcanoes/entry.html

USGS Paper Volcano and Other Models - make a 3-D model of a volcano by cutting and pasting
http://interactive2.usgs.gov/learningweb/teachers/paper_models.htm

USGS Teachers Packet on Volcanoes
http://erg.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/teachers-packets/volcanoes/pdf/

Tsunamis:

University of Washington's Tsunami Page
http://www.geophys.washington.edu/tsunami/intro.html

West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center
http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/

Seismology/Earthquakes:

Alaska Earthquake Information Center (AEIC)
http://www.aeic.alaska.edu

Earthquake Information from the USGS
http://quake.wr.usgs.gov

National Earthquake Information Center (NEIC) - general information on earthquakes, plate tectonics, magnitude, and earthquake statistics
http://wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov

NEIC Searchable Earthquake Database
http://wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov/neis/epic/epic.html

The Next Big Earthquake in Alaska May Come Sooner Than You Think - online version of a very good (and out of print) U.S.G.S. booklet
http://www.uaf.edu/seagrant/earthquake
An updated version of this booklet may be downloaded as a pdf-file at:
http://www.aeic.alaska.edu/Seis/html_docs/nextbigeq.html

Earthquake Information and activities for kids - a pretty cool site with fun things to do
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/4kids/

Virtual Earthquake - graphically locate an earthquake and determine its magnitude
http://www.sciencecourseware.com/eec/Earthquake/

Live Seismic Server - a cool website showing near real-time (within 30 min.) records of seismic stations from around the world
http://aslwww.cr.usgs.gov/Seismic_Data/liss.htm

Great Alaskan 1964 Earthquake:

Information from the AEIC
http://www.aeic.alaska.edu/quakes/Alaska_1964_earthquake.html

Information from the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center
http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/64quake.htm

Aurora Borealis:

Gephysical Institute-UAF's page - general information, photographs, aurora forecasts, etc.
http://www.pfrr.alaska.edu/aurora/index.html

Weather:

National Weather Service, Alaska Region - satellite images, forecasts, weather advisories and warnings, etc.
http://www.arh.noaa.gov

National Weather Service - current weather conditions at locales in Alaska
http://www.arh.noaa.gov/obs.php

The Alaska Climate Research Center
http://climate.gi.alaska.edu

Geographic Information:

USGS - Geographic Names Information System - populations of cities, heights of mountains, what USGS map the feature is on etc.
http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic

Distances between two places
http://www.indo.com/distance

Astronomy and Space:

NASA webpage - good site with lots of nice images and things to do
http://www.nasa.gov

Heavens Above - site specific (you can add your latitude and longitude) information with respect to a whole sky star chart and the times, brightness and locations in the sky of satellite passes, space junk, iridium flares etc.
http://www.heavens-above.com/main.asp?lat=64.00&lng=-148.00&loc=Fairbanks&TZ=NAST

The Constellations and their Stars - lots of good information about the constellation and the stars that comprise them
http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/constellations.html

The Astronomy Picture of the Day - usually this site features a beautiful astronomy-relat ed picture with an explanation as to what the image is; links are provided for more detailed information regarding the image and terms which may not be known
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

Miscellaneous:

Learning Web - USGS Educator's Website - information and activities on biology, geology, global change, maps/geography, volcanoes, earthquakes etc., lots of good stuff for teachers.
http://www.usgs.gov/education

USGS Online General Information Publications - this is a very good source of information on a variety of earth science topics from acid rain to volcanoes and many things in between.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/products/books/gip.html

School of Champions - Succeed in Physical Science - good information on various topics in astronomy, chemistry and physics.
http://www.school-for-champions.com/science.htm

Alaska Sealife Center - information about the center and the animals there as well as links to sites having lesson plans etc. for teachers.
http://www.alaskasealife.org/

K-12 Resources and Oceanography - good site with lots of fun stuff
http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=7800

NASA Earth Science webpage for kids - fun site for kids
http://kids.earth.nasa.gov

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