This lithograph introduces the Digital Tectonic Activity Map (DTAM) to the classroom utilizing the map with online activities. The DTAM is a digital atlas of tectonism and volcanism of the last one million years. It is a compilation of field, geophysical, and satellite measurements and is a unique tool for understanding the physiographic nature of the Earth. Full description.

This bookmark on volcanic aerosols provides a Web address for additional information and resources. Full description.

In this episode of the NASA SCI Files-, the tree house detectives are troubled by a strange tremor in the area, and they decide that they need to investigate earthquakes. Join the tree house detectives as they delve into geography, geology, and plate tectonics to discover why they're all shook up. The NASA SCIence Files- series introduces students in grades 3-5 to NASA and integrates mathematics, ... Full description.

Produced by the Challenger Learning Center at Wheeling Jesuit University, Operation Montserrat is based on a real, historical event. The volcano on the normally tranquil island of Montserrat has come to life. As flaming pebbles and lava begin their devastation, emergency response teams learn a hurricane is approaching. Using real-time hurricane and seismic data, teams of student specialists assist ... Full description.

This activity describes the technique of preparing latitude-longitude based data so that it can be imported into a geographic information system (GIS). The chapter describes the steps to create a map to display data and guides users through some basic geographic analyses. The focus of the chapter-s case study is earthquake prediction. Users download and format near real-time and historical earthquake ... Full description.

Featuring more than 150 photographs, maps, and NASA satellite images, this atlas charts and celebrates every aspect of the ocean world, from tiny plankton to massive storm systems that rage across thousands of miles. Experts have contributed essays and sidebars on subjects as diverse as deep-sea archeology, plate tectonics, coral reefs, mapping techniques, and El Nino. Readers also go behind the scenes ... Full description.

Why are the Rocky Mountains so far inland? How do we preserve the changing Amazon rain forest? When will the Sun fling parts of itself towards Earth? The video magazine "Journeys through Earth and Space" follows three NASA research teams tackling these questions with supercomputers. "Journeys" begins with a short introduction that explains what supercomputers do and how scientists tap their power ... Full description.

This Web site contains a collection of information about the magnetic space environment around Earth, developed by a retired space physicist. It includes a Spanish version (MIntro.html) and one in French (incomplete), glossary, timeline, Q&A, a teacher's introduction to the Earth's magnetosphere, teaching about magnetism with classroom demonstrations. and articles on Birth of a Radiation Belt ... Full description.

This web site provides an illustrated, non-mathematical introduction to the magnetism of the Earth, the Sun, the planets and their environments, following a historical thread. It includes Spanish, French, and German translations, guidance to teachers (including a detailed outline for use in planning an earth sciences class), glossary, timeline, answered questions by users and a more technical historical ... Full description.

This Web resource on astronomy, physics and space flight contains approximately 100 main files and was written by a retired scientist, familiar with the field and its history. It is based on algebra and trigonometry (no calculus). The main collection contains four parts, each large enough for an independent course, on (1) Basic astronomy (2) Newtonian mechanics (3) Sun and related physics (4) Spacecraft ... Full description.