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Weblinks for REAL Science Odyssey: Earth & Environment Level 1


General website suggestion, great site.  At no cost to you, it catalogues and offers links to videos by topic and grade: http://watchknowlearn.org 

What is Earth Science?

Everything Earth: https://www.rocksforkids.com/RFK/howrocks.html

Ask a geologist: https://answers.usgs.gov

Geologic Timeline 

Information about the timescale divisions and what events were happening during each division: https://www.fossils-facts-and-finds.com/geologic-time.html

A great resource for information about the geologic timescale and evolution: https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/help/timeform.php More information about plate tectonics: http://www.geography4kids.com/files/earth_tectonics.html

Plate techtonics introduction: https://wgvu.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/ess05.sci.ess.earthsys.plateintro/plate-tectonics-an-introduction/?%23.WqVq-maZM60Convergent=

Onvergent, divergent, and transform boundaries: https://wgvu.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/ess05.sci.ess.earthsys.shake/mountain-maker-earth-shaker/?%23.WqVrK2aZM60=

Cross section of the Earth: https://www.natgeokids.com/au/discover/geography/physical-geography/structure-of-the-earth/

Rocks and the Rock Cycle

Diagram of the rock cycle: https://scied.ucar.edu/image/rock-cycle

Soil

Solve a soil mystery: https://web.extension.illinois.edu/gpe/case2/case2.html

The Soil Science Society of America has a nice site for students and teachers: https://www.soils4kids.org/home

Water

introduction: http://www.geography4kids.com/files/water_intro.html

Where does rain come from? https://mocomi.com/where-does-rain-come-from/

Convection current videos: https://healthresearchfunding.org/convection-currents-definition-for-kids/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mUU69ParFM

Crash Course Kids, hydrosphere and atmosphere: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXh_7wbnS3A

Makeup and layers of the atmosphere: https://scied.ucar.edu/atmosphere-layers

Weather

Site all about weather: http://www.weatherwizkids.com

The Young Meteorologist Program: http://youngmeteorologist.org

 

Climate

Weathering, erosion, and deposition: https://www.parkcityprep.org/apps/video/watch.jsp?v=172918

Crash Course Kids, weathering and erosion: https://ru-clip.com/video/R-Iak3Wvh9c/weathering-and-erosion-crash-course-kids-10-2.html

National Geographic images of weathering and erosion: https://www.teachertube.com/videos/national-geographic-images-weathering-and-erosion-75507

A weathering and erosion quiz: http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/rocks-minerals-landforms/weathering-and-erosion.htm

The Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia

The Usborne Internet-linked Science Encyclopedia

The Usborne Illustrated Dictionary of Science

Unit 1: Introduction to Earth Science

The Earth and Sky(Scholastic: A First Discovery Book)–Jean-Pierre Verdet and Gallimard Jeunesse

Hands-on Earth Science Activities for Grades K-8–Marvin N. Tolman

How the Earth Works (Reader’s Digest)–John Farndon

Janice VanCleave’s Earth Science for Every Kid–Janice VanCleave

How the World Works: A Hands-on Guide to Our Amazing Planet (Explore the Earth)–Christian Dorian

How We Learned the Earth Is Round–Patricia Lauber

The Librarian Who Measured the Earth–Kathryn Lasky

The Adventures of Earth–Dan Green

The Pebble in My Pocket: The History of the Earth–Meredith Hooper

Bang! How We Came to Be–Michael Rubino

Diary of a Time Traveler–Nicholas Stevenson

Dinosaurs–Discovery Kids

Unit 2: Plate Tectonics

Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest–Steve Jenkins

Earthquakes (Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out series)–Franklyn Branley

Janice VanCleave’s Earthquakes–Janice VanCleave

Volcanoes (Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out series)–Franklyn Branley

The Magic School Bus Blows Its Top–Joanna Cole

Hill of Fire–Thomas P. Lewis

How Mountains Are Made (Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out series)–Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld

How the Earth Works: 60 Fun Activities for Exploring Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Fossils, and More–Michelle O’Brien-Palmer

Unit 3: Geosphere

How to Dig a Hole to the Other Side of the World–Faith McNulty

The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth–Joanna Cole

Janice VanCleave’s Rocks and Minerals–Janice VanCleave

Rocks and Minerals (Eyewitness Explorers)–Steve Parker

Rocks and Minerals A Gem of a Book!–Simon Basher and Dan Green

Learning About Rocks (Dover Little Activity Books)–Sy Barlowe (A tiny sticker book)

Janice VanCleave’s Rocks and Minerals–Janice VanCleave

Fossils Tell of Long Ago–Aliki

The Big Rock–Bruce Hiscock

If You Find a Rock–Peggy Christian

Rocks in His Head–Carol Otis Hurst

Let’s Go Rock Collecting–Roma Gans

Everybody Needs a Rock–Byrd Baylor

Everything Rocks and Minerals–National Geographic

The Rock Cycle–Wendy Conklin

Dirt: Jump Into Science–Steve Tomecek

Dirt: The Scoop on Soil–Natalie M. Rosinsky

Soil Basics–Mari Schuh

Rocks and Soil: Real Size Science–Rebecca Rissman

Unit 4: The Atmosphere and Hydrosphere

The Magic School Bus Wet All Over–Joanna Cole

Water, Water Everywhere: A Book About the Water Cycle–Mervin Berger, Gilda Berger

Down Comes the Rain (Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out series)–Franklyn Branley

Follow Water from Brook to Ocean (Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out series)–Arthur Dorros

Danger–Icebergs! (Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out series)–Roma Gans

The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor–Joanna Cole

One Well: The Story of Water on Earth–Rochelle Strauss

Basher Science: Oceans: Making Waves!–Simon Basher and Dan Green

You’re Aboard Spaceship Earth–Patricia Lauber

Air Is All Around Us–Franklyn Branley

Feel the Wind –Arthur Dorros

Unit 5: Weather and Climate

Science with Weather(Usborne Science Activities)–Rebecca Heddle and Paul Shipton

How the Weather Works –Michael Allaby

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs–Judith Barrett

The Cloud Book–Tomie de Paola

Snow Is Falling(Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out series)–Franklyn Branley

Down Comes the Rain(Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out series)–Franklyn Branley

What Will the Weather Be?(Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out series)–Lynda Dewitt

The Magic School Bus Inside a Hurricane–Joanna Cole

Weather Words and What They Mean–Gail Gibbons

Flash, Crash, Rumble and Roll(Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out series)–Franklyn M. Branley

by Seymour Simons, the following weather titles–Weather, LightningTornadoes, Hurricanes

On the Same Day in March: A Tour of the World’s Weather–Marilyn Singer

The Reasons for Seasons– Gail Gibbons

Sunshine Makes the Seasons (Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out series)–Franklyn Branley

by Ron Hirschi, the following three titles–FallSpring, Summer, and Winter

What Comes in Spring?–Barbara Savage Horton

How Does the Wind Blow–Lawrence F. Lowery

Basher Basics: Weather: Whipping up a Storm!–Simon Basher and Dan Green

Basher Science: Climate Change–Simon Basher and Dan Green

The Polar Bears’ Home: A Story about Global Warming–Lara Bergen

Why Are the Ice Caps Melting?: The Dangers of Global Warming–Anne Rockwell

Global Warming–Seymour Simon

Human Footprint: Everything You Will Eat, Use, Wear, Buy and Throw Out in Your Lifetime–Ellen Kirk

The Adventures of a Plastic Bottle: A Story about Recycling–Alison Inches

Compost Stew: An A to Z Recipe for the Earth–Mary McKenna Siddals

Why Should I Save Energy?–Jen Green

Recycle! A Handbook for Kids–Gail Gibbons

The Magic School Bus and the Climate Challenge–Joanna Cole

Unit 6: Erosion

Erosion: Changing Earth’s Surface–Robin Koontz

Weathering and Erosion–Torrey Maloof

Cracking Up: A Story about Erosion–Jaqui Bailey

Erosion–Virginia Castleman

Erosion and Weathering–Willa Dee

Erosion–Shirley Duke

Soil Erosion and How to Prevent It–Natalie Hyde

Erosion–Martha Zappa

Field Guides

Weather (A Golden Guide)–Paul E. Lehr, R. Will Burnell, et. al.

Looking at Rocks (My First Field guide)–Jennifer Dussling

Rocks and Minerals (National Audubon Society First Field Guides)–Edward Ricciuti

A Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals (Peterson Field Guides)–Frederick H. Pough

Rocks, Gems and Minerals (A Golden Guide)–Paul Shaffer