Looking for information for your research project? Begin by reviewing this annotated list of web sites, databases, books and encyclopedias. Still unable to find what you need? Please stop by the IMC, and ask Mrs. O'Keefe for help!
FAMOUS ASTRONOMERS
Famous Astronomers, from ThinkQuest
Cosmic Quest: Field Guide to the Universe, from the Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Hall of Astronomers, from Enchanted Learning's Zoom Astronomy
Famous Astronomers and Astrophysicists
Biography Resource Center
(To access this database, you will need to use your public library barcode.)
This outstanding database features biographical information about more than 275,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and all disciplines and subject areas. More than 400,000 biographies are included from 90 highly regarded Gale Group publications.
Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Simply enter the name of the astronomer you are researching into the search field on the main page, and click "go". As you read the article(s) retrieved during your search, be sure to review the links provided to other relevant Wikipedia articles, as well as those that will lead you to other helpful websites.
SELECTED SITES
ScienceMonster.com
Learn about the solar system, take a tour of Mars or the stars, check out the "Movie of the Day", and much more at this site.
Windows to the Universe
Begin your research at this great site, searchable in both English and Spanish, and featuring information at beginning, intermediate and advanced levels, to learn about "Our Planets", "Our Solar System", and "Astronomy & the Universe".
The Planets
This terrific Enchanted Learning site provides a general description of each of the planets, including relative size, a discussion of inner (those planets that orbit close to the sun) vs. outer (those planets that orbit far from the sun) planets, temperature, density, mass, gravitational force, and a day on each of the planets (a day is the length of time that it takes a planet to rotate on its axis (360%) ). It also features a table of information about each of the planets, including distance from the sun, period of revolution around the sun, period of rotation, mass, diameter, apparent size from earth, temperature and number of moons. An interactive puzzle on the solar system and "Find It", a quiz about the planets, can also be found at this site.
NASA's Mars Exploration Program
Curious About Astronomy? Ask an Astronomer, hosted by the Astronomy Department at Cornell University
This wonderful site is loaded with helpful information about "Our Solar System", "Our Universe", "Observational Astonomy", and much more. Each subject includes an extensive list of questions that have been asked and answered, and links to other great information, as well as a search feature.
Views of the Solar System, by Calvin J. Hamilton
Learn about the sun, planets, moons, comets, asteroids, and much more at this site.
Cool Cosmos
This site features information, images and games. Move your cursor to "Cosmic Kids", and "Ask an Astronomer", play games (including Concentration, Slider Puzzles, Hangman, Hide and Seek, Word Search, and others), see videos, and more.
An Overview of the Solar System
This site provides general information about the sun, the nine planets, satellites of the planets, and more, as well as links to images of the planets, and other related sites. (Be sure to scroll down the entire page, so that you don't miss any of the useful links available!)
The Nine Planets: A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System, by Bill Arnett, offers an overview of the history, mythology and current scientific knowledge about the planets and moons in our solar system, and features text, images, some movies, and references to related information.
NASA: for Students (Grades 5-8)
Visit this rich site, with links to such resources as Solar System Exploration, Planets, and much more, or enter your own term(s) into the search field. (Check out NASA's Planetary Fact Sheets and StarChild: A Learning Center for Young Astronomers, too.)
NASA's Space Place
Visit this fun and informative site, available in English and Spanish.
(Click on cool subjects to find information about the "Planets and the Solar System".)
BBC Science & Nature: Space
Learn about the sun, planets, moons, asteriods, comets and much more at this site.
Meteors and Meteor Showers: The Science, by Robert Roy Britt, from Space.com
Virtual Solar System
This National Geographic site's virtual solar system tour includes profiles of the sun and each of the planets, and overviews of comets, asteroids and meteoroids.
Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy
This resource offers a great deal of information about the solar system, including the planets, as well as asteroids and meteorites, comets, planetary orbits, rings, satellites and more.
Solar System
This site, featuring easy-to-understand text, includes information about the sun, the planets, the moons of our solar system, asteriods and comets.
Our Solar System
This helpful ScienceMonster.com site offers lots of information organized into such categories as "Vital Statistics" (average distance from the Sun, diameter, mass, temperature, # of moons/rings (if any), length of day, and length of year), "Can I Live There?", "How Much Would I Weigh There?" (featuring a nice built-in weight calculator), and much more.
Our Solar System
This StarChild site, created in conjunction with NASA, provides information about the solar system, as well as about each of the planets. (This site offers two reading levels. These links, to information about the solar system and each of the planets, challenge the reader with more sophisticated text.)
How Planets and Satellites got Their Names, by Fact Monster, from Information Please
(Be sure to also visit Fact Monster's The Solar System.)
Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia
Search this terrific wiki to find a detailed article (featuring links to many other helpful resources) on virtually any topic, or click on one of the links available below, to learn more about the solar system.
Solar System
Sun
Moon
Inner Planets (or "Terrestrial Planets") - those planets that are closer to the sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars
Outer Planets (or "Gas Giants") - those planets that are farther away from the sun: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto
Animals in Space
BRAINPOP VIDEOS
(Ask an IMC staff member for the User Name and Password you'll need to use BrainPOP.) Check out these BrainPop animated movies:
"Big Bang: the Beginning of Everything"
"Planets of the Solar System: What's Your Favorite Planet?"
"Jupiter: Why Do They Call It a 'Gas Giant'?"
"Milky Way: There's No Galaxy Like Home!"
"Sun: Good Day, Sunshine"
"Venus: Earth's Weird Twin"
"Solar System: Planetary Madness"
"Mars: Are There Really Martians?"
"Neptune: The Other Blue Planet!"
"Uranus: a Gas Giant on Its Side!"
"Eclipse: It's Dark, But Don't Go To Sleep"
"Satellites: Orbital Helpers!"
"Asteroids: What's So Interesting About Rocks Floating in Space?"
"Solar System: Our Little Corner of the Galaxy"
"Life Cycle of Stars: Star Light, Star Bright!"
"Galaxies: Huge Collections of Stars"
"Black Holes: the Inescapable Conclusion of a Star"
Space Today Online: Stories of Our Solar System, edited by Anthony R. Curtis, Ph.D.
This wonderful online news magazine is loaded with information "covering space from Earth to the end of the universe."
USGS: Astrogeology Research Program
the-solar-system.net: The Solar System in Pictures
Visit this site to find lots of information, as well as great pictures.
PRINT RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN THE IMC
Books about the solar system can be found under the Dewey decimal numbers 520 to 525. (Please remember that when many students are working on the same or similar projects, you may each borrow one book about the subject overnight, and are asked to return your book early the next morning. In this way, classes visiting the IMC to research their topics may use these resources during the day. Thanks for your cooperation!)
SELECTED REFERENCE COLLECTION RESOURCES:
New Book of Knowledge Encyclopedia. Danbury, CT: Grolier, 2000 (REF 031 New)
New Book of Popular Science Encyclopedia. Danbury, CT: Grolier, 2002 (REF 500 New)
This terrific six-volume subject encyclopedia provides in-depth information about the solar system, as well as each of the planets. Use the index to find the correct volume and pages for information.
World Book Encyclopedia of Science: vol. 4 - The Planet Earth. Chicago, IL: World Book, 2001 (REF 500 Wor)
World Book's Young Scientist: vol. 6 - Planet Earth/Water. Chicago, IL: World Boook, 2001 (REF 500 Wor)
The Solar System, by Robin Kerrod. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publications Co., 2000 (REF 520 Ker) (Volumes in this set include Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto, The Sun, The Moon, Planet Earth, Saturn, Mars, Jupiter, and Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Biographical Research: Selected Resources for Students in Rooms 216 & 217
Biography Resource Center
This outstanding database features biographical information about more than 275,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and all disciplines and subject areas. More than 400,000 biographies are included from 90 highly regarded Gale Group publications.
(You will need to enter your public library barcode in order to access these collections/databases.)
SIRS Discoverer & eLibrary
This full-text collection includes domestic and international newspapers, magazine articles, reference books, government documents, pictures and recommended web sites.
(Please see Mrs. O'Keefe for the User Name and Password needed to access this collection.)
Middle Search Plus
(Please see Mrs. O'Keefe for the User ID and Password needed to access this database.)
Biography.com
Book Review: I Have Lived a Thousand Years, by Livia Bitton-Jackson, from Reading Matters
Obituary: Lucy Grealy, from the New York Times
Biography: Wayne Gretzky, from the Hockey Hall of Fame
The National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum
Pro Football Hall of Fame
Basketball Hall of Fame
This outstanding database features biographical information about more than 275,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and all disciplines and subject areas. More than 400,000 biographies are included from 90 highly regarded Gale Group publications.
(You will need to enter your public library barcode in order to access these collections/databases.)
SIRS Discoverer & eLibrary
This full-text collection includes domestic and international newspapers, magazine articles, reference books, government documents, pictures and recommended web sites.
(Please see Mrs. O'Keefe for the User Name and Password needed to access this collection.)
Middle Search Plus
(Please see Mrs. O'Keefe for the User ID and Password needed to access this database.)
Biography.com
Book Review: I Have Lived a Thousand Years, by Livia Bitton-Jackson, from Reading Matters
Obituary: Lucy Grealy, from the New York Times
Biography: Wayne Gretzky, from the Hockey Hall of Fame
The National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum
Pro Football Hall of Fame
Basketball Hall of Fame
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Geologic Time: Selected Information Sources
Look for the information you need about geologic time in the IMC's many full-text databases, and visit the web sites below. Still having trouble finding what you need? Stop by the IMC - Mrs. O'Keefe will be happy to help you!
Geologic Time, from Wheeling Jesuit University/NASA-supported Classroom of the Future
Tour of Geologic Time from the University of California Museum of Paleontology
This terrific site features information about the history of the geologic time scale as well as about specific geologic time periods.
BrainPOP: Geologic Time
Geologic Time Scale
This terrific Enchanted Learning site organizes geological time by eon, era, period and epoch, and features information about "pivotal events" for each period. Click on the many links to more detailed information about the geological time period(s) you are researching.
Paleomap Project
This site, created by Christopher R. Scotese, features terrific maps illustrating the earth's history, climates throughout geological time, and more.
Clickable Geologic Time Scale
Geologic Time Scale created by the Bryant Watershed Education Project
Geologic Time, by William Newman
This USGS publication includes the following sections: Geologic Time; Relative Time Scale; Major Divisions of Geologic Time (featuring brief explanations of each major division); Index Fossils; Radiometric Time Scale; and Age of the Earth.
Geologic Time Scale / From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
This site features loads of useful information, including a history of the time scale, as well as a detailed table of geologic time.
GSA Geologic Time Scale
This site offers a high-quality, printable geologic time scale, including the Cenozoic, Mesozoic, Paleozoic and Precambrian eras.
Web Geological Time Machine
This site provides a good deal of information, as well as color images, about each era and period. You may also want to take the Tour of Geologic Time.
SEARCHASAURUS DATABASE COLLECTION
(Ask an IMC staff member for the User ID and Password you'll need to access this database.)
The Searchasaurus database includes: Middle Search Plus (a collection of 143 full-text magazines, ideal for middle school students); the full text of the Encyclopedia of Animals; Primary Search (a collection of 68 full-text magazines, with a reading level appropriate for students in grades K-5); and a general encyclopedia, dictionary, and imgages collection. Searchasaurus features a detailed encyclopedia entry for each era and period.
REFERENCE BOOKS AVAILABLE IN THE IMC
Exploring Your World: The Adventure of Geography. Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, 1989. (REF 910.3 Exp)
This terrific resource is organized alphabetically by subject. Students who look for the "Geologic Time Scale" entry will find an informative encyclopedia article, as well as a helpful table, which provides detailed information about "Development of the Earth" and "Development of Life".
Fossils. (vol. 3, from the series Earth Science: Discovering the Secrets of the Earth) Danbury, CT: Grolier Educational, 2001. (REF 550 Ear)
This volume offers an excellent explanation of the process of fossilization, a discusson of common fossils, and a description of the fossils that existed during each era and period.
Geological Time. (vol. 7, from the series Earth Science: Discovering the Secrets of the Earth) Danbury, CT: Grolier Educational, 2001. (REF 550 Ear)
This volume offers a detailed description of each era and period, including an overview, discussion of life forms, rocks and mineral present, and color maps and illustrations.
Oldershaw, Cally. Atlas of Geology and Landforms. New York: Franklin Watts, 2001. (REF 550 Old)
This atlas contains a great deal of useful information, in particular the "Fossils" (pp.46-47) and "Learning from Fossils" (pp.48-49) articles.
Geologic Time, from Wheeling Jesuit University/NASA-supported Classroom of the Future
Tour of Geologic Time from the University of California Museum of Paleontology
This terrific site features information about the history of the geologic time scale as well as about specific geologic time periods.
BrainPOP: Geologic Time
Geologic Time Scale
This terrific Enchanted Learning site organizes geological time by eon, era, period and epoch, and features information about "pivotal events" for each period. Click on the many links to more detailed information about the geological time period(s) you are researching.
Paleomap Project
This site, created by Christopher R. Scotese, features terrific maps illustrating the earth's history, climates throughout geological time, and more.
Clickable Geologic Time Scale
Geologic Time Scale created by the Bryant Watershed Education Project
Geologic Time, by William Newman
This USGS publication includes the following sections: Geologic Time; Relative Time Scale; Major Divisions of Geologic Time (featuring brief explanations of each major division); Index Fossils; Radiometric Time Scale; and Age of the Earth.
Geologic Time Scale / From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
This site features loads of useful information, including a history of the time scale, as well as a detailed table of geologic time.
GSA Geologic Time Scale
This site offers a high-quality, printable geologic time scale, including the Cenozoic, Mesozoic, Paleozoic and Precambrian eras.
Web Geological Time Machine
This site provides a good deal of information, as well as color images, about each era and period. You may also want to take the Tour of Geologic Time.
SEARCHASAURUS DATABASE COLLECTION
(Ask an IMC staff member for the User ID and Password you'll need to access this database.)
The Searchasaurus database includes: Middle Search Plus (a collection of 143 full-text magazines, ideal for middle school students); the full text of the Encyclopedia of Animals; Primary Search (a collection of 68 full-text magazines, with a reading level appropriate for students in grades K-5); and a general encyclopedia, dictionary, and imgages collection. Searchasaurus features a detailed encyclopedia entry for each era and period.
REFERENCE BOOKS AVAILABLE IN THE IMC
Exploring Your World: The Adventure of Geography. Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, 1989. (REF 910.3 Exp)
This terrific resource is organized alphabetically by subject. Students who look for the "Geologic Time Scale" entry will find an informative encyclopedia article, as well as a helpful table, which provides detailed information about "Development of the Earth" and "Development of Life".
Fossils. (vol. 3, from the series Earth Science: Discovering the Secrets of the Earth) Danbury, CT: Grolier Educational, 2001. (REF 550 Ear)
This volume offers an excellent explanation of the process of fossilization, a discusson of common fossils, and a description of the fossils that existed during each era and period.
Geological Time. (vol. 7, from the series Earth Science: Discovering the Secrets of the Earth) Danbury, CT: Grolier Educational, 2001. (REF 550 Ear)
This volume offers a detailed description of each era and period, including an overview, discussion of life forms, rocks and mineral present, and color maps and illustrations.
Oldershaw, Cally. Atlas of Geology and Landforms. New York: Franklin Watts, 2001. (REF 550 Old)
This atlas contains a great deal of useful information, in particular the "Fossils" (pp.46-47) and "Learning from Fossils" (pp.48-49) articles.
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Learning About Earthquakes & Volcanoes: Selected Sites, Databases and Books
This annotated resource list features suggested online full-text resources, other web sites and print resources available in the Collins Instructional Media Center's collection. Are you unable to find the information you need? Please stop by the IMC, or send Mrs. O'Keefe (joanneokeefe@salem.k12.ma.us) an e-mail message asking for help!
IMC ONLINE FULL-TEXT COLLECTIONS
BrainPOP / Volcano: Lotsa Lava!
(Stop by the IMC for the User Name and Password you'll need to use BrainPOP.)
SIRS Discoverer and WebFind
This full-text collection includes domestic and international newspapers, magazine articles, reference books, government documents, pictures and recommended web sites.
(Stop by the IMC for the User Name and Password needed to access this collection. After entering these, click the "SIRS Products" button.)
Looking for information about EARTHQUAKES? Try these sites!
InfoPlease.com: Earthquakes
The Why Files: Earthquakes
British Geological Survey: Earthquakes
BBC: Animated Guide - Earthquakes
Earthquake Museum: Famous Earthquakes
Faultline: Seismic Science at the Epicenter
Earthquakes for Kids
Factmonster: Famous Earthquakes
FEMA: Earthquakes
HowStuffWorks: How Earthquakes Work
Natural Hazards in California
Plate Tectonics, The Cause of Earthquakes
The Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco: The Great 1906 Earthquake and Fire
TheTech: Earthquakes
Understanding Earthquakes
USGS: Earthquakes
Are you searching for information about a particular earthquake? Try these sites!
San Francisco, California (1906)
Great Kanto, Japan (1923)
Agadir, Morocco (1960)
Valdivia, Chile (1960)
Prince William Sound, Alaska (1964)
Tangshan, China (1976)
Mexico City, Mexico (1985)
Northridge Earthquake - Los Angeles, California (1994)
Ryukyu Islands, Japan (1995)
Papua, New Guinea (1998)
Northern Sumatra, Indonesia (2005)
Nairobi, Kenya (2007)
Looking for information about VOLCANOES? Check out these sites!
InfoPlease.com: Volcanoes of the World
Factmonster: Famous Volcanoes
The Why Files: Volcanic Violence
How Volcanoes Work
Michigan Technological University Volcanoes Page
USGS: Volcanoes
USGS: Cascades Volcano Observatory
USGS: Volcanoes of the United States
Volcanoes: Can We Predict Eruptions? (from Annenberg Media's Learner.org)
Volcano World
Volcanoes Online
Volcanoes of the World, from the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History
Are you looking for information about a particular volcano? Try these sites!
Kilauea - Hawaii
Krakatau - Indonesia
Laki - Iceland
Mauna Loa - Hawaii
Mount Etna - Sicily
Mount Fuji - Japan
Mount Merapi - Indonesia
Mount Pelée - Martinique
Mount Pinatubo - Philippines
Mount Rainier - Washington
Mount St. Helens - Washington
Mount Vesuvius - Italy
Nevado del Huila - Colombia
Nevado del Ruiz - Colombia
Paricutin - Mexico (Also see Paricutin.)
OTHER NIFTY WEB SITES
Earthquakes & Volcanoes, from infoplease.com
Check out this nifty listing of notable earthquakes & volcanic eruptions, from A.D. 79 to the present!
ILLUSTRATED GLOSSARY: LANDFORMS AND BODIES OF WATER
Visit this outstanding EnchantedLearning.com resource for brief but complete definitions of many landforms, often accompanied by nice illustrations or photographs.
LANDFORM: FROM WIKIPEDIA, THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
This article features an extensive list of landforms, each with its own Wikipedia entry, including a definition, and explanation of the way in which it forms, and several examples located throughout the world.
GEOGRAPHY GLOSSARY
Visit this About.com site to search for brief definitions of "key terms in geography", including many landforms.
A Geographical Dictionary, from First School Years
MAPS AND GLOBES GLOSSARY
This site features a nice A-Z lising of words about maps, globes and study of the Earth. Visit How the Earth Formed, also available from this site, for a nice explanation of how oceans are formed.
LANDFORMS
This site features information and illustrations about selected landforms.
LANDFORMS OF THE WORLD
This site features a long list of landforms. Students can simply click on a landform to learn about its main characteristics, locate at least one example, and see two illustrations/photographs.
Worldatlas.com
This site features annotated lists of notable landforms for each of the continents. Students can search for information about continents, countries, dependencies, islands, territories, bodies of water, and more.
LONGITUDE & LATITUDE
USGS: U.S. Board on Geographic Names
U.S. Census Bureau: U. S. Gazetteer
Longitude and Latitude: Where is it?, from Infoplease.com
PRINT RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN THE REFERENCE COLLECTION
Atlas of Geology and Landforms. Cally Oldershaw. New York: Franklin Watts, 2001. (REF 550 Old)
This atlas provides facts and information about the study of geology and how it helps to explain the history and development of Earth's various landforms.
Earth Science: Discovering the Secrets of the Earth. Landforms. Danbury, CT: Grolier Educational, 2000. (REF 550 Ear)
This resource features color illustrations and photographs of various landforms as well as a glossary of terms.
Encyclopedia of Earth and Physical Sciences. New York: Marshall Cavendish, 1998. (REF 500.2 Enc)
Encyclopedia of World Geography. Editorial Director: Graham Bateman. Marshall Cavendish, c1994. (R 910.3 Enc)
This encyclopedia features coverage of physical geography, economics, government and peoples, and includes color photographs, charts, maps, an index (vol. 24), and glossary (very useful for defining landforms).
Exploring Your World: The Adventure of Geography. Prepared by the Special Publications Division, National Geographic Society. National Geographic Society, 1989. (R 910.3 Exp)
This terrific resource includes 334 alphabetically arranged entries, more than 1,000 illustrations, featuring maps, charts, and photographs, and an index. Useful for landform mapping assignments, it provides a definition of each landform, and an explanation of the way(s) in which it occurred. In many cases, maps are included providing location(s) of one or more examples of landforms.
Grolier International Dictionary. Danbury, CT: Grolier, 1980. (R 423 G)
This is a useful general dictionary - but be sure to read each definition carefully. In some cases, the first definition may not be relevant to a student's research. (For example, the first definition of the word basin provides a description of a kitchen sink! The definition for the landform basin is definition #4.)
Lands and Peoples. Danbury, CT: Grolier, 1999. (R 910.22 Lan)
This resource, organized into six volumes, features a helpful "Important Geographical Terms section (vol. 6, pp. 350-352), including definitions for many landforms.
National Geographic Atlas of the World. 6th ed. Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, 1992. (R 912 Nat)
This atlas includes discussion of "Continents Adrift: The Concept of Plate Tectonics," including detailed maps of "Tectonic Earth: Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Age," and features world climate, population, food, minerals, and energy maps. It is arranged by continent, and for each includes population, land use/land cover, resources and industry, transportation and environmental stress maps.
National Geographic Picture Atlas of Our World. Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, 1991. (R 912 Nat)
This resource features an index and glossary (pp. 242-243), which includes definitions of many landforms. Maps of the world are helpful to students trying to determine longitude and latitude of continents, and place continents in proper locations on maps they are asked to draw.
Rand McNally World Atlas. Chicago, IL : Rand McNally, 1992. (R 912 Int)
This atlas features a nice section on map symbols, including political boundaries, transportation, and topographic features. It includes listings of principal mountains, oceans, seas, gulfs, lakes, rivers and islands, and an idex.
World Almanac and Book of Facts 1999. Mahwah, NJ: World Almanac Books, 1999. (Ref 317.3 Wor Pbk.)
This handy resource includes lists featuring locations of major rivers, mountains, volcanoes, etc., in the world. Students will find the World Almanac useful as they attempt to locate landforms on maps they create. One of its best features is a comprehensive index.
The World Book Student Discovery Encyclopedia. Chicago: World Book, 2002. (Ref 031 Wor)
Young People's Science Encyclopedia. Chicago: Children's Press, 1985. (Ref 503 You)
This resource offers detailed definitions, causes, and illustrations/photographs of many landforms.
FICTION BOOKS ABOUT EARTHQUAKES, VOLCANOES, AND OTHER NATURAL DISASTERS
Earthquake in the Early Morning, by Mary Pope Osborne ; illustrated by Sal Murdocca
The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to San Francisco in 1906, in time for them to experience one of the biggest earthquakes the United States had ever known.
New York: Random House, 2001, 72 p.
Earthquake Terror, by Peg Kehret
When an earthquake hits the isolated island in Northern California where his family is camping, twelve-year-old Jonathan must find a way to keep himself, his partially paralyzed sister and their dog alive until help arrives.
New York: Cobblehill Books, copyright 1996, 132 p.
Earthshake: Poems From the Ground Up, by Lisa Westberg Peters ; pictures by Cathie Felstead
Presents twenty-two poems about geology. End notes provide information about the earth's surface and interior, types of rocks, and how volcanoes, glaciers, and erosion modify the landscape.
New York: Greenwillow Books, 2003, 32 p.
Escaping the Giant Wave, by Peg Kehret
When an earthquake creates a tsunami while thirteen-year-old Kyle is babysitting his sister during a family vacation at a Pacific Coast resort, he tries to save himself, his sister, and a boy who has bullied him for years.
New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2003, 151 p.
High Tide in Hawaii, by Mary Pope Osborne
Jack and Annie travel in their Magic Tree House back to a Hawaiian island of long ago where they make friends, learn how to surf, and encounter a tsunami.
New York: Random House, 2003, 96 p.
PaperQuake: a Puzzle, by Kathryn Reiss
Certain that she is being drawn by more than coincidences into the lives of people living nearly 100 years ago, Violet, who feels like the odd sister in a set of triplets, searches for clues to help her avert an imminent tragedy.
San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace, copyright 1998, 264 p.
Quake!, by Joe Cottonwood
With their parents away at the 1989 World Series, fourteen-year-old Franny, her younger brother, and their cousin try to cope with the frightening events following an earthquake that destroys their home on Loma Prieta mountain.
New York: Scholastic Inc., 1995, 146 p.
Quake!: Disaster in San Francisco, 1906, by Gail Langer Karwoski
Tells the story of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake as seen through the eyes of Jacob, a thirteen-year-old Jewish boy who lives in a boarding house with his father and younger sister.
Atlanta: Peachtree, c2004, 153 p.
A Sea So Far, by Jean Thesman
After surviving the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fires, two teenage girls, a wealthy semi-invalid and her hired companion, travel together to Ireland and discover they share much in common, from a love of romance novels to grief over the loss of their mothers.
New York: Viking, 2001, 195 p.
The Shark Callers, by Eric Campbell
Two teenage boys, one on a shark hunt and the other traveling with his family, face the challenge of their lives when a volcano erupts, causing a massive tidal wave in the South Seas.
San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace, 1994, 232 p.
Storm-Blast, by Curtis Parkinson
Regan, Matt, and Carol have to depend on each other to survive when their small boat gets swallowed up in a fierce Caribbean storm.
Toronto, Ont.; Plattsburgh, N.Y.: Tundra Books, c2003, 156 p.
The Strange case of Baby H, by Kathryn Reiss
In the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, twelve-year-old Clara finds a baby left on the doorstep of her family's boarding house, and sets out to unravel the surrounding mysteries.
Middleton, Wis.: Pleasant Co., 2002, 163 p. (from the American Girl History Mysteries series, no. 18)
The Tears of the Salamander, by Peter Dickinson
When Alfredo, a twelve-year-old choir boy in eighteenth-century Italy, loses his family in a fire, he goes to live with Uncle Giorgio, who he discovers is a sorcerer in control of the fires of Mt. Etna with sinister plans for his nephew.
New York, N.Y.: Wendy Lamb Books, c2003, 197 p.
IMC ONLINE FULL-TEXT COLLECTIONS
BrainPOP / Volcano: Lotsa Lava!
(Stop by the IMC for the User Name and Password you'll need to use BrainPOP.)
SIRS Discoverer and WebFind
This full-text collection includes domestic and international newspapers, magazine articles, reference books, government documents, pictures and recommended web sites.
(Stop by the IMC for the User Name and Password needed to access this collection. After entering these, click the "SIRS Products" button.)
Looking for information about EARTHQUAKES? Try these sites!
InfoPlease.com: Earthquakes
The Why Files: Earthquakes
British Geological Survey: Earthquakes
BBC: Animated Guide - Earthquakes
Earthquake Museum: Famous Earthquakes
Faultline: Seismic Science at the Epicenter
Earthquakes for Kids
Factmonster: Famous Earthquakes
FEMA: Earthquakes
HowStuffWorks: How Earthquakes Work
Natural Hazards in California
Plate Tectonics, The Cause of Earthquakes
The Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco: The Great 1906 Earthquake and Fire
TheTech: Earthquakes
Understanding Earthquakes
USGS: Earthquakes
Are you searching for information about a particular earthquake? Try these sites!
San Francisco, California (1906)
Great Kanto, Japan (1923)
Agadir, Morocco (1960)
Valdivia, Chile (1960)
Prince William Sound, Alaska (1964)
Tangshan, China (1976)
Mexico City, Mexico (1985)
Northridge Earthquake - Los Angeles, California (1994)
Ryukyu Islands, Japan (1995)
Papua, New Guinea (1998)
Northern Sumatra, Indonesia (2005)
Nairobi, Kenya (2007)
Looking for information about VOLCANOES? Check out these sites!
InfoPlease.com: Volcanoes of the World
Factmonster: Famous Volcanoes
The Why Files: Volcanic Violence
How Volcanoes Work
Michigan Technological University Volcanoes Page
USGS: Volcanoes
USGS: Cascades Volcano Observatory
USGS: Volcanoes of the United States
Volcanoes: Can We Predict Eruptions? (from Annenberg Media's Learner.org)
Volcano World
Volcanoes Online
Volcanoes of the World, from the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History
Are you looking for information about a particular volcano? Try these sites!
Kilauea - Hawaii
Krakatau - Indonesia
Laki - Iceland
Mauna Loa - Hawaii
Mount Etna - Sicily
Mount Fuji - Japan
Mount Merapi - Indonesia
Mount Pelée - Martinique
Mount Pinatubo - Philippines
Mount Rainier - Washington
Mount St. Helens - Washington
Mount Vesuvius - Italy
Nevado del Huila - Colombia
Nevado del Ruiz - Colombia
Paricutin - Mexico (Also see Paricutin.)
OTHER NIFTY WEB SITES
Earthquakes & Volcanoes, from infoplease.com
Check out this nifty listing of notable earthquakes & volcanic eruptions, from A.D. 79 to the present!
ILLUSTRATED GLOSSARY: LANDFORMS AND BODIES OF WATER
Visit this outstanding EnchantedLearning.com resource for brief but complete definitions of many landforms, often accompanied by nice illustrations or photographs.
LANDFORM: FROM WIKIPEDIA, THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
This article features an extensive list of landforms, each with its own Wikipedia entry, including a definition, and explanation of the way in which it forms, and several examples located throughout the world.
GEOGRAPHY GLOSSARY
Visit this About.com site to search for brief definitions of "key terms in geography", including many landforms.
A Geographical Dictionary, from First School Years
MAPS AND GLOBES GLOSSARY
This site features a nice A-Z lising of words about maps, globes and study of the Earth. Visit How the Earth Formed, also available from this site, for a nice explanation of how oceans are formed.
LANDFORMS
This site features information and illustrations about selected landforms.
LANDFORMS OF THE WORLD
This site features a long list of landforms. Students can simply click on a landform to learn about its main characteristics, locate at least one example, and see two illustrations/photographs.
Worldatlas.com
This site features annotated lists of notable landforms for each of the continents. Students can search for information about continents, countries, dependencies, islands, territories, bodies of water, and more.
LONGITUDE & LATITUDE
USGS: U.S. Board on Geographic Names
U.S. Census Bureau: U. S. Gazetteer
Longitude and Latitude: Where is it?, from Infoplease.com
PRINT RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN THE REFERENCE COLLECTION
Atlas of Geology and Landforms. Cally Oldershaw. New York: Franklin Watts, 2001. (REF 550 Old)
This atlas provides facts and information about the study of geology and how it helps to explain the history and development of Earth's various landforms.
Earth Science: Discovering the Secrets of the Earth. Landforms. Danbury, CT: Grolier Educational, 2000. (REF 550 Ear)
This resource features color illustrations and photographs of various landforms as well as a glossary of terms.
Encyclopedia of Earth and Physical Sciences. New York: Marshall Cavendish, 1998. (REF 500.2 Enc)
Encyclopedia of World Geography. Editorial Director: Graham Bateman. Marshall Cavendish, c1994. (R 910.3 Enc)
This encyclopedia features coverage of physical geography, economics, government and peoples, and includes color photographs, charts, maps, an index (vol. 24), and glossary (very useful for defining landforms).
Exploring Your World: The Adventure of Geography. Prepared by the Special Publications Division, National Geographic Society. National Geographic Society, 1989. (R 910.3 Exp)
This terrific resource includes 334 alphabetically arranged entries, more than 1,000 illustrations, featuring maps, charts, and photographs, and an index. Useful for landform mapping assignments, it provides a definition of each landform, and an explanation of the way(s) in which it occurred. In many cases, maps are included providing location(s) of one or more examples of landforms.
Grolier International Dictionary. Danbury, CT: Grolier, 1980. (R 423 G)
This is a useful general dictionary - but be sure to read each definition carefully. In some cases, the first definition may not be relevant to a student's research. (For example, the first definition of the word basin provides a description of a kitchen sink! The definition for the landform basin is definition #4.)
Lands and Peoples. Danbury, CT: Grolier, 1999. (R 910.22 Lan)
This resource, organized into six volumes, features a helpful "Important Geographical Terms section (vol. 6, pp. 350-352), including definitions for many landforms.
National Geographic Atlas of the World. 6th ed. Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, 1992. (R 912 Nat)
This atlas includes discussion of "Continents Adrift: The Concept of Plate Tectonics," including detailed maps of "Tectonic Earth: Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Age," and features world climate, population, food, minerals, and energy maps. It is arranged by continent, and for each includes population, land use/land cover, resources and industry, transportation and environmental stress maps.
National Geographic Picture Atlas of Our World. Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, 1991. (R 912 Nat)
This resource features an index and glossary (pp. 242-243), which includes definitions of many landforms. Maps of the world are helpful to students trying to determine longitude and latitude of continents, and place continents in proper locations on maps they are asked to draw.
Rand McNally World Atlas. Chicago, IL : Rand McNally, 1992. (R 912 Int)
This atlas features a nice section on map symbols, including political boundaries, transportation, and topographic features. It includes listings of principal mountains, oceans, seas, gulfs, lakes, rivers and islands, and an idex.
World Almanac and Book of Facts 1999. Mahwah, NJ: World Almanac Books, 1999. (Ref 317.3 Wor Pbk.)
This handy resource includes lists featuring locations of major rivers, mountains, volcanoes, etc., in the world. Students will find the World Almanac useful as they attempt to locate landforms on maps they create. One of its best features is a comprehensive index.
The World Book Student Discovery Encyclopedia. Chicago: World Book, 2002. (Ref 031 Wor)
Young People's Science Encyclopedia. Chicago: Children's Press, 1985. (Ref 503 You)
This resource offers detailed definitions, causes, and illustrations/photographs of many landforms.
FICTION BOOKS ABOUT EARTHQUAKES, VOLCANOES, AND OTHER NATURAL DISASTERS
Earthquake in the Early Morning, by Mary Pope Osborne ; illustrated by Sal Murdocca
The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to San Francisco in 1906, in time for them to experience one of the biggest earthquakes the United States had ever known.
New York: Random House, 2001, 72 p.
Earthquake Terror, by Peg Kehret
When an earthquake hits the isolated island in Northern California where his family is camping, twelve-year-old Jonathan must find a way to keep himself, his partially paralyzed sister and their dog alive until help arrives.
New York: Cobblehill Books, copyright 1996, 132 p.
Earthshake: Poems From the Ground Up, by Lisa Westberg Peters ; pictures by Cathie Felstead
Presents twenty-two poems about geology. End notes provide information about the earth's surface and interior, types of rocks, and how volcanoes, glaciers, and erosion modify the landscape.
New York: Greenwillow Books, 2003, 32 p.
Escaping the Giant Wave, by Peg Kehret
When an earthquake creates a tsunami while thirteen-year-old Kyle is babysitting his sister during a family vacation at a Pacific Coast resort, he tries to save himself, his sister, and a boy who has bullied him for years.
New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2003, 151 p.
High Tide in Hawaii, by Mary Pope Osborne
Jack and Annie travel in their Magic Tree House back to a Hawaiian island of long ago where they make friends, learn how to surf, and encounter a tsunami.
New York: Random House, 2003, 96 p.
PaperQuake: a Puzzle, by Kathryn Reiss
Certain that she is being drawn by more than coincidences into the lives of people living nearly 100 years ago, Violet, who feels like the odd sister in a set of triplets, searches for clues to help her avert an imminent tragedy.
San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace, copyright 1998, 264 p.
Quake!, by Joe Cottonwood
With their parents away at the 1989 World Series, fourteen-year-old Franny, her younger brother, and their cousin try to cope with the frightening events following an earthquake that destroys their home on Loma Prieta mountain.
New York: Scholastic Inc., 1995, 146 p.
Quake!: Disaster in San Francisco, 1906, by Gail Langer Karwoski
Tells the story of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake as seen through the eyes of Jacob, a thirteen-year-old Jewish boy who lives in a boarding house with his father and younger sister.
Atlanta: Peachtree, c2004, 153 p.
A Sea So Far, by Jean Thesman
After surviving the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fires, two teenage girls, a wealthy semi-invalid and her hired companion, travel together to Ireland and discover they share much in common, from a love of romance novels to grief over the loss of their mothers.
New York: Viking, 2001, 195 p.
The Shark Callers, by Eric Campbell
Two teenage boys, one on a shark hunt and the other traveling with his family, face the challenge of their lives when a volcano erupts, causing a massive tidal wave in the South Seas.
San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace, 1994, 232 p.
Storm-Blast, by Curtis Parkinson
Regan, Matt, and Carol have to depend on each other to survive when their small boat gets swallowed up in a fierce Caribbean storm.
Toronto, Ont.; Plattsburgh, N.Y.: Tundra Books, c2003, 156 p.
The Strange case of Baby H, by Kathryn Reiss
In the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, twelve-year-old Clara finds a baby left on the doorstep of her family's boarding house, and sets out to unravel the surrounding mysteries.
Middleton, Wis.: Pleasant Co., 2002, 163 p. (from the American Girl History Mysteries series, no. 18)
The Tears of the Salamander, by Peter Dickinson
When Alfredo, a twelve-year-old choir boy in eighteenth-century Italy, loses his family in a fire, he goes to live with Uncle Giorgio, who he discovers is a sorcerer in control of the fires of Mt. Etna with sinister plans for his nephew.
New York, N.Y.: Wendy Lamb Books, c2003, 197 p.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Learning About Landforms: Selected Resources
This annotated resource list features suggested online full-text resources, other web sites and print resources available in the Collins Instructional Media Center's collection. Are you unable to find the information you need? Please stop by the IMC, or send Mrs. O'Keefe (joanneokeefe@salem.k12.ma.us) an e-mail message asking for help!
IMC ONLINE FULL-TEXT COLLECTIONS
BrainPOP / Volcano: Lotsa Lava!
(Stop by the IMC for the User Name and Password you'll need to use BrainPOP.)
SIRS Discoverer and WebFind
This full-text collection includes domestic and international newspapers, magazine articles, reference books, government documents, pictures and recommended web sites.
(Stop by the IMC for the User Name and Password needed to access this collection. After entering these, click the "SIRS Products" button.)
STUDENT RESOURCE CENTER
The Gale Encyclopedia of Science article "Landform", available in this collection, features definitions of many landforms, as well as an explanation the formation of tectonic landforms - volcanoes, faults, and earthquakes. (Stop by the IMC for the ID you'll need to use this resource.)
WEB SITES
ILLUSTRATED GLOSSARY: LANDFORMS AND BODIES OF WATER
Visit this outstanding EnchantedLearning.com resource for brief but complete definitions of many landforms, often accompanied by nice illustrations or photographs.
LANDFORM: FROM WIKIPEDIA, THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
This article features an extensive list of landforms, each with its own Wikipedia entry, including a definition, and explanation of the way in which it forms, and several examples located throughout the world.
GEOGRAPHY GLOSSARY
Visit this About.com site to search for brief definitions of "key terms in geography", including many landforms.
A Geographical Dictionary, from First School Years
LANDFORM TERMS
This resource features a simple A to Z list of terms and their definitions.
MAPS AND GLOBES GLOSSARY
This site features a nice A-Z lising of words about maps, globes and study of the Earth. Visit How the Earth Formed, also available from this site, for a nice explanation of how oceans are formed.
LANDFORMS
This site features information and illustrations about selected landforms.
LANDFORMS OF THE WORLD
This site features a long list of landforms. Students can simply click on a landform to learn about its main characteristics, locate at least one example, and see two illustrations/photographs.
Worldatlas.com
This site features annotated lists of notable landforms for each of the continents. Students can search for information about continents, countries, dependencies, islands, territories, bodies of water, and more.
LONGITUDE & LATITUDE
USGS: U.S. Board on Geographic Names
U.S. Census Bureau: U. S. Gazetteer
Longitude and Latitude: Where is it?, from Infoplease.com
EARTHQUAKES
British Geological Survey: Earthquakes
Earthquake Museum: Famous Earthquakes
Earthquakes - Historical Earthquakes
Earthquakes for Kids
Factmonster: Famous Earthquakes
FEMA: Earthquakes
HowStuffWorks: How Earthquakes Work
Natural Hazards in California
Plate Tectonics, The Cause of Earthquakes
The Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco: The Great 1906 Earthquake and Fire
TheTech: Earthquakes
Understanding Earthquakes
USGS: Earthquakes
VOLCANOES
Factmonster: Famous Volcanoes
How Volcanoes Work
Michigan Technological University Volcanoes Page
USGS
USGS: Cascades Volcano Observatory
USGS: Volcanoes of the United States
Volcanic and Geologic Terms
Volcanoes
Volcano World
Volcanoes
Volcanoes Online
PRINT RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN THE REFERENCE COLLECTION
Atlas of Geology and Landforms. Cally Oldershaw. New York: Franklin Watts, 2001. (REF 550 Old)
This atlas provides facts and information about the study of geology and how it helps to explain the history and development of Earth's various landforms.
Earth Science: Discovering the Secrets of the Earth. Landforms. Danbury, CT: Grolier Educational, 2000. (REF 550 Ear)
This resource features color illustrations and photographs of various landforms as well as a glossary of terms.
Encyclopedia of Earth and Physical Sciences. New York: Marshall Cavendish, 1998. (REF 500.2 Enc)
Encyclopedia of World Geography. Editorial Director: Graham Bateman. Marshall Cavendish, c1994. (R 910.3 Enc)
This encyclopedia features coverage of physical geography, economics, government and peoples, and includes color photographs, charts, maps, an index (vol. 24), and glossary (very useful for defining landforms).
Exploring Your World: The Adventure of Geography. Prepared by the Special Publications Division, National Geographic Society. National Geographic Society, 1989. (R 910.3 Exp)
This terrific resource includes 334 alphabetically arranged entries, more than 1,000 illustrations, featuring maps, charts, and photographs, and an index. Useful for landform mapping assignments, it provides a definition of each landform, and an explanation of the way(s) in which it occurred. In many cases, maps are included providing location(s) of one or more examples of landforms.
Grolier International Dictionary. Danbury, CT: Grolier, 1980. (R 423 G)
This is a useful general dictionary - but be sure to read each definition carefully. In some cases, the first definition may not be relevant to a student's research. (For example, the first definition of the word basin provides a description of a kitchen sink! The definition for the landform basin is definition #4.)
Lands and Peoples. Danbury, CT: Grolier, 1999. (R 910.22 Lan)
This resource, organized into six volumes, features a helpful "Important Geographical Terms section (vol. 6, pp. 350-352), including definitions for many landforms.
National Geographic Atlas of the World. 6th ed. Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, 1992. (R 912 Nat)
This atlas includes discussion of "Continents Adrift: The Concept of Plate Tectonics," including detailed maps of "Tectonic Earth: Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Age," and features world climate, population, food, minerals, and energy maps. It is arranged by continent, and for each includes population, land use/land cover, resources and industry, transportation and environmental stress maps.
National Geographic Picture Atlas of Our World. Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, 1991. (R 912 Nat)
This resource features an index and glossary (pp. 242-243), which includes definitions of many landforms. Maps of the world are helpful to students trying to determine longitude and latitude of continents, and place continents in proper locations on maps they are asked to draw.
Rand McNally World Atlas. Chicago, IL : Rand McNally, 1992. (R 912 Int)
This atlas features a nice section on map symbols, including political boundaries, transportation, and topographic features. It includes listings of principal mountains, oceans, seas, gulfs, lakes, rivers and islands, and an idex.
World Almanac and Book of Facts 1999. Mahwah, NJ: World Almanac Books, 1999. (Ref 317.3 Wor Pbk.)
This handy resource includes lists featuring locations of major rivers, mountains, volcanoes, etc., in the world. Students will find the World Almanac useful as they attempt to locate landforms on maps they create. One of its best features is a comprehensive index.
The World Book Student Discovery Encyclopedia. Chicago: World Book, 2002. (Ref 031 Wor)
Young People's Science Encyclopedia. Chicago: Children's Press, 1985. (Ref 503 You)
This resource offers detailed definitions, causes, and illustrations/photographs of many landforms.
FICTION BOOKS ABOUT EARTHQUAKES, VOLCANOES, AND OTHER NATURAL DISASTERS
Earthquake in the Early Morning, by Mary Pope Osborne ; illustrated by Sal Murdocca
The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to San Francisco in 1906, in time for them to experience one of the biggest earthquakes the United States had ever known.
New York: Random House, 2001, 72 p.
Earthquake Terror, by Peg Kehret
When an earthquake hits the isolated island in Northern California where his family is camping, twelve-year-old Jonathan must find a way to keep himself, his partially paralyzed sister and their dog alive until help arrives.
New York: Cobblehill Books, copyright 1996, 132 p.
Earthshake: Poems From the Ground Up, by Lisa Westberg Peters ; pictures by Cathie Felstead
Presents twenty-two poems about geology. End notes provide information about the earth's surface and interior, types of rocks, and how volcanoes, glaciers, and erosion modify the landscape.
New York: Greenwillow Books, 2003, 32 p.
Escaping the Giant Wave, by Peg Kehret
When an earthquake creates a tsunami while thirteen-year-old Kyle is babysitting his sister during a family vacation at a Pacific Coast resort, he tries to save himself, his sister, and a boy who has bullied him for years.
New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2003, 151 p.
High Tide in Hawaii, by Mary Pope Osborne
Jack and Annie travel in their Magic Tree House back to a Hawaiian island of long ago where they make friends, learn how to surf, and encounter a tsunami.
New York: Random House, 2003, 96 p.
PaperQuake: a Puzzle, by Kathryn Reiss
Certain that she is being drawn by more than coincidences into the lives of people living nearly 100 years ago, Violet, who feels like the odd sister in a set of triplets, searches for clues to help her avert an imminent tragedy.
San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace, copyright 1998, 264 p.
Quake!, by Joe Cottonwood
With their parents away at the 1989 World Series, fourteen-year-old Franny, her younger brother, and their cousin try to cope with the frightening events following an earthquake that destroys their home on Loma Prieta mountain.
New York: Scholastic Inc., 1995, 146 p.
Quake!: Disaster in San Francisco, 1906, by Gail Langer Karwoski
Tells the story of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake as seen through the eyes of Jacob, a thirteen-year-old Jewish boy who lives in a boarding house with his father and younger sister.
Atlanta: Peachtree, c2004, 153 p.
A Sea So Far, by Jean Thesman
After surviving the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fires, two teenage girls, a wealthy semi-invalid and her hired companion, travel together to Ireland and discover they share much in common, from a love of romance novels to grief over the loss of their mothers.
New York: Viking, 2001, 195 p.
The Shark Callers, by Eric Campbell
Two teenage boys, one on a shark hunt and the other traveling with his family, face the challenge of their lives when a volcano erupts, causing a massive tidal wave in the South Seas.
San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace, 1994, 232 p.
Storm-Blast, by Curtis Parkinson
Regan, Matt, and Carol have to depend on each other to survive when their small boat gets swallowed up in a fierce Caribbean storm.
Toronto, Ont.; Plattsburgh, N.Y.: Tundra Books, c2003, 156 p.
The Strange case of Baby H, by Kathryn Reiss
In the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, twelve-year-old Clara finds a baby left on the doorstep of her family's boarding house, and sets out to unravel the surrounding mysteries.
Middleton, Wis.: Pleasant Co., 2002, 163 p. (from the American Girl History Mysteries series, no. 18)
The Tears of the Salamander, by Peter Dickinson
When Alfredo, a twelve-year-old choir boy in eighteenth-century Italy, loses his family in a fire, he goes to live with Uncle Giorgio, who he discovers is a sorcerer in control of the fires of Mt. Etna with sinister plans for his nephew.
New York, N.Y.: Wendy Lamb Books, c2003, 197 p.
IMC ONLINE FULL-TEXT COLLECTIONS
BrainPOP / Volcano: Lotsa Lava!
(Stop by the IMC for the User Name and Password you'll need to use BrainPOP.)
SIRS Discoverer and WebFind
This full-text collection includes domestic and international newspapers, magazine articles, reference books, government documents, pictures and recommended web sites.
(Stop by the IMC for the User Name and Password needed to access this collection. After entering these, click the "SIRS Products" button.)
STUDENT RESOURCE CENTER
The Gale Encyclopedia of Science article "Landform", available in this collection, features definitions of many landforms, as well as an explanation the formation of tectonic landforms - volcanoes, faults, and earthquakes. (Stop by the IMC for the ID you'll need to use this resource.)
WEB SITES
ILLUSTRATED GLOSSARY: LANDFORMS AND BODIES OF WATER
Visit this outstanding EnchantedLearning.com resource for brief but complete definitions of many landforms, often accompanied by nice illustrations or photographs.
LANDFORM: FROM WIKIPEDIA, THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
This article features an extensive list of landforms, each with its own Wikipedia entry, including a definition, and explanation of the way in which it forms, and several examples located throughout the world.
GEOGRAPHY GLOSSARY
Visit this About.com site to search for brief definitions of "key terms in geography", including many landforms.
A Geographical Dictionary, from First School Years
LANDFORM TERMS
This resource features a simple A to Z list of terms and their definitions.
MAPS AND GLOBES GLOSSARY
This site features a nice A-Z lising of words about maps, globes and study of the Earth. Visit How the Earth Formed, also available from this site, for a nice explanation of how oceans are formed.
LANDFORMS
This site features information and illustrations about selected landforms.
LANDFORMS OF THE WORLD
This site features a long list of landforms. Students can simply click on a landform to learn about its main characteristics, locate at least one example, and see two illustrations/photographs.
Worldatlas.com
This site features annotated lists of notable landforms for each of the continents. Students can search for information about continents, countries, dependencies, islands, territories, bodies of water, and more.
LONGITUDE & LATITUDE
USGS: U.S. Board on Geographic Names
U.S. Census Bureau: U. S. Gazetteer
Longitude and Latitude: Where is it?, from Infoplease.com
EARTHQUAKES
British Geological Survey: Earthquakes
Earthquake Museum: Famous Earthquakes
Earthquakes - Historical Earthquakes
Earthquakes for Kids
Factmonster: Famous Earthquakes
FEMA: Earthquakes
HowStuffWorks: How Earthquakes Work
Natural Hazards in California
Plate Tectonics, The Cause of Earthquakes
The Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco: The Great 1906 Earthquake and Fire
TheTech: Earthquakes
Understanding Earthquakes
USGS: Earthquakes
VOLCANOES
Factmonster: Famous Volcanoes
How Volcanoes Work
Michigan Technological University Volcanoes Page
USGS
USGS: Cascades Volcano Observatory
USGS: Volcanoes of the United States
Volcanic and Geologic Terms
Volcanoes
Volcano World
Volcanoes
Volcanoes Online
PRINT RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN THE REFERENCE COLLECTION
Atlas of Geology and Landforms. Cally Oldershaw. New York: Franklin Watts, 2001. (REF 550 Old)
This atlas provides facts and information about the study of geology and how it helps to explain the history and development of Earth's various landforms.
Earth Science: Discovering the Secrets of the Earth. Landforms. Danbury, CT: Grolier Educational, 2000. (REF 550 Ear)
This resource features color illustrations and photographs of various landforms as well as a glossary of terms.
Encyclopedia of Earth and Physical Sciences. New York: Marshall Cavendish, 1998. (REF 500.2 Enc)
Encyclopedia of World Geography. Editorial Director: Graham Bateman. Marshall Cavendish, c1994. (R 910.3 Enc)
This encyclopedia features coverage of physical geography, economics, government and peoples, and includes color photographs, charts, maps, an index (vol. 24), and glossary (very useful for defining landforms).
Exploring Your World: The Adventure of Geography. Prepared by the Special Publications Division, National Geographic Society. National Geographic Society, 1989. (R 910.3 Exp)
This terrific resource includes 334 alphabetically arranged entries, more than 1,000 illustrations, featuring maps, charts, and photographs, and an index. Useful for landform mapping assignments, it provides a definition of each landform, and an explanation of the way(s) in which it occurred. In many cases, maps are included providing location(s) of one or more examples of landforms.
Grolier International Dictionary. Danbury, CT: Grolier, 1980. (R 423 G)
This is a useful general dictionary - but be sure to read each definition carefully. In some cases, the first definition may not be relevant to a student's research. (For example, the first definition of the word basin provides a description of a kitchen sink! The definition for the landform basin is definition #4.)
Lands and Peoples. Danbury, CT: Grolier, 1999. (R 910.22 Lan)
This resource, organized into six volumes, features a helpful "Important Geographical Terms section (vol. 6, pp. 350-352), including definitions for many landforms.
National Geographic Atlas of the World. 6th ed. Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, 1992. (R 912 Nat)
This atlas includes discussion of "Continents Adrift: The Concept of Plate Tectonics," including detailed maps of "Tectonic Earth: Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Age," and features world climate, population, food, minerals, and energy maps. It is arranged by continent, and for each includes population, land use/land cover, resources and industry, transportation and environmental stress maps.
National Geographic Picture Atlas of Our World. Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, 1991. (R 912 Nat)
This resource features an index and glossary (pp. 242-243), which includes definitions of many landforms. Maps of the world are helpful to students trying to determine longitude and latitude of continents, and place continents in proper locations on maps they are asked to draw.
Rand McNally World Atlas. Chicago, IL : Rand McNally, 1992. (R 912 Int)
This atlas features a nice section on map symbols, including political boundaries, transportation, and topographic features. It includes listings of principal mountains, oceans, seas, gulfs, lakes, rivers and islands, and an idex.
World Almanac and Book of Facts 1999. Mahwah, NJ: World Almanac Books, 1999. (Ref 317.3 Wor Pbk.)
This handy resource includes lists featuring locations of major rivers, mountains, volcanoes, etc., in the world. Students will find the World Almanac useful as they attempt to locate landforms on maps they create. One of its best features is a comprehensive index.
The World Book Student Discovery Encyclopedia. Chicago: World Book, 2002. (Ref 031 Wor)
Young People's Science Encyclopedia. Chicago: Children's Press, 1985. (Ref 503 You)
This resource offers detailed definitions, causes, and illustrations/photographs of many landforms.
FICTION BOOKS ABOUT EARTHQUAKES, VOLCANOES, AND OTHER NATURAL DISASTERS
Earthquake in the Early Morning, by Mary Pope Osborne ; illustrated by Sal Murdocca
The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to San Francisco in 1906, in time for them to experience one of the biggest earthquakes the United States had ever known.
New York: Random House, 2001, 72 p.
Earthquake Terror, by Peg Kehret
When an earthquake hits the isolated island in Northern California where his family is camping, twelve-year-old Jonathan must find a way to keep himself, his partially paralyzed sister and their dog alive until help arrives.
New York: Cobblehill Books, copyright 1996, 132 p.
Earthshake: Poems From the Ground Up, by Lisa Westberg Peters ; pictures by Cathie Felstead
Presents twenty-two poems about geology. End notes provide information about the earth's surface and interior, types of rocks, and how volcanoes, glaciers, and erosion modify the landscape.
New York: Greenwillow Books, 2003, 32 p.
Escaping the Giant Wave, by Peg Kehret
When an earthquake creates a tsunami while thirteen-year-old Kyle is babysitting his sister during a family vacation at a Pacific Coast resort, he tries to save himself, his sister, and a boy who has bullied him for years.
New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2003, 151 p.
High Tide in Hawaii, by Mary Pope Osborne
Jack and Annie travel in their Magic Tree House back to a Hawaiian island of long ago where they make friends, learn how to surf, and encounter a tsunami.
New York: Random House, 2003, 96 p.
PaperQuake: a Puzzle, by Kathryn Reiss
Certain that she is being drawn by more than coincidences into the lives of people living nearly 100 years ago, Violet, who feels like the odd sister in a set of triplets, searches for clues to help her avert an imminent tragedy.
San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace, copyright 1998, 264 p.
Quake!, by Joe Cottonwood
With their parents away at the 1989 World Series, fourteen-year-old Franny, her younger brother, and their cousin try to cope with the frightening events following an earthquake that destroys their home on Loma Prieta mountain.
New York: Scholastic Inc., 1995, 146 p.
Quake!: Disaster in San Francisco, 1906, by Gail Langer Karwoski
Tells the story of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake as seen through the eyes of Jacob, a thirteen-year-old Jewish boy who lives in a boarding house with his father and younger sister.
Atlanta: Peachtree, c2004, 153 p.
A Sea So Far, by Jean Thesman
After surviving the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fires, two teenage girls, a wealthy semi-invalid and her hired companion, travel together to Ireland and discover they share much in common, from a love of romance novels to grief over the loss of their mothers.
New York: Viking, 2001, 195 p.
The Shark Callers, by Eric Campbell
Two teenage boys, one on a shark hunt and the other traveling with his family, face the challenge of their lives when a volcano erupts, causing a massive tidal wave in the South Seas.
San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace, 1994, 232 p.
Storm-Blast, by Curtis Parkinson
Regan, Matt, and Carol have to depend on each other to survive when their small boat gets swallowed up in a fierce Caribbean storm.
Toronto, Ont.; Plattsburgh, N.Y.: Tundra Books, c2003, 156 p.
The Strange case of Baby H, by Kathryn Reiss
In the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, twelve-year-old Clara finds a baby left on the doorstep of her family's boarding house, and sets out to unravel the surrounding mysteries.
Middleton, Wis.: Pleasant Co., 2002, 163 p. (from the American Girl History Mysteries series, no. 18)
The Tears of the Salamander, by Peter Dickinson
When Alfredo, a twelve-year-old choir boy in eighteenth-century Italy, loses his family in a fire, he goes to live with Uncle Giorgio, who he discovers is a sorcerer in control of the fires of Mt. Etna with sinister plans for his nephew.
New York, N.Y.: Wendy Lamb Books, c2003, 197 p.
Thursday, September 04, 2008
Learning About Careers in Math & Science
Thinking about a career as a biologist, chemist, or other interesting work in the field of math or science? What kind of education and training will you need? What will you actually do each day? Visit the links below to learn more about a particular career, or to browse lists of challenging and rewarding jobs.
Careers in Science: Living Science - Find Your Future With Us! (National Agricultural Library Kids' Science Page)
Select the career(s) you'd like to learn about from the lengthy list available at this site.
FirstGov for Kids: Careers
Learn about the responsibilities, pay, and more, for different jobs by clicking on the math or science career you wish to learn about, or any of the links to other interesting information available from this site.
What Do You Like? Exploring Career Information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics -- 2006-2007 Edition
Which of your classes do you find most interesting? Those involving building & fixing things, math, science, or computers? Learn about careers that call for skills in these areas, as well as in reading, music & the arts, and others at this site.
Careers for Kids Who Like....(created by Lowpoint-Washburn District #21, Washburn, IL)
This site provides information about the working conditions, required training and/or education, employment prospects, earnings, and related occupations, for many careers. Math-related careers described include engineer, accountant, architect, computer scientist, and mechanic. Science-related careers described include pharmacist, chemist, doctor, nurse, and pilot.
KidsWork! (from knowitall.org)
Visit a virtual hospital at this site to learn about the important responsibilities of healthcare providers.
NASA: Careers in Earth Science
Visit this site for information about careers in earth science, including the following: chemist, computer programmer, engineer, forest ranger, geologist, meteorologist, and oceanographer/marine biologist.
Health and Science Careers...Interesting, Fun, and Rewarding! (from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)
This site offers lots of helpful career information, as well as a terrific essay, "Getting Your Own Lab Coat! Careers for You in Science and Research", by Dick Sloane.
Dinosaurs: a Career in Paleontology
Learn about the education, training, and responsibilities of those scientists who help us to understand ancient life through the study of fossils.
Women Exploring the Oceans
Learn about the careers of several women who have emerged as leaders in the field of oceanography.
Resource Guide to Careers in Toxicology
Ornithology Careers
Learn about the responsibilities and work environment of the ornithologist, as well as the education and training required for those who wish to pursue the study of birds.
Check out these careers:
Physicists & Astronomers (Also see Astronomer: Job Profile, and Curious About Astronomy? Ask an Astronomer)
Entomologist: Education & Careers
Careers in Palaeontology and Postgraduate Opportunities
Careers in the Biological Sciences
So You'd Like to be a Marine Biologist..."
Careers in Zoology
Atmospheric Scientists (Meteorologists) (Also see Meteorologist: Job profile, where you'll learn about the work of a climatologist)
Careers in Geology
Archeologist: Job Profile
Middle Search Plus
This database of full-text articles from more than 140 magazines selected for middle school students features several articles about careers, including:
"Where Do I Go With Algebra?", by Charles Piddock. Career World, Oct. 2005. vol. 34:no.2, pp.14-16.
Career Kids: My First Résumé
Respond to questions about your academic strengths and extracurricular interests, responsibilities, special achievements, and jobs you may have had, to create your first résumé.
Careers in Science: Living Science - Find Your Future With Us! (National Agricultural Library Kids' Science Page)
Select the career(s) you'd like to learn about from the lengthy list available at this site.
FirstGov for Kids: Careers
Learn about the responsibilities, pay, and more, for different jobs by clicking on the math or science career you wish to learn about, or any of the links to other interesting information available from this site.
What Do You Like? Exploring Career Information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics -- 2006-2007 Edition
Which of your classes do you find most interesting? Those involving building & fixing things, math, science, or computers? Learn about careers that call for skills in these areas, as well as in reading, music & the arts, and others at this site.
Careers for Kids Who Like....(created by Lowpoint-Washburn District #21, Washburn, IL)
This site provides information about the working conditions, required training and/or education, employment prospects, earnings, and related occupations, for many careers. Math-related careers described include engineer, accountant, architect, computer scientist, and mechanic. Science-related careers described include pharmacist, chemist, doctor, nurse, and pilot.
KidsWork! (from knowitall.org)
Visit a virtual hospital at this site to learn about the important responsibilities of healthcare providers.
NASA: Careers in Earth Science
Visit this site for information about careers in earth science, including the following: chemist, computer programmer, engineer, forest ranger, geologist, meteorologist, and oceanographer/marine biologist.
Health and Science Careers...Interesting, Fun, and Rewarding! (from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)
This site offers lots of helpful career information, as well as a terrific essay, "Getting Your Own Lab Coat! Careers for You in Science and Research", by Dick Sloane.
Dinosaurs: a Career in Paleontology
Learn about the education, training, and responsibilities of those scientists who help us to understand ancient life through the study of fossils.
Women Exploring the Oceans
Learn about the careers of several women who have emerged as leaders in the field of oceanography.
Resource Guide to Careers in Toxicology
Ornithology Careers
Learn about the responsibilities and work environment of the ornithologist, as well as the education and training required for those who wish to pursue the study of birds.
Check out these careers:
Physicists & Astronomers (Also see Astronomer: Job Profile, and Curious About Astronomy? Ask an Astronomer)
Entomologist: Education & Careers
Careers in Palaeontology and Postgraduate Opportunities
Careers in the Biological Sciences
So You'd Like to be a Marine Biologist..."
Careers in Zoology
Atmospheric Scientists (Meteorologists) (Also see Meteorologist: Job profile, where you'll learn about the work of a climatologist)
Careers in Geology
Archeologist: Job Profile
Middle Search Plus
This database of full-text articles from more than 140 magazines selected for middle school students features several articles about careers, including:
"Where Do I Go With Algebra?", by Charles Piddock. Career World, Oct. 2005. vol. 34:no.2, pp.14-16.
Career Kids: My First Résumé
Respond to questions about your academic strengths and extracurricular interests, responsibilities, special achievements, and jobs you may have had, to create your first résumé.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
SPACE EXPLORATION!
Looking for information for your research project? Begin by reviewing this annotated list of web sites, databases, books and encyclopedias. Still unable to find what you need? Please stop by the IMC, and ask Mrs. O'Keefe for help!
FAMOUS ASTRONOMERS
Famous Astronomers, from ThinkQuest
Cosmic Quest: Field Guide to the Universe, from the Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Hall of Astronomers, from Enchanted Learning's Zoom Astronomy
Famous Astronomers and Astrophysicists
Biography Resource Center
(To access this database, you will need to use your public library barcode.)
This outstanding database features biographical information about more than 275,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and all disciplines and subject areas. More than 400,000 biographies are included from 90 highly regarded Gale Group publications.
Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Simply enter the name of the astronomer you are researching into the search field on the main page, and click "go". As you read the article(s) retrieved during your search, be sure to review the links provided to other relevant Wikipedia articles, as well as those that will lead you to other helpful websites.
SELECTED SITES
Windows to the Universe
Begin your research at this great site, searchable in both English and Spanish, and featuring information at beginning, intermediate and advanced levels, to learn about "Our Planets", "Our Solar System", and "Astronomy & the Universe".
The Planets
This terrific Enchanted Learning site provides a general description of each of the planets, including relative size, a discussion of inner (those planets that orbit close to the sun) vs. outer (those planets that orbit far from the sun) planets, temperature, density, mass, gravitational force, and a day on each of the planets (a day is the length of time that it takes a planet to rotate on its axis (360%) ). It also features a table of information about each of the planets, including distance from the sun, period of revolution around the sun, period of rotation, mass, diameter, apparent size from earth, temperature and number of moons. An interactive puzzle on the solar system and "Find It", a quiz about the planets, can also be found at this site.
NASA's Mars Exploration Program
Curious About Astronomy? Ask an Astronomer, hosted by the Astronomy Department at Cornell University
This wonderful site is loaded with helpful information about "Our Solar System", "Our Universe", "Observational Astonomy", and much more. Each subject includes an extensive list of questions that have been asked and answered, and links to other great information, as well as a search feature.
Views of the Solar System, by Calvin J. Hamilton
Learn about the sun, planets, moons, comets, asteroids, and much more at this site.
Cool Cosmos
This site features information, images and games. Move your cursor to "Cosmic Kids", and "Ask an Astronomer", play games (including Concentration, Slider Puzzles, Hangman, Hide and Seek, Word Search, and others), see videos, and more.
An Overview of the Solar System
This site provides general information about the sun, the nine planets, satellites of the planets, and more, as well as links to images of the planets, and other related sites. (Be sure to scroll down the entire page, so that you don't miss any of the useful links available!)
The Nine Planets: A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System, by Bill Arnett, offers an overview of the history, mythology and current scientific knowledge about the planets and moons in our solar system, and features text, images, some movies, and references to related information.
NASA: for Students (Grades 5-8)
Visit this rich site, with links to such resources as Solar System Exploration, Planets, and much more, or enter your own term(s) into the search field. (Check out NASA's Planetary Fact Sheets and StarChild: A Learning Center for Young Astronomers, too.)
NASA's Space Place
Visit this fun and informative site, available in English and Spanish.
(Click on cool subjects to find information about the "Planets and the Solar System".)
BBC Science & Nature: Space
Learn about the sun, planets, moons, asteriods, comets and much more at this site.
Meteors and Meteor Showers: The Science, by Robert Roy Britt, from Space.com
Virtual Solar System
This National Geographic site's virtual solar system tour includes profiles of the sun and each of the planets, and overviews of comets, asteroids and meteoroids.
Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy
This resource offers a great deal of information about the solar system, including the planets, as well as asteroids and meteorites, comets, planetary orbits, rings, satellites and more.
Solar System
This site, featuring easy-to-understand text, includes information about the sun, the planets, the moons of our solar system, asteriods and comets.
Our Solar System
This helpful ScienceMonster.com site offers lots of information organized into such categories as "Vital Statistics" (average distance from the Sun, diameter, mass, temperature, # of moons/rings (if any), length of day, and length of year), "Can I Live There?", "How Much Would I Weigh There?" (featuring a nice built-in weight calculator), and much more.
Our Solar System
This StarChild site, created in conjunction with NASA, provides information about the solar system, as well as about each of the planets. (This site offers two reading levels. These links, to information about the solar system and each of the planets, challenge the reader with more sophisticated text.)
How Planets and Satellites got Their Names, by Fact Monster, from Information Please
(Be sure to also visit Fact Monster's The Solar System.)
Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia
Search this terrific wiki to find a detailed article (featuring links to many other helpful resources) on virtually any topic, or click on one of the links available below, to learn more about the solar system.
Solar System
Sun
Moon
Inner Planets (or "Terrestrial Planets") - those planets that are closer to the sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars
Outer Planets (or "Gas Giants") - those planets that are farther away from the sun: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto
Animals in Space
BRAINPOP VIDEOS
(Ask an IMC staff member for the User Name and Password you'll need to use BrainPOP.) Check out these BrainPop animated movies:
"Big Bang: the Beginning of Everything"
"Planets of the Solar System: What's Your Favorite Planet?"
"Jupiter: Why Do They Call It a 'Gas Giant'?"
"Milky Way: There's No Galaxy Like Home!"
"Sun: Good Day, Sunshine"
"Venus: Earth's Weird Twin"
"Solar System: Planetary Madness"
"Mars: Are There Really Martians?"
"Neptune: The Other Blue Planet!"
"Uranus: a Gas Giant on Its Side!"
"Eclipse: It's Dark, But Don't Go To Sleep"
"Satellites: Orbital Helpers!"
"Asteroids: What's So Interesting About Rocks Floating in Space?"
"Solar System: Our Little Corner of the Galaxy"
"Life Cycle of Stars: Star Light, Star Bright!"
"Galaxies: Huge Collections of Stars"
"Black Holes: the Inescapable Conclusion of a Star"
Space Today Online: Stories of Our Solar System, edited by Anthony R. Curtis, Ph.D.
This wonderful online news magazine is loaded with information "covering space from Earth to the end of the universe."
USGS: Astrogeology Research Program
the-solar-system.net: The Solar System in Pictures
Visit this site to find lots of information, as well as great pictures.
PRINT RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN THE IMC
Books about the solar system can be found under the Dewey decimal numbers 520 to 525. (Please remember that when many students are working on the same or similar projects, you may each borrow one book about the subject overnight, and are asked to return your book early the next morning. In this way, classes visiting the IMC to research their topics may use these resources during the day. Thanks for your cooperation!)
SELECTED REFERENCE COLLECTION RESOURCES:
New Book of Knowledge Encyclopedia. Danbury, CT: Grolier, 2000 (REF 031 New)
New Book of Popular Science Encyclopedia. Danbury, CT: Grolier, 2002 (REF 500 New)
This terrific six-volume subject encyclopedia provides in-depth information about the solar system, as well as each of the planets. Use the index to find the correct volume and pages for information.
World Book Encyclopedia of Science: vol. 4 - The Planet Earth. Chicago, IL: World Book, 2001 (REF 500 Wor)
World Book's Young Scientist: vol. 6 - Planet Earth/Water. Chicago, IL: World Boook, 2001 (REF 500 Wor)
The Solar System, by Robin Kerrod. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publications Co., 2000 (REF 520 Ker) (Volumes in this set include Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto, The Sun, The Moon, Planet Earth, Saturn, Mars, Jupiter, and Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors.
FAMOUS ASTRONOMERS
Famous Astronomers, from ThinkQuest
Cosmic Quest: Field Guide to the Universe, from the Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Hall of Astronomers, from Enchanted Learning's Zoom Astronomy
Famous Astronomers and Astrophysicists
Biography Resource Center
(To access this database, you will need to use your public library barcode.)
This outstanding database features biographical information about more than 275,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and all disciplines and subject areas. More than 400,000 biographies are included from 90 highly regarded Gale Group publications.
Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Simply enter the name of the astronomer you are researching into the search field on the main page, and click "go". As you read the article(s) retrieved during your search, be sure to review the links provided to other relevant Wikipedia articles, as well as those that will lead you to other helpful websites.
SELECTED SITES
Windows to the Universe
Begin your research at this great site, searchable in both English and Spanish, and featuring information at beginning, intermediate and advanced levels, to learn about "Our Planets", "Our Solar System", and "Astronomy & the Universe".
The Planets
This terrific Enchanted Learning site provides a general description of each of the planets, including relative size, a discussion of inner (those planets that orbit close to the sun) vs. outer (those planets that orbit far from the sun) planets, temperature, density, mass, gravitational force, and a day on each of the planets (a day is the length of time that it takes a planet to rotate on its axis (360%) ). It also features a table of information about each of the planets, including distance from the sun, period of revolution around the sun, period of rotation, mass, diameter, apparent size from earth, temperature and number of moons. An interactive puzzle on the solar system and "Find It", a quiz about the planets, can also be found at this site.
NASA's Mars Exploration Program
Curious About Astronomy? Ask an Astronomer, hosted by the Astronomy Department at Cornell University
This wonderful site is loaded with helpful information about "Our Solar System", "Our Universe", "Observational Astonomy", and much more. Each subject includes an extensive list of questions that have been asked and answered, and links to other great information, as well as a search feature.
Views of the Solar System, by Calvin J. Hamilton
Learn about the sun, planets, moons, comets, asteroids, and much more at this site.
Cool Cosmos
This site features information, images and games. Move your cursor to "Cosmic Kids", and "Ask an Astronomer", play games (including Concentration, Slider Puzzles, Hangman, Hide and Seek, Word Search, and others), see videos, and more.
An Overview of the Solar System
This site provides general information about the sun, the nine planets, satellites of the planets, and more, as well as links to images of the planets, and other related sites. (Be sure to scroll down the entire page, so that you don't miss any of the useful links available!)
The Nine Planets: A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System, by Bill Arnett, offers an overview of the history, mythology and current scientific knowledge about the planets and moons in our solar system, and features text, images, some movies, and references to related information.
NASA: for Students (Grades 5-8)
Visit this rich site, with links to such resources as Solar System Exploration, Planets, and much more, or enter your own term(s) into the search field. (Check out NASA's Planetary Fact Sheets and StarChild: A Learning Center for Young Astronomers, too.)
NASA's Space Place
Visit this fun and informative site, available in English and Spanish.
(Click on cool subjects to find information about the "Planets and the Solar System".)
BBC Science & Nature: Space
Learn about the sun, planets, moons, asteriods, comets and much more at this site.
Meteors and Meteor Showers: The Science, by Robert Roy Britt, from Space.com
Virtual Solar System
This National Geographic site's virtual solar system tour includes profiles of the sun and each of the planets, and overviews of comets, asteroids and meteoroids.
Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy
This resource offers a great deal of information about the solar system, including the planets, as well as asteroids and meteorites, comets, planetary orbits, rings, satellites and more.
Solar System
This site, featuring easy-to-understand text, includes information about the sun, the planets, the moons of our solar system, asteriods and comets.
Our Solar System
This helpful ScienceMonster.com site offers lots of information organized into such categories as "Vital Statistics" (average distance from the Sun, diameter, mass, temperature, # of moons/rings (if any), length of day, and length of year), "Can I Live There?", "How Much Would I Weigh There?" (featuring a nice built-in weight calculator), and much more.
Our Solar System
This StarChild site, created in conjunction with NASA, provides information about the solar system, as well as about each of the planets. (This site offers two reading levels. These links, to information about the solar system and each of the planets, challenge the reader with more sophisticated text.)
How Planets and Satellites got Their Names, by Fact Monster, from Information Please
(Be sure to also visit Fact Monster's The Solar System.)
Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia
Search this terrific wiki to find a detailed article (featuring links to many other helpful resources) on virtually any topic, or click on one of the links available below, to learn more about the solar system.
Solar System
Sun
Moon
Inner Planets (or "Terrestrial Planets") - those planets that are closer to the sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars
Outer Planets (or "Gas Giants") - those planets that are farther away from the sun: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto
Animals in Space
BRAINPOP VIDEOS
(Ask an IMC staff member for the User Name and Password you'll need to use BrainPOP.) Check out these BrainPop animated movies:
"Big Bang: the Beginning of Everything"
"Planets of the Solar System: What's Your Favorite Planet?"
"Jupiter: Why Do They Call It a 'Gas Giant'?"
"Milky Way: There's No Galaxy Like Home!"
"Sun: Good Day, Sunshine"
"Venus: Earth's Weird Twin"
"Solar System: Planetary Madness"
"Mars: Are There Really Martians?"
"Neptune: The Other Blue Planet!"
"Uranus: a Gas Giant on Its Side!"
"Eclipse: It's Dark, But Don't Go To Sleep"
"Satellites: Orbital Helpers!"
"Asteroids: What's So Interesting About Rocks Floating in Space?"
"Solar System: Our Little Corner of the Galaxy"
"Life Cycle of Stars: Star Light, Star Bright!"
"Galaxies: Huge Collections of Stars"
"Black Holes: the Inescapable Conclusion of a Star"
Space Today Online: Stories of Our Solar System, edited by Anthony R. Curtis, Ph.D.
This wonderful online news magazine is loaded with information "covering space from Earth to the end of the universe."
USGS: Astrogeology Research Program
the-solar-system.net: The Solar System in Pictures
Visit this site to find lots of information, as well as great pictures.
PRINT RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN THE IMC
Books about the solar system can be found under the Dewey decimal numbers 520 to 525. (Please remember that when many students are working on the same or similar projects, you may each borrow one book about the subject overnight, and are asked to return your book early the next morning. In this way, classes visiting the IMC to research their topics may use these resources during the day. Thanks for your cooperation!)
SELECTED REFERENCE COLLECTION RESOURCES:
New Book of Knowledge Encyclopedia. Danbury, CT: Grolier, 2000 (REF 031 New)
New Book of Popular Science Encyclopedia. Danbury, CT: Grolier, 2002 (REF 500 New)
This terrific six-volume subject encyclopedia provides in-depth information about the solar system, as well as each of the planets. Use the index to find the correct volume and pages for information.
World Book Encyclopedia of Science: vol. 4 - The Planet Earth. Chicago, IL: World Book, 2001 (REF 500 Wor)
World Book's Young Scientist: vol. 6 - Planet Earth/Water. Chicago, IL: World Boook, 2001 (REF 500 Wor)
The Solar System, by Robin Kerrod. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publications Co., 2000 (REF 520 Ker) (Volumes in this set include Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto, The Sun, The Moon, Planet Earth, Saturn, Mars, Jupiter, and Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors.
Animals Featured in Literature
Now that you've read either Julie of the Wolves, by Jean Craighead George, or Tracks in the Snow, by Lucy Jane Bledsoe, use the links below to learn more about the animals featured in each of these great books.
All About Birds, from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
This comprehensive site features a description, "cool facts", a sound audio clip, and other information about the habitat, food, and behavior of the many bird species included in its database. It also includes a terrific video gallery.
Animals A to Zoo: Your Online Reference to the World of Animals, from Animal Planet, by Discovery Communications.
Animals, from National Geographic.
(Also see the Animals Index.)
Did You Know?: Animals A B C, from didyouknow.org
Science & Nature - Animals, from the BBC.
Animal Photo Galleries, from the Smithsonian National Zoological Park.
Names of Males, Females, Babies, and Groups of Animals, from Enchanted Learning
What do you call a baby koala? A group of turtles? Find the answers to these questions and learn about a great many animals by visiting this fun and interesting site.
SIRS Discoverer and WebFind
Find information about the animals you are researching in the reference books, encyclopedias, magazines, and recommended web sites included in this outstanding collection.
(NOTE: You will need a User Name and Password to log in to this database.)
Student Resource Center
This fine collection features many reference information sources, including several science encyclopedias.
(NOTE: You will need a library ID to log in to this collection.)
Great Full-Text Articles from WIKIPEDIA: THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
(Check out this List of Animal Names, or visit the links below. Remember - you can search Wikipedia in English or in Spanish.)
American Golden Plover
Arctic
Brown Bear (The grizzly bear is a North American subspecies of the Brown Bear.)
Cat
Chipmunk
Coyote
Crane Fly
Deer
Dog
Fox
Lapland Bunting
Lemming
Ptarmigan
Rabbit
Reindeer
(The reindeer is known as caribou in North America.)
Skua (Skuas are seabirds. Smaller skuas are called jaegers in North America.)
Snake
Snowy Owl
Weasel
Wolf
Searchasaurus
Visit Ebsco's Searchasaurus to find interesting articles (often accompanied by photographs) about many animals. To use Searchasaurus:
-go to: Ebsco's login screen
-Ask an IMC staff member for the USER ID and PASSWORD you'll need to log in
-click on the SEARCHASAURUS link
-enter the animal you want to learn about into the search field and click SEARCH
OTHER INTERESTING WEB SITES
Alaska Department of Fish and Game Wildlife Notebook Series>
Alaska: Department of Fish & Game
Visit this terrific site for great illustrations and detailed information about many arctic animals.
Artic Animals
Arctic Wildlife: How Animals are Adapted to Live in the Arctic
Arctic Wildlife Portfolio
Funtastic Facts About Alaska's Wildlife
Life in a Deep Freeze: How do Animals Survive the Arctic's C-C-Cold Winters?
Wolves
THREATS POSED BY THE OIL INDUSTRY
Northern Alaska Environmental Center: Alaska's Arctic
All About Birds, from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
This comprehensive site features a description, "cool facts", a sound audio clip, and other information about the habitat, food, and behavior of the many bird species included in its database. It also includes a terrific video gallery.
Animals A to Zoo: Your Online Reference to the World of Animals, from Animal Planet, by Discovery Communications.
Animals, from National Geographic.
(Also see the Animals Index.)
Did You Know?: Animals A B C, from didyouknow.org
Science & Nature - Animals, from the BBC.
Animal Photo Galleries, from the Smithsonian National Zoological Park.
Names of Males, Females, Babies, and Groups of Animals, from Enchanted Learning
What do you call a baby koala? A group of turtles? Find the answers to these questions and learn about a great many animals by visiting this fun and interesting site.
SIRS Discoverer and WebFind
Find information about the animals you are researching in the reference books, encyclopedias, magazines, and recommended web sites included in this outstanding collection.
(NOTE: You will need a User Name and Password to log in to this database.)
Student Resource Center
This fine collection features many reference information sources, including several science encyclopedias.
(NOTE: You will need a library ID to log in to this collection.)
Great Full-Text Articles from WIKIPEDIA: THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
(Check out this List of Animal Names, or visit the links below. Remember - you can search Wikipedia in English or in Spanish.)
American Golden Plover
Arctic
Brown Bear (The grizzly bear is a North American subspecies of the Brown Bear.)
Cat
Chipmunk
Coyote
Crane Fly
Deer
Dog
Fox
Lapland Bunting
Lemming
Ptarmigan
Rabbit
Reindeer
(The reindeer is known as caribou in North America.)
Skua (Skuas are seabirds. Smaller skuas are called jaegers in North America.)
Snake
Snowy Owl
Weasel
Wolf
Searchasaurus
Visit Ebsco's Searchasaurus to find interesting articles (often accompanied by photographs) about many animals. To use Searchasaurus:
-go to: Ebsco's login screen
-Ask an IMC staff member for the USER ID and PASSWORD you'll need to log in
-click on the SEARCHASAURUS link
-enter the animal you want to learn about into the search field and click SEARCH
OTHER INTERESTING WEB SITES
Alaska Department of Fish and Game Wildlife Notebook Series>
Alaska: Department of Fish & Game
Visit this terrific site for great illustrations and detailed information about many arctic animals.
Artic Animals
Arctic Wildlife: How Animals are Adapted to Live in the Arctic
Arctic Wildlife Portfolio
Funtastic Facts About Alaska's Wildlife
Life in a Deep Freeze: How do Animals Survive the Arctic's C-C-Cold Winters?
Wolves
THREATS POSED BY THE OIL INDUSTRY
Northern Alaska Environmental Center: Alaska's Arctic
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