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.
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
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