A hotlist of information and games about continental drift, volcanoes and earthquakes

ILLINOIS STATE GOAL 12: Understand the fundamental concepts, principles and interconnections of the life, physical and earth/space sciences.

Tectonic and Continental Drift-Basic Information

http://library.thinkquest.org/17457/english.html

Volcanoes online. Information about tectonics and volcanoes, games and comics. An excellent site.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics/#

You try it! Plate tectonics and continental drift. Good, simple site

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/tectonics.html

Plate Tectonics animation. Shows continental drift with animation.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/earth/Continents.shtml

Zoom Astronomy site from Enchanted Learning. Includes Earth’s plates and continental drift. Simple, informational. Age-appropriate. Go to Continental Drift. Quiz and activities at the end.

http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/developing.html

The story of plate tectonics. Informational. More advanced.

Plate tectonics, puzzles, games and quizzes = FUN!

http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/earthquakes-cw.htm

Kids Earthquake on-line crossword puzzle.

http://www.quia.com/custom/514main.html

On-line flashcards, matching, concentration and word searches for Plate tectonics and continental drift.

http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/pangaea/index.html

On the move….. online quiz, wordsearch, glossary and interactive maps. Click the choices on the right.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/activities/radiobuttonquiz/Tectonicspz.shtml

Zoom Astronomy’s Plate Tectonics puzzle and quiz

Volcanoes and Earthquakes

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/4kids/

Earthquakes for kids. Lots of activities and information

http://library.thinkquest.org/17457/english.html

Volcanoes online.

http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/kids/kids.html

Kids volcanoes. Fun, games and kids. Virtual Field trips of specific volcanoes.

http://www.seismo.unr.edu/ftp/pub/louie/class/100/plate-tectonics.html

The cause of earthquakes. Information and photos. More advanced

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/4kids/learning/exp.html

Additional learning links for experts.

McClarty ‘04