Websites of Interest
Here are some great websites to help you out during your study of Land and Water. Be sure to explore the sites identified as student-friendly before you send your students there.
Student Friendly Websites:
Site Name: Droplet and the Water Cycle
Site Address: http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/droplet.html
Silly video game with the main character, Droplet, going through the different parts of the water cycle. (Lesson 2)
Site Name: British Council: Games
Site Address: http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/words/activities/waterdr.html
This website has interactive activities where students see if they can label the parts of the water cycle. (Lesson 2)
Teacher Friendly Websites:
Site Name: United State Geological Service: Water Science for Schools: The Water Cycle
Site Address: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercyclehi.html
Great site for teacher background knowledge. If you aren’t clear about parts of the water cycle, click on the interactive diagram to find out more information! (Lesson 2)
Site Name: Glacier Galleries: Mighty Glaciers
Site Address: http://glacier-bay.gsfc.nasa.gov/pictures.glaciers.html
Photographs of actual glaciers to use with Lesson 7. These pictures will supply students with the background knowledge to understand some of the concepts. (Lesson 7)
Site Name: Illustrated Glossary of Alpine Glacial Landforms
Site Address: http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/lemke/alpine_glacial_glossary/glossary.html#erosionallandforms
Use with Lesson 7 after before reading the selection. There are photographs of each of the bolded words and more. Glaciers are historically an important eroding agent, this website plus the reading gives students a chance to get some information on the process of glaciation, which is very hard to model in the classroom. (Lesson 7)
Site Name: Gravity, an Agent of Erosion
Site Address: http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/CURR/Science/core/8thgrd/sciber8/geology/html/gravity.htm
Short article with examples of gravity and its role in erosion. Also, great photographs of examples of water, wind, ice and land erosion. (Lesson 6)
Site Name: Columbia River Tributaries
Site Address: http://www.spokaneoutdoors.com/collakmp.htm
This is a map with some photos linked to it showing the Columbia River and the major tributaries. (Lesson 8)
Site Name: Columbia River Basin
Site Address: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wr/cri/Images/PDF/cri1b.pdf
The Columbia River Basin with lots and lots of tributaries listed. Best if used with a projector so you can make sections of the map larger. Good to use with Lesson 8 as students are drawing aerial views and identifying parts of a river system. (Lesson 8)