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World Builders™
World Builders™
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Session Three -- Links
Session Three -- Links
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Weather and Climate
Weather and Climate
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Weather Systems
Ask Jack Your Weather Questions
at the USATODAY site. Many weather questions are already asked and sorted by subject and heading. There is a mine of easy to understand
informaion here.
Meterology
101 Course by Dr. Steve Ackerman.
Lectures are in note form, but are easy to
follow. Good diagrams and images. Basic information:
wind formation, clouds and rain, general circulation
of atmosphere.
http://earthsci.org/weather/weather.html
Weather and Climate
from Earth Science Australia: interesting information about
weather, cloud formations, global warming, climate change in earlier
times and much more.
USAToday on How Weather Works
Lots of good, simply explained information arranged under
subject headings. Check this site first!
On Line Guides to Meteorology features instructional modules on
Light and Optics, Clouds and Precipitation, Forces and Winds,
Air Masses and Fronts, Weather Forecasting, Severe Storms, Hurricanes,
El Nino, and the Hydrologic Cycle. You can find the answers to a lot of questions here!
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The Greenhouse
Effect
The Greenhouse Effect: EPA Global Warming Kids Site:
Information, good explanations, movies -- fun for all!
Greenhouse Effect: Good explanation with helpful diagrams.
Activity: Earth Science: The Greenhouse Effect In A Jar.
This simple experiment shows how radiated heat can be trapped.
EPA: Global Warming: Climate: The Environmental
Protection Agency explains the greenhouse effect.
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Clouds
An
excellent page with descriptions, data,
and images of clouds. Adult reading level.
PSC Meteorology Program Cloud Boutique
Good descriptions and pictures of types of clouds
Clouds and Precipitation
University of Illinois provides
information on cloud development and types: many pictures are included.
The site also discusses types of precipitation.
The atmosphere section of the Principles of Aeronautics
Internet Textbook has good information on clouds and weather.
Gene Moore has posted gorgeous pictures of storms with information and links.
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Ocean
Currents
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/Water/ocean_currents.html&edu=high
Window
on the Universe website has
excellent information about the
ocean. Click on the
graphic about the ocean currents
on earth to get some ideas about
how ocean currents might work on
your world.
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Glaciers
Newton's
Apple Teachers' to Permafrost
Ice Ages: good information.
http://tvl1.geo.uc.edu/ice/Glacier.html
Glacial
Geology at the University of Cincinnati. Breath-taking
pictures and course materials that you can download. Pictures may be used for education
if you ask for permission. A must see site
if your planet has ice on it!
http://barsoom.msss.com/earth/antarctica/marypbs/marypbs.html
Computer
Simulations and real pictures of the dry valleys
in Antarctica. Very interesting!
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Magnetic
Field
The Exploration of the Earth's Magnetosphere is a comprehensive etextbook about the magnetosphere. An excellent reference document. Includes a math refresher section. Also available in Spanish.
What is the Magnetosphere? MSFC, part of NASA, has put together this simple and informative introduction to the magnetic field that surrounds our earth.
Aurora's
Northern Lights: beautiful photos of the
Aurora Borealis --slide shows with spectacular
pictures!
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The
Atmosphere
Earth's Atmosphere A NASA page with good information about the atmosphere and
accompanying diagrams. An excellent introduction.
Earth's Atmosphere A more in-depth treatment of our atmosphere, with information about its evolution and development over time. There are sections on ozone and the ozone layer.
The Earth's Atmosphere Good diagrams and information on the atmosphere.
http://wings.avkids.com/Book/Atmosphere/advanced/index.html
Adult
text description of the atmosphere. OK for
the layperson. Information available at this
site for instructors and younger readers,
too. Very helpful!
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/life/earths_primordial_environs.html
Earth's Primordial Environment gives a short
introduction to the atmosphere believed to have existed on the early
earth. Information is presented in three reading levels to
accommodate users of different reading levels.
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2002, 2003.
Elizabeth
Anne Viau. All
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