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    Weathering, Erosion and Deposition

    Weathering 
     
     Surface Area  Weathering and Erosion Pictures with Florida Sinkhole

     Review Videos 

    Chemical Weathering 
    Physical Weathering

    Erosion Game

    Examples

    Examples 2 
    Limestone Cave Formation 

     Internet Activity

    Weathering and Erosion Song Mr. Parr

     Weathering and Climate Model

    Concept Map 

    EROSION and DEPOSITION
     
    Erosion and Deposition Review Videos
    Wind and Water Erosion Erosion Characteristics ESRT - Page 6 Water Velocity Graph
    Mass Movement Erosion Wave Erosion Deposition
     
     
    MASS WASTING
     
     Landslide Landslide 4A  Taughannock Falls Rockslide 
     Landslide 2 Landslide 4B  Mass Movement Model
     Landslide 3    Landslide in Italy
     
     
    RIVER
    Sediment Flow in a River

    Sediment transport by streams
     
    Settling Rate 
    Waterfall Animation Oxbow Lake Formation
    Physical Weathering Video Niagara Falls Panorama Oxbow Lake Formation 2

    Oxbow Lake Formation 3
    Oxbow Lake Formation 4 
    Flashflood-YouTube Mississippi Delta ESRT - Water Velocity Discussion
    Hurricane Katrina

    Levee Breach
     
    Meandering River Daily Stream Flow Conditions
    Flood Model
    Floodplain 
    Meanders  Watershed
    Flood Module
    Formation of Leeves 
    Graded Bedding 
    Horizontal Sorting in a Stream
    Graded Bedding 
    Stream Deposition 
    Song - Floods 
    Deposition during sea level change 
    Vertical Sorting 
    Watershed 2 

    GLACIER

    Review Video 
     
    Mendenhall Glacier Panorama
    Glacial Advance and Retreat Animation Regents Glacier Diagrams
    View from Mt. Everest Panorama Glacial Deposition                                                      How the Earth Was Made - New York Harbor
    Glacier National Park - U-shaped Valley Panorama Closing of Bering Land Bridge

    Long Island Formation
    Matterhorn Panorama
    Glacier Module
    Glacial Features 
    Digital Elevation Map 1
    Digital Elevation Map 2 
    Glacier Model

    WAVE

    Beach Drift
    Wave Motion 
    Deep Water
        
    Coastal Erosion and Deposition

    Erosion and Deposition along a Jetty
    Groin 
    Wave Erosion at a Cliff
    Pacifica, California 1
    Wave Erosion Shore and Coastal Processes Module Pacifica, California 2
     Shoreline Evolution  Beach Panorama  Pacifica, California 3
     Beach Processes  Beach Drift and Spit Formation  Beach: A River of Sand

     WIND

    White Sands National Monument Panorama Cross-bedding Great Sand Dunes National Park
    Cross-bedding 2
    Cross-bedding 3 

    Bryce National Park Panorama
    Sediment Transport
     

    Measuring Earth

    Layers of the Atmosphere Song Review Video - Layers of the Earth Review Video - ESRT - Average Chemical Composition of Earth's Crust, Hydrosphere and Atmosphere 
    Latitude and Longitude Song Review Video - Layers of the Earth 2 Review Video - ESRT - NYS Map 3 Latitude and Longitude
    Virtual Parks Panorama   Review Video - Shape of the Earth
    Skydiver Jumps from 24 Miles Above Earth's Surface   Review Video - Latitude and Longitude
    Top 10 reasons we know the Earth is round    Review Video - ESRT - Layers of the Atmosphere

    Fields and Topographic Maps

    Review - Flashcards 
    Interactive Hill Flooding Topography Song Lyrics 
    Valley Flooding 2 Topography Song
    Mt.Shasta Flooding 3 Review Video - Calculate Gradient Discussion
    Depression  Mountain or Hill? Review Video - How to make a profile
     Isotherms  Drawing isolines Visualizing Topography
    Topographic Maps of Streams, Mt. St. Helens, Meteor Crater and Drumlins 
     

    Minerals

    Introduction 

    Review Videos
    Minerals 
    Mineral Characteristics 
    Minerals ESRT
     
    Computer Activity
    Common Uses Incomplete Mineral Growth Animation Mineral Crystal Structures
    Interactive ESRT - Minerals Crystal Growth in Magma Cleavage Plane
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    Moh's Hardness Scale 
    Silicon-Oxygen Tetrahedron
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    Everyday Uses of Minerals
    SONG - Rock Around the Silicates Mineral Module Si-O Tetrahedron 2

     

    Graphite Galena Magnetite Pyrite
    Hematite Talc Sulfur
    Gypsum
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    Muscovite Mica Halite Biotite Mica Calcite
    Dolomite Fluorite Pyroxene Amphiboles
    Potassium Feldspar Plagioclase Feldspar Olivine Quartz
    Garnet      

    Kimberlites

    Rocks

    Practice for Lab Practical
     
    Review - Minerals and Rocks Flashcards
        Sedimentary
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              Sedimentary Rocks
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    Sediment Deposition Sedimentary Rock Model  Sedimentary Rock Module
    Burial and Compaction Interactive ESRT - Scheme for Sedimentary Rock Identification  
     Rock Cycle Song  New York State Geologic Map  
     Rocks Rock Harder  NYC Geology  
    Rock Cycle Rap
            
    Song  Types of Rocks

    Song of the Rocks
    Rock Song - Formed this Way

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         Igneous

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               Igneous Rocks
               ESRT - Igneous Rocks 
     
    Classzone Lava Flow  Igneous Rock Model
    Interactive ESRT - Scheme for Igneous Rock Identification Montserrat  Igneous Rock Podcast

        Metamorphic

            Review Videos 
             Metamorphic Rocks
             ESRT - Metamorphic Rocks 
    Foliation  Rock Cycle Model
     Interactive ESRT - Scheme for Metamorphic Rock Identification
    ESRT 2 
    Himalayas
    Metamorphism 
     Metamorphic Rock Model  Random Acts of Science - Metamorphic Rocks

    Plate Tectonics

    Review Videos
     
    ESRT - Inferred Properties of Earth's Interior
    Layers of the Earth 2
    Continental Drift
    ESRT - Plate Tectonics
    Divergent Plate Boundaries
    Convergent Plate Boundaries
    Transform Plate Boundaries and Hot spots
    Earthquakes
    Review - Dynamic Crust Flashcards
     
    Computer Activity - Part A

    Alfred Wegener Song

    Computer Activity - Part B

    Computer Activity Part D 

    ESRT - Tectonic Map

    Computer Activity - Part C

    World Map Topography/Bathymetry Ocean Floor Ages

    Hot Chocolate Earth!

    ESRT - Tectonic Plates
    Oceanic Crust Forms at Mid-Ocean Ridge
    mid-ocean ridge 
    Plate Boundaries
    Normal and Reversed Polarity Animation
    Normal and Reversed Polarity Animation2
    Seafloor Magnetism 
    Wandering Poles Animation
    Convection Currents Animation
    Convection in the Mantle 
    Yellowstone Hotspot Magmatism Flash
    Plate Tectonic Model IRIS - Juan De Fuca Subduction How the Earth Was Made - Yellowstone
    Interactive - Name the Tectonic Plates
    Himalayas Animation
    Himalayas 2 
    Deadly Volcanoes
    Interactive - Label Sea Floor Spreading Diagram San Andreas Fault Mountain Photos
    Tsunami Animation Crater Lake National Park Panorama  Volcano Flash
    Faults and Folds Module "Long-Term Global Forecast? Fewer Continents" - NY Times Article Volcanism of Cascade Range
    USGS Live Internet Seismic Server Hawaii Volcano - YouTube Candle Stick Park
    African Rift Valley - Nyiragongo Bermuda How fast does lava flow?
    Hot Spot Animation
    Dynamic Earth - Smithsonian Old Faithful WebCam
    Plates on the Move - American Museum of Natural History Basic Plate Boundaries Animation Transform Faulting Animation
    Mount St. Helens 1,  Mount St. Helens 2 Rifting Animation Formation of Himalayas
    Plate Tectonics Module Age of Sea Floor
    Continental Drift
    Continental Drift 2 
    Folding Hot Spot Rift Valley
    Subduction
    Subduction 2 
    Tonga Trench  

     SONGS

    Song - Breaking Up is Hard To Do/Continental Drift Song - Plate Tectonics - Panda Bear! Song - Volcano
    Song - Pangea's Moving Farther Apart Again
    SONG - Plate Tectonics - We Didn't Start the Fire Rap - Layers of the Earth/Plate Tectonics
    Song - Crust in Pieces
    SONG - Ring of Fire Mt. St. Helen's Eruption

    Japan Earthquake 3/11/11

    Before and After Pictures - ABC

    USGS - Japan 3/11/11 9.0 Earthquake
    Before and After Pictures - NY Times Japanese Tsunamis
    Ground shaking in Japan

    Japanese Earthquake - Pacific Tsunamis
    P and S Waves - IRIS
     
    Concept Map 
    News Report

    Seismology
     
    Review - Earthquake Flashcards
    Earthquake Notification 
    Focus and Epicenter 
    Earthquake Animation 
     
    Earth Sounds
    ESRT - P and S Waves 
    Virtual Earthquake
    USGS - States
    USGS - New York Earthquake History
    Seismic Waves 
    P wave 
    P and S Wave Animation - World
    P and S wave animation 
    IRIS - P and S Wave Animation
    USGS- Latest Earthquakes in the World

    USGS - Earthquake Records

    Earthquakes in the last week
    P and S Wave Animation - Small Scale P and S Wave - IRIS
              
    P, S and Surface Waves - IRIS
    IRIS - Creating Time Travel Curves ESRT - P and S Waves Interactive Chart  Mercalli Scale
    USGS - Haiti 1/12/10 7.0 Earthquake
     Tsunamis Animation
    Tsunamis Detection              
    Bill Nye - Earthquakes
    USGS - Interview with Mr. Richter
    Layers of the Earth Module
     
    Concept Map 
    Travel Times
    Seismograph
    Seismograph 2 

    Sumatra Earthquake 12/26/04

     2004 Sumatra Earthquake 2004 Sumatra Tsunamis Propagation Subduction/Tsunamis Animation
    USGS - Sumatra 12/26/04 9.1 Earthquake
    Sumatra Tsunamis Animation Tsunamis Animation

    SONGS

    SONG - Seismic Waves
     

    SONG - Earthquakes

    Seismic Rap
    SONG - Watch the Line
     
    Earth's History
     
    Review Videos
     
    Radioactivity Review
    Geologic History Review 
    Fossil Review 
    Review - Earth's History Flashcards
    Seeing the Big Picture 24 Hour Geological Clock Earth Calendar
    Unconformity Animation Igneous Intrusion Sequence of Events
    Cross Section of NYS History Animation

    GEOLOGY OF NEW YORK: A SIMPLIFIED ACCOUNT
    Fossil Gallery How the Earth Was Made - Hutton
    Geology of NYS Walking with Beasts Grand Canyon Development
    ESRT - Geologic Bedrock of NYS and Fossils Rock Correlation
    Chicxulub Impact Crater
    Concept Map 

     SONG

     SONG - Down Doo Be Doo  All Earth Time Song  Radioactivity Song
     

     ESRT - Landscape Regions

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
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