Science Links

Earth Sciences

Earth Science Australia Links
Selected Earth Science link listings
http://www.earthsci.org/links/links.html

Double Helix: Geology and Earth Science Links
Links that have appeared in past issues of The Helix and Scientriffic magazines.
http://www.csiro.au/helix/websites/geology.shtml

Mountain Maker, Earth Shaker
Information on topics related to plate tectonics such as volcanoes.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics/indext.html

Earth Science Links
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/science_elem.htm#earth

Earth Science and Geology Links
http://www.col-ed.org/smcnws/msres/sciencelinks.html

Crystals

Snow Crystals
Information about snow crystals and snowflakes.
http://www.cco.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/

Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom
Learn about crystals found in the earth
http://www.minerals.net/

A Wonderful World of Minerals
Learn about gemstones and crystals at this Thinkquest site
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002744/adlm.html

Crystals, Christmas, and Science
Students will learn how different crystals are formed, observe crystals in the making, observe with a hand lens and cite the geometric qualities, and relate the necessary natural occurrences needed to create crystals.
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/ScienceArtMDChristmasCrystals46.htm

Crystal Creations
How to grow spikes of crystals in the sun.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/crystal.html

Crystals
The purpose of this lesson is to introduce the student to the effects of the mixture of different components and also the effect of one chemical on another.
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Science/Chemistry/CHM0011.html

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