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It's Just a Theory - a WebQuest produced by UniServe Science on the Theory of Plate Tectonics
Volcano World - lesson plans including resources and activities- whilst mainly aimed at Years 5-8 these area god starting point
Plates and their motion
Plate Tectonics, the Cause of Earthquakes - Discusses models of plate motion and the relationship to earthquake, volcanic and other environments - from University of Nevada. Offers excellent images.
Discovering Plate Boundaries - from Rice University offers activity-based learning, materials available from Download page
Processes that occur along plate boundaries. - Animations from Exploring Earth, McDougal Littell, Classzone
Future plate movements - Animation from Exploring Earth, McDougal Littell, Classzone
Paleoclimate Map Animation - click and drag slowly across the map to see a reversing view of the earth, download may be slow
When the Earth Moves - from Beyond Discovery, The National Academy of Sciences
This Dynamic Earth - excellent booklet from US Geological Survey
This Dynamic Planet: A Teaching Companion - resources and activities from US Geological Survey
This Dynamic Planet - from Smithsonian Istitute - includes interactive map of major plate tectonic features
Dynamic Earth - teaching resources and graphics from Leeds University
Earth's Interior & Plate Tectonics - includes link to Crustal Plate Boundaries map, from Views of the Solar System
Plate Tectonics - from Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
Plate Tectonics: The Mechanism - from Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley
Plate Tectonics - from Online Journey Through Astronomy, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Volcanoes of Australia - from John Seach, data supplied allows plotting on a map, images must be purchased
The San Andreas Fault - from USGS
Plate movement and mountain building
A Plate Tectonic Rock Cycle - from James Madison University
The Cyclical Opening and Closing of Ocean Basins - from James Madison University
Mountain Building - from Exploring Earth, McDougal Littell, Classzone
Tectonics Through Times - includes the Wilson Cycle, from Leeds University
A Tectonic Rock Cycle - a clickable diagram of the rock cycle in relation to Plate Tectonics - from James Madison University
Consequences of Plate Tectonics - from Online Journey Through Astronomy, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
World Ocean Floors - a map of the plate boundaries with clickable areas that provide local maps and commentary on tectonic features
Plate Tectonics A Whole New Way of Looking at Your Planet - on-line textbook covers Mountain Ranges, Subduction Zones, Island Arcs and Hot Spots
Australia has its ups and downs - from CSIRO
Continent growth
Continental Birth and Evolution through Geologic Time - from Monash University (pdf 156.8kB)
Synopsis of Plate Tectonic Theory And Its Implications for Earth History - from James Madison University
Locations of earthquakes and volcanoes, predicting earthquakes and volcanoes
Animations - a series of animations from "Exploring Earth" - Plate Tectonics, eathquakes, volcanoes and mountain building
Australia's Earthquake News - details of all the latest earthquakes in Austrlai (including location and magnitude)from the Seismology Research Centre
Recent Earthquakes Measured by Geoscience Australia - from Geoscience Australia
Earthquake Information and Response Page for West Australian Seismicity - from University of Western Australia
Virtual Earthquake - locate the epicentre of an earthquake, from California State University, Los Angeles
Basic Seismology - from the Seismology Research Centre, including Earthquakes in Australia
Monitoring Active Volcanoes - from United States Geological Survey
Benefits of Volcano Monitoring Far Outweigh Costs-The Case of Mount Pinatubo - from United States Geological Survey
Sulfur dioxide emission rates of Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii, 1979-1997 - from United States Geological Survey
Hazards associated with earthquakes
Earthquakes - at Exploring Earth, includes investigations, interactives, visualisations and data centres
Natural Hazards - from Geoscience Australia- includes information on other Natural Hazards, including volcanoes and tsunamis
Plate tectonics and people - from the booklet, This Dynamic Earth - the Story of Plate Tectonics, USGS
Calculating the threat of tsunami - from NOVA, Australian Academy of Science
Earthquakes, Tsunamis and Landslides - from USGS
Hazards associated with volcanoes
Fact Sheets from United States Geological Survey - a range of hazrd fact sheets including those related to volcanoes, eathquakes and tsunamis
Volcanic eruptions, prediction, hazard assessment, remote sensing, and societal implications - from School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii
Volcano and Hydrologic Hazards, Features, and Terminology - from USGS, inlcudes Gas Emissions, Lahars, Ash Flows, Volcanic-Related Floods and Volcanic Smog ("Vog")
Types and Effects of Volcano Hazards - from United States Geological Survey Volcanic Hazards Progam
Ash properties & dispersal by wind - from US Geological Survey
Case study of a recent natural disaster assocated with tectonic activity
Samoan Tsunami September 2009
Villages Wiped Out - news article
Details of destruction - early news article from ABC - death toll rose much higher than reported in this article
Indonesia earthquake, 2006
Magnitude 6.3 - JAVA, INDONESIA - from US Geological Survey
Yogyakarta 27 May, 2006 Earthquake - from of the damage from Volcano Discovery
Indian Ocean Tsunami, 26th December 2004
Tsunami - set of resources from UniServe Science
Earthquake at Izmit, Turkey in 1999
U.S. Geological Survey 1999 Scientific Expedition to Turkey Field Investigations of the 1999 Izmit Earthquake - report from USGS
Turkey's Tragedy - from The Why Files?
The Aitape Earthquake and Tsunami, Papua New Guinea, 1998
Operation Shaddock -- the Australian Defence Force response to the tsunami disaster in Papua New Guinea - a report by Australian Defence Force medical and other personnel at the site
The July 17, 1998 Papua New Guinea Tsunami - with simulation of the formation of the tsunami
Rabaul Caldera, Papua New Guinea, 1994
Rabaul Caldera, Papua New Guinea, September-October 1994 eruptions and current activity - from Michigan State University. These pages include location maps, photographs from Australian television sources, satellite images and lots more
Plate tectonics and climate
Plate tectonics and the evolution of climate - from Department of Geophysics, Stanford University
Plate Tectonics and Climate - from a lecturer on Meteorology and Climatology at Wichita State University
Icehouse/greenhouse and plate tectonics super-cycle - this content was removed in the September 2002 revision but is included here for extension and interest
The Snowball Earth - by Paul F. Hoffman and Daniel P. Schrag (published in in Scientific American, January, 2000) from Harvard University
Climatologist's Toolbox - from the Whyfiles, University of Wisconsin
Climate Change; a summary of some present knowledge and theories - includes "The geological perspective"
Mount Pinatubo - from School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii - includes the effect of the 1991 eruption on the climate
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