Nebraska Studies
Nebraska Studies
A large site that tracks the history of the Nebraska area begins with the formation of the earth, moves through the earliest human activity in Nebraska, and then through proto-historical and historical Nebraska. The Kansas-Nebraska Act,...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Pop Goes the Geyser!
Our home, Earth, is a living planet. Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are proof that the geological forces that shaped our planet and created the land masses are ongoing. An amazing example of geologic activity that is less damaging is...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Atchafalaya Bay Deltas
The Mississippi Delta is disappearing because of rising sea levels and the construction of levees, yet the deltas in the Atchafalaya Bay are growing. View this video from NASA showing images collected over 31 years showing the growth of...
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg: The Emerald City of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Join Dorothy and the Wonderful Wizard as they take Aunt Em and Uncle Henry on a fabulous tour of Oz in this full-text sequel to L. Frank Baum's The Wizard of Oz. Multiple digital formats of the full text are available.
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg: Glinda of Oz by L. Frank Baum
The full text of one of L. Frank Baum's sequels to The Wizard of Oz. This novel is about Glinda, the Good Witch of the West. Multiple digital formats of the full text are available.
Science Struck
Science Struck: An Explanation of How Waterfalls Are Formed
Describes the processes that cause the formation of waterfalls, examples of waterfalls around the world, and the different types.
Quia
Quia: Geography World: Earth's Surface Matching Game
Match the vocabulary term with the definition to reinforce and practice your vocabulary terms. View the list of terms before beginning to become familiar with the words and improve your score. Users must enable JavaScript.
Other
Okanagan University: Eolian Processes and Landforms
A wonderfully detailed introduction to the topic of wind erosion and landforms. Contains many illustrations and maps which show the concepts that are presented in the text.
Geographyiq
Geography Iq
Detailed geographical information on any country is available at this site. Within the World Map section, you can get facts and figures about each country's geography, demographics, government, political system, flags, historical and...
US Department of Education
Helping Your Child Learn Geography
This parent guide helps you to teach your child geography. The site features a section on each of the five themes of geography and how to specifically teach a child to learn and be able to apply each theme. Although published in 1996, it...
University of Texas at Austin
France
Excellent series of maps from University of Texas at Austin - Provides political and shaded relief maps of France and a multitude of historical maps and maps of overseas territories overseas. Also includes maps of several large cities.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Varying Valleys
The NPS offers a good description of the three main types of valleys, lesson objectives, and modeling activities.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Can You Catch the Water?
Students construct a three-dimensional model of a water catchment basin using everyday objects to create hills, mountains, valleys and water sources. They experiment to see where rain travels and collects, and survey water pathways to...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Carve That Mountain
In this activity, students further investigate major landforms (e.g., mountains, rivers, plains, hills, oceans and plateaus). They build a three-dimensional model of a landscape depicting several of these landforms. Once they have built...
Other
Physical geography.net: Concept of Uniformitarianism
This fundamentals of physical geography site provides a good overview of this early theory on the development landforms and the scientists that were involved in its conception.
BBC
Bbc Nature: Wildlife: Wetlands
Take a close-up look at the world of wetlands and discover what lives and grows there through videos, pictures, news, descriptions, and external links. Listen to the various sounds that occur in wetlands.
Other
Landforms
The education department of Prince Edward Island has a great page with information pertaining to landforms. Starting with a definition, it then moves to the specific types like valleys, mountains, plateaus, etc.
Other
Science4 Us: Features
In the Earth's Features module, students explore mountains, volcanoes, caves, rivers and oceans and their place on Earth.
Other
Welcome to the Hopewell Rocks
Visit the famous Hopewell Rocks and explore the park and its famous Flowerpot Rocks where the highest tides in the world can be found. Check out the "Did you know?" sections for fascinating facts and information.
Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media: Wondering About Landforms in Asia
Following a guided observation through Google Earth of a landform in Asia, students will be able to form questions that reflect what they have observed and what they want to know about that landform.
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University: Ohio State Maps
At this site from The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, you can find out about the landform features in the state of Ohio. How are the counties set up in Ohio? Look at the various maps to answer all of your map questions.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Effectiveness of Mn Dams in Water Retention
Through this field activity, students will obtain hands-on experience by measuring stream flows and observing landform and stream processes of dams once before water freezes, and again after the weather deposition has occurred. Students...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Nymphs
Encyclopedia article about nymphs in Greek mythology, "any member of a large class of female nature spirits, sometimes bound to a particular location or landform." Discusses classifications of nymphs and provides a picture as well.
Other
Jacksonville State University: Glacial Deposition
Online article on the characteristics of glacier deposits. Specifics about the types of deposits and land forms they create.