This resource details the non-native plant and animal species that have become invasive to the ecosystem of the Pacific Northwest. Topics include the impact of invasive species and how they become part of a new environment.

Covering newspapers, magazines, monographs, theses, dissertations and other material, this index goes back as far as the mid-nineteenth century. Very useful for locating primary source material on the Pacific Northwest region.

This page from the U.S. Geological Survey is devoted to Tsunamis in the Pacific Northwest. View some animations of tsunamis.

This journal is written for upper elementary students. This issue offers four articles, written by scientists, about climate change issues that affect the Pacific Northwest. In addition, students get to meet the scientists who did the...

In this lab, students investigate mysterious ground motions along the Pacific Northwest Coast.

This rollover compares the earthquake of 1700 in the Pacific Northwest with the 2004 Sumatra earthquake and tsunami.

The Pacific Northwest is host to three kinds of earthquakes revealed in this interactive.

Read about efforts by scientists to develop new habitats for salmon and steelhead species of fish in the Pacific Northwest.

Site provides information and lesson plans regarding the Pacific Coastal Northwest Indians. Use this site to find information about daily life, food, and more.

This resource is a compilation of articles appearing in "The Seattle Times" "looking at the history of Seattle through the eyes of the newspaper." You will find articles and study guides for subjects ranging from economics to crime and...

Students are introduced to measuring and identifying sources of air pollution, as well as how environmental engineers try to control and limit the amount of air pollution. In Part 1, students are introduced to nitrogen dioxide as an air...

Site details performance and program schedule of the Seattle based company. Includes photo gallery and biographies of the dancers and artistic staff.

This resource provides information about the Pacific Northwest and the cultures of people who inhabited the area.

This is a fabulous collection of artifacts related to Chinese immigration to British Columbia. Although most of the artifacts are not online, there is a lengthy video interview with Dr. Wallace Chung, the collector, and detailed...

An interesting site filled with pictures of artwork from the Pacific Northwest coast. Great examples of masks, prints, paintings, carvings, totem poles, and much more!

Learn facts about this important and diverse ecosystem in America's Pacific Northwest.

This video segment from ZOOM compares and contrasts the habitat and life forms found in Death Valley with those found in the temperate rain forest of the Pacific Northwest. [3:46]

This resource provides solutions to global warming issues and problems, with specific information pertaining to the Pacific Northwest.

Learn about the Kwakiutl, Native Americans of the Northwest culture region. Richly illustrated, this school-sponsored site emphasizes the link between Native traditions and the natural resources of the region.

Historical overviews and associated images that document the search, by European explorers, for the elusive Northwest Passage through the North American continent to the Pacific. Discusses, among others, the explorations of Cabot,...

A brief description of some of the main Native American tribes that lived in the Arctic, along the Northwest Coast, and in California.

A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "Pacific Northwest Basket."

A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "Pacific Northwest Canoe."

A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "Pacific Northwest Man."