Curated OER
Coffee Plantations
Students explore coffee and coffee plantations. They view a Power Point presentation of what coffee looks like, where it grows, and how it is harvested. They discuss the environmental impacts on growing cofee and how it compares to...
Science Struck
Science Struck: How Mountains Are Formed
Read about the different types of mountains and how they are formed.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Reference: Habitats: Mountains
Find out about the plant and animal life in different types of mountain habitats.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Mountain Building
In this interactive tutorial you will learn how pressure creates stress and strain on rocks. Learn how different types of strain are produced by different plate tectonic settings, and explore the different types of mountain ranges and...
Other
West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey: Mountains
Site for general information about mountains. There is a downloadable PDF of this article with pictures.
Other
Utah History to Go: Traders, Trappers, and Mountain Men
Utah History to Go is an online course divided into eight chapters. This is one section of the third chapter that looks at the different groups of traders in Utah in the 1800s, and the types of goods they traded. It also describes the...
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids: Animals: Mountain Gorillas
A nice multi-media National Geographic site with video and audio clips about mountain gorillas. Fun facts about the gorillas include information ideal for research projects.
National Snow and Ice Data Center
National Snow and Ice Data Center: All About Glaciers: Glacier Types
Provides photographs of nine different types of glaciers with information about where they are located.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Mountain Maker, Earth Shaker
This interactive activity adapted from A Science Odyssey Web site helps you visualize different types of plate tectonic activity and shows the impact this activity has on Earth's surface.
Science4Fun
Science4 Fun: Mountains
What is a mountain? Discover how mountains are formed, the types of mountains, and their importance.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: School Publishers: Types of Land
This clickable map of the United States defines different geographic features such as mountains, plains, islands, and deserts.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Earth Science for Kids: Mountain Geology
Kids learn about the Earth science subject of mountains including how they are formed, types of mountains, geological features, definition, and fun facts.
National Snow and Ice Data Center
National Snow and Ice Data Center: All About Glaciers: Types of Glaciers
Provides short descriptions of thirteen types of glaciers.
CPALMS
Mountain Bicycles, Inc.
[Free Registration/Login Required] During this MEA simulation, kindergarten students will be deciding which type of bike will be best for a company to sell in their community. Students must work in cooperative groups as they determine...
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Mediterranean Sea: Which Types of Landforms Do We Know?
Join Aldo, and learn about many different types of geological landforms.
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.
Estrella Mountain Community College
Estrella Mountain Community College: Cell Transport
Resource provides an explanation of Cell Transport. Includes many practical examples, as well as pictures. Sections include Water and Solute Movement, The Cell Membrane. Cells and Diffusion, Active and Passive Transport, Carrier-assisted...
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University of Vermont: Rocky Mountain Forests
Contains brief descriptions of tree species which can be found at various elevational gradients: Subalpine, Montane, Woodland Zone, and Black Hills. These same types of forests would have greeted early settlers to the area.
PBS
Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Red Headed Woodpecker
The red-headed woodpecker can be found in woodlands throughout the United States east of the Rocky Mountains. The content of this site includes information on the characteristics, habitat, life cycle, range, behavior and diet of this...
PBS
Mountain Maker Earth Shaker
This resource gives an introduction to the theory of plate tectonics. It also has animations of four types of plate boundary interactions (convergent, divergent, transforming, collisional).
Other
Bike ride.com: Bicycling Events Calendar
This resource lists cycling events for the entire U.S. and Canada. There is a searchable database that allows you to put in the city you want and how many miles away you are willing to travel for all types of cycling events.
Other
Tulane University: Physical Geology: Glaciers and Glaciation
Lots of information here about glaciation, types of glaciers, the formation of glacial ice, changes in glacier size, how glaciers move, glacial erosion, landforms produced by glaciers, glacial deposition and drift, effects of glaciation...
National Snow and Ice Data Center
National Snow and Ice Data Center: Glacier Gallery
This website has a variety of photos that show types of glaciers and their effects. There are also links to other sites that contain glacier photos.