Students examine the types of containers used by Native Americans. They discover how their form and function has changed over time. They create their own container based on the Native American examples.

What is groundwater? Where does it fit into the water cycle? With the aid of a simple illustration, one is able to learn more about this topic. Includes link to a true-and-false quiz.

A discussion of geologic time, along with a presentation of evidence for the time span involved.

At this site from the United States Geological Survey, you can read an informative and scientific explanation of what deserts are and what occurs in them. View pictures of deserts and a diagram showing the distribution of deserts in Africa.

In this amazing interactive tutorial, you'll learn about minerals - the building blocks or rocks and the Earth. We'll talk about what makes something a mineral, and how differences in these minerals let us organize them into different...

What is a sinkhole? Where are they found? What causes them? This text based article will provide the answer to these questions, and more!

This article explains that as our knowledge of life on the planet evolves, we've come to use the word biosphere as a way of explaining the entire intertwined network of life on Earth. This concept combines an understanding of geology,...

A quick summary of the water cycle that includes a diagram of the cycle, with links to in-depth explanations of each component of the cycle. Click "water-cycle home" to access water-cycle resources in a variety of languages.

The Black Hills Institute of Geological Research is a world-renowned center for paleontology. Here they describe in clear language how fossils are formed and preserved, and what information they give us about the past, particularly in...

Read about the destructive process of desertification and how this impacts human beings, how satellite images provide data to document what is happening, and some solutions that have been developed to combat the problem.

Follow the steps of paleontologists as they excavate Tyrannosaurus bones. This project took place in 2004 but there is plenty of useful information on the website for learning more about the T. Rex. Such as, how do you tell a male from a...

In this geology field lab, students will map an area around Quarry 12 and Quarry 13 in Quarry Park. Using a field notebook, students will take field observations to later produce a basic geologic map, topographic map, and a...

The U.S. Geological Survey provides information on what a desert is, how the atmosphere influences aridity, where deserts form, types of deserts, desert features, eolian processes, types of dunes, remote sensing of arid lands, mineral...

You will find this list of questions interesting and amusing. "Things like, "Is salt water used for anything in the U.S.?," and How can we have a 100-year flood two years in a row?", are found on this this. Click Home to access the site...

This teacher's guide consisting of 10 activity based learning exercises defines what a mineral deposit is and how a mineral deposit is identified and measured, how the mineral resources are extracted, how the mining site is reclaimed,...

A hydrogeologist is a person who studies the ways that groundwater (hydro) moves through the soil and rock of the earth (geology). A similar profession, a hydrologist, is someone who studies surface water. Find out what this career is like.

The Ring of Fire is a region of volcanic and earthquake activity that surrounds the Pacific Ocean. In this project you can explore the connection between plate tectonics and volcanic activity by mapping historical data.

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

Site provides extensive information in the study of comets. Includes excellent graphics that depict what comets look like as they travel through the solar system. Also includes information on how comets may have effected the Earth's...

Discover the ways in which the Earth's surface is always changing and what causes those changes through reference materials and a collection of activities.

This course enhances science literacy by emphasizing the repeated practice of making observations, posing questions & developing hypotheses around a narrowly focused aspect of Minnesota Geology. Students construct new knowledge using...

At this site from the U.S. Geological Survey you can find out what makes rain such a valuable resource. Included is a chart that tells how much rain different cities in the United States receive. Click Home to access the site in Spanish.

Article explaining what limestone is, how it is formed, where it occurs, the different types, and how it has been used throughout history. (Published: August 8, 2010)

This resource explains what pH is and how it relates to water. The resource includes a colored graphic of the pH levels and a map of pH levels around the USA.