EarthquakesABAG Earthquake Maps and Info (Maps and information)
Exploratorium Faultline Project (Project activities and information on earthquakes)
Lectures about Earthquakes (Lectures and pictures explaining causes of earthquakes)
Museum of SF: 1906 Earthquake (Information on the 1906 earthquake and fire)
SCEC Education Module (Information for high school and adults on plate tectonics and earthquakes in So. CA)
Today's Earthquake Activity Around the World (Student activity and many sites for maps and earthquake activity)
USGS Earthquake Information (Earthquake information and lots of links)
Plate Tectonics
Animated Tectonic History of NW America (Animations of tectonic history)
On the Move: Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics (information on continental drift and plate tectonics, evidence, and quizzes)
Planet Earth
CA Department of Conservation: Division of Mines and Geology (Resources, maps, and information on earthquakes, minerals, and geologic hazards. See DMG's Teacher Resource Center Earth Sciences Grades K-12)
Discovery: Planet Earth (Volcano and earthquake activities that go with Discovery Science TV Programs)
Earth and Moon Viewer (Different views of the Earth and moon from space)
Earth Observatory (Data and images of Earth: atmosphere, oceans, land, I if e, heat and energy)
Geology Labs On-line (On-line labs on Rivers, Dating, and Earthquakes with many more topics coming soon)
PBS: The Savage Earth (PBS series with information, resources, and activities)
Special Places
Geology of the Galapagos (Information and pictures of the geology of the Galapagos Islands)
Rocks
Atlas of Rocks and Minerals (Pictures of thin sections of rocks and minerals)
Franklin Institute Rocks and Minerals (Information on rocks and minerals. See Minerals by Name for information and pictures by name)
Rocks and Minerals Laboratory (introduction to rocks and minerals: classification, types, identification)
Smithsonian Gem and Mineral Collection (Pictures and some information on each sample)
This Planet Really Rocks (5th grade created Think Quest website on rocks and minerals)
Volcanoes
Michigan Technological Volcanoes Page (Information, pictures, and maps of erupting volcanoesj
USGS Volcanoes (Information on types and structure of volcanoes)
Volcanoes of the World (Information, pictures, maps, graphics-search by name for all the volcanoes of the world)
Weathering and Erosion
UM Weathering (Information on weathering and rocks for three different levels)
Weathering and Erosion (Websites and information)
Weathering (General information in lecture on weathering including rock cycle diagram and overview of rocks)
Other Websites
Los Angeles: Past, Present and Future- USC
Los Angeles River Connection-Target Science, Los Angeles Educational Partnership
The LA Story Virtual Field Trip, UCLA California Science Project
Southern California Earthquake Center- USC, Caltech, UCLA
Los Angeles Region Seismic Experiment, US Geological Survey
Bringing Water to LA, UCLA California Science Project
Green Communities, US Environmental Protection Agency
Land Use Issues, Project ISSUES, UCLA
Science In The City is a part of LAEP Learning Exchange.