INTRODUCTION TO PLATE TECTONICS

• a great introduction to the structure of the earth and plate boundaries

• ideers – loads of information on everything from plate boundaries to bendy buildings

• the breakup of Pangaea – where the plates were 150million years ago

• where next? – predicted plate movement for the next 100million years

PLATE MOVEMENT

• plate boundaries – how the plates form conservative, constructive, destructive margins

• plate boundaries II – how the Himalayan mountains were formed

EARTHQUAKES & VOLCANOES INTERACTIVE

• a super guide to earthquakes and volcanoes with maps, case studies and ‘hands-on’ tasks (don’t forget to click on the right icon!)

• analyse a real earthquake – measure S-waves & P-waves, predict the location of the epicenter and magnitude on the richter scale

• S-waves & P-waves – a quick demonstration

• supervolcano – can you handle the eruption of ‘Mount Spur?’

REAL-LIFE EVENTS

• in-depth information on the Asian tsunami (2004) from the BBC

• Kobe (1995) – Japanese earthquake hits 7.2 on richter scale

• San Francisco (1989) – U.S. earthquake close to the San Andreas fault measures 6.9

• Mount St. Helens (1980) – U.S. volcano literally blows its top

GENERAL

• natural disasters & hazards – google search

• ‘the disaster area’ – some useful points for ‘kids’ from FEMA

• USGS latest world quakes – lots of other useful information here too

• USGS for kids

• volcano und nodak – excellent source of volcano information

• stromboli online – information on volcanoes of the world