Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery. Describes over 600 mineral species and varieties. mineral.galleries.com
Dinosaur Art Gallery. Over 40 oil paintings of prehistoric dinosaurs, and pictures of their habitat, by artist Josef Moravec. www.prehistory.com
George C.
Page Museum. Located at the Rancho La Brea
Tar Pits in the heart of Los Angeles. Rancho La Brea is
one of the world's most famous fossil localities,
recognized for having the largest and most diverse
assemblage of extinct Ice Age plants and animals in the
world. Visitors can learn about Los Angeles as it was
between 10,000 and 40,000 years ago, during the last Ice
Age, when animals such as saber-toothed cats and mammoths
roamed the Los Angeles Basin. www.tarpits.org
Parícutin. In this website, you will relive the story of the Paricutin volcano, from its birth to its eruption between 1943 and 1952. The Paricutin volcano is said to have grown out of a cornfield, and although it wasn't as cataclysmic as the fall of Pompeii, it nonetheless represents a dramatic period in the lives of the inhabitants of Paricutin, Mexico, who lost crops, livestock, and suffered substantial property damage during the natural disaster. The Paricutin is the most recent volcano to have formed on the Western Hemisphere, and is considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Natural World. www.paricutin.com
Volcano World. volcano.und.edu
Zoom Dinosaurs. A division of Enchanted Learning. Colorful and very informative pages about virtually every known dinosaur, along with information about dinosaurs in general, the evolution of dinosaurs, and dinosaur myths. www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/
Dinosaur Days (Step
Into Reading, A Step 2 Book), by Joyce Milton.
Brief and simple descriptions of the various kinds of
dinosaurs that roamed the earth millions of years ago. www.kbtoys.com
Geology Rocks! (50
Hands-On Activities To Explore The Earth), by Cindy
Blobaum. Explains the formation and history
of the earth as well as presents fifty hands-on
activities to introduce the science of geology, allowing
readers to observe the effects of water, erosion, acid
rain, volcanoes, and earthquakes on models they create.
www.kbtoys.com
How the
Earth Was Made. Four and a half billion
years in the making, this History Channel film journeys
back to the molten ocean of radioactive rock that spewed
forth the Earth, as erupting volcanoes create the
planet's new crust and open an inexorable cycle of
creation, extinction, ice ages, rebirth, and final
destruction, using state-of-the-art CGI graphics,
location footage, and eminent expert commentary to
re-create the birth of our planet. www.shoppbs.org
Janice
Vancleave's Rocks and Minerals: Mind-Boggling Experiments
You Can Turn Into Science Projects. Suggests
science projects demonstrating various aspects of rocks
and minerals. www.kbtoys.com
Sciences
of the Earth: An Encyclopedia of Events, People, and
Phenomena. A survey of the history of
geosciences that shows the evolution of ideas about the
earth. Covering a wide range of disciplines (geology,
geography, geophysics, oceanography, meteorology, etc.),
the 230-plus articles describe historical explanations of
earthly occurrences, important institutions, major
historical issues, and even topics that do not fall
within mainstream science such as occult philosophy and
magic. The emphasis is on Western science, although some
other cultures are represented. Biographical articles
were purposely omitted, so a name index that lists almost
all the individuals mentioned is included. There is also
a section discussing other useful resources for research
in the history of geosciences. www.amazon.com
PaleoWorld (DVD
5-pack). Wooly mammoths. Flying pterosaurs.
Ultrasaurus. T. Rex. Amid such terrifying creatures, how
did man manage to survive and evolve? State-of-the-art
film techniques and computer animation fire students'
imaginations as they learn about recent discoveries
illuminating large gaps in the fossil record. Follow the
mysteries and the reconstructions of modern paleontology,
a fascinating and controversial science! English
subtitles. www.kbtoys.com
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