Earth Sci. 11 – Exploration West Coast

November 1, 2015

EasyBib – use this online resource to create your bibliography

Know BC – log in required

Global Issues in Context

Gale Virtual Reference Books

Science in Context
WebPath Express
World Book Advanced
World History in Context

Career Links BC – description of careers

Expert 1: Seismologist
Plate Movement
Where Do Earthquakes Occur?

Why Do Earthquakes Happen?
What is Seismology?

High Tech Quake Survival

Earthquakes Canada
BC megathrust earthquake will rip earth open like a zipper, expert says

Every Fault Line in BC – CBC

Maps show earthquake lines run into BC – CTV

Expert 2: Volcanologist 
Information About Volcanologists – USGS
Erupting Volcano Explored with Amazing 360 Degree Interactive Video
Volcano Formation
Volcanoes 101 – National Geographic video
Understanding plate motions – USGS
Plate Boundaries – BBC
Plates & Boundaries – Annenberg Learner
Three Kinds of Plate Tectonic Boundaries – NOAA

Plate Tectonics

Plate Tectonics Virtual Lab

The Earth, 250 Million Years Ago
– interactive map game from NASA

Global Tectonic and Volcanic Activity of the Last One Million Years
– NASA site – click on map for more info

Plate Tectonic Animations – USGS site

Plate Tectonics
– world map with boundaries; diagrams for convergent, divergent, and transform boundaries

Plate Tectonics  – National Geographic site

Plate Tectonics – NASA

Plate Tectonics and Sea-Floor Spreading Maps and Graphics
– plate tectonic maps from USGS

Tectonic Plate Motion
– NASA site; scroll down to map below “Introduction” and click on continent you want

Expert 3: Anthropologist 
Seafloor Spreading – Harry Hammond Hess
1969 Pacific Ocean Floor Map – National Geographic
History of Geology – Alfred Wegener
Fossils & Plate Tectonics video
Native American Stories Overview
Thunderbird & Whale Stories
Stories from Pacific Northwest Coast

Expert 4: Disaster Management Specialist 
Science Career:  Emergency Management Specialists – video
Emergency Management Specialist – job description
Icelandic volcano: The impact is broad, but could be worse
Iceland volcano: global economic, social impact – video
Volcanoes & Climate
How do volcanoes affect the atmosphere and climate?

Tectonic Plates map
map of BC Plate Tectonics
Tectonic Plates

Plate tectonics