Understanding Earth Science through Problem Based Learning 

April 22, 2006
Joan Carter  

1.  Workshop Links

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/
USGS Earthquake hazards page

http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/info/1906/
1906 EQ

http://www.sfmuseum.org/1906/06.html
Virtual Museum of 1906 EQ

http://1906centennial.org/
1906 Earthquake Centennial Alliance

http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/
Cascade Volcano Observatory

http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/
Volcano hazards program of the USGS

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=16685
Earth Observatory SF salt ponds

http://www.senate.gov/~feinstein/Releases02/cargill8.htm
Announcement RE: Salt pond acquisition

http://www.met.sjsu.edu/weather/
SJSU Meteorology Home site

http://www.ametsoc.org/amsedu/dstreme/
AMS DataStreme project (meteorology)

http://www.weather.gov/
National Weather Service

http://www.wunderground.com/
weather Underground

http://www.geocaching.com/
geocaching site

http://www.earthscienceworld.org/imagebank/
geology image bank

http://mineral.galleries.com/default.htm
mineral gallery

http://64.55.87.13/amsedu/DS-Ocean/home.html
AMS DataStreme Ocean

http://www.intuitor.com/moviephysics/
Insultingly Stupid Physics  Movies

http://www.ems.psu.edu/~fraser/BadScience.html
Bad Science, with links to Bad Astronomy, etc

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
Astronomy Picture of the Day

http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneDay.html
Complete Sun and Moon Data

http://brainbites.nasa.gov/
NASA Brain Bites

http://education.nasa.gov/home/index.html
NASA Education Home

http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/
Atmospheric Science Data Center

http://mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov/
My NASA Data home

http://solar-center.stanford.edu/index.html
Stanford Solar Center

http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/
SOHO home

http://facingthefuture.org/Members/index.html
facing the future Home

http://www2.nature.nps.gov/
National Park Service, Nature and Science

http://www2.nature.nps.gov/geology/
National Park Service - Geology

http://www.nanotechweb.org/articles/news/3/4/6/1
 Nano ceramic that cleans up mercury

http://geology.about.com/library/bl/tours/blfoto_cafaultoak.htm
Hayward fault

http://seismo.berkeley.edu/
Berkeley seismology center

http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/prepare/future/likely/index.html
Why a major earthquake is highly likely

http://www.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/Archive/ESD-earthquake-prelude.html
Preludes to an earthquake??

http://www.abag.ca.gov/bayarea/eqmaps/
ABAG EQ maps

2.  Feedback about NASA Earth Science for Teachers Course Design

a.  Graphic Interface Using Flash  

http://newmediasvcs.com/NEST/

A more complete example: (for kids)  http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/test/mplane/animations.html

b.    More " web-sitey" design

http://wapi.isu.edu/envgeo/EG2_earth/EG_mod_2_prt1.htm

http://www.cet.edu/ete/modules/modules.html