This site uses pictures and words to describe the difference between mountains, hills, plains, alluvial fans, deltas, and more. The landforms are organized by the process that created them. Use the activities at the end to help you remember what you learn. How about a virtual field trip to everything from beaches to volcanoes. You will see, hear, feel and smell the planet as it was millions of years ago and how it might be in the future.
Topics range from icebergs to the heat at the Earth's core.
This virtual tour will focus on how rocks are created, the different types of rock, characteristics of rocks, and rocks in everyday life. This virtual tour has students take a tour through the world and beyond to visit and view some terrific volcanic areas. A lesson about plate tectonics. This site outlines a process intended to help students explore Planet Earth in their own neighborhood. Students select a study site, observe and collect data, pool findings, and write a report together.