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| Paleomap Project | ||
| Click and hold as you drag your mouse across the map of the world. Watch as time runs backwards and the continents converge! ( http://www.scotese.com/pangeanim.htm ) | ||
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| The Breakup of Pangaea | ||
| Observe how Earth’s continents might have looked in different time periods. ( http://www.exploratorium.edu/origins/antarctica/ideas/gondwana2.html ) | ||
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| Pangaea and Plate Tectonics | ||
| This page has a number of links related to Pangaea and plate tectonics. ( http://www.lr.k12.nj.us/ETTC/archives/pangaea.shtml ) | ||
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Page 250 Look on the Internet for a map of worldwide earthquake activity, prepared by the Geological Survey of Canada and the United States Geological Survey. How does the pattern of earthquake and volcano activity on this map compare with the pattern on the map you created in the investigation? | ||
| Recent Earthquakes | ||
| View maps and lists or search the database for earthquake activity in Canada and around the world. ( http://earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/recent_eq/index_e.php ) | ||
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| Advanced National Seismic System Earthquake Map | ||
| This map shows worldwide earthquake activity between 1991 and 1996. ( http://quake.geo.berkeley.edu/anss/maps/cnss-depth.html ) | ||
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| Maps of Earthquake Events | ||
| Check on worldwide earthquake activity over the past day, week, month, and year. ( http://www.iris.edu/quakes/maps.htm ) | ||
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| Earthquake Activity | ||
| See the location and magnitude of earthquakes over the past hour, day, and week. ( http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/index.html ) | ||
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Page 252 What technologies are being used to collect data in the NEPTUNE Project? How can classrooms become involved in this project? List questions you have about the NEPTUNE Project. Find answers to your questions at the web sites below, and then share the answers to your questions with your classmates. | ||
| NEPTUNE (Canada) | ||
| The NEPTUNE Project’s Canadian home on the Internet, hosted by the University of Victoria in British Columbia. Learn all about the ambitious plan to lay more than 3000 km of fibre-optic and power cables to study plate tectonics in the ocean off the west coast of North America ( http://www.neptunecanada.ca/ ) | ||
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| NEPTUNE (U.S.) | ||
| The NEPTUNE Project’s U.S. home on the Internet has a good visual explaining how NEPTUNE will provide educational opportunities for students of all ages. ( http://www.neptune.washington.edu/ ) | ||
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