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Oil drilling mistake drains Lake Peigneur in Louisiana!
Acid Rain
What is acid rain???
Effects of acid rain
Earth's Structure
The Dynamic Earth
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Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
This outstanding resource includes: Gems & Minerals, Rocks & Mining, Plate Tectonics & Volcanos, and the Solar System
Bill Nye "Earth's Crust" episode
FOSSILS
New Jersey's State Dinosaur
scroll down and read the actual legislation (law) for information
Video: Importance of NJ's State Dinosaur
Hadrosaurus foulkii
How Do Fossils Form? Oxford University Museum of Natural History
(use this one for your chart)
How Do Fossils Form?
Different Types of Fossils
BBC Burying Bodies
BBC Fossils
GEOLOGIC TIME
Understanding Geologic time: An Interactive Exploration:
Use this link to help you complete the Geologic Time Webquest
Life Has a History Internet Tour
choose Level 2
Layers of Time - American Museum of Natural History
Scroll down and select the "Layers of Time" activity.
DUST BOWL
Oral History videos and transcripts
Memories of a Kansas Farmboy
(Scroll down & start reading below the blue bar with the paragraph that begins "One evening...")
Pauline Winkler Grey's "Black Sunday" account
(widely viewed as the most vivid, detailed description of this day)
PBS "The American Experience: Surviving the Dust Bowl" video
(a transcript pdf can be viewed below)
National Weather Service "Black Sunday, April 14, 1935"
Dust Bowl overview - describes agricultural causes of the Dust Bowl
PBS Interactive Dust Bowl
Dust Bowl Photos
Dust Bowl Legacy
Understanding Soil
ROCK CYCLE
Sediment Animation
Sediment Definition
Geologic Glossary - USGS
The Grand Canyon "DUDE" Ranger Minute
Rock Cycle Animation
Dynamic Earth Interactive (plate tectonics)
PBS Plate Tectonics
Presentation Materials
Fossils
PPT
Law of Superposition
PPT
Geologic Time PPT
Earth's Layers PPT
Plate Boundaries PPT
Rock Cycle PPT
Sinkholes PBL
Your Sinkhole Questions Answered by Geologists!
Dr. Gail Ashley
Dr. Robert Brinkmann
Bios
About Dr. Ashley
About Dr. Brinkmann
Group Project Directions
Karst Terrain
Helpful Terms to Define:
karst
dissolution
soluble
aquifer
spall
RESEARCH LINKS
What is a sinkhole?
Video explanation of how sinkholes form
(thanks Kailey!)
Catastrophic Events - Click on Sinkholes, then explore the gray tab topics.
PBS DragonflyTV "Sinkholes"
USGS "Science of Sinkholes" explains karst terrain
How Sinkholes Work
CNN "Inside a Sinkhole"
Youtube video
Simple sinkhole diagram
(Wisconsin)
PBS Simple Sinkhole Science - includes explanation of "spalling"
Acid Rain article
Dissolution - Soluble Rocks
(British Geological Survey)
Why Sinkholes Open Up
Can Sinkholes be Prevented?
FAQ's Geology Department - Florida see #15, 17, 18, 21
St. John's River Water Management website
New Jersey Geology
Geologic Map of New Jersey
Karst Map - USA
Florida Geology
Sinkhole poster
Interactive Map of Florida Sinkholes
West-Central Florida Sinkhole Geology
Sinkhole Repair
What to Do
- notice the sinkhole dimensions authors consider a "manageable size" (fixable)
Sinkhole Insurance
(read the section "Who Pays for the Damage?")
Make a Sinkhole Model:
Cubes & crackers
(scroll down to "What Can You Do?")
Extras
Opinion - Dr. Robert Brinkmann on Florida Sinkhole Policy
Detailed Information about NJ Geology (VERY detailed!)
Florida sinkhole 4/20/14
Villages sinkhole video update 4/23/14
More about The Villages sinkhole
NatGeo video - Florida
another video
Sinkhole Science Fair Project
Louisiana Salt Mine Sinkhole Disaster (unrelated to your project - but astonishing to watch!)