Unit C Useful Websites
The Savage Earth This PBS project deals with topics such as the Earth's crust, volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamis. Excellent graphics and animations of the forces and events that shape the Earth's surface.
- Objective: Analyze the scientific evidence and explanations for geologic phenomena that occurred long ago or are taking place over a long period of time.
The Changing Earth Investigate the structure of the Earth and the theory of plate tectonics.
- Objective: Analyze and assess the evidence to explain the theory of plate tectonics and the internal structure of Earth.
Objective: Analyze and assess the evidence provided by the fossil record of change in the environment and life forms over a period of 3.5 billion years.
Geologic Time is an informational tour in which you can gain a basic understanding of geologic time, the evidence for events in Earth’s history, relative and absolute dating techniques, and the significance of the Geologic Time Scale.
- Objective: Analyze the evidence of, and assess the explanations for, natural variations in Earth’s climate over the last two million years.