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College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Lynette Olson, Dean

Department Chairs
Dr. James Dawson, Biology
Dr. Charles Blatchley, Chemistry
Dr. Charles Blatchley, Physics

Faculty
Dr. Cynthia Ford, Biology
Dr. Charles Blatchley, Chemistry
Dr. Charles Blatchley, Physics

Assisting Faculty
Dr. Dixie Smith, Biology
Dr. Carolyn Fehrenbach, Curriculum and Instruction
Kathleen Spillman, Curriculum and Instruction

EARTH SCIENCE SITES ON THE WEB

	Career Information Environmental Careers World Online NOAA: Careers in Meteorology Bureau of Labor Statistics: Careers in Environmental Science NASA Kids: Careers in Earth Science AGU: Careers in Science AAS: Careers in Astronomy AMS: Careers in Meteorology AGI: Careers in Geoscience
	Cartography CIA World Fact Book Reference Maps NOAA: National Geodetic Survey Division Johns Hopkins University: Color Landform Atlas of the United States University of Edinburgh: GIS Dictionary St. Andrews University: History of Cartography University of Montana: Map Projections University of California, San Diego - Understanding Maps Google Earth Finding the distance between two points on Earth program U.S. National Atlas Project: Latitude and Longitude Idaho State University: A GIS Primer Harvard University: Digital Elevation Models
	Climatology USGS Global Change Research Program Ozone Action Page Global Warming Update Global Change Master Directory EPA: Climate Change BBC: Climate Change Exploratorium: Global Climate change UCAR: The Greenhouse Effect NOAA: Climate Modeling
	Environmental Science Environment Canada: Atlantic Region U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Home Page Natural Resources Canada: Environmental Geochemistry The Geology of Radon Lawrence Berkeley National Lab: Air Pollution University of Michigan: Water Pollution and Society Acid Rain USGS: Great Lakes Science Center UCAR: Photochemical Smog British Antarctic Survey: Ozone USGS: Acid-Mine Drainage
	General Earth Science Geosciences Link at Einet Canadian Museum of Nature: Earth Science California Energy Commission: Energy Quest for Kids URSA: What is Earth Systems Science? The GLOBE Home Page Georgia Tech University: Busy Teachers' Web Sites K-12: Earth Science Houghton Mifflin Publishing Company: Exploring Earth Visualizations UCAR: Studying Geology
	Geochemistry Virtual Absolute Age Dating USGS: Understanding the Earth Through Chemistry The Geochemical Society Illinois Geologic Survey: Isotope Geochemistry Dr. William White of Cornell University: On-Line Textbook University of Bristol: Geochemistry Course Geologic Survey of Canada: Geochemistry USGS: The Electron Microprobe
	Geology Kansas Geological Survey USGS: Collecting Rocks Whitman College: Anorthosites USGS: Deserts: Geology and Resources USGS: Fossils, Rocks and Time KGS: From Sea to Prairie: A Primer of Kansas Geology The Virtual Cave Geological Society of America University of Texas: Rob's Granite Page Paleomap Project Geologic Eras GSA: Geologic Column University of California Museum of Paleontology: Nicholas Steno Teacher resources in Geology Milwaukee Public Museum: The Virtual Silurian Reef University of St. Andrews: James Hutton
	Geophysics USGS Geophysics National Geophysical Data Center American Geophysical Union Scripps: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics Canadian Geophysical Union Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Seth Stein's Geophysics Course and Demonstrations (Northwestern University) Univ. of Texas - Institute for Geophysics Society of Exploration Geophysicists Missouri Southern State University: What is Geophysics?
	Glaciology Glacial Geology at the University of Cincinnati Satellite Images of Glaciers Illinois State Museum: Ice Ages USGS: Benchmark Glaciers Portland State University: Mount Rainier Glaciers and Glacier Change USGS: Glaciers and Glaciation Kids Demonstration: Recipe for a small Glacier University of North Dakota: Glacial Features of North Dakota National Snow and Ice Data Center: All about Glaciers
	Hydrology Global Hydrology Resource Center UCAR: Water The Virtual River National Weather Service: Hydrology in Hawai'i USGS: Water Resources of the United States University of Maine: Wetlands Hydrology USGS: What is Hydrology The U.K. Groundwater Forum University of Michigan: Introduction to Geysers
	Meteorology University of Illinois - The Daily Planet The Weather Channel M.I.T.: U.S. Cities Weather and Forecasts NOAA: National Hurricane Center University of Miami: Hurricanes Lightning Exploratorium: Auroras: Paintings in the Sky The Aurora Page The Tornado Project Online! American Meteorological Soceity Purdue Univ: The Weather Processor National Weather Service NCEP Storm Prediction Center Storm Track Home Page University of Oklahoma: Tornado Debris Project Home Page Colorado State University: Tropical Meteorology University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology National Weather Service: Wind Chill Chart NOAA: The Beaufort Scale NASA: Atmospheric Layers
	Mineralogy USGS Minerals Page Gold! Natural Gemstones Minerals The Mineral Gallery Jack Rice's Introductory Course on Mineralogy Franklin Institute: Rocks and Minerals The Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom USGS: An Overview of U.S. Gemstones New York State Museum: Virtual Mineral Gallery Smithsonian Gem and Mineral Collection Petrology Basics - Igneous, Metamorphic and Sedimentary Rocks UCLA - Petrographic Workshop
	Oceanography Ocean Planet Smithsonian Exhibition The Great Barrier Reef, Australia El Nino Theme Page NASA Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor Home Page TOPEX/Poseidon: Ocean Surface Topography from Space Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution USGS Marine Server Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory: SeaBeam Scripps Oceanographic Institutions Parks Canada: Fundy National Park The Bay of Fundy, Canada University of Miami: Ocean Currents UCAR: Ocean Currents California State University - Los Angeles: Life in the Oceans NASA: Ocean Currents
	Paleontology Dinosaurs: Fact and Fiction University of California, Berekely Museum of Paleontology Dino Russ's Lair Dinosaurs in Hawaii The Field Museum Online University of California, Berekely Museum of Paleontology: Geologic Time Machine Illinois State Museum: Mazon Creek Illinois Fossil Beds University of Kansas: Invertebrate Paleontology Fossil Database University of California Museum of Paleontology: The Paleontology Portal
	Plate Tectonics University of Wisconsin-Green Bay: The North Pacific and California NASA: Crustal Dynamics Data Information Systems NOVA: Continents on the Move USGS: The Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics USGS: Plate Tectonics GIF file animations University of North Dakota: Continental Drift Wheeling Jesuit University: Plate Tectonics UCAR: Plate Tectonics Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics NASA/GSFC Geodynamics Branch Smithsonian Institutions Museum of Natural History: Plate Tectonics and Volcanoes
	Seismology San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 USGS: Earthquakes USGS: The San Andreas Fault USGS: The Severity of an Earthquake National Earthquake Information Center World-Wide Earthquake Locator Public Seismic Network Home Page Earthquake Information from Menlo Park (USGS) Interactive Earthquake Location Exercise USGS: Demonstration: Table Top Earthquakes Alaska Public Seismic Network St. Louis University: Broadband New Madrid Seismic Stations USGS: Exploring Earthquakes Through Space and Time UC-Berkeley: Seismological Laboratory Michigan Tech University: Seismic Intensity Scales
	Soil Science Agricultural Research Service Wind Erosion Unit Soil Science Society of America Franklin Institute: Kids Activity on Soil Elements USDA: Web Soil Survey USDA: Keys to Soil Taxonomy (pdf file) NASA: Soil Science Education Page International Society of Soil Science: World Soil Information Carleton College: Soil Erosion
	Virtual Field Trips NPS: Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona Big Bend National Park The North Pole USGS: West-Central Florida Coastal Studies Project - Virtual Field Trip University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point: Virtual Field Trip of Glacier National Park University of Leeds: Western Gneiss Region, NOrway Paleontological Research Institute: The Rocks of Central New York Cornell University: Galapagos Geology on the Web University of Houston: A Virtual Field Trip to the Stone Forest, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China USGS: Virtual Tours of the Geology of Selected National Parks The Geologic Story of the Ocoee River University of Hawai'i: The Hawaiian Islands Pittsburg State University: The St. Francois Mountains, Missouri Missouri State University: The Oauchita Mountains, Arkansas Hamrahlid College, Iceland: Volcanoes in Iceland Indiana University of Pennsylvania: The Grand Canyon University of Lethbridge, Alberta: Waterton Lakes Virtual Field Trip Oklahoma University: Ascension Island, South Atlantic Winona State University: Grand Teton Mountains, WY Hartwick College: Oneonta, NY to the Hudson River NASA: Glacier Bay, Alaska
	Volcanology Volcano World Volcanoes of the United States USGS: Volcanoes Eruptions of Mt. St. Helens: Past, Present and Future Eruptions of Hawaiian Volcanoes: Past, Present and Future Monitoring Active Volcanoes NASA: Mount St. Helens Blast Recovery Zone USGS: Volcanoes in the Learning Web