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Fifth Grade Earth Science
Constructive and Destructive Forces
***Ms. Garcia's Links for Informational Paper***
Georgia at WorldAtlas.com 7 Natural Wonders of Georgia Georgia.org --  Northeast Georgia Mountains
Georgia:  The Empire State of the South Extreme Science--Applies to several of the topics.  Check it out.

Click the subject you are
researching to go directly
to the links for that topic.

Grand Canyon Mt. Everest South Fork Dam
Grand Coulee Dam Mt. St. Helens Stone Mountain
Hurricanes Mt. Vesevius Tennessee Valley Authority
Aswan High Dam Itaipu Dam Pangea Three Gorges Dam
Brevard Fault Mariana Trench Providence Canyon Tsunami
Chattahoochee River Basin Mid-Atlantic Ridge Ring of Fire Tybee Island Estuaries
Earthquakes Mississippi River Delta San Andreas Fault Volcanoes

 

 

Aswan High Dam
1. Britannica OnLine
2.
Building Big
3.
Quarterdeck--Aswan High Dam's Effects 
4. Environmental Impact of the Aswan High Dam
5. Cracking Dams

 

 

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Brevard Fault
1. Various sites collected by Ms. Haren.
Click for detailed Georgia Flag

 

 

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Chattahoochee River Basin
1.  Information compiled by Ms. Haren on the Chattahoochee River Basin.

 

Basic Note Taking Sheet (Haren--2009)

 

 

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Colorado River
1. DesertUSA--Explore the Colorado River
2.
Colorado River Project
3.
Teachers'Domain--Video--Conservation and Development

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Earthquakes
1. National Earthquake Information Center
2.
Understanding Earthquakes
3.
Earthquakes--USGS
4.
FEMA for Kids--Disaster Connection
5.
FEMA--Earthquakes
6. Earthquake Kid Zone

 

 

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Grand Canyon
1. Grand Canyon National Park
2.
National Park Service
3.
Grand Canyon Explorer
4.
PBS--Lost in the Grand Canyon

 

 

 

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Grand Coulee Dam
1. Grand Coulee Dam Project
2.
PBS--Building Big

3. Cracking Dams

 

 

 

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Hoover Dam
1. US Dept. of the Interior
2.
PBS--The American Experience
3.
PBS--Building Big
4.
DesertUSA--Lake Mead Recreational Area
5.
Sunset Cities
6. Sunset Cities--FAQs about the Hoover Dam
7. The Hoover Dam--Lonely Lands Made Fruitful
8. Cracking Dams

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Hurricanes
1. FEMA for Kids--Hurricanes
2.
FEMA--Hurricanes
3.
WeatherWizKids
4.
Hurricane Facts
5.
National Geographic for Kids
6.
Enchanted Learning
7.
Hurricane Features
8.
News BBC--Animated Hurricane Formation
9.
CNN--Hurricane Headquarters
10.
Discovery Channel--Hurricane Videos

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Itaipu Dam
1. Modern Wonders
2.
PBS--Building Big
3.
Itaipu Dam Homepage
4. ThinkQuest

5. Cracking Dams

 

 

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Mariana Trench
1. Mariana Trench
2. ThinkQuest

3. Smarter Science

 

 

 

 

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Mid-Atlantic Ridge
1. Encarta--Map of Mid-Atlantic Ridge
2.
Lost City Expedition
3.
Wikipedia

 

 

 

 

 

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Mississippi River Delta
1.Various sites collected by Ms. Haren

 

 

 

 

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Mt. Everest
1. Mt. Everest Net
2. Library ThinkQuest
3. PBS Nova

4. National Geographic

 

 

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Mt. St. Helens
1. The Many Faces of  Mt. St.Helens
2.
USGA--Mt. St. Helens
3.
Wikipedia
4.
Eruption at Mt. St. Helens-Archived News Article
5. Literacynet--Learning Resources

 

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Mt. Vesuvius
1. The 79 AD Eruption
2.
Wikipedia
3. Harcourt--Unraveling Ancient Mysteries
4.
Quia-OnLine Scavenger Hunt-the 79 AD Eruption
5.
Ancient History
6.
Mr. Nussbaum--story and comprehension questions
7. Historia

8.  Pompeii: A Visit to Vesuvius

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Pangea
1. Geology.com
2. Pangea--University of North Dakota

3. ThinkQuest
4.
Enchanted Learning
5.
Enchanted Learning -- Continental Drift
6.
Kids Earth

 

 

 

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Providence Canyon
1. Various sites collected by Ms. Haren
Click for detailed Georgia Flag

 

 

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Ring of Fire
1. Crystalinks.com
2.
Dynamic Fire

 

 

 

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San Andreas Fault Line
1. DesertUSA--California's Big Fault
2.
San Andreas Fault Information
3.
The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake--Wikipedia
5.
Geology.com
6.
Exploratorium
7.
LiveScience

 

 

 

 

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South Fork Dam
1. PBS--Building Big
2.
The Johnstown Flood
3.
US Parks--An American Tragedy

5. Cracking Dams

 

 

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Stone Mountain
1. Various sites collected by Ms. Haren
Click for detailed Georgia Flag

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Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Dams
1. Various sites collected by Ms. Haren

 

 

 

 

 

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Three Gorges Dam
1. International Rivers Network
2.
CNN
3.
PBS--Great Wall Across the Yangtze
4.
BBC--Photo Slideshow

5. Cracking Dams

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Tsunami
1. Enchanted Learning--Tsunami
2.
FEMA for Kids--Tsunami
3.
FEMA--Tsunami
4. What is a tsunami?

Links for the Dec. 26, 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami:
1. USGS

2. Answers.com
3. CNN Coverage
5. University of Buffalo Links
6. Earthguide

 

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Tybee Island Estuaries
1. Various sites collected by Ms. Haren
Click for detailed Georgia Flag

 

 

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Volcanoes
1. Enchanted Learning--Volcanoes
2.
Geocities
3.
Learner.org
4.
How Volcanoes Work
5.
FEMA for Kids--Volcanoes
6. National Geographic for Kids

 

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Landform Project Rubric - Haren - 2009

Basic Note Taking Sheet (Haren--2009)

5th Grade Group Project Activity Sheet and Rubric--(made by Ms. Haren)
Ms. Watt's Group Project Rubric

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