Virtual Field Trips
The Earth as a Planet
The Nine Planets: a multimedia tour of the Solar System
NASA has several pages related to this topic. Here are just a few:
Oceanography sites
K-12 resources from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Other interesting sites
Many of these sites provide free information in the form of brochures, posters, and electronic information. For example the Ocean Drilling Program has videos and a CD-ROM on the effects of tectonic activity on climate (From Mountains to Monsoons).
Geologic Time
A United
States Geological Survey (USGS) publication on geologic time and how the age
of rocks and the Earth are determined.
The Rockdoctor's home page. A site with useful information on rocks and minerals.
USGS Learning Web
USGS education site. Has some nice pages on plate tectonics.
Educational page for the Australian Office of the Ocean Drilling Program
The Australian Minerals and Energy Environment Foundation
Brooks/Cole Publishing's Earth Science Resource Center
The NSW Environment Protection Authority
The local environment
A large amount of information on your local environment can be sourced from your local council. Here are a few web sites that may help: