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Creswell Crags

Creswell Crags is a limestone gorge honeycombed with caves and smaller fissures. Stone tools and remains of animals found in the caves by archaeologists provide evidence for a fascinating story of life during the last Ice Age between 50,000 and 10,000 years ago. Further evidence came to light in 2003 with the discovery of Britain's only known Ice Age rock art.

Discovering Plate Boundaries

Discovering Plate Boundaries is a data rich exercise to help students discover the processes that occur at plate tectonic boundaries. The exercise is built around 4 global data maps: 1) Earthquake location and depth, 2) Location of recent volcanic activity, 3) Seafloor Age, and 4) Topography and Bathymetry

Forces of Nature

Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Hurricanes and Tornadoes - study these forces of nature with National Geographica.

Met Office

The Learning Zone from the Met Office is designed to extending your knowledge of weather and climate - in the UK and around the world. This is achieved through activities and learning materials throughout all levels of education. All the resources are based around the requirements of the national curriculum .

Plate Tectonics

The progress of the earth sciences and the advancement of technologies associated with the understanding of our planet during the 1940's and 50's have led geologists to develop a new way of looking at the world and how it works. This exhibit explains the history of our new understanding of the Earth and provides a brief overview of the theories behind it.

USGS Education

The U.S. Geological Survey provides scientific information intended to help educate the public about natural resources, natural hazards, geospatial data, and issues that affect our quality of life. Discover selected online resources, including lessons, data, maps, and more, to support teaching, learning, education (K-12), and university-level inquiry and research.

Volcano World

Huge online resource for everything to do with volcanoes, including a kids section.

Virtual Cave

From the comfort of your keyboard, browse the wonders of the underground! This site tells the story of caves in words and pictures: what's in them and how it got there.