Constructive and Destructive Forces

Fifth Grade Earth Science
Constructive and Destructive Forces

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.

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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

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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

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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

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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