Fossil Horses in Cyberspace
"The 18-million-year-old Thomas Farm fossil preserve, owned by the University of Florida, has produced tens of thousands of bones of extinct vertebrates. This cyber-exhibit explores stratigraphy (the geology and history of the earth’s layers) and the evolution of the modern horse. Best fossil clicks are the Gallery of Fossil Horses, Stratigraphy Layer by Layer and The Sedimental Journey. ""Animal remains are most likely to be fossilized if their hard parts are covered by layers of sediments soon after death. Therefore, most fossils are found in sedimentary rock, like sandstone, shale, limestone and coal."""
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Fisheye View Cam
"The Fisheye View Cam, from Coral Gables, Florida, is used by marine biologists to study coral behaviors. The cam captures a picture of the 125-gallon tank every three seconds. To better understand these unusual slow-moving marine animals, the scientists are creating time-lapse motion studies by viewing the frames at 100 to 1,000 times normal speed. If you have a very fast Net connection or are very patient, you can view these movies in either QuickTime or MPEG format. (E.S.T.)"
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Fish Link Central: Web Cams
A Surfnetkids Honorable Mention site.
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Fire & Iceland
A Surfnetkids Honorable Mention site.
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Field Museum Dinosaur Exhibit
"This address will drop you in the middle of a Field Museum of NaturalHistory tour, starting 235 million years ago in the Triassic age when dinosaursbegan. Each page of the tour offers many opportunities to sidetrack, but eachdiversion returns you to the main tour. This exhibit gets high marks because itcombines all that multimedia can offer (video, audio, photos, graphics andtext) into an entertaining package. If you want to view the beginning of thetour (Life Before Dinosaurs), just click on the Home button at the bottom of anypage."
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FEMA for Kids: Earthquakes
"The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is in charge of helping people before and after a disaster. Their colorful site uses stories, photos, rap music, games, experiments and quizzes to explain earthquakes and earthquake preparedness to elementary students. The entire site is excellent, but if I had to choose my favorite sections I’d pick Earthquake Legends (folklore from around the world), and the experiments listed under ""Jess and Sam’s Earthquake."" FEMA also provides free educational pamphlets and posters if you call or write (sorry, no email orders accepted.)"
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Exploring Caves
Reviewed June 5, 2000 a teacher from Kansas City who is not affiliated with the site. This site from the U.S. Geological Survey introduces kids (grades K-3) to caves. It includes lesson plans for teachers, too!
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ExploreZone.com
A Surfnetkids Honorable Mention site.
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Exploratorium Learning Studio: Earthquakes
A Surfnetkids Honorable Mention site.
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Exploratorium: Life Along the Faultline
"Created for the ten-year anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989, Life Along the Faultline offers earthquake science, advances in structural engineering, personal perspectives, and a look back to the great San Francisco shake of 1906. Best click for students and teachers is the tiny link to Activities in the lower left-hand corner. I especially liked the ""become a human seismometer"" experiment."
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