探索地球網站(Exploring Earth Web Site)
http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/navigation/using_ee.cfm
這個網站的「研究調查」和「模擬動畫」兩部分是配合地球科學(Earth Science)一書而設計的。這是一本中學教科書。作者為Spaulding 和 Namowitz ,出版者為McDougal Littell。此網站是由TERC開發的,它是一個非營利性教育研究機構,和McDougal Littell 公司為此有合作開發的關係。並由National Science Foundation提供經費。
這個網站的「研究調查」和「模擬動畫」兩部分是根據地球科學(Earth Science)這本書的內容而設計的,目的是幫助學生建立地球科學的概念,並使學生進一步了解地球是一個系統,它的各部組成和各種作用都是彼此有關連的。
Visualizations(模擬動畫) 網http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/navigation/visualization.cfm
Investigations(研究調查) 網http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/navigation/investigation.cfm
Visualizations list (模擬動畫名單)
在中英文動畫名稱上直接點選即可觀看動畫
Chapter 1: Earth as a System 地球是一個系統
Examine Earth from a new perspective
從新的觀點檢視地球. Keycode: ES0101
Observe a visual model of Earth's spheres
地球的四個圈. Keycode: ES0102
Observe a raindrop traveling through various paths of the water cycle
一個小水滴在水循環中的旅行. Keycode: ES0105
Observe an animation showing evidence of the carbon cycle
碳循環的證據. Keycode: ES0106
Chapter 2: The Nature of Science 科學的本質
Examine a case of how technology facilitated discovery
科技有助於發現的例子. Keycode: ES0203
Observe some products of a Geographic Information System (GIS)
GIS的數個產品. Keycode: ES0204.
Chapter 3: Models of Earth 地球的模型
Observe one place at many scales
從不同的尺度觀察同一地點. Keycode: ES0302
Observe many representations of a single place
觀測同一地點的許多表示方法. Keycode: ES0304
Chapter 4: Earth's Structure and Motion 地球的構造和運動
Observe an animation showing the origin of the solar system
太陽系的起源. Keycode: ES0401
Observe evidence of Earth turning about an axis
地球繞著一個軸旋轉的證據. Keycode: ES0403
Explore a model of Earth's daily rotation
地球每天的自轉. Keycode: ES0404
Observe the view of the night sky from the same location over a year
在同一地點觀察周年的夜空. Keycode: ES0407
Explore a model of Earth's yearly revolution around the sun
地球繞日旋轉的周年運動. Keycode: ES0408
Chapter 5: Atoms to Minerals 從原子到礦物
Examine 3-D models of common molecules
常見分子的三維模型. Keycode: ES0503
Observe a model of a buckminsterfullerene
巴克球(C60)的模型. Keycode: ES0504
Observe common objects made of minerals
由礦物組成的日常用品. Keycode: ES0505
Chapter 6: Rocks 岩石
Examine rocks from a satellite view and zoom in to a microscopic view
遠從人造衛星上觀測到使用顯微鏡細微觀察岩石. Keycode: ES0601
Observe how sediments are deposited
沈積物如何沈積. Keycode: ES0604
Observe an animation of clastic sedimentary rocks forming
碎屑沈積岩的形成. Keycode: ES0605
Observe an animation of metamorphic rocks forming
變質岩的形成. Keycode: ES0607
Chapter 7: Resources and the Environment 資源和環境
Observe an animation showing coal form
煤的形成. Keycode: ES0701
Observe an animation of nuclear fission
原子核的融合反應. Keycode: ES0702
Chapter 8: Plate Tectonics 板塊活動
Observe how alternating magnetic polarity is recorded in rocks at mid-ocean ridges
正負地磁記錄如何保留在中洋脊岩石中. Keycode: ES0803
Observe animations of processes that occur along plate boundaries
各種板塊邊界的活動. Keycode: ES0804
Observe an animation of convection in the mantle
地函熱對流. Keycode: ES0805
Observe an animation of the breakup of Pangaea
盤古大陸的分裂. Keycode: ES0806
Examine an animation of plate movement predicted for the future
預測未來的板塊活動. Keycode: ES0807
Observe an animation showing growth of a continent
一個大陸(北美大陸)的生成. Keycode: ES0808
Chapter 9: Volcanoes 火山
Observe an animation of volcanism at a subduction zone
隱沒帶的火山活動. Keycode: ES0902
Observe an animation of volcanism along a rift zone
沿著中洋脊裂縫帶的火山活動. Keycode: ES0903
Observe an animation of volcanic islands forming over a hot spot
熱點上的火山島鏈. Keycode: ES0904
Examine video clips of erupted materials
各種火山噴出物 (影片). Keycode: ES0905
Chapter 10: Earthquakes 地震
Observe animations of earthquake waves
地震波. Keycode: ES1002
Observe video taken during an earthquake
地震發生時的影像記錄. Keycode: ES1005
Examine a map showing earthquake risks
美國各地發生地震的風險分布圖. Keycode: ES1007
Examine P and S waves moving through Earth's interior
P波和S波在地球內部傳播路徑. Keycode: ES1009
Chapter 11: Mountain Building 造山活動
Examine animations of fault motion
斷層活動. Keycode: ES1103
Observe an animation of the Himalayas forming
喜馬拉雅山脈的形成. Keycode: ES1105
Chapter 12: Weathering, Soil, and Erosion風化、土壤和侵蝕
Observe the effects of mechanical weathering
機械風化的影響. Keycode: ES1201
Observe the chemical weathering of feldspar to clay
長石受化學風化形成黏土. Keycode: ES1202
Examine a landscape formed by erosion
由侵蝕作用而造成的各種地景 (美國). Keycode: ES1205
Chapter 13: Surface Water 地表水
Observe how sediment is transported by flowing water
流水如何運輸沈積物. Keycode: ES1303
Observe river erosion creating waterfalls and chasms
河流的侵蝕形成瀑布和峽谷(向源加長和向下加深的侵蝕作用).Keycode: ES1305
Observe changes in the channel of a meandering river
一個曲流河道的改變 (Rio Puerco River in New Mexico). Keycode: ES1306
Chapter 14: Ground Water 地下水
Observe an animation showing how geysers erupt
間歇泉如何間歇性噴出. Keycode: ES1403
Observe an animation of cave formation
石灰岩洞的形成. Keycode: ES1405
Chapter 15: Glaciers 冰川
Examine the seasonal migration of snow cover
冰雪覆蓋物季節性的移動(Mount Rainier, Washington). Keycode: ES1501
Observe how glaciers erode bedrock surfaces
冰川如何侵蝕岩床的表面. Keycode: ES1502
Observe the retreat of ice sheets from North America
北美洲冰原的退卻(18,000年以來). Keycode: ES1505
Observe changes in Earth's orbit that contribute to climate change
地球軌道運動的改變導致氣候變遷. Keycode: ES1506
Chapter 16: Wind, Waves, and Currents 風、波浪和海流
Observe an animation showing the formation of an arch
一個石拱門的形成. Keycode: ES1601
Observe the formation of loess deposits
黃土沈積物的形成. Keycode: ES1602
Observe an animation of wave motion
波浪的運動. Keycode: ES1604
Observe waves as they break on the shore
在海邊觀察海浪的碎裂(影片). Keycode: ES1605
Examine an example of wave erosion
受波浪侵蝕的一個例子. Keycode: ES1606
Chapter 17: Atmosphere
Observe auroras as seen from the ground and from space
在地表及外太空觀察到的極光. Keycode: ES1703
Observe seasonal changes in the amount of sunlight reaching locations on Earth
地表日射量的季節性改變. Keycode: ES1704
Examine infrared images that show variation in surface temperature
以紅外線觀測地表溫度的變動. Keycode: ES1705
Observe forest fires as seen from space
從外太空觀測森林火災. Keycode: ES1707
Chapter 18: Water in the Atmosphere 大氣層的水
Observe animated satellite images of water vapor
從人造衛星拍攝到的水汽影像. Keycode: ES1801
Observe images of advection fog
平流霧的影像. Keycode: ES1802
Observe clouds form and dissipate
雲的形成及消散. Keycode: ES1803
Examine an animation of hail forming
冰雹的形成. Keycode: ES1805
Chapter 19: The Atmosphere in Motion 大氣運動
Observe how air pressure affects a rising balloon
大氣壓力如何影響上升中的氣球. Keycode: ES1901
Examine how barometric pressure changes with weather conditions
氣壓數值隨著天氣變化而改變. Keycode: ES1902
Observe an animation of land and sea breezes
海風和陸風. Keycode: ES1903
Observe an animation of the Coriolis effect over Earth's surface
地表的科氏力. Keycode: ES1904
Observe how the Coriolis effect influences wind direction
科氏力如何影響風向. Keycode: ES1905
Chapter 20: Weather 天氣
View satellite movies of air masses moving across North America
一個氣團經過北美時的衛星影像. Keycode: ES2001
Compare and contrast warm and cold fronts
冷鋒和暖鋒的比較. Keycode: ES2002
Observe an animation of a thunderstorm
雷雨. Keycode: ES2004
Examine an animation of a tornado
龍捲風. Keycode: ES2006
Observe an animation of a hurricane
颶風. Keycode: ES2008
Chapter 21: Climate and Climate Change 氣候及氣候變遷
Observe images of different climate zones
不同的氣候帶. Keycode: ES2103
Observe how nature records climate change
自然界如何記錄氣候變遷. Keycode: ES2104
Chapter 22: The Water Planet 水行星
Explore a 3-D model of water molecules
水分子的三維模型. Keycode: ES2201
Discover areas of highest plant productivity in the ocean
海洋中最大生產力區域的發現. Keycode: ES2203
Explore coral reefs around the world
探索全球的珊瑚礁. Keycode: ES2205
Chapter 23: The Ocean Floor 洋底
Explore life at a hydrothermal vent
熱泉口的生命探索 . Keycode: ES2302
Observe islands in various stages of atoll formation
可分別代表環礁形成的各個步驟的島嶼. Keycode: ES2303
Observe the origins of some ocean floor sediments
海洋沈積物的來源. Keycode: ES2305
Chapter 24: The Moving Ocean 運動中的海洋
Examine global surface currents
全球的洋流. Keycode: ES2401
Observe how the monsoon changes direction
季風如何改變方向. Keycode: ES2402
Observe how upwelling occurs
湧升流如何發生. Keycode: ES2405
Chapter 25: Earth's Moon 月球
Observe images illustrating the impact theory of the moon's formation
說明月球形成的撞擊學說. Keycode: ES2501
Examine the phases of the moon from Earth and space
從地球和外太空觀察月相. Keycode: ES2503
Observe a lunar eclipse
月食. Keycode: ES2504
Observe solar eclipses
日食. Keycode: ES2505
Chapter 26: The Sun and the Solar System 太陽和太陽系
Examine the sun at different wavelengths
以不同波長的電磁波觀察地球. Keycode: ES2601
Chapter 27: The Planets and the Solar System 行星和太陽系
Examine the vast distances between planets in the solar system
浩瀚的太陽系. Keycode: ES2701
Observe how radar was used to map Venus
如何利用雷達波繪製金星的地圖. Keycode: ES2702
Observe an animation of a comet's passage through the solar system
彗星通過太陽系. Keycode: ES2706
Observe an animation of meteor showers
流星雨. Keycode: ES2707
Chapter 28: Stars and Galaxies 恆星和星系
Observe an exploded star at different wavelengths
以不同的電磁波觀察爆炸過的恆星. Keycode: ES2801
Observe the change in a star's spectrum as its motion changes
恆星的光譜會因其朝向或背向我們運行而位移. Keycode: ES2802
Examine eclipsing binary stars from several perspectives
從不同角度觀察到的雙星,其亮度的變化情形. Keycode: ES2805
Observe the life stages of stars from birth to death
恆星的生老病死. Keycode: ES2807
Examine the Milky Way Galaxy at different scales
從不同尺度觀察到的銀河系. Keycode: ES2808
Observe some regular, irregular, and very peculiar galaxies
規則的、不規則的和非常特別的星系. Keycode: ES2809
Chapter 29: Studying the Past 研究過去
Observe how fossils can form
化石如何形成. Keycode: ES2901
Observe an animation showing the formation of an unconformity
不整合構造的形成. Keycode: ES2902
Chapter 30: Views of Earth's Past 對於過去地球的數個觀點
Observe the breakup of Pangaea
盤古大陸的分裂. Keycode: ES3005
Observe an animation of an asteroid impact at the end of the Cretaceous Perio
一個小行星在白堊紀末期撞擊地球. Keycode: ES3006




