Bartleby (1999). Bartleby.com: Great Books Online. June 27, 2007 http://www.bartleby.com/.
There are many electronic reference resources in the Internet nowadays, but this one has many more resources to offer. Not only does this website include hundreds of books on line, but the reference list is impressive. One con is that the ads and banners can be distractive.
Forces of Nature, Oracle' Think Quest. May 25, 2007 http://library.thinkquest.org/C003603/.
In very simple terms, this team of students creates a webpage, both in English and Spanish, which includes many resources for the classroom teachers and students alike.
F.E.M.A. (2007). Julia and Robbie: The Disaster Twins. May 25, 2007 http://www.fema.gov/kids/twins/
This web page is part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for Kids: Get Ready... Get Set... site. This collection of books (Spanish and English) includes colorful stories that track the adventures of two twins that encounter natural disasters. These stories are didactical on what to do during natural disasters and how to be ready. The stories can be printed as a portable document format (pdf) and includes an audio file in English so students can follow the reading as they listen.
KGAN (2005). WeatherEye. Glossary of winter terms, KGAN. 5/28/2007, weathereye.kgan.com/expert/blizzard/bliz_glossary.html.
A good glossary of winter weather and winter forecast terms. Simple and concise web site as a public service of KAGAN and sponsored by Central Iowa Cooperative (CIPCO)
Netscape (2001). Open Directory Project (d.m.o.z). May 25, 2007
http://dmoz.org/Kids_and_Teens/School_Time/Science/The_Earth/Natural_Disasters_and_Hazards/.
A comprehensive directory of web pages geared towards people under the age of 18. The pages are ranked according to age groups and are based on themes.
United States Search and Rescue Task Force, I. (2000). Blizzard, Expert Consultants, International. 5/12/2007
http://www.ussartf.org/blizzards.htm.
If there is anything related to blizzards and winter weather that you want to know, this is the site for you. Easy reading with tables, graphs, and pictures.
United streaming. Every teacher in the district can have access to one of the best resources for integrating multimedia in their lessons. The multimedia collection
http://unitedstreaming.com
In entering the key word 'earthquake", I received 37 links to videos having to do with earthquakes. One of the advantages of these videos is that are broken down into short segments from 1' to 5', so that specific content can be presented without having to view all the videos. Another advantage is that there are no commercials. Additionally, there are supporting materials, including videos in Spanish.
VolcanoWorld (2007). Native American Myths, North Dakota and Oregon Space Grant Consortia. 7/15/2007, http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/msh/llc/hr/hrho/nam.html.
This is a collaborative higher education, K-12, and Public Outreach project of the North Dakota and Oregon Space Grant Consortia administered by the Department of Geosciences at Oregon State University. This site includes a wealth of information. Highly recommended by the number of links and resources that it has to offer.