Recommended websites on the Indian Ocean Quake & Tsunami:

Indiana University PEPP program special event page:

http://www.indiana.edu/~pepp/earthquakes/sumatra12_26_04.htm

United States Geological Survey (USGS) Sumatra earthquake event page:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqinthenews/2004/usslav/

USGS teachers’ area (information for your classroom, activities, and lessons about earthquakes):

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/4teachers

IRIS Consortium special report on The Sumatra-Andaman Islands earthquake:

http://www.iris.iris.edu/sumatra/

National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration (NOAA) Tsunami page:

http://www.noaa.gov/tsunamis.html

USGS compilation of tsunami links:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/bytopic/tsunami.html

International Tsunami Research Center report on the Indian Ocean tsunami

http://ioc.unesco.org/itsu/

NOAA’s Pacific Marine Environmental Lab’s Tsunami page:

http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tsunami/

The British Geological Survey report on the Sumatra earthquake:

http://www.bgs.ac.uk/

University of Washington’s Tsunami! website:

http://www.ess.washington.edu/tsunami/index.html

National Geographic website on the tsunami:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/01/0107_050107_tsunami_quake.html

CNN, has articles with links to timelines and maps of the Sumatra earthquake:

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2004/tsunami.disaster/

USA Today ‘Clash of continents unleashed deadly waves’ explaining the earthquake and tsunami:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2004-12-28-quake_x.htm

Sites for General Earthquake Information:

Indiana University PEPP program:

http://www.indiana.edu/~pepp/

USGS Earthquake Information: Reducing Hazards:

http://quake.usgs.gov/

Seismological Society of America

http://www.seismosoc.org/education/education.html

IRIS Education & Outreach

http://www.iris.edu/about/ENO/

U.S. Educational Seismology Network:

http://www.indiana.edu/~usesn/

EarthComm – developed by the American Geological Institute mainly for grades 9 – 12:

http://www.agiweb.org/earthcomm/

Purdue University educational seismology website (Prof. Larry Braile):

http://www.eas.purdue.edu/~braile

Understanding Earthquakes through interaction, with a short quiz, animations, and other good links:

http://www.crustal.ucsb.edu/ics/understanding/

Exploratorium Learning Studio:

http://www.exploratorium.edu/ls/pathfinders/earthquakes/index.html

Geology Labs On-Line; virtual earthquake:

http://www.sciencecourseware.com

Nevada Seismological Laboratory:

http://www.seismo.unr.edu

Savage Earth; contains material from a series of TV programs, “Savage Earth,”:

http://www.wnet.org/savageearth/

NOAA National Geophysical Data Center Geologic Hazards Photos; images can be downloaded:

http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/fliers/se-0801.shtml#eqslides

USGS New Madrid factsheet:

http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/QUAKES/FactSheets/NewMadrid/

Riverdeep Interactive Learning; there are FREE activities available after registration: http://www.riverdeep.net/earthscience/data/earthscience/earthscience_jump.jhtml

Legends of earthquakes from around the world; comical beliefs of why the earth shakes:

http://www.consrv.ca.gov/cgs/information/publications/teacher_features/eq_legends.htm

Michigan Tech; UPSeis, an education site for budding seismologists:

http://www.geo.mtu.edu/UPSeis/

Montana Bureau of Mines & Geology Earthquake Studies:

http://mbmgquake.mtech.edu/educational_materials.html

Earthquake Theme Page:

http://www.cln.org/themes/earthquakes.html

Central United States Earthquake Consortium:

http://www.cusec.org/links/Elinks.htm