Chapter 8 lecture notes (no narration)

Chapter 8 Plate Tectonics and Rock Cycle Flipped lecture (Mrs. Leider is talking to YOU!)

Chapter 8 Mining Flipped lecture (Mrs. Leider is talking to YOU!)

Websites for Physical Properties of Soils lab (4C)

Soil Porosity Simulation (part 1 of soil lab)

Soil Porosity data for part 2 (scroll down)

Activity 2: Permeability

Video links from the flipped Plate Tectonics lecture:

Plate Tectonics

Subduction zones

Volcanoes

Tsunamis

The Rock Cycle

Video links from the flipped Mining lecture:

Surface mining

Subsurface mining

Surface mining impacts

Acid mine drainage (AMD)

Toxic Mines

Treatment of AMD

Open Pit Mining

Mountain Top Removal

Plate Tectonics Podcast to start the unit (from the BBC, questions in your packet) 20 minutes

Rock cycle interactive for use in reading guide

Washington Post Article on Cobalt Mining (4F)

Virtual Soil Lab (no longer active)

Beginning website

Second site for this lab

Third site for this lab

Fourth site for this lab

Want more info on the Rock Cycle? try these links:

CK - 12 website on rocks

Tulane University

Wikipedia link

Geology site:

Ask GeoMan

Faces of Earth (four different parts--this one is on plate tectonics)

Plate Tectonics: Four Billion years in 10 minutes (Sci Show)

Types of rocks song (you tube)

Long wall mining

Bozeman Science: Mining Video

Cleaning up Coal Mines

Cool animation for plate tectonics, with a great quiz on the plate names and boundary types!