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Subject: KIDS> The K.I.D.S. Report -- November 24, 1998
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Subject: The K.I.D.S. Report -- November 24, 1998
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=- The K I D S Report -=
Kids Investigating and Discovering Sites
November 24, 1998
A Publication of Internet Scout
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This Issue:
Natural Disasters
The KIDS Report is published with the support of the Internet Scout Project
and the National Science Foundation.
The KIDS Report is a biweekly publication produced by K-12 students as a
resource to other K-12 students. It is an ongoing, cooperative effort of 12
classrooms from around the United States. Teachers assist and provide
support, however students select and annotate all resources included in
every issue of the KIDS Report. The publication is supported by the
Internet Scout Project.
This issue of KIDS, dated November 24, 1998, was written and produced by
students of Whitehorse Middle School in the Madison Metropolitan School
District, located in Madison, Wisconsin.
Sites reviewed:
1. Disaster Relief
2. Eye on the World
3. Cosmic Baseball Association
4. Miami Museum of Science
5. Perilous Times - Earthquakes Information Page
6. U.S. Geological Service - Earthquakes in CA-NV
7. Volcano World
8. Volcanoes.com
=-=-=- General Disaster Sites -=-=-=
1. Disaster Relief
http://www.disasterrelief.org
The Disaster Relief web site is good for people who are in middle school or
older. It has topics on hurricanes, volcanoes and many other disasters. It
has many news articles and you can search for a specific topic. There are
also many links to other sites where you can find certain topics including
a link to the American Red Cross. The Red Cross site includes news stories
and a calendar of events. In addition, the site also has a press room where
you can look at late-breaking stories. There is also a library filled with
useful facts. Help is very easy to get if you get confused, and you can
also give help. This a very useful and detailed web site. The site is
sponsored by IBM, the Red Cross, and CNN, all very credible sources.
Reviewed by Matthew D.
2. Eye on the World
http://www.iwaynet.net/~kwroejr/violent.html
If you want to read late-breaking news stories on disasters, this is the
site for you. This web site has topics on earthquakes, fires, volcanoes,
and weather-related disasters. There are many links to other web sites. The
links are in categories listed by type of disaster. This page has a news
category where you can look at news stories having to do with a certain
type of disaster. The site also has a category about astronomy and a place
to look at photos of disasters. The author of the page has included his
home page and photos he took. There are many links for each category. I
recommend this site for people ages 12 and up. This site provides good
pictures and good graphics. This is a good site for anybody interested in
disasters. It mixes personal accounts with official data sites, such as the
U.S. Weather Service. Credibility seems high, but personal pages should be
checked for accuracy.
Reviewed by Matthew D.
=-=-=- Hurricane Sites -=-=-=
3. Cosmic Baseball Association
http://www.clark.net/pub/cosmic/93th.html
Have you ever wanted to see hurricane statistics? For 13-year-olds and up,
this site provides information about earthquakes. It makes the information
like a baseball roster and has stats, complete with batting averages,
at-bats, hits, home runs, and strikeouts. This is a useful web site for
people who want to get information fast about hurricanes. Statistics are
derived from legitimate databases (National Hurricane Center, USA Today,
Purdue University), giving this information credibility and reliability.
Reviewed by Alex P.
4. Miami Museum of Science
http://www.miamisci.org/hurricane/hurricane0.html
If you want to hear stories of hurricane survivors, this is a site for you.
This site is the official site of the National Hurricane Service. I
recommend this site for ages 12 and up. It talks about what's inside a
hurricane, survivors, weather instruments and the "killer storm." The site
has a teacher's guide. This is a good site if you want to get information.
It is endorsed by the Miami Museum of Science for educational purposes.
Reviewed by Alex P.
=-=-=- Earthquake Sites -=-=-=
5. Perilous Times - Earthquakes Information Page
http://www.teleport.com/~jstar/earthq.html
Did you ever want to know when an earthquake might happen? This site is
very good for you. You can get information about earthquakes. It has 41
different links to connect you to other information. Some links are "Plate
Tectonics," "Earth's Interior," "The Richter Magnitude," and "Seismograph
Stations." Although most links contain great information, some of them are
not very organized. The "Earthquake Information Page" has 17 links that
relate to earthquake predictions. I recommend this site to people of the
ages 12 and up.
Reviewed by Alex P.
6. U.S. Geological Service - Earthquakes in CA-NV
http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/
This site has been developed by the U.S. Geological Survey. Information
provided is in-depth and is updated hourly. There is a map showing where
earthquakes happen and their magnitude. The map is misleading. It shows the
magnitude (the smaller the box the less the magnitude). The box that
represents a magnitude of 4 is a lot bigger than the box of a magnitude of
3. So it looks like a magnitude 7 or 8 not a 4 magnitude. There is a key to
help you understand the map. I recommend this site to people 13 and older.
It's packed with information, but it must be read carefully.
Reviewed by Alex P.
=-=-=- Volcano Sites -=-=-=
7. Volcano World
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vw.html
This is a web site that is packed with information on volcanoes. This web
site has a glossary and a "what's new" category. It has images and clips of
volcanoes. A very interesting category is volcanoes of other worlds which
has pictures of volcanoes in outer space. If you need help finding
something, there are search engines to help you. You can ask a
volcanologist questions. There is a news and current events category and
also a teaching and learning category. You can search for volcanoes by
world region, country/area and volcano name. There are also links to the
volcanoes. You can find volcanic parks and monuments and find the topic of
the week. This web site provides a lot of specific information. I recommend
this site for people who are 12 years or older. This site was developed by
a group of volcanologists, geologists, and computer scientists at the
University of North Dakota.
Reviewed by Matthew D.
8. Volcanoes.com
http://www.volcanoes.com/
If you have been looking for a site on volcanoes, this a good site for you.
It has the volcanoes listed by countries and then it has the volcano name.
When you click on a region which is normally a continent, you find a
country. Then you find the name or group of volcanoes. When you click on
the volcano it shows a picture and some history about the volcano. It also
has a history of eruptions. There are some links and some people have their
own pages. When you click on the country or region of the volcano, you can
get a map of where the volcanoes are located. You can also submit your own
"Volcano Related" web page. There are also some volcano images. I recommend
this site for people ages 12 and up. This is a very detailed and thorough
site. This is a good site for people who want to learn about volcanoes.
Reviewed by Matthew D.
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The KIDS Report is produced twice monthly by Internet Scout in association
with twelve groups of students. The students involved are responsible for
all aspects of the report, including its title and the site evaluation
criteria.
These Internet resources were evaluated on the basis of the Site Selection
Guidelines that the students developed. These guidelines are available on
the Internet Scout website at
http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/scout/KIDS/selection.html.
To subscribe to the KIDS Report, send email to:
listserv@cs.wisc.edu with
the following message:
subscribe kids Yourfirstname Yourlastname
Questions and comments can be sent to teacher Tina Krouth,
kkrouth@madison.k12.wi.us.
Questions and comments about the KIDS Report in general are welcomed at
scout@cs.wisc.edu.
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Copyright Susan Calcari and the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents,
1994-1998. The Internet Scout Project (http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/), located
in the Computer Sciences Department of the University of Wisconsin-Madison,
provides information about the Internet to the U.S. research and education
community under a grant from the National Science Foundation, number
NCR-9712163. The Government has certain rights in this material. Permission
is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of the entire KIDS Report
provided this paragraph, including the copyright notice, is preserved on
all copies.
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in
this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect
the views of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, or the National Science
Foundation.
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