Annotated Bibliography
Works Cited
Chaisson, Eric, and Steve McMillan. Astronomy Today: The Solar System. Upper Saddle River: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005.
This is a very good resource for the study of Astronomy. It includes a full range of topics from the foundations of the history of Astronomy to the study of the Galaxies and Cosmology. The Solar System chapters include beautiful images. A CD-Rom comes with the book.
Freedman, Roger A., and William J. Kaufmann III, Universe 7 th Edition. New York:
W.H. Freeman and Company, 2005.
This comprehensive thirty-chapter textbook covers concepts, facts, and data about the entire Universe, from it's origin to the present. There are beautiful animated and interactive CDs that accompany the book. The Starry Night Backyard CD is an ideal electronic resource that permits one to explore the local Universe. This book is a one stop resource for studying the Universe.
Jastrow, Robert. Red Giants and White Dwarfs: Man's Descent From the Stars. New York: Harpers and Row, 1971.
Robert Jastrow, created a scientific story of creation that documents the beginning of the Universe to the appearance of life. This book is recommended for high school and adult readers because it requires higher cognitive level.
Jefferson, Mary. The Legends, Myths, and Science of Volcanoes: Living With Geological
Hazards. Houston: Houston Teachers Institute, 2005.
This gives an extensive review of volcanoes on Earth. (Note: The information
on radioactive decay, pangaea, plate tectonics, and landforms in Volcanoes in the Solar System unit, were taken from this reference.)
Levy, Matthys, and Mario Salvadori. Why the Earth Quakes: The Story of Earthquakes and Volcanoes. New York: Norton Co.
This simple written text contains over one hundred illustrations detailing the manner of earthquakes and volcanoes from the Earth's beginning to recent developments in the use of seismic technology.
Poort, Jon M., Roseann J. Carlson. Historical Geology: Instructions and Applications.
Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 1998.
This comprehension manual is an excellent resource for the high school and above users. The manual has seven chapters that cover the fundamental concepts of historical geology and its use to interpret and model real world situations.
Tarbuck, Eduard J., and Frederick K. Lutgens. Earth an Introduction to Physical Geology. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1999.
This book contains the GEODEII-ROM which brings difficult-to-visualize geologic processes to life making it easier to understand the geological concepts inclusive of earthquakes and volcanoes.
Zeilinga de Boer, Jelle, and Donald Theodore Sauders. Volcanoes in Human History: The Far-Reaching Effects of Major Eruptions. Princeton: Princeton UP, 2002.
This book tells the story of nine epic volcanic events and the role they played in human history. It is a resource filled with pictures, facts, and stories of the profound impact volcanic eruptions have had upon the human race.
Student Resources
Jastrow, Robert. Red Giants and White Dwarfs: Man's Descent From the Stars. New
York: Harpers and Row, 1971.
Robert Jastrow, created a scientific story of creation that documents the beginning of the Universe to the appearance of life. This book is recommended for high school and adult readers because it requires higher cognitive level.
Solar System: A Golden Book. New York: Golden Book Publishing Co., Inc., 1999.
This fact-filled book is easy reading and is useful for all grade levels, This book allows one to travel through the Solar System with stops at the Sun, the planets and their moons, and the rest of the planetary bodies.
Videography
Born of Fire. Producers Dennis B. Kane, Thomas Skinner. National Geographic, 1983.
This is a review of five case studies of volcanic eruptions from different geographical regions and geological origins.
Earth Revealed. Producer Southern California Consortium. The Annenberg/CPB
Collection, 1992.
Explores how scientific theories are developed and how the Earth's continuing evolution is impacted by plate dynamics.
The Eruptions of Mt. St. Helens. Director Otter Sieber. Holiday Video Library, Year?.
Offers the only photographic footage of the instant a volcano blasted itself apart devastating over 150 square miles of forest, killing over 50 people and millions of wildlife.
The Eruption of Mount St. Helens. Director George V. Casey. Sling Shot Entertainment, 1990.
This Academy Award Nominee Best Short Documentary Chronicles the cataclysmic events of the Mount St. Helens Eruption of 1980 whose height was decreased by 1300 feet after hurling 8.8 billion cubic yards of ice, rock, and dirt into the surroundings.
Inside Hawaiian Volcanoes. Director Maurice P. Krafft. Smithsonian Institute, 1989.
Shows how Hawaiian volcanoes actually work by going underground to look at volcanic plumbing systems assisted by use of cutaway vies and transparent models of volcanoes.
Message from the Mountain: As Seen at the Mount St. Helens Johnston Ridge Observatory. Northern Light Productions. Northern Light Productions, 1997.
This award winning video captures the fury of the May 18,1980 Mount St. Helens eruption resulting in the largest landslide in recorded history.
Ring of Fire. Director George Casey. Finley-Holiday Film Corp., Year?.
Discusses the great circle of volcanoes and seismic activity that rings the Pacific Ocean and the half a billion of people who live in shadow of there immense volcanic powers.
Web Sites
Brantley, Steven. Volcanoes of the United States. 1997. USGS. 12 Mar. 2005. http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/volcus/page03.html>
"NASA Education Home Page." Accessed on July 12, 2005 at http://education.nasa.gov.
This internet site serves as a gateway to information on NASA education programs and services for educators and students. This directory provides specific details and points of contact for all of NASA's education efforts, Field Center offices, and points of presence within each state.
"NASA Spacelink." Accessed on July 12, 2005 at http://spacelink.nasa.gov
Spacelink is an electronic resource specifically developed for the education community. Spacelink is a virtual library in which local files and hundreds of NASA World Wide Web links are arranged in a manner familiar to educators. Using the Spacelink search engine, educators can search this virtual library to find information regardless of its location within NASA.
"NASA Central Operation of Resources for Educators (CORE)." Accessed on July 12, 2005. at http://core.nasa.gov
Central Operations of Resources for Educators is a worldwide distribution center for NASA's educational multimedia materials.
"This Dynamic Earth: the Story of Plate Tectonics." Accessed on July 12, 2005 at http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/dynamic.html>
Topinka, Lyn. "Cascade Volcano Observatory (CVO)." Accessed on July 8, 2005 at http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/home.html>
"Volcano World." June 28, 2005. Accessed on July 12, 2005 at http://volcano.und.nodak.edu>
Volcano Resources for Educators. Accessed on July 10, 2005 at http://volcanoes.usgs.gov.educators.html>
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