ThinkQuest's The Himalayas was designed by 3 students on different continents. In addition to the wonderful maps and photos, the ecosystems of mountain areas are explored. Java-scripted, this site is graphically pleasing as well as fact-filled.

The next three sites allow students to explore glacier and desert settings that would not be possible on any school field trip.

And no one can forget the Grand Canyon. This site is not especially interactive but the explanation of the origin, plate tectonics, and rock formations is well-illustrated and clear. A National Park Service webcam site shows the current view at the Grand Canyon.

Regional studies---appropriate for vast mountain ranges, of course---are also being developed in depth now that so much data is available via new technologies. 16,000 years of geology in the mid-west, including Yellowstone, and solid Web links are available through ECB.

You can view the beautiful artifacts of geologic work at Gemstones.

For resources about the king of canyons in the U.S. look at the Grand Canyon Association. National Geographic has prepared resources about the great impact of a small change in glacier warming temperatures in the Antarctic.

Learn about the mountain range between North Carolina and Tennessee, the Great Smoky Mountains.

Himalayas at ThinkQuest #10131

http://library.thinkquest.org/10131/

Glacier at Rice

http://www.glacier.rice.edu/

Whistler Mountain Webcams

http://www.whistlerblackcomb.com/weather/cams
/index.htm?int=hp_banner-flash_cams_101807

Zion National Park photos

http://www.zionnational-park.com
/zion-national-park-pictures.htm

Grand Canyon

http://www.bobspixels.com/kaibab.org/geology/gc_geol.htm

Grand Canyon National Park webcam

http://www.nature.nps.gov/air/webcams/parks/grcacam
/grcacam.cfm

ECB-Regional Geological Studies

http://www.ecb.org/surf/geology.htm

Gemstones

http://www.theimage.com

Grand Canyon Association

http://www.grandcanyon.org

Antarctica SeaLab

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/sealab/antarctica
/mission.html

The Great Smoky Mountains

http://www.nps.gov/grsm/naturescience/index.htm