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\nWhy Earth Science\n

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\nIntroduce the inquisitive learners in your class to the wonders of the planet Earth. This video showcases the reasons why we should study earth science and how a career or education in earth science can help us safeguard our planet. This...\n
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\nInside the Earth\n

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\nCan you show the parts of the Earth in less than a minute? This 50-second clip set to classical music, shows a cut away version of the Earth, exposing the inner core, outer core, mantle, and crust. It's short, sweet, and makes for a...\n
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\nStudy Jams! A Day on Earth\n

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\nIt's good thing that it isn't up to RJ to spin the earth on its axis; he can't even keep a basketball spinning! In this video animation, he and viewers learn about Earth's movements in space. One thing to consider before you use this...\n
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\nEarth Day Guide to Being Green\n

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\nHave fun completing Earth Day related activities while learning about simple ways to preserve the Earth. Implement some of the ideas for going green as a class, like cleaning up a local park or planting a tree at school.\n
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\nEarth's Atmosphere\n

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\nSo, how did Earth's atmosphere develop? Find out about clouds, water, waves, and Earth's troposhere, the components that are key to the atmosphere. Discover some of the wonders of our amazing atmosphere.\n
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\nEarth's Atmosphere\n

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\nThis simple presentation sports a timeline of the last 400 million years. Click by click, the condition and developments in Earth's atmosphere appear along the timeline. This is a nifty PowerPoint that you could use as you teach about...\n
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\nJourney Through the Spheres of the Earth\n

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\nEach of the Earth's spheres interacts with the other spheres in predictable ways. Young scientists explore these interactions through a hands-on activity, graphing, and watching a video. They summarize their knowledge in a video or...\n
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\nDensity Studies of the Earth\n

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\nDensity comes to life as investigators place soda cans into containers of various liquids to find if they sink or float. They layer different density liquids, compare densities of different gases, and more. A total of six different...\n
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\nWhy is the Earth Round?\n

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\nWhen you look out to the horizon, the earth looks flat, so how do we know it's round? We learn that gravity pulls planets toward the center and shapes them into the spheres that dominate space. This is a great clip that fully explains...\n
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\nBreak the Code: Earth Science\n

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\nCrack the crust of earth science vocabulary with this vocabulary exercise. Kids use the key at the top of the page to decode the words that are written in numbers rather than letters. Each encoded word is part of a sentence...\n
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\nFraction Earth -- Water and Land\n

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\nStudents research the amount and sources of water on Earth. They interpret data to create a physical representation of water and land mass on the planet. They then use art materials to create a visual and tactile representation of...\n
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\nThe History of the Earth Tell It Again!™ Read-Aloud Anthology\n

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\nA read-aloud anthology focuses on Earth's history. Over three weeks, young scholars listen to and discuss stories about the layers of the Earth, minerals, fossils, different kinds of rocks, and dinosaurs. After the lesson's text, each...\n
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\nEarth Day Number Sense\n

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\nElementary schoolers count and order objects using numbers 1-300. They bring recyclable items from home. Young scholars group the items, skip count by 2's, 3's, and 5's, and arrange the items on a number line. Recyclable plastic bags are...\n
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\nWhere is the True North Pole?\n

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\nDo you believe in Santa Clause? Or a more practical question might be to ask if you believe in the location of the North Pole. Because of the convection currents in Earth's out core, the magnetic north pole drifts about 55 km per year....\n
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\nHow We Know About the Earth's Core\n

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\nThe big question is, how do we know about the composition of the earth's core? Sal explains that at 105 degrees from the source point of an earthquake, the phenomenon of the p wave shadow zone leads us to conclude that the waves are...\n
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\nFinal Project: The Earth, Inside Earth\n

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\nFollow in Jules Verne's footsteps and take a journey to the center of the earth! Middle schoolers work together to design a trip inside the earth using their knowledge from the previous lessons in the unit.\n
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\nWhat is Earth?\n

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\nHumans have only inhabited Earth for a short part of its existence. An online resource explains how scientists use clues from rocks and fossils to piece together information about Earth prior to humans. The online instruction includes...\n
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\nEdible Earth\n

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\nCreate an edible model of the Earth using crispy rice cereal, marshmallows, and chocolate, yum! Model layers include the outer core, inner core, mantle, and crust. \n
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\nLesson Two: The Earth, Introductory Activities\n

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\nDetermine what young pupils already know about earth science with a brainstorming activity. After class members work together to complete a KWL chart about the Earth, they craft an acrostic poem to demonstrate their understanding.\n
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\nMeet Our Home: Earth\n

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\nEarth is a complex structure. Learners explore their home, the earth, using a fun hands-on activity. They create tactile models of the earth using ordinary household materials that represent some common features: land, polar caps,...\n
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\nEarth Science\n

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\nExplore the consistency of the earth's layers and soil through modeling. By conducting an engaging experiment, learners develop a model for the earth's layers and a soil profile using edible materials. Each material is chosen based on...\n
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\nWhat do You Know About Life on Earth?\n

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\nHumans have only inhabited the earth for a fraction of the time that life has existed. Young scientists explore the facts about the emergence of life on Earth with an interactive resource. While highlighting different types of life, the...\n
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\nField Trip Earth\n

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\nTake a field trip around Earth by way of satellite images. Learners watch a video lesson that describes different images taken from orbiting satellites. They then test their visual skills in a 14-question online quiz. \n
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\nWhat Do You Know About Earth?\n

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\nTime to rock and roll! Young scientists test their knowledge about rocks found on Earth and what they tell scientists. A 10-question quiz focuses on the different types of rocks, how they are formed, and what they are made of.\n
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