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\nEarth’s Ever-Changing Surface\n

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\nThe Grand Canyon formed between five and six million years ago, but is it still changing? Scholars explore 10 sites in the United States, including the Grand Canyon, to better understand the geoscience processes that formed these...\n
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\nThe Earth\n

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\nWhen students embark on an exploration of the Earth and rock formations, this resource could be used as a way to introduce or review key concepts. Students could use this presentation as a way to review information independently at a...\n
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\nScience Jeopardy - The Earth Sciences\n

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\nThe earth sciences are the focus for this Jeopardy-style review game. Categories include geology, space, scientific investigation, meteorology, and oceanography. Diagrams and pictures are involved with most of the questions, making this...\n
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\nLifesaving Layers-Earth's Atmosphere\n

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\nStudents gain a detailed comprehension of the layers of Earth's atmosphere. They represent their knowledge visually in a standing exhibit. Students compose a key to explain their visual display. They research the effect of global warming...\n
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\nEarth is Round\n

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\nThis series of images shows how ancient people figured out that the world was round. Each slide shows a ship moving around the globe and coming closer to the line of the observer's sight. This is a very simple resource that you could use...\n
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\nEarth\n

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\nUse this KWL-inspired booklet to explore the earth. There are four pages: the title page, a page to record what your pupil knows, a page to record what they want to know, and a page to record what they learned. \n
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\nStudent Earth Day Pledge Slips\n

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\nWriting prompts are great because you can usually find one for any holiday or event. Have your class help the Lorax in his quest to spread the word about Earth Day and environmental awareness with a short printable prompt. The page...\n
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\nEarth Origami\n

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\nAfter reading a brief history of Carl Skalak's journey on the open waters, scholars make a three-dimensional model of the Earth out of an Origami balloon using a printable decorated as the Earth.\n
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\nRestless Earth\n

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\nIn less than 25 years, the continent of Australia moved 4.9 feet thanks to plate tectonics. The presentation introduces the idea of the layers of the earth as well as plate tectonics. It goes into why the plates move and where we believe...\n
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\nYour fingernails grow at approximately the same rate Earth's continents move. The video discusses Earth as a planet, its layers, our magnetic field, the atmosphere, and the human impact on Earth. It provides interesting facts that...\n
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\nProjections and Coordinates: Turning a 3D Earth into Flatlands\n

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\nIntroduce your class to map projections and coordinates, the basics for the work done in a GIS, with an activity that uses Google Earth to challenge learners to think about the earth's shape. \n
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\nLatitude and Longitude with Google Earth\n

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\nTravel the world from the comfort of your classroom with a activity that features Google Earth. High schoolers follow a series of steps to locate places all over the earth with sets of coordinates. Additionally, they measure the distance...\n
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\nHow Do Long and Short EM Waves Interact with the Earth's Atmosphere?\n

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\nThings are about to heat up in your classroom! A kinesthetic lesson asks learners to play the part of the gases in the earth's atmosphere and interact with the sun's radiation. The focus is to learn the impact of the increasing...\n
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\nThe History of Life on Earth\n

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\nThe first life on Earth developed in the oceans. As an introduction to ecology, the video starts with the formation of the earth. It follows with the Archaean and Proterozoic Eons including protobionts, prokaryotes, and eukaryotes. It...\n
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\nThe Hottest Place on Earth\n

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\nWhere is the hottest place on Earth, and how can scientists prove it? The video discusses multiple methods for measuring the temperatures across the planet. Then it discusses the hottest places measured by each method and their accuracy....\n
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\nHow Do We Know the Age of the Earth?\n

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\nSome 4.565 billion candles would be needed for a birthday cake for Earth. Young scientists view a video to learn about historical attempts to determine the age of Earth. They see how advances in radioactive dating led to the currently...\n
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\nCompositional and Mechanical Layers of the Earth, Cosmology and Astronomy\n

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\nSal details the chemical and mechanical composition of the Earth's crust, mantle, and core layers—a substantial addition to your geology or earth science lecture.\n
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\nLesson Five: The Earth, Rocks and Minerals\n

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\nApply the principles of geology to a series of collaborative, hands-on class activities. Young earth scientists learn more about igneous, metamorphic, and sedentary rocks before classifying and weathering rocks that they find....\n
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\nStructure of the Earth\n

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\nSalman Khan delves into the layers of the Earth. He provides names and general numbers about depths and composition.\n
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\nThe Earth as a Magnet\n

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\nEveryone loves playing with magnets and iron filings. Here, young scientists first observe and then participate in an activity demonstrating magnetic fields. After completing their observations, they apply this knowledge...\n
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\nThe Earth as a Planet\n

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\nWhat does our planet have in common with other planets? What makes it unique? Find out in a PowerPoint presentation highlighting many earthly facts! The lesson describes Earth's atmosphere in detail and adds many other important facts...\n
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\nHow Long Does It Take for the Earth to Go around the Sun?\n

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\nIt's one of those questions that seems simple, but is it? Watch as an interviewer asks people how long it takes for the Earth to go around the sun — and their surprising responses. The video provides a humorous look at a basic earth...\n
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\nConserving Water Through Art!\n

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\nHaving fresh, clean drinking water is a privilege many people take for granted. Help raise awareness about the scarcity of water and the importance of conservation by discussing different ways water is used in everyday life. Brainstorm...\n
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\nFabric Scrap Flower Garden\n

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\nCrafting is fun, it increases eye-hand coordination, and it is a great way to accent any lesson. Celebrate Earth Day by creating scrap fabric flowers for a pop-stick flower garden. Children of all ages will love gluing, cutting, and...\n
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