[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage shares information about the history of the earth and its landforms. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this online tutorial students will begin to explain the use of chemical and physical properties in the historical development of the Periodic Table. They will be...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Summarizes the key points about how our understanding of the Earth's movements evolved from ancient times and what we know today. Includes some questions to check...

Engaging and interactive timeline with illustrations and video on the origin of the Earth takes us from the Archean Era to the Cenozoic.

Earth Day grew out of the environmental movement in the late 1960s in response to a series of environmental disasters that took lives, marred natural beauty and threatened animal species. An estimated 20 million Americans participated in...

A lengthy scholarly article that discusses the geologic time scale, its history of development, age-dating events that occurred in different eras, and how absolute and relative dating are used to assess the ages of the Earth and Moon....

An activity where students create a timeline of the history of the Universe, beginning with the Big Bang almost 14 billion years ago, but compress it into one year. Younger students must be able to order events, while older students need...

Lesson plan in which students place events in sequence, comparing their life to the history of the Earth.

Multimedia-rich exhibition documents the race, in 1911, to be the first to reach the South Pole. Two teams undertook the perilous journey, one British, led by Robert Scott, and one Norwegian, led by Roald Amundsen. With digital dioramas,...

A narrated journey through the last 800,000 years of the Earth's climate, accompanied by images and graphs. A text-only version is also available. (Published 3 Dec. 2009)

This activity is an inquiry-based, earth science field investigation of the geology of southeast Minnesota. Students will make observations of rock outcrops and landforms in the region using maps, pictures, and field sampling, then use...

This 2-page handout provides short descriptions of the different aeons, eras, and periods in the Earth's geological history.

Students examine the anaglyph stereo map and use textures to generate a surficial geology map of the Upper Midwest. They can then interpret the textures in terms of landforms, geomorphic features, and earth-surface processes, as well as...

[Free Registration/Login Required] The article "The Rise of Oxygen in the Earth's Atmosphere" from the American Museum of Natural History focuses on when the rise of oxygen in the earth's atmosphere began. A Step Read, a question set,...

An explanation of how the Earth's atmosphere has changed over time. Evidence that helped scientists understand these changes is presented.

Learn about the scientific hypotheses of the origin of life on Earth. [5:55]

Learn about the history of Earth's climate in this Click and Learn. Learn how many factor control Earth's climate. Specifically, examine two of the most important factors: solar radiation and the composition of Earth's atmosphere.

Learn about the Earth's evolutionary history during the Cambrian period. [3:25]

This online exhibit from the Natural History Museum is home to ten units covering various aspects of the world's oceans including frozen oceans, deep oceans, barnacles, coral reef, deep-sea fish, sponges, vents, and more.

The Plains Indians had a dynamic society that changed over time. See how the introduction of the horse changed their way of life. Read about their religion, societal structure, housing, and tools. Included are pictures, maps, critical...

A webpage reviewing the origin of the Earth. Learn what Earth was like during its first billion years with an atmosphere that contained no oxygen. Understand that oxygen levels built up once green plants became more abundant. At the end...

This resource is a place for learning all about the Earth--the Earth's layers, its history, rocks and minerals, and interesting Earth science facts and discoveries. Explore, ask questions, find information, and meet American Museum of...

This is an English translation of Ancient Sumarian The Epic of Gilgamesh, the story of the adventures of the historical King of Uruk. It is perhaps the oldest written story on Earth; it consisted originally of 12 clay tablets in...

Find an overview of the Earth and some of the approaches scientists take in studying it, in this click-through series of short perspectives on the topic.