Curated OER
Earth's Layers
Students identify the interior layers of the Earth and analyze a diagram. In this Earth's layers instructional activity students create a model of the Earth's interior.
Curated OER
CUPCAKE CORE SAMPLING
Students explore what is beneath the surface of the earth is one of the jobs of a geologist. Rather than digging up vast tracts of land to expose an oil field, or to find coalbearing strata, core samples can be taken.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Inside the Earth
This resource has numerous diagrams and descriptions of the earth's interior layers. Worksheets of the various layers are also available to be downloaded.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Cupcake Core Sampling
In this activity, students learn about the technique of core sampling of the Earth by investigating the layers in cupcakes that they bake.