Lesson Plan
BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Measuring and Protecting Skin

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students learn about the vulnerability of skin to solar radiation, and ways to protect it. They compare their skin to that of an orange, and measure the approximate amount of skin that each has. The lesson and accompanying PowerPoint can...
Website
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Introduction to the Atmosphere

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A detailed overview of the Earth's atmosphere, with explanations about atmospheric properties, the structure of the atmosphere, its four layers, atmospheric processes, energy heat transfer, conduction and convection, and radiation. All...
Handout
Government of Alberta

Alberta Environment: Focus on the Ozone Layer [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This article explains what the ozone layer is, why it is important, and how we can help to slow down its depletion from the atmosphere.
Website
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: About Ozone

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A detailed overview of the chemistry of ozone and its role in the atmosphere. Students learn about the benefits and hazards of ozone. All information is reinforced through pictures, graphs, and learning activities. Learning activities...
Interactive
NASA

Nasa: Weather

For Students 9th - 10th
Though we live on the surface of the Earth, we actually live at the bottom of an ocean of air. Dynamic layers of air interact with the Earth's surface and the Sun's energy to produce the phenomenon of weather. The atmosphere is...
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Earth Origin, Composition, and Structure

For Students 9th - 10th
In this lesson, you will learn about how the Earth formed as well as the composition and structural layers of the Earth's interior.
Interactive
Scholastic

Scholastic: Science Labelling Game

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In a series of five interactive science games, students first study labeled diagrams to learn the names of the Earth's layers, of a flower's parts, of a fish's anatomy, of the human respiratory system, and of layers of the atmosphere....
Lesson Plan
National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion: La Atmosfera Terreste

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this site learn about the atmosphere and the air, origin and layers of the atmosphere, atmospheric phenomena, clean and pullulated air and the importance of air and health. It contains many illustrations and 15 interactive activities.
Article
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Major Domains of the Earth Atmosphere

For Students 2nd - 8th
Learn about the atmosphere and its different layers.
Handout
NASA

Nasa Space Place: Ionosphere

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about the ionosphere and how auroras happen.
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Plix Series: Percent Composition

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Manipulate graph data to see a representation of the percent composition of different compounds. Then answer a challenge question about the activity.
Lesson Plan
NASA

Nasa: Using Radiosonde Data From a Weather Balloon Launch

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan allows students to learn about the layers of the atmosphere and to learn how to graph real atmospheric data.
Article
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: The Weather at High Altitudes

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the air and weather that happens high up in the atmosphere.
Graphic
Other

Breathing Earth

For Students 9th - 10th
Breathing Earth layers data about rates of carbon dioxide emission along with birth and death rates onto a map of the world in a real-time simulation of one of the principal greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere, CO2.
Handout
eSchool Today

E School Today: Your Cool Tips on Ozone Depletion

For Students 4th - 8th
Why is ozone important? Learn about the ozone layer in our atmosphere, how it is being depleted by human and natural events, the effects of a thinning ozone layer on humans and other living things, what is meant by the ozone hole, and...