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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Importance of the Atmosphere

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The atmosphere provides many important functions for Earth.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Importance of the Atmosphere

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The atmosphere provides many important functions for Earth.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Temperature of the Atmosphere

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How different temperature gradients separate the atmosphere into distinct layers.
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Center for Educational Technologies

Nasa Classroom of the Future: Earth on Fire

For Students 9th - 10th
Information and activities looking at the impact of industrial and agricultural practices on global warming.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Mind Bending Gps Occultations

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students learn about the remote sensing radio occultation technique and how engineers use it with GPS satellites to monitor and study the Earth's atmospheric activity. Students may be familiar with some everyday uses of GPS, but not as...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Nitrogen: Periodic Table of Videos

For Students 9th - 10th
The team at Periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed Lesson for every element of the periodic table. This one is about number 7 on the periodic table: nitrogen. It's the most abundant element in Earth's atmosphere. [4:03]
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Effect of Atmospheric Circulation on Climate

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Looks at how atmospheric circulation cells affect the climate of regions.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Heat Transfer in the Atmosphere

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Looks at how heat is transferred in the atmosphere.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Composition of the Atmosphere

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the gases that the atmosphere is made out of.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Pressure and Density of the Atmosphere

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How the pressure and density of the atmosphere varies.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Circulation in the Atmosphere

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the convection cells present in our atmosphere.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Pressure and Density of the Atmosphere

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How the pressure and density of the atmosphere varies.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Effect of Atmospheric Circulation on Climate

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How atmospheric circulation cells affect the climate of regions.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Circulation in the Atmosphere

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the convection cells present in our atmosphere.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Composition of the Atmosphere

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the gases that the atmosphere is made out of.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Heat Transfer in the Atmosphere

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How heat is transferred in the atmosphere.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Heat Transfer in the Atmosphere

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How heat is transferred in the atmosphere.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: How Earth Formed

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the Earth's formation.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Climate Change: Earth's Giant Game of Tetris

For Students 9th - 10th
There's a game of Tetris happening on a global scale: The playing space is planet Earth, and all those pesky, stacking blocks represent carbon dioxide- a greenhouse gas that is piling up ever more rapidly as we burn the fossil fuels that...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Carbon Cycle and Climate

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explains the cycle of carbon through the atmosphere, geosphere, and biosphere.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Cloudy Climate Change: How Clouds Affect Earth's Temperature

For Students 9th - 10th
As the Earth's surface temperature gradually rises, it has become vital for us to predict the rate of this increase with as much precision as possible. In order to do that, scientists need to understand more about aerosols and clouds....
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Thermosphere and Beyond

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the properites of the thermosphere and exosphere.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Thermosphere and Beyond

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the properties of the thermosphere and exosphere.
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NASA

Nasa: Effect of the Sun's Energy on the Ocean and Atmosphere

For Students 9th - 10th
A project based lesson where students' mission is to conduct a series of tasks that enable them to audit Earth's energy budget and help answer a number of science questions.