Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Environmental & Earth Science
A comprehensive resource of articles, videos, news and other research opportunities featuring environmental and earth science. References have been created by experts in the field and are useful for researchers and educators to enhance...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Earth Sciences: Barometer in a Bottle
Created to teach students of the 21st century, SOPHIA is bringing science experiments straight to your fingertips. Become the commander of your own learning experiences as you take part in this Bill Nye interactive lesson and help make...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Earth Sciences: Move Mountains
Created to teach students of the 21st century, SOPHIA is bringing the science experiements straight to your fingertips. Learn about tectonic plates will Bill Nye as you take part in this interactive lesson and help make learning permanent!
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Siemens Science Day: Earth Science: By All Indications
A hands-on science experiment where students test acidity levels by using red cabbage extract and learn the acid levels of known and unknown liquids.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Hands on Experiments to Test for Acid Mine Drainage
Fifteen short experiments which test acid mine damage to the streams, rivers, and creek ecosystems surrounding it.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Earth Sciences: Twistin' Tornado
Created to teach students of the 21st century, SOPHIA is bringing a tornado straight to your fingertips. Become the commander of your own learning experiences as you take part in this Bill Nye interactive lesson.
Other
Siemens Science Day: Earth Science: Impact!
Students complete a hands-on experiment making craters by dropping objects from different heights into flour. Students then explore the craters' differences, based on the objects that were dropped to create them.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Sky and Cloud Windows
In this activity, students will conduct experiments or participate in demonstrations to answer questions about sky and weather phenomena.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Observations and Experiments
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Using observations and scientific experiments to test hypotheses.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Observations and Experiments
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Using observations and scientific experiments to test hypotheses.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Observations and Experiments
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Using observations and scientific experiments to test hypotheses.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Observations and Experiments
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Using observations and scientific experiments to test hypotheses.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Dirtmeister's Science Lab: Let the Sun Shine In
Students graph data reflecting time of day and length of shadow, and then draw conclusions about Earth's seasons and position in relation to the Sun.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Earth Sciences: Carbon Allotropes: Coal to Buckyballs
Created to teach students of the 21st century, SOPHIA is bringing carbon allotropes straight to your fingertips. Become the commander of your own learning experiences with this slideshow.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Lab 1: Think Globally: Act Locally
A lab experiment in a series of experiments that explores Earth Science Systems. This lab introduces students to the parts of the Earth system: the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and pedosphere. As the students learn about the...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Lab 2: Drawing Local Connections
A lab experiment in a series of experiments that explores Earth Science Systems. In this lab, students study the four components of the Earth system by diagraming the flow of energy and matter through it.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Characteristics and Origins of Life
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes characteristics of living organisms, and the origin of life.
Teachers TryScience
Try Science en Espanol
Fabulous resource for kids studying science. An excellent reinforcement for lessons covered in class or an insightful tool for students wishing to expand their knowledge of science. Allows students to visit science centers all over the...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Lab 4: A Bird's Eye View: Exploring Your Region
An investigation that is part of a series of lab lessons that expose students to Earth Systems through research, data, and visualizations. In this lab, students will investigate their region by using Google Earth and predicting what...
Story Behind the Science
Story Behind the Science: Realization of Global Warming [Pdf]
Article describing the history of how scientists developed their current understanding of global warming. It discusses why it is difficult for some people to accept that human beings have caused the Earth to warm, without controlled...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Earth Sciences: The Transit of Venus
Created to teach students of the 21st century, SOPHIA is bringing the transit of Venus straight to your fingertips. Courtesy of NASA, here is a map of the transit. Become the commander of your own learning experiences.
Utah State Office of Education
Utah Science: How Are Earth and Its Moon Alike?
Participate in the experiments offered by Utah Science and discover the similarities between the Earth and its moon.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Dirtmeister's Science Lab: Erosion
Step into Dirtmeister's Science Lab and discover how rain shapes the Earth. Learn about erosion then do the experiment.
Teachers TryScience
Teachers Try Science: Comet Cratering
Use marbles to discover how comets and asteroids make impact craters. This hands-on experiment is easy to do and gives you many variations to try. Included are links to additional information.