Worksheet
Curated OER

Breaking News English: God Awarded Victory in US Court Case

For Students 5th - 10th
For this English worksheet, learners read "God Awarded Victory in US Court Case," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How Did This Happen?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use websites and discussion to investigate the 2004 Asian Tsunami. Students identify the Indian Ocean coastline's physical, political and human geography features and consider how they affected loss of life and property in those...
Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

Space Facts

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students read space facts and click on the links to research more about space objects. In this space lesson plan, students read about comets, planets, the moon, and more.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Tracking the Weather Using Technology

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the use of technology to monitor and forecast weather. They investigate the different types of weather monitoring and forecast tools. Students interpret radar images and discuss the traditional types of weather...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Arsenic Globally

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, using directed questions, identify five internet resources. They use these resources to identify relevant information by highlighting those sections that address the provided questions. Students present the answers to these...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Effects of Volcanoes

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students use the internet to research the effects of volcanoes. They create a chart showing the negative and positive aspects that a volcanoe can bring to an area. Using PowerPoint, they create a presentation showing the negative and...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Super Scientists Code

For Students 6th - 8th
In this science worksheet, students use the key code on the right to unscramble each of the scientists. They also match each of the scientists found to their correct description.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How Do We Forecast Weather?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders investigate how scientists collect weather data in order to forecast the weather. They work in small groups in order to research one type of weather technology such as, satellite images, radar, surface observations, or...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Science: 4 X 4

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students generate four statements and four questions based on their current level of understanding of the article from the engage lesson plan. They evaluate the statements and questions that they have generated and those of their...
Article
Ohio State University

Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears: The Forces That Change the Face of Earth

For Students 4th - 9th
Learn how different types of Earth processes change Earth's surface.
Article
Utah State Office of Education

Utah Science: Change Is My Game

For Students 4th - 8th
Discover the ways in which the Earth's surface is always changing and what causes those changes through reference materials and a collection of activities.
Website
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Discover Our Earth

For Students 9th - 10th
Study earthquakes, volcanoes, topography, plate tectonics, and sea level change using graphs, maps, and movies. Engage in earth science knowledge discovery, critically evaluate the data and results, and reach conclusions about the earth...
Interactive
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology

Iris: Earthquake Browser

For Students 9th - 10th
A live, real-time data global map of all current earthquake activity.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Earth's Tectonic Plates

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Earth's tectonic plates and how they move.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Earthquake Zones

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers earthquake zones, causes, and conditions.
Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Landforms, Rocks & Minerals: Earthquakes

For Students 3rd - 5th
A video and a short multiple-choice quiz on earthquakes, how they form, how they are measured, and the ways they can change the surface of the Earth.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Faults

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers rock stress, fractures, and types of faults.
Website
Other

Earth Waves: Our Changing Planet

For Students 6th - 8th
A compilation of information from volunteers on earthquakes and earthquake prediction. Includes a lot of information on quakes in the California area plus some nice maps.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Earth Layers

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson students will recognize that changes that occur in the layers of the Earth (volcanoes and earthquakes) are a result of forces acting upon it.
Interactive
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology

Iris: Seismic Monitor

For Students 9th - 10th
Seismic Monitor allows you to monitor global earthquakes in near real-time, visit seismic stations around the world, and search the web for earthquake or region-related information.
Interactive
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology

Iris: Station Monitor

For Students 9th - 10th
Students can type in their zip code to find and explore the nearest live earthquake station data.
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Quick or Slow? I've Got to Know!

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Earth changes can happen quickly or slowly. The students will work in teams to stake a claim about these changes and then use texts to find evidence to prove their claims. Included in this lesson are video clips of the class, a list of...
Website
NASA

Nasa: Our Restless Planet

For Students 9th - 10th
This animation library is a great resource for a diverse list of earth science topics including: tsunamis, land subsidence, magnetic fields, volcanoes earthquakes, floods, and sea level changes.
Unit Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Natural Disasters

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are introduced to our planet's structure and its dynamic system of natural forces through an examination of the natural hazards of earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, tsunamis, floods and tornados, as well as avalanches, fires,...