This notebook file takes students through the layers of the atmosphere with discussion opportunities for each.

A video and a short multiple-choice quiz on the composition of and the layers in Earth's atmosphere.

Windows to the Universe offers information on the Earth's atmosphere. The site contains links to a weather crossword puzzle and images.

SEC produced several articles to help teachers teach about space weather. This one covers the ionosphere. It covers the characteristics, variability, and scintillation of this layer of the atmosphere. PDF format.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How different temperature gradients separate the atmosphere into distinct layers.

A tutorial exploring the atmospheric blanket to show how the atmosphere supports life and insulates the Earth.

This simulation allows you to experience Joe Kittinger's famous 1960 skydiving feat. As you ascend the troposphere and stratosphere you can view changes in several atmospheric conditions. The challenge will be surviving the leap once you...

Deals with ozone hole and related atmospheric issues and research. Has a multimedia tour of the ozone hole and many related links.

Do you ever wonder how a greenhouse gas affects the climate, or why the ozone layer is important? Use the sim to explore how light interacts with molecules in our atmosphere.

Learn about the properties of the thin layer of gas that surrounds the Earth. Understand the mixture of gases that make up the atmosphere as well as the different layers. Also explained are issues that affect the atmosphere like the...

Identify the layers of the atmosphere through this interactive quiz.

A slideshow and a short multiple-choice quiz on the rock surface of the Earth, its water, and the gas layers that surround it.

This lesson shows the parts of the atmosphere and their size (thickness) relative to the size of the Earth. It includes background information, lesson outline, links to standards and assessments.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How different temperature gradients separate the atmosphere into distinct layers.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the gases that the atmosphere is made out of.

An impressive collection of lessons on climate science and climate change. The entire book can be downloaded. As well, each lesson has its own page with some combination of background information, PowerPoints, images, maps, glossaries,...

In this lesson, you will learn about how the Earth formed as well as the composition and structural layers of the Earth's interior.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart introduces the layers of Earth's atmosphere and the water cycle.

[Free Registration/Login Required] The Earth: The student demonstrates knowledge of how processes which shape and affect the Earth and how it relates to the Universe.

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.

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....

For 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.

This site provides information and activities for classes to learn more about ozone depletion and UV radiation.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the properites of the thermosphere and exosphere.