Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Landscape Evolution

For Students 9th - 10th
In this amazing online tutorial you will learn about how water, mass wasting, weathering, and erosion have help shape the landforms on Earth. The lesson includes many helpful interactive materials to prepare help you understand landscape...
Interactive
Minerals Ed

Mineral Resources Education Program of Bc: Mine Development Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a look at how a mine develops from the exploratory stage to reclamation of the land.
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Other

Bscs: Bscs Science Teaching Video Library

For Teachers K - 1st
Elementary teachers have an urgent need for high-quality science classroom videos. To respond as rapidly as possible, BSCS Science Learning has made some of our best K-12 videos available for free streaming. In this collection, you'll...
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Exploring Rocks: Rock Identification and the Rock Cycle

For Teachers K - 1st
In this earth science activity, students informally investigate unknown rocks. After their investigation time they share what they have learned about their rocks.
Activity
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: What's Down There?

For Students 9th - 10th
Students build a model to learn about the cycle of erosion and deposition by water and wind which deposits layer upon layer of rock, soil, and organic material to the surface.
Lesson Plan
ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Phases of the Moon [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th
In this lesson, 4th graders use their bodies to model the day/night cycles of the Sun and Earth. Next, they discuss the moon's role in the solar system and explore the eight phases of the moon by acting out a story. Finally, a song...
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Earth Science for Kids: Rocks, Rock Cycle, and Formation

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the science of rocks and the rock cycle. How different types such as igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic form from minerals with the help of nature.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Science for Kids: Oxygen Cycle

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the oxygen cycle and how this nutrient travels through the ecosystem to sustain life on Earth.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Science for Kids: Carbon Cycle

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the carbon cycle and how this nutrient travels through the ecosystem to sustain life on Earth.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Kids Science: The Water Cycle

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn more about the science of the Earth's water cycle. How water moves around our planet.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Science for Kids: Nitrogen Cycle

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the nitrogen cycle and how this nutrient travels through the ecosystem to sustain life on Earth.
Article
Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Recycling Matter in Ecosystems

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn about biogeochemical cycles that recycle matter on Earth.
Unit Plan
King's Centre for Visualization in Science

Explaining Climate Change: Lesson 7: Climate Feedback Loops

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the seventh lesson in a series of learning modules on the topic of climate change. In this lesson, you will learn how several important feedback loops help drive and regulate earth's unique climate system and affect climate...
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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...
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Living in the Greenhouse

For Students 3rd - 5th
Check out the whole story of climate from ancient times through greenhouse gasses with this interactive resource.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Product Development and the Environment

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students investigate the life cycle of an engineered product and how the product impacts the environment. They analyze a product using a simple life cycle assessment that assigns fictional numerical values for different...
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NASA

Climate Kids: Greenhouse Effect

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Fun website for kids to learn about earth science. Students read about greenhouse gasses and the effect on the environment.
Interactive
Quia

Quia: Dig Into Geology

For Students 3rd - 8th
Site provides games and activities that will allow students to have fun, and learn more about rocks and minerals at the same time.