Students take a field trip to an old Christmas tree farm near their school. In groups, they gather data at the site and analyze the data in an attempt to discover what happened to the area. They identify human activities that led to the...

Students gather information and create a web site on prairies and plains using a variety of resources, including the internet.

Learners examine how plants are able to adapt to their ecosystem and the role that fire plays in changes through the years.  In this ecosystem activity students complete several exercises focussing on plants and their adaptations to.

Students investigate, through their own experimentation, the important role wildlife play in nutrient cycling. Earthworms and compost are used in this experiment and different experimental setups be evaluated.

Students complete activities to learn about the common land features in Alaska. For this land study lesson, students study an overhead for permafrost features. Students define ice wedge polygons, thermokarst, and pingos. Students also...

Pupils complete activities to learn how to use Google Earth and study Alaska. For this Google Earth lesson, students complete a Google Earth scavenger hunt to find facts about Alaska. Pupils complete two worksheets for the topic.

Learners use animation to create their own earthworm catching and eating its prey. They must draw storyboards before they start on the animation.

Young scholars explore volcanoes, locate them on maps, record general information about volcanoes, and organize information on a fact sheet.

This comprehensive site explores a number of soil related topics. A glossary of soil terms, formation of soils, and classification of soils are just of a few of the topics found on this this.

After completing this lesson, students will understand the source and the process for the formation of soil, the different types of soil, and the components of soil.

This program uses a scenario with fictional detective characters to present plant growth to students. While the unit focuses on the basic needs and parts of plants, the topics of plant classification and adaptations, soil formation and...

Learn about biological factors in the weathering and breakdown of rocks.

Examine why newly-formed lava has little plant life, explain why one generation of plant life allows subsequent plant life to grow in an area and determine why organic soil formation is a slow process.

A wonderfully detailed introduction to the topic of wind erosion and landforms. Contains many illustrations and maps which show the concepts that are presented in the text.

This site is a personal site from John W. Kimball, a Harvard Professor, that contains a brief definition of both topsoil and subsoil. A drawing supplements the text.

Everything you need to know about sedimentary rocks and the processes by which they are created, including weathering, soils, environments, and classification.