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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Core Sampling

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Simulate core sampling with this lesson. Learners will see layers of Earth with this activity.
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Utah State Office of Education

Utah Science: Rocks, Minerals, and Soils Introduction

For Students 2nd - 5th
Dig into the layers of activities exploring and investigating minerals and how they are related to both rocks and soil.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: The Four Main Layers of the Earth

For Students 4th - 8th
Gives short descriptions of the crust, mantle, outer core, and inner core.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Outer Layers of the Sun

For Students 9th - 10th
Identify the outer layers of the sun. [Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.]
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Science Struck

Science Struck: Facts About the Atmosphere Layers

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides information about the five layers of Earth's atmosphere. Also discusses the satellites that orbit the Earth in the atmosphere.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Interior of the Sun

For Students 9th - 10th
Identify the layers of the Sun's interior. [Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.]
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Other

Nearpod: The Sun's Impact on Earth

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson on the sun's impact on Earth, students will explore the layers of the sun and describe how the Earth is impacted by the sun's physical properties.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Interior of the Sun

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Identify the layers of the sun's internal structure.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Reducing Ozone Destruction

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How banning CFCs helped protect the ozone layer.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Composition of the Atmosphere Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive study guide covers the main terms and concepts needed for an earth science unit on the composition of the atmosphere. Review questions are included at the bottom of the study guide.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Lithosphere, Hydrosphere, and Atmosphere

For Students 3rd - 5th
A slideshow and a short multiple-choice quiz on the rock surface of the Earth, its water, and the gas layers that surround it.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Correlation Using Relative Ages

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How rock layers in different locations can be connected to make pictures of a region's geology.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Correlation Using Relative Ages

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How rock layers in different locations can be connected to make pictures of a region's geology.
Handout
Ducksters

Ducksters: Earth Science for Kids: Soil

For Students 9th - 10th
Kids learn about the Earth science subject of soil including how it is formed, properties, horizons, layers, topsoil, bedrock, and facts about soil.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Soil Horizons and Profiles

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the different layers of soil.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Soil Horizons and Profiles

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the different layers of soil.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Lithosphere and Asthenosphere

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The lithosphere is made of the brittle crust and uppermost mantle and lies on the plastic asthenosphere. Read about the properties of the lithosphere and asthenosphere.
Interactive
Scholastic

Scholastic: Science Labelling Game

For Students Pre-K - 1st
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....
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.
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Cupcake Core Sampling

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this activity, students learn about the technique of core sampling of the Earth by investigating the layers in cupcakes that they bake.
Activity
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Dating Popcorn

For Students 9th - 10th
In this activity, students use popcorn to simulate the process scientists use to date layers in an ice core.
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Oil Trap Model

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students make and study a 3-D model of a cross section of the earth where oil has formed.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: A Hole in the Planet

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the layers of the Earth and a place near the Canary Islands where there is a hole in the crust. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading...
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Other

Moorland School: Earth Science Zone: The Earth's Atmosphere

For Students 9th - 10th
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...

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