Students discover common features of hydrothermal vent fluids. They use this knowledge to locate possible undiscovered hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor.

In this earthquakes and volcanoes worksheet, learners are given the latitude and longitude of earthquakes and volcanoes and they plot them on a world map. They answer questions based on their results.

Students compile information on volcanic activity at Mount St. Helens.  In this earth science lesson, students use the information they gathered on Mount St. Helens to answer questions and create charts in Excel.  Then students...

Students investigate where volcanos come from. In this volcano lesson, students watch videos do Internet research and participate in experiments to discover the cause of volcanos.

Ring in the holiday season with The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson. A teacher's guide to each chapter, crossword puzzles, quote matching, and creative writing prompts are just a few of the language arts...

Students read and study an article then answer questions on Saturn.  In this investigative lesson plan students identify ways space exploration has helped humanity and then they search the Internet for space pictures and sketch a...

For this position and velocity worksheet, students sketch graphs of position vs. velocity and position vs. time for 6 problems given different scenarios. They label their graphs with given positions, velocities and times.

In this earthquake facts review or quiz instructional activity, students read descriptive statements and choose the correct multiple choice answer. Students write 13 answers.

In this geography skills worksheet, students watch the National Geographic video "Amazing Planet." Students then respond to 13 short answer questions about the content of the video.

In this science worksheet, students review the vocabulary words for the separate categories related to the concept of geology.

Students investigate the natural disasters known as tsunamis by researching the Internet.  In this nature lesson plan, students define the word tsunami and discuss how they are created.  Students complete an online activity...

Students explore how and where volcanoes form. They also explore how the interactions between oceanic and continental crust create volcanoes and other mountains and earthquakes in a simulation activity using cardboard of two thicknesses.

Students study the topography of the ocean floor and the geological processes of how it is formed. They summarize what bathymetry, describe how islands are formed and illustrate a bathymetric model of the sea floor.

Fifth graders record any earthquake activity throughout the school year on various maps. In groups, they identify a map locating the points given to them by their teacher. To end the lesson, they add the date, strength and damage to each...

Students visit a PBS Website about tsunamis to consider their causes, effects and steps countries have taken to try to defend against them. They answer questions and create a brochure explaining tsunami facts and procedures to survive a...

Students determine the energy content of various snack foods. They measure the temperature changes in various snack foods as the foods are burned in order to determine the foods' energy content. Students create graphs and data tables of...

In this globalization worksheet, students, with a partner, discuss and complete a variety of activities associated with global warning and phrases connected to it.

In this Earth movements learning exercise, students compare and contrast earthquakes and volcanoes. Students write a short essay about the similarities and differences and then complete 4 matching questions.

In this volcano facts worksheet, students respond to 14 multiple choice questions that require them to exhibit what they know about volcanoes.

In this alphabetizing worksheet, students analyze 10 words that pertain to volcanoes. Students put these words in alphabetical order.

In this earthquake activity learning exercise, students examine 10 earthquake-related terms and then put those terms into alphabetical order.

In this earthquake worksheet, learners recognize words relating to earthquakes. Students complete the word search by finding the thirteen earthquake words.

In this volcanoes worksheet, students read 10 words pertaining to volcanoes. Students match these words to their definitions in another column.