US Geological Survey
Usgs: All of Earth's Water in a Single Sphere!
See how all of Earth's water compares to the total size of the Earth.
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Interactions Between the Atmosphere & Hydrosphere [Pdf]
A discussion of the interactions between the four spheres of Earth and how they affect weather and climate. The slideshow is divided into two parts. The first deals with interactions between the atmosphere and the hydrosphere and the...
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Earth History: The Paleomap Project
The Paleomap Project illustrates the plate tectonic development of the ocean basins and continents, as well as the changing distribution of land and sea during the past 1,100 million years.
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Earth's Spheres
Check out the tutorial which introduces the Earth's spheres. Viewers should be able to identify the Geosphere, Biosphere, Atmosphere, Hydrosphere and Cryosphere and know their differences and similarities.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Geoscience and Petroleum Careers
In this activity, students think about how various real-world careers relate to personal interests and Earth's systems- the geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere.
NASA
Nasa: Visible Earth
From NASA, "Images, visualizations, and animations," that students will find extremely interesting and helpful in their study of the earth. Includes pictures of environmental impacts, erosion, coastal processes, atmosphere, and lots more.
National Association of Geoscience Teachers
Nagt: Earth System Science Project
An Earth System Project shows the interaction between the Geosphere, Hydrosphere, Atmosphere, and Biosphere. This project provides a model of a pond ecosystem and can easily be woven into the hydrosphere unit.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Earth System Science
Students learn to identify the parts of the Earth system and the processes that connect them. They look for interconnections among components of the Earth system at the local level, using a study site close to their school.
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Face of the Earth: Matching Game
Matching game on the earths core and crust. Students test their knowledge and learn what is below the earth's surface.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Relationships Between Tree Ring Dating, Wildfires, and Floods
In this lesson young scholars will understand the four spheres of the earth and how they relate to one another. This project uses a combination of Internet investigations and multiple field investigations to develop an understanding of...
Rice University
Museums Teaching Planet Earth: Hydrosphere
This tutorial looks at the hydrosphere, that component of the earth that is liquid water such as rivers, streams, oceans, and so on.
Center for Educational Technologies
Nasa: Classroom of the Future: Spheres Atmosphere
Atmosphere is briefly discussed here as one of earth's "spheres."
University of Wisconsin
Ssec: Real Time Imagery and Data: Satellite Images of the Earth
Check out real-time satellite photos of the earth to study weather patterns.
Center for Educational Technologies
Nasa: Classroom of the Future: Spheres: Biosphere
Use this site to learn about the different areas of the biosphere, known as biomes.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Lab 1: Think Globally: Act Locally
A lab experiment in a series of experiments that explores Earth Science Systems. This lab introduces students to the parts of the Earth system: the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and pedosphere. As the students learn about the...
The Wonder of Science
The Wonder of Science: 5 Ess2 1: Earth Sphere Interactions
Fifth graders develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Biogeochemical Cycles Review
Review information on the cycling of matter throughout the spheres of Earth.
Maths Challenge
Maths challenge.net: Curvature of the Earth
Distance problem using a spherical radius and height.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Lithosphere, Hydrosphere, and Atmosphere
A slideshow and a short multiple-choice quiz on the rock surface of the Earth, its water, and the gas layers that surround it.
NOAA
Noaa: Ngdc: Globe Project
Explore some topographic data at the Globe site. What environmental measurements are taken in the study? How are these measurements presented?
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Traveling on Good Circles
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this high-level math lesson has students delve into the topic of Great Circles on a sphere (specifically, the Earth), in order to find the shortest distances between locations. Students will...
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Lee Trampleasure: Science Education: Coriolis Effect
Examine three examples of the Coriolis Effect with reference to wind. The effect is that when an object is moving perpendicular to the rotation of a sphere the object will appear to travel in a curved line. Prevailing winds will look as...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus (February 19, 1473 - May 24, 1543) was the first astronomer to formulate a scientifically based heliocentric cosmology that displaced the Earth from the center of the universe. His epochal book, De revolutionibus...
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