Curated OER
Up, Up, and Away
Students create a model to explore the water cycle. Students also perform different experiments to witness water changing from a liquid to a gas. Students are asked to if they can find ways for water to go away without pouring the...
Curated OER
Where Does Radon Come From?
Learners discuss the differences between the three types of rocks and how radon can escape from the rocks themselves. They analyze other sources of radon in the environment. They work together to complete an activity and worksheet.
Curated OER
Geography and Architecture
Students discuss how terrain and climate affect the design of houses and commercial structures and thus influence the way architects design buildings in this elementary lesson plan.
Curated OER
Clouds as Art: Torn Paper Landscape
Students create a torn paper landscape and use it to study clouds. In this cloud study and art lesson, students make a background art image from torn paper. Students create a torn paper landscape and use cotton balls to illustrate...
Curated OER
Cookie Bar Coal
Students observe the effect of heat and pressure on materials representing those involved in the formation of coal.
Curated OER
Volcanoes
Fifth graders study volcanoes. They watch a demonstration that represents the eruption of a volcano and discuss the similarities and differences between the model and a real volcano.
Curated OER
"To Terraform or Not to Terraform?"
Pupils analyze an article written by an engineer at NASA proposing colonizing Mars with human explorers on the fastest track possible. They are invited to react to the article through several activities.
Curated OER
Island Formation
Students create models of how islands are formed by hot spots and then write a summary of their observations and of how they think their model relates to volcanic hot spots and island formation.
Curated OER
RIDE THE WILD LEAF
Students identify and interpret that leaves provide food for new trees and plants. Students cut out leaves and glue them on the appropriate
number on included worksheet. Students collect different types of leaves and make leaf rubbings....
Curated OER
Living in Extreme Environments
High schoolers explore the living conditions needed to grow bacteria. They develop an experiment that will test the ability of bacteria to survive various temperature extremes. In addition, they complete a lab reprt to share their results.
Simon Fraser University
Chem1 Virtual Textbook: The Earth's Crust
As part of the General Chemistry Virtual Textbook, this site examines a variety of topics related to the Earth, and specifically the Earth's crust. Other topics covered include chemistry of the crust, composition of rock, distribution of...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Earth's Crust
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the makeup of the Earth's crust.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Earth's Crust
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the makeup of the Earth's crust.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Infographic: Chemical Abundances: Earth's Crust
An infograph showing the chemicals that are present in Earth's crust.
Morning Earth
How Life Works: Biosphere Is Process: Life Helps Make Earth's Crust
Scholars explore the Earth science topic of the Earth's basic structure. The tutorial consists of definitions and pictures about the Earth's crust.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Engineering for the Earth
Young students are introduced to the complex systems of the Earth through numerous lessons on its natural resources, processes, weather, climate and landforms. Key earth science topics include rocks, soils and minerals, water and natural...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Let's Build the Earth!: The Structure of the Earth's Crust and Interior
In this activity, students will make observations then construct a "sample" model representation of the Earth's layers. They will compare and contrast the movement and material in each layer explaining the location and what it contains.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Mountain Maker, Earth Shaker
This interactive activity adapted from A Science Odyssey Web site helps you visualize different types of plate tectonic activity and shows the impact this activity has on Earth's surface.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Found! Oldest Chunk of Earth's Crust
From ABC News in Science, Will Dunham's article covers research connected to the discovery of a chunk of Earth's crust found in Greenland which possibly dates over 3.8 billion years.
Other
Bc Open Textbooks: Physical Geology: Earth's Interior: Isostasy
This textbook excerpt explains the concept of isostasy and the relationship of Earth's crust to the mantle beneath it. This process is compared to the effects of glaciation and describes the effect an ice sheet has on the crust, and the...
Other
Canadian Centre for Energy Information: Earth Really Rocks [Pdf]
Earth Really Rocks is a teaching unit for Grades K-3. It approaches the study of rocks from an energy perspective, looking at how gas and oil are formed underground, as well as at sedimentary rocks and the structure of the Earth's crust....
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Earth Rocks!
The purpose of this activity is to introduce students to the basic elements of our Earth's crust: rocks, soils and minerals. They learn how we categorize rocks, soils and minerals and how they are literally the foundation for our...
Columbia University
Columbia University: Evidence for Internal Earth Structure and Composition
This resource describes how seismic waves have helped us to understand the composition of the Earth's interior. It discusses seismic discontinuities, including the Mohorovicic Discontinuity or Moho, and what we have learned about the...
Simon Fraser University
Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Chemical Composition and Structure of the Earth
As part of the General Chemistry Virtual Textbook, this site examines a variety of topics related to the Earth. This page looks at the Earth and its lithosphere, the chemical composition of the Earth, the structure of the Earth, and more.