CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Earth's Layers Study Guide
This comprehensive study guide covers the main terms and concepts needed for an earth science unit on the earth's layers. Review questions are included at the bottom of the study guide.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Earth: Our World in Motion
This resource is a place for learning all about the Earth--the Earth's layers, its history, rocks and minerals, and interesting Earth science facts and discoveries. Explore, ask questions, find information, and meet American Museum of...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Earth's Layers
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Identifies the various layers of the Earth, including the crust, mantle, core, lithosphere, and asthenosphere.
Other
Prehistoric Planet: Rock Layers: Timeline of Life on Earth
Offers an easy to understand explanation of the earth's layers and the fossils we find in each layer. It explains how these are interpreted by scientists to represent the evolution of animal and plant life through the geological eras.
Vision Learning
Visionlearning: Earth Structure: Virtual Journey to Center of the Earth
Find out about the interior structure of the Earth and the role of seismic waves as they move through Earth's layers. The research details both compositional layers as well as mechanical layers.
Nine Planets
The Nine Planets: Earth Facts
Find lots of information about our planet Earth here. Covers basic facts, Earth's history, layers of the Earth, plate tectonics, composition of the atmosphere, Earth's magnetic field, and some facts about our moon.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Essential Science for Teachers: Earth and Space 3
Visit an active volcano site to find out the connection between the movement of the Earth's plates and the processes deep within the Earth's interior. [58:23]
BBC
Bbc Future: Journey to the Centre of the Earth
Explore deep underground and deep in the ocean to discover what lies beneath the surface. Don't stop until the final destination: the core of the Earth.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Learning the Three Layers
This lesson will help students visualize the Earth's crust (lithosphere), mantle, and core. The students will work in groups to research and design a model of the Earth's layers. Some of the types of models include: computer, fruits such...
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.
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...
Purdue University
Purdue University: 3 D Earth Structure Model
Take a journey to the center of the Earth and learn about the structure, material properties, and conditions inside our planet.
World Geography Games
World Geography Games: Earth's Layers
Explore the layers of the Earth through this interactive quiz.
Oregon State University
Osu: Volcano World: Layers of the Earth
This is a website not only on the mantle but also about all the layers of the earth.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Nhmu: Our Ancient Earth the Stratigraphy Cup
Activity provides students an opportunity to make a stratigraphy cup.
Rice University
Museums Teaching Planet Earth: What Is the Geosphere?
Describes Earth's layers, which make up the geosphere.
Nine Planets
The Nine Planets: Earth
A detailed physical description of Earth. Content includes information on the Earth's layers and geology of the surface, along with links to additional information.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Earth Layers
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson students will recognize that changes that occur in the layers of the Earth (volcanoes and earthquakes) are a result of forces acting upon it.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Deeper Discovery: Earth's Anatomy
Interactive site provides information on each layer of the earth. Click on a layer to discover more about it.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Stuff to Do: Edible Earth
Take a look at the layers that make up our Earth: inner core, outer core, mantle, and crust. Then have fun making a model of the Earth's interior that you can eat up.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Inside the Earth
This resource has numerous diagrams and descriptions of the earth's interior layers. Worksheets of the various layers are also available to be downloaded.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Dynamic Earth Interactive
Delve into the structure of the Earth to learn what causes earthquakes, volcanoes, and more.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Layers of Earth's Atmosphere
Learn about the layers of Earth's atmosphere: troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere.
Vision Learning
Visionlearning: Earth Science: Earth's Atmosphere: Composition and Structure
Instructional module focusing on Earth's atmosphere. Discussion includes major components, layers, air pressure, and scientific monitoring of the atmosphere. Site also includes an interactive practice quiz and links relating to the topic.
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