This teacher website provides a comprehensive lesson unit on the structure of Earth's atmosphere and how it sustains and impacts life on Earth and its ecosystems. Includes labeled diagrams, student worksheets, a slideshow, flashcards,...

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.

Simulate core sampling with this lesson. Students will see layers of Earth with this activity.

In this activity, students learn about the technique of core sampling of the Earth by investigating the layers in cupcakes that they bake.

In this activity, students use popcorn to simulate the process scientists use to date layers in an ice core.

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.

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.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This study guide reviews the main points to know about atmospheric layers. Includes several questions to check for understanding.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How different temperature gradients separate the atmosphere into distinct 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.

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.

A slideshow and a short multiple-choice quiz on the rock surface of the Earth, its water, and the gas layers that surround it.

Students make and study a 3-D model of a cross section of the earth where oil has formed.

Here's a project that involves a different kind of sandbox than the ones you usually think of. This one has a moving wall inside, acting like a piston, to compress the sand. You can make layers using two different colors of sand, and...

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....

Understand fossils and the fossil record as it relates to Earth's history.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Identifies and describes the two internal layers of Earth.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the various layers of the Earth.

Identify the outer layers of the sun. [Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.]

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...

Kids learn about the Earth science subject of soil including how it is formed, properties, horizons, layers, topsoil, bedrock, and facts about soil.

Describes each of the five layers of the atmosphere from the troposphere, which is closest to the Earth, up to the outermost one, the exosphere.

Dig into the layers of activities exploring and investigating minerals and how they are related to both rocks and soil.

Identify the layers of the Sun's interior. [Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.]