In this instructional activity, students learn about EarthCaches and processes of the Earth. Using online resources, they find an EarthCache located near their school, visit it, and record the information required in its associated...

In this experiment, students create a model of the water cycle and learn about its crucial role in moving water around the Earth.

Using flubber and plastic wrap, students study the Earth's crust and mantle.

Students simulate magnetic pole reversal to study the movement of Earth's magnetic poles.

Students become scientists, and learn about the usef of seismic technology to map patterns of rock formations below the surface of the Earth.

In this lesson, young scholars learn about the different kinds of faults and plate boundaries and where they can be found. They research and report on the faults that are present in their state. They are also asked to develop models of...

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Students learn about the factors that drive ocean currents by measuring the density of ocean water and tap water.

Classes from around the country collect rock samples and send them in to be analyzed by NASA scientists.

Students learn the importance of protecting pictographs as part of their geologic heritage by making their own paint using natural ingredients to create art.

To understand how a geologic time works, students make a personal timeline and compare it to a geologic timeline.

This activity will demonstrate the attraction of positive and negative charges and what happens when those opposite charges meet each other.

Use the Web Soil Survey developed by the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service to determine what soil is around your school and how it can be used.

Students construct a model that demonstrates how a block of rock is extended by a normal fault.

This activity will help students understand some of the factors that petroleum geologists need to consider when deciding where to recommend drilling for oil.

Students become marine biologists, and their goal is to characterize the biological communities that live on or near the seamount in the Monterey Bay area. There, they must identify a mystery mollusk.

For this activity, students will measure stream velocity, sediment load, and the pH of the water.

To get a better idea of how meteorologists make weather predictions, students will begin their own weather journals and make rain gauges.

Students explore and investigate with some common products made from petroleum.

This investigation will help students understand the physical relationships between natural gas, oil, and water in a reservoir and how these relationships can affect recovery.

Students simulate a sinkhole, and discover the geological catalysts that happen beofore sinkholes occur.

In this activity, students will learn about fire management and research the questions of whether forest fires should always be extinguished and whether prescribed burns can be helpful. They will form and support their own opinions about...

As a citizen scientist, students use a soil test kit to find out how much of each type of chemical is in the local soil.

Students chose a spot to investigate the soil on publicly owned land.