In this lesson plan, 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 activity. They...

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

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 instructional activity, students 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...

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A collection of links to activities and lessons that could be used for Earth science concepts including the foil record, creating a timeline of Earth's history, plate tectonics, dinosaurs, and the progression of life on Earth.

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, young scholars 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 allow students to learn the sampling techniques used in the field by citizen scientists who participate in LiMPETS, five national marine sanctuaries along the West Coast.

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.

This investigation will help young scholars 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.

Student groups will be asked to present and justify a solution to a real environmental dilemma concerning water usage.

Using straws to recreate tree rings, students learn how dendrochronologists work. Construct a 50-year climatic history on a three-meter time line.

Watch Charles and Ray Eames's Powers of Ten video, and then create a similar project while exploring scale.

Students learn about convection and how air moves through a simulation.