This comprehensive study guide covers the main terms and concepts needed for an earth science unit on climate zones and biomes. Review questions are included at the bottom of the study guide.

Develop and use a model of the earth-sun-moon system to describe the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses of the sun and moon, and seasons.

Students use GIS to observe worldwide patterns of earthquakes and volcanoes and analyze the relationships of those patterns to tectonic plate boundaries. Then they identify cities at risk.

A cool fact sheet about Pluto including a place for students to enter their weight on Earth to convert it to what it would be on Pluto.

A cool fact sheet about Saturn including a place for students to enter their weight on Earth to convert it to what it would be on Saturn.

A cool fact sheet about Neptune including a place for students to enter their weight on Earth to convert it to what it would be on Neptune.

A cool fact sheet about Mercury including a place for students to enter their weight on Earth to convert it to what it would be on Mercury.

Explains how the rotation and the axial tilt of the Earth are responsible for the phenomenon of day and night. Provides information about the Sun, the solar system, and the Earth, and how the circumference of the Earth was first measured...

Student groups design a water filtration system and present to the class why they picked their design.

Understand gravity using this study guide.

Ever wonder what the weather is like on other planets besides Earth? This resource explores the extreme weather that occurs on other planets.

In this exercise, students use compasses to make a map of the school's campus.

Thirty-three cloze reading passages on various scientific passages including the scientific method, the water cycle, earth science, atoms, elements, cell division, body systems, and more.

This site from NASA lists and defines global wind patterns. It features a graphic of these patterns and a self-test with answers.