Understand the heat budget of planet Earth in this study guide.

Read about the vital statistics, composition, and other facts about our home planet, Earth.

This survey of the planets includes all the basics, size, mass, atmosphere, length of day, and the like. It features interactive activities and learning exercises and compares all of the planets in colorful tables.

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 lesson from "The Friends of Auntie Litter", (www.auntielitter.org), Earth Day will be explored. This lesson is one from the "Take Pride Statewide" series. *This lesson is provided by Lana Holmes.

A basic overview of the planet Earth. Links to information about the other planets and objects in our solar system are included.

Compare weather here on Earth to other planets and moons in our solar system. You will find many similarities and differences.

How do you recognize life on another planet? What tests do scientists use to determine if something is a life form when they are many light years away from being able to observe it directly? Try your hand at interactives to create a...

Third graders compare the earth and the moon in this activity.

Site provides information on the Earth's atmosphere as well as offers additional information about 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.

Dr. Universe answers this question after talking with WSU's Katie Cooper. Katie is an expert in the geology of Earth and objects in outer space.

Brief description of the earth's structure, surface, neighbors, and history with images.

An introduction to biodiversity, offering a look how the planet is "losing" biodiversity and how this loss affects humans and Earth.

In this lesson plan from "The Friends of Auntie Litter", (www.auntielitter.org), conservation and describing ways to protect the Earth will be explored. Students will also create a mural of ways to protect our planet. This lesson plan is...

From the Exploratorium Museum. Includes an interactive feature in which a visitor enters their weight on earth and has their weight on other planets computed and displayed. Discusses the distinction between mass and weight and describes...

Students learn how citizen scientists involved in the Geological Society of America's EarthCaching project use GPS technology and latitude and longitude coordinates to find special places on the Earth.

What objects are in the day sky and the night sky? How do they seem to move? Come and explore with us as we discover the sun, moon, planets and stars! This detailed lesson plan includes pictures and videos of the lesson in action,...

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.

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 Jupiter including a place for students to enter their weight on Earth to convert it to what it would be on Jupiter.

An easy-to-read description and history of Ptolemy's geocentric model of the universe. Geocentric means that Ptolemy believed the Earth was the center of the universe.

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.