Earth Science
Eye on the Sky
Posted November 17th, 2009 by adminUnits of lesson plans:
Our Star the Sun
Changing Weather
School-to-School - connect with other classrooms using this moderated and sage web-based communication tool for young students read more »
Exploring Ice in the Solar System
Posted February 2nd, 2009 by adminA set of lessons exploring ice in the Solar System:
Inquiry Icebreaker: An Ice Experience
1. Melting and Freezing
2. Ice has Structure
3. Ice is a Mineral
4. Ice Floats
5. Ice Flows read more »
Weather Balloon Launch Data Lesson
Posted September 15th, 2008 by adminUSING RADIOSONDE DATA FROM A WEATHER BALLOON LAUNCH read more »
Meteorology: An Educator's Resource for Inquiry-Based Learning for Grades 5-9
Posted July 30th, 2008 by adminMeteorology: An Educator's Resource for Inquiry-Based Learning for Grades 5-9 is written as a supplement to existing Earth and space science curricula for grades 5-9. read more »
Getting Dirty on Mars
Posted July 24th, 2008 by adminThe goal of the project is through comparison, facilitate understanding about the similarities and differences between soil properties on Earth and Mars. read more »
Mapping the Surface of a Planet
Posted July 24th, 2008 by adminMapping the Surface of a Planet is intended to fit within the existing Earth Science curriculum. There is a Teacher Guide and a Student Guide. read more »
Earth Matters
Posted July 22nd, 2008 by adminClassification activities that will lead students from simple sorting of familiar objects to classifying materials into liquids, gases, and solids. read more »
Orbit and Spin; Discovering Planet X
Posted July 22nd, 2008 by adminTwo lessons from New Horizons for Grades 3-5
1. Orbit and Spin
A whole-body activity that explores the relative sizes, distances, orbit, and spin of the Sun, Earth, and Moon read more »
A Silent Cry for Dark Skies
Posted February 28th, 2008 by adminMany of us live in a world of urban constellations, unable to see the stellar constellations a moderately dark sky would provide. read more »
Modeling the Solar System
Posted January 28th, 2008 by adminThis series of lessons for science and mathematics classes (grades 3-12) looks at the planets in our solar system in a variety of different ways, beginning with astronomical modeling of orbits and siz read more »
