Earth & Space Science, ESS1: Earth's Place in the Universe, ESS1.B: Earth and the Solar System, ESS2: Earth's Systems, ESS2.A: Earth Materials and Systems, ESS2.C: The Roles of Water in Earth’s Surface Processes, ESS2.D: Weather and Climate, ESS3: Earth and Human Activity, ESS3.A: Natural Resources, ESS3.B: Natural Hazards, ESS3.C: Human Impacts on Earth Systems, ESS3.D: Global Climate Change, Life Science, LS2: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics, LS4: Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity, LS4.D: Biodiversity and Humans, Physical Science, PS1: Matter and Its Interactions, PS3: Energy
Climate Change, Climate Justice + Sustainability lesson plans and supporting resources: Free lesson plans and supporting resources from the Bay Area Environmental-STEM Institute (BAESI) Green Ninja Curriculum (NGSS-approved for middle school; project-based approach)...
Earth & Space Science, ESS2: Earth's Systems, ESS2.A: Earth Materials and Systems, ESS2.C: The Roles of Water in Earth’s Surface Processes, ESS2.D: Weather and Climate, ESS3: Earth and Human Activity, ESS3.C: Human Impacts on Earth Systems, ESS3.D: Global Climate Change, Physical Science, PS1: Matter and Its Interactions, PS3: Energy, PS4: Waves
In BAESI’s new “Albedo, Melting Ice, and Feedback Loops Lesson Plan” lesson, students gain experience with the scientific method while they do two experiments to learn about how changing the reflectivity of Earth’s surface materials and feedback...
Earth & Space Science, ESS1.C: Earth's History, ESS2: Earth's Systems, ESS2.A: Earth Materials and Systems, ESS2.B: Plate Tectonics and Large-Scale System Interactions, ESS2.C: The Roles of Water in Earth’s Surface Processes, ESS2.D: Weather and Climate, ESS3.D: Global Climate Change, Physical Science, PS1: Matter and Its Interactions
In BAESI’s new “Modeling Seafloor Spreading” lesson, students create models which show the formation of new oceanic crust through seafloor spreading and its destruction in subduction zones. They incorporate the concept of magnetic polarity reversal...
Earth & Space Science, ESS2.A: Earth Materials and Systems, ESS2.D: Weather and Climate, ESS3: Earth and Human Activity, ESS3.A: Natural Resources, ESS3.C: Human Impacts on Earth Systems, LS2: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics, Physical Science, PS3: Energy
Hydrofracking, Media & Credibility is among many excellent educational resources from Project Look Sharp at Ithaca College. Scroll down to find videos, a teacher’s guide, and more....
Earth & Space Science, ESS2: Earth's Systems, ESS2.A: Earth Materials and Systems, ESS3: Earth and Human Activity, ESS3.D: Global Climate Change
It doesn’t necessarily take a large quantity of a substance to have a significant effect. Contaminants in water and greenhouse gases in Earth’s atmosphere are commonly measured in parts per million (ppm) or parts per billion (ppb). In this activity, students...
Earth & Space Science, ESS2: Earth's Systems, ESS2.A: Earth Materials and Systems, ESS3.A: Natural Resources
Students play the role of nitrogen atoms travelling through the nitrogen cycle to gain understanding of the varied pathways through the cycle and the relevance of nitrogen to living things. Clicking the links below will download the files. Directions (.DOC)Dice Codes...
Earth & Space Science, ESS2.A: Earth Materials and Systems
This article and key from the USGS explains the functions of topographic maps, and the symbols found on them. Clicking the link will download a PowerPoint (.PPT) file. Topographic Maps and Symbols
Earth & Space Science, ESS2: Earth's Systems, ESS2.A: Earth Materials and Systems, ESS2.C: The Roles of Water in Earth’s Surface Processes, ESS2.D: Weather and Climate, ESS2.E: Biogeology, ESS3: Earth and Human Activity, ESS3.A: Natural Resources, ESS3.B: Natural Hazards, ESS3.C: Human Impacts on Earth Systems, ESS3.D: Global Climate Change, Life Science, LS2: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics, LS4: Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity, LS4.D: Biodiversity and Humans, Physical Science, PS1: Matter and Its Interactions, PS3: Energy, PS4: Waves
California Education and the Environment Initiative is free, state-sponsored K-12 curriculum that teaches science and history-social science standards through an environmental...
Earth & Space Science, ESS2: Earth's Systems, ESS2.A: Earth Materials and Systems, ESS2.B: Plate Tectonics and Large-Scale System Interactions
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) offers downloadable, interactive animations and videos on plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes and more! IRIS Interactive...
