Earth & Space Science, ESS2.D: Weather and Climate, ESS3: Earth and Human Activity, ESS3.A: Natural Resources, ESS3.C: Human Impacts on Earth Systems, ESS3.D: Global Climate Change, Physical Science, PS3: Energy
The Green Ninja is a superhero who educates children about climate change, and gives them the inspiration and tools to do something about it! Short films use humor and storytelling to engage viewers while speaking from supporting data. Check out the show and the...
Earth & Space Science, ESS1: Earth's Place in the Universe, ESS1.A: Universe and Stars, ESS1.B: Earth and the Solar System, 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: Earth and Human Activity, ESS3.A: Natural Resources, ESS3.B: Natural Hazards, ESS3.C: Human Impacts on Earth Systems
Learn about the many Earth systems in this interactive, web-based textbook. Chapters include matter, dynamic systems like volcanoes and plate tectonics, hydrosphere, atmosphere, the local space system, and Earth history. Exploring...
Earth & Space Science, ESS2: Earth's Systems, ESS2.A: Earth Materials and Systems, ESS3.A: Natural Resources
Using a mineral kit, students explore the diagnostic properties used to identify minerals. Clicking a link will download a Word (.DOC) file. Exploring Minerals Mineral ID Flowchart
Earth & Space Science, ESS2.A: Earth Materials and Systems, ESS3.A: Natural Resources
The Society for Mining, Metallurgy, & Exploration Inc. provides videos, activities, and presentations on minerals, mining, and natural resources. Minerals Education Coalition...
Earth & Space Science, ESS2.A: Earth Materials and Systems, ESS3.A: Natural Resources
Mineralogy4Kids is the Mineralogical Society of America’s website for education....
Earth & Space Science, ESS2: Earth's Systems, ESS2.A: Earth Materials and Systems, ESS3.A: Natural Resources
Reliable, basic information from the USGS. Basic Rock and Mineral...
Earth & Space Science, ESS2: Earth's Systems, ESS2.A: Earth Materials and Systems, ESS3.A: Natural Resources
The Life Cycle of a Mineral Deposit: A Teacher’s Guide for Hands-On Mineral Education Activities explains the hows and whys of “the process of finding or exploring for a mineral deposit, extracting or mining the resource, recovering the resource, […] and...
Earth & Space Science, ESS2: Earth's Systems, ESS2.A: Earth Materials and Systems, ESS3.A: Natural Resources
This National Geographic article describes the author’s trip to visit one of the most breathtaking caves ever discovered – the Naica Mine in...
Earth & Space Science, ESS2: Earth's Systems, ESS2.A: Earth Materials and Systems, ESS3.A: Natural Resources
Rock and mineral kits are great ways to teach hands-on identification useful in the real world. There’s a saying that the best geologist is the one who has seen the most rocks – give your students a head start! Rocks and minerals can be ordered from many...
