This site holds more than twenty-five hands-on activities for teachers and students exploring the Earth, planets, geology, and space. Topics covered include the solar system, Mars, the Moon, properties of planets, volcanology, craters, folding and faulting, soils, streams, and wind. Each activity details procedures, materials, objectives, background information, and follow-up questions. Educational levels: Intermediate elementary, Middle school
This educator's guide consists of nine sequential activities for younger students, in which they acq...
This collection of lesson plans and activities allows students to investigate Earth, its processes, ...
PlanetDiary records the events and phenomena that affect Earth and its residents. Every week this si...
This National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) site contains links to classroom resources...
This inquiry-based curriculum focuses on Earth science and astronomy. Investigations cover topics su...
Students' natural interest in our solar system makes an interdisciplinary unit on the topic all the ...
This collection of Earth Science lessons, tests, and activities for middle school students is an acc...
This series of modules integrates printable images of Mars into classroom activities. Four broad top...
This set of classroom activities presents the challenges of operating a planetary rover, how to cons...
This module from the Mars Exploration Curriculum serves as an introduction to studying Mars in the c...
This is the Teacher Page of a density activity designed to teach students about the compactness of p...
Students will learn that Mars, and each planet in the solar system, is unique due to the materials f...
In this lesson students explore the idea of using probes to gain scientific information on both Mars...
In this classroom activity, students will create their own extrasolar planet, then make the necessar...
Using imagery and visualizations, this site offers investigations of almost every Earth science topi...
This educator's guide consists of nine sequential activities for younger students, in which they acq...
This collection of lesson plans and activities allows students to investigate Earth, its processes, ...
PlanetDiary records the events and phenomena that affect Earth and its residents. Every week this si...
This National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) site contains links to classroom resources...
This inquiry-based curriculum focuses on Earth science and astronomy. Investigations cover topics su...
Students' natural interest in our solar system makes an interdisciplinary unit on the topic all the ...
This collection of Earth Science lessons, tests, and activities for middle school students is an acc...
This series of modules integrates printable images of Mars into classroom activities. Four broad top...
This set of classroom activities presents the challenges of operating a planetary rover, how to cons...
This module from the Mars Exploration Curriculum serves as an introduction to studying Mars in the c...
This is the Teacher Page of a density activity designed to teach students about the compactness of p...
Students will learn that Mars, and each planet in the solar system, is unique due to the materials f...
In this lesson students explore the idea of using probes to gain scientific information on both Mars...
In this classroom activity, students will create their own extrasolar planet, then make the necessar...
Using imagery and visualizations, this site offers investigations of almost every Earth science topi...
This educator's guide consists of nine sequential activities for younger students, in which they acq...
This collection of lesson plans and activities allows students to investigate Earth, its processes, ...
PlanetDiary records the events and phenomena that affect Earth and its residents. Every week this si...