WORKSHEETS
Geology transparencies and visuals in this slideshow include printable illustrations and diagrams of rock formations and…
REFERENCE
Test your students' knowledge of weather-related vocabulary with this word list.
EDITOR'S COLLECTIONS
Included are worksheets and activities that teach students how to read maps, understand different types of soil, perform…
Read about recent discoveries concerning dinosaurs.
Read all about Tyrannosaurus Sue, a 65 million-year-old dinosaur.
Read about theories on the evolution of birds.
Read about the re-creation of the sound that a Parasaurolophus dinosaur made.
What time periods did dinosaurs live in? Find the answers here.
Students will investigate their school's existing energy usage, conduct an energy survey, report the findings, and…
ACTIVITIES
Students are asked to identify a mystery mineral sample. Assesses their knowledge of mineral properties and the tests…
Students create a model that shows a variety of landform features created by river erosion and deposition. Assesses…
Students create a model for currents caused by differences in salinity, using the materials provided. Assesses their…
Students design an experiment to test how to slow the evaporation of water in an open swimming pool in a dry climate.…
Students compare the weather in their city or part of the country with the weather in three other locations, for a…
Students hypothesize what will happen when objects come into contact with a column of air shooting upward at high speed.…
Students determine the speed of waves in two different mediums: water and vegetable oil. Tests their understanding of…
Children will construct and analyze surface temperature maps and graphs.
Use this data table with the Air Quality and the Weather lesson.
Children learn about the meteorological conditions necessary for fog and clouds to form. See the Visibility: Teacher…
Use this chart with the Student Section of the Visibility lesson.
Children build wind machines to learn about work, power, and energy.
This article describes how to use a talk show as an authentic assessment at the end of an ozone unit. This is a perfect…
This unit on land use issues and groundwater principles channels children's enthusiasm about the natural world into…
In this activity students try to understand why Earth has seasons.
