GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
Introduce your students to a KWL chart that is a graphic organizer for recording what students Know, Want to know, and…
WORKSHEETS
Interesting facts and fun activities related to lunar photographs of Earth.
How much do you know about Earth? In this worksheet, students read about our home planet. Then, they label a diagram of…
Test students' knowledge of the Earth and the Moon. This multiple-choice quiz includes questions about a lunar eclipse,…
Enhance science skills with an activity that focuses on earth's atmospheric layers.
With this graphic organizer, students sort pictures into landforms and bodies of water. This printable is customizable.…
LESSON PLANS
Using their own shadows and the shadow of a paper child on a globe, students learn through a simulation how the sun's…
ACTIVITIES
Children integrate their sky and moon observations with literature and creative writing.
During this interdisciplinary unit on environmental and space travel, students plan their fictional departure from…
Use this reading reference with the lessons Solar System Scale and Solar System Soup.
Use this reading reference with the lesson Reason for the Seasons.
REFERENCE
Data and information on Earth.
Distribute a printable set of vocabulary words related to the changing Earth.
Celebrate Earth Day in your classroom with these fun coloring pages Students from preschoolers to elementary grades…
Students partake in a simulation to help them locate the Earth and determine how fast the Earth travels through space.
Distribute a printable set of vocabulary words related to the Earth.
Students measure the diameter of a model of Earth (a peppercorn) and a model sun (a 33-cm circle of poster board) and…
Students make a model of the Earth's layers using 3 colors of modeling clay. Materials list, rubric, worksheets, and…
Students use plastic-foam balls and flashlights to model how sunlight reaches different parts of the earth at different…
Students learn about famous meteor craters on Earth.
Suggest a family activity to parents that focuses on Earth, rocks, and soil, and on vocabulary related to Earth science.
In this science printable, students will answer questions about Earth's movement. As a skill challenge, they will…
Correctly define terms related to the motions of Earth, the Sun, and the Moon to solve a word puzzle. This printable…
Encourage students to learn about their planet through this math and science worksheet. Students will use reference…
