WORKSHEETS
Explore an activity that is perfect for National Water Quality Month.
Students will investigate their school's existing energy usage, conduct an energy survey, report the findings, and…
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.
This article describes how to use a talk show as an authentic assessment at the end of an ozone unit. This is a perfect…
Students collect and handle samples of clay, silt, and sand soil.
Children learn how people in the community work to conserve natural resources.
The Envirobox Project involves six classes from around the U.S. sending each other a shoebox containing environmental…
Because soil sustains life, it offers an excellent context for exploring the interrelationships among the biosphere,…
ACTIVITIES
Studying soil through a series of integrated activities is a great way to develop your own "hands-in" Earth science…
In this activity, students learn how glaciers are formed and how they move materials around Earth. They then experiment…
Create these unique "monster" recycling bins with your class that will not only help save the Earth, but make the whole…
Students make a model of a greenhouse and investigate how it keeps plants warm. Materials list, rubric, worksheets, and…
Students conduct an experiment to test methods of erosion control. Materials list, advance preparation instructions, lab…
After reading The Dumpster Diver, use this activity guide to discuss recycling and brainstorm creative ways to reuse…
In this physical science printable, students complete sentences about the nature of air and water contamination and…
Use these animal and insect pictures with the Animal Apartments lesson.
A soil scientist visits a classroom with an aquarium complete with soil layers, life-like critters, and organic matter.
Help students be aware of the amount of junk mail that arrives at their homes, and give them action plans for stopping…
Two investigations that will help children better understand air and water movements, or convection currents.
Students create moving air, or wind, using plastic bottles.
Examine the price of progress in The Lord of the Rings, Book Three, with the lesson planning resources in this printable…