Earths Layers
In this episode of Crash Course Phil starts the planet-by-planet tour of the solar system right here at home, Earth.
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Learn about the layers of Earth's interior and identify each layer's physical characteristics with this interactive tutorial. This includes the crust, mantle, inner core, and outer core.
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This tutorial covers movement of material within the Earth and the geologic processes and features associated with this movement
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Volcanoes and types of volcanic eruptions | Volcano video with hot magma lava in 3D animation
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Forty years ago, on May 18, 1980, a volcano in Washington state erupted, this video clip takes a look back.
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This USGS video briefly recounts the eruptive history of Halemaʻumaʻu and describes the formation and continued growth of the current summit vent and lava lake
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How far would you have to travel to reach the Earth's core? And what would you see along the way? Discover what lies beneath...
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Lots of great earthquake facts and data to be found.
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Discussion and Drawing reviewing the Crust, mantle, core, lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere, outer core, inner core. Created by Sal Khan.
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Check out this Bill Nye Video on the Earth's Crust.
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Here is the Review presentation that we reviewed and took notes from before our quiz.
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The lithosphere is all of the rock on earth, and the hydrosphere is all of the water on earth. The last one is atmosphere: the layers of gas surrounding the earth.
Rock Cycle
Check out this Bill Nye Video on the Rocks and Soil.
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Check out this Bill Nye Video on Erosion.
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Join Alize from Crash Course as they follow the rock cycle of a piece of granite in the Himalayan mountains, and as you'll see, every rock has a far-reaching story to tell often millions of years in the making.
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Learn how to sequence surface events that lead to the formation of sedimentary rock in this interactive tutorial.
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Learn how to distinguish between types of rocks and discover how rocks change over time.
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Rock is the hard, solid material, consisting of one or more minerals, that makes up the Earth. Rocks continuously change from one type to another through the rock cycle process.
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Igneous rock forms from melted rock (magma). Magma exists inside the earth’s surface, and it becomes lava when it is released through a volcanic eruption. When it cools, that is when it becomes igneous rock.
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Sedimentary rock is naturally formed in the Earth’s crust. It is formed when sediment deposits form layers, compact, and then cement together, creating a new rock. Sedimentary rocks are used for building materials, and sometimes they even contain fossils.
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Metamorphic rocks can be formed from igneous, sedimentary, and even other metamorphic rocks.
Plate Tectonics
Join Alize from Crash Course to learn more about how our understanding of plate tectonics changed over time and what scientists made contributions to our understanding.
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Here is a copy of the article that we used to complete our Plate Tectonics - TREES article.
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Check out this Bill Nye Video on Earthquakes.
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Check out this Bill Nye Video on Volcanos.
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Investigate the type of boundaries that occur between plates on the Earth in this interactive tutorial.
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Learn about the types of effects that can occur as a result of plate tectonics in this interactive tutorial.
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Formation of the Earth
Join Bill Nye to learn more about Fossils. Click here to view...
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This quick video discusses the law of superposition.
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Here is a video all about how the Earth was made, see if you can you it to answer some questions from the worksheet below.
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Join Sabrina from Crash Course to learn more about how weathering is like the force that makes a mess and Erosion as the force that cleans it up.
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Landforms are natural land shapes, such as mountains, hills, valleys, plains, canyons, and deltas. Some landforms are caused by extreme events like earthquakes, while others are formed over many years by weathering and erosion.
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Weathering and erosion are continuous processes that gradually change the natural environment over time. Weathering is the process of wearing down materials into sediment. Erosion occurs when this sediment is moved.
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Fossils are preserved traces or remains of living things. Paleontologists who study fossils look for teeth, bones, shells, petrified wood, molds and casts, traces or carbon shadows, or even entire animals.
Interactions Of Earth's Spheres
This is a digital copy ot the webquest that we completed in class. Click on the links to go to the sites assigned to help you answer the questions.
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This is a good place to take notes from with specific examples of the Earth's spheres interacting.
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This video clip discusses the wolves of Yellowstone and their interactions with the Earth's spheres.
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In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks about two of the four spheres that make up our planet; The Geosphere and the Biosphere.
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In this episode, Sabrina talks about the Hydrosphere and the Atmosphere and what is contained in each one.
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Another powerpoint to help you better understand the interactions between the Earth's spheres.
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This quick video discusses the interactions of global warming and the Earth's spheres.
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Name that sphere....quiz yourself or use it as a game in class.
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This video will help you better understand global warming.
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Join the Study Jams crew to learn why atmosphere is a blanket of gases surrounding the Earth.
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The gases in the atmosphere protect us by blocking out dangerous rays from sun and making earth a perfect habitat for plants and animals. Let's find out what are those gases which supports life on earth.
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Check out these simulators - all about the Earth's atmosphere. There is also a worksheet below.
Energy Transfer Through Earth's System
Climate and Weather
Formations of the Earth
Land-forms on Earth's Surface
Growing Plants
This is a description of what we completed in class when planting our seeds...your job after that is to write your observations each day in your observation journal.
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Here is a game to help you review your knowledge about growing plants.
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Here is a game that reivews the life cycles of plants.
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This video explains what happens as a seed develops into a plant.
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This is a time lapse video of a sunflower seed growing.
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This is a step by step / visual description of what it takes to start planting seeds.
Earth Day RESOURCES
This is the short video clip that discusses the history of Earth Day.
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This is a link from the National Museum Of History. Impressive statistics to inspire our Earth awareness.
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This is a TED ED lesson on animal adaptation and climate change.
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This is a TED ED less on discussing how to create clean coal and its benefits .
Ocean WEEK
This is a link to the Bill Nye video on Oceanography, check it out!
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Come learn about the amazing creatures that inhabit the coral reefs and how to protect them
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National Geographic Wild looks deep into the oceans to find creatures of the deep oceans. WOW!
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David Attenborough returns in this landmark series to his most magical place on earth, the Great Barrier Reef.
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This is a collection of videos from an old TV show all about our oceans and the life found in them, Jacques Cousteau was a groundbreaking leader in underwater exploration.
One of my favorites:) Check it out!
Digging Deeper
EARTH
This is one of the many Exploring Earth investigations and visualization tutorials to help you gather information about Earth science topics.
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Join Sabrina as she talks about two of the four spheres that make up our planet.
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The second part of our two part tale of the puzzle that is Earth. In this episode, Sabrina talks about the Hydrosphere and the Atmosphere and what is contained in each one.
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Here is a tutorial to help you better understand the Earth's four spheres and their interactions.
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This site reviews many concepts about plate techtonica and other Earth science fundamentals, such as cycles, spheres, and geologic time. Check it out!
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Dynamic Earth is an interactive Web site where students can learn about the structure of the earth, the movements of its tectonic plates, as well as the forces that create mountains, valleys, volcanoes, and earthquakes.
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Ever wonder how the continents formed, check out this video to help you better understand.