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Earth Science Teacher Resources

These lessons, printables, and references are designed to augment your current earth science curriculum for elementary, intermediate, or secondary school. Motivate your students to become more active participants in their world with activities on geology, global warming, and life cycles. From classifying leaves to tracking hurricanes, you'll find exciting seasonal resources and Earth Day activities for April. Also check out the slideshows, quizzes, bulletin boards, and graphic organizers below!

Whiteboard Compatible Mini-Lessons

Fossils Mini-Lesson
Intro to Water Mini-Lesson
Intro to Rocks Mini-Lesson
Exploding Mountains Mini-Lesson
More About Minerals Mini-Lesson
Hot Rocks Mini-Lesson
More Mini-Lessons

Printables for Grades K-2

Tissue Flower
Weather Graph
Frog Life Cycle Booklet
Crepe Paper Flower
Plant Graph
What Is Inside a Seed?
Plant Crossword Puzzle
More Popular Earth Science Printables

Printables for Grades 3-5

Parts of a Volcano Labeling Worksheet
Butterfly Life Cycle Worksheet
Fruits and Vegetables List
Food Chain Diagram
Potential and Kinetic Energy
Earthquakes and Volcanoes
Earth Day Printable Book (K-4)
More Popular Earth Science Printables

Printables for Grades 6-8

Rachel Carson: The Coming of a Silent Spring: Reading Passage
Renewable and Non-renewable Energy
Weather Symbols
Dominant and Recessive Genes
Baseball Fun
Rachel Carson: The Coming of a Silent Spring: Comprehension Questions
Seeds Word Search
More Popular Earth Science Printables

Printables for Grades 9-12

The Ocean Floor
Parts of a Volcano
What Are Volcanoes?
Identifying and Conserving Natural Resources Activity
Moon Things
Time Zones Around the World
Earth's Structure
More Popular Earth Science Printables

Graphic Organizers

Natural Resources
Rock Cycle (Blank) Printable
KWL Chart - Living and Non-Living
In a Garden
Ways to Help the Environment
The Growth of a Radish Seed
Animal Babies and Parents
More Popular Earth Science Graphic Organizers

Quizzes

Volcanoes and Earthquakes Quiz
Weather Quiz
Science - Atoms Quiz
The Water Cycle Quiz
Extreme Weather Quiz
Weather and Oceans Quiz
Fields of Science Quiz
More Earth Science Quizzes

Slideshows

Summer Reading (Grades 3-5)
Summer Reading (Grades K-2)
Summer Reading (Grades 6-8)
Top 10 Earth Day Printables (K-4)
Summer Reading (Grades 9-12)
Months, Seasons, & Time Printables Slideshow
Top 10 Spring Activities (K-8)
Seasons Printables Slideshow
Gallery of DK Digital Books for Earth Science
Favorite Summer Activities Slideshow (K-8)
Favorite Labor Day Activities Slideshow, Grades K-8
Favorite Autumn Activities Slideshow (K-8)
Astronomy Printables Gallery
Events of the Summer Olympic Games
Earth's Changing Surfaces Printables Gallery

Bulletin Boards

Ladybug Pattern
Spring Theme Bulletin Board
Insects Bulletin Board
Let It Snow!
Weather Forecast Bulletin Board
Insects Bulletin Board Example
Tree Pattern
Evergreen Tree Bulletin Board for Winter
Greenhouse Bulletin Board
Tree Bulletin Board Example
An Ecological Bulletin Board
Save the Earth Bulletin Board

Lesson Plans

Investigating Air
Life Cycle of Butterflies
The Sunflower
Flower and Leaf Press
Class Garden
Build a Volcano
Fall Haiku
More Popular Earth Science Lesson Plans

References

Global Warming: A Glossary of Terms
The Uncertainties of Global Warming
Global Warming: We CAN Make a Difference!
Global Warming: Greenhouse Effect
Global Warming: So, What's the Big Deal?
Weather Terms
Planet Facts and Figures
More Popular Earth Science References

Earth Day Activities

Home, Sweet, Home: Animal Habitats
Recycled Art
Favorite Classroom Activities for Going Green
Environment & Pollution: Matching Worksheet
Looking for Signs of Photosynthesis
Plants of the Rain Forest
Recycling Word Problems
More Earth Day Teacher Resources

Digital Books

Eyewitness: Jungle
Eyewitness: Rock & Mineral
Eye Wonder: Rocks and Minerals
Eyewitness: Volcano & Earthquake
E.Guides: Rock and Mineral
Eyewitness: Earth
Eyewitness Expert: Rock & Mineral
Eyewitness: Water
Eyewitness: Desert
Experience: Volcano
Eye Wonder: Volcano
Gallery of DK Digital Books for Earth Science

Art & Earth Science Connected, Grades K-6

Rain Forest Art
Classroom Tree Bulletin Board
In All Kinds of Weather
Your Own Rain Forest
Fall Similes
Autumn Leaf Art Projects
Autumn Tree
More Popular Art Activities for Earth Science, Grades K-6

Language Arts & Earth Science Connected

As Soon As It's Fall Poetry Pack
Describe the Rainy Day
Summer Reading List -- Pre-K through Primary
Soil Erosion Word Search
Fact or Opinion
Rachel Carson: The Coming of a Silent Spring
The Summer of the Swans
More Popular Language Arts Activities for Earth Science

Math & Earth Science Connected

Tropical Rain Forest Math
Our Growing Planet
Volcano Facts
How Can You Make a Thermometer?
Rainfall
Symmetry in Nature
Relative Humidity: How Much Water Is in the Air?
More Popular Math Activities for Earth Science

Literature Activities for Earth Science Class

Fall into Rhyme
Summer Reading List -- Middle
Summer Reading List -- Intermediate
Henry & Mudge Summer Splash Word Puzzles
Dora the Explorer: Weather Activity (English)
Dora the Explorer: Weather Activity (Spanish)
Frog Song Teacher's Guide
More Popular Literature Activities for Earth Science Class

Geography Activities for Earth Science Class

Chart of the Water Cycle
Continents of the World
Key Term Review: Erosion
How Do You Read a Weather Map?
Welcome Spring
The Oceans of the World
Climate Zones Map
More Popular Geography Activities for Earth Science Class

Plant Resources for Earth Science

What's Wrong with This Picture?
How Does a Seed Grow into a Plant?
Spring Crossword Puzzle II
Structure of a Typical Flower
How Do People Use Plants?
Traveling Seeds Worksheet
Plant Products
More Popular Plant Resources for Earth Science Class

Ecology Resources for Earth Science

Two Habitats
A Food Chain Puzzle
What Can You Reuse and Recycle?
Recycling Crossword Puzzle
Trash & Climate Change
Recycling Process
Preserving the Environment Crossword Puzzle
More Popular Ecology Resources for Earth Science

Environmental Science Resources

Save Our Environment Printable Book (K-12)
A Teacher's Guide to An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore
Global Warming: Can We Change the Climate?
The Effects of Global Warming on Sea Level
Global Warming and Climate
What Kind of Trash Bag Breaks Down Fastest?
Global Warming: The Climate Detectives
More Environmental Science Teacher Resources

Natural Disaster Resources

Frequently Asked Questions about Tsunamis
Hurricanes
What Is a Tsunami?
Science Reading Warm-Up 60 for Gr. 5 & 6: Hurricanes
Science, Technology and Society: Earthquakes
Science Reading Warm-Up 62 for Gr. 3 & 4: Earthquakes
What Is the Ring of Fire?
More Natural Disasters – Teacher Resources

Geology Activities

Volcanoes
A Volcano Wordsearch
Fossil Layers
Three-Word Clue Erosion Puzzle
Glacial Pressure
Second-Grade Soil Scientists
What Is the Rock Cycle?
More Popular Geology Activities

Seasons Resources

Butterfly Facts and Questions
How Do Seasons Affect Animal Adaptations? -- Activity 4.11
Butterfly Life Cycle Quiz
Weather Printable Book (Grades 3-6)
May Day
Bird Feeders
Weather Station
More Seasons – Teacher Resources

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