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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

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

Printables for Grades K-2

Weather Graph
Frog Life Cycle Booklet
Plant Crossword Puzzle
What Is Inside a Seed?
Kingfisher Young Knowledge: Oceans and Seas Teacher's Guide
Tissue Flower
What's Wrong with This Picture?
More Popular Earth Science Printables

Printables for Grades 3-5

Fruits and Vegetables List
Parts of a Volcano Labeling Worksheet
Butterfly Life Cycle Worksheet
Food Chain Diagram
Potential and Kinetic Energy
Earthquakes and Volcanoes
Renewable and Non-renewable Energy
More Popular Earth Science Printables

Printables for Grades 6-8

The Ocean Floor
What Are Rivers and Streams?
Weather Symbols
Dominant and Recessive Genes
Rachel Carson: The Coming of a Silent Spring: Reading Passage
Time Zones Around the World
How Do You Read a Weather Map?
More Popular Earth Science Printables

Printables for Grades 9-12

Earth's Structure
Parts of a Volcano
Earth, Moon, Sun, and Seasons -- Activity
Climate Zones Map
Moon Things
Oceans Map
Plate Tectonics Test
More Popular Earth Science Printables

Graphic Organizers

Rock Cycle (Blank) Printable
KWL Chart - Living and Non-Living
Natural Resources
KWL Chart - Plants
In a Garden
The Growth of a Radish Seed
Insect Likenesses and Differences
More Popular Earth Science Graphic Organizers

Quizzes

Volcanoes and Earthquakes Quiz
The Water Cycle Quiz
Weather Quiz
Extreme Weather Quiz
Water Cycle Vocabulary Words Quiz
Science - Atoms Quiz
Water, Wind, and Earth Quiz
More Earth Science Quizzes

Slideshows

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

Bulletin Boards

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

Lesson Plans

Life Cycle of Butterflies
The Sunflower
Fall Haiku
Flower and Leaf Press
Build a Volcano
Ocean Currents
Butterfly Garden
More Popular Earth Science Lesson Plans

References

Global Warming: A Glossary of Terms
Planet Facts and Figures
Australia
The Effects of Global Warming on Sea Level
Most Overall Summer Olympic Medals (USA)
Global Warming: Greenhouse Effect
Global Warming: We CAN Make a Difference!
More Popular Earth Science References

Earth Day Activities

Home, Sweet, Home: Animal Habitats
Recycled Art
Environment & Pollution: Matching Worksheet
Fossil Layers
Crepe Paper Flower
Favorite Classroom Activities for Going Green
Plant Graph
More Earth Day Teacher Resources

Digital Books

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

Art & Earth Science Connected, Grades K-6

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

Language Arts & Earth Science Connected

Summer Reading List -- Pre-K through Primary
Describe the Rainy Day
As Soon As It's Fall Poetry Pack
Seeds Word Search
Ocean Zones Word Power
Fact or Opinion
The Summer of the Swans
More Popular Language Arts Activities for Earth Science

Math & Earth Science Connected

Tropical Rain Forest Math
Symmetry in Nature
First Grade Summer Math
Second Grade Summer Math
Third Grade Summer Math
Fourth Grade Summer Math
Rainfall
More Popular Math Activities for Earth Science

Literature Activities for Earth Science Class

Henry & Mudge Summer Splash Word Puzzles
Summer Reading List -- Intermediate
Summer Reading List -- Middle
Rachel Carson: The Coming of a Silent Spring: Comprehension Questions
Fall into Rhyme
Flowering Haiku
Dora the Explorer: Weather Activity (English)
More Popular Literature Activities for Earth Science Class

Geography Activities for Earth Science Class

Chart of the Water Cycle
Continents of the World
Activity: Making a Weather Map
Map Making, Floor Plans & Map Reading
What Are Latitude and Longitude?
Wonders of the World Questions
Which Landform Is It?
More Popular Geography Activities for Earth Science Class

Plant Resources for Earth Science

How Does a Seed Grow into a Plant?
How Do People Use Plants?
Class Garden
Spring Crossword Puzzle II
Structure of a Typical Flower
Traveling Seeds Worksheet
Traveling Seeds
More Popular Plant Resources for Earth Science Class

Ecology Resources for Earth Science

Two Habitats
A Food Chain Puzzle
Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Recycling Crossword Puzzle
Earth Day Printable Book (K-4)
Activity: Ocean Organisms
About the Tropical Rain Forest
More Popular Ecology Resources for Earth Science

Environmental Science Resources

Save Our Environment Printable Book (K-12)
Trash & Climate Change
What Kind of Trash Bag Breaks Down Fastest?
Global Warming: So, What's the Big Deal?
What Causes Air Pollution?
The Uncertainties of Global Warming
The Global Environment Outlook: An Overview
More Environmental Science Teacher Resources

Natural Disaster Resources

Frequently Asked Questions about Tsunamis
Hurricanes
Reading Warm-Up 60 for Gr. 5 & 6: Science
What Are Volcanoes?
What Is a Tsunami?
Disasters – Natural and Unnatural
Investigate Activity: Making a Model Tornado
More Natural Disasters – Teacher Resources

Geology Activities

A Volcano Wordsearch
Volcanoes
What Is the Rock Cycle?
Volcano Facts
Making Model Fossils
Making Drops of Rain
Soil Erosion Word Search
More Popular Geology Activities

Seasons Resources

Butterfly Facts and Questions
Butterfly Life Cycle Quiz
How Do Seasons Affect Animal Adaptations? -- Activity 4.11
Fifth Grade Summer Math
Kindergarten Summer Math
Weather Printable Book (Grades 3-6)
Baseball Fun
More Seasons – Teacher Resources

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