In this Earth Science lab, students will crush a soda can using atmospheric pressure. This is a common science experiment with a twist. In this...
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Use this assignment to help students understand the difference between a mineral and other objects that they might think are minerals. The...
This TEDed video shows just how big the ocean is. It does a great job at putting the sheer size of the ocean into perspective.
Students will research 8 common metamorphic rocks. Marble, quartzite, hornfels, slate, phyllite, schist, gneiss, and amphibolite. Students will...
In this web research activity, students will research 14 volcanoes via the internet. All of these volcanoes are famous for either their size of...
In this lab, students will take piles of sand and determine what the sand's angle of repose is. Students will compare 4 trials and see at how many...
Here is a handout to give students when they are about to do a science experiment. It will help them focus on the procedure of the scientific...
In this video the question as to whether there is actually gravity in space is answered. The video discusses that astronauts are not actually...
This is a short comical video about an interview with a cloud. He describes how easy it is to hit humans as they try to escape lightning bolts. ...
In this one-day activity students will read and learn about the different types of landforms that are out there. They will then, as groups, create...
This is a great video that shows Apollo 11, orbiting the Moon, and the Lunar Module descending and landing on the Moon, and Neil Armstrong taking...
How do plastic polution affect oceans. This video does a good job explaining the science behind plastics and some of the dangers they pose.
Scientists demonstrate what tree rings tell us about the change in climate over time and how the climate changes in cycles.
Get ready for a journey to the Earth's core with this fascinating found on EducationalResource.org....
This is an assignment I give my students before they actually take their mineral identification test. In this activity, the minerals have already...
This Google search activity allows students to go to the internet to search for specific minerals and then to use the Periodic Table to discover...
Find out how scientists use the light spectrum to locate exoplanets. Also, this video explores what an exoplanet would require in order to...
This is a good video, yet kind of sad, about the use of Laika the dog as the first living organism to enter space during the Space Race of the...
Bill Nye the Science Guy describes how scientists and physicists might be able to stop an asteroid as it comes closer to Earth. He discusses the...
This NASA educational video discusses the Aurora Borealis/Northern Lights.
This is a great video fro younger students to help differentiate between living and non-living things.
In this assignment students will find images of the most common formations found in caves: helictites, stalactites, stalagmites, flowstone, cave...
Embark on an illuminating video that unravels the secrets of wind. Explore the fascinating mechanisms behind wind generation on our planet....
Note: You will need some fossil examples in order to complete this lab.
In this historical geology lab, student groups will do their best...