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Earth science resources for teachers of all grade levels. Tons of educational content dealing with plate tectonics, rocks, minerals, earthquakes, volcanoes, weather, volcanoes, and historical geology. Contains videos, worksheets, websites, and activities for students.

What is wind? Video

Embark on an illuminating video that unravels the secrets of wind. Explore the fascinating mechanisms behind wind generation on our planet.

Guess the Seasons: Sesame Street…

Indulge in an endearing Sesame Street video that serves as a delightful introduction or review of the four seasons.

Why do clouds stay up? Video

Unravel the mystery behind the ethereal nature of clouds in this captivating video. Delve into their physical composition, delve into the intriguing process of cloud formation, and acquaint yourself with the diverse names bestowed upon various cloud types.

Identifying Cloud Types We…

Engage in a captivating Earth Science activity that hones your cloud identification skills.

Convection:…

This educational resource is designed to introduce students to the concept of convection and how it moves heat energy from the sun to different places.

Science Experiment Rubric

This is the rubric I use to grade each student's science experiment that they present to the class.

Climate Change is like a game of Tetris

Immerse yourself in a thought-provoking animated video that draws a captivating parallel between climate change and the timeless game of Tetris.

Exploring Ea…

Exploring Earth's Magnetic Magic: Reading Passage and Experiment

Science Lab: Understandin…

In this science lab, students will gain a pretty good understanding of what mass, volume, and density are. They will digitally change the volume of objects, weigh different object masses, and calculate the densities of each object.

Black holes and event horizons. Video…

This video would be more for advanced students, but it does a good job of explaining how media can get scientific ideas completely screwed up.    The video discusses what black holes are and how scientific ideas and theories can change as new evidence appears.

Brief Video of the Yellowstone…

This is a short video that does a good job describing the Yellowstone Supervolcano. It does a great job showing the potential of large magma chambers.  This volcano video will also talk about how much ash can fall in some places after very large eruptions.

Air Pressure and Wind Video

Discover how air pressure generates wind in this Study Jam video. Students will learn key vocabulary terms such as air pressure, wind, barometer, convection, downdraft, updraft, high pressure, low pressure, Coriolis Effect, temperature, water vapor, and density.