Immerse yourself in an engaging animated video that delves into the captivating world of fossils. Discover a wealth of information about various types of fossils and their intricate formation processes. This educational video covers a wide range of fascinating fossils, including trace fossils, mold fossils, resin fossils, and body fossils.

This engaging  educational resource will transport young minds to a prehistoric realm, allowing them to uncover the mysteries hidden within ancient tracks, fossils, and teeth.

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.

This video provides a concise overview of Alfred Wegener's involvement in the discovery of Continental Drift. It sheds light on the challenges he faced in convincing the scientific community that continents were in motion.

Here is a great video that introduces volcanoes.  It is very visual and the music fits.  This is the video I show to get students excited to learn about volcanoes.

In this 7-12 Earth  Science lab, students will get a chance to hone in on their observation and inference skills. Students will work in groups to observe 4 different rocks. They will make inferences about the environment that the rocks came from as well as take an educated guess as to which rock type the rock belongs, igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary. Students will write those observations down and then share one of their rocks with the class.

At the beginning of science courses, usually, the scientific method is taught. My high school students have to demonstrate their knowledge of the scientific processes and especially show an understanding of data collection, variables, and conclusions. This document contains the rubric I use to grade their assignment as well as the student instructions that I give. This is in a Google doc so that you can edit the instructions or manipulate the rubric.

Use this assignment to help students understand the difference between a mineral and other objects that they might think are minerals. The activity doesn't take long but when you are discussing what a mineral actually is, this assignment gives your students practice. Students have a list of words that they need to sort into columns. One column is for minerals, the other column is for non-minerals. If they place an object into the non-mineral section they need to justify which rule was broken.

This file includes all of the assignments, instructions, lab notes, labs, worksheets, and presentations to teach the first chapter of Earth science. Students will get the opportunity to explore the scientific method through both hands-on and digital labs.

Included are:

1 presentation in both PowerPoint and Google Doc

5 Earth Science both digital and hands-on labs

Vocabulary words included on the test

3 ways of integrating technology

All of the worksheets and instructions for the labs and assignments.

2 videos

1 group project