Lessons and Activities

Types of Glaciers

Students can view different types of glaciers on this interactive website.

• Grade Level(s):

  Gr. 5 | Age 11, Gr. 6 | Age 12, Gr. 7 | Age 13, Gr. 8 | Age 14, Gr. 9 | Age 15

• Subjects:

  Science

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Jun. 1, 2009

Posted by:

Anonymous

Volcano World

A very informative site, although heavily text based, dealing with everything volcanoes. Research volcanoes around the world and take a virtual ...

• Grade Level(s):

  Gr. 5 | Age 11, Gr. 6 | Age 12, Gr. 7 | Age 13, Gr. 8 | Age 14, Gr. 9 | Age 15, Gr. 10 | Age 16, Gr. 11 | Age 17, Gr. 12 | Age 18

• Subjects:

  Science

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Jun. 12, 2009

Posted by:

Anonymous

Weather Maker

Manipulate the weather by changing various conditions.

• Grade Level(s):

  Gr. 1 | Age 7, Gr. 2 | Age 8, Gr. 3 | Age 9, Gr. 4 | Age 10, Gr. 5 | Age 11, Gr. 6 | Age 12

• Subjects:

  Science

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Jun. 12, 2009

Posted by:

Anonymous

Moon Phases Gallery

Gallery contains phases of the moon and moon phase simulators.

• Grade Level(s):

  Gr. K | Age 6, Gr. 1 | Age 7, Gr. 2 | Age 8, Gr. 3 | Age 9, Gr. 4 | Age 10, Gr. 5 | Age 11, Gr. 6 | Age 12, Gr. 7 | Age 13, Gr. 8 | Age 14, Gr. 9 | Age 15, Gr. 10 | Age 16, Gr. 11 | Age 17, Gr. 12 | Age 18

• Subjects:

  Science

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Jun. 12, 2009

Posted by:

Anonymous

Mountain Maker Earth Shaker

Interactive activity allows you to build mountains, trigger volcanoes, discover plate tectonic activitiy, and change the landscape of the earth.

• Grade Level(s):

  Gr. 5 | Age 11, Gr. 6 | Age 12, Gr. 7 | Age 13, Gr. 8 | Age 14, Gr. 9 | Age 15, Gr. 10 | Age 16, Gr. 11 | Age 17, Gr. 12 | Age 18

• Subjects:

  Science

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Jun. 12, 2009

Posted by:

Anonymous

Earthquake Concept Flash Animations

Great resource from the USGS with flash animations that can be used in .ink files.

• Grade Level(s):

  Gr. 1 | Age 7, Gr. 2 | Age 8, Gr. 3 | Age 9, Gr. 4 | Age 10, Gr. 5 | Age 11, Gr. 6 | Age 12, Gr. 7 | Age 13, Gr. 8 | Age 14, Gr. 9 | Age 15, Gr. 10 | Age 16, Gr. 11 | Age 17, Gr. 12 | Age 18

• Subjects:

  Science

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Jun. 15, 2009

Posted by:

Travis Rink   

Wicked Earth Science Interactives

Series of interactive earth science activities dealing with the composition of the earth, volcanos, earthquakes and much more.

• Grade Level(s):

  Gr. 1 | Age 7, Gr. 2 | Age 8, Gr. 3 | Age 9, Gr. 4 | Age 10, Gr. 5 | Age 11, Gr. 6 | Age 12, Gr. 7 | Age 13, Gr. 8 | Age 14

• Subjects:

  Science

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Jun. 12, 2009

Posted by:

Anonymous

Natural Disasters

Flash animated guides to natural disasters - tornado, tsunami, earthquakes, volcanoes, and hurricanes

• Grade Level(s):

  Gr. 3 | Age 9, Gr. 4 | Age 10, Gr. 5 | Age 11, Gr. 6 | Age 12, Gr. 7 | Age 13, Gr. 8 | Age 14, Gr. 9 | Age 15

• Subjects:

  Science

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Jun. 12, 2009

Posted by:

Anonymous

Weather Galleries

Gallery contains a variety of weather symbols and blank weekly weather chart. Second gallery contains weather related graphics and concepts.

• Grade Level(s):

  Pre-K | Age 5, Gr. K | Age 6, Gr. 1 | Age 7, Gr. 2 | Age 8, Gr. 3 | Age 9, Gr. 4 | Age 10, Gr. 5 | Age 11, Gr. 6 | Age 12, Gr. 7 | Age 13, Gr. 8 | Age 14, Gr. 9 | Age 15, Gr. 10 | Age 16, Gr. 11 | Age 17, Gr. 12 | Age 18

• Subjects:

  Science

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Jun. 12, 2009

Posted by:

Anonymous

Floating and sinking

A series of activities for Junior students to gain a greater understanding of things that float and things that don't float.

• Grade Level(s):

  Gr. K | Age 6, Gr. 1 | Age 7

• Subjects:

  Science

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Jun. 28, 2009

Posted by:

jbentley