Our Earth
Textbooks, lesson resources, free readers.
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Textbooks:
CPO Earth Science: Full textbook for middle school.
Earth Science Concepts for Middle School: CK-12 Flexbook with 14 chapters covering: earth’s features, rocks and minerals, plate tectonics, water, atmosphere, weather and climate, landforms, natural resources, the solar system and beyond.
High School Earth Science: CK-12 Flexbook with 26 chapters on earth and space science, plus a glossary.
Glencoe Science Teacher Resources:
Include worksheets, activities, assessments and answer keys:
Chapter Resource: Measuring and Graphing (Nature of Science)
Earth Science Illustrated Guide: Contains maps, charts, graphs and diagrams, with associated explanations, illustrating key earth science and space concepts. There’s a glossary at the end. This download has 209 pages.
Earth Science Lessons for middle school from Oregon State University. Covers plate tectonics, earthquakes and volcanoes, rocks and minerals.
Earth Revealed: Series of 26 half-hour videos on geology; for high school students.
Free Readers:
Activities:
Inside the Earth Webquest: Guide to various sites to gather information and fill out a Google document on earth’s layers, convection currents, drifting continents, sea floor spreading, and plate tectonics.
101 Earth Science Demos: Demonstrate concepts using just a few everyday items. The objective of the demo, procedure to follow, and science behind the demo is described. Five sections include geosphere, atmosphere, hydroshpere, space, and miscellaneous. This download has 106 pages.
Weather Proverbs: Examine weather proverbs to determine their meaning, and the scientific principles they're based on.
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