Earth Scientists Lesson Plans

1. Layers of the Earth
Return To Primary Lesson Plans Click here for a printable version Title: Layers of the Earth Time: 1 class period KERA Goals: 2.3 Materials: Apples, knife, photographs of places where rocks are found, globe Objective: Students will understand that the earth is made up of different layers. When you slice an apple, you find different layers. A small core is in the center. A thick layer is in the middle....

2. Hello Out There! Hello Out There!
...p to research evidence that life does not exist elsewhere. Tell each group to prepare an argument supporting their side of the issue. Remind them to amass as many facts as possible to back up their arguments. 2. Have the two groups present their arguments in a debate. Internet Resources Life Beyond Earth This PBS Web site takes a look at whether or not there is life elsewhere in the universe, and how we could find out. http://www.pbs.org/lifebeyondearth/index.html Astrobiology Roadmap This Web site from NASA maps out the questions that scientists are asking about life beyond Earth and how they could answer the...

3. ESS Lesson 1
Lesson I: Earth System Science: Hydrosphere Introduction Water plays such an important role in our planet that Earth systems scientists extensively study the hydrosphere, the SYSTEM of all Earth's water. This hydrosphere itself can be studied in terms of its subsystem parts - the oceans, frozen water in glaciers and polar ice...

4. TEA: Activity-tulley- -- Thedatinggame_hook
TEA Banner TEA Navbar The Dating Game Radioactive Half-Life and Dating Techniques data hook main background & resources student Hook Scientists who worked out the geologic column and time scale were challenged by the question of absolute time. They knew the relative time order in which the different systems had formed, but they also wished to know whether the sediments in each system had accumulated during the same length of time. Absolute ages a...

5. Is There Life on Earth B?
header Is There Life on Earth B? Two telescope dishes Sky Trackers _ Level: Year 5 to Year 9 KLA outcomes: SOSE Theme: Environment; Our Place in Space and Time Description: This episode is stimulus for students to undertake research in preparation for a debate about public funding of scientific research and a presentation about the impact...

6. Note to the Teacher: This unit is for HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ONLY
embed(../../newTopArea/HatchTopArea.swf) Note to the Teacher:This unit is for HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ONLY, and is suggested for EARTH SCIENCE, OCEANOGRAPHY, AND WORLD HISTORY. Requires some efforts on the teacher's part in the area of creativity and additional background knowledge. History and Oceanography SUBTOPIC: Parallels in Oceanography OBJECTIVES: The students will: 1) identify the accomplishments in oceanography from 17-19th century 2...

7. TEA: Activity-swanzig- -- Bacteria_hook
.... They are found on the tops of mountains, the bottom of the deepest seas, in the hot waters of volcanic hot springs and most recently in the frozen ice, deep in the continental ice sheets covering Antarctica. Discoveries of bacteria in unusual places, such as deep in Antarctic lakes, have led some scientists, like John Priscu of Montana State University, to conclude that there is the possibility for bacteria to survive on some of the ice covered planetary moons in our solar system. These scientists conclude that if microbes can thrive in hostile places on the earth why couldn't they survive in similarly hosti...

8. Earth's Interior
Lesson Plan Teacher: Mentor: Candice Heather Parsons Cosby Subject: 8th Grade Science Lesson Title: Earth's Interior Objectives: Identify the two main forces that change Earth's surface and list the characteristics of Earth's crust, mantle, and core. TEKS No standards added. Materials: Motivation: Textbook, How do lesson scientists outline, determine internet what's access, inside whiteboard Earth? and markers Tea...

9. Radiation Budget Lesson: Integrated Language Arts
...enter; Link to Home Integrated Language Radiation of energy from the Page. Arts sun. Objective Activity Build a Satellite Evaluation Recommended Age: Intermediate Level (5-8) Objective: Construct a satellite model. Principles: 1. The radiation budget is a comparison of how much sunlight reaches the Earth vs. how much heat the Earth gives off into space. 2. The Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS) was launched by the Space Shuttle Challenger. Sally Ride was the astronaunt who deployed the satellite. 3. NASA uses instruments/data to study the radiation budget in order to better understand how the Earth's clim...

10. Astronomy/Space
...tandards Credit within your DE streaming account. If you don't have an account, sign up for a demo here. _ _ lesson plan support Investigating Planetary Life _ _ _ Buy this video VHS DVD _ _ _ _ _ Objectives Students will Identify the variables that must be in place for life to develop. Explain why scientists are investigating life on Mars Describe the tools scientists are using in their search for life on Mars. Discuss the most recent scientific findings about whether life has ever existed on Mars. Materials Investigating Planetary Life program Computer with Internet access Poster board Markers and colored pe...