Read Works
Read Works: A Hole in the Planet
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the layers of the Earth and a place near the Canary Islands where there is a hole in the crust. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading...
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Deeper Discovery: Earth's Anatomy
Interactive site provides information on each layer of the earth. Click on a layer to discover more about it.
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: The Earth at Work
This site from PBS provides a description of the mechanisms behind the plate movements, types of movements, and the resulting earthquakes, faults, and images and animations of several of the topics presented.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Earth's Interior
A basic overview of the earth's mantle, crust, inner core, and outer core. Also discusses how earthquake waves travel through the Earth.
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
Iris: Seismic Tomography [Pdf]
Learn how seismic tomography imaging helps scientists understand the formation of the Earth's interior.
Center for Educational Technologies
Nasa: Classroom of the Future: Spheres: Lithosphere
At this site from the NASA Classroom of the Future, you can learn about the many different layers of the earth and see what the earth would look like cut in half.
US Geological Survey
Usgs: Aluminum Statistics and Information
This site provides a brief overview of aluminum, as well as reports and publications dating back to 1995 concerning the usage of aluminium in the mineral industry.
Australian Museum
Structure and Composition of the Earth
What makes the Earth unique? What are the different parts of the Earth? What is the chemical make-up of the Earth? Get the answers to these questions and more on this site from the Australian Museum Online.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Earth's Layers
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Identifies the various layers of the Earth, including the crust, mantle, core, lithosphere, and asthenosphere.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Learning the Three Layers
This lesson will help students visualize the Earth's crust (lithosphere), mantle, and core. The students will work in groups to research and design a model of the Earth's layers. Some of the types of models include: computer, fruits such...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Infographic: Chemical Abundances: Earth's Crust
An infograph showing the chemicals that are present in Earth's crust.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Earth's Interior Study Guide
This comprehensive study guide covers the main terms and concepts needed for an earth science unit on the earth's interior. Review questions are included at the bottom of the study guide.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Found! Oldest Chunk of Earth's Crust
From ABC News in Science, Will Dunham's article covers research connected to the discovery of a chunk of Earth's crust found in Greenland which possibly dates over 3.8 billion years.
Treehut
Suzy's World: Earth
At this site from Suzy's World and Suzy Cato, you can find out what the earth is made of and try an experiment.
The Franklin Institute
The Franklin Institute: Clay Crash
Employ this lesson plan from The Franklin Institute to demonstrate plate tectonics and the effects. This is really just a short demonstration that could be incorporated into your existing lesson plan.
Other
University of Delaware: Plate Tectonics
This site is a very simple overview of plate tectonics. It includes a map of all the major plates and a diagram of the layers of the earth.
NC State University
North Carolina State University: The Earth's Interior
Improve understanding of word processing and knowledge of the layers of Earth's interior. Links to North Carolina State Standards.
Curated OER
Merriam Webster: Visual Dictionary Online: Section of the Earth's Crust
Labeled diagram of a section of the Earth's crust.