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Handout
PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: The Earth at Work

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Website
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Inside the Earth

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This resource has numerous diagrams and descriptions of the earth's interior layers. Worksheets of the various layers are also available to be downloaded.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Learning the Three Layers

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
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...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Actions at Plate Boundaries

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This instructional activity will allow the students to understand the cause and effects of plates interactions. The students will learn that plate boundaries function as a release for much of the Earth's potential energy. The students...
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Earth's Layers Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive study guide covers the main terms and concepts needed for an earth science unit on the earth's layers. Review questions are included at the bottom of the study guide.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Kids: Dinosaur Train Fossil Finder

For Students Pre-K - K
Dig for fossils in this game while learning about deep Earth creatures and fossilized animals.
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Website
Society for Science and the Public

Science News for Students: Riding to Earth's Core

For Students 3rd - 5th
Ever thought about riding to the core of the earth? Well geophysists David Stevenson has. He has even come up with a way to make a hole, but he has run into some other complications. Maybe you can be the one to solve those problems.
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Lesson Plan
The Franklin Institute

The Franklin Institute: Earth Bowl

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This activity from The Franklin Institute demonstrates the layers of the earth using gelatin, pudding, graham crackers, and a few other items. The students actually construct a representation of the earth that they can eat.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Science for Kids: Composition of the Earth

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the science of the composition of the Earth. Different layers and what they do.
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Interactive
World Geography Games

World Geography Games: Earth's Layers

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the layers of the Earth through this interactive quiz.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Columbia University: Layers of the Earth

For Students 9th - 10th
The layers inside the Earth.