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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: A Recipe for Air

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students use M&M's to create a pie graph that expresses their understanding of the composition of air. The students discuss why knowing this information is important to engineers.
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Interactive
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Hhmi: Biointeractive: Earth Viewer

For Students 9th - 10th
Watch the earth change with this interactive app? What did Earth look like 250 million years ago? Or 1 billion years ago? Or 4.5 billion years ago? What was the climate like in the deep past? Find the answers with EarthViewer, an...
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Global Warming Graph Analysis

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars interpret a variety of graphs from Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports learning the details of climate change.
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Website
Geography 4 kids

Geography4 kids.com: A Cozy Blanket Around the Earth

For Students 3rd - 8th
Understand the layers in the atmosphere that wrap around the earth.
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Handout
Florida State University

Florida State University: Atmospheric Composition

For Students 9th - 10th
This page deals with the composition of the earth's first atmosphere and how it has changed. Also the elements and percentages that make up our current atmosphere are listed.