Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Unmanned Mission to Earth's Core
From ABC News in Science, Mark Horstman's article discusses the research backing the possibility of Professor David Stevenson's suggested mission (unmanned) to the core of the Earth.
BBC
Bbc: Three Civil Rights Activists Found Dead
Article from the day in 1964 when the bodies of three civil rights workers were found. The deaths were attributed to the Ku Klux Klan.
Society for Science and the Public
Science News for Students: Riding to Earth's Core
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.
The Tech Interactive
The Tech: The Core of the Matter
Use this website as a great introduction to one of the basic parts of the inside of the earth, the core. Also provides a short description and cross-section of the Earth.
The Franklin Institute
The Franklin Institute: Earth Bowl
This activity from The Franklin Institute demonstrates the layers of the earth using gelatin, pudding, graham crackers, and a few other items. The young scholars actually construct a representation of the earth that they can eat.
PurposeGames
Purpose Games: Layers of the Earth
Players will test their knowledge of the layers of the Earth. Know terms such as core, crust, and upper and lower mantle.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: The Layers of the Earth
[Free Registration/Login Required] The lesson teaches fifth grade students about the 4 layers of the Earth. Characteristics of each layer are presented. The lesson incorporates video, student participation, and Activote assessment. The...
Geography 4 kids
Geography4 kids.com: Earth Structure
Brief informational site provides information about the Earth's structure, plates and core.
National Earth Science Teachers Association
Windows to the Universe: Structure of Mercury's Interior
Windows to the Universe briefly details the structure of the interior of the planet Mercury.
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.
Other
Core: Types of Helpful Context Clues
A chart with explanations and examples of six different types of context clues including: definition, appositive, synonym, antonym, example, and general.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: Freedom Riders: James Farmer
Biographical snapshot of James Farmer, who, in the early 1960s, was responsible for initiating the freedom rides to protest racial inequality in America. .