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National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion: La Atmosfera Terreste

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this site learn about the atmosphere and the air, origin and layers of the atmosphere, atmospheric phenomena, clean and pullulated air and the importance of air and health. It contains many illustrations and 15 interactive activities.
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Handout
eSchool Today

E School Today: Your Cool Tips on Ozone Depletion

For Students 4th - 8th
Why is ozone important? Learn about the ozone layer in our atmosphere, how it is being depleted by human and natural events, the effects of a thinning ozone layer on humans and other living things, what is meant by the ozone hole, and...
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Website
NASA

Nasa Earth Observatory: Clouds in a Clear Sky

For Students 9th - 10th
This article introduces the different layers of the atmosphere and the clouds that are formed there. Scientists use instruments such as the SAGE 11 that help to measure amounts of sunlight, water vapor, and other conditions that affect...
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Article
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: The Troposphere Overview

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview of the Troposphere, the lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere.
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Handout
NASA

Nasa Space Place: Troposphere

For Students 3rd - 8th
Offers a brief explanation of the troposphere, the innermost layer of Earth's atmosphere.
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Handout
Other

Moorland School: Earth Science Zone: The Earth's Atmosphere

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the properties of the thin layer of gas that surrounds the Earth. Understand the mixture of gases that make up the atmosphere as well as the different layers. Also explained are issues that affect the atmosphere like the...
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Handout
NASA

Nasa Space Place: Earth's Atmosphere

For Students 3rd - 8th
Find out about Earth's atmosphere and its six layers.
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Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: The Atmosphere, the Ocean, and Environmental Change

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures from a course that explores the physical processes the control Earth's atmosphere, ocean, and climate that is taught at Yale University. The course covers topics like clouds, rain, severe storms, regional...
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Article
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Major Domains of the Earth Atmosphere

For Students 2nd - 8th
Learn about the atmosphere and its different layers.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Cambridge University: Atmospheric Chemistry Research Group: The Ozone Hole Tour

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This resource gives information about the ozone hole over Antarctica. There are movies, virtual reality models, explanations and photographs. QuickTime plug-in optional.
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Article
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Thermosphere Overview

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the thermosphere, a layer of the Earth's atmosphere.
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Article
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Exosphere Overview

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview of the Exosphere, the uppermost region of Earth's atmosphere.
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Lesson Plan
BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Fossil Fuels and the Carbon Cycle

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In the following lesson plan learners learn how geologists locate fossil fuels by using a straw to extract "core samples" from a model that has different layers. Student sheets are provided in English and in Spanish.
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Handout
US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: Basic Ozone Layer Science

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency provides general information about ozone damage.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Atmospheric Layers

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] The Earth: The student demonstrates knowledge of how processes which shape and affect the Earth and how it relates to the Universe.
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Interactive
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Atmospheric Chemistry Memory Game

For Students 9th - 10th
Choose a difficulty level. Then click on the tiles (squares) to reveal pictures of molecules. Try to match two pictures.
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Unit Plan
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Tropospheric Ozone, the Polluter

For Students 9th - 10th
An in-depth overview of tropospheric ozone, which is largely considered a pollutant.
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Lesson Plan
NASA

Nasa: Using Radiosonde Data From a Weather Balloon Launch

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan allows learners to learn about the layers of the atmosphere and to learn how to graph real atmospheric data.
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Interactive
NASA

Nasa: Weather

For Students 9th - 10th
Though we live on the surface of the Earth, we actually live at the bottom of an ocean of air. Dynamic layers of air interact with the Earth's surface and the Sun's energy to produce the phenomenon of weather. The atmosphere is...
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: A Hole in the Sky

For Students 9th - 10th
This video segment adapted from Interactive NOVA profiles two scientists who were surprised in 1984 to discover a hole in our atmosphere's ozone layer as big as the United States. [3:47]
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Handout
Nine Planets

The Nine Planets: Earth Facts

For Students 9th - 10th
Find lots of information about our planet Earth here. Covers basic facts, Earth's history, layers of the Earth, plate tectonics, composition of the atmosphere, Earth's magnetic field, and some facts about our moon.
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Interactive
Scholastic

Scholastic: Diagramando a La Ciencia

For Students 3rd - 5th
Fun interactive Spanish site where students will be able to review science vocabulary related with the earth, atmosphere, respiratory system, flower parts and fish anatomy. It provides the English version and different levels of difficulty.
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Handout
Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Physics & Chemistry: Ozone

For Students 9th - 10th
Article explaining what ozone is, how it forms in the atmosphere, and the environmental problems it creates. (Published: August 22, 2008)
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Earth Origin, Composition, and Structure

For Students 9th - 10th
In this lesson, you will learn about how the Earth formed as well as the composition and structural layers of the Earth's interior.

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