This interactive resource provides video clips of actual earthquakes to help students better understand the Richter scale and the Mercalli Intensity Scale.
In this activity, students will measure off a 2' by 2' square area and examine the soil and its components in the designated area.
This interactive resource provides background information about the powerful forces that shape our world. The tutorial includes descriptions of the layers of the Earth, what causes earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, how glaciers shape the land, and the theory of plate tectonics.
This resource supports the English language development of English language learners. Students help Detective LePlant to solve the mystery of plant life and will identify the different parts of plants, what each part does, and how plants grow. The case has a case brief, facts, a quiz, and activities. This is available in Spanish, also.
This resource supports English language development for English language learners. Students help Detective LePlant to solve the mystery of seeds, what is needed for germination and seed growth, differences in seeds and how they survive, describe nonflowering plants that produce seed-like structures, describe a seed's structure, and list seeds that are used for food. When students click vocabulary words, a window opens to define the word in English with a Spanish option. The case has a case brief, facts, a quiz, and activities. Available in Spanish, also.
This resource supports English language development for English language learners. Students help Detective LePlant to solve the mystery of soil: find out what soil is, why it is important, what types of living organisms can be found in and around soil, and in what kinds of soil plants grow. A window opens to define vocabulary words in English with an option in Spanish. The case has a case brief, facts, a quiz, and activities such as classifying the components of soil. This lesson is available in Spanish, also.
This interactive resource provides a map of the United States, with geologic regions of importance labeled. The labels can be clicked on and a description of how that geologic region was formed/created is given.