CK-12 Earth Science For Middle School covers the study of Earth - its minerals and energy resources, processes inside and on its surface, its past, water, weather and climate, the environment and human actions, and astronomy.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Textbook
This lesson unit is intended to help teachers assess how well students are able to: form and solve linear equations involving factorizing and using the distributive law. In particular, this unit aims to help teachers identify and assist students who have difficulties in: using variables to represent quantities in a real-world or mathematical problem and solving word problems leading to equations of the form px + q = r and p(x + q) = r.
Material Type: Assessment, Lesson Plan
Students learn about air masses and the role they play in weather and climate.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
Students will graph data to better understand the relationship of low pressure to storm severity.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
This is a four-day unit focusing on the composition, properties, and structure of Earth's atmosphere. The lessons are embedded in a Google Slide presentation (http://bit.ly/AtmosphereCharacteristics) allowing teachers to modify the lessons to their needs. Formative and summative assessments are included in the form of warm-up and exit ticket questions and a summative project.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
This resource discusses severe weather that can occur around the globe.
Material Type: Reading
