Dynamic Earth Unit
Download the lab or project sheets (click on appropriate link) in PDF* format and print them to record your results.
- Earth Systems diorama project directions
- "Twin Snowflakes"? investigation research sheet
- Water Cycle diagram project directions and resource materials
- Weathering Chalk data recording sheet for lab
- Erosion and Deposition by Rivers virtual lab sheet
- Modeling a Landslide lab sheet
- Introduction to Fossils activities directions
- Fossil Sorting Activity example
- Molds: Observations & Inferences chart
- Fossil Fish Process Sequence list
- Fish in the Desert Cartoon paper
- Map Activity directions
- Geologic Change Over Time digital lesson review worksheet
- Rock Cycle Poster directions sheet
Articles & Resources we've used for class:
- The Pope's Video regarding care for creation
- Cryosphere - growing identical twin snowflakes; Designer Snowflakes explains how it is done; Snowflake Science explains what is happening from a scientific perspective
- Interactive Water Cycle lesson from Science Learning Hub
- The Water Cycle video from StudyJams
- Earth's Surface digital lessons and virtual labs from ScienceFusion
- "Sinkhole" simulation video - made by Mrs. Barragree
- Landslide lab set-up video - made by Mrs. Barragree
- Pompeii interactive lesson from HMH publishers
Unit studyguides (blank) are available:
- Earth Systems Study Guide
- Weathering Study Guide
- Erosion and Deposition by Water Study Guide
- Erosion by Wind, Ice, and Gravity Study Guide
- Geologic Changes over Time Study Guide
Investigate further with these websites:
- Atmosphere - Ask an Astronomer: Why is the sky blue?
- Cryosphere - watermellon snow
- Cryosphere - ice bergs with layered ice
- Why icebergs can have color and stripes articles from the Australian Antarctic Division
- Cryosphere - growing identical twin snowflakes; Designer Snowflakes explains how it is done; Snowflake Science explains what is happening from a scientific perspective
- Hydrosphere - Waves and Currents video from StudyJams
- Atmosphere - Air Pressure and Winds video from StudyJams
- Atmosphere & Hydrosphere - Weather and Climate video from StudyJams
- Landforms video from StudyJams
- Earthquakes video from StudyJams
- Animaniacs "A Quake! A Quake!" cartoon & song
- Volcanoes video from StudyJams
- The Great Divide: Africa is splitting into 2 new continental plates!
- Tectonic Plates - wide variety of maps and information from Geology.com
- Igneous Rock slide show from StudyJams
- Metamorphic Rocks slide show from StudyJams
- Sedimentary Rocks slide show from StudyJams
- The Rock Cycle video from StudyJams
- Fossils slide show from StudyJams
- Minerals slide show from StudyJams
- Soil slide show from StudyJams
- Weathering and Erosion video from StudyJams
- GeoKansas: official state of Kansas website with great information on fossils and rocks!
- Identifying those "cylinder" fossils from Mrs. Barragree's collection - check this out!
- Geology.com - Geoscience news and information site