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This site uses a story board of notes, videos and questions; with vivid, classic diagrams

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Why Isn’t There an Eclipse Every Month? | Interactive Lesson | PBS LearningMedia

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Investigate how the orbits and relative positions of the Moon, the Sun, and Earth produce eclipses using this interactive lesson. Students will work with a variety of models of the Earth–Sun–Moon system to understand the mechanics of lunar and solar eclipses and explain why they are rare.
This resource was developed through WGBH’s Bringing the Universe to America’s Classrooms project, in collaboration with NASA.
The associated lesson plan Experience a Solar Eclipse includes more supports for teachers and students, including handouts and materials for diverse learners.

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Earth's Climate has always  changed...Why All the Fuss?

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Earth's Climate has always  changed...Why All the Fuss?

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This video explains why increased global temperatures are such a concern now, although Earth's history indicates that there has always been a cyclic relationship.

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Earth’s Climate Has Always Changed…Why All the Fuss? | Weathered | PBS LearningMedia

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Meteorologist Maiya May asks climate data experts to explain the difference between Earth’s natural climate change of the past and the human-powered climate change of the present.
Students will consider the role that carbon dioxide has as a global thermostat, then analyze both temperature records and biogeoscience data to contextualize recent global warming within the history of Earth.

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This simulation allows students to simultaneously see the phase of the Moon and its position in the orbit around Earth.

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This simulation shows changes to the states of matter but has simulations for phase changes and interactions between molecules as well.

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This story map explains how air bubbles get trapped in the ice, amd allows the students to see ice core samples being drilled and analyzed

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Unit 7.6 Lesson 9: Using Ice Cores to Study CO2 - OpenSciEd

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This Using Ice Cores to Study CO2 StoryMap is used in Lesson 9 of Unit 7.6.

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Quick activity to compare the initial and final volume differences between ice and snow. Lends itself to heat vs temperature, as well.

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This simulation provides students an interactive way to see carbon reservoirs, carbon dioxide cycling into the atmosphere, and has a graph to analyze the relationship between temperature and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

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Carbon Dioxide and the Carbon Cycle | PBS LearningMedia

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Explore how human activities alter the carbon cycle and cause atmospheric carbon dioxide to increase. Learn about the reservoirs and flows of the carbon cycle and how human activities increase the amount of carbon dioxide in the air and ocean. This increased atmospheric carbon dioxide causes global warming.

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This simple simulation shows the relative motion and distance between particles as the states of matter change

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Melting and Boiling Simulation | PBS LearningMedia

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Observe the motion and temperature of water molecules in this simulation as heat is applied to a beaker containing an ice cube. As the ice cube melts, the water molecules are freed from their trapped state and can now roam about the glass beaker as a liquid.

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The Surprising Truth Behind Planting Trees and Climate Change

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The Surprising Truth Behind Planting Trees and Climate Change

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Dispels the misconception that new growth forests are better at storing CO2 than old growth forests.

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The Surprising Truth Behind Planting Trees and Climate Change | Weathered | PBS LearningMedia

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Meteorologist Maiya May explores an old growth forest with Dr. Beverly Law to uncover the latest research about how trees can best serve as a climate change mitigation solution.
Students will learn the concept of net carbon sinks, why certain trees are more effective at sequestering carbon than others, and the benefits of preserving strategic carbon reserves around the world and perhaps within their own communities.

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This site contains links to other sites that cover how the hydrosphere interacts with each of Earth's other systems. Pairs nicely with the coloring sheet

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The Water Cycle | Precipitation Education

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This activity was developed to give participants an understanding of Earth's water cycle by completing a webquest and building a model of the water cycle.This website, presented by NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission, provides students and educators with resources to learn about Earth's water cycle, weather and climate, and the technology and societal

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This classic uses match smoke for condensation nuclei, but a squirt of hairspray (Aquanet) works as well.

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Have you ever wondered how clouds form? In this activity, you can make your own cloud to see for yourself!

Clouds form from the condensation or freezing of water vapor. Condensation is the process of a gas changing into a liquid. In this activity, the gas is water vapor and the liquid is the cloud you create. When water vapor cools, it turns into a liquid - or condenses - onto a surface.

For example, take a cold water bottle outside on a warm day. You will notice that water droplets form on the outside of the bottle. These droplets are water vapor from the atmosphere condensing on the surface of the bottle. They do this because the surrounding air cools when it touches the bottle. Clouds form the same way. Water vapor in the atmosphere cools and condenses on particles in the air, creating a cloud.

Follow the steps below to create your own cloud and see this process in action!

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Student Project: Make a Cloud in a Bottle | NASA/JPL Edu

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Have you ever wondered how clouds form? In this activity, you can make your own cloud to see for yourself! Clouds form from the condensation or freezing of water vapor. Condensation is the process of a gas changing into a liquid. In this activity, the gas is water vapor and the liquid is the cloud you create.

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How Warming Water Causes Sea Level Rise [could support Global Warming as well.]

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How Warming Water Causes Sea Level Rise [could support Global Warming as well.]

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Thermal expansion explained

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Sea level rise is caused by several different processes, including melting ice. But one big contributor to sea level rise is increasing global temperatures, which heat seas and cause something called thermal expansion of water. Thermal expansion happens when water gets warmer, which causes the volume of the water to increase. About half of the measured global sea level rise on Earth is from warming waters and thermal expansion.

You can see how this process works by building a model using everyday items to demonstrate that water expands when heat energy is added.

Watch the Tutorial

See below for materials and step-by-step instructions. For more video tutorials and activities like this one, visit Learning Space.

Watch en Español: Seleccione subtítulos en Español bajo el ícono de configuración.

In this episode of Learning Space, you'll do an experiment to see how water volume increases when the temperature of the water increases. Then explore how this process is contributing to sea level rise. | Watch on YouTube

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Student Project: How Warming Water Causes Sea Level Rise | NASA/JPL Edu

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Sea level rise is caused by several different processes, including melting ice. But one big contributor to sea level rise is increasing global temperatures, which heat seas and cause something called thermal expansion of water. Thermal expansion happens when water gets warmer, which causes the volume of the water to increase.

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This is an activity to have the students a model that compares ice melting on land versus ice melting at sea..

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You might have heard that melting ice contributes to sea level rise. But it makes a difference whether that melting ice is on land or in the sea.

Make a prediction about what each type of ice will do to the level of water in a container. Then build a model to compare what you predicted to what you observe.

Watch the Tutorial

See below for materials and step-by-step instructions. For more video tutorials and activities like this one, visit Learning Space.

Watch en Español: Seleccione subtítulos en Español bajo el ícono de configuración.

In this episode of Learning Space, you'll do an experiment to see how the melting of land ice and sea ice contributes to global sea level rise. | Watch on YouTube

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Student Project: How Melting Ice Causes Sea Level Rise | NASA/JPL Edu

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Learn the difference between land ice and sea ice, then do an experiment to see how the melting of each contributes to global sea level rise.

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This is a good investigative video, This video defines and uses terms like umbra, penumbra, path of totality, and describes an annular vs total, vs hybrid eclipses

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Description: The total solar eclipse of 2017 is an excellent phenomenon to use in an astronomy unit because many of the students will have heard of, or even experienced, the most recent eclipse. During a total eclipse the shadow of the moon completely blocks out the light from the sun. This phenomenon can be used to establish an accurate model of the Sun-Moon-Earth system.

Web Resource: NASA - Eclipse: Who? What? Where? When? and How?

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Total Solar Eclipse - The Wonder of Science

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Description: The total solar eclipse of 2017 is an excellent phenomenon to use in an astronomy unit because many of the students will have heard of, or even experienced, the most recent eclipse. During a total eclipse the shadow of the moon completely blocks out the light from th

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This is a phenomena that many students have misconceptions about; the Moon does not only come out at night. Mentions 'spinning' and 'orbiting'.

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Description: Many students (and teachers) believe that you can only see the moon during the nighttime. You can actually see the moon during the day almost every day. You just need to know where and when to look. This phenomenon can be used to start building an accurate conceptual model of where the Earth is in space. Students should start recording patters of where and when the moon can be seen and then accounting for this evidence using a model.

Web Resource: Why Do We See the Moon in Daylight - Space.com

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Seeing the Moon During the Day - The Wonder of Science

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Description: Many students (and teachers) believe that you can only see the moon during the nighttime. You can actually see the moon during the day almost every day. You just need to know where and when to look. This phenomenon can be used to start building an accurate conceptual