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Complete Earth Science Website

EarthScience.xyz is a website that teaches earth science to students.  It is a step-by-step book containing all the information needed to learn about the Earth.  Teachers can have access to all the labs and assignments that are taught at Snowflake High School.  There are tons of high-quality graphics, animation, and videos that will make presenting geology, meteorology, oceanography, paleontology, and astronomy to students engaging and fun.

Composition of the Atmosphere Lab for Earth Science

In this Earth Science activity, students will gain a better understanding of what gases the atmosphere is made out of. Students will need to work some math problems out, converting percents and decimal places to determine ppm, parts per million. Students will gain an understanding that greenhouse gases make up such a small amount of the atmosphere, but are extremely important in keeping the temperature balance in check.

Context Clues Worksheet

In this digital worksheet, students will practice and better gain an understanding of how to use context clues. Students will read a sentence and then define the bolded word. As an add-on, I also have students circle all of the verbs in the sentence. Because it is a Google Doc, the teacher can substitute their own students' names into the worksheet. This makes it more fun and engaging. The student's names are all italicized, and the words that require context clues are all bolded.

Convection, Conduction Radiation Thermal Energy Transfer Lab

In this Earth Science or Physical Science lab, students will gain an understanding of the three types of thermal energy transfer: conduction, radiation, and convection. Students will use hot, cold, and room temperature water to demonstrate convection by using food coloring. Students will then see how long chocolate chips take to melt when you add heat to just one side of some tin foil. Finally, they will use heat lamps, thermometers, and dark and light-colored papers to demonstrate radiation and the absorption of radiated heat.

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