This resource guides younger students in studying the night sky and looking for constellations and individual stars. Topics include distinguishing stars from other bright objects in the sky, how to keep a sky journal detailing observations, do's and don't's for going out at night to make observations, and some suggestions on what to look for. Full description.

This game will teach concepts and terms relating to air quality and air pollution. Students in teams will play the game by using one of the thirty three terms and its definition to draw or find in magazines a picture that represents the term. The game is over when all of the terms have been used. Full description.

This lesson requires the teacher to tell a story and lead a discussion to explain how electricity causes air pollution. The story and related discussion are designed to help the student to understand why saving energy, including electricity, hot water and home heating, helps to reduce air pollution. Full description.

This activity introduces students to the tools of scientific inquiry as they observe their world, inside and outside of the classroom, looking for changes, perspectives, and patterns. They will begin to use measuring tools as simple as their feet and fists and move on to more complex devices such as microscopes and scales. Students will go outside, observe their environment, gather objects, and return ... Full description.

This activity introduces students to the tools of scientific inquiry. They will observe their world, inside and outside of the classroom, looking for changes, perspectives, and patterns. They will begin to use measuring tools as simple as their feet and fists and move on to more complex devices such as microscopes and scales. This is the first step in the journey to build learning from direct experiences. ... Full description.

In this activity, younger students will examine the passage of time by watching the world change outside of their classroom. They will learn about the Sun as our light and heat source and about our world as having a regular time pattern, which can be observed from the simple motion of the Sun. The purpose for this age group is to emphasize the joys of wondering about our world and learning to look ... Full description.

This time scale allows students to select multiple time periods from a list and view them on a highlighted display. It shows the relationship between eon, era, period, sub-period, and epoch and also includes the date in mega-annum (Ma) or millions of years before present. The scale reflects the changes in the Cenozoic Era (Tertiary and Quaternary have been eliminated and the Neogene modified) in the ... Full description.

LodeStar enables teachers to add slideshows, puzzles, games, timelines, webquests and other interactive content to their eLearning courses in Microsoft Class Server, Desire2Learn, WebCt, Blackboard content and more. With lodeStar, teachers can customize Star Interactions so that their lessons are fun and engaging for students. Star Interactions are interactions developed by instructional designers. ... Full description.

This site explains how to use evidence from fossils to understand the ecology of ancient organisms. Fossils provide clues and together abiotic and biotic factors combine to form complete ecosystems, each with its own unique ecology and history. Predator and prey relationships and dispersal are used as examples to show how fossils can also tell us about biotic factors, such as what organisms are present ... Full description.

This site contains a large, easy to read, detailed geologic time scale for the Phanerozoic Eon (544 million years ago - Present). This is the period of time, also known as an eon, between the end of the Precambrian and today. The Phanerozoic begins with the start of the Cambrian period, 544 million years ago. It encompasses the period of abundant, complex life on Earth. The chart includes the Era, ... Full description.