Earth science lesson plans elementary

Earth, moon, and sun activities for 3rd-grade and 4th-grade Do you teach Earth’s cycles in science? In third-grade in Virginia, one of our science units we teach students about the revolution of the Earth around the sun, moon phases, Earth’s rotation, and tides. Some of these can be fairly abstract concepts for an 8-9-year-old, so […]

LOTs of fun earth science for kid experiments, worksheets, and activities for all ages - water cycle, crystals, rocks, volcanoes, weather, ++

Videos from the series Earth Science with Science Mom

This free pack of 8 layers of the earth activities makes it easy to enjoy special science fun with your kids.

Learn about the 5 layers of an ocean (also called ocean zones) with your child using this hands-on activity with materials already in your pantry!

The teacher team at Teach Starter has compiled a list of fascinating earth facts to pack into your science lesson plans, for Earth Day or even to use as a fun daily fact on the whiteboard each morning. We’ve packed in a series of fun length and distance facts about Earth that can easily be turned into word problems in math class, plus a ton of trivia. Read on for a collection of “fun facts” plus a few of our teacher team’s favorite ways to sneak these into lesson planning.

In this blog post, I am sharing an engaging science resource for 3rd grade students. This 5E lesson plan is perfect for teaching about the Earth, Moon, and Sun and helping students understand their relationships, positions, and orbits in space. Here you will find all the details and instructions you need to make learning exploring orbits fun and memorable. Students will love creating their own 2D rotating models of the earth, sun, and moon! Read more information here!

Homeschool resources for studying Earth Science, including lesson plans, activities, simulations, and more

Free Earth Science Lapbook & Unit Study Ideas. I have the rest of the minibooks to go with the free earth science lapbook, which is Earth’s Structures. Also, look at my page Lapbook Ideas for more homeschool lapbooks. Too, I have a cover which can be used as a lapbook cover or for clip art to decorate notebooking pages. Also, I focused on two units, which are Unit Three: Plate Tectonics and Earth’s Structure and Unit Four: The Shape of Earth’s Surface.

Earth Day Resources Lesson Plans and Activities for elementary, upper elementary and middle school grades;