Classroom Activities

Here you can find suggested Earth science related activities. Most are categorized based on the Next Generation Science Standards, and the earlier National Science Education Standards. Activities are also marked with an appropriate grade level. These Earth science activities are fun and educational. To access these activities, click on the activity name in the chart below.

Find additional activities in our Earth Science Week Activity Calendar and Teacher Learning Activity Manuals.

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Title Grade Level Tags
Water Filtration K-12 activity, water, natural resources
Water Quality, Dissolved Oxygen, and Phosphorous 6-12 activity, materials, water, water quality
Water: A Never-ending Story K-8 activity, water, natural resources
Wetland in a Water Bottle 4-6 activity, wetland, groundwater, water table
What Covers Our Land? 6-8 activity, land, satellite, mapping, land cover
What Lies Beneath the Upper Crust? 6-9 activity, dynamic planet
What Will Survive? 6-10 activity, archaeology, organic, inorganic, environment, biosphere, geosphere, Earth systems
What's Down There? 6-12 activity, seed
What's Under My Feet? Learning to Use a Geologic Map activity, maps, rocks, minerals, geology, geologic map
What-a-Cycle 4-12 activity, water, atmosphere, evaporation
What’s In A Name? 6-10
Where Growth Meets Growth 5-12 activity, minerals, materials, energy, natural resources
Why Settle at Mesa Verde activity, maps, climate, natural resources, rocks, water
Your Own El Nino 8-10 activity, weather
Your Own Greenhouse 3-5 activity, climate, weather

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