ESS Scaffolded Inquiry Labs are a collection of scaffolded, inquiry-focused lab activities we are developing for earth and space science (ESS) courses. These labs leverage online data sets and can be used asynchronously online or in-person. Our goal is to develop labs that support students to achieve high levels of inquiry that are also easy for instructors to implement. Members of the team who did not write the labs followed the methods of Piper et al. (2024) to rate the inquiry level and utility of three of the labs (Tectonics and Fireballs, Tides, and Impacts) containing a total of 21 sections. Labs with higher levels of inquiry have students take part in more steps of the scientific process (e.g., procedures, analysis, communication). Sections of our labs ranged from confirmation (approximately 29%), structured inquiry (26%), guided inquiry (32%), to open inquiry (12%). In comparison, prior students of geology labs found that 72-88% of activities were confirmation or structured inquiry. Labs with higher utility require less instructor time (including preparation, teaching, and grading) and material costs. Total utility score could range from 10 to 30, with 24-30 defined as high utility. The utility score for our labs averaged 28 with all falling into the category of high utility. In comparison, Piper et al. (2024) found the average utility level of rock and mineral labs was 24, and 64% fell into the high utility category. We will use the results of this initial analysis to further improve the labs, to potentially increase the inquiry levels while ensuring ease of use. Overall, these labs demonstrate high inquiry and high ease of use across multiple ESS topics.