Cracked, Bumpy and Beautiful: Earth's Surface part of Earth and Space Science:Summer 2010:Activities
Using a variety or resources, students will plot the locations of mountain ranges,volcanoes and major earthquakes on a class map. Students will then hypothesize what may be creating concentrated areas of these ...

Using Your Marbles: Making Energy Work for You part of Earth and Space Science:Summer 2010:Activities
potential energy, kinetic energy, work

Why is the Earth Still Hot Inside? part of Earth and Space Science:Summer 2010:Activities
Inquiry lab in which students study the rate of heat transfer as a function of size. Larger objects lose heat more slowly than smaller objects because their surface area relative to their volume is smaller. Relevant to the study of planetary formation, comparative planetology, basic thermodynamics, scientific inquiry, error checking, and the consequences of scaling.

Know Your Neighbors--researching the planets part of Earth and Space Science:Summer 2010:Activities
Utilizing online and traditional resources students will collect data on planets and moons in our solar system. Working collaboratively students will generate a spreadsheet of the data. After verifying one ...

Heat on the Move part of Earth and Space Science:Summer 2010:Activities
To introduce students to the concept that heat transfer via convection is more efficient then heat transfer via conduction.

On A Collision Course: The Moon part of Earth and Space Science:Summer 2011:Activities
Impact craters are found on nearly all solid surface planets and satellites. Although this exercise simulates the impact process, it must be noted that the physical variables do not scale in a simple way to ...

Creating the Solar System – step by step part of Earth and Space Science:Summer 2010:Activities
The goal of this lesson is to encourage the clarification and understanding of the processes involved in the creation of our solar system. The lesson is part of a larger unit of astronomy which addresses the MA ...

The Moon on the Map part of Earth and Space Science:Summer 2011:Activities
[image right border] In this activity students will observe the landscapes of the moon from different sides, make their own hypothesis, and research about the moon's unique geological properties. Students will ...

How to Get From Here to There part of Earth and Space Science:Summer 2011:Activities
Students develop a theory of plate tectonics looking at how different density liquids have different convection patterns. Students will record observations in their journal.

Using Density to Predict Planetary Differentiation part of Earth and Space Science:Summer 2011:Activities
This is an inquiry based lesson designed for middle school students. This lesson serves as an informal assessment of students' understanding of density and also serves as an introduction to Planetary formation and Planetary differentiation.