This video segment adapted from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center discusses how a drought can have negative effects locally, for example by increasing the number of forest fires, and also globally, for example by impacting air quality thousands of miles away.

This video segment adapted from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center describes El Niño, how it forms, and the chain reaction of consequences it triggers around the globe.

This video segment adapted from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center explains how hurricanes develop and why there are fewer hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean in strong El Niño years.

This video segment adapted from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center shows how integral satellites are to everyday life and describes the different types, including orbital and geostationary.

Students shape up their reading, writing, and listening skills in this lesson by creating original diamante, acrostic, and shape poems about science.

In this lesson, students will engage in a creative assessment of Earth's systems and their interactions. Through the creation of a stop motion animated story, students will demonstrate their understanding of how different Earth systems interact. Working in groups, students will select at least two Earth systems to portray in their stop motion film, using playdough. This lesson is designed to span 3 45-minute blocks, allowing time for brainstorming, planning, and presenting their animations. 

This interactive activity from the Adler Planetarium explains the reasons for the seasons. Featured is a game in which Earth must be properly placed in its orbit in order to send Max, the host, to different parts of the world during particular seasons.

Summary In this lesson, we are going to learn how earthquakes formMain Core Tie Science- 5th Grade Standard 2 Additional Core Ties Science- 5th Grade Standard 2 Objective 2 Science- 5th Grade Standard 2 Objective 3Time Frame 2 class periods of 45 minutes each

Summary In this lesson, we are going to learn how earthquakes formMain Core Tie Science- 5th Grade Standard 2 Additional Core Ties Science- 5th Grade Standard 2 Objective 2 Science- 5th Grade Standard 2 Objective 3Time Frame 2 class periods of 45 minutes each

An engineering and design lesson for middle school (our 7th grade standards).

In the aftermath of a natural disaster, can you engineer a device that will keep medicine within a 40-60°F range using natural resources from the biome you live in, and/or debris created by the disaster for three days, until the Red Cross can arrive?

You are a team of relief workers in __________________after a major earthquake/tsunami has occurred. Your team lead as just told you about a young women with diabetes has been injured and needs insulin to be delivered __________ miles away (no open roads). Your team will need to research, design, and build a portable device to keep the insulin between _____ and ______ °(F/C) for _____ days. Once you return you will present the effectiveness of your device to your lead and a team other relief workers showing your both your design/device and explaining the process.

This lesson teaches students how to find and properly cite openly licensed photos online. They will also learn how to create a collage on Adobe Creative Cloud Express and will include pictures of earthquake damage and ways to reduce the impact of earthquakes.  Citation for image: Colin Lloyd, Unsplash License, from Unsplash.com 

This video segment adapted from NOVA tells the tragic story of two Japanese seismologists who disagreed about the threat of earthquakes in the early twentieth century. Today, seismologists in California offer residents a probability of risk that an earthquake might occur.

This resource is a Science student activity that utilizes Utah's Online Library resources - specifically, Gale’s Science in Context  - to help students learn about earthquakes. 

Students will gain a basic understanding of earthquakes, how and why they happen, and how they can change the landforms.

In this video segment adapted from NOVA, animations are used to show how the hills around Los Angeles were formed by earthquakes at small thrust faults that extend outward from the larger San Andreas fault.

The history of earthquakes in the San Francisco Bay area is plotted on a digital map and analyzed in this video segment adapted from NOVA.

In this video segment adapted from NOVA, a geologist digs a trench along the San Andreas Fault to reveal three thousand years of earthquake history. Information from the layers of sediment may help geologists to predict earthquakes.

This video segment adapted from NOVA uses historical illustrations, photographs, and animations to explain how seismographs work, the difference between P and S waves, and the Richter scale.

A 25,000 mile line along the Pacific Rim, known as the "ring of fire," is the most geologically active place on earth. Harry Smith reports on why it's so dangerous and the damage it has done.