UNIT 1: EARTH SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES

• Chapter 1: Introduction to Earth Science
  • Online Vocabulary Builder and Crossword Puzzle
  • Active Art: The Nature of Inquiry
  • SciLinks: Landforms
  • Active Art: Topographic Maps
  • SciLinks: Laboratory Safety
  • Self-Test

• Chapter 2: Weathering and Soil
  • Online Vocabulary Builder and Crossword Puzzle
  • Active Art: Rock Cycle
  • Activity: Weathering
  • Active Art: Soil Layers
  • SciLinks: Soil Conservation
  • Self-Test

• Chapter 3: Erosion and Deposition
  • Online Vocabulary Builder and Crossword Puzzle
  • Active Art: Mass Movement
  • Data Sharing Lab: Sand Hills
  • Planet Diary Activity: Monitoring River Levels
  • Activity: Protecting Homes in Flood Plains
  • SciLinks: Waves
  • SciLinks: Glaciers
  • Self-Test

UNIT 2: PLATE TECTONICS AND EARTH'S STRUCTURE

• Chapter 4: Plate Tectonics
  • Online Vocabulary Builder and Crossword Puzzle
  • SciLinks: The Structure of Earth
  • Activity: Convection Currents in the Mantle
  • SciLinks: Continental Drift
  • Activity: Sea-floor Spreading
  • Active Art: Continental Drift
  • Self-Test

• Chapter 5: Earthquakes
  • Online Vocabulary Builder and Crossword Puzzle
  • SciLinks: Faults
  • Active Art: Seismic Waves
  • SciLinks: Earthquake Measurements
  • Planet Diary Activity: Earthquakes In Your State
  • Activity: Seismic-safe Buildings
  • Self-Test

• Chapter 6: Volcanoes
  • Online Vocabulary Builder and Crossword Puzzle
  • Planet Diary Activity: Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics
  • Active Art: Composite Volcano Eruption
  • SciLinks: Volcanic Effects
  • Self-Test

UNIT 3: WEATHER AND CLIMATE

• Chapter 7: The Atmosphere
  • Online Vocabulary Builder and Crossword Puzzle
  • SciLinks: Atmosphere
  • Activity: Air Pollution
  • Active Art: Measuring Air Pressure
  • Planet Diary Activity: The Ozone Layer
  • SciLinks: Energy in Earth's Atmosphere
  • SciLinks: Heat Transfer
  • Active Art: Global Winds
  • Self-Test

• Chapter 8: Weather
  • Online Vocabulary Builder and Crossword Puzzle
  • Active Art: Water Cycle
  • SciLinks: Precipitation
  • Active Art: Weather Fronts
  • Planet Diary Activity: Thunder and Lightning
  • Planet Diary Activity: Today's Weather
  • Activity: Doppler Radar
  • Self-Test

• Chapter 9: Climate and Climate Change
  • Online Vocabulary Builder and Crossword Puzzle
  • SciLinks: Ocean Currents
  • Activity: The Seasons
  • SciLinks: Climates of the World
  • Planet Diary Activity: The Greenhouse Effect
  • Self-Test

UNIT 4: ECOLOGY AND RESOURCES

• Chapter 10: Ecosystems
  • Online Vocabulary Builder and Crossword Puzzle
  • SciLinks: Biotic and Abiotic Factors
  • Active Art: Changes in Population
  • SciLinks: Food Chains and Food Webs
  • Activity: Population Interactions
  • SciLinks: Succession
  • Self-Test

• Chapter 11: Living Resources
  • Online Vocabulary Builder and Crossword Puzzle
  • Active Art: Earth's Biomes
  • SciLinks: Aquatic Ecosystems
  • Active Art: Ocean Food Web
  • Active Art: Logging Methods
  • Planet Diary Activity: Endangered Species in Your State
  • Self-Test

• Chapter 12: Energy and Material Resources
  • Online Vocabulary Builder and Crossword Puzzle
  • SciLinks: Fossil Fuels
  • SciLinks: Renewable Energy
  • Active Art: Nuclear Power Plant
  • Data Sharing Lab: Keeping Comfortable
  • Activity: Hybrid Cars
  • Active Art: Sanitary Landfill
  • Self-Test