What is Energy

The U.S. Dept. of Energy hosts a web site with some basic information related to energy in the Earth's system.

Origins of Early Earth's Atmosphere

Here's a web-based article, published by Eastern Illinois University, theorizing how Earth's atmosphere evolved over geologic time.

Article about Earth's Atmosphere

This article would be good for a reading activity. And this website seems to have good articles that are at a good reading level for students.

Vision Learning Atmosphere Article

Introduction to Atmosphere | Demo/Lab #2

Here is a seven section web site, each with activities for classroom use. Each section provides background information, general learning concepts, and a list of activities for the following topics:

1. Introduction to the Atmosphere'
2. Introduction to Climate
3. The "Greenhouse Effect" | What is a Greenhouse demo
   
   Materials for Demo:
   For each team of four students:
   a. Two two-liter plastic soda bottle "experimental chambers" (instructions to follow)
   b. Two 14- to 16-oz. plastic containers at least 4 1/2 inches in diameter at the top (sour cream, cottage cheese, or deli containers work well)
   c. Knife or scissors
   d. Tape
   e. Two thermometers
   f. One 150-watt floodlight bulb
   g. Portable reflector lamp
   h. Stand for lamp set-up
   i. Graph paper
4. Global Climate Change
5. Introduction to Ozone
6. Stratospheric Ozone
7. Tropospheric Ozone 

Atmosphere Lab 01

Which gets hotter: light or dark surfaces:
(Standards 4A & 4B)

Page 01 - Procedures (pt1), Background, Objectives, Materials
Materials include:

1. heat lamp
2. black can/cup and white (or lightly colored) can/cup
3. thermometers
4. rulers/meter sticks

Page 02 - Procedures (pt2), Questions/Conclusions, Predictions & Data Table
Page 03 - Graph for Demo
Page 04 - Teacher Guide to Demo
Page 05 - Preparation of Demo
Page 06 - Questions for Students

How To Make Your Own Volcano

Here's a document on how to make your own volcano. Here's the video on the same topic (youtube.com).

Power points for Plate Tectonics

• Evidence for Continental Drift

• Tectonic Plates and Plate Boundaries