ScienceWorks: Learning About the Earth Grades K-1

Learning About the Earth covers concepts that address National Science Education Standards

Concepts covered include:

• objects in the sky can be seen and described
• the sun provides light and heat for earth
• objects in the sky have patterns of movement
• the earth is surrounded by air
• the earth is a sphere covered with soil and water
• the earth is a sphere of rock
• rocks can be described by their physical properties
• the surface of the earth changes
• earth materials provide many of the resources we use
• fossils tell us about long ago

A variety of engaging activities present the concepts in ways that young students can understand. Each concept presented includes:

• teacher directions for lessons
• reproducible resource pages such as sets of picture cards, minibooks, and lab sheets to record the results of hands-on investigations