To access these content lessons from the National Science Teacher Association (NSTA):
- Go to the NSTA Learning Center and create an account
- Search for the lesson by name OR search free-resources: Earth and Space Science
- Add the content lesson to your library
- Go to your library to complete the content lesson
To access Adaptive Curriculum Activity Objects:
- Go to Adaptive Curriculum
- Logon to your account
- Search for the Activty Object by name using the keyword search
- Complete the Activty Object
Module 1: Earth Materials
- NSTA - Rock Cycle: Categories by Process
- NSTA - Rock Cycle: Earth's Autobiography
- Adaptive Curriculum - The Rock Cycle
Module 2: Cycles and Measurement
- NSTA - Rock Cycle: Environments of Formation
- NSTA - Rock Cycle: Cycling
- Adaptive Curriculum - Finding the Global Location Using Latitudes and Longitudes
Module 3: Earth System Structure
- NSTA - Plate Tectonics: Plates
- NSTA - Plate Tectonics: Layered Earth
- NSTA - Plate Tectonics: Plate Interactions
- Adaptive Curriculum - Plate Tectonics: The Atlantic Ocean
- Adaptive Curriculum - Plate Tectonics: The Hawaiian Islands
- Adaptive Curriculum - Earthquakes: Measuring Magnitude
- Adaptive Curriculum - Earthquake! Where Was It?
Module 4: Earth Processes
- NSTA - Plate Tectonics: Lines of Evidence
- NSTA - Plate Tectonics: Consequences of Plate Interactions
- NSTA - Rock Cycle: Environments of Formation
- NSTA - Earth's Changing Surface: Humans as Agents of Change
- NSTA - Earth's Changing Surface: Sculpting the Landscape
- NSTA - Earth's Changing Surface: Changing Earth From Within
- Adaptive Curriculum - Plate Tectonics: The Himalayas
- Adaptive Curriculum - Determining Planet Layers from Seismic Waves
Module 5: Human Impact on Earth
- NSTA - Resources and Human Impact: Population Growth, Technology, and the Environment
- NSTA - Resources and Human Impact: Environmental Degradation
- NSTA - Resources and Human Impact: Earth as a System
- NSTA - Resources and Human Impact: Using Technology to Address Resource Use Issues
- Adaptive Curriculum - Renewable Energy Sources
Module 6: Climate and Weather
- NSTA - Oceans Effect on Climate and Weather: Global Circulation Patterns
- NSTA - Oceans Effect on Weather and Climate: Global Climate Patterns
- NSTA - Oceans Effect on Weather and Climate: Global Precipitation and Energy
- NSTA - Oceans Effect on Weather and Climate: Changing Climate
- Adaptive Curriculum - Sea and Land Breezes
Module 7: Evolution
- NSTA - Universe: The Origin and Evolution of the Universe
- NSTA - Earth's Changing Surface: Sculpting the Landscape
- Adaptive Curriculum - Pangaea: Image of Earth 250 Million Years Ago
Module 8: Solar System
- NSTA - Universe: The Sun as a Star
- NSTA - Solar System: A Look at the Planets
- NSTA - Solar System: Formation of Our Solar System
- NSTA - Universe: Birth, Life, and Death of Stars
- NSTA - Solar System: Asteroids, Comets, and Meteorites
- NSTA - Universe: How We Know What We Know
- Adaptive Curriculum - Space Objects: Gravity and Motion
- Adaptive Curriculum - Space Objects Interaction Explorer
- Adaptive Curriculum - Comets
Module 9: Solar System Changes
- NSTA - Earth, Sun, and Moon: Motion of the Moon
- NSTA - Earth, Sun, and Moon: Earth's Seasons
- Adaptive Curriculum - Black Holes
Module 10: Earth and Its Moons in the Solar System
- NSTA - Earth, Sun, and Moon: General Characteristics of the Earth
- NSTA - Universe: The Sun as a Star
- NSTA - Earth, Sun, and Moon: Our Moving Earth
- Adaptive Curriculum - Make a Telescope: See the Moon
Module 11: Space Exploration
- NSTA - Solar System: The Earth in Space
- NSTA - Universe: The Universe Beyond our Solar System
- Adaptive Curriculum - Star Types: In Search of Habitability
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