EarthScape Downloadable Resources

Six engaging, standards-based activities allow students to explore their home planet in a new way.

	Activity 1: What Does a Scientist Look Like? Are students' views of scientists narrow or nuanced? Do they draw scientists who are diverse? Working alone? In a lab or outside? Length: 5 to 7 minutes » Download PDF (104 kb)

	Activity 2: Sally's Pix This may be students' first look at images of Earth from space. Length: 5 to 10 minutes » Download PDF (60 MB)

	Activity 3: Too Close for Comfort Students see how a faraway view of objects can reveal what they'd never see close up. Length: 15 to 20 minutes » Download PDF (1.8 MB)

	Activity 4: Go for the Gold Through a one-on-one game, students get practice with latitude and longitude as they search for gold treasure. Length: 15 to 20 minutes » Download PDF (2.0 MB)

	Activity 5: A Lot or a Little? Students are wowed as they measure, pour, and figure out the surprising amount of drinkable water on Earth. Length: 15 to 20 minutes » Download PDF (1.3 MB)

	Activity 6: Incredible Shrinking Lake What inferences can students make when they compare a satellite photo of Lake Chad from 1972 to a photo from 2001? Length: 15 to 20 minutes » Download PDF (3.5 MB)

Sally Ride EarthKAM supports many of the National Science Education Teaching Standards.

	National Science Education Teaching Standards

The Sally Ride EarthKAM program satisfies national educational standards in many academic disciplines:

	National Science Education Standards
	National Geography Education Standards
	National Math Education Standards

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