Layers of the Earth and Earth Day STEAM Paper Model Activity for Earth Science

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NGSSHS-ESS2-4

NGSSMS-ESS2-2

NGSSMS-ESS2-1

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Learn about Earth's Layers and the structure of the Earth with this STEM Pop-Up Card Activity! Students will build a model to illustrate the compositional and mechanical layers of Earth, including the crust, mantle, outer core, inner core, asthenosphere, and lithosphere.

This hands-on project offers an engaging way to explore the spheres of the Earth while reinforcing concepts in earth science. Students construct and label their own 3D Earth, a kinesthetic hands-on activity which helps students to remember the parts of Earth. Whether incorporated into interactive science notebooks or sent home as an educational Earth Day card, this activity provides a memorable learning experience on Earth's structure. It can be completed in just one class period.

Included are printable files for creating the 3D Earth, along with simple step-by-step instructions and a helpful video tutorial. Students will learn to identify and label essential parts of the earth, including the crust, mantle, outer core, inner core, lithosphere, asthenosphere, and more. Also includes a bonus activity to connect and label constellations!

Versatile as an earth craft, this activity can be integrated into various educational lessons, from earth science units to STEM or STEAM crafts, and Earth Day activities.

Whether used in traditional classrooms or adapted for distance learning or homeschoolers, this Earth's structure resource is perfect for educators and students.

Spark curiosity and fun exploration in your classroom with Layers of the Earth and Earth Day STEAM Paper Model Activity for Earth Science.

► What's Included?

3D Earth's Layers Printable Files
Simple instructions (both printable and Google Slides™ versions) for making the Earth's structure craft PLUS a link to watch a video showing how to make it
Instructions for labeling the parts of the Earth: crust, mantle, outer core, inner core, lithosphere, asthenosphere
Bonus activity to connect and label constellations: the Big Dipper, Orion, Leo, Scorpio, and Cassiopeia
Parts of the Earth Diagram
Version without labeling which can be used as an Earth Day card or an all-occasion card
Low-color and B&W versions to reduce printer ink or to have students color their own layers of the earth
Multiple card front designs
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NGSSMS-ESS2-3

Analyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils and rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures to provide evidence of the past plate motions. Examples of data include similarities of rock and fossil types on different continents, the shapes of the continents (including continental shelves), and the locations of ocean structures (such as ridges, fracture zones, and trenches). Paleomagnetic anomalies in oceanic and continental crust are not assessed.

NGSSHS-ESS2-3

Develop a model based on evidence of Earth’s interior to describe the cycling of matter by thermal convection. Emphasis is on both a one-dimensional model of Earth, with radial layers determined by density, and a three-dimensional model, which is controlled by mantle convection and the resulting plate tectonics. Examples of evidence include maps of Earth’s three-dimensional structure obtained from seismic waves, records of the rate of change of Earth’s magnetic field (as constraints on convection in the outer core), and identification of the composition of Earth’s layers from high-pressure laboratory experiments.

NGSSHS-ESS2-4

Use a model to describe how variations in the flow of energy into and out of Earth's systems result in changes in climate. Examples of the causes of climate change differ by timescale, over 1-10 years: large volcanic eruption, ocean circulation; 10-100s of years: changes in human activity, ocean circulation, solar output; 10-100s of thousands of years: changes to Earth's orbit and the orientation of its axis; and 10-100s of millions of years: long-term changes in atmospheric composition. Assessment of the results of changes in climate is limited to changes in surface temperatures, precipitation patterns, glacial ice volumes, sea levels, and biosphere distribution.

NGSSMS-ESS2-2

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales. Emphasis is on how processes change Earth’s surface at time and spatial scales that can be large (such as slow plate motions or the uplift of large mountain ranges) or small (such as rapid landslides or microscopic geochemical reactions), and how many geoscience processes (such as earthquakes, volcanoes, and meteor impacts) usually behave gradually but are punctuated by catastrophic events. Examples of geoscience processes include surface weathering and deposition by the movements of water, ice, and wind. Emphasis is on geoscience processes that shape local geographic features, where appropriate.

NGSSMS-ESS2-1

Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth’s materials and the flow of energy that drives this process. Emphasis is on the processes of melting, crystallization, weathering, deformation, and sedimentation, which act together to form minerals and rocks through the cycling of Earth’s materials. Assessment does not include the identification and naming of minerals.

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