Earth Systems in a Bottle: Building Earth systems teaches students an integrated environmental lesson

Journal Article | August 2000

Earth and its systems, a natural integrated unit, incorporate an understanding of biology, physics, chemistry, and geology. The various systems on Earth are interrelated—changes in one system control or regulate…

Idea Bank: Earth Systems in Silence

Journal Article | September 2009

The “Earth Systems in Silence” activity is designed to help high school students make personal connections to the people and the science involved in natural disasters. It is used as a culminating project in a semester-…

Tried and True: Earth’s reflection—Albedo

Journal Article | January 2011

When viewing objects of different colors, you might notice that some appear brighter than others. This is because light is reflected differently from various surfaces, depending on their physical properties. The word…

Scope on the Skies: Motions of the Earth and Beyond

Journal Article | February 2018

This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. This issue discusses rotational speed and visible planets.

Scope on the Skies: Beyond Earth’s Orbit

Journal Article | February 2017

This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. This month’s issue discusses orbits and which planets can be seen in the sky right now.

Bringing Moon Phases Down to Earth

Journal Article | August 2008

Teaching astronomy concepts to elementary students does not have to be complicated or require expensive materials. As a teacher resource agent for the American Astronomical Society and through involvement with other…