Multimedia Lessons for Interactive Whiteboards: Earth Science

The perfect complement to any earth science curriculum — use on the whiteboard for the entire class or on a computer for an individual student.

Key Features:

• Virtual Lab Investigation: Allows students to experiment, perform simulations and draw conclusions
• Custom Tool Bar: Allows students to draw, write and add arrows and text blocks to customize the lessons by adding details to any screen

Modules:

• Lesson Preparation: Consists of a series of narrated, visual presentations, each featuring highly detailed graphics and illuminating animations
• Interactive Activities: Includes a variety of interactive activities, a virtual lab investigation and a Lab Activity Guide; allows students to learn concepts, apply knowledge to other modules and develop skills to perform the virtual lab investigation
• Visual Resources: Customize lessons using additional images, arrows, text and callouts provided in the Custom Tool Bar
• Vocabulary: Illustrated vocabulary; show or hide definitions or play audio version
• Assessment: Use in Quiz Mode, Practice Mode or Play Mode

Lesson Topics
Identifying Minerals - What is a Mineral?, Properties of Minerals, Identifying Minerals, How Do Minerals Form?, Mineral Resources, Uses of Minerals; Virtual Lab Investigation: Identifying Minerals
Rocks - Classifying Rocks, Igneous Rocks, Sedimentary Rocks, Metamorphic Rocks, Coral Reefs, The Rock Cycle; Virtual Lab Investigation: Identifying Rocks
Plate Tectonics - Earth's Interior, Types of Heat Transfer, Continental Drift, Sea-Floor Spreading, Theory of Plate Tectonics; Virtual Lab Investigation: Plate Tectonics Simulation
Earthquakes - Types of Stress, Kinds of Faults, How Earth's Surface Changes, Types of Seismic Waves, Measuring Earthquakes, Earthquake Damage and Safety; Virtual Lab Investigation: Modeling Earthquakes
Volcanoes - Volcanoes and Plate Boundaries, Properties of Magma, Volcanic Eruptions, Life Cycle of a Volcano, Volcanic Landforms, Hot Springs and Geysers; Virtual Lab Investigation: Investigating Volcanoes
Earth's Surface - Landforms, Topographic Maps, Weathering & Erosion, Mechanical Weathering, Chemical Weathering, Cycle of Erosion and Deposition, Soil; Virtual Lab Investigation: Effect of Chemical Weathering on Rocks
Earth's Atmosphere and Weather - The Atmosphere, Weather Factors, Clouds, Weather Patterns, Predicting the Weather; Virtual Lab Investigation: Forecasting the Weather
Earth's Climate - What is Climate?, Causes of Climate, Climate Regions/Types of Climate, Causes of Climate Change, Short-Term Climate Change, Global Warming, Ozone Depletion; Virtual Lab Investigation: Investigating Climate Change
Our Solar System - Formation of the Solar System, Geocentric and Heliocentric Systems, The Sun, The Inner Planets, The Outer Planets, Comets, Asteroids and Meteors; Virtual Lab Investigation: Exploring Our Solar System
Sun-Earth-Moon System - How Earth Moves; Seasons on Earth; Gravity and Motion; Phases, Eclipses and Tides; Earth's Moon; Missions to the Moon; Virtual Lab Investigation: Simulating the Sun-Earth-Moon System

Order Info

Lessons available with single-user or site license. Single-user license can be installed and used on a single computer/Interactive Whiteboard. Site license permits access to any computer/Interactive Whiteboard within a single school building.

Certifications

Accredited by SMART™ and Promethean™ for use on their Interactive Whiteboards.

Min. Grade Level

6

Max. Grade Level

8

Description

Rocks Multimedia Lesson

For Use With (Equipment)

Interactive whiteboard or computer

Category

Earth Science

Includes

5 Modules, digital inquiry based student activity guide

Compatibility

Windows™, Mac™

Certifications/Compliance

Smart™, Promethean™

Format

CD-ROM

License

Single User

Product Type

Rocks Multimedia Lesson

For Use With (Application)

Multisensory learning, perfect resource for interactive whiteboards and the lessons are also ideal for individual student instruction on any computer