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What is Earth System Science?

A diagram of Earth's atmospheric layers shown in different colors. The layers are labeled from bottom to top: Troposphere (0-10 miles), Stratosphere (10-31 miles), Mesosphere (31-53 miles), Thermosphere (53-375 miles), and Exosphere. The Ionosphere, affected by space weather and ultraviolet radiation, is marked.
Levels
  • Introductory (K-5)
Material Type
  • Lesson Plan
Heliophysics Big Ideas
  • Big Idea 3.2 – Energy from the Sun is created in the core…
NGSS
  • ESS2 - Earth's Systems
Heliophysics Topics
  • Atmosphere
  • Magnetosphere
  • Radiation
  • Light
Material Cost per Learner 1 cent – $1
Language English

This lesson introduces the Earth system science spheres through model making and discussion. Students will work within an Earth system science notebook to chronicle their work and learning. In small groups, students will examine photographs and conduct a photo sort of examples from the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere (Click Here)