Classroom Resources

In this activity, wildfires and how much area they burn serve as a phenomenon to guide student inquiry, which includes evaluating data and developing scientific claims.

This video case study explores whether fungicides play a role in the decline of bee populations.

This interactive module allows students and educators to build models that explain how the Earth system works. The Click & Learn can be used to show how Earth is affected by human activities and natural phenomena.

This activity guides the analysis of a published scientific figure from a study that investigated how salt affects the electron transport chain.

This video describes how indigenous communities from the tropical rainforest of Darién, Panama, use drones to map their lands. The communities use these maps to protect their territories from outside incursions and to design sustainable land-use plans.

This video follows scientists studying the seeds that brown spider monkeys disperse in a tropical forest of Colombia in order to inform and improve reforestation efforts.

This activity guides the analysis of a published scientific figure from a study that investigated annual global losses in forests over time.

In this video, entomologist Shawn Steffan describes an experiment designed to study the effect of fungicides on bumble bee colonies.

This activity guides the analysis of a published scientific figure from a study on low-oxygen areas in the ocean called dead zones.

This activity analyzes a figure showing the atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration from 1958 to 2023.

This interactive module explores key human impacts on the environment and how they have affected Earth’s landscape, ocean, atmosphere, and biodiversity.

This interactive map of Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique explores different features of the park’s ecosystem and conservation strategy.